aggression | luke hemmings

Chapter Sixty Three

Luke's POV

Calum follows me back to the living room where Becca is sitting on the couch, when he gets here. He brought Kris with him but I have no problem with that; She's a pretty close friend to all of us.

"Hey!" Becca says when she notices that they are here. Kristen grins and sits next to Calum, beside Bec and me.

"How are you two doing?" I inquire.

"Well, I quit my job," Kristen says. She works at an Ulta. "My manager Adrian was a total bitch. She snapped at everyone and I think she held a grudge in me for giving a customer a discount, because she had bad service up at the shop and bought a rip off deal. Well I gave her the discount as an apology and Adrian flipped me off, glaring at me the rest of the week! I couldn't take it so I decided to leave," Kristen says. I raise my brows.

"Wow," Becca says. Kristen nods.

"And what about you, Calum? What's up?" I ask.

"Not much, really," He shrugs, looking at the ceiling thoughtfully. "Ooh! Did you hear that Jai Robinson finally went to jail?"

"Who's Jai Robinson?" Becca asks.

"Haven't you seen the news lately? It's the rapist," Calum explains. Becca and I grin at once. "He was arrested. Apparently you're his first victim, though."

"That's good, that way nobody else was ...uh..." Becca says, her voice trailing off. But we all got what she was saying so we nod awkwardly. Becca sighs, but is smiling. I wrap my arm around her shoulders.

"What are you...?" Calum asks, pointing at me and Becca. I raise my brows. "Aren't you not allowed to touch her or she will freak out something?"

"Says who?" I ask.

"Says the ratios of most traumatic stress," Kris says.

"It all depends on who it is," Becca says. I smile down at the ground, knowing that I am an exception. That I can hold her securely instead of watch her cry. That I can cuddle her to sleep instead of curl in a lonely ball on the edge of the bed. That I can kiss her full lips instead of watch her with lustful eyes.

Kristen nudges me in the ribs, making me laugh and put my hand on her shoulder. Calum chuckles.

The four of us go out to eat for dinner at 7, and after that Calum and Kristen leave. Once we get back to our apartment, I walk into Pete's room because he is bawling.

I scoop him up and carry his fragile figure to the kitchen and set him down in the high chair. I fish his full bottle out of the fridge and place it in front of him, then I sit down next to the chair. I hear the shower water running so Bec must be in the shower.

Pete tosses the bottle onto the floor when he is finished. I bend down and place it in the sink, then I walk back to his room and grab the penguin toy. I situate him on the carpet in the living room with a numerous amount of toys to occupy himself with, and I sit down in front of him to supervise.

After fifteen minutes, Becca walks into the room and sits down beside me, smiling down at the baby. He smiles at her and throws the penguin to her and it lands in her lap. Becca chuckles and places it back in front of him, kisses my temple, and strides to the kitchen.

Peter raises his arms up to me so I smile and watch as he pouts because I hesitated. I pick him up and pat his back, making him grin a cute, toothless grin and nearly fall asleep in my arms. I hear a camera clicking so I look behind me and see that Becca is holding a glass of water and snapping a picture of Peter and I with her phone. I blow a kiss her way.