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HEY ALL SORRY ITS BEEN LIKE A WEEK SINCE I UPDATED BUT THIS ONE IS LONGER THAN THEY USUALLY ARE AND IM REALLY TRYING TO PUT THE STORY TOGETHER ! ALL OF THE CHARACTERS ARE IMPORTANT IN THIS STORY SO PAY ATTENTION TO HOW THEY ARE! I LOVE U PLS VOTE AND COMMENT AND KEEP READING THANK U SM ENJOY!

As the ground beneath me shook vigorously, I grew hot, and my feet grew heavy.

Luke just kissed me.

I managed to find my way back to the table, the conversation everyone else was having only served as background noise to my thoughts.

"El, you sure you're alright?"

I coughed to clear my throat, although the lump that had made itself a home there did not go away.

Michael, Calum, Sawyer, and Mia, were all staring at me attentively, waiting for my response.

"Yeah, yeah," I exhaled. "I think I ate some bad sushi earlier."

"Well, we still haven't even ordered our food yet, and I am starving!" Mia whined, plopping her head in her hands.

"She looks like she's busting her tail, I'm sure we'll order soon," Calum told Mia, softly smiling at her.

A cell phone began to rang, and Calum reached into his pocket at stared blankly at his phone.

"I-gotta take this, excuse me," Calum said, getting out of the booth and heading toward the door, pressing his phone against his ear.

"I bet it's Ashton," Mia snarked. "100$ they jerk each other off underneath the desks in class."

Michael choked on his drink from laughter. "What's wrong with two guys being friends?"

"Well, nothing," Mia answered. "It's just weird how they're always together, I mean, he always seems to want to be with Ashton. It's always Ashton this Ashton that, and I'm like if you like Ashton so much just go suck him off!"

"Your sense of masculinity is so fragile," Michael scoffed, taking a sip of his beer, the same one that he had just choked on.

"What does that even mean?"

"Hey, guys, uh, we have a situation," I heard Calum's sweet voice echo, as he stood nervously, hands in his pockets.

"Oh, god," Michael roared, with a toss of his eyes.

"Yeah, code blue," Calum sighed.

"I'm so sick of this shit!" Michael exclaimed, frustration folding onto his forehead.

"Look, man, I'm sorry. But Hey! Everyone can come, we'll make it fun, eh?" Calum asked, smiling desperately.

"What are we doing? I'm starving!" Mia moaned.

"We're going to Jimmy's," Calum told her. "It's Ashton. But don't worry, it'll be fun. And there definitely will be pizza there."

"Yay! Let's go!" Mia cheered, as we all started out of the booth.

"Who's paying for the drinks?" Sawyer asked.

"I got your tab," A husky voice croaked, as I saw Luke grab Calum's shoulder as he walked by.

"See you there," Luke smirked, continuing out the door, without a glance in my direction.

Is that what he meant by he'll be seeing me?

"Of course," I heard Sawyer mumble, as we filed out of the booth.

**

The atmosphere of Jimmy Donovan's party was much different than any I had ever been to before.