help //m.c.\\

chapter three

"Shotgun!" I yelled as we entered Luke's car. Cal and Michael were coming too. I recognized Calum because he came over to Luke's house a lot. Michael was talking about dying his hair, which I figured was normal cause he also was talking about it during 4th period. Luke made sure to plug in his aux cord before we left the school parking lot.

"Here, Teegan, you pick the song." He said as he handed me his phone. His music taste was absolute fire. There was too much to choose from, so I went with Under the Bridge by Red Hot Chili Peppers. As we drove back to Luke's house, there wasn't really any conversation. It was quiet except for the music playing.

We arrived at his house and his brothers were home. As we walked in, we heard a big crash.

"Jack! You fucking idiot!" A sock that Ben had just thrown came flying into the room.

"I didn't do anything you motherfucker! You are the one who ran into it!" Jack yelled at Ben. They had knocked over a very expensive vase of Liz's somehow. Luke walks into the room their in and just looks at them with a blank expression.

"What the fuck did you guys do? That was mom's favorite vase!"

"Jack knocked it over because he was doing stupid shit, like usual. Wait, is that Teegan?" I awkwardly came out of behind the boys and waved. Jesus Christ, these boys had grown up well. They all had their famous blue eyes and blonde hair.

"Where have you been the past what? Twelve years?"

"Across the street actually..."

"Why didn't you ever come see us?" Jack asked as he took a couple steps closer to the boys and I.

"Well..." What am I supposed to tell them? Well my dad just fucked up my face and entire body with his fists and I didn't want to be seen by anyone.

"She's back now and that's all that matters." Luke said to them with a smile. Man, did I miss these boys. Luke walked away and Calum and Michael followed him so I figured I should too. We entered the kitchen and I stood in front of the counters. This house is still the same. Wow.

"So, Teegan, are you single?" Michael asked with a smirk.

"Michael stop flirting with her." Calum said as he slapped his arm.

"I'm not. I'm just trying to create small talk."

"About her social life?"

"I don't have a social life." I said as I giggled slightly.

" So that means you're single?"

"Michael, shut the fuck up already." Luke said gathering snacks. He walked out of the kitchen and over to a random door that I think I've never been in. Cal opens the door and it has a long stairway down to a room with Christmas lights hung up on all of the walls for a little light, but as we walked further down, it was the coolest fucking thing in the entire world.

"Holy fuck! Did you guys make this?" I excitedly ask as I look around.

"Of course we did. Who else would of?" Luke says with a very proud smile. His phone dings and he sets down all of the snacks and checks his texts.

"Ash is here." Ash? Who is Ash?

"He has the equipment." What the fuck are they talking about? I awkwardly sat down on the couch and pulled out my phone to just scroll through Twitter. The all walked up stairs to get the 'equipment' they needed so I just stayed downstairs by myself. As I was scrolling through my feed, this video caught my eye. It was an old video of Luke sitting in front of his computer, with a guitar and singing Mike Posner. I clicked on the link and listened to him for a little while until I saw that there was more videos with Michael and Calum. Wait, are they in a band? Wait, Luke sings? I had absolutely no clue that he sang. Is this where they rehearse? The equipment must have been the guitars and stuff. God, I'm so stupid. I'm still watching a video when the boys come down because I didn't hear them.

"What are you watching?" Luke asks.

"Oh, just this video..."

"Can I see?" Luke sits down next to me and takes my phone from my hand and looked at the screen.

"Where did you find this? Oh god, its so cringy!"

"I had no clue you sang Luke. And I was so fucking scared when you said he had the 'equipment'. Like, what the fuck were you gonna do?" I said as we laughed loudly.

"Oh and Luke, who is Ash?"

"I am." I hear an unfamiliar voice call out. This boy looks older than the rest of us. He has long, curly dirty blonde hair with beautiful hazel eyes. He isn't as tall as the other boys, but he is still taller than me.

"What's a lovely lady like you doing down here with these dorks?" He asks me.

"This is Teegan, my best friend from a long time ago." Luke said before I got a chance to say anything, but that's okay, its not like I was gonna say something.

"Oh, did she like just move back here or something?"

"No, I have lived across the street my entire life." I answered. No one seriously knows who I am. He just nods and continues doing what he was doing. Luke just sits on the couch next to me and lays his head on my shoulder.

"Luke get your ass up and help carry this stuff you fag." Michael yelled from the top of the stairs.

"Nah, I'm good here." I giggled a little bit when he said that. I'm glad he saw me this morning. I missed him a lot. I hope that this isn't just a one time thing...

"Hemmo, get the fuck up or we are kicking you out of the band." Ash glared at him.

"Fine, I'll help." He said while raising his hands up in defeat.

As the night went on, they told me about how the band started and who gave them the inspiration. We got to a topic about how Luke and I met.

"I'll let you tell them the story of how I got you hooked on the Hemmo." Luke said to me as he smiled and leaned back in his chair.