chapter seventeen

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          I wake up to the sound of Luke snoring in my ear. He is so close to me right now and I'm dying of a heat stroke. I attempt to push him off of me and look at my phone. It's five in the morning and we have our flight in two hours. There is no point in going back to sleep so I get up to go take a shower.

"Where are you going?" Luke mumbles.

"I gotta get ready. Go back to sleep and I'll wake you up when I'm done."

"But I want you to stay with me and cuddle."

"Luke, I want to stay in bed, but I need to shower." I don't think he heard me cause he is snoring lightly. Hamlet follows me into the bathroom and lays on the rug. I turn the shower on and plug my phone into the speaker. I make sure to lock the door because I don't want to take any chances. I need to make this quick if I want to look presentable today. It only takes my ten minutes in the shower and I am glad that it does because my face was a mess and I need to clean it up. I put my hair in a towel and I have one around my body. The one thing I need, I didn't get. All of my clothes are in my room. I peek my head out of the door to see Luke still sleeping. I sprint over to my dresser to grab pair of skinny jeans, some random band t-shirt, the regular necessities for a girl, and a flannel. When I turn around, I trip over Hamlet and my towel falls.

"Teegan? Did you just fall?" Luke sits up looking around the room.

"Uh yeah." I try to hurry up and wrap my towel around my naked body again.

"Do you need help getting up? Are you okay?" He says getting off of the bed walking over to me.

"No! Don't come over here! I'm naked." His eyes go wide and he turns around immediately.

"Oh, I-I'm sorry." I get up, grab my clothes and run back to the bathroom.  The towel that was on my head is now gone and my leg is red and already bruising. I put my hair up and look in the mirror.

"What am I going to do with you?" I mumble to myself.

          I've got my hair and makeup done and I would say that today, I'm slaying life. I was done in the span of twenty minutes. Luke, however, took almost an hour. Liz had said that it was okay because she was just going to blame Luke.  He walked out of the bathroom singing Nine in the Afternoon by Panic! At the Disco.

"If you don't hurry up, Liz is going to beat you up." 

"Whatever. I need my time to look pretty." He pretends to flip his hair.

"You're a dork." I laugh at him. He grabs his phone and charger and walks out of the house.

"Luke! Get back in here and help carry my bags please."

"No! I don't want to. Have Jack or Ben help you." This kid could be so sassy some times. I went back into my room to grab my suitcase and search for my makeup bag. Hamlet had his leash in his mouth waiting for me by the front door. I make sure I have all of the things I need before I leave the house. I throw my bag over my shoulder, grab the suitcase and Hamlet's leash, and walk out the door. I make sure to lock it for once.

"I haven't told Teegan yet that we are going to London before America. I don't think she'll care, but she will figure it out before we go so."

"It affects me deeply. I will have no part in this trip if we go to London." I say walking into the house, rolling my eyes. Luke looks at me and shakes his head.

"I see Luke helped you with your bags." Liz says putting her hands on her hips and glaring at him. I laugh and he just shrugs his shoulders.

        Eventually, we leave to go to the airport. The other boys are already there with their families. I awkwardly walk behind everyone so that no one sees me. Hamlet doesn't have a kennel so I hope they let him sit with me.

"Where's Teegan?" I hear Mikey question. I peek out from behind Jack to see the boys staring at me. Jack wraps his arm around my shoulder and pulls me close to him.

"I'm sorry you have to deal with these fucktards for so long. I would end up killing myself if I had to hangout with these guys for over half a year." He whispers in my ear. I look at him and laugh.

"I'll manage to survive. As long as you text me everyday and fill me in on what's going on back home okay?" He nods his head and hugs me and we just stand there like that. Ashton's siblings are sitting on his lap hugging him and it is one of the cutest things I've ever seen. We had gotten all of the passports a while back and Liz kept them all. I has getting kind of scared now that it was almost time to get on the plane. Before we got in line to go, everyone had their quick tears and hugs. Joy came up to me and held me for a while before letting me go and leaving. I didn't think Joy knew me, but oh well.

"Well, are you guys ready?" Liz asked grabbing her bags, waiting for an answer. The boys nod and wave to their parents once more and turn towards the door. As I walked past the doors, I felt a pair of little arms wrap around me.

"I forgot to tell you goodbye." Harry mumbled into my back. He looked up at me and smiled. When he let go, he ran back to Ann and Lauren. Michael came up beside me and put his arm on my shoulder and walked through the doors with me.

"Will you sit by me please?" Mikey asks. I nod as he cheers. This should be one hell of a ride.

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