Rejected // Luke Hemmings

Wonder.

Luke
The rest of the day passed by pretty fast.
At lunch since ash wasn't talking to me I ended up meeting some cool guys. Michael, Ashton, and Calum. They let me sit with them and we talked and exchanged numbers.
I wandered around after school looking for her, but soon realized she had left without me. I began my walk home and I shook my head. I don't know why this is bothering me so much, I mean sure she's the first person I met here but Everyone bullies her...
Ash
I'm being stupid. I shouldn't think that just because everyone hates me that he will too. Luke has been nothing but nice to me and I just hurt him today. I need to apologize. I pulled out my phone and dialled Luke's number.
Ring
Ring
Ring
Ring...
Click.
L: Hello?
A: Luke? I'm so so sorry... I don't know why I was so rude to you today... I don't know what I was thinking...
L: Ash... It's fine. Was it something I did?
A: No no...I just feel really insecure and everyone hates me and I felt like maybe you deserve to find better people to hang out with rather than a loser like me...
L: I don't care what other people think. I want to be your friend.
A: but luke.. What if people start bullying you too?
L: I won't let it get to me. Besides I met some pretty cool guys today at school during lunch.
A: oh. Who?
L: their names are Calum Michael and Ashton
A: Oh...
L: is something wrong?
A: no.. It's nothing. I gotta go now sorry.
I hung up the phone biting back tears as I remember what happened last month.
Flashback (a.n I know Ashton isn't a jerk but for the purpose of this story, him and Calum and Michael are going to be bullies. Might change later on)
"Hey I noticed you sit alone all the time, I was wondering if maybe I could sit with you?"
I looked up and noticed a curly haired boy smiling down at me and nodded.
"Uh.. Sure go ahead."
He sat down next to me and we started talking, he seemed really nice. That was until he decided to embarrass me in front of the whole cafeteria by dumping orange juice over my head and calling me a fat gullible pig for thinking someone could be my friend.
End of flashback
I bit back tears as I hugged my knees to my chest. I guess I hope Luke likes his new friends, I guess it's time to go back to being alone with no friends. I decided I wasn't hungry and so I climbed under my covers and fell asleep.
Luke
Ash had hung up so suddenly. I stared down at my phone dumbfounded and sighed in frustration. Did I say something wrong? Was it those guys I mentioned? Maybe they were people that had hurt her? But they seemed so nice... I was unsure what to do and so I listened to music in my room singing along and worked on homework.
The next day
Ash
I woke up and got ready for school. This morning I decided I wouldn't be such a wimp and I would ask Luke if he wanted to walk to school together. I hesitantly knocked on the Hemmings' front door and heard noises inside. His dad answered and I asked if Luke was there, but he said that Luke had already gone to school. Someone had picked him up.
"Oh, sorry to bother you then mister Hemmings"
I turned away and heard the door close. I began walking to school and got to the large building just as the bell was ringing so I rushed inside to my first class and sat down.
Luke
I wonder if she went to my house this morning? I frowned to myself and felt kind of bad for taking the ride offer from Ashton. First period went by pretty fast. I felt her gaze on me a few times. I felt a pang of guilt deep inside me but quickly pushed the thought away. The bell rang and I headed to my next class.
Lunch
Ash
I looked around the cafeteria but my face fell when I saw Luke sitting with Ashton and his crew, along with Cathy and Alexis. So I took my lunch and thought about finding an empty table, but realized if I sat in here id probably just get called more names so I wandered the halls, tossing my lunch in the trash. My stomach grumbled in the process but I pushed the thought of hunger out of my mind and took a swig of water from my bottle and continued wandering. Wondering to myself what it would be like to be thin and for people to actually like me. I felt tears coming and I bit them back.
Luke
I caught a glimpse of her looking around the cafeteria for somewhere to sit and our eyes locked for a moment then her face fell. She quickly turned and walked out of the cafeteria and I turned back to the table of people. Ignoring the thoughts in my head about Ash.
A.n hope you're liking my story so far! Thank you so much for reading. Votes and comments would be appreciated.