Invisible // l.h

Chapter 17

Tori's POV
"Tori can you duck down to the grocery store? Can you please get me some pads? Oh and chocolate!" Ivy calls from her room.

"Yes your majesty! In fact I'll go down now if you'd like." I shout.

"Ooh yes please!" She shouts back.

"Alrighty then. See you later!" I shout before grabbing my keys and wallet.
I head down the driveway to my beautiful red car. I hop in, turn on the ignition and drive through some streets before parking in front of the supermarket. I then realise I forgot my phone. Damn. Oh well I'll live. I hope Ivy doesn't need anything else. As it's another hot day, when I walk through the doors into the store I am hit with a refreshing blast of cool air.

I walk down the sweets aisle with the shopping basket grabbing a couple of blocks of chocolate, a packet of m&ms and a bag of chips. Maybe I should surprise Ivy with a girls movie night tonight. After all she's been having it a bit tough at the moment. After grabbing the food I head into the women's sanitary aisle. Basically full of pads, tampons and everything in between. While I stand there wondering what type of pad Ivy needs, I feel a tap on my shoulder. I turn around to see a blonde haired, blue eyed, lip pierced boy. Luke Hemmings.

"What are you doing here?" I ask the tall boy.

"Umm just doing my shopping and here you are." He laughs nervously.

"You were shopping for period pads?" I ask raising an eyebrow. His face goes red with embarrassment.

"No umm I came down to get some food for the boys and I saw you and followed you." He says looking at his feet.

I chuckle. "Umm stalkerish much?" His face goes an even darker shade of red.

"No no umm I saw you and wanted to talk to you. I was also wondering if Ivy was here." He says looking around.

"Nope just me. She's back at the house." I say.

"Oh umm maybe I could talk to her? Like umm yeah...." He kind of trails off.

"Luke have you and the boys made up with Ashton yet?" I ask. He shakes his head.

"Luke! I can't do this. Ivy has been crying herself to sleep every night because of what has happened. The guilt weighs her down like you wouldn't imagine and the horrible things Ashton said didn't help either." I say.

"She's cries herself to sleep?" He asks looking genuinely sad.

"Yeah she does, she feels so guilty. You guys were her favourite band."

"Well she shouldn't feel guilty. It was Ashton's fault." He says with a bit of aggression.

"It's not Ashton's fault. I don't blame him, I was surprised at first as well. It's just that I've known Ivy a lot longer than he has and I know she would never lie without a reason nor would she ever intend on harming us. Please make up with Ashton, it's all she asks of you." I say looking him right in the eyes.

"Can I see Ivy? Is she okay?" He asks.

"No Luke. She's in so much pain right now. It's for the best that we forget any of this ever happened and that you guys make up with Ashton and go back to living how it was." I say.

I start to walk away. Sadly, I don't get further enough before he grabs my hand.

"Tori promise me that we will stay in contact. That you and Ivy will talk to us again?" He says pleadingly.

I shake my head. "Luke I can't promise that. Please let me go, my wrist hurts you're holding on really tight." I say. He lets go immediately and I rub my sore wrist.

"Goodbye Luke." I say before grabbing my basket of food and walking away really fast. I look back to see him standing there with his head in his hands. I go to the checkout.

"Hello my name is Sandra. How is your day going?" Some girl at the checkout says. I don't really notice through all of my rush.

"I've had better days." I say vaguely. She shakes her head before scanning all of the products and putting them into a bag. I pay for them and rush out of the store into the hot sun. I race to the car and unlock it. I jump in and drive home. Well maybe I speeded a little bit. Oopsy daisy.

When I get home I shout to Ivy.
"Ivy I'm home!" I shout through the house. I dump the grocery bags onto the kitchen bench. She comes out from her bedroom with my phone in her hand. I don't know why, but I'm too busy trying to tell her what just happened.

"So did you get the pads? I'm almost out. And I'm only in like 2 days." She says. I pause. Crap. In all my hurry after seeing Luke I forgot the reason why I was there.

"Umm well no I didn't get the pads." I say. She rolls her eyes.

"Of course you didn't. Too busy getting food I presume?" She says chuckling.

"Umm well actually you wouldn't believe it. I have a story to tell you." I say. She raises her eyebrows in alarm.

"Well so do I." She says.