Beside You || Luke Hemmings

Chapter 3

[ L U K E ]

Our manager didn't give us any time to rest. She made us start school the day we got there. Calum was styling his hair into a quiff, wearing his leather jacket over his hoodie and his black jeans. Michael was....who knows where. I banged on the bathroom door. "CALUM!" I nagged, dragging the M. "I'm almost done, you little bastard. Hold on!" he yelled through the door. I rolled my eyes and leaned against the wall. 4 minutes later, Calum opened the door. He was placing his beanie carefully on his head to make sure he didn't mess up his hair. "Your turn." he smirked and pushed past me.

It took me 10 minutes to get ready and I walked out, feeling refreshed. Michael appeared right before we walked to the car, and we all piled in. "I'm psyched! School is gonna be awesome this year." Michael exclaimed. Calum and I rolled our eyes because we both hate school. The only subjects I'm good at are math and science. I flunk everything else, which is what I'm planning to do this year. We arrived at the school and the three of us climbed out.

I slipped on my shades so that they wouldn't recognize me, as did Calum and Michael. I searched the school for Ashton, until I found him by the lockers on the east side of school.

Woah there.

He was making out with his girlfriend against the lockers, with one arm to the side of her head and the other around his waist. I snapped a picture and sent it to Calum and Michael. I snickered at the picture and walked away, not wanting to bother Ashton.

The next thing I knew, I was on the floor with a girl on top of me, groaning. "I am so sorry!" I apologized, scrambling to get up. I extended my hand, but she waved her hand dismissively and got up by herself. She grabbed her skateboard from the floor and fixed her beanie. I got a good look at her and that's when I realized.

It was her.

[ S T E V I E ]

This dude was staring me down. He was definitely taller than me, by about 2 inches. I glared at him through his sunglasses and he took a step back. He should watch where he's going.

"Why are you staring at me like that?" I snapped. "What? Oh, never mind. I..uh...my name's Luke!" he blurted out, holding his hand in front of him for a shake. I shook his hand but didn't respond. Instead, I raised my eyebrow at his quirkiness.

"I've never seen you around here. You must be the new kid. Where are your buddies?" I said. "They're...." he gestured around the school by flailing his arms around. "...somewhere."

I just shook my head and laughed. "See you around, Luke." I snickered and rode my skateboard down the hall, not caring if I got caught. I turned around to see him still staring at me as I departed. I made a face and turned around, not daring to look back again.

[ L U K E ]

I just watched her ride out of sight on her black skateboard. She seemed......interesting.

There was something about her that made me stay up all night and now, not stop staring at her. I just couldn't put my finger on it.

She's special.

I wandered around the school in hopes of finding Calum or Michael. Instead, I ran into Ashton and his girlfriend. "Luke?" he asked in disbelief. I hugged him (in a manly way) and laughed. "In the flesh! How's life here?" I asked. "Good, good. I watched your concerts online! But what happened on your last show? You were supposed to do 5 songs, not 3." Ashton said. "Our drummer bailed on us. You were way better than him." I sighed. He shrugged until his girlfriend cleared her throat in annoyance.

"Ashton, aren't you going to introduce me?" she snapped, twirling a strand of her blonde hair and gawking at me. "Oh, right. This is Amanda, my girlfriend. Amanda, this is Luke Hemm-"

"Hemmingway! Luke Hemmingway. Nice to meet you." I interrupted. Amanda smirked and winked at me, trying not to show Ashton.

Ashton eyed me curiously on why I made up my last name. I gave him an "I'll-explain-later" look and turned back to Amanda.

The bell rang, signaling first period. "I have to go. Bye, mate. Bye, Amanda." Ashton declared and kissed Amanda's cheek. She rolled her eyes and watched Ashton leave before looking back at me.

Once the hallways were empty, she slammed me against the lockers and attached her lips to mine hungrily.

"What the hell are you doing?" I mumbled in between her kisses. She pulled away and smirked at me. "You're mine, now." she whispered and brought her lips to mine once again.

I didn't kiss back and I knew she sensed it. She grabbed my hand and dragged me to the janitor's closet, making sure there were no witnesses. She locked the door and pushed me against the wall, forcing her mouth to mine. Her tongue slipped in between my lips and explored my mouth. I couldn't push her off of me.

Her hands tugged at the hem of my plain white shirt and started lifting it up. I jerked my head, freeing me from the kiss, and I pulled my shirt back down. "Stop, you have a boyfriend!" I yelled. She rolled her eyes and unbuttoned her sweater. She threw it down on the ground along with her purse. 

She pulled her dress off, leaving her in her bra and underwear. She was fucking serious about having sex in school! She pulled me down to the floor and wrestled to get on top. Her lips found mine as she straddled herself on top of me.

I couldn't take this anymore. I pretended to reach for the clasp of her bra and she smirked while kissing me. Instead, I pushed her off so now she was under me and I unlocked the door. I made a run for it and left her half naked in the janitor's closet.

Oops!

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Well then.

I bet you didn't see that last part coming.