|Damage||cth| -au- DISCONTINUED

|Twenty-Seven|

Dakota:

I took my backpack with me and I tiptoed out of my room.

04:15 am, my phone read.

I prayed that I wasn't loud. It was one of be disadvantages of living in such a big house. There were so many opportunities for me to get caught and it only takes one sound, then game over. I walked past Luke's room and then past the bathroom door which suddenly opened. Startled, I walked back to my room with my eyes focused on the ground and I bumped straight into a black figure.

"Ow! Watch where you're going," Luke whined.

"Shhhh," I hushed. "I'm going back to sleep," I lied.

"You're going to sleep with your backpack and your keys," Luke said not falling for my lie.

"What are you doing?"

"I'm going for a run like I always do at this time. Where you sneaking off to?"

"Nowhere."

"Okay, where are you coming back from?" he continued to interrogate.

"Nowhere."

"How much you wanna bet I'll tell on you right now for trying to seek out at 4 am?" Luke snickered.

"Two can play that game. I can count on two hands how much shit I can snitch on you for. Snitch on me and I'll snitch back. Bye Lucifer," I said as I skipped down the stairs.

I opened and closed the door ever so quietly. Before I could put my hands on the stirring wheel. Luke was already behind me. He stared at me through my car window and I stared back, not wanting another conversation.

"You wanna tell me where you're going?" he asked.

"No," I laughed. "Are we still playing twenty questions?"

"Would you care to explain the pregnancy tests in your room?"

"You're so fucking nosey, Luke," I sighed. "Let me go..."I whined

"Look at me, Dakota," Luke demanded. I avoided eye contact, ignored Luke, and turned on my engine.

"Dakota!" he yelled.

I felt bad for not telling him where I was going. He always cold shouldered me every time he left the house so why couldn't I? I rolled down my window and looked at him.

"Those aren't yours, right?" he asked. "There's no point in lying because I see right through you."

"No, they aren't," I spoke truthfully. "Are we done?"

"Sure...have a good day, okay?" he sighed. "Just stay out of trouble."

"Thanks," I said as I sped off to Aria's.

It worried me how content she was with not having the baby. I mean I knew from the getgo that she wouldn't want to keep it. She's smart, has such a bright future ahead, having a baby would slow that down.

But...would Calum want to keep the baby?

Would he want to be with Aria?

I knew ever since it happened, he felt something towards her. When I saw him at lunch, he would always watched Luke and Aria together. I didn't think much of it until now.

Even though at the time he didn't remember, Calum felt obviously connected to Aria in some way. I guess having sex does that to you whether you liked it or not and whether he knew it or not, he was connected to her in ways that he would never imagine.