english class | l.h.

chapter fourteen

Luke was shocked, he did not know it would go this far. He rushed through the busy crowd to see that the headmaster was escorting Lola and Cara to his office. Luke did not know what to do. He was one hundred procent sure that Michael and Calum took Darcy to the nurse.

He rushed in to the bathroom to check his face which was red from all the tension. After five minutes of calming down, he went in to one of the stalls to do his business and then washed his hands and left. He slowly walked over to the headmaster's office, he could see from afar that there were three boys already there.

He was about to see Ashton for the first time in a while and he was not ready. "What are you doing here?" Ashton yelled the second he saw Luke. "I just want to know if she's okay." Luke said calmly and Ashton was ready to attack him. Michael had to stop him, and Calum walked over to Luke.

"It's better if you leave, mate." He said. "I am not leaving until I know she is okay." Luke then told him. "She is! They are probably expelling Lola and Cara right-" Calum was saying but then the door opened.

Lola, Cara and their mothers walked out. "I told you to stay out of trouble and then you do this!" Lola's mother yelled and pulled her with her along her jacket. When the girls passed Luke, they stared at him angrily.

"Calum why is he still here?" Ashton yelled at Calum who was beginning to get really stressed out about the whole situation. "Luke just leave, will you?" Calum groaned and Luke just did not want to leave.

He walked over to the wall and leaned against it, Ashton gave up his anger and just waited for the door to open. It did after a few killing minutes. The first look Darcy had was surprised, and then scared. "Thank god you're okay." Luke said while walking over to her already opening his arms. "Don't you dare!" Ashton yelled and Calum pulled Luke's wrists to pull him away from the girl.

"Darcy can't you see that he is the reason this all happened?" Ashton yelled while walking over to her. "No, the reason this-" Darcy began but she stopped talking when she saw how threatening her brother looked at her. A split second was enough for Luke and Darcy to have eye contact. It was also the amount of time they got before Ashton pulled her arm and walked away.

"Ashton be gentle your sister is dizzy!" Her mother yelled while walking behind her two children.

Luke just let his head fall back against the wall and then let his body drop to the floor, his head in his hands while soft sobs escaped. "Luke-" Calum started but Michael cut him off. "Let him be." Calum nodded and the two last people in the hallway left.

And again, Luke was alone, again.

Darcy wasn't even though she wish she was at this point. "I can't believe you talked to him." Ashton said to Darcy who was sitting in the backseat. "I wasn't he was just worried about me because he cares about me." Darcy spat.

They arrived home after two silenced minutes and Darcy immediately went up to her room. "Where are you going?" Ashton asked her. "I have a big head ache and I'm going to sleep it off." She said annoyed.

Ashton was acting as if he was he boss, but he wasn't. She could make her own decisions and she just wanted Ashton to understand that. He didn't and that was frustrating. Darcy took off all her clothing and then slipped in to Luke's t-shirt.

Then, she crawled in to her big bed and fell asleep almost immediately.

It was completely dark when she woke up again, Darcy looked for her phone and found it on the edge of her bed. It was two AM, which ment she missed dinner and practically also her lunch. It was only then that she realized she had received a few texts.

Cal-pal:

Darcy you need to come over

Right now come over

I am going to pick you up in ten because we need you asap

Moichol:

Answer cal's texts

we need you here

darcy now

we're there in five

Lukieee<3:

wish you would just realize how much you are tearing me apart

but no you act like you're ashtons barbie doll

This all happened an hour ago, so why was there no car in front of her house? She softly rung up Calum, who picked up after one ring. "Finally what took you so long?" He groaned, there were a lot of noises in the background. "I just woke up for the first time." Darcy whispered. "Well Michael is probably somewhere on your balcony right now so don't freak out." Calum laughed and Darcy opened her curtains to see a passed out Michael in her balcony chair.

"Michael?" She whispered and he woke up. "Finally, come with me." He said and held out his hand. "Okay?" She hung up the phone and put on jeans and shoes and followed Michael down the balcony ladder.

"What is going on?" Darcy asked him, he just didn't answer. "I can't tell you, you need to see it yourself." He said. They walked two blocks and then came to Calum's house. His parents were away on some trip so he and his sister had the house to themselves.

The door opened and Calum widened his eyes. "Finally!" He said and let them in. "Upstairs, guest room." Calum said taking deep breaths.

Darcy furrowed her eyebrows but then realized he ment it like a 'go there' kind of thing. She walked up the stairs and in to the guest bedroom to see Luke laying on the bed, his cheeks had cuts all over them, blood on his t-shirt and hands and the smell of alcohol was very strong.

"Luke, what did you do?" She said, rushing over to the bed.

"Ah, the Irwin Barbie Doll." Luke laughed enthusiastic and clapped his hands.