"We're back!" Luke yelled, slamming the front door behind us. "You guys owe me seventy-five bucks!"
"In here!" I heard Calum yell from the kitchen. "And seventy-five for sparklers?"
"Yeah, long story short, Luke and I saw that the kids selling them needed the money, so we happily obliged." I laughed as we met them in the kitchen and Luke rolled his eyes at the "we."
"You guys can just give me twenty-five each." Luke said smoothly, setting the bag on the countertop. He barely hold back his smile. He was really excited to show the boys his lip ring, but we decided in the car that we'd wait to see how long it took for them to notice.
"Fine whatever, if it was for a good cause then fine." Calum sighed, reaching into his pockets, leading Ash and Michael to do the same.
"Oh yeah, the girls are out on the back porch. They came by about fifteen minutes after you guys left." Ashton said, counting the bills in his hand before handing them over to Luke.
As if on cue, the back door swung open and Reese and Kayla walked in. "Ash, do you have any more tape?"
"Yeah, sure I'll be right back." Ashton nodded and got up from his spot on a stool by the counter. He walked past us, giving Luke a funny look before shaking his head slightly and continuing on his way.
"Hey, Al. Luke." Reese waved at us, then froze. "Luke!"
I cast a knowing smile at him seconds before Reese sprang forward, grabbing his face between her hands. "You got a lip ring!"
"Wait, what?" Calum looked up and Michael just raised his eyebrows.
"Um," Luke cleared his throat, his cheeks turning a little pink as he looked at Reese. "Yeah. I just did."
Reese looked down and dropped her hands to the collar of his flannel. She folded it down before smoothing out the creases. "It looks good."
"Thanks." Luke watched her as she stepped back, fiddling with the hem of her shirt.
"Yeah, no problem." She said. Reese pointed her thumb over her shoulder back where Kayla stood in the doorway, watching curiously. "We're putting up some decorations for tonight. Could you help us out? We could use some help hanging some stuff that's too high for us."
"Yeah, sure." Luke nodded following her outside. But not before he glanced backed at me and mouthed 'thank you' and gave me a thumbs up.
"Wait, what?" Calum repeated, his voice going up an octave, the same time Michael said, "What the hell just happened?"
"Al?" Kayla raised an eyebrow at me.
I opened my mouth to speak but was immediately cut off by Ashton's reappearance. "I got the tape, now what's with all the questions? Where's Luke?"
"God damn, Ash, she was just about to explain it!" Michael yelled, chucking the pillow that was next to him on the couch at Ash.
"Hey, okay! Okay! Sheesh, go on, Al." Ashton glared at Michael who just shrugged.
"Luke likes Reese." I said simply.
"And the piercing?" Cal asked.
"Piercing?" Ashton questioned.
"Yeah, Luke got one while he was out apparently." Kayla answered.
"Well, he was telling me how he liked Reese, but he felt like he was too boring and holds back too much so I kinda encouraged him to pick one thing he'd always wanted to do, and we'd do it." I said, leaning against the kitchen counter.
