everything i didn't say » luke hemmings (book 2)

twenty four

"Tatum! You've been in the bathroom for twenty minutes, can I please come in?" Luke calls from outside the bathroom.

"Sorry babe. I was putting on makeup," I say as I let him in.

"You're beautiful, Tate. You don't need to cake your face," he says and kisses my forehead.

Let me tell you something about me: I have three major turn ons. I love being called babe, I love piercings and tattoos, and I love forehead kisses.

I finished applying eyeliner before feeling satisfied with my appearance. I had a long, black dress on with sandals. A floppy hat sat atop my head. I hadn't even noticed Luke was changing.

"What are you doing?" I ask him.

"Hmm? Oh, the boys are chilling on the balcony with some girls," he says.

"Oh. Did they seem nice?" I ask.

"Not really. They just seem like they're desperate," he said and I giggled.

I leave the bathroom so he can finish getting ready. I decided to meet the girls Luke was telling me about.

I walk onto my balcony. There were three gorgeous girls. They were all prettier and more mature looking then me.

The one had long, flowy brown hair with blue eyes. She had not one blemish. The girl in the middle was really short. She had a Hazel Grace Lancaster haircut and brown eyes. The third girl had curly blonde hair and brown eyes. All of them had on short shorts or skirts with a bikini top.

Suddenly feeling insecure, I slowly made my way over.

"Tatum! We were just telling the girls about you. Girls, this is Tatum. Tatum, this is Bella, May, and Lucy," Ashton introduced me. I waved awkwardly.

"You're even prettier than how the boys told us!" Lucy, the brunette with long hair, said.

"Oh, t-thank you," I stutter.

May, the blonde one, and Bella, the other brunette with short hair, whispered something into Lucy's ear. May looked over at me a gave me a dirty look. I wonder what they're talking about.

Thankfully, Luke walked out. It's as if he had heard and answered my prayers.

"Lets go to the party, yeah?" We gather our things and walk along the beach to the house a few blocks down.

"So, you met them?" he whispers in my ear and I nod.

"Yeah. May and Bella seemed pretty bitchy," I say.

"Then avoid them. You're better than them,"

The party was huge, but under control. Everybody was really chill. There were a few fires on the beach, people were surfing, and others were just swimming as the sun set on the horizon.

"Are those people smoking weed?" I ask Luke.

"Most likely. I kind of want to try it," Luke says and I shrug.

"Go ahead. I have no authority in what you do,"

Alone, I take a seat on a log around one of the fires. People are talking and having a blast. A boy comes and sits next to me.

"What're you doing all alone at an awesome party?" he asks.

"My friends left me," I say.

"Damn, that sucks. I'm Jason, and you are?"

"I'm Tatum,"

"Nice to meet you. Would you maybe want to go surfing?" he offers.

"I'd love to! But fair warning, I just learned how to, so I stink," I giggle.

"That's not a problem. I'm not very good either,"

Jason leads me to the surfboards lying around on the beach. We prepare ourselves and catch some waves.

We don't ride for very long. We walk back onto shore and drop the surfboards.

"Say, where are you from? Scotland?" he asks.

"I'm from Australia," I answer.

"I've always wanted to go down under," he says.

"I love it," I reply.

"What are you doing in America?" he wonders.

"I'm on tour with my friends," I say.

"You're pretty cool," he smiles at me.

"Tatum? Yooo! I've been looking for you," Luke comes over to me and says.

"How was the marijuana?" I ask with a giggle.

"Fucking awesome. I feel like I'm on a cloud," he says.

"Who's this?" Jason asks and eyes Luke up and down curiously and cautiously.

"I'm her boyfriend," Luke says.

"What the fuck? I thought I was gonna get laid. I guess I'll go find some other easy slut," Jason spat and walks away.

"Fucking douche! I hope you get chlamydia!" I yell.

"Forget the bastard, you have me," Luke brings me in for a hug and I gag.

"You smell nasty," I whine.

"Sorry?" he grins cheekily and places a sloppy kiss on my cheek.

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"Duuude why haven't we done that before?" I ask Luke.

"I told you it was rad," he says.

"C'mon stoners, we've got an interview tomorrow," Michael says as he and Calum drag us away.

"Look at ocean! It's so cool. The moon and stars reflect off of the sky," I sit in the sand and watch the nighttime sky.

"You're right. I love it," Luke sits down next to me.

"God damn it," I hear Calum mumble.

"Can't we just leave them here? It's not like they're miles away. This is literally our backyard," Ashton says.

"Cool with me," Michael says.

"It's settled! See you stoners tomorrow," The boys walk inside and leave Luke and I to ourselves.

"Do you know how fucking much I love you?" his words take me by surprise.

That was the first time he's said 'I love you'. I mean, yeah, we said it before we were dating, but now it's an actual feeling of his, and that's beautiful.

"I can't imagine life without you. You are my everything Tatum, remember that,"

I drift off into a dreamless sleep in Luke's arms on the beach.

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that made me so :(: y'know what I'm saying

so yes I wrote this chapter awhile ago like I do all of my chapters and yesterday the hashtag zouispassmethatblunt was trending sooooo yeah they got high and shit in honor of zouis & zayn out-ing louis.