DMs||Luke Hemmings||#wattys2016

Chapter 17

I woke up in Luke's arms, and his face nuzzled into the crook of my neck. I didn't move, knowing that if I did Luke would wake up. His arms tightened around me suddenly, and I turned around when I heard him start to sleep talk.

"No." He mumbled in his sleep.

"No, no, no. Anything. Just don't hurt Brae." He mumbled again. His arms around me tightened further, and I placed my hand on his shoulder and shook him.

"Luke." I said, still shaking him.

Luke's POV~

The scene started shaking around me, and I glanced around confused. The kidnappers were shaking around as well, as a new voice cut through the nightmare.

"Luke." The voice said. "Luke, wake up."

I woke up, and saw Brae looking at me in worry. I buried my face in my pillow, embarrassed by my nightmare. The bed right next to me dipped down due Brae laying down next to me. I felt her hand  grab mine, and her thumb create circles on the back of mine. She didn't speak, she just laid there next to me, staring up at the ceiling, seeming to be deep in thought.

"I was getting kidnapped again." I spoke up, causing her to look at me.

"You know I'm never going to judge you for getting nightmares, right? Everybody gets them." She said in response.

"But it's stupid. I know I'm safe, and I know that they can't kidnap me again, but I still have nightmares about it." I muttered.

"I still have nightmares about the day Blake died. I still have nightmares about the day my adoptive parents kicked me out. I know that Blake's gone for good and I have you, who I love even more. I know that my parents now won't ever kick me out or hate me. It's okay to get nightmares, penguin."  I didn't respond, and she wrapped her arms around me. She reached for the remote and turned on the TV, where there was breaking news covering the screen.

"Luke Hemming's kidnappers have escaped and are on the search for him." The news reporter said, and my eyes widened.

Brae's POV~

Luke's  eyes widened at the news, before he started to shake in fear. He only got kidnapped a few weeks ago, and now he wasn't quite as safe as he was.

"I'm not going to let them get you." I murmured, rubbing his back.

"I promise that I'm not going to let them get you." I repeated. We were in the same house as we were when he got kidnapped, and I realized that they were probably going to come here first.

"Come on, get packed. We're going to stay at Cal's for a little bit." I murmured, getting out of bed and starting to pack for both me and Luke, seeing that he was still scared. Once I had enough things for the both of us, I placed the strap of the duffle bag on my shoulder and pulled Luke out of bed, before pulling him to the car in the garage.  I got my phone out and called Calum. It went to voicemail, which was weird.

"It's Calum. I'm going on vocal rest, so I can't talk for a little bit. Text me!" The voicemail said. I opened the message I had with him.

Texts~

-Calum?

-Yeah, Brae? You and Luke still planning on coming over? The others are over already.

-Yeah.....we might stay with you for awhile though.

-Why?

-Luke's kidnappers got out.

-oh, and you haven't moved yet...... Yeah. that's fine. I'll move my car out of my garage and onto the street.