Don't (Punk Luke Hemmings) {au}

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"I thought I'd come over to cheer you up. you left without even saying goodbye." Luke said and tears began to form as I remembered what was mentioned.

Did Michael cheat on me? What even did happen? Why isn't he here explaining himself...

"hey, don't think about it right now." Luke closed my balcony door and sat on my bed. "It's hard not to" i say while i began to cry softly. I may be hurt but I will never let a guy hurt me as bad as how my ex did. I will not turn into the old Violet. I'm going to change everything.

"thank you, for coming here..." I paused and stared at Luke. yes we've gotten close and he's been an alright friend. "I still remember when we hated each other so much." I laughed. "wait, you hated me?" Luke said sarcastically and made me laugh. Genuinely laugh, and not feel pain for a few seconds.

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I woke up and saw Luke in my bed. Why is he still here? And why is he only in boxers? Did we fuck?

I get up and see that I'm wearing shorts with a sweater, and become relieved knowing that Luke and I most likely didn't fuck. I went to my bathroom to wash up and then attempted to wake Luke up. "Lucas, wake up" i whisper and he begins to stir.

"2 more hours mum." he speaks, barely audible. "Luke wake the fuck up you're taking up the whole bed." I scream into his ear which causes him to jolt up.

"okay okay okay I'm up. Jesus woman you need to calm down." He said and flipped me off. i look at the nightstand and see that my mint chip ice cream has been melted. "call me if you want to talk, I'll come over as soon as I can. Just have to deal with something." Luke said as he was dressing himself. He hugged me goodbye and I watched him climb down my balcony.

Calum: hey, do you mind if Ash and I come to chill?

Violet: no, come in an hour

Calum: dw we gonna have a fun time :))

I had an hour to kill to myself. I looked at my room, and how it reminded me of Michael. Band posters- many which were his favourite bands. Maybe liking bands were so cliche, that I wanted a fresh start of everything. New style, new hobbies, new bedroom. I began to tear down all my posters, ripping them and I didn't care. I was happy, excited even. I couldn't believe what I was doing.

*1 hour later*

I heard footsteps come up the stairs and I was assuming it was David, but instead Cal and Ash walk in, seeing the mess of posters and anything band related thrown on the ground. "what the hell have we missed?" Ash says as he looks in disbelief.

"this is the new me. I'm not as band obsessed, Im going to be a good girl from now on." I say as they eye my room and then give me questioning looks. "Look, if this is because of-"

"No. it isn't." I said. okay maybe it was a little bit...but i was not going to tell them that I'm going insane.

"okay..". Ash goes quiet again. "this is perfect," Calum pipes up, "we can all go shopping and help you buy new clothes."
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"can you see my rolls in this?" I ask as I emerge from the change room stall. "no, what rolls?" They say in unison and I laugh. I am not a size 2, or 4, or even 6. So i do get self conscious sometimes.

About an hour later I decided to finally go checkout everything I got at Pink. I do look different already. I went into a few other stores; Nike, Adidas, Aritzia, Lululemon, AEO, and name other basic stores that any white girl could be seen at.

As we finished shopping everything, we decided to get some food cause all this shopping was making us hungry.

We got St Bourbon Grill and found a table near the fountain.

"Violet.." I recognized that voice. I knew it so clearly. I loved that voice.

"Michael, what are you doing here?" Ashton says as I refuse to turn around to look at him.
"I wanted to talk to Vi in person, and Cal said you guys were going shopping today and I-"

I look up, tears brimming my eyes. I couldn't explain how hurt I was, even if I was trying to subdue the pain. I finally got to cut off Michael saying, "I dont want to talk to you. Not now," I pause, looking straight into those beautiful green eyes, "not tomorrow," I look at his features, and how they look so soft, "not ever."

"Can I just explain myself?" his voice went soft again and I know that I shouldnt have given in so easily, but I did. "Explain yourself tonight. Come over at 10" I say and Calum frowned. Michael walked away to Dan and Ashton kicked my shin. "OW! what the hell Ash?"

"Are you seriously giving him another chance?" He said astonished by how stubborn I am.

"I might as well hear him out." I whisper, knowing that I already made a huge mistake.

"i know i can't tell you what to do, but I do think maybe it's best if you two stay away from each other." Cal said and smiled.

"yeah, I guess so." I agreed and began to text Amber.

Violet: Hey

Amber: Hi, omg are you doing okay !?

Violet: yeah, just a little hurt. should i hear him out at least?

Amber: only if you think he won't screw you over again and if you really believe that he made a mistake

I put my phone back into my pocket and looked up at Calum and Ashton.