This really had not been Haileys week. Her boyfriend cheated on her, and now luke hates her. Her fucking skin was starting to break out from all the stress and tears. This shit sucks.
Hailey woke up groggily once again, she hadn't gotten much sleep. She was up tossing and turning about what she could have possibly done wrong. Why hadn't she been good enough for Jack?
To be fair, the entire time she was dating him her mind was on Luke.
After rolling out of bed she could hear Emma honking outside. Emma had been picking her up and bringing her coffee lately. She felt bad. It was times like these when you really appreciated your best friends.
She got into the car with Emma. "Hey." She yawned.
"Hey. Mocha iced coffee per usual." She smiled chipper. It almost bothered her how cheerful she was. But she was excited for Emma. Calum made her really, truly happy.
Pulling up to school, there was already someone in Emma's usual parking spot. She sighed, and was about to back away to find another. "Wait." Hailey said putting up a hand.
She recognized the van. A tall blonde boy in black skinny jeans stepped out, sticking the keys into his bag. He put on sunglasses shielding dark circles under his eyes.
Hailey stepped out of the car. "Hey Lukey. You know that's Emma's spot, and I know you're pissed at me. But don't take it out on my friends."
"Sorry Hails. I'm parked here, why the hell should I have to move. Sometimes, you don't get to keep the things that are yours." He smirked. Obviously shading her breakup.
"Fuck off Luke honestly. Why are you such a bitter dick?" Hailey scoffed.
"Look, I'm sorry I took your parking spot, but it seems like you're used to people taking things from you" he chuckled, enjoying the shocked expression on her face for a moment. When her eyes watered and she closed her mouth, he felt bad he'd actually hurt her.
Hailey knew exactly what he meant. She knew he was referring to the fact that her boyfriend was "taken" from her. She wasn't going to tiptoe around Luke anymore. "You know, you think you're so great luke, you think you're so much better than everyone else cause you don't care about what people think or how you make other people feel."
He didn't feel so bad anymore. "Find another spot, and another man." He walked away.
Emma watched from her car, eyes wide, jaw dropped.
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Later Emma sat in her room with Calum.
"Babe it was so bad holy shit." She said after relaying the argument to her doting boyfriend. "They said such terrible things to each other. She literally got in the car and cried after."
"Yeah she didn't deserve that shit said to her...but neither did Luke." He was careful, he didn't want this to come between them.
"I agree she was way out of line. We have to do something it can't go on like this." Emma whined putting her head on his shoulder.
He adjusted his arm around her and rubbed her arm softly. "We could get them together. All hangout together. It would force them to be together." He shrugged.
"I'll set it up." She smiled giving him a peck on the lips.
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Hailey sat in Emma's basement, with Sophia. They drank a bit and laughed at various embarrassing stories.
"I invited the boys by the way." Emma looked at the ground.
"Like Luke too??" Hailey asked surprised.
"Yeah" Emma said quietly.
Hailey groaned. "Whatever I'll just get drunk and ignore him." It was one way to handle things. She took a large sip of her drink.
The other two girls eyed each other. Loud footsteps came down the stairs, Ashton's giggle echoing.
Ashton sat down on the couch next to Hailey. She was thankful Luke didn't sit there. Luke instead sat across the room from her
Hours later, and many drinks later they all remained. Hailey and Luke had drank the majority of the bottles and cans, trying to escape each other .
Hailey watched Luke eyeing her proximity to Ash as he talked to Hailey about why he got into drums. She scooted closer to Ashton, staring Luke dead in the eyes.
Luke mouthed fuck off to her and proceeded to get another drink.
"Haven't you had enough buddy?" Michael gestures toward the can in his hand.
"So has she." He said sloppily nodding his head at Hailey.
"Enough of you." She spat.
"You're so full of shit, you know that?" He went off. "How the fuck can you blame me for your breakup? And expect me to accept that? Sorry but unlike other people I don't let you walk all over me-"
Ashton cut him off, standing up. "Alright I think it's about time we get out of here Lucas." Michael followed them up the stairs. Calum said goodbye to Emma and went with them.
Hailey started to laugh rather than cry, "Well that was dramatic."
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After she sobered up, Sophia walked Hailey home. "You gonna be good?" She asked.
"Yeah I'll be fine. I'm honestly just really tired."
"Alright." Sophia hugged her and walked back in the other direction.
Hailey was at her house when Luke came around the corner too. The two sped up and met in the middle of the two homes.
"You really were a dick tonight." She said calmly.
"Nothing you didn't deserve." Luke shrugged. "I'm not gonna standby while you walk all over me. You've always been like this."
"And you've always been a self absorbed dick."
"This is just like 8th grade! You were done with me so you went and made friends with all those fucking idiots. PEOPLE YOU THOUGHT WERE BETTER THAN ME, YOU THREW ME AWAY! And look what happened? One just broke your heart." He screamed
Fed up, Hailey started yelling, "Luke stop putting yourself on a fucking pedestal. Ive said it before and I'll say it again. You act like you're better than everyone else, but you're just not. Deep down your just like the people you claim to hate. You care what people think. You think about it all the time. And you definitely think you're not good enough." She continued, not even thinking about what she was saying anymore. "I don't even know why you would think that! YOU'RE LITERALLY PERFECT, with the eyes and the hair and the legs. JACK DIDN'T BREAK MY HEART YOU DID! I've been in love with you forever! You treat me like shit. I tiptoe around you because I'm scared of making you hate me but I'm done."
"SHUT THE HELL UP HAILEY. What about you? I see the light on in your room at all hours of the night. You're up trying to figure out 'what did I do wrong?' 'Why aren't I good enough for him?' Looking for someone to blame other than yourself, which you shouldn't. It's completely HIS fault. And it's his fucking loss! you're amazing! You're funny, and sweet, and drop dead gorgeous-" Luke stopped. He registered what both he and Hailey had just said. "Wait. I broke your heart. I'm...perfect? Y-You love me?"
Hailey stared at him. Taking everything in. She was done waiting. "Just kiss me"
Luke rapidly took steps towards her. He grabbed her dainty cheeks in his large hands, smashing his lips to hers. The kiss was electric.
It was 11 years in the making.
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More Than Frenemies // lrh
Fiksi PenggemarHe leaned to her ear. "What. Did you think I was going to kiss you princess?" On that last word he stepped back and began breathing again, he removed something from her hair. "Just have something tangled up there." He began to walk away back towards...
