She Looks So Perfect (Luke Hemmings)+ extras

Chapter 9- Death

Breakfast in the morning. Check. Nice sunlight. Check. Outdoors. Check. Boyfriend? CHECK. My perfect start to the day. Luke sat in front of me as he scrolled through his phone. Without him really paying attention to me, I took this opportunity to just stare at him. Trying to register in my head that this guy used to be this little kid and damn has puberty done him well.

The way he likes to run his fingers through his hair or the way he likes to occasionally bite his lip and then lick it afterwards. It's the little things that he does that make me swoon.

"Is there something on my face?" Luke questions and I notice that he caught me staring.

"Nothing."

"I caught you staring babe. Don't be embarrassed. I stare at you too. Especially when you sleep. You just look so peaceful and like a little angel. Oh, have you checked your twitter recently? Or mine for this matter." My hands stop and I reach for my phone, still chewing on my food, I go onto Luke's twitter and see his last tweet:

@Luke5SOS: @Michael5SOS don't disturb me.

I'm guessing that's not the one he wants me to see. I move onto the next tweet and on it is a picture attachment:

@Luke5SOS: @NicoleStamkos looks like such an angel when she sleeps ^_^ #sleepymornings

"Aw, wait. Was this after we...?"

"Yes but they won't know. Because your hair is always slightly messy and they can't see me! So they can't see my post-love making hair." Luke explained and I reached forward to cover his mouth with my hand.

"Don't say it out loud!" Luke licks my hand I retract it, wiping his saliva on my shorts.

"Sorry. So what do you have going on today?" I shrug my shoulders and go onto my schedule that I had on my phone. We've been in Australia for nearly two weeks now and we're halfway through the competition, so far our team are up at the top and Phoebe's team is ranked 3rd and Lilliana's team is 2nd.

"Nothing much. But I can never be sure now. Franny Pack says we might have a team meeting later on tonight and a team practice but that's about it. Nothing else is happening." I put my phone down and look at Luke. "What?"

"Franny pack? Who on earth is that?"

"It's one of my team mates. Her nickname is Franny then I came up with Franny Pack. Don't judge me!" Luke laughs and we finish up the date. Then heading over to the mall for some ice cream because you know, ice cream in the morning is a very important thing. But we soon left when we noticed some girls wearing 5SOS jackets, we left immediately and headed back for my hotel room just to chill out the rest of the day.

"You know you're prefect right?" Luke whispers as I snuggled in his arms.

"I'm not." I feel his lips on the top of my head and his hands tighten around me. He then wraps his leg around me and brings me as close as he can to his body. I didn't mind it, I loved it actually being able to be so close to him and not have too much things distracting us. None of our friends or anything. Just the two of us.

"You are. Do you want pizza? I'll go get some." I nod and then Luke leaves. I waited and waited for him to come back but he didn't. I wouldn't have thought that it would take him around two hours to go get it. Unless he bought like ten pizzas or more but when he walked through the door, there was only two.

"What the heck took you so long?" I asked, a little angry.

"I'm sorry but while I was out I had this thought and then I realised I could fit it into the song I wrote and then I had to go buy a small note book and pen and sit down and write it all down messily." Luke shows me the book and I see his writing, extremely messy and I could tell that he was trying so hard to get all the ideas out before they disappeared.

"So the song is finished?" I asked. Handing the book back to him. Luke grins and grabs his t-shirt. Sitting on the bed and tuning it. The look of concentration was strong on him and I loved that face. His serious face is seriously attractive.

"Mind sitting with me like last time?" I blush a little and sit on Luke's lap, he wraps his arms around me and places the guitar in front of us. He strums a little and then began to sing the parts I knew and then came in the new part he added in.

"While I was out, I found myself alone just thinking if I showed up with a plane ticket and a shiny diamond ring with your name on it. Would you wanna run away too? 'Cause all I really want is you." I stayed sitting just listening to the whole song, hearing Luke's beautiful voice just made my heart grow weaker. Everything was perfect and I found myself crying a little when he finished. He wrote that song and he wrote it for me.

"Babe, are you crying?" He asks. Placing the guitar down and turning me around. I laugh through the happy tears and cup Luke's face in my hands. Giving him a kiss.

"They're happy tears. And it's all because of you and that song and everything. I love you so much Lucas Hemmings. I love you so, so much."

