Burn || 5sos (discontinued)

Chapter 12

"What am I going to do on Monday?" I asked Luke as he stared at me while I laid on my back staring at the ceiling of my bedroom. I came straight home after a three hour 'talk' with Ashton, he was a nice guy, just put in the wrong place at the wrong time. It's now five o'clock and Luke surprised me with a visit at about four.

He shrugged,"It's not like he can hurt you. I'll be there, I told you I'd look after you."

I sat up and fiddled with my thumbs,"What about Calum? Is he a seeker too? And Alaina and Travis?"

Luke shook his head,"Just victims of the unknown, but I'd keep a safe distance from them for a while."

We sat in silence before I remembered I promised my mom that I would get groceries from Mason's, the local grocery store.

"Can you like make people see you? As in normal people, can you make yourself visible?" I asked him.

"Yeah, I haven't tried it in a while though so I might not be able to keep it up for very long," Luke said while standing up.

"Well practice because I have to go to the store," I said while climbing to my feet and grabbing my wallet from my desk.

"Do I have to go?" Luke groaned.

"Yes, now let's go." I said while running down the stairs and out the door. I quickly hopped into my truck and turned to put the key in the ignition only to see Luke in the passenger seat.

"Luke!" I practically screamed. He chuckled as I whacked the back of my hand to his torso, "Don't do that! You scared the shit out of me."

"It's not my fault you're slow."

"It's not my fault I'd rather walk than just teleport to the truck like a lazy ass." I snapped. Luke raised his hands in defense, "Jeez sorry."

The ride to the store was mostly filled with Luke and I blasting the radio the whole way there so my ears were ringing as I stepped out of my truck and walked with Luke across the empty parking lot into Mason's.

Before we stepped inside, Luke stopped and too a deep breath. As he did that, a white aura appeared and outlined the shape of Luke's body. It stretched out before disappearing completely, Luke opened his eyes and quickly walked inside.

A woman who looked to be in her mid thirties welcomed us as we rushed to the produce section.

"Luke, Go get me four apples," I commanded while handing him a plastic bag.

"What if I don't want to," he sassed back. I glared at him and he stared at me until we both broke into spontaneous laughter. "Just go get the damn apples." I said while shoving the bag into his chest. He groaned and walked away with the bag in his hands. "Make sure it's honeycrisp apples!" I called after him.

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The cart was full with healthy foods and a few bags of chips and a liter of Dr. Pepper when we finally got to the cash register. I pulled out my moms credit card and paid for all the groceries when the cashier looked up. He looked about our age with pale skin and green eyes, his eyes wandered on Luke for a while before his eyes widened, "You look a lot like that Hemmings kid." Luke shot a nervous glance my way before the cashier turned to me. "And you're the new girl at Katport that's dating Nathan Grey, right?"

"I am not dating Nathan. I'm not even friends with him anymore," I scoffed.

"Well are you two a thing?" he said motioning between me and Luke.

"No," we both said. The cashier, who's name was Michael according to his name tag, smiled, "Give me a call sometime then, New girl. I graduated from Katport last year, that schools weird as fuck."

"You have no idea," I mumbled.

"Here," Michael said while handing me my receipt with his phone number written at the top, "I hope to hear from you...?"

"Riley, I'm Riley." I said.

"I'm Michael Clifford, see you around," He smiled as Luke and I loaded the bags into the cart and exiting the small store.

"You're not really gonna call him, are you?" Luke asked as we reached the truck.

"Why not?" I said while opening the door and placing the bags into the back seat.

"He could be a rapist."

"So could you," I said while shutting the door to the backseat and climbing into the front.

"That's not funny," Luke said while sitting down in the passenger seat.

"I thought it was," I joked. He rolled his eyes and turned on the radio, Somewhere in Neverland by All Time Low blasted through the speakers bringing a smile to my face. I started to sing along with Luke joining in,

"Say goodbye to the halls and the classes
Say hello to a job and the taxes
The weekends with old friends spilling into 9 to 5 routine
Tell me how you feel over and done with
Like your life is a map with no compass to guide,
At the bar drinkin' way too much
We sing along to "Forever Young".

So here we go again
Wishin' we could start again

Wendy run away with me
I know I sound crazy
Don't you see what you do to me?
I wanna be your lost boy
Your last chance, a better reality

Wendy we can get away
I promise if you're with me, say the word and we'll find a way
I can be your lost boy, your last chance
Your "everything better" plan
Oh, somewhere in Neverland!"

Luke and I laughed at ourselves through the rest of the song, tears were forming in my eyes from laughing so hard. I loved this, just letting loose and having fun with him. He was different, not because he wasn't alive but just because he made it not as lonely in this hectic life of mine.

We pulled into the parking lot and loaded our arms full of the bags and made our way up two flights of stairs to get to the door.

"Luke, get the key out of my back pocket," I ordered. Luke smirked before I added, "With your mind power thing. I don't want your hands going near my butt."

Luke laughed and then glared at my back pocket, I felt the key move- struggling under the tight fabric of my skinny jeans. Once the key finally shot out of my pocket, it flew into Luke's hand. He smiled in satisfaction before walking towards the door, opening the door for me.

"Thank you kind sir," I said in a fake posh English accent.

"Anything for you ma lady," Luke said in the same tone while bowing. Our laughter echoed through the whole apartment. I walked towards the kitchen while Luke closed the door with his foot. I turned the corner only to be met with my mom with her hands on hips with her eyebrows raised.

Oh shit.