Sugar Venom

Chapter 2

"You ready to go?" "I guess" We had just got out of school and were now heading to Luke's car. He has a black muscle car that fit his look very well. I slid into the passenger seat and was hit with an overwhelming stench of alcohol and cigarettes. I started coughing and rolled down my window. I looked over at Luke to see him silently laughing at me to himself. I pulled out my phone and texted my dad, telling him that I was going to a friends house to work on a project and that I wouldn't be home till later. There was silence in the car, but it wasn't an awkward silence like I thought it would be, it was a comfortable silence. But the silence was soon over as Luke turned the dial of the volume to the radio up so that All Time Low was now blaring through the speakers. I hummed along to the song as I watched the scenery outside the window flash by.

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About 15 minutes later we pulled up into a drive way. "We're here." Luke said while turning the ignition off. It was a one story house that we had just arrived at. I grabbed my bag and we walked up to the front door. He fumbled with his key chain that had numerous keys on it until he found the right one, unlocking the house. I stepped in and looked around, nothing but white walls and a few band posters. Well, there was a couple of guitars in a row but other than that it was a pretty dull house. Although, it was quite cozy and I couldn't put my finger on how. "You live here by yourself?" I asked as I followed him through the house to the living room. "Yeah, it's peaceful." "Don't you ever get lonely?" "When you've been alone for as long as I have Sarah it doesn't really phase you anymore." A silence filled the room as a look of sadness fell over him. I didn't know what to say so I let my actions do the talking. I hugged him. His big arms engulfed me into his chest as I slid my tiny arms around his upper torso. As much as I hated him, I felt pity towards him. "I'm sorry." "There's no need to apologize babe." He murmured in my hair. We released each other and for some crazy reason, I wanted him to hold me again. "How about we watch movies instead of working on the project?" "Luuuke." I strained out the 'u' and gave him a small smile. "I'm just saying, the projects going to be easy and we have 2 weeks to do it." I sighed and gave in. "Fine. What should we watch?" "Choose whatever you want darling." He said as he pointed to a rack full of movies. I got up from my seat, walked over there, then crouched down to view his selection of movies. I chose 3- Zombieland, The Lion King, and Horrible Bosses. I walked back over, handed Luke the dvds, then watched him scan over the movies. "Nice choices." He said with a small smile before putting in Zombieland. We sat on the couch together, his arm was around me, pulling me closer to him. When the movie ended Luke asked me if I was hungry, being that it was already almost 5. "Yeah, I'm starving." "I'll order a pizza, what do you like?" "Cheese or pepperoni is fine with me." He nodded then left to go to the kitchen. I could hear him ordering the pizza as I waited for him to come back. He had such a beautiful voice, it's deep and raspy, yet sweet like honey. I heard his foot steps approaching until he appeared. "Alright, I got us a pepperoni pizza. Ready for the next movie?" "Yup." I said popping the 'p' and adding a smile. He then put in Horrible Bosses.

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About half an hour later our pizza was here. I told Luke that I'd pay for it as a thank you for letting me in his home but he said that was nonsense. We ate our pizza as we continued watching our movies. When we finished watching those 3, Luke went over and chose 3 more to watch. He chose Insideous, Paul, and I Am Number 4. By the time those movies were finished I was getting sleepy, for it was now almost midnight. "I've got to get going Luke." I said before sticking out my bottom lip. "Do you have to go love? Can't you just stay the night? I mean, it is Friday." "I don't know Luke." This time he was the one sticking his bottom lip out. "I'll ask my dad." I said, giving into his begging. So I sent a text to my dad asking him if I could stay the night at Alexis'. Obviously, I wasn't going to tell him I was staying at Luke's, he would never let me. A few seconds later he responded that it was okay. "My dad said it was fine." Luke cheered and I giggled at his response. "Don't worry, I'll sleep on the couch tonight." I told him, he looked at me with confusion on his face. "Do you really think that I'd let you sleep on the couch? You're sleeping in my bed, I'll take the couch." "Are you sure?" "Positive. Now wait here." He got up from his place and left the room. I decided to text Alexis to tell her that I was staying the night at Luke's.

