Bulletproof || l.h. (Criminal!5sos)

XIII

No matter how many times I turned around in bed and fixed the sheets, the fear of someone walking in and end my life in a split second remained.

No matter how many comforting words the boys kept telling me, I couldn't get over the fact that my life was threatned and so as the boys'.

No matter how careful we are, we are in constant danger.

However, I can't complain about the boys. Their effort to make me feel safer and more confident were pretty noticeable. Their voices telling me I looked great and that I did a great job while we were supposedly being followed by a bunch of murder experts echoed in my head, but so did the sound of Luke loading his gun ready to shoot.

Living under this constant pressure, fear and anxiety was like hell to me and there was nothing I could possibly do about it.

Even though the discomfort to be around Luke was almost nonexistant, his touch brings me flashbacks of our kiss and I can't help it but think how awkward things would get if it happened again, which honestly wouldn't help the gang's situation right now.

My thoughts are cut by the sound of something hard hitting the floor. I instantly get up from my bed and start running down the hall.

"Easy, it was nothing." Luke says, making me turn around to face him, peeking from his bedroom door.

My hand meets my chest and I feel my fast heartbeat going along with a big sigh of relief as long red strands of hair fall, covering my face.

"Do you want to join me?" I fix my hair, feeling a bit embarrassed with his question. "I mean, until you feel like sleeping again." He completes, his voice turning from shy to firm.

I walk towards Luke entering his bedroom, the only room of the house I haven't seen yet. His bedroom was huge. One of its wall was almost entirely made of glass, allowing us to enjoy a great view of the whole town. The two doors on the left lead to his bathroom that matches his color theme perfectly: black, white, silver and red. His bed was really large, even for a guy as tall as Luke.

It was 7:15AM and none of us has had any sleep yet. After we arrived home, the boys decided to smoke his problems away before working on a plan to keep us safe.

Another thing I couldn't help noticing were the guitars hanging from the wall, looking like some type of collection. He had so many of them so different from each other.

"These are amazing." I observe every guitar, my fingers running down its edges very carefully.

"You know I've always loved music." He explains. "This one my father gave to me when I was still a kid. I can't imagine how hard it must have been for him to find a way to give me such thing. It was my very first guitar." He points to the red guitar before moving to the next one. "This one Michael and Calum bought me with the first propper amount of money that we earned from all the sellings from the gang. I like it a lot and it means a lot to me too." He refers to the light blue guitar, slightly bigger than the first one. The next one was all black, but he skipped it. "This one is the one that means the most to me, though. It is a replica of the one that my father bought me but in an upgraded version. To me it symbolizes that prophecy still remains, that my father didn't die in vain, and that our past makes us who we are today."

"Wow Luke." I say, speechless.

He lays back on his bed and taps the empty spot next to him, inviting me to join him. I sit next to him, leaving a small gap between us.

"You're so into music, Luke."

"Well it makes me feel better. Like I'm in my own little world where everything is ok."

"I wanna hear you play. You've heard me, now it's your turn."

"One day." he pauses. "You're great with your piano, though."

"Thanks. To me it has been almost like an escape my entire life. At least until what happened at-"

My brain suddenly freezes. I've always felt lonely until I moved to this city and met Ella. We got along almost instantly and now she doesn't even care that I am gone. After what happened at the club where I first saw Luke I never showed up at my apartment again. It was weird to me that she didn't even go to the police to find out where I was or why I was missing.

"... what happened at? What's wrong?" Luke asks.

"Ella." I faced my pale hands resting on my thigh. "She never heard from me ever again and did nothing about it."

"Oh hm yea" He lets out in a not so convincing tone.

"Luke." I look at him deep in his sky blue eyes. "What are you hiding from me?"

He doesn't answer.

"Don't hide it from me! What do you know about this Luke?!"

"Damn it Chloe why do you never shut up?" He gets up in frustration. "I paid her so she wouldn't open her mouth about you to the police."

"You- you did what?" I say, not wanting to believe in what he just said.

"I threatened and I paid Ella so she wouldn't report to the police that you are missing."

"Why Luke? Why would you want to bring another innocent into this mess?"

"It was the first thing that came to my mind." He tries to get closer to me.

"How about telling her I had to go to my parent's house because of an emergency? Or that I found a better place to live? That would've made it so easy but no, you had to make a scene! Money can't buy everything, Luke!" I yell, stepping away from him.

"Do you really think she'd believe that? You're so fucking dumb sometimes Chloe! I'm sorry if I'm trying to protect you from being shot to the head!" He yells back at me.

"That's bullshit Luke." I cut him off, not wanting to hear any more excuses. "I'd rather be dead than being protected like this."

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A/N: And here we have Luke acting like a dick again *roll eyes emoji* anyways this is just a filler so you guys know that Ella wasn't forgotten and that Chloe hasn't been declared as missing because of Luke.

tgif my week was like going to hell and back I feel phisically and mentally drained. How was your week guys? I hope it was better than mine bc honestly it can't get much worse.

so I'm sorry if this chapter is kinda shitty (I'll edit it later)

Love you guys let me know if you had a tough week too so we can cry together ok

Boo x

ps : PT version babsmxx. Luke+band Dm giveaway is still open.