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Chapter 15

**Ashton**

I roll over in bed expecting to find Luke lying next to me but I’m met with empty space. My eyes fly open to see the room is still dark and Luke is nowhere to be seen. I untangle myself from the sheets running from the room expecting to see Luke in the bathroom but it’s empty. I hear quiet sobs and rushed breaths so I follow them. Luke is sitting on the couch curled up in fetal position with his hands clutching his phone.

“Luke?” I question walking over to my fiancée. He looks up at me with red rimmed eyes and I quickly pull him into a hug. He latches onto me and I pull the phone from his tight grip and press it to my ear.

“Hello?” I ask running my other hand up and down Luke’s back.

“Ashton! Thank God.” Emma’s voice sounds through the phone and I furrow my brow.

“What’s going on?” I ask looking the still hyperventilating Luke.

“Luke’s having a panic attack, you need to calm him down.” She says sounding extremely relieved.

“I don’t know how.” I say and Luke’s grip tightens as he starts to sob harder.

“Get him to put his head on your chest and breathe deeply, make sure he knows you’re there if it doesn’t work call me back.” She says sounding tired.

“Emma? Come back to bed.” I hear my little sister’s voice say and Emma hangs up. I set down Luke’s phone and move him so his head is rested on my chest. I take deep breaths as I run my hands through his messy hair. His sobbing settles down and I start to hum.

“I love you so much Luke, you know that right?” I ask and he nods against my chest his arms still tight around me.

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I run my hands through a still sleeping Luke’s hair as I look towards the clock to see its well past lunch. I hear soft singing from the kitchen and I climb off of the couch. I stumble into the kitchen to see Luke flipping pancakes. I wrap my arms around his waist and press a kiss to his shoulder.

“Morning.” I mumble sleepily into his ear.

“It’s almost two pm.” He says turning around to press a kiss to my lips. I smile into the kiss and he pulls away.

“I made you breakfast.” He says pulling away from my embrace. He hands me a plate with a few pancakes and I smile seeing the plate he made for himself. We sit down together and rest my hand on his knee as we start to eat. I finish before him and I grab his other hand with both of mine. He manages to finish his plate and I smile attacking his face in kisses.

“I’m so proud of you Luke.” I say and his face breaks out into a massive grin.

 “Let’s go out today.” I say and he nods staring into my