Make Me Beautiful

Chapter 2

Ashton POV

I was tossing and turning all night, desperately thinking of Lukes attitude towards me. He's really sweet, I don't know how he is friends with Michael and George, they mustn't be that bad if he truly likes them.

Maybe this project would be a chance to make a friend. I'd be devastated if we just stopped speaking instantly after we were done. Or if he said "delete my number."

The next morning I woke up and looked in the mirror. God I needed to stop sleeping like a bear, these curls cannot be tamed at 7am.

I brushed my teeth and gathered my school books and notebooks.
"Bye mum, bye dad," I shouted. No reply. Probably too busy thinking of more ways to shut me out of their lives. But I still try to talk to them, no matter how much they put me down.

I get to school at 8:15 and I'm 45 minutes early. I can't think of anything to do so I head to the library. I was half hoping to see Luke... But I looked at the study section and was shocked to see Michael Clifford desperately revising. Tough on the outside, nerdy on the inside. I guess everyone wants a good job and money eventually. I avoid him and go over to a corner where it's dead quiet and read for quite a long time. Eventually I pull out my phone. A missed call and two texts.. from Luke..?!

Luke 8:37
Where are you? Bored, wanna meet me and walk to school together?

Luke 8:40
I just saw you in the library, want some company?

I look up and see Luke at the door giving me a cheery smile as he hands the librarian a book and bounds towards me.
"Hey!" He pulls up a chair and sits opposite me. "Good morning, what you doing here?" I ask inquisitively. "Just returning a book and I saw you, Michael texted me saying he thought you saw him revising and he was panic city. Does he insult you or something?" He asks in a concerned tone of voice.
"No." I said it too quickly. It was too obvious. The look on Lukes face clearly didn't believe me but he shrugged.
"Meet me after school. We can go to my house and attempt to start the project"
"Okay, sounds good," I reply. God I'm so awkward. He looks at his watch and sighs. "Time for English ugh, wanna walk with me Ash?" The nickname. My heart stopped. I opened my mouth but no words came out. I nodded, trying not to look messed up, probably failing.

We walk to lesson, only a few words spoken about stupid teachers and how early it was. We walk into the class and split up.

Can't wait till after school.

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