The Bull Rider

Chapter. 23

I laid in Luke's bed I felt so sick to my stomach. I hated the way she looked a Luke. I know that they have been friends since they have been little but my gut was telling me not to trust her. I felt the bed dip and Lilly crawled in next to me. Luke was knocked out next to me.
"hey honey you ok" I asked her
she nodded her head "I don't like Erica" she sighed
"awe honey how come" I asked, but really wanting to say me too
"she's not nice and I don't want you to leave" she said and started to tear up.
" awe Lilly I'm not going anywhere" I said trying to comfort her, she started to sob, Luke sat up
"hey what's going on" He asked half asleep
"I don't want Katie to leave" she cried
He looked over at me confused "she is worried I'm leaving because Erica isn't nice" I told him honestly

He pulled Lilly into his lap to comfort her, " Katie isn't going anywhere" he said to her rubbing her back
"but everytime she comes she tries to kiss you and then you get sad" she said in between sniffles
I raised an eyebrow at him, "Awe honey Erica is just a friend" Luke said.
"That's what you said about Katie but now you guys kiss"  Lilly stated still upset.
"No no I always had a crush on Katie. She was never my friend. I always wanted her to be something more" he said staring right into my eyes"  I leaned over to kiss him. I smiled into the kiss. "You're not going anywhere" he whispered against my lips. I smiled even more. He finally got Lilly to calm down for the rest of the night and he carried her back to bed.
"what the hell is going on" Luke said walking back into our room.
"what do you men" I asked confused
"something is going on with Erica, and Y'all aren't telling me the whole story" he said
"uh I've been trying to" I told him crossing my hands over my chest.
He sat criss crossed in front of me on the bed. "well, it all started with me going out to lunch with Hannah, she told me that I need to protect my heart from you" I said, he frowned at me, "I got upset with that comment because she said that people were shocked you were still with me, which dang that hurts, I then meet Erica the night you won everything, she glared at me multiple times when you put your hands somewhere on my body or made any cute pet name comments" he paused making sure he was following everything I was saying. He nodded his head and I continued. " now the first time she glared at me I didn't know why, so I brushed it off but the second time within the same conversation I knew something was up. The other night I ran to the hardware store and Erica came in, she's so bitter and negative towards me, she asked me where you were because she wanted to catch up with you, Hannah lied and told her you were at the grocery store and she practically ran there. Hannah told me that she was the one that was talking shit at the store telling hannah that you weren't going to be with your girlfriend much longer now that she's back in town, and to top it all off, Jimmy even told me to not trust her, Luke he's never met her but he told me people at school are talking about her." I finished my rant.
He sat there with his eyebrows raised.
"then at dinner when she stormed out she said to me 'just you wait', like is that a threat" I questioned. " also your sister hates her" I said finally ending my rant and letting him speak.

"wow" he said "how did I have no idea that this all was going on" he was shocked. "I'm so sorry she's dragging your name through the mud. I am going to block her on my phone" he said "could you grab my phone" he asked and I pulled it off the nightstand, the screen flashed and a text notification from Erica sat there. I raise my eyebrow at him. "what does she want" I asked as I handed the phone to him.
"she wanted to know if I could call her" he said looking up at me, "what should I do" he asked
"call her and act as if I'm not here" I said

The phone started to ring and then she picked up "his Lukey pookie" she whined on the over end.
"hey Erica" he sounded dreadful
"Is Katie with you" she asked
I mouthed at him what to say. "not tonight" he lied looking down at me
"oh good" she said " you know Lukey I don't think she's a good fit for you"
"Oh?" he said. He looked completely uncomfortable with this whole conversation. I needed him to see that she was playing dirty.
"I think that your life would be so much better without her" she said over the phone "with me your life would be great" his eyes darted to me. I nodded my head. He quickly hung up the phone.
"What why'd you do that" I asked bummed.
"That's enough I understand now. I just need to stay away from her she's up to no good" he said and put his phone back on the nightstand.
"Now get over here" he said pulling me over on to his lap.