On the Road Again || Luke Hemmings

Part Twenty-Five

Of course. Luke has to leave just days before my town gets hit by a hurricane. Luke has been gone for 5 days now and the storm rolled in late last night. I barely got any sleep with the loud wind gusts and numerous claps of thunder. I already hate storms enough, but hurricanes are a whole different thing. They scare me even more. And whats scares me most is the fact that the hurricane is only getting worse. Im currently laying in bed watching spongebob, trying to get this storm off of my mind but so far nothings working. I felt my phone buzz on my stomach making me jump a little. I grabbed it and saw that it was a text from Luke.

From Lukey🐧💋:
hiii baby! you awake yet?

I smiled and texted him back.

To Lukey🐧💋:
Ive been awake all night Luke.

From Lukey🐧💋:
what? why?

To Lukey🐧💋:
a hurricane rolled in last night and i was too scared to sleep.

I hit send and my phone started ringing not even a second later. I pressed answer and put the phone up to my ear. "Baby are you okay?" Luke asked. "Lewi im fine." I mumbled. "No you're not. You're terrified of storms. I can only imagine how you feel." Just then i broke down into sobs. "Oh noo. Sshhh baby its okay. You're okay i promise." He cooed. "I just wish you were here Luke." I cried. "Two more days baby. Thats all." "Not if the storm is still here. Theres no way you can get a flight in two days." I stated. "Then i'll get a flight for tomorrow night. Right after we're done with promos and everything i'll leave. I dont want you to be alone during the storm." "Luke are you sure..?" I asked. "Im positive sweetie."

*****

Know whats worse than being stuck in a house by yourself during a hurricane? Having to drive yourself to work in a hurricane. Driving over to the store was the most terrifying thing i have ever done. Besides watching Chucky alone, because that was pretty terrible. I dont even know why my boss called us in today. He knew we were having this storm, did he really think people would risk going outside just to buy candy. I sighed loudly and put my phone down, looking around at my coworkers. We were all bored out of our minds. I glanced at the clock to see that we still had 3 hours until closing. I sighed once more and picked my phone back up. I thought about texting Luke but its probably early morning there. I huffed and put my phone back in my pocket. I looked around the store once more and there were still no customers. "Steph cant we just close at 6:30 tonight?" I whined to my manager. I really didnt want to spend my night trapped in this store. Id much rather be home wallowing. "I dont know if Matt wants us to close early." She said, referring to our boss. "Why? No one has been in here all night. You're the manager. You can close whenever you want." I stated. Im honestly getting really pissed off at this point. I dont want to be here if we're not going to be doing anything. Staying open is just pointless. "We can close at 7." She said and i sighed in relief. "Thank god." I mumbled. Only an hour and a half to go. Time to start the count down.

*****

Driving home was worse than driving to work. The wind picked up and was practically blowing my car off the road. But i finally made it home, safe and sound. I pulled into my driveway and quickly got out of my car and ran inside. I slammed my front door closed and walked into the kitchen. "Whoa! What the fuck was that about?" My brother asked. "Nick im really not in the mood." I grumbled and grabbed a soda from the fridge. "Okay i dont wanna know. Dont get anything to eat though. Im making spaghetti right now for me, you and Melissa." He said, the mention of his girlfriend making me feel a little bit better. That way if i need someone to talk to later tonight, she'll be here. "Okay cool. Do you want me to help?" I asked and he smiled. "Yeah man that'd be great."

*****

I finished eating and went downstairs to wash my plate. I walked into the kitchen and my brother and Melissa were already down here getting ice cream. I shuffled over to the sink and turned on the water, catching my brothers attention. "Hey! Do you want any ice cream?" He asked and i shook my head. "No its okay. Im just gonna finishing washing this then go upstairs and call Luke." I shrugged. "Laaaammmeee!" He called as he ran upstairs. I just rolled my eyes and turned the water back off before running upstairs myself.
I turned on my tv and grabbed a pair of shorts and one of Lukes tshirts out of my droor and got changed. I climbed onto my bed and sat up against against my wall before grabbing my phone off of my table. Just as i unlocked it a message from Luke popped up.

From Lukey🐧💋:
hey sweetie! how was workkkkkk?

To Lukey🐧💋:
Boring. We were absolutely dead Luke. I dont know why my boss even had us come in today.

From Lukey🐧💋:
awh im sorry penguinnn :-(

To Lukey🐧💋:
It's okay Lewi. Im gonna call you in a little bit okay?

From Lukey🐧💋:
why dont we just facetime sweetie? I miss seeing your face :-)

I blushed at his message. He's such a loser.

To Lukey🐧💋:
Okay baby. Im ready when you are :-))

I hit send and almost immediately my phone began ringing. I slid the answer button over and patiently waited as his camera buffered. But soon enough it did and Lukes tired, yet grinning, face flashed over my screen. His smile grew bigger once he saw me. "Hiya sweetie. How's it going?"

(:| HEY. look at that another decently long update woo! this was just another sort of filler kind of thing. and yes theres actually a hurricane going on where i am. just figured id mention that. okie bye! :D

~hemmos_giggle |:)