Forgetting You. [Luke Hemmings]

Chapter 9

Luke's POV

"Hey." Cassie says as I sit down beside her

"Hey. Are you okay?" I ask staring at Brandon and the red head

"Yeah. You're right. I don't need him." She smiles

I begin worrying a bit. "So, you remember that. What else do you remember?"

She rolls her eyes. "I'm not going to say anything Luke. I wouldn't ever, say anything."

I smile. "Thanks." Soon the rest of the gang comes and sits down at the table.

"Mr. Party Hardy over here. Where were you the rest of Saturday? We couldn't fun you anywhere." Justin says

"He was with me." Cassie say sheepishly

"Sorry I took your boyfriend from you Justin." Cassie says laughing

I shrug and smile. "What were you guys doing together?" Tilly asks irritated

"Don't worry, Tills. I wasn't doing your man." She jokes

I'm suddenly choking on my sandwich. I kick her under the table. "Ow."

Tilly is dumbfounded. "Then what were you doing?"

"Luke was taking care of me because I felt sick." She says eating her sandwich

"Hey Tills maybe you can learn from Cass. Pretend to be sick and Lukey Pukey will come running to take care of you." Owen says

Everyone except Tilly and I are laughing. "You guys are sick." Tilly says eating her salad

"Hey there's Brooke." Calum says

"Should I tell her to come sit here? I'm doing it anyways." Justin goes over and talks to her.

She laughs and nods. "Is this going to be a regular thing? Her sitting here?" Heather growls

"It's okay to be jealous, Heather." Tilly says earning laughs.

Soon Justin appears with Brooke. "Hey guys."

"Hey." We all say

"So, how are you New Girl?" Heather says

"Heather." I warn

"What?" She asks

"I'm actually good. This school is way better than my old one." She says

"Where'd you go to school?" Owen asks

"California. Yeah it's pretty different than here but I survived." She laughs everyone joining her.

Heather rolls her eyes and continues eating her salad. Everyone gives Brooke a sympathetic look. She looks at is before saying, "Oh my god. I love your shoes."

Heather looks up from her food and smiles. "Really?"

"Yeah. They're so cute. Where'd you get them?" She asks while I smile at her attempt.

"Um Boston Store." She's says cheery

"That's so cool, you might have to take me shopping someday." Brooke says

"Of course! You know, I like you." Heather says

All of us drop our food and our mouths hang open. "What? I can be nice." She says eating her food

"Okay well, welcome to the group Brooke." Cass laughs

"Haha thank you." She says

At the end of lunch, they all loved her. "You're pretty cool." Owen says

"I try." She laughs

She hardly made eye contact with me but just hearing her laugh and talk was enough. I miss hearing her whoo everyone. That's just what she did. Everyone liked her.

"So Brooke are you going to the game this Friday?" Calum asks

"Um. Yeah, sounds fun." She says

"Sweet. You get to see our star Quarterback here." Calum pushes me lightly

"Quarterback? You're the Quarterback?" Brooke asks

"Yeah. I started playing a year ago." I say shoving both hands in my pocket

"That's new. I never took you as a football player."

"He's the best." Justin says

"I guess I have to go now and witness this." She says with a small smile

"You can come to my house Brooke. We'll go together." Cassie says

"Okay."

"You guys can come too." Cassie tells Heather

"Nah, we have to do some shopping before the game. But we'll see you there." Heather says

"Alright. We'll meet you at the entrance." Cass says

The two nod and say goodbye walking to their next class.

"Her ass is so nice." Owen drools

"You're a pig." Brooke pushes him and laughs

"I'm a guy. It's mandatory. Right Luke?" He says

"No you're a pig man." I laugh

"See Lukey knows." Cassie laughs

"Well we best be heading to P.E. Come on Cassie Wassie." He puts an arm around her

"Ew. Stop please." She removes his arm

"What do you guys have?"

"I actually have a free period today." Brooke says

"Me too." I say

Brooke looks at me and back at them. "Alright well we'll see you two later."

"Okay." I say

After they leave things get a little awkward. "I should go." Brooke finally says

"Wait. I'm sorry." I say

"It's fine." She says

"No it's not. Can we hang out? Or something..." I ask

"Depends, are you going to tell me you hate me again?"

I shake my head. "No of course not."

She gives me a weary look but nods. "Okay fine. Where?"

"How about frozen yogurt?" I remember that was her favorite

She smiles small but nods. "Okay."