****

Luke is in Australia for another 6 days. And in those six days, I have three games and he has two concerts. And guess what? The good thing is when I have a game, he doesn't have a concert. And when he has a concert. I don't have a game. Which fits perfectly for our schedule.

Tonight is his first concert and he invited me. I watched patiently from the sides and really enjoyed myself. Going to my boyfriend’s concert for the first time was absolutely amazing. I couldn't help but smile throughout the whole way. The concert was coming to an end and they sang all the songs.

"You may think this is the end of the concert and that we don't have any more songs. But..." I stopped walking and turned around. I see Luke grinning at me. "There is someone special here tonight and we don't have too much time left together until the band leaves for America. And I have recently been remembering all the memories we had together in the past and when we were younger. Babe?" Luke turns to my and holds a hand out. Signalling me to come on stage. "Will you join me on stage?" I broke down in tears and went on stage, the fans roared and Luke engulfed me into a side hug.

"WE LOVE YOU TWO!" A fan shouted. Thank the lords that the fans like me.

"Babe, I know you're Canadian and I had to ask some of your team mates for this so uh, I know your favourite Canadian band and this song seems to speak to me about the memories we hold and I thought that I would sing it to you but, here's the twist, I'm not going to sing the original version." I was literally dying, knowing what he was talking about. I was given a stool to sit on and the music started. Luke looked at me as he strummed on his acoustic guitar. And hearing him sing this version, just made me die. You know what I mean.

"Mon Coeur s'enfonce et je m'envole dans cet avion qui m'emmène loin de toi et j'ai du mal à croire qu'on se quitte. Dis moi que c'est bien la dernière fois. Mais un jour je te retrouverai ici. Mon amour, sous l'ombre des palmiers!" Luke's voice fitted perfectly for the song and it flowed oh so graciously. By the end of it my cheeks were so hot from blushing, I am sure I could bake a cake with them. Luke grabbed me into a hug and I wanted to have that moment on pause, replay it and then live it again.

"I love you." He whispers.

"I love you too. More than anything in the world." The crowd continues to shout and cheer. Soon the random shouting’s turned into them cheering our 'Couple name': NUKE! NUKE! NUKE! As the lights died down, I walked off stage in Luke's arms and the other boys then did the typical thing that a guy’s best friends would do: tease.

"AW LUKE IS SUCH A CUTIE PATOOTIE!" Calum shouted.

"OTP! OTP! OTP! OTP! OTP!" Ashton and Michael chanted. Being with 5sos felt like another family. I had my team mates, my actual family and then I had these four idiots, one of which I am currently dating.

"Nicole?" A sad voice called. I look up and see the familiar face that belongs to Gabriel Landeskog. His face showed one thing and it meant only one thing: terrible news. Fearing the worst, I take a step forward.

"Gabe, what's wrong?" I asked. He breathed in and out.

"It's about your dad..." He paused for a moment, looking at me and contemplated with himself whether or not he should tell me now but he did anyways. "...and Steven. They were on the way here to surprise you a-a-and Th-they got into an accident. Your father’s side got hit and he wasn't wearing a seatbelt. As for Steven, he was and I'm so sorry Nicole but your father didn't make it. Steven is in the hospital now and he told me to tell you. I'm so, so sorry Nicole." Gabe repeated. Tears began to stream out of his eyes and to me it seemed like he needed some comfort of his own but I couldn't provide him that. Because I was too devastated.

"It can't be true!" I screamed. The look Gabe gives me just confirmed everything. "NO! IT CAN'T BE! YOU'RE LYING TO ME!!" I screamed even louder now and I had a waterfall of tears of my own. My arms began to flail around and hit Gabe. Luke and Michael tried to hold me back but I broke through their grips and ran away. Out of the venue and away from anyone I knew.

My father can't be dead. I talked to him this morning for a bit. Steven said everything would be alright. He said they will always be safe. But they're not. One is dead and the other is hospitalised. Why tonight? Why now?

It was late and dark. I didn't really watch where I was going and when I opened my eyes, I was shocked to see where I ended up. I looked around at the dark, isolated place. Memories flowed back and I cried even more. No one will know I'm here. No one.


~Luke's POV~

“She's not anywhere. We tried.” Ashton said as he and Michael came back after running after Nicole. Of course they can't find her. Terrible news like this never goes well for her. Especially about hearing the death of a family. Let alone the pain she's probably feeling now from learning about the death of her own father.

