Demons (hemmings au)

Three

Two weeks have passed and I haven’t said another word to Luke, even though I’m still curious about him I don’t think I’m ready for him to blatantly list everything he ‘knows’ about me. 

“Can you please help me with this?” Emma groans, pulling me out of my thoughts. I look across the lunch table to see her with her face down in her Biology book doing some last minute studying for the test. 

“What do you need help with?” I ask, pulling the book towards myself to see what page she is on. “All you have to know from this page is the different arteries,” I say, circling the list of arteries before pushing the book back towards her. 

“Babe, you’re going to do great on this test don’t worry about it,” Ashton grins, putting his arm around her waist and kissing her on the cheek. So cute, I just want to throw up but instead decide to turn and groan at Michael who is sitting beside me. He puts his finger in his mouth like he is gagging himself before we both start laughing. I put my chin in the palm of my hand so I can watch the corner table and look at Luke discreetly, once again getting lost in my thoughts. 

“Ellie,” Ashton speaks loudly, breaking me from my daydreaming once again. What does a girl have to do to get some peace at lunch around here?

“What do you want?” I exclaim a little too loudly. “Sorry, sorry I was just thinking about something. What’s up?” I ask, more quietly this time. 

“Please don’t tell me you’re looking at that Luke boy. I told you he’s bad news, stay away from him,” Ashton says very seriously, a dark glint arising in his eyes that I’ve never seen before. I look to either side of me and see Calum and Michael looking at him with their mouths agape, none of us have ever seen him this serious. 

“Okay I won’t,” I murmur, picking up my book bag and slinging it over my shoulder. “I think I’m gonna go ahead and go so I can use the bathroom before class,” I continue, getting up. I am tired of everyone telling me to stay away from Luke, and Ashton has kind of scared me a little bit with his serious turn of attitude. I mean obviously I am going to stay away from Luke because he doesn’t want to be around me anyways. 

Before walking out of the lunch room I take one more quick glance in Luke’s direction and see him glaring towards my table, he was probably giving me the evil eye before I got up. As I walk out the door though I feel eyes on me and turn to see him staring at me, not in a mad way but in more of a curious manner. 

I walk towards my biology class more confused than ever, if Luke already hates me so much why wasn’t he glaring at me a minute ago? And, why is Ashton acting like Luke has killed someone or something and I am banned from talking to him? Ashton doesn’t even know who Luke is. 

I sigh, but decide to forget about all of these questions so I can make it through the rest of school. After my biology test and the rest of my classes I decide to go home without waiting for Emma and the others, I’m still a little upset with the way Ashton told me to leave Luke alone earlier. As I get in my car I try to decide if I just want to get take-out for dinner or cook something at home seeing as my parents are on another business trip. 

I end up deciding to just cook at home and hurriedly drive out of the school parking lot so as not to get stuck in traffic. 

“Hey sweetheart, I have your favorite cooked: spaghetti,” I hear my mother’s voice say as soon as I enter the door. Weird, I swear her and my dad told me they were going to be gone until the weekend. 

I hurriedly walk into the kitchen and see my mom cooking by the stove as my dad sits at the table reading the newspaper with a beer in his hand. “Mom, dad you’re here,” I exclaim, running to give my mom a hug before giving my dad one and sitting down beside him. As much as I act like I don’t like my parents I really love when they are home.