Away From Him. Book 2

Chapter 13

Courtney's POV

I wake up next morning to someone hitting my door.

I sit up, slowly yawning.

I get out of bed and go to my door opening it.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" Everyone yells

I jump back a little and look at them holding a cake. They had party hats on and confetti.

I see its Lexi, Luke, Michael, Ashton, and Calum. All standing there smiling.

"Thanks" I laugh

"Come on. Come to the kitchen we got presents" Lexi says

"Okay." I say following them.

I get to the kitchen and see a lot of presents and stuff around and on the table.

"Wow. Didn't realize it was Christmas" I say sarcastically

"It's not, but you're 18 now and that's pretty huge" Luke says

I smile laughing at him.

Someone comes behind me putting one of the party hats on my head.

I look behind me seeing a smiling Michael. I laugh and I go and sit on one of the chairs.

"OPEN MINE FIRST" Ashton yells

"Okay" I laugh

I pick Ashton's up and I look at him and he smiles widely.

I laugh at him and I start to open the nicely wrapped gift.

I get all the wrapping off and I see that Ashton got me a record player.

"Ashton!! I've always wanted to start a collection with vinyl. All I needed was a record." I say cheery

He laughs.

"Thank you!" I say

"Anytime" he says

I open Luke's present. It was small but it had a really cute bow on it.

I open it and it was a little box.

It has charms inside it.

I look at him smiling.

"You can put those on the charm bracelet I got you a while ago" he says.

"Thank you!" I say

"You're welcome" he says

A few presents later we finally finish.

Lexi got me a new laptop. Michael got me a few records which I bet went with Ashton's gift. Calum got me a longboard.

Now it's time for cake.

They all sing happy birthday to me and I blow out the candles.

We each get a slice and we start to eat it.

"Guys this is really good. Where did you get it?" I ask

"Lexi made it and Ashton helped" Calum say.

"Lexi this is REALLY good" I say

"Thanks" she laughs.

Ashton pouts like a little kid making me laugh.

"You too Ashton" I say.

He cheers up eating for cake.

After that I'm just in my room laying down playing some vinyls.

I hear a knock on my door.

"Come in" I say.

The door opens and I see Luke.

"Hello" he says.

He closes the door behind him walking over to me.

"Hi" I say sitting up.

"I see you're using Ashton and Calum's gifts." He says smiling.

"Yeah" I say

"Did you like my gift?" He asks.

"Luke I loved it." I tell him.

He cheers making me laugh a little.

"So how are you feeling?" He asks.

"Kinda scared" I tell him.

"Why?" He asks

"I don't know. I guess it's like when people all leave school and they sort their life out. You know people marry someone having a kid. Getting a job." Stuff like that.

"It's not always like that" he says.

"How do you know?" I ask.

"Because look at Ashton, Michael, Calum, and I" he says. "We're not doing anything really productive"

"You guys have a band" I tell him

"I was doing something but I want to stay here." I tell him.

"Why?" Luke asks

"Because I can't leave again. I'm too attached with you guys." I say

Luke looks at me.

"I don't know what to do." I tell him

"If you want to stay, then stay. If you want to leave, then leave. We would understand. It's something you really want to do." He says

"I don't know" I say

"You will figure it out soon" he says hugging me.

I kiss him lightly and he smiles.

"Thank you" I tell him.

"Anytime" he says "now it's late. Maybe you should get some sleep."

"But wait we forgot something." I say

He thinks for s moment.

"Oh yeah. It's almost the exact time." He says and we both look at the clock.

The time goes to 10:48pm. Luke hugs me tightly.

"Now you're eighteen" he smiles kissing my forehead.

"I am" I tell him.

"Goodnight beautiful" he says.

"Goodnight Luke" I say and he gets up leaving the room.

I lay down closing my eyes lightly turning my light off.

Soon after I fall into a nice sleep.