nyctophilia (5sos)

Chapter four

Cat's pov:

"Cat, wake up." Dani has no hope.   "C'mon you have a date with Luke in three hours." My eyes jolt open and I hop out of bed and straight to the shower.

Wrapped in a white fluffy towel, I make a bee line to my room and sit in the floor to begin to do my makeup. a swipe of concealer under my eyes and a coat of mascara later, I get up and head to my closet. Grabbing a soft white long sleeved t-shirt, and throwing it on as I walk to my dresser, pulling out a pair of soft black leggings, and doing a little dance to get them over my butt as dani laughs at me.

"I'm gonna get going so you can get ready." Dani states as she begins to gather her things.

"okay. Ill See you later." I say as she smiles and walks out of my room, closing the door behind her. Now, taking my hair out of its towel cocoon, blow drying it straight. Once finished with getting ready, I head down the stairs and make a bee line for the kitchen.

"Hmm....what do I want for breakfast?" I glance to my right, looking on the stove clock reading 4:26 "or maybe a late lunch..." I decide to grab a cup of blueberry yogurt and sit at the bar and begin to scroll through my instagram feed.

Once finished with my yogurt, I rush upstairs to brush my teeth and grab my wallet, along with Luke's leather jacket. I check the time on my phone, reading 4:59 and as if Luke himself controlled time, three strong knocks were sounded at my door.

Opening the door, I see an adorable Luke, holding a coffee cup with my name on it. (Literally). He's wearing a black good Charlotte t-shirt with a black hoodie, black joggers, and solid black converse.

"Hey, Foster. Cute pj's" he says, handing me my coffee,  slowly raking his eyes up and down.

"I could say the same to you, Hemmings. Only, yours aren't cute." I say, knowing that they are in fact cute on him.

"Ouch." He poorly winces, holding his chest pretending it actually injured him.
"So where are you taking me on this date?" I ask as I walk past him and hop into the passenger seat of his truck.

"You'll see" he says while scrolling through his playlist. Once he finally chooses a song, green day's 'when September ends', we back out of the driveway and out onto open road.

The drive was good, we talked about ourselves the whole time, getting to know each other. I told him about my moms new job that has kept her busy enough to leave me at the house alone for most of the year, I told him about my dad leaving when I was a baby, and how I never care to see him again. In return, He told me about his mum, Liz, who is basically his best friend, and his brother jack who constantly starts fights with him just to get a reaction.  It had to be At least an hour later when we pulled off onto a dirt road, And my nerves begin to get the best of me. This looks like the road from that American movie, what's it called ? Texas chainsaw murderer ? The thought crossed my mind and I look up at like, looking back at me with worried eyes.

"Relax, I'm not bringing you out here to kill you." Luke jokes, as if he knew exactly what was going through my mind. Once the truck comes to a halt, I look around, not seeing much, just a large open field that seemed to   end suddenly a few yards away. Taking a closer look, I realize that it dead ends into a cliff and the ocean is close, I can't see it, but I can hear the crashing of the waves and I can smell the salt in the air. Above us, the sky was turning bright shades of pink and orange signaling that the day was coming to an end.

"What are we doing here?" I ask as we both get out of the truck and walk around the back. Ignoring my question, Luke lowers the tailgate to reveal a pile of pillows and blankets. He arranges them with the pillows near the edge of the tailgate facing the cab of the truck. He jumps off of the tailgate and grabs my waist, lifting me up onto the truck, followed by himself. I watch him carefully as he takes a seat on the pallet he has made and pats the spot next to him, instructing for me to sit. I do as told and take a seat beside him. Green day, still softly pouring from the Windows of the truck. The the hot Australian air is beginning to cool, as the sun begins to lower back towards the horizon.

"What do you think?" He speaks at last.

"Its lovely, Luke. But what are we to do out here?"

"Calum told me that you had a bucket list." He says quickly, and looks away toward the edge of the cliff, then looking back at me. How would Calum know that I had a bucket.... Dani, she told him, I know she did. Luke looks back
Up at me, and holds up his index finger, letting me know he'd be back in a moment. When I nod, he walks back around the truck and grabs a gift bag out of the back seat. When he returns, he holds it out to me and instructs me to open it, I oblige.

"What is this for?" I ask him, pulling the swimmer of the bag. It's a black top with cris cross straps and simple black high wasted bottoms. It's simple, but it's cute, and it's very much my style.

"Well I don't want you getting your comfy clothes soaked with ocean water. It should fit you, I asked Dani for your sizes." What are we doing that involves getting in the ocean? The bucket list, the cliff, the ocean, the swimmer, it all makes sense.

"Oh my god Luke! You're taking me cliff jumping?!" I half ask, half yell. Jumping into his arms excitedly. I've always, always wanted to go, I've just never met anyone else with enough balls to go do it with me, and it's definitely not something you should do alone.

"Surprise! Now go change in the truck before it gets too dark" he instructs, smacking my butt playfully when I turn around.

...

"Are you ready for this?" He asks me as we're both standing at the edge of the cliff in our swimmers.

"I've been ready for this." I sigh, my excitement can't be controlled any longer. He takes my hand, as he begins to count down. "three..." here we go. "Two..." I'm ready. "One!" We both leap off the cliff, hands still intertwined. We both scream the entire way down, until we get close enough to the water to hold our breaths. The water is warm, so warm, and adrenaline is pumping through my veins like heroine.  When I break the surface of the water, I grasp on Luke to steady my self in the rough water, wrapping my legs around his torso.

"You are the most stunning person I've ever met" he tells me, looking deep into my eyes. I grabbed him by his hair and brought his lips to meet mine, they were soft, and salty from the ocean. That then is when I knew I was in too deep.

A/N okay, Next chapter, the story is going to flash forward to the summer between junior & senior year. (Currently, it's summer between freshman & sophomore year) I'll try to make that transition with as little confusion as possible, but I have to change it because this book is based off of Audrey's (creative5sos') 'serendipity' and her story is during grade 12. But Anyways, I hope you enjoyed this! And votes are greatly appreciated!