A Shade of Love

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"Cameron!" Luke screamed from his bedroom.

"What?" I shouted back. "Crap, Luke we need to stop shouting, we have neighbors." I made my way into his room. He was sitting on the floor with two shirts laid out in front of him, making me chuckle.

"I need help choosing my outfit." He looked up at me. Looking at both the shirts, one was a red, plaid button up, and the other was an oversized black sweater.

"Well it depends what you're doing and where you are planning to go. Are you going on another date with Emma?" I ask him, knowing his 'secret' admiration for her.

"Erm no." He scratches the back of his neck.

"Luke, let me tell you, knowing you for 10 years, I think I know when you're lying." I laugh at him.

"Fine, just tell me which shirt looks better." He grunts.

"The plaid one." I walk out of his room, and into the kitchen.

I've always wondered why Luke has feelings for Emma.

I mean, I don't like her. Just for the sake of the way her relationships with people go. She gets with a guy, she has fun with him, and throws him out to the curb. But, Luke on the other hand doesn't realize that. I mean I'm not gonna lie, Luke has the looks to get a lot of girls.

Me well, I don't have a boyfriend, and don't need nor want one. I learned it the hard way. Well not really, it's actually quite weird. His name was Hunter and, well, after 3 years of dating, he found out he was gay. Which is perfectly fine. I'm happy for him, and we are now the best of friends. He has found his true love, as he says.

And I have never found someone that truly works for me. Yes, I have gone on some dates but all of them were selfish jerks. So that's my love life.

My thoughts were interrupted by a knock on my bedroom door. Without turning around I mumble, "what Luke?"

There was no answer. So I turned around, but then being tackled by the one and only Luke Hemmings. My BestFriend who lives in the same apartment as me.

"Luke get off of me." I tried to push him off but he was to heavy.

"Sorry Cams." He chuckled.

"Apology not accepted. Now get off of me." He didn't budge. "Luuuke." I tried to push him off but failed once again.

"Tell me why you hate Emma." He got up and sat right in front of me.

"I don't hate her, I just don't like her."

"Well why don't you like her?"

"Because she's a slut." It's Luke's fault for getting me into cussing.

"What makes you think that?"

He can be so gullible sometimes.

"I know that she is Luke, and so should you. Her last 'boyfriend' was Hayden, you know, the guy the lives upstairs? Well anyways they started dating two weeks ago and broke up three days ago. Luke she's had so many boyfriends, it's gross. I just don't want you to get hurt Luke, that's all."

"I won't get hurt, I just like her and If she does hurt me than I'll be just fine. It's not like I love her or anything." He looked into my green eyes, and I looked right back into his.

I sighed and said okay, and continued to do my laundry, and talked to Luke at the same time.

Me and Luke met in the first grade, because we were both bullied. Luke moved to Washington from Australia and was bullied because of his accent, and I was bullied for being smart, I was the nerd. So one day Luke stood up for me, and we stood up for each other the whole year, becoming best friends. And we just held our friendship together. And look at us now, living in the same house and going to college together. Ironic.

"Hey Cameron?"

"Hmm?"

"Are you okay?"

That's a big question. Because I don't really know. I mean it seems like everything would be okay, but it's not. My dad died two years ago in an accident, my mom misses him like crazy, and I feel extremely guilty for not being there for her. But she has my sister to take care of her. And I'm just not really sure, you know?

"I'm fine." I smiled the best I could at him. He smiled back. Luke is always asking me those kinds of questions just to make sure I'm okay.

"No you're not Cam, I know you." He engulfed me in a hug, and I dug my head into the crook of his neck.

You know those hugs that make you just loose it? Luke's hugs always do that to me. I felt a tear slip down my cheek, and then another. I'm lucky to have Luke right here, to help me when I need it. That's what BestFriends are for, right?

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Alrightyyy first chapter, I KNOW ITS SHORT IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE DEAL WITH IT.

I'm sorry, I'm not a very good person. The rest will be longer, I always make the first chapters shorter than the others. So yeah.

xx- Payton