"Her brother wants to see her. Make sure she's alright but we can't do that if we don't even know where she is." The Gabriel guy exclaims. I sigh.

"I know where she is. Just don't follow me. I'll bring her back once she is better." Gabe seemed like he wanted to say something but I glared at him and went running out of the venue. Now, if only I can figure out how to get there from here. A little map popped up in my head and I jogged all the way there.

When I arrived, I got chills up and down my back. This place looks worse than it did the day we stopped going here. Like in a movie, I was able to see little flashbacks of our memories here. They lead me to look up to the tree and no doubt was it still there. Our old tree house.

It is worn down and it has lost a lot of its wood but the main structure was still there. I hear soft cries coming from the little house and I know it’s her. I walk over to the old ladder, stepping over all the plants that have grown around here over the years.

I spent a minute to inspect the place, feel all the memories under my fingertips. I came across a little warm wet patch. Something slightly suspicious, considering most of the things here are dry and have been untouched for years.

Using the light on my phone, I inspect it. Red. Blood. Knowing this, I didn't waste another second and just got up there. Not caring that it's tearing up my own skin, my girlfriend is up there and is bleeding too. I'd rather bleed to death saving her than have her bleeding to death because I was saving myself.

Her sobs became louder the higher I got and eventually I reached the top and I find her hunched over in the corner. She doesn't notice me and doesn't really move until I take a step on the base.

"Who are you?!" She asks. Complete fear in her voice.

"It's me." She recognises my voice and looks up. Before looking away again.

"Don't look at me. I'm hideous." Nicole mumbles and hearing her say that rips me apart. No one as beautiful as her should feel like that. In fact, no one should feel like that. Everyone is beautiful. On the outside that is. I bite down on my lip and walk over to her and sitting down.

“No matter what state you’re in, you are always beautiful to me. Please don’t forget that.” Nicole slowly turns around and looks to me. Seeing her eyes so broken and the scratches along her arms and legs breaks me.

“Why do you love me?”

“Are you really asking me that?”

“Yes.”

“You’re amazing. You’re beautiful and I’ve known you for a long time and no other woman can replace you. No one can and I know for a fact because I have met a lot of girls before and no one compares to you. You are the most amazing person I know and I am more than happy to be able to call you mine and I hope the feeling flows both ways.” Nicole takes my hand and intertwines our fingers. I pull her into my and let her rest her head on my shoulder. Her favourite place to be.

“It does. How did you know I was here?”

“I’m your boyfriend and your best friend. When you were younger you would escape here whenever you were upset over anything. I knew this would be where you went. Even though it is run down and has been abandoned for years. You just can’t seem to let it go. You love it too much to do so, just how I feel towards you.” I stare down at the beautiful girl in my arms and I see the ends of Nicole’s mouth rise up a little to form a small but beautiful smile.

“I still can’t believe you’re my boyfriend. What did I do to deserve you?” Using the back of her palm, Nicole wipes away her tears and wipes them on the rough material of her shorts.

“You were yourself. And it’s kind of rare to find a girl who truly loves me for who I am and not because I am Luke Hemmings from 5SOS. I know it’s because we were child hood best friends but I honestly thought our friendship would change because we didn’t see each other for eight years.” Nicole shifts a little in my arms and I feel the weight of her head go away from my shoulder. I look over to her and see her smiling the beautiful smile she has.

“Our friendship will never change. Only our relationship status. Like we promised. The day you asked me to be yours.”

“I remember.” With one huge grin on her face, I lean in and give her a kiss on the lips. “Your brother is worried about you. And Gabe says he really wants to see you. Let’s go visit him, it’s the least we can do.” Nicole nods silently and I go down first. I look up and see her looking down on me.

“Are you expecting me to jump?!” She shouts.

“Yeah! Don’t worry! I’ll catch you.” A look of hesitance was on her but she jumped anyways and I caught her.  “Told you I would catch you.” I smirked.

“I never doubted you.”

A/N: did any of you freak out because the chapter is titled 'death' and you thought that either luke or one of the 5sos boys dies? :P i'd like to know! anyways OMG 900 READS and almost 100 votes?!?!? YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING JUST REMEMBER THAT I LOVE YOU ALL :D Sorry that this is a depressing chapter :( me ish sorreh! :D Hope you enjoyed it though! do not stop voting/commenting :D means a lot to me! TA-TA till next time!