friends ; l.h. a.u.

thirteen

July 26, 2012

Age: 16

Luke wanted to take things to the next level.. As in after 12 years of us being friends, he asked me to be his girlfriend. Of course I said yes... He's Luke.

Today is officially our first date and I have no idea where we're going to it's another surprise.

After a whole two hours of being showered, getting my hair fixed, and putting on my outfit - an ombre high waisted shorts and a white NY crop top - I was sat on my bed while playing Minecraft. Typical white girl right?

Apparently, I am being killed by a bunch of zombies so I threw my phone towards the end of the bed and put on my socks and shoes instead.

"Desi! Luke is here!" I hear mum call from downstairs.

"Coming!" I called back to her. I grabbed my phone and hopped down the stairs, then jogged into the living room. Baby giggles filled the living room and Luke was making funny faces at my four year old brother.

"Aren't they cute?" Mum said in a high pitched voice.

"Yeah, Drew is." I joked.

"Hey!" Luke says, turning his head to face me.

"I'm kidding." I laughed.

Luke makes one last face at Drew and stands up, pulling his shirt down. "Mrs. Bascomb, may I have permission to take your lovely daughter out on a date?"

I felt my cheeks turn a bright shade of pink as Luke walks up to me and wraps his arm around my waist. "Please?"

Mum's face softens, "Aw! Look at you too! Twelve years of being best friends and you finally asked her to be your girlfriend." She nods her head rapidly, "Yes! I approve."

"Thanks Mrs. Bascomb you're the best!" Luke exclaims happily.

Mum's grin disappears and she points her finger at Luke, slowly approaching him with her eyebrows furrowed, "But if you ever break my daughters heart I swear you will never, ever, ever, see or hang out with her ever again."

"Mum!" I yell softly. Trust me, I have never seen her this, devilish, before.

Luke puts his hands up in mock surrender, "I promise! I won't break her heart!"

"You better!" Mum says to him but I grab his arm and drag him out the door.

"Bye mum! See you later!" I call out to her.

As we both got out of the house and started walking onto the street, Luke let out a sigh and fixed his hair. "Is your mum like that all the time?"

"Actually... This is the first time I've seen her like this." I say.

"Wow. She's very overprotective when it comes to you having a boyfriend." Luke looks down at me, his eyes glistening in the sunlight.

"I know..." I sigh.

I don't know where we're headed but we have walked in silence for ten minutes straight. Now this, is really awkward.

"So," I say, breaking the awkward tension between us, "Where exactly are we going?"

Luke turns his head to face me. "Surprise." He smirks.

"Yesterday you've surprised me by asking me to be your girlfriend now you're surprising me on where we're going? Luke, I'm actually really tired of surprises now." I lightly punch him in the shoulder.

"But you'll love it this time." He slips his hand in mine and we walk closely by each other, never letting each other go.

~

"Nandos? This is your surprise?" I say while staring at the sign.

"Yeah, pretty much." Luke nods.

"You're ridiculous." I laugh. "Come on."

He brings me inside and leads us to a table for two in a booth, sitting across from each other. I took out my phone and opened up the twitter app.

If you ask, I secretly own a twitter fan account dedicated to 5SOS and guess who's my favourite. If you chose Luke, then congratulations! You got it wrong! It's Ashton.

Luke has no idea that I own this account... None of the boys do. Sadly, I don't have one out of four. I don't bother asking them to follow me. That's unfair.

"Hi! Welcome to Nandos!" A waiter squeaks while approaching us and handing us two menus. "My name is Emma and I'll be your waiter tonight. May I get any of you a drink?"

Emma.

"I'll get a cup of water. How about you Luke?" I ask him.

"I'll have a cup of water too." Luke says while concentrating on his phone. What is he doing?

"Okay, two cups of water coming right up." She sends me a wink and walks away.

Emma?

I stare at Luke and he's scrolling on his phone like crazy. "What are you doing?" I ask.

"Stalking this girl's twitter account. You know, she seems a lot like you." Luke looks up at me.

My eyes widened and I lean back in my seat. "Can I see her account?"

Luke shows me his phone and holy balls he's looking at my account. "Yeah! F-funny right? She is a lot like me." I chuckle nervously.

"Should I follow her?" He asks. I grip tightly onto my phone and a ton of questions run through my mind. Should I tell him yes? Or no? Or tell him to block her? Wow that is so funny, I'm telling a famous person who doesn't know that it's me to block... Me.

"I-."

"Here's your drinks!" Emma cuts me off and places the cold beverage on our table. Thank the lord. "Now, may I take your order?"

"I'll have the chicken plate. That's all." I smile. She takes a while to jot my order down on her mini book and looks at Luke.

"How about you sir?" She asks.

As Luke was telling Emma his order, I take a while to admire her features. She has dark red hair and her green emerald eyes are glistening in the lights' reflection. She reminds me so much of my best friend Emma back when I was five. They even have the similar name.

"Okay. Your food will be here in about twenty minutes." She smiles then walks away.

My phone vibrates and it vibrates again three seconds later. And again.... And again... And again...

"Why does your phone keep vibrating?" Luke asks while putting his phone away.

Wow this is awkward... And very surprising.

~

"You know what I learned tonight Luke?" I look up at him with my hands in the back pockets of my shorts.

"What?" Luke asks.

"That our first date was really awkward." I chuckle.

"I know! We barely talked!" Luke says. We continue to walk down the street without saying anything to each other.

"See? This is exactly what I mean by awkward." I sigh.

"You know... I think things are way better when we're friends cause we can do whatever we want and it won't be awkward." Luke says.

"That's what I was thinking!" I exclaim.

Luke lets out a chuckle and steps in front of me. "So..."

"So what?" I ask, tilting my head to the side.

"Friends?" He asks. I could see a huge grin on his face even though it's dark.

"I'm supposed to ask that question but... Friends." I laugh before pulling him into the biggest hug I could ever give him.

LOL WOW AREN'T I A GOOD AUTHOR????

ANYWAYS, HOPE YOU GUYS LIKE IT

KEEP ON TRUCKIN' AND NEVER LET ANYONE PUT YOU DOWN

THIS ISN'T EDITED BUT I'LL FIX IT TOMORROW OKAY BYEE

ILYASM X