Those Three Words - (Beau Brooks / Luke Brooks Fanfiction)

Chapter Thirty - Luke

"Bella, let me in! You have to talk about it sooner or later!" Sally shouted at my door.

"I pick later."

"But you said that yesterday. Just please, let me in." It had been a week since me and Beau split, and it was the worst week of my life. I had so many people around me willing to comfort me, but I just felt so alone without him.

"Well maybe I don't feel any different than yesterday. Maybe I want to just stay in here until I slowly rot away, maybe that's best for everyone." I grieved.

"But today, I have someone special with me." My heart stopped, I prayed to God that it wasn't Beau, even if I did want to hear his voice one last time, it would kill me, and there was no way he would agree to come and talk to me. I jumped up from the floor and creeped over to the peep hole.

"Luke?!" I unlocked the door and swung it open. He stared at me, his smile glowing as he approached me, arms wide open. I burst into tears. I was an emotional wreck since the break up, everything I did, every person I saw, brought me to tears.

"No no no, don't cry Bels. Just... Come here." He pulled me into a tight, loving hug.

"I'm going to leave you guys to it, it's good to see you Isabella." Sally said, stroking my hair behind my ear.

"Thank you for bringing him here Sally, I've missed you."

"I've missed you too, we will have to catch up when you feel better." She then left, closing the door behind her.

I pulled Luke towards me for another hug, resting my head on his shoulder.

"When was the last time you left the house, Bella?"

"Erm... I don't know... Oh, I took the trash out a few days ago." He pulled away from me, holding my shoulders, staring at me with a blank expression.

"Bella, when was the last time you actually ate something?" I didn't answer, I just let another tear drop from my eye. He inhaled through his nose heavily and slowly released the air back out of his nose. He run his hand through his curly hair, thinking of something to say. "Go get ready, I'm taking you out, you're getting some air, we're having some decent food and watching a movie. I'll pay?"

"Luke, I'd love to but-"

"Nope, no excuses, I'm not listening..." He walked away with his hands over his ears, jumping on my sofa. I ran over and jumped on him, pulling his hands away from his ears.

"I was going to say, I'd love to but I need to shower first." He smiled, and stood up reaching his hands out it me, and lifted me off the couch,

"Well in that case, take all the time you need." He smiled and blew me at kiss through the air.

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I was in the shower for about 30 minutes. I enjoyed the hot water hitting my skin, this was the first shower I had in like 4 days. It seems unhygienic now but at the time, I had no energy to do anything at all. I slipped a cute black and white checkered skirt on, with a black baggy jumper, some black socks and my white ankle docks. I was saving this outfit for a special day and I really wanted to make an effort, considering the appalling state Luke just caught me in. I quickly dried my hair, then briefly straightened it.

After applying some light make up, I made my way through the corridor towards the living room. As I entered the room, Luke rose from the sofa placing his hands in his bum pockets. His eyes widened and ran up and down my body.

"You look amazing Bella." I knew how me and Luke felt about each other but it still surprised me that after everything that happened, he shared his compliments with me. My cheeks flushed.