Out Of Place

{Chapter Sixteen}

"Luke... do you still love Ally?"

I froze. I just stayed silent.

"Do you, Luke? Do you?!" Paula shouted again. I looked at her but i didn't say anything. There were tears flowing from her beautiful face and i want to wipe them. But i can't move.

 I don't know if i still love Ally. I admit when i talk to her, when our eyes meet, and when our hands or any part of my body touches hers, it gave me these feelings that i used to feel when i was still with her. 

Oh fuck. I still have feelings for her that i know is bad because i already have a girlfriend. Should i tell Paula? I know how fragile she is and i know how angry and sad she can get. But some part of me is telling me to tell her. So without thinking any further, i told her. 

"I still have f-feelings for Ally..." I confessed, looking down to my feet. "I knew it." She said, her voice cracking before she stormed out, Gen following behind her. 

I sat back on Ashton's bed, inhaling deeply before exhaling. I lied on the bed and closed my eyes, asking myself, What have you done Luke?

{Ally's POV}
Suddenly, i felt someone carry me and lay me down. I opened my eyes and saw Calum smiling at me. I smiled back and rubbed my eyes. Calum sat beside me and i sat up. Then i saw Micheal sit on the other couch. I looked around and realized i don't know where i was. 

"Hey where are we?" I asked, still looking around. The house was a bit bigger than my house. Even Ashton's. "Me and Calum live here. We, Ashton, Luke, Calum and i, used to live here together but then Luke and Ashton had a girlfriend and left us here." Michael explained. I nodded and smiled a little. 

Then we decided to go to Michael's room.

As expected, it was messy. But I've seen worse of Michael's room. Then i looked around. It has a bunch of posters and pictures on the wall and bunch of albums on his shelves. 

Then something caught my attention. It was a guitar at the corner of his room. "I didn't know you played guitar." I said. I took the guitar gently and sat on the bed. "Yeah. We're actually a small band." Calum said. I gasped a little. "Really? You, Michael, Luke, and Ashton?" They nodded.

 "Can you guys give me an example of your songs?" I said, sounding like a little kid in Christmas. They nodded and they sat beside me. Michael took the guitar from my hands.

"Are we wasting time talking on a broken line? Telling you I haven't seen your face in ages. I feel like we're as close as strangers. Won't give up, even though it hurts so much. Every night I'm losing you in a thousand faces, now it feels we're as close as strangers." The both of them sang as Michael played the guitar. 

"Wait, is that the song you guys sang on the car?" I said, remembering it. They blushed a little. "You heard that? That's so embarrassing." Michael said, blushing a little. "The song was amazing. What's the name of the song and who wrote it?" I asked. "It's Close As Strangers. Me and Calum wrote it." Michael said, smiling proudly. 

"You guys are amazing. Just imagine you guys becoming famous, touring around the world, rocking out the stage and performing to thousands of people." I said, dreamily. They chuckled and nodded. 

Then Michael's phone rang and he answered it. "Hey..... What did you mean you fucked up?..... You what?! I can't believe you..... She's here beside me..... Okay. Wait did you guys broke up?..... Good luck mate..... Wait where's Ash?..... Okay see you." He said and ended the call. He then whispered something to Calum and he gasped. 

"Who was that?" I asked. "It was just Luke." Michael answered and smiled. "Should we take you back to your house?" Calum said. I shook my head. "No. i wanna stay here where i feel safe." I said and hugged my knees. "What do you mean? Is someone trying to kill you or something?" Calum said. "No. I just feel like Paula and Gen are gonna hurt me again." I said.

"We won't let them." Calum said, and protectively hugged me, making me smile. "Thanks Calum." Then we pulled away. "Hey wanna play or something to get our minds off all this shit?" Michael suggested and we nodded quickly. 

{Ashton's POV}
I started hearing shouting from upstairs. I was about to go check but then Paula stormed down the stairs, crying. I can faintly see a red hand mark on her cheek which i assume Luke's. Gen followed behind her. 

I approached them. "Gen can we, uh, talk?" I asked. "L-let's talk some other day, A-ash." She said, her voice cracking. Before i could say anything else, the stormed out the house. I can't stand her seeing like this. I sighed and went upstairs to Luke.

 I knocked on the door, even if it was opened. Luke sat up, revealing his puffy eyes that he started to rub. I sat down beside him. "Hey... What happened?" I asked. He took a deep breath before telling me. 

"I asked them how they got that far and how could they be so selfish. They said sorry and said they didn't know that it affected me so much but i didn't forgave them. When i shouted again, Paula shouted back 'why do care about Ally' and shit. She was about to call her 'piece of shit' but i slapped her." He pausing and rubbed his face with his hands. 

"I don't know how i had the guts to slap her. I don't know why i still care about Ally either..." He said and sighed. Then he continued. "Then Paula asked me... i-if i still love Ally..."

"Do you?" I asked and we looked at each other. He was silent for a moment then his reply shocked me...

"I do, Ashton. I do."

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He still loves Ally. Ally doesnt know if she still loves him neither does she know what he's feeling for ash. :)