Life

Chapter Five

The next morning*
When I start to wake up, I feel something warm across my waist. I look at my phone and see it's 6:00 am. Where am I? I guess someone read my thoughts because I heard a familiar voice say, "shh... go back to sleep, Max." I obey and lay back down without looking at the person and fall back asleep.
10:00 am*
I wake up again, and I finally get a good look around at where I am. I'm in the dorm, but it's not mine. It's.... Luke's. "Luke?" I say. "Oh good, you're up." He comes from around the corner. The kitchen, I guess. "Why am I in your dorm?" I ask. "Oh.... well you were asleep so I carried you to my dorm. I put you in the bed and fell asleep watching you to see if you would wake up and want to go back meet Charley and Ash. I guessed not." He says. "Okay.... ummm well I guess I should head back now...." I say. "Wait," he grabs my arm, pulling me to him. "What happened last night?" I look up at him and see he looks worried. "Well... last night at the club we were at I was dancing with this guy... Ashton. He asked me how old I was and stuff and then he slid his arm around my waist and tried to kiss me. I slapped him and ran away looking for Charley and Ashley. I told them what happened and we came home." I see he looked even more worried. "Oh no please don't worry you see I'm fine!" I say. "No it's just... I should have came with you.... I could have protected you." He says. I give him a hug and lay my head on his chest. "Luke.... don't worry. Please. I'm fine." He gives me a hug back and says, " I know but... if something happens one day I don't want to lose you..." I blush at that and let him go. "Well... I'll see you later. Bye Luke." "Bye" he says. I walk out his dorm and walk out into the hall to mine. When I get there, I see Char and Ash still asleep. Typical. They like sleeping in. I think. I walk quietly to my closet and change my clothes, do my hair, and walk into the bathroom to brush my teeth. When I'm done I do my make- up and put shoes on. I grab my phone and text Luke.
Me: wanna go get some breakfast?
Luke: sure. Where at?
Me: u pick. Idk rn lol
Luke: ok I'll be to ur dorm in 10.
Me: kk
After a while of playing on my phone, I hear a knock at the door. I get up and open it. "Ready?" Luke asks. "Yep. Let's go." I say. We walk down the hall and we go in his truck.
In Luke's truck*
"Hey, what's wrong?" He asks. "Nothing..." I say. He pulls over and parks the truck. "I'm not moving this truck until you tell me." He says while turning and looking at me. "....Luke.... I'm serious it's nothing." I say. "Wait... aren't we on a freeway?" I ask. "Yes, but I won't go." "LUKE!!! WE'LL DIE PLEASE IT'S NOTHING!!" "Max, I'm still not going. I don't care I die I want you to be happy." "But if you die... I'll be sad." "I don't want you to be sad." "And I don't want you to die." We stare at each other for a while and I lean in and kiss him. I pull away when I realize what I did. "Oh my gosh I'm so-" I was cut off with him kissing me. I blush madly and kiss him back. "I love you, Max. I always have and I always will." "I love you too, Luke." He kisses me again and I can't believe what we just did. My phone then rings and I look at it and see Charley texted.
Charley: wya?
Me: with Luke goin get breakfast. Ash up?
Charley: nah she still asleep.
Me: u want somethin or u gonna get somethin later?
Charley: nah I'm good. Thx anyways.
Me: oh ok yw
Charley: soooo.... what did u and Luke do?
Me: 😳uhh I'll tell u later
Charley: 😱U DIDNT-!
Me: LATER!!!! 😂😂
Charley: okaaaaayyy
Me: Charley Marie. Go check on Ashley and I'll be back later.
Charley: SHES STILL ASLEEP!!!!
Me: ok now bye
"What'd she want?" Luke asks. "Oh she just wanted to know where I was. I told her I was goin get breakfast with you." "Oh" We pull up to a restaurant and we get down. I notice that the ground is higher than what I thought it was. I may be tall but his truck is high off the ground. "Havin' trouble?" Luke jokes. "Yes...." "Okay hold on." He picks me up from his truck and puts me down. "Wha- how were you able to pick me up? Aren't I a little heavy?" "Nah. You're not heavy." Wow.... thought I'd weigh a little.... "Well come on, lets go inside and eat." He says. I follow him inside and we order a table. "Soo... What do you want to eat?" He asks. "Hmm... What's good here?" "All of it." "That doesn't help!" I laugh. The waiter comes and asks us if we want drinks. I order a coke and he takes a Dr. Pepper. "Soo... What should we talk about?" I ask. " I don't know. Oh. What happened over the years I didn't see you?" I wasn't ready for that question. "Oh... um.... not much. Just stuff....." I say. "Stuff? What happened? Please tell me." "It's nothing." "Max...." "Luke. It's nothing." I stand up and go outside and wipe my eyes. I hear the door open again and I feel arms wrap around me. "I'm sorry. If you don't want to tell me it's ok. I didn't mean to. I just thought you got hurt and I wanted to know who hurt you," Luke says. "Well... whenever you left to look for college, my grandfather died. I cried a lot for four days and I still can't get over it. Then... I don't know how to tell you this.... but your mom got in a wreck." I feel his arms tighten. "She.... what?" He didn't know?! "No one told you? I stayed home a week to help Ashley and them. Your family were so sad to lose her. I'm sorry. I thought you knew." "I- I didn't. No one told me...." I see his eyes start to water. "Oh no please... don't cry." I say as I wipe the tears from his eyes. "I'm sorry. I didn't want to tell you at first but I thought you should know. I didn't want it to hurt you." "It's ok." He says. "Lets go back inside," I say. I go back to our table and sit down and so does he. After a while we order our food and leave after we are finished. While walking back to his truck, he picks me up and carries me to the truck. "Hey! I can walk by myself...." "Yea, but you can't get in or out the truck, remember?" He teases. "Oh- your butt!!!!" I laugh.
In Luke's truck again*
In the truck, he plays Beyoncé. I laughed. I forgot he listened to her. I got him hooked on it when we were little. He played all the songs I know, and I sung every one until my throat hurt. I even sang "Sorry" by her. He let me. So what happened at the restaurant wasn't good, so what? We didn't mind. At least he didn't cry. That would have taken a while to calm him down. I felt bad for telling him that, too.
Back at the dorms*
Luke picks me up (again!) from his truck and carries me to my room. When Charley opens the door and sees what happens, she just laughs and lets us in. Ash is still sleeping in the bed. Figures. She'll wake up in a bit. Luke puts me down and sneaks a kiss on my cheek. I blush and he leaves. "Soooo... spill. What did you two do and did he just kiss you?" "Ok well... on our way, he stopped on the side of the freeway and told me to tell him what was wrong with myself"
-Time skip after I told Charley everything-
"YOU TWO KISSED?!" Ashley shoots up. "I'm up!" She says. Me and Charley look at each other and laugh. "We'll tell you later, Ash. Charley, you goin back home today?" "Yea..... I'm sorry." "Aww... it's ok. Last night was fun. While it lasted. I'm sorry I made y'all leave." "It's ok. Something went wrong and you wanted to come home. I was worried about how Luke would react, but when he saw you sleeping he didn't try and wake you up, he just picked you up and took you to his room. He didn't say anything to us." "Oh. He didn't tell me much about what happened last night when we got home. Well Charley, I guess we should get you ready to go home?" "Yeah... I guess. Come on."
-After Charley goes home-
"I'm bored." I say. "Me too," Says Ash. We hear a knock at the door. "Come in," I say. "Hello?" A deep voice says.
To be continued in the next chapter........