Chapter 3

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Michael's P.O.V.

"What talk?" I say, trying to avoid eye contact. Luke's tone worried me. I don't know why Luke suddenly needs to have a "talk" with me. "Um, well..." Luke trails off.

"Um, what!?!" I say, raising my voice. "I-I- well last night I came down and saw you asleep, so I covered you your favorite blanket, but I moved your phone. And, I saw that you were looking at some hurtful comments; you were already replying to someone, but I guess you fell asleep." He sighs, and looks down at the floor. "How long have people been saying those things about you?"

"Quite a while." I reply. I see Luke's face fall and I put my hand on his shoulder. "Look, Luke, you don't have to worry about me, alright?" Luke sighs again, but nods. "Okay." He says, "Just tell me one thing." He commands. "Yeah?" I ask, taking my hand off his shoulder and dropping my hands to my sides.

"Don't ever think about hurting yourself. When I say ever, I mean it." I try to take in what Luke has just said to me. Why does Luke think I would hurt myself?

Because he's right Michael. You would hurt yourself. You should just run to the bathroom and take a blade to your skin.

No Michael, you shouldn't. But... you should.

"Michael?" I hear a familiar voice say. "Uh, yeah? I was just thinking about things. But yeah, I won't ever hurt myself." I give him a reassuring smile and get up to leave. Just as I'm about to walk away, I feel a warm hand take ahold of my wrist. "Do you promise?" His voice cracks, almost as if he's about to break down and cry. "I promise." I lie. He lets go and I run to my room and quietly cry myself to sleep.

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Luke's P.O.V.

"Hey.... Luke." "Michael? Is that you?" I call out into the darkness. I hear a faint giggle and I immediately know that it is Michael.

"Yes, it's me. It's 3 am. And I can't sleep. So I was wondering if we could watch a late night movie together?" I sigh and sit up. "Sure thing Mikey." I make my self get out of bed and pop a movie into the dvd player. Michael and I have decided to watch Frozen. Everyone says it's great. I hope it is.

I climb back into bed and pat the empty spot next to me. Michael hops onto the bed and snuggles into me. "Where's the popcorn?" He whispers, his lips brushing against my ear. "I- um...." I can't even finish my sentence, Michael is so close to me. "I'm just kidding, I'm not hungry anyway." I glance at him and he smirks. "Just watch the movie." I say as I slap his arm.

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The credits of the movie just begin to scroll across the screen when my eyes begin to feel heavy. "Tired, yeah?" Michael says. I shake my head and roll over to face him. "Well, I am, but I don't want to go to bed." I want to talk to you. I almost scream out. I just can't help it. I'm falling for Michael, I really am. "Well you should get some sleep." Michael says. I see him lean forward and he plants a kiss on my forehead. My cheeks begin to heat up and I know that they are probably as red as a rose by now. "I see you blushing, you know." "I-...." I look at the ceiling and he mumbles a 'goodnight' and the room falls silent. "Goodnight." I say back to him. Does he like me too?

Michael's P.O.V.

I rub the sleep from my eyes and notice that I'm in Luke's bed. Luke's bed. What did we do last night? I suddenly remember that we watched a movie together and fell asleep. I roll back over and face Luke. He looks so cute when he's sleeping. Is it weird that I'm watching him sleep? Ah fuck it. I don't care. I can't help it. I have a huge crush on Luke Robert Hemmings. But I feel like it's more than just a crush. I might be in love with him. I watch Luke sleep for a couple minutes until I hear him groan. His eyes flutter open and he grins at the sight of me.

"Well good morning Mikey." He yawns and stretches out his arms. "Why, good morning Lukey." I roll out of bed and ask, "Do we have to record today or anything like that?" Luke shakes his head and I smile to myself. Perfect. I get to spend my Saturday with this amazing boy. "Okay then how about we spend the day together?" I look back at him and he nods, and gets out of bed. "Alright, I'll text the boys and tell them that we're hanging out with each other today."

He leaves the room and I just stand there, thinking about what we would be doing for the day. I guess we'll just stay in the house all day? I really don't know. We'll just have to wait and see.

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