We Hold Eachother

Two

"How long have you guys been in here...?"

This comes from a very dazed sounding Luke in the middle of the group discussing song lyrics. John glances over, studying the boy who's been by his side no matter how bad things got. How bad he got. 

Luke stretches, sitting up, his usually perfect hair sticking up every-which-way, a half grin on his face.

"A couple hours," James says. "You were out cold when we got here."

"That tends to happen when you normal people run on my schedule," Theo observes. Luke scowls, tone switching to playful defensiveness.

"I wasn't up that late-"

"Three a.m, Luke?" John says, oddly quiet. Luke looks to him, then looks down at his hands, biting his lip.

"Okay...yeah...that's kinda late."

"You've been doing that a lot lately," James remarks, spinning a drumstick on one hand. "Is there any reason behind that? The Leia thing maybe?"

Luke seems a little taken aback at first, then he sighs. "So you guys picked up on that..."

"She did come into the studio with some new guy on her arm," Theo says, sounding almost a little disgusted. "They made out and-"

"Dude," James interjects, shutting Theo up. Luke simply sighs.

"Its fine...I knew she'd be coming in with a new guy. She confessed to me about the cheating yesterday," At his friends' shocked gasps, Luke raises a hand as if to wordlessly say 'wait, there's more'. "It had been going on for months. I think she wanted me to be jealous, but...I figure if she's happier with him, there's no point in begging her to stay."

James winces. "That's rough, bud."

Luke nods. John watches him. Theo and James might think that's all there is to it but he knows Luke. Even if a girl broke his heart, he still wouldn't be this torn up about it. 

He also knows if he wants any real answers, he'll have to get Luke alone.