Him . Luke Hemmings

Chapter Twenty Eight

Isla's POV

"We made it!" I shouted before placing the bags onto the counter as Luke followed with the cases of beer. I looked around at the emptiness of the kitchen and furrowed my eyebrows. It was clean now though thank God. I began to place the booze on the tables and I found the red solo cups from previous nights and laid them out as well as the shot glasses. Luke was emptying the crisps into bowls and snacking on them and I furrowed my eyebrows at him. "How can you possibly still be eating?"

"I'm just peckish," He mocked in an awful British accent causing my nose to scrunch up. "Don't you need to get ready? The party is in like ten minutes," I looked down at my outfit and shrugged I was still in my tight black dress but I went upstairs to my room anyway and slipped on my adidas originals, they kind of went with my dress, not that it mattered. I looked around as it was getting chilly and slipped on Luke's zip up grey hoodie over my shoulders.

"Ready," I said with a laugh as I walked in to the kitchen to see Luke in the kitchen talking to the other guys.

"Wow Isla, bit different from your normal party attire," Max winked and I rolled my eyes lacing my fingers through Luke's and pulling his arms around me tightly.

"I'm with someone now," I shrugged and he held up his arms in defence. "I don't mean it like that, I just don't necessarily need to get dressed up to impress anyone,"

"You're impressing me like this anyway beautiful," He said kissing my bare shoulder as his hoodie had slipped from it and I spun around with a grin on my face as I kissed him sweetly.

"See," I giggles running upstairs to the girls rooms to see if I could help with anything.

Luke's POV

"So what's her normal party attire?" I asked the guys after Isla had ran upstairs and Max laughed, the other guys not paying much attention as he slipped out his phone and scrolled through his photos. She was wearing what looked to be a lace bra and some minuscule shorts.

"Damn," I breathed and Max handed me his phone to scroll through.

"To be fair to her, it was summer and a very hot day plus she was very much single then, I think that's the night after her and Ethan broke up," He said with a shrug and I furrowed my eyebrows at the drink in her hand.

"Wasn't she uh, you know, pregnant then?" I asked and he shook his head slowly.

"No that was the first time they broke up, he cheated on her," He said and my eyes widened, I didn't know they had split up before babygate.

"So the second time was when she was pregnant?" I asked and he shook his head slowly.

"Them two were on and off for so long I don't even know, they were toxic together. He was worse than her though she was trapped, the fifth time was babygate I think, he was a manipulater, we all tried to get her to see what a horrible person he was, it was only Bella thata got through to her," He said and I nodded slowly trying to picture the pain she went through with him. I couldn't grasp why somebody would stay after the person you love has put you through so much but maybe that was it, maybe it was the love that tied her to him.

"Do you know if she loved him? Like am I getting in the middle of something here?" I asked him and his eyes went wide as he chuckled lowly.

"God no, I've seen Isla at her happiest with Ethan and it's nowhere near anything with you. She really genuinely likes you I can see it, the love she had for Ethan wasn't real, he was just older and she thought that's how relationships were meant to be. Treat her right and you'll get one hell of a girl, trust me," He said and I looked up to him slowly.

"Do you like her?" I asked lowly and he awkwardly scratched the back of his neck.

"I don't want to say, you guys are together right now? I feel like that would just be awkward,"

"It's totally fine honestly if you do, I can see why,"

"No I don't think I like her now but I used to. Right now I want her to be happy and she's happiest when she's with you which I love, just keep treating her like a princess and I won't have a right to be mad at the fact you're dating her," He laughed and I smiled at him gratefully. We clinked beers and she walked through the kitchen door again with the girls in tow. My eyes landed on them in the doorway and even though both May and Lauren were fully dressed up in tight party clothes and full makeup my eyes landed on my little Isla who stood there in my jacket with her sneakers on and I felt the warmness in my chest. That beautiful girl was mine.

"Hello there beautiful," I whispered in her ear as she reached me finally, the walk across the kitchen from the doorway felt like a lifetime until she was in my arms.

"Shut up, have you not seen the other girls?" She said with a soft snort causing me to roll my eyes at her.

"I have actually and you're still the only one I have eyes for," I said kissing her slowly and she pulled away after a while licking her lips.

"I don't even need to get drunk to have the best night with you," She said and I blushed a little before chuckling.

"Thanks?"

"But we should still have some vodka,"

"There's the Isla I know,"