Over (Luke Hemmings)

12

Maria

The clock had been ticking surprisingly fast for me for the past couple of hours before lunch break. Meera and I usually ate our lunch together but she had caught the flu and was told to have rest for a week by her doctor.

I sent her a quick "I hope you get well soon" text while I chewed on the sandwich I bought in the cafe.

Ava only allows us to eat food from this cafe or we just go eat somewhere else. I once brought in a Starbucks cake with me and ate it here. Ava saw me and scolded me for advertising food that isn't from the cafe.

I never see Luke when it's lunch break, as he always buys his food from somewhere else but today, he asked me to eat with him here. I searched the cafe around for him but I couldn't see him anywhere. Maybe he forgot about eating lunch with me?

I couldn't control my appetite and so I'm eating ahead. I usually wait but Luke's already taking ten minutes from my lunch break being somewhere else.

"Hey, I'm sorry I'm late." Luke came running, panting as he sat next to me, unwrapping his turkey sandwich.

"At least you remembered." I forced a smile. "What happened with you?"

He tried to calm his panting so I caressed his back to help soothe him.

"I'm just out of shape, that's all." He smiled, removing his hat from his head and shaking his head like a wet dog. "It's so hot."

I could see droplets of sweat forming on his arms and some dripping on his neck. "You're really sweating. Let me go get you some tissue, yeah?"

Luke has been acting really weird lately and I couldn't quite catch on to why.