Forgetting You. [Luke Hemmings]

Chapter 40

Brooke's POV

"Aren't you excited?" Cass pokes my shoulder as we wait for the boys to begin their set. I nod and take a sip of my drink. "What's wrong?" She asks

I shrug. "Well, Luke and I almost...um...we uh-" I fumble over my words. How can I say this without sounding weird? I bite my lip and look at her, hoping she'll catch my drift.

"Oh," she raises her eyebrows, "you guys did...that." Cass nods, stirring her drink around with a straw.

"No, we almost did. I mean we were really close and then he just...stopped."

Cassie scoffs. "Lucas Hemmings stopped? Am I dreaming?" She chuckles. I hit her playfully. "Don't laugh."

Cass zips her lips and nods, signaling me to tell her more. I say, "He says he wants to wait. I mean, for what though? I know your first should be special, and Luke is special to me. So why doesn't he just-"

"You're a virgin?!" Cass exclaims, eyes wide. I clasp my hand over her mouth. "Shhhh..." I yell

"Yes." I say in a hush tone. Someone sit down besides Cassie. "Oh hey Calum." I say

He grabs my drink and takes a sip. "Hey guys what's going on?"

Cassie then says, "Oh Brooke's a virgin." Calum chokes on my water, and he looks at me. "What?! Brooke's a virgin? You're a virgin?" He points at me, mouth parted.

"Right? That's what I said." Cassie's eyes widen as she speaks.

"Okay does everyone at this school think I'm a whore or something?" I ask, chuckling a little. Calum snickers at my word choice, while Cassie smiles at the two of us. "This night just gets better and better." She says

"Hey, aren't you suppose to be getting ready?" I ask Calum. He shrugs. "Well I mean, yeah but Luke's having a talk with Ashton, so I just came to hang out with my two favorite ladies." He winks at us.

"Mhmm sure..." Cassie rolls her eyes, but laughs right after. Calum smiles at her, while she tries not to blush. I smirk at the two. "Can you his just go out already?"

"Brooke!" They shout at me

I smile at them and look around the room; full house. I'm so glad that the boys are getting popular, but I couldn't help but feel jealous. Girls constantly threw themselves at Luke. Everyday at school, Luke was getting passed around like a ball.

"Hey I should go guys, I do have a show to do." He smiles, waving goodbye to us.

After 5 minutes or so, the lights dimmed and the boys got on stage. Luke wearing his black shirt with Nirvana written on it. He sends me a head nod and I wave back at him.

The boys sing a few of their old songs and do a cover of "Year 3000." I nod my head and sit along with them. Cassie grabs me by the hand and drags me to the front, where all the other screaming girls stood. Cassie pushes girls until we reach the front of the stage. I'm standing right in front of Luke and I sing along with him.

"Hi guys!" Michael yells into the mic. The crowd shouts. Luke is messing with his guitar as Michael speaks.

"So our Luke here, wrote a brand new song." The crowd whoops and Michael grins. He winks at me and I smile back.

"Let's go." Luke speaks into the mic. The boys nod at each other and they start playing.

Luke sings, "Simmer down, simmer down

They say we're too young now to amount to anyone else

But look around, we worked too damn hard for it just to give it up now..."

Calum winks at me as I try to figure out what this song is about. "If you don't swim, you'll drown
But don't move, honey..." Luke looks at me with a smile on his face.

Oh my god...it's about me. He wrote a song for me. Cassie hits me repeatedly as Luke sings. "Awe it's about you!" She squeals

" You look so perfect standing there
In my American Apparel underwear

And I know now, that I'm so down
Your lipstick stain is a work of art

I got your name tattooed in an arrow heart
And I know now, that I'm so down." My jaw drops as I listen to his lyrics. I can't believe he put all of that in a song for me. It made sense, so much sense, all those times he wrote down little notes while we hung out.

After the chorus, Calum began singing. Something about that made Cass grin like crazy. Cal stares directly at Cassie while he sings.

Cassie and I dance like crazy to the rest of the song. We even sang along because it was so catchy that it was easy to memorize. They finally end the song and receive a loud cheer from the crowd.

Luke and the boys wave goodbye to everyone. 10 minutes later Luke comes out and sits by me. "Did you like it?"

I nod. "Love it." Luke wants to kiss me, I can tell. He looks around and just as he's about to lean in. He pulls away.

"Hey guys." Ashton says

"Hey." We say, awkwardly moving away from each other. There's a silence and I can't help but wonder why Luke is acting so...distant.

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