Chapter 7

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Luke's P.O.V.

Michael grabs my hand and leads me out of the door and into his car.

"When did you get a new car?" I ask him. A smile tugs at the corner of his lips and I wait for his answer.

"The other day, after we recorded." I nod and look around the car. The seats are a light tan colour and they are really comfortable. I could probably get a good nights sleep in these seats. Well, I can fall asleep on anything.

The rest of the ride is silent and the car comes to an abrupt stop. "Well..." Michael says, taking the key out of the ignition and sitting back in his seat.

"We're here." Michael says. I look around and notice that we're at a fancy restaurant. Michael never takes anyone to a restaurant this fancy.

"Oh." Michael suddenly holds out his hand and I take it. I give him a small smile and he gives me one as well. He leans in and places a kiss on my hand.

"Well let's go." I say and shoo him out of the car.

I gasp once we get inside of the restaurant. I love all the decor in the restaurant, it brings a happy mood to the place.

"Why'd you take me here?" I ask him once we have been seated. He smiles down at the ground and blushes before saying anything, "Well... because you are really special to me Luke." I reach for his hand under the table and lock our fingers together. Michael rubs small circles on my hand and it relaxes me. "Really special." He repeats, giving me a reassuring smile.

****

We both leave the restaurant with full stomachs and Michael begins driving, but not towards our house. "Where are we going Michael?" I ask him, searching his eyes for an answer.

"The beach." He glances at me and flashes a smile, but quickly focusing on the road again. I chuckle and look out the window.

"What?" Michael growls. I frown to myself but realise that he meant that in a playful way.

"You are just so cheesy, is all." He places a hand on my thigh and I relax once more. He always knows how to relax me and make me feel better.

Michael and I make small talk on our way down to the beach. The drive is long and by the time we get there it is almost 6:00. The sun isn't setting just yet, so we have some time before it gets pitch black.

Michael's P.O.V.

"And we are here." I say putting my car in park and grabbing the few necessary things and leading Luke down to a nice spot on the beach.

I lay down a towel and a blanket, and sprawl myself across them.

"Aw, c'mon Michael don't take up all the space!" Luke shouts, trying to push me off the blanket.

"Just lay next to me you dummy." I roll my eyes and gives me a look as if saying 'oh yeah I forgot that I could cuddle with you'. Luke lay down next to me and I put an arm around his shoulder and pull him close to me.

"Hey Michael." Luke whispers. I look down at him and say, "Yeah, Luke?"

"Um... do you want to be m-my ya know.. boyfriend?" He slightly looks away and rubs his hand on the back of his neck. I giggle and kiss his cheek softly.

"Of course, babe." He flushes and kisses me back. "I like when you call me babe."

After a while of sitting down looking at the sky and water, I decide to go swimming. I realise that I don't have my swim trunks. Ah fuck it. I'll go in my clothes.

"C'mon." Luke looks and me confused and before he can say anything I pull on his hand and drag him into the water.

"Mikey, we're in our clothes." I spin him around so he's facing me and shush him.

"Yeah. I forgot to bring our swim clothes. So... yeah." I giggle and lean in for a kiss. Luke wraps his hands around my neck and I hold him, while he wraps his legs around my waist.

"What?" Luke asks. I panic and think of something quick.

"I l-" I stop myself and continue to kiss Luke. I almost told him that I love him. It's way too early in our relationship for that. What if he becomes suspicious.

"I was going to say that I love spending time with you." I lie, terribly. He doesn't seem to see through my lie and I kiss Luke again. The kiss is passionate and slow, I don't dare to deepen it because, well, we're standing in thigh deep water and I don't want to "ruin" the moment.

****

I flop down on my bed as soon as me and Luke get home. That was actually one tiring day. But I enjoyed it a lot. Calum and Ashton are going to come over tomorrow and let us listen to the semi-finished song that we recorded a week and a half ago.

I think of what Calum would say if he found out that me and Luke were secretly boyfriend and boyfriend.

Would he be disgusted?

Would he leave the band?

Would he accept us?

All those questions swirl through my mind, but I eventually fall asleep.

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