That Damn Smile • A Luke James Story

2 | Alcohol

I strolled throughout the park sipping on my now warm dark chocolate coffee. I couldn't stop smiling. I was loving life.

I arrived at the door the my apartment building and I unlocked the door. I began to walk up the stairs and went to my room. I opened the door to see the many unpacked boxes.

I decide it's time to unpack. I turn on my playlist with my favorite songs and just dance around while unloading my whole house.

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I had just finished unpacking the last box and I checked the time.

10:43. Oh my gosh. I've been doing this for like 9 hours. I go out on the balcony just to chill and outside I happen to see a big stage in the park and a ton of people down there. I take a guess that it's a concert in the park and it looks kind of fun.

I change into something more party like. It is a black adidas shirt with some black high waisted shorts. I tuck in my shirt hoping I will look like I actually put this outfit together with care. I slip on some black toms and go out of the door.

I walk down to the park and luckily it's free. I walk around to the bar and I see Jasmine.

"Hey, you're Jasmine the girl who made my coffee! I'm Aliya." I say glad to see a familiar face.

"That's me, what are you doing down here?" She questions while moving a seat closer to me at the bar.

"I decided I would come and check it out because I saw it from my balcony." I say pointing up to my apartment on the 2nd floor.

"Well, this is cool. Let me explain to you what this is. It's a big local concert where artists can just sign up to sing here for fun." She says looking up at the stage.

I look towards the stage and squint my eyes to make out who's on the stage and it's Luke.

I stare for a second admiring his voice. He was wearing some grey sweatpants and wasn't wearing a shirt. I stare for a while.

"Not to be nosy but is that the boy you were talking to in the coffee shop earlier?" Jasmine asked curiously as she pointed towards him.

"Yeah that's him but that's a conversation for later. Let's party!" I say turning back around to the bar.

After a good hour minutes of drinking and dancing I'm pretty sure I'm drunk.

"Hey, Aliya is that you?" I hear a voice say to me I can't really make out who they are until they walk up to me.

It's Luke. Who helps me to stand up straight. I wobble a little bit as Jasmine comes over to help as well.

"Hey Luuuke." I slur as I reach out to him.

"I think it's time that you go home, sweetheart." He says to me. I pout.

"Let's dance!" I say pulling him over to a big group of people before he stops me and pulls me back towards him.

Did that just turn me on or is it the alcohol?

I soon gave up on trying to convince him to dance with me after he made it clear he was gonna take me home.

Luke's POV

I walk over to the girl that helped me to hold Aliya up and hope that she knows where she lives.

"Do you know where Aliya lives at?" I ask her now a little panicky realizing I left Aliya by herself.

"She told me in this building right here but I don't know the floor or the roo-." She says before stopping her sentence suddenly and looking over my shoulder. I look around and I see a guy on Aliya smacking her butt as she tries to move away from him.

Now I'm a lover not a fighter but I don't like when people get taken advantage of.

I walked over and stood in front of Aliya. The taller, skinnier guy looked down on me.

"She yours?" He asked in a deep voice.

"Yep this is all me." I say intertwining my fingers with hers to get him to go away.

He backs off and I try to let go of her hand since we have only known each other for a day but she didn't let go.

I smiled. She looked at me and quickly looked away clearly blushing.

I decide that's enough fun for today and begin to continue my original plan.

"Are you too drunk to remember where you stay or are we good?" I chuckle as she nods her head and she pulls me in the direction of her apartment.

As we arrive at the door, she takes her key out and unlocks the door. I start to say goodbye but she invites me inside.

She lays down on the couch and immediately crashes. I laugh.

I navigate myself through the apartment filled with empty boxes and find a glass. I fill it with water and leave it on the coffee table. I also leave a note.

Aliya,

You may not remember tonight completely but you got really drunk. I brought you home. Call me tomorrow so we can plan a real date.

Luke

I leave her apartment and begin to walk down the stairs. As soon as I get out of the building I see Keith down there waiting on the stairs along with the other guys.

"Y'all following me now?" I say acting surprised.

"But did you cuff her though?" Keith asked jokingly knowing that we barely knew each other.

We all laugh as I answer their billions of questions about this girl. This girl that is going to be mine.

A/N

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LIJA!!❤️

Sorry about the wait on this chapter but it's here!
How are y'all liking it?
-kayla💙