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Chapter 8

Ellie's POV

I smirked at the boys minus Luke after I hung up on Liana. Calum and Ashton looked at me with a confused look.

"So where is Luke and Liana? Why aren't they here? I thought we were all going to do something?" Calum whined/asked. I looked at Michael and laughed.

"Please tell me you're not that dense, it's pretty obvious." I said sassily. They paused with a confused but thoughtful face for a couple minutes before their faces lit up like a light bulb. Aww, they finally figured it out.

"Wait so you set them up?" Ashton asked hesitantly and I laughed.

"No! Of course not! We set them up! It was a group effort if I do say so myself." I said sillily and all knowingly as I gestured to Michael and I, and a look of realization came upon Ashton's face, but poor Calum still looked slightly confused.

"So that's why you two were hanging out so much!" Ashton said accusingly, and I nodded my head. Calum then decided to give us a penny for his thoughts.

"Wait you two were hanging out? I thought you two hated each other?" Me and Michael glanced at each other.

"Well we came to an..." Michael started.

"An...agreement of some sort." I finished off. Calum just gave us an awkward puppy dog face and looked down shaking his head.

"I'm...so...confuuused..." He said sadly?

Liana's POV

Luke and I sat around, thinking. I was starting to get really cold, but there wasn't much I could do about it now.

"I can't think when I'm hungry," Luke whined, tipping over so he fell into my lap. He looked up at me, looking defeated. I appreciated his warmth, so I didn't try to move him.

I rolled my eyes, and reached for my bag, opening it to reveal a bunch of .

"Holy shit," Luke sat up looking like an excited kid waiting for their cookies.

"Yeah, I like food, and I know that you boys liked food, so I wasn't going to chance running out of food.

Luke and I decided to split everything up since we both liked everything. Obviously we didn't eat it all, but I felt fat and happy. Once we were full, we decided to walk around to find our way out, leaving a trail in case we got even more lost. After a few minutes, Luke's phone went off, and then mine did afterwards.

I opened my phone to read a message from, Michael?

Do you know which direction this is?

It can be a feeling

An action

Or a certain amount of words

But to get home

You have admit and reveal

Not only to yourself

But to the one who makes you feel like none of this is real.

Can you figure out the truth? Or perhaps you already know but don't want to admit it?

I knitted my eyebrows together, having a slight idea but not being convinced. If it's the thing I'm thinking it is, how would Michael know? If the message wasn't for him, then who did know?

I looked at Luke, seeing that he a bewildered look while look at his phone.

"What the absolute fuck?"