Best Friends // lrh

6. Nothing to Lose.

Luke POV:

I don't know where I went wrong. 

I planned to tell Lacy my feelings after the Europe tour, that way she'd have a chance to run before the North American tour, because there's no way she'd leave the other boys. I should've listened to my mum and just told her before everything. I can be so stupid, and it's all because I'm so shy. Lacy is the the only person I've ever truly opened up to, and the only one the knows me as well if not better than myself. I love her more than anything and it hurts watching her and Ashton. Yes, he's one of my best mates, and he's so happy, but what kills me is that his happiness is making Lacy happy. 

Today, we have our first show in Dublin and we're about to head out for sound check. Lacy's been in her room all morning, and I have yet to see Ashton. Fucking perfect. 

"Where's Ashton?" I let slip out of my mouth. 

"He won't come out of our room, I've tried fucking everything. He just won't." Michael plopped onto the bed next to Calum. 

"Does it have to do with Lacy?" I asked before thinking. 

There was a moment of silence and I knew they weren't telling me something. 

"Alright, one of you tell me," I sat down, "Now." 

"It's nothing, Luke." Michael said, and I looked to Calum. He won't lie to me. 

"Calum, dude, please." I begged. 

He sat up and looked me in the eyes, "Bro, you might wanna go check on her. It's not my place to say." He passed me her extra room key, and for a second I wondered why he had it, but I shook it off and went across the hall. 

I walked in to see Lacy curled up, facing away from me. I recognized the sound of Ed Sheeran's Kiss Me, knowing it was her favorite to cry to. I can only imagine how long it's been on repeat. 

Lacy sniffed, "I'm fine, Calum. You don't need to keep checking on me."

"It's me." I whispered and rubbed the back of my neck.

She shot up and paused the music on her phone before looking at me. The look on her face was unrecognizable, and I just wanted to hold her. 

"I told them to tell you I wasn't feeling well." Lacy sighed and lied back down, covering her face with her shaky hands. 

"Calum said it wasn't his place to tell me, and that I should talk to you." I lied next to her, only for her to completely get out of bed. 

"This is the one sensible thing that boy decides to do." She mumbled as she walked to the bathroom. 

I sat there and saw her phone light up and Ashton's name flash across the screen. I couldn't bring myself to read it, knowing that she would possibly kill me. Lacy walked out of the bathroom with her hair up and some of the tears off of her face, the fact the she was still crying didn't help that though. I walked up to her and cupped her face, just for her to grab my wrists and pull them away. 

"Lacy, please, tell me. You're acting really weird, and you should know that you can tell me anything." I pleaded. 

She sat cross legged on the edge of the bed with her hands over her face. It killed me to see her like this, especially the fact the she won't let me comfort her. 

"Look, Ash just heard and saw somethings he didn't want to and it pissed him off. It's my fault, I'm stupid and shouldn't have said anything. Then again, he asked, and hell if he didn't want to know then he shouldn't have asked, right?" She rambled and I pulled her into a hug.