sea spray//l.h

chapter 13: diners and dead characters

I woke up to the shrill sound of my alarm.

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP

I groaned and flopped over to push the snooze button. It was a Saturday so that meant no work. I picked up my phone and saw Luke had texted me. He would come by to pick me up and take me for lunch. It was 10:30 right now which gave me two hours to get ready.

I lazily forced myself out of bed and slouched over to the shower. I turned on the water and while I waited for it become hot, I turned around and looked at myself in the mirror. I looked terrible. My eyes were barely open and my hair looked as if a bird made a nest in it.

After stripping off my clothes, I entered the shower. Hot water hit my back as I began to sing.

"Stay for tonight

If you want to

I can show you " I sang as I scrubbed my face with a peach face wash.

"What my dreams are made of

As I'm dreaming of your face

I've been away for a long time", I said as I scrubbed my body with blueberry bodywash.

Ten minutes later, I was out of the shower. A towel was wrapped snuggly on my nude body . I stood in front of the closet deciding on what I should wear. It was a little chilly, so I picked out some jeans. I wore a shirt with scribbled daisy's on it and a black cardigan. I put my hair in a French braid and checked the time. It was 12. Luke had texted me to meet him at a diner, so I grabbed my purse and headed out. The diner wasn't far from my house, so I decided on walking.

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I entered the diner and took a seat at a booth. Luke was no where to be found. I sighed and took in the appearance of the diner. It was painted a silver color with red booths and tables. There was brightly colored pop art on the walls along with witty signs. My favorite one said "welcome to the ool. notice there is no "p" in pool. lets keep it that way"

It had been twenty five minutes since I arrived and Luke still wasn't here. The Oreo milkshake I had ordered had arrived, and I had drank through half of it. I was starting to get nervous. What if Luke had blown me off on purpose? What if he didn't like me?  I sighed and stopped sipping my milkshake. No one liked me.

Just then came running through the diner doors. His eyes scanned the room for me, and once he found me, he smiled and ran towards me. His hair wasn't gelled up, his shoes were barely on, and his nirvana shirt was on backwards. I giggled at this sight.

"Sorry I'm late. I just got caught up with the boys.", he explained between pants.

"It's okay. I understand. Boys are terrible.", I said, pointing vaguely to his outfit.

He chuckled and picked up a menu.

"What should we order?", he said. His eyes scanned the menu for something delicious.

"Start off with a shake", I said, reaching over and taking a sip of mine,"they taste like angel tears".

"To be quite honest, angel tears sound kinda gross", he said, his eyes still on the menu.

"How about some fries and maybe some chocolate angel tears?", he said as he flashed a huge smile.

"Order for yourself buddy, I'm done eating"

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Ten minutes later, Luke's food arrived. He looked at it with hungry eyes before stuffing three fries in at one time.

"Look at you go! It's like I'm watching a starved squirrel", I joked.

Luke looked up from eating and grinned. "But I'm a cute, adorable starving squirrel, right?" he said as he tapped the tip of my nose. I did the gesture back and said "Why ofcourse my Lukey Pookie".

"I thought I was Penguin Boy?", he questioned.

"Is it illegal to have more than one nickname?", I shot.

"No it isn't, Macy Moo", he grinned.

I groaned. "That is possibley the WORST nickname ever Luke!"

"I think it's pretty damn cute", he said.

"Only because it's my nickname", I said.

"Wow everyone she caught me", Luke said sarcastically.

I laughed and heard the bells of the diner ring. I looked up and saw none other than Niall and Roxana walking in with their hands interlocked. Instantly, I felt sick to my stomach. I wanted to move my eyes away, but I couldn't.

"Uhh... thanks for this ... date...Luke, but I uh, I have to go now", I said as I darted up and made my way to the exit. It was starting to rain, so I wrapped myself in my arms and started to run home. The ground was growing muddier and i had regretted wearing flats when my shoe got stuck in the mud.

"Fuck", I cursed and ran back to pick up the muddy shoe and slip it back on my foot.

When I got home, I was soaking wet but I didn't care. I was muddy, but I didn't care. I just ran straight up to my room and went into my closet. I pushed back all the clothes and looked for the small plaid box. When I found it, I took it out and walked over to my bed.I set the box down, took a ddeep breath, and opened it. Inside, was Niall's sweater that he left at my house. I grabbed it out of the box, curled up with it , and sobbed.

I could hear someone opening my door.  I turned around and saw it was Luke, wet and muddy. I just turned back around and quitely sobbed while clutching Niall's sweater.

I felt the bed dip and turned around to face Luke. I was a mess yet again in front of him. His arms wrapped around me and pulled me in closer. I didn't hesitate to scoot in further against his chest. He rubbed my back comfertingly.

"Is that his sweater?" he finally asked, breaking the silence.

"Yes. I don't even know why I kept it. I hate him", I spat out.

"Don't say that! You don't hate him, you just hate what he did to you", Luke said.

I sniffles and couldn't help but smile.

"Luke, I've said this before, but you're so damn wise, like an owl"

He groaned. "Will you stop with the animal refferences?"

"Okay", I said.

"Gosh, stop flirting with me, Macy Lynn Nichols", he replied.

"Did you just quote The Fault in our Stars ?" I asked.

"No, I quoted Augustas Waters, bless his soul", Luke said as he sat up and crossed his heart.

I sat up as well and laughed.

Luke leaned over and grabbed my hand.

"I want a love like theirs one day", he said as he intwined our fingers.

I gave his hand a small squeeze and smiled. "Hopefully you don't die in the end"

Luke chuckled and said "Hopefully".

He let go of my hand and got of the bed.

"Here", he said as he took of his sweater, "it would be my pleasure if you slept with my sweater". He tossed the sweater onto my bed.

"Oh God, what John Green book are you gonna quote next?", I said as Luke started walking out the door.

"That is the fear: I have lost something important, and I cannot find it, and I need it.", He shot.

"Looking for Alaska?" I asked.

"Looking for Alaska", he stated.

a/n: hi hi hi sorry this took forever sorry if I spoiled tfios for you sorry for being so cliche

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