Publicity Luke Hemmings

Chapter three

Luke's POV;
flashback summer of the 8th grade

I was hanging out with Calum and Mikey just fooling around on our instruments. Calum was super good on his bass, he had been playing for only a couple of years now but he was still not comparable to Jared, Jared was like a god on the bass. I think Chloe told me that he started when he was nine. Mikey on the other hand... was still kinda learning. Maybe I'll ask Chloe to help him. Chloe is all that has been in my thoughts lately. Her pretty smile, the way her head bobs up and down when she listens to music. How perfectly messy her hair gets when she rocks out with Cam and J. Damn she was kinda hot. But I couldn't say anything. With all the stuff that was going on during the school year, she needed an emotional break. Definitely not the time to tell her about the crush I've had on her for a couple months. I got snapped out of my thoughts when my phone rang. I smiled, it was her.
"Hello?"
"Heyyy"
"Oh sup bug-a-boo?" I smiled at the nickname I gave her when we were in the 6th grade.
"Nothing much I just-"
"Luke who the fuck are you talking too? C'mon let's get rehearsing" it was Mikey. He finally got this part down on the guitar I'm guessing. I sighed. I really wanted to fit in with them, I thought they were pretty cool when they moved here.
"Oh sorry gotta go Chlo"
I set my phone down.
"Who was that?" Calum asked while he opened a bag of chips.
"Just Chloe, why?"
"Don't you think that she is always around?" Michael said as he sat down on the couch
" I mean... I guess but I like her like a sister, you know? I told you about her problems before I just feel bad for her you know." I felt bad, telling them about her... problems.
"But why do you still hang out with her?" Calum said, I was kinda shocked but I just said.
" I... don't know"
"C'mon she fun and all but she's always around us mate, she gets annoying" Michael said with that look on his face. Man he looked so badass. I really want to fit in with these guys.
" Yea I guess.. well... She is always with me... she's not annoying at all" I looked down,
"She's not annoying at all... but sometimes... I guess get sick of her" I was ashamed of myself for saying that I didn't mean any of it. I just really wanted to befriend these guys. So tough but yet down to earth.
"Oh ok whatever you say mate" Mikey said. I looked down at my phone. And realized a made a mistake.
"Oh shit Chlo-"
Beep beep beep.
The call ended. I called her back. She didn't answer but I kept on trying.
"C'mon mate give her some room to breath she'll probably get over it tomorrow" Calum was probably right I calmed down a little bit.
Mikey spoke up
"So I was thinking, what if we added a drummer to our little group?"
Calum and I laughed until we cried, a drummer?! Haha no. We are just a little garage band.
The next day Cara came over to the house and dropped off a box. I looked inside of it and realized that it was a bunch of stuff that I left in Chloe's room.
"Chloe wanted me to return this to you, she said and I quote 'this shit is clogging up my room. I want it fucking out' and then she shoved it to me and told me to give it to your mom. So uh here." Cara said, she looked very confused. I looked up to Chloe's bedroom window in shame, she closed her curtains. Man I really messed up.
Cara left so I had time to look in the box. There were two things that she still didn't let go of yet. I remember, it was her favorite flannel of mine and the oversized penguin I won for her at the 6th grade fair. I was on the verge of tears. Oh god, I really screwed up.
flashback over

I sat down on a couch next to Ashton, our drummer who we met halfway through our sophomore year. Mikey met him over Facebook. And we just hit it off I guess.
I looked up and she was there, Chloe. I screwed up my second chance at her, and here she was again, giving me a third. She has gotten even more beautiful. She has gotten a little taller. Gained back her weight, she was flawless. She was healthy and happy. And I wasn't there to be there with her. She set down the Starbucks.
"Sorry I'm late I ran-" she looked strait at me and started playing with her hair. Which she dyed that silver greyish color. She had always wanted that color. I smiled, before the incident in the eighth grade it was red.
I snapped out of my thoughts and realized I was smiling at her. She scoffed and handed the drinks to Cameron and Jared. Wow they are here to?
"Aw shit, I lost my earring! I must have lost it when I ran into that idiot by Starbucks." Chloe said as she glared at me.
"You have two in your ear already" I said in a-matter-of-fact tone
"I have a triple piercing stupid"
"Since when did you get a triple piercing?"
"Since when did you care a about my earlobes?". She had a point, I blushed and looked down. Satisfied she sat down and took a bite of her food.
"Ok then..." Said our manager his name was Keith. He shot a look at Chloe.
"What?" She snapped
"First of all you were late, second of all you didn't even get me anything on your Starbucks run, third of all you were rude to Luke over here" and he gestured to me. She took a sip of her drink then handed Keith the rest of it and sighed.
"Rude my ass" she grumbled
The meeting went on normally, besides the snide remarks from Chloe, Cameron, and Jared. We had a good first day. The meeting ended, and Keith made a reminder.
" Ok guys next week is dress up day!"
"Ugh since when?" Cameron complained
"Since Hollywood Records had one, I want to beat them. They think that they are having more fun than us, HA I'll show them. Anyway dress up as... hmm one of your favorite character from a tv show ok?"
Chloe groaned "I am a tv character" she has a tv show?
Keith sighed, "book character"
She rolled her eyes. "I am a book character". What? Since when?
Keith was clearly getting annoyed. "Chloe, what's up with you today? You know what? I don't care what you dress up as. As longs as its better than Hollywood records ok?"
"Fine" her and the boys left.
I silently said to myself. This is the chance to fix it. You have clearly missed so much.
You've had enough time.

Hi!
So ok.... Erm bye!