Are you crazy?! what if he hurts you?!

I'll be fine. there's no need to worry about me.

When I was with Luke I felt safe, like nothing could hurt me. It was strange, because I fully knew he could hurt me if he wanted to. Especially with his long list of kids he has beat the shit out of at school and parties.

Just be careful ok? I love you.

I will and I love you too. Well I'm tired and I just wanted to let you know that I was staying here, so good night baby.

Sweet dreams darling.

Right after I sent that text I looked up to see Luke staring at me with clothes in his hand. Once I made eye contact with him his eyes went to the clothes in his hand. I wonder how long he had been staring at me, probably long enough for him to point out all of my flaws. Sadness washed over me as I started thinking of all of my insecurities and the nasty things people have said about me in the past. "So I got you some clothes to sleep in, they'll probably be a little big on you but-" He looked back up at me from the clothes. "Hey are you okay baby?" I guess the sadness appeared on my face. "I'm fine." I lied with a fake smile. "You're lying." He sat down next to me and took my hands in his. "Please tell me what's wrong." "Just insecurities is all." He lifted my hands to his mouth and started to kiss my knuckles. I was taken by surprise at first but let him continue. "You shouldn't be insecure when every little detail about you is perfect." He was being so kind to me, I just couldn't understand why, he's always been a dick to me. "Here, go get changed in my room-" He handed me the clothes next to him. "And when you get back I'll make sure you feel beautiful tonight." He kissed me on my cheek before I got up with his clothes to go to his room. I had that same blissful sensation on my cheek that I had from earlier. I quickly got dressed in the outfit he gave me which was a blink-182 shirt that was a little to big for me like he said it would, and a pair of his plaid boxers. When I went back out to the living room I saw Luke sitting there with a wash cloth in his hand and a guitar beside him. I gave him a quizzical look and sat facing towards him, crossing my legs over each other. He handed me the blue, warm wash cloth. "I want you to use this to take your makeup off." "Luke I don't think this is going to help me." It was true that I didn't think it was going to help, but I think the real reason why I didn't want to take my makeup off in front of him was because that I was afraid of what'd he think or say. "Please trust me." I sighed and started taking my makeup off. "Okay I'm done." I set the wash cloth beside me, never making eye contact with Luke. "Please look at me sunshine." I looked up at him. "God, you're so gorgeous." He said before picking up the guitar beside him. Heat rose to my cheeks and he started strumming the guitar. I know these chords. He was playing 'Little Things' by One Direction. My heartbeat started to race as he started singing. The song was perfect for his voice, it's like it was meant for him to sing. He continuously kept looking up at me to make eye contact. I could feel tears welling up in my eyes and by the time the song was over they spilled over. No one has ever done anything this nice for me. "Aw baby" He mumbled with a smile once he saw my tears, wrapping his muscular arms around me. I then wrapped my arms around him. "Thank you so much." I whispered to him. "You're perfect to me and I don't want you to ever forget that." He kissed the top of my head and carried me to his room. "Sleep tight darling" He kissed my forehead. "Good night handsome." A big smile overcame his face. "What?" "No one's ever called me handsome before. I'm always refereed to as 'hot' or 'sexy', but I think I like handsome better." We murmured our good night's again with smiles pasted on our faces before he left and I drifted to sleep.

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hi guys! 100 reads so far! thats crazy! im grateful for every one of those reads! im sorry if there's any typos, i tried writing this quick bc i just wanted to get it up! if you guys could follow my twitter id love you more than i already do, its @hibiscuslukey and if you could follow my friend sarah (who this fanfic is for) that would be greatly appreciated, it's @niallwanks! if you want more of this story make sure to comment and vote! thanks again, i love you all! xx -Alexis