friends ; l.h. a.u.

fifteen

"I think it's time I told you this..."

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"What is it?" I ask.

Luke sighed and pushed his hair up, "Remember that time when we were twelve?"

I nod my head, "You told me that one day, you and your band will take over the world."

"Yeah. Well, guess what. We're going on tour with One Direction!" Luke smiles.

"When do you leave?" I'm really proud of Luke and his band because they were four teenage guys making covers on YouTube and now they're touring with the biggest boy-band in the world.

Luke's smile faded away and he looks at me straight in the eye, "See, that's the thing."

"What?" I ask, my smile fading away slowly.

"I have to leave... Right now."

That's when I felt my heart drop, "W-What? No. You can't leave right now! That's bullshit!"

"Desi, calm down..." Luke says as calmly as possible.

"Calm down?! My best friend, leaving me right here on the spot! Why didn't you tell me before?!" I yell.

"I thought it would surprise you before my career would finally increase successfully?" He responds, more of a question.

I blinked twice at him and threw my hands up in the air, "Yeah! You totally surprised me!"

"Desi, this is important to me..." Luke says, reaching out his hand and places it on my shoulder.

I looked at him and sighed, "I know this is important to you Luke, and I'm sorry for yelling at you, it's just that..." Tears started to form in my eyes and I look down.

"Just what?" He asks quietly.

"It's just that you gave me a last minute notice and this right now is the only moment we have before you're known out there to the whole world." I sit back down on the bench and set my head between my hands, letting the tears fall freely.

I don't know what I would do without Luke. He helps me fight through everything; physically and emotionally. I don't care what people say when we're together just as friends, it's the thought of being with each other counts.

"Desi? Are you okay?" Luke places his hand on my back gently and starts rubbing his thumb around in a circle.

I look up from my hands and wiped the tears off my cheeks with my rim of my jacket. "Yeah... I'm fine. It's just that, you'll be gone and I'll be alone..."

"No you won't be alone..." He held his pendant by this index finger and his thumb and turned his body to face me, "Whenever you look at this pendant, think of me and all our childhood memories because man, that was the best time of my life."

I let out a chuckle and took a hold of my pendant, a small smile appearing on my lips, "Friends?"

"Forever and always," He attaches our pendants and pulls me into a hug. It was a nice, long, and quiet hug. Not the awkward type of quiet, just an appreciating each others presence in silence type of quiet.

He pulls away and I let out a sigh, "So, what-."

Luke's phone rings in his pocket and he quickly rummages his pocket to get it out, "Hold on." As soon as he takes out his phone, he quickly scans the screen and slides it back in his pocket, "Ashton just texted me saying that we've got to go."

I look at the ground and try my best not to let more tears escape. I can't cry again. I'm holding up Luke from accomplishing his dream by me being an emotional wreck.

"Hey... Look at me." Luke brings my face up with his finger and I look at him in the eye, "I won't be gone forever."

"I know," I crack a smile. "If someone leaves they'll always come back. But if they don't, they're thinking of you every single time."

"Hey that was actually really nice." Luke smiles. His phone rings again but this time, Luke chose to ignore it. He stands up and stretches then looks down at me. "Well... I better get going."

I stood up from my seat and set my hands in the pocket of my jacket, nodding, "Go ahead... Accomplish your dream. This is what you've been waiting for. Don't worry about me. I'll be fine."

"You sure?" Luke raises his eyebrows.

"Yeah," I smile. "I'm going to see what life brings me."

"That's the spirit." Luke smiles, backing away slowly. "I promise I'll be back as soon as possible."

"Don't make me keep you from reaching your dream!" I call out to him, "You'll make it without me!" He gives me a thumbs up and I smile, then turned around to exit the park. "I know you will."

One year without Luke... I think I can manage that.

Just as I pass the gate to the other entrance of the park, I hear someone call my name. I turned around and saw a tall figure running up to me and I've noticed who it was, "Luke?"

Without any notice, Luke gently cups my face with his hand and places his lips on mine. Yes, I was a little thrown back at first but I kissed back.

I noticed how his lips would feel against mine; soft and plush.

I pull away to catch my breath, our foreheads still touching, "What was that for?"

Luke pauses for a few seconds and spoke the next few words; "We've never had our first kiss."

WEY HEY

THIS STORY IS COMING TO AND END AW AW AW

THE NEXT CHAPTER WILL EITHER BE THE LAST CHAPTER BEFORE AN EPILOGUE OR THE EPILOGUE

I DONT KNOW BUT I'LL TRY AND WRITE SOMETHING GOOD

ANYWAYS ILYASM

KEEP ON TRUCKIN' AND NEVER LET ANYONE PUT YOU DOWN

BYEE X

UPDATE: I HAVE DECIDED THAT THE NEXT CHAPTER WILL BE THE FINAL ONE AND I'LL BE PUBLISHING IT AT ANY TIME SO KEEP YO EYES PEELED GUYS

I'LL BE BACK :-)