Trust, Love and Lies. (Luke Hemmings) (Brad Simpson)

No backing out now

I walk into my room after brushing my teeth to find Luke lounging on my bed. He's sitting up with his back to the headboard of my bed. I slide in next to him but lay my head down on the pillow. He looks down at me and raises his eye brow expectantly. 

"Okay Kylie, tell me. You have to now. There's no backing out." He says in a soothing voice. 

I nod my head and take a deep breath before telling him everything that happened. He stays quiet the entire time, even the moments where I pause because my stupids sobs keep interrupting me. 

When I finish, he pulls me up onto his chest and wraps his arms around me. He holds me there tightly while I cry into him. Which makes me feel really pathetic. I'm not used to letting people see me so vulnerable. 

After a quite some time of me balling my eyes out, I manage to calm myself down. My window illuminates the room with a subtle orange. Letting us know that the sun is rising. 

"I guess we have to call in sick today." Luke murmurs against the top of my head. "No school for you, you got sick and had no sleep."

"You can go. I'll be fine by myself for the day." I say in a small voice. 

"Don't be ridiculous. You're sick and weak. Unless you'd rather have Ashton take care of you?" He asks me and I look up at his face to catch a glimpse of worry.

I roll my eyes before saying, "I can take care of myself."

"I just don't think you should be left alone." He says.

I feel myself dozing off into sleep so I close my eyes and hope sleep can take over. I hear Luke sigh but decide to ignore it as I feel him rub small circles on my back. 

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I flutter my eyes open to the bright light seeping out from the curtains. I turn around to find myself alone. I start to feel my heart beat quickly and a wave of panic washes over me. I'm alone... 

I rush out of my room and go down stairs to find it empty. The clock on the stove reads 12:24 pm. Everyone must have gone to school without me. What if Brad finds out I'm alone and decides to come get me? I start to hyperventilate and I can't find the air to fill my lungs.

I feel hands on my shoulders and I let out a scream. I turn to see Luke with his hands in the air and wide eyes staring at me as if I'm a wild animal.  Relief takes over my body and I launch myself into his arms. He slowly wraps his arms around my body.

"Luke oh my gosh, I'm so happy it was you." I say breathlessly. "Don't ever leave me alone."

"Kylie, I never did. I just went to the bathroom and you were gone when I came back." I pull away to look at him but then decide to wrap myself in him again. 

"I just felt so scared. I thought he might..." I stop myself from talking and shake the thought from my head.

"He won't ever get to you Kylie. I promise. You're safe. Whether it's by my side, your brothers side or any of us guys. Brad won't ever touch you again." He tells me.

I smile against his chest and feel him let go and place his hands on my cheeks to make me look up at him. My arms are still securely wrapped around his waist. "I swear, I'll take care of it." He says to me.

I smile up at him and nod. "Now, how about we make some breakfast, even though it's lunch time." He suggests with a smile and claps his hands and rubs them together.

"Sounds good." I say and let go of him. He turns around and opens the cupboards to pull out a box of pancake mix. He turns to me for a approval, raising a brow and I giggle and nod.