Saving Us || l.h

T H I R T Y T W O

Luke unlocks the door to the house, a smile creeping onto my lips. We finally had our own place! I follow Luke inside, looking around the empty house. "We're going to need to go shopping." I finally say, turning to Luke. He stands there, grinning at me, then grabs my hand, pulling me into him. "Don't ruin the moment." He says, wrapping his arms around me. I look up at him, grinning again. "I love you, Luke." "I love you, too, Dylan."

"I have a surprise for you." Luke says, closing the front door and pulling me farther into the house toward the stairs. "Oh?" I raise my eyebrows at him, letting him lead me upstairs. "Close your eyes." He instructs, giving me a smile before I close my eyes. He leads me through the upstairs until stopping, dropping one of my hands. "Open." 

I stand in the master bedroom, but this time it's finished. "Surprise!" Luke says, wrapping his arms around me from behind. I look around our bedroom in awe, taking it all in. The room is black and white with a red accent, a color scheme I adore. The headboard is a black wood panel, the sheets white with a fluffy white comforter, a red blanket on the end. There is a white, cushioned bench at the end of the bed, matching white chairs in the corner with red accent pillows and a black side table that matched the side tables on either side of the bed. The large tv hung on the wall, black curtains hanging to the sides of our large window, easily able to move to black out the room. There is a black set of drawers under the tv, a flower arrangement sitting on top. The tiered ceiling had dim lights on giving the dark room a warm glow.

"I love it so much." I say, turning around to face Luke. "I hoped so." He smiles down at me, his arms still around me. "Now we can sleep here and take our time filling the rest of the house. I laugh, nodding. "But, in the mean time." He says suggestively, lifting me up. I let out a giggly squeal, landing on the soft bed, Luke hovering over me. I bring his lips down to meet mine, the two meshing together in a slow melodic movement.

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The grand piano is moved into the living room, the movers looking to me for direction on where to put it. I point to the corner we want to put it in, the men moving it over, carefully placing it down. Cassidy comes in with some grey pillows, placing them on our large new white couch. Period weeks are about to be a scary time for me in this house. "How's everything looking?" "Fantastic, you did a great job designing this." I tell her, giving her a smile. "I'm just here to give you what you want." She smiles back, heading back outside. 

My brother walks in, a guitar case in each hand. "You're here!" I grin, running over. "Where's music room?" "There's a small office in the basement that we are going to make into a music room but we need to soundproof it first so just put everything by the piano." I explain, pointing to the white piano. "This place looks amazing by the way, Luke has more stuff in the truck too." I head outside, Luke unloading a few boxes from the back of the moving truck. I pick up one, reading bathroom on it. "Is this our bathroom or just bathroom in general?" I ask, looking up to Luke. "Our bathroom, that's from my old place." I nod, heading up to my bathroom. I go back downstairs, Ashton pulling into the driveway. 

I help him unload everything for the kitchen into our kitchen, letting the guys bring in everything else while I begin to unpack the kitchen. I run the sink full of water, washing all the new dishes and drying them, putting them in cupboards and drawers. My phone rings, my brother Zach popping up on the screen. "Hola." I answer, putting the silverware away. "Hey, my plane just landed." My eyes widen, checking the time on the oven. "Shit." I mutter, closing the drawer. "I can get an Uber, I'm assuming you guys also need some food?" He asks, chuckling. "You are amazing, yes. We got too busy unpacking. I'm sorry." "No biggie, how's the new house?" "I think I'm in love." He laughs again, a loud buzz in the background. "How was your flight?" I ask, pulling my laptop over and pulling up Blaze's website. "It was pretty good, a little bumpy over the mountains." "Gross. Okay, if I send you our orders, can you get Blaze?" "I guess." He sighs. "I can pick a different place, Blaze will just make everyone happy." "I can get it. I've been craving it for a while. While I do love New York pizza, California has some pretty good pizza as well." "You're the best, I'll send you everyone's orders." "Sounds good, I'll let you get back to unpacking."

I go around the house, getting everyone's orders, texting them to Zach. I head up to the bathroom, beginning to unpack it, leaving Luke's things for him to unpack so he knows where it is. I set up my makeup counter, organizing it with everyday wear on top, event makeup in the drawer.

I put the shampoo, soap and conditioner in the shower, the extra bottles in a small cupboard off to the side. I continue unpacking Luke and my things, finally just plopping down on the tile and letting out a breath. There's so much stuff just between the two of us! I forgot how much work moving was!

Luke pops his head into the bathroom, giving me a smile. "Tired?" He asks, walking in and sitting next to me. I nod, leaning my head on his shoulder. "I forgot how much work it was moving. This is going to take ages!" "It won't take that long, you started today cleaning while we all went to go get everything, you've done a lot here today. You're doing great." He says, lacing our hands together. "Thanks, Luke." I take a deep breath, standing up, offering Luke my hand. He gives me a look before standing by himself, chuckling. "I'm still about twice you're size, you're not getting me off the floor without help." He says, wrapping me in a hug. "Yeah, yeah." I mutter, rolling my eyes. "Love you." He says, his chin resting on the top of my head. "Love you, too." I mumble into his chest. "Is the pizza here yet?" I ask, his eyes lighting up. "Pizza's coming?" "Yeah, Zach is bringing it on his way into town." Luke smiles, pulling me back into a hug.

"When are we going to do more wedding planning?" I ask, looking up at him. "Soon. Let's get moved in, then we can keep planning." I nod, laying my head on his chest. We stand like that for a few minutes before Ashton shouts upstairs that pizza is here. We go downstairs, Zach handing us our boxes. We all stand around the island, none of the chairs or the table here yet. "How's it feel to have your own place?" Zach asks, stuffing half a slice in his mouth. "Good." I reply, smiling over at Luke. "Good. I'm happy for you guys." He says, Luke and I smiling.

"How's the wedding planning going?" Blake changes subjects, turning to me. "Small break since we're moving obviously but once we're settled, we'll get back to planning. I found a planner a few weeks ago that I've been wanting to talk to about helping us, but haven't gotten around to it since we've been so busy." I reply, finishing my first slice of pizza. 

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Alright! That is it for book three! There is one more book left of this series, unless I decide to be crazy and add a fifth but then I'm gonna need to figure out another title oh boy, but book fours title is ALWAYS US. Follow Luke and Dylan through wedding drama, marriage problems and more! Chapter one will be posted very soon so be sure to follow me to know when it's posted!

I hope you enjoyed this book as much as I did writing it! As I've done with the first two books of this series, I'll go back through and edit it with basic editing and then it will eventually be rewritten to be better. I'm about halfway through rewriting book one so definitely go reread it if you want!