Promises--Hemmings

Chapter eleven// "I care!"

Shelby's POV

The November air had gotten chiller and chiller as the days passed. Frequently it rained, drenching whatever was outside. So Luke and I spent our days inside playing Sorry and the Yahtzee. We argued a bunch now, I know it was my fault I was picky and my mood swings picked up a lot.

"What the hell is this Luke?" I demanded as I stormed into the kitchen to find him eating his popcorn instead of studying for his science test.

"I told you to lay off the damn popcorn so get back to the studying or so help me I will freaking kill you!" I yelled snatching the bag out of his hands.

"But Shelby!" He stuck out his bottom lip, pouting. "Not until you finish that studying mister. Now I will just sit here and eat MY popcorn while you study at MY house, sitting at MY kitchen table and using MY pencil. Speaking of which you owe me 27 and a half pencils now. Not to mention 20 bucks for that damn shirt you just had to have. But really you acted like me fan girling about The Fray."

I really could just talk and talk sometimes.

"For one," Luke cleared his voice "Thanks for letting me study here and eat all your food. Second, think about how much you have stolen from me -yes you stole to where I asked for the money and pencils- 38 pencils to be exact and 7 dollars and 9 cents. Third, IT WAS A DAMN NIRVANA T-SHIRT I HAD TO HAVE IT! And fourth, you can't do the fan girl."

"Fan girling is not a dance or a game. Its a talent only teenage girls possess, sorry babe."

"You no nothing young one." He said walking over and playing with my hair.

"Stop touching my hair Lucas Robert and Im older than you."

He gave me that cheeky smile and his eyes shinned as they often did around me. He was only like this around me. At school he was a total jerk to anyone else except me and his "mates."

"Why don't you like me?" I suddenly shut down again, crying and aching all over.

Luke looked over at me, alarmed. His eyes wide with fear and confusion.

"Wh- what?" He stammered.

"Oh nothing, never mind. Forget it." I said wiping my eyes and facing a stack of science vocabulary notecards.

But him and I both knew, nether of us could forget something like that. I know he will be worried until he finds out whats going on exactly.

Luke's POV

"Oh nothing, never mind. Forget it."

"Forget it? Really?" I demand, shouting as she coward back. "What was that supposed to mean Shelby?"

"Nothing please, just..." I didn't care how bad she didn't want to tell me, she was going to tell me.

"Your friends told me you didn't like me.. All you wanted to do was..." She stuttered, tears running down her face, staring at the floor

"I wanted to do what Shelby?" I asked firm, trying to make sense of things.

"That all you wanted to do was have...." She couldn't finish the sentence but I knew what she meant.

"I don't wanna have sex with you, not like that at least, hell not in those ways. Besides you haven't done it right?"

"No I haven't..." She said tears still coming out of her eyes.

"I care you know." I whispered. "I care about you. I like you, I really do, your one of my really great friends. Your the only one to know "this" side of me. Thats good. I care and its special for me to know that you only know that."

"You care?" She asked.

"I care!" I smiled at her

I slowly walked over to her, hugging me. Her body was small usually but now it felt small and boney, as if she hadn't been eating... No dammit.

I knew it was way more than just that. She looked different too. Worn eyes, sagging and dull. Her hair was almost straw like, not so soft like always. She wore a baggy sweat shirt and sweats.

But I care. And Theres more than what shes telling me.

A/N

Hey guys! OMG I saw the fault in our stars finally!

Ive been trying hard to update like everyday but I've been super busy. Sorry if this wasn't the best chapter! Ilysm

Peace, Im out

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