friends || l.r.h

2.6

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"Can we talk?"

"Yeah"

I was scared how this would end up going, but we had to talk about it sometime or another. It seems like now.

"Well-"

I was interrupted by his phone ringing and he sighed before clicking off and told me to start again.

"Since when?" I asked. I wanted to know how long he's liked me and never said anything.

As he began to talk his phone ring again and he sighed annoyed before answering if.
"What," he snapped as I tried my best not to listen.

"No, i'm not," he said and shook his head, "I know it is. That's why i'm with her," he said as if it were obvious.
"No, Ashley. Don't try to make me feel bad...i'm not coming over," he said stern as I watching him.
"Okay...fine then, i'm not the one telling you to be upset...because i'm staying with her!"

He shook his head, "No, i'm not arguing with you about it because I'm not changing my mind. Okay i'll talk to you tomorrow," he said before hanging up.

"Sorry.." He mumbled and I nodded and cleared my throat.

"You can go stay with her," I nodded trying to convince myself that he could leave, regardless of how badly I actually wanted him to stay.

He shook his head grabbing my hand, "No. I'm not leaving you. I don't want to," he told me, having his thumb rub over top of my knuckles.

"5th grade," he said and I looked at him confused.

"What?" I asked.

"It was 5th grade when I realized I liked you," he said and my stomach churned and I could feel my palm growing sweaty waiting for him to continue on.

"It was a Friday, I remember because we were so excited to be able to have a sleep over because I had been grounded the previous weekends for getting an F," he smiled as I watched, "We were outback of your house, and Your mom let us swim, and it was getting dark, and she had made us chocolate chip cookies and got us milk. As we got out of the pool, I thought it would be funny to chase you-"

"You made me fall, and I scraped the side of my leg," I chuckled shaking my head as he smiled and nodded laying his head on the back of the couch and turned to look back at me.

"Do you remember what I said to you?"

"Don't tell mom?"

He laughed and shook his head, "After that," he said making me smile and I nodded.

"You told me that it was bad enough to leave a scar. But it was okay because scars are battle wounds and they make you look tough," I said as he stared at me.

"I guess I did look pretty tough," I joked making him laugh and shake his head, "Pretty yes. Tough? Not so much," he said making me hit him lightly in the chest.

"You remember the night that your mothers dog died too?" He asked and I nodded.

"Yeah, Boomer was her favorite thing in the world," I said.

"Besides you," he commented making me give a weak grin.

"Do you remember how we climbed out on the roof that night and talked about literally everything?" He asked and I nodded.

"That was one of my favorite moments with you," I said and he nodded agreeing.

"I almost kissed you that night," he said raising an eyebrow, "Did you know that?"

I shrugged, "I remember but I didn't know if that's what you was going for," I said and he smiled.

"I would have, I really would if I wasn't scared. I thought you'd reject me." He said in deep thought playing with his stubble on his chin.

"I remember it just turned six o'clock in the morning and we were so excited because the sun was coming up and we never watched a sunrise. I put a strand of hair behind your ear...I stared at you for the longest," he said staring in front of him, "You looked so beautiful...I didn't even pay attention to the sunrise. I just watched you."

"I fell in love with you at that moment and I knew."

My face heated up immediately.

"That was 8th grade," I said and he nodded looking back at me.

"I know."

"Then how come you never said anything?" I asked curious.

"I did," he said, "Kind of. I dropped hints all the time, and I basically told you one night, but you fell asleep on me," he said as I felt so stupid. How could I have been so ignorant. What if he did tell me? What would I have done if he did?

"I just thought that was just the way you acted," I said as he chuckled and shook his head.

"No, I was head over heals for you, Cleo," he said making my chest swell.

"Sorry for never noticing," I said as he smile and shook his head pulling me closer and setting his hands on my thigh.

"I'm sorry for acting the way I have been lately...I guess I just tried to put my love for you on Ashley and it was just hard to do. So I thought pretending she was you would make it easier to stay away more," he said and I looked down.

"What's gonna happen to you guys?" I dared to ask as he sat up and sighed as he rubbed my leg.

"I want to be with you," he told me looking at me.

"Luke," I said and shook my head, "That doesn't give me an answer."

"Cleo look," he said, "I already broke up with her. Before I came over and kissed you that night, that's when I broke up with her."

I was confused now. They're already broken up? How come he didn't just tell me that? That's something he should tell me.

"What?"

"She wants to try to work things out that's why she's been talking to me a lot," he explained.

"So you guys are done...for good?"

He nodded his head, "Please Cleo, i'm sorry i've hurt you, but I never want to hurt you again. I want you to be with me."

I shook my head, needing a moment to breath. This was all so much. Finding out he's completely in love with me, for awhile, and that he actually wants to be with me. Luke wants to be with me. Never would I have ever thought that. And now thinking about it I want to be with Luke. Badly.

"Luke, what happens if none of this works out? Then where does our friendship go?"

He sighed and shook his head, "That's not gonna happen," he said.

"Yeah? People wake up everyday feeling different. What happens when that happens to one of us?"

He smiled at me while I was sitting here being serious trying to get him to listen to me. I wasn't being funny so why did he have such a snugged look on his face.

"You really do worry too much," he said.

As I went to protest against him, his lips were pushed against mine, and I immediately relaxed into the kiss.

He pushed me back, breaking the kiss as he climbed on me as smiled down on my lips.

"I love you," he grinned making no being able to hold mine back.

"I love you."