DMs||Luke Hemmings||#wattys2016

Chapter 35

"Ember, babe. Em. Baby. Ber. Em." Calum said persistently as we watched Ember's favorite movie. She shushed him, so he turned towards me, poking me in the arm.

"Brae. Rae. Lynn. Brae." Calum said, bugging me now. Luke was curled in a ball next to me, his head in my lap and light snores escaping his mouth. 

"What, Cal?" I whispered, turning my attention to my best friend instead of the movie. 

"I want cuddles." He said finally.

"Just cuddle your girlfriend." 

"She's ignoring me." 

"Just wrap your arm around her waist." 

"Fine." He muttered, wrapping his arm around her waist and pulling her closer to him. She reacted by snuggling closer, and I gave Calum an 'I told you so' look. He stuck his tongue out at me as the front door opened, revealing four people. Michael, Brianna, Ashton and a girl I didn't recognize. 

"Guys! Meet Nikki!" Ashton said quite loudly. I put a finger up to my lips, motioning to Luke. He quieted down, pulling Nikki over to couch and sitting down, where she sat down next to him and his arms wrapped around her waist. Michael sat down in the chair and pulled Brianna onto his lap, and soon all 10 of us were all cuddling our significant others while watching the movie. Take that back, only 9 of us were watching the movie because was Luke was asleep. And I guess you could count what me and Luke were doing as cuddling. As the credits played., half of us had fallen asleep. Including Luke. The only ones still up were Ember, Calum, Maggie, Me, and Michael. Ember turned the TV off, before yawning.

"So, I guess we're having a giant sleep over?" Ember said through her yawn. 

"Yup." I said, waking Luke up.

"Noooo, I want to sleep." He mumbled, keeping his eyes closed.

"I know, baby. But we need to go into our room." I said, and I got no response. I frowned, realizing he had fallen back asleep already. Calum smiled at me and picked Luke up, and carried him to our room.

"Thank you Cal." I said.

"Not a problem Rae." Calum said, grinning at me. He left me alone, and I quickly changed into my PJs, which consisted of running shorts and one of Luke's t-shirts. I climbed into bed and pulled the covers of me and Luke, before wrapping my arms around Luke's torso. He subconsciously cuddled into me, and I closed my eyes, falling asleep almost immediately. 

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I woke up to Luke coughing and sitting up in bed, evident that his cold had gotten worse. I checked the time and was it was 4 AM in the morning, and I sat up, rubbing his back as he continued to cough. I got out of bed after a little and made my way to the kitchen, grabbing cough medicine and a glass of water for Luke. When I returned, he was leaning against the head board with his eyes squeezed shut, as if he had a bad headache that he was trying to get rid of. 

"Luke? Baby?" I said, setting the water down on the bedside table and climbing back into bed next to him. He groaned in response. I reached over him and grabbed the glass of water, holding it.

"I got you some water baby." I said, and he opened his eyes, looking at me. I held the water out to him, and he reached for it, but went into another coughing fit. After that was done, I held the water to his mouth and he drank it all, his face relaxing temporarily. Soon his face scrunched up again, as a crash came from the kitchen. 

"I'll be right back babe." I said, getting up again and going over to the kitchen, where I saw Calum trying to get a glass of water and knocking over a pan and onto the ground. I giggled, putting the pan back and handing him a glass of water. I made sure he was okay, before walking back to the room and saw Luke in the same position, and I frowned. I walked over to him, crawling into bed next to him and handing him the medicine. He took it willingly, before groaning as his headache appeared once again, and then another coughing fit.