Luke woke up to the sun streaming through the curtains. He softly smiled into his pillow. The bed was warm, and the sun was shining. He stretched his arm out to complete this perfect morning by seeing Her. Suddenly, Lukes smile disappeared. Her. She wasn't there, and his fantasy was cruelly interrupted by reality. Before the wave of pain could hit, his phone buzzed. He groaned and rolled over to snatch it off of the night stand.
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Calum: Dude. It's been a month. You need to leave the house. Ashton and I are coming to pick you up for lunch in an hour. Ready or not we're dragging you out.
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Luke sighed and threw his phone on to the bed. He hated that they were right. He spent his time in two places. Home. And with her.
He reluctantly climbed out of his warm cocoon to throw on a big hoodie and jeans. He stumbled downstairs to get some coffee, and there it was. The lipstick-stained coffee cup that had been there for a little over a month, untouched. The crimson mark that had painted over the white mug was slowly fading into a dull shadow.
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"Luke! Come sit down with me!"
Luke bolted down the stairs with a grin on his face. It was 7:30 in the morning, and despite how tired he was, he rarely got to spend mornings with her. Her first class of the day started at 8 sharp. Fortunately, the night before they had been blessed with about a foot of snow. Her class was delayed, and that meant he could enjoy breakfast with her.
"Good morning, Mr. Smiley. What's with the grin?", She looked at him suspiciously.
"I'm just glad we get to have breakfast together s'all", He responded.
She chuckled and took a sip of her coffee. Luke began to laugh at how she had unknowingly left half of her lipstick on the mug.
"What?", She pondered.
"You probably should've waited to put on your makeup until after coffee, my love", Luke said in between laughs.
She looked at her mug and realized her mistake. She smiled and lightly punched Luke on the arm.
"Hey! This happened to be part of my beauty routine. I would never want to over do it with the makeup."
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"Luke! Either you open the door or we're coming in! We've been knocking for 5 minutes!"
And with that, Luke was ripped out of his trance as he jogged for the door.
