Boy With The Cinderblock Garden (Luke Hemmings AU/Fanfiction)

Part 3: 2

luke's pov

Liana and I had luckily found plane tickets to leave tonight, and to come back Monday. It was Thursday night and we were boarding the airplane. All of a sudden, we saw a friend from school, Daisy, also boarding the plane.

"Hey, Daisy, you're going to Australia for Memorial Day Weekend too?" Liana asked her.

"Yeah." She stated with a smile.

"Why?" Liana asked with confusion. I mean, we didn't really have to explain what we were doing, since I'm from Australia, but it seemed a little odd for someone from here to be going there alone for a weekend.

"Oh, it's been on my bucket list for a while to put a shrimp on the Barbie in Australia, and I figured since I don't have anything else going on during this long weekend, I should use it to do that."

I furrowed my brow, shooting her a confused and weirded out look. Wow. I do not understand Americans. However, Liana just laughed a bit and said, "Ohh, cool!"

Daisy can be a bit strange at times, but in the greatest and funniest way, so I think Liana wasn't phased at all by what she said.

"Wait, so like, are you going to find some authentic Australian cooking lessons, or just barbecue a bunch of shrimp on your own or...?" I asked.

"No. I just wanna put one shrimp on the Barbie." Replied daisy.

"Just one?" I inquired.

She smiled and nodded, held up her index finger, and then repeated, "One."

"Okay." I said, deciding to accept it. "It was nice seeing you."

"You too. Are you just visiting your family or the weekend?" Daisy asked.

"Yeah. Just visiting family!" I lied.

Then, we got to our seats.

As we started to take off, I could see Liana acting nervous.

"You okay?" I asked.

"Yeah. As much as I could be." She said, still shaking her leg. "Do you think a ghost could crash a plane?"

"God, I hope not."

"Ugh."

"As long as she doesn't possess the pilot." I said with a chuckle.

"Luke!" She nudged me. "That's not funny."

"I know. I'm sorry. We'll be okay. You should know that better than me though. You're usually the optimistic one."

"Yeah. I know. You're right. It's gonna be all good and by Tuesday we're gonna be ghost free and back to normal." She whispered.

"Love you." I said, and kissed her head.

michael's pov

So much has been happening recently. A few weeks ago, Luke had got in a paranormal accident, and got sent to the emergency room. Then, Nella and Ashton who were best friends, stopped talking. Then, Kennedy and I broke up. We didn't get in a fight or anything though. We just both realized that we didn't really feel like a couple anymore and that we'd be better off as friends. Also, I had been somewhat distant lately. I think it was mostly because of Calum coming out as gay recently. It made me start to realize some things. I already knew I liked guys and girls, but I had never thought of having feelings for any of my close friends. I guess it just seemed weird to me since I'd known them, especially Calum, for so long, and I always assumed they were all straight. I know it seems weird that I could be friends with Calum for years and never know he was gay, but I just never noticed him being interested in anyone, so it didn't cross my mind that he might be into guys too. Also, I knew I loved Calum platonically, but I started to worry that it might be more than that. I couldn't tell how long I've felt this way, but I knew there was something. I doubted that he liked me as any more than a friend or like a brother though, so I was terrified of saying or doing anything about it. However, I talked to Kenz about it like a week after we broke up, and she understood and suggested that I tell him if I have feelings because she thinks that he might feel the same way, but even if he doesn't that he'd be cool about it and that I'd eventually get over him and continue to be friends. I figured she was right and that I should risk it. I decided I'd go over to Calum's when no one else was home and talk to him for a bit and figure out how I felt. If I really did like him in that way, I'd tell him. If I realized I didn't, I'd just forget and move on.

It was Thursday night, right before our long weekend, so my friends and I were going to hang out anyways. However, Luke was on his way to Australia, and Ashton wanted some time to himself, so Calum said just us two could hang out at his place and that his host parents were going out. This would work.

*

I took a deep breath and walked in.

"Hey Mikey, how's it going?" He greeted me with a smile. Ugh. Just looking him brought back all those feelings that I had suppressed and made me realize how I really felt about him all this time. Maybe Kennedy and I started to be so awkward and forced as a couple because I had almost used her to hide my feelings for Calum from myself.

calum's pov

It was just Michael and I hanging out tonight. It shouldn't have made me nervous. Michael and I had hung out just us two countless times, but not in a long time. I had realized that one night at Kennedy's gig that I didn't actually like Theo and that I was just craving any affection from a guy because I was into someone else. That someone else happened to be Michael. I knew for a while that he might be bi, but that didn't matter because he was still dating Kennedy when I realized my feelings. But now they were broken up. I didn't know if that gave me more of a chance at all, but a boy could dream.

We sat down on the couch and had some casual small talk, and then suddenly Michael said, "so, you know you just came out to us and stuff?"

I laughed a little and said "uh yeah."

"Do you like anyone right now? Like did anyone in particular make you realize you're gay, or did you just know you're generally into guys?" He asked.

Oh shit. I couldn't lie to him, but I didn't want to tell him the whole truth yet. "Well, no one in particular actually made me realize. I actually think it was more trying to date Lynnie just made me realize I don't like girls and then I realized I did like guys though. But actually, I do like someone right now." I explained.

"Oh. Okay." He replied. Before he could ask any further questions, like who I liked, I quickly changed the topic.

"So, what happened with you and Kenzy? You two seemed good together."

"Oh, um. That's actually what I wanted to talk about tonight. Well, mostly, we just realized we'd be better as friends and didn't really have romantic feelings for each other anymore. Also, I think both of us just rushed into it originally because we both just wanted a relationship and we figured if we got along and found each other cute that it would work, but that wasn't the case. I think I was hiding something from myself and somewhat used her to suppress it." He clarified.

"What did you realize? If you don't mind me asking." I said, with a strange nervous feeling in my stomach.

"I think I've liked someone else for a while." He said.

Oh no. I wanted to ask him who it was, but then he'd want to know who I liked.

"Oh. Are you gonna tell them?" I asked, figuring that was the safest non-intrusive question to ask right now.

He paused and breathed before saying, "that's what I'm doing right now."

I swallowed. It felt like my heart was in my throat. What did he just say? Michael was telling me? That he liked me?

"Wha--" I started to ask.

He looked really upset and nervous because he thought that I didn't feel the same way. "I'm sorry, I know it's probably really weird for you to hear that. I just had to tell you no matter what the outcome would be because I didn't wanna just keep that in and--" he started rambling quickly and nervously, but I cut him off by kissing him.

He kissed back and held the back of neck. This, was what I had been waiting for. At the time, Theo's kiss had given me butterflies, but this was so much more than that. Kissing Michael and knowing that he wanted it as much as I did filled a void in my soul that I didn't even know was there. I was nervous and giddy, but also felt calm, assured, and comfortable. This felt right.