Mr. Book Store

When You're In Love~17

MR. BOOK STORE

CHAPTER 17

MCKINLEY P.O.V 

I drove Luke's car home the following day as he was way too hungover to even function correctly. I was angry with him. I had no idea what had gotten into him but there was no reason for him to get drunk the way he did. 

He was relaxing with his feet on the dash and he had sunglasses on. 

"I'm not celebrating your birthday if this is how you're going to be acting on that night." I commented as I pulled off the highway and drove into the city to his apartment. 

"I don't want to talk about it." He mumbled. I rolled my eyes before pulling into his driveway. I got out, grabbing my bag and throwing it into my car before leaving. There was no way I would be stay here with him. 

I had texted Liz letting her know that we were both home safe and sound before turning my phone off. I wasn't going to deal with Luke trying to call and text me. 

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On Tuesday, I had gone to Luke's studio to give him his present since I figured that he wouldn't have wanted me to go to his house that night. 

"Hey, Amanda, is Luke here?" 

"Uh, hold on." She said standing and heading to his office. You stood looking around at different pictures of different musical artists while holding his present. 

"He's in a meeting." Amanda said as she came back. 

"Oh, well uh, I brought him a present. Can you give it to him?" I asked. 

"Of course." She smiled as she took the gift from me and set it on the desk. I quickly left, checking my phone to see if I had anything from Luke. I had texted him that morning telling him happy birthday but he didn't respond. We haven't talked since Saturday when he was drunk. I slowly walked to my car before driving to my apartment. I told Courtney I would be working from home. 

When I got home, I had a text from Michael saying that they had canceled Luke's party but I kinda knew that wasn't true. Luke just didn't want me there and that was fine. 

I worked from home all day, waiting to see if Luke would text me and thank me for the birthday present but he didn't. I got nothing from him. I could tell that the end was coming and it was coming a lot quicker than I thought. 

I decided to call Luke's mom, there was nothing else I could think of to do. 

"McKinley? Is everything okay?" She asked into the phone. 

"He won't talk to me." I sighed into the phone. "I'm not even mad anymore I just want him to talk to me. What is going on?"

"You haven't talked to him?" 

"No. I went to his office with his birthday present but he didn't come out to see me." I answered. "What did I do wrong?" 

"Nothing, sweetheart. Try calling him, see if he answers." 

"Okay." I hung up the phone and paced in my living room. I wasn't sure if I should call him. Wouldn't he call me if he wanted to talk? What if I went back to his office? He would have to come out right? I would know that he was ignoring me. I grabbed my keys and headed to his office. 

I marched into the studio and began to march towards his office before Amanda stopped me. 

"Luke is in a meeting." 

"Get out of the way." I said shoving passed her and going to his office. I barged into the room finding him sitting at the desk. He looked alarmed when he saw me and Amanda came in behind me.