shy ; l.hemmings

trois

-the next day-

i walk in my school and walk past people who don't give a shit about me. i try to find my friends, but sadly couldn't find them. great, i guess i'll be sitting alone for about 20 minutes.

thanks, friends.

i push my glasses up and take my iphone out. i start to scroll through instagram. i've seen these pictures already when i was browsing on my phone this morning, but i didn't want to make it seem like im just staring at my gosh damn phone and doing nothing.

i like a youtuber's post for the 100th time when i feel someone sit beside me on my left and someone on my right. the person on my right puts their arm around me. i literally almost drop my phone as i look at the people who sits beside me.

"heya, babe." the person on my right says. he wears a bandanna over his dirty blonde, curly hair. i realize that he has green eyes and a bright smile as i see him up close. really close.

"uh... hi?" i awkwardly say. i shrug his arm off of me and he laughs. the person on my left speaks.

"oh my gawd luke is right, you're so pretty." he says. he has brown hair and brown eyes. he has a big smile on his face as he examines me. i slowly back away from him when i realize who they are. luke's best friends. and one of them just told me luke said that i'm-

"HE SAID IM PRETTY?" i yell out loud. everyone turns are way and gives us a, " what the fuck" face. luke's best friends laugh at my reaction and grin.

"yep he did, he talked about you yesterday. like allll day." bandanna boy tells me. i nod and blush a little. he thinks i'm pretty? well thats a first.

"oh look! there is our lucas, now." the boy on my left says. i look ahead of me and i see luke with another boy. he has bright green hair this time. i notice him as another one of luke's friends. i look at them closely and i see luke looking at us, his face is red. michael smirks towards us and i look down blushing. i don't like it when people look at me.

i hear footsteps coming closer and i look up and see luke and his friend beside him. luke looks at me and smiles.

"h-hi." luke stutters. smile a little.

"hi, luke." i say back. the boys next to me ooh at us. i see luke roll his eyes at them.

"well! i didn't get to introduce myself! i'm ashton." the boy on my right tells me. he holds his hand out and i try to casually wipe my sweaty hand on my jeans before shaking his. he laughs when he sees that i try to attempt to wipe my sweaty hand casually.

"you don't have to wipe your hands on your pants, love. sweaty hands are awesome!" ashton says grinning. the other guys bursts out laughing and looking at me. my cheeks turn red and i glare at ashton.

"what?" he innocently asks. i shake my head and i suddenly feel someone tap my shoulder. i turn to my left and i am greeted by the brown haired boy. he smiles at me and sticks his hand out.

"i'm calum hood. i sing, play bass, and can woo you off your feet." he tells me, wiggling is eyebrows. i laugh lightly and shake his hand with mine. i turn to face luke and his other friend. i stand up and stick my hand out for him to shake, but he surprises me and wraps his arms around me.

"i'm michael! but you can call me mikey!" he tells me. i smile at him and look at luke. he smiles at his best friends. when he meets my eyes, he smiles and blushes. he looks down still grinning.

the bell suddenly rings and everybody starts walking inside our school. calum puts his arm around me as we walk inside the school. i hear someone groan behind us as calum and i walk together. when we are a little farther from the other guys, calum speaks.

"theres something special about you, you know?" calum tells me. i raise my eyebrow.

"what do you mean?" i ask. he looks at me smiling.

"luke never talks to anyone but the guys and i. it's really cool to see hes getting out there." calum honestly says. i laugh a little and blush for the 100th time today.

"all i did was try to have a conversation with him. i didn't really do or say anything." i say. he shakes his head laughing. he tells me goodbye before walking in his class. i walk in my math class and sigh as i sit down on my seat.

~english class~

"okay, everyone. today, you all can start on your projects. this is the only time you will be able to work on your presentation in class, so use the time wisely or else you will have to finish this project alone at home." mr. dean tells us. i look over to luke and he smiles a little to me.

everyone starts to work on their project silently. i turn my body to face luke. i am about to speak, but then i realize that if i do speak, everyone will look towards my way and that will not be good.

mr.dean walks towards luke and i.

"you two could work in the library. remember, your presentation has to be creative." he reminds us. luke and i nod. we both stand up and everyone in our class looks at us. i bow my head down and walk fast out of the room.

once luke and i are out of the room, both of us walk at a normal pace.

"don't you just hate it when people look at you like you did something wrong? it irritates me so much. i hate it when people stare at me." i say, groaning. i see luke nod. he doesn't say anything though.

we arrive in the library and we sit. i take my notebook out of my backpack and start a new page.

"so what should we do?" i ask him. he shrugs and his blue eyes wander else where. i sigh and write both of our names on the top right side of the paper.

"maybe we could act the plot of the poem?" i suggest. luke's eyes widen and he shakes his head.

"um... dance?" i suggest again. luke then shakes his head and looks at me like im crazy. i laugh at his reaction.

"i was just thinking out loud. luke, come on. please suggest something. anything!" i encourage him. he looks at our blank piece of paper, thinking. just as im about to give up, he speaks.

"how about a s-song?" he suggests. my eyes widen in surprise and i smile.

"a song! yes, thats a great idea! i love writing and singing music, but not alone. you're going to sing with me, right luke?" i ask, my eyes lightening. he smiles a little and nods. i raise my hand up and he high fives it laughing. his laugh is light and it makes his blue eyes shine. it was absolutely the beautifulest thing i've ever seen.

"we can work on it after school. around 5 pm today? i have guitar class right after school so." i tell him. he nods.

"it could be a-at my house." he stutters. i sadly smile at his stuttering. i admit, when he stutters its cute, but he has to get out of that habit... and i will be the one to help him.

"alrighty, luke." i tell him smiling. he smiles back and grabs my paper and pen. he starts to write some random lyrics down. so hes a writer too? i think.

i lean my chair closer to his to see what he writes. i smile sadly at one particular lyrics.

"some of us have to grow up sometimes,

if so, if i have to im gonna leave you behind"