social casualties | 5sos au

Chapter 46 {By Me}

{a/n: i am currently cringing. i'm not even a fan of one direction anymore - i was before i became emo - and this is so badddd. im just sitting over here like "yo, oli sykes, where you at?" }

I was jumpy. I was obsessing. And I was excited. In just a few minutes, I'd be sitting with One Direction. The biggest boy band. The Beatles of this generation. The... The... HARRY STYLES.

"Are you okay, babe?" Luke said, grasping my hand.

"I'm kinda freaking out. In the best way possible." I smiled widely and bounced my leg up and down.

Luke nodded, but said nothing. Weird...

"Why did Rylie stay back?" Ashton asked.

"She's not a huge fan of 1D. Plus, she knew we'd be seeing them again. And, if we're all lucky, she's making out with Calum right now." I responded.

"How does that affect us?"

"We'd all be in awesome relationships."

"Rylie has a boyfriend, though."

"Have you met him?" I laughed, "No offense to the dude, but Rylie can do a lot better."

Luke squeezed my hand again. I asked him if he was okay, he confirmed that he was fine.

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I walked in with a little sound of a bell. My head turned to the right, and there sat the five boys I had been infatuated with since they were on The X Factor. Is this real life?

All of them turned their heads, a smile on each of their faces. I blushed. Harry was cuter in person.

Shut up, Neptune. You're with Luke.

Everyone finds Harry attractive. It's not a sin.

We sat with them after scooting another table next to theirs so we could all sit at the 'same' table.

Zayn and Louis sat on the end sides,
Liam was at the end, Niall was across from me, Louis was next to Niall, and Harry across from me. I kept bouncing my leg so I didn't jump out  of my seat. Luke held my hand, but my hand was getting sweaty, so I rubbed it on my jeans. He didn't hold my hand again after that.

I frowned, but pretended it way nothing. Perhaps he did not like the sweat. Understandable.

"So, Neptune," Liam stated, "Luke talks about you a lot."

Niall chuckled, "When we say 'a lot', we mean a lot."

Luke blushed and looked away. I smiled, "I talk about him my friends, too. They get annoyed with it."

"I'll be right back." Luke said as he stood up and walked to, what I'm guessing was, the bathroom.

"Hey, love," I heard Harry say.

My heart fluttered as I looked up, "C-can I take a picture with you? If you don't want to, that fi-"

"Sure."

I handed him my already unlocked phone and he went to the camera. I smiled and put up two fingers, forming a peace sign. Or a 'V' for 'victory' depending on how you look at it.

"Thank you," Harry handed my phone back, "so much. You have no idea how happy I am."

"Well, I'm happy that you're happy, but um... Can I ask you a question?"

I nodded.

"Are you and Luke a serious couple, or would it be okay for me to take you out to lunch?"