english class | l.h.

chapter nineteen

"Where are you going?" Ashton asked his little sister while she walked towards the door. "Luke's!" She yelled almost opening the door. There was a soft chuckle from out of the living room. "He's already on his way!" Ashton laughed and Darcy walked back in and joined him. "I like how all of this went. I'm happy." She said, sitting down next to Ashton.

"Me too, now you don't have to sneak around anymore." He stuck out his tongue, exactly then the doorbell rang. "Must be him." She smiled and got up, running over to the door. "Hey." She smiled when she saw him in her door frame.

"Hey." He smiled back. A few seconds passed in which he walked in and Darcy closed the door again. They hugged each other and then let go again. "I was actually planning on going over to yours anyways, but Ashton already invited you." She laughed, loosely grabbing his hand and guiding him over to the living room where Ashton was.

"Hey mate." He smiled and threw a gaming controller towards him, Luke quickly caught it and then he joined Ashton on the couch. "I'll be upstairs then." Darcy said after a while. She was going to let them be boys for a while, they haven't been able to do so for the past two years.

She walked up the stairs and walked in to her room, laying down under a blanket with her macbook as she turned on a movie on Netflix. She was slightly bored because she had nothing to do.

When the first movie had ended, she had given up, closed her laptop, put it aside and laid down. Not soon after, she fell asleep.

"I'm going to chill with Darc for a bit," Luke said to Ashton who nodded and smiled. He knew his sister was happy, which made him happy. Luke made a soft knock on her door but opened it anyways. He saw the girl laying wrapped up in her blanket, sound asleep.

He thought it was the cutest thing ever and just stared at her for a second. He took off his shoes and crawled right besides her. She made a soft noise and turned around, surprised by Luke. "Lukey?" She asked him and he grinned. "You remember?" He laughed and she nodded while crawling in to his arms.

They were silent for a short time, just enjoying how it was now. "Hey Darc?" Luke said and Darcy looked up, in to his vibrant eyes. "What's up?" She smiled politely and he smiled back. "I have a question for you." He said, smiling widely. "What is it?" She grinned.

"I was wondering if you would like to be my girlfriend?" He said. Darcy's eyes widened and he stared at her. She nodded softly and he smiled, staring at the girl he loved so incredibly much. "I would love to." She smiled and then finally, kissed his lips.

It took them so many weeks, but here they were laying in each other's arms, enjoying the comfortable silence and each other's company. Their lips pressed against each other and the fact they loved each other so much.

"Luke?" Darcy asked him, their foreheads pressed against each other. "Do you really love me?" She asked him and he nodded. "Always have and always will." He said, pecking her lips. "I love you too." She smiled and kissed him back.

"It just took a few mistakes for us to see the right decision." She said, smiling again.

"So what do you want to do?" He asked her, after playing with her hands for a while. "I don't know." She said softly whilst sitting up, staring right in front of her. "Want to go on a date?" Luke smirked and stared at Darcy. "Where?" She laughed, staring at the blonde boy.

"I want to show you something." He said, getting up and grabbing her hands and pulling her off her bed. "Wait I totally forgot we're on spring break." Darcy laughed but then indeed walked over to her closet to grab some shoes.

"Why did you think of that now?" Luke grinned, staring her at her while her back was facing him. "I-uh.." She turned around and blushed. "Don't tell me you were thinking of if you had homework!" Luke laughed and walked over to her. "Stop!" Darcy groaned and let her head lay on his chest.

His arms wrapped around her body and she just laughed. "You ready?" He asked and she nodded, "Just have to tell Ashton we're going out for a bit." She said while holding on to his hand whilst they were walking down the stairs.

"We're going on a DATE!" Darcy yelled and Ashton looked up from the living room. "Wha-Okay?" He said, furrowing his eyebrows. "Oh shit, you didn't know obviously." She laughed and rushed over to her brother. "He uh-" She started to tell but was cut off by Luke.

"I'm her boyfriend now." He blushed softly and Ashton stared at them. "Good job kids!" He said and clapped his hands. "Now apparently Luke's going to show me something so bye!" Darcy yelled. "Okay!" He said and the couple walked out the door.

They got in to Luke's car and drove off, only to stop not even five minutes after. "Why are we at Jeanna's?" Darcy furrowed her eyebrows, staring at the small coffee shop on the side of the road. It was a small place in town, not a lot of people knowing it was there.

Darcy liked to go there to study for exams, she used to do that a lot. "This was the first time I saw you, alone." Luke said, getting out of the car and opening the door for her.

Darcy used to sometimes join her brother when he had his friends over, but Luke was right, the way she always hung out with Calum, one on one, was only what she did with Calum. Luke was just always there when Ashton was.

She never knew Luke saw her when she was thirteen and just studying in the quiet corner.

"That's so romantic." She laughed and followed him in to the small shop. They ordered a hot chocolate to go, and sat in the shop for a few minutes, but then Luke wanted to get going, because he was very excited to show her something else.

"Luke where are we going?" Darcy groaned when they hadn't stopped driving after fifteen minutes. "Almost there." He said, laying his hand on her thigh and patting it slightly. They then indeed stopped driving after a few minutes. They were in front of what looked like an old garage or cabin.

"What's this?" Darcy asked while he helped her out of the car. "My secret place." He smiled and grabbed her hand, leading her to the back where there was a door. "I come here to cool off, play some guitar." Luke said smiling.

"Why are you showing me this?" Darcy asked, wondering why he would reveal his secret place to her. "Because I trust you." He said, whilst unlocking the door. They walked in and it looked really old and rusty. Very cool.

There was an old couch in one corner, a mini fridge in the other and a lot of junk covered the middle of the ground. "I uh, I wanted to show you this because I, uh, I wrote a song for you." He said, staring at his hands. Darcy smiled and looked at him.

"Are you serious?" She laughed and grabbed his cheeks. She kissed his lips, his arms finding their way around her waist. Slowly he walked towards the couch and sat down with her in his lips.

Darcy broke up the kiss and stared in to Luke's eyes. It felt like years when in reality, it were just a few seconds.

"Luke Hemmings," She said, biting her lip slightly. "I am so in love with you."