Train - A.Irwin

luke to the rescue

→Elaina

Elaina couldn't believe what she had just done. She slept for about an hour, then woke up in Ashton's arms and thought about Ashton friend-zoning her for about two hours until she got up and cleaned most of the house.

Her fear of being friend-zoned had led her to friend-zoning Ashton and she had no idea why she did it. He offered her a place to stay, help to find work; what more could she want?

After pushing past Ashton, who stood there, completely dumbfounded by the situation, she ran to the hallway, shutting the door and sitting against the wall next to it.

Unpleasant memories recapitulated through her head as she sat. She was so scared to trust, scared of being hurt that she pushed people away, the main reason she ended up in Sydney. Ashton didn't know that though, so he had no idea why she just rejected him.

The thought of a relationship with Ashton gave Elaina stipples. She couldn't help but love everything about him: the way his dimples deepened when he smiled, the way he said her name...everything about him seemed, well, perfect to her.

Cold air rushed through the cramped hallway. Elaina shivered at the sudden gust but knew it was from the un-heated elevator and the cold outside. She ignored the person who walked by and continued thinking.

When she checked the time, it was only 7:30 a.m. She had been up for a long time - about 2:50 a.m. - but she still needed to job-hunt. Ashton would probably be nice help, but after what she had just done, Elaina didn't know if he'd ever want to associate with her again.

Probably not.

"Elaina?" Luke.

"Um, yeah?" Luke and Elaina had barely been accquainted, so she really had no idea how this would play out.

"Why are you sitting out here? It's freezing." He rubbed his hands together, blowing warm air in between them. Luke sat down next to her and leaned his head against the wall.

"No reason," she tried to be vague. Luke rose a questioning eyebrow. "Did you have a spat with Ashton? He's completely smitten, utterly whipped."

"Um, I'm his cousin?" she was pretty sure they had been over this, she really didn't want to spill her love life to Luke, whom she just met today.

"Bullshit."

Maybe Luke would turn out to be smarter than Ashton gave him credit for.

She sighed, nodding slightly. "I may or may not have completely friend-zoned him. Wait, I barely know you, why am I telling you all my problems?" she suddenly reddened, feeling stupid for venting to Ashton's best friend who could go into the apartment and tell him everything that she was saying. She felt strangely comfortable around Luke.

"Ooh, friend-zone. Not good," Luke shook his head. Elaina gave him the evil eye. "Way to make me feel better." she deadpanned.

"Don't worry, El, Ash's a forgiving guy. It's obvious you like him as well, seeing as you fell asleep on him last night, and you're gorgeous: why wouldn't he forgive you?"

Elaina blushed for four reasons; the nickname, Luke's bluntness of knowing she liked Ashton maybe even more than he like her, the fact he knew she fell asleep with him on the couch, and the word "gorgeous."

Luke stood up abruptly, offering Elaina a hand to stand up as well. She took it and followed suit.

"Now, you need a job and I need to keep a job, so you and Ashton need to get out of the apartment so I can get ready for work!" he opened the door and shooed Elaina inside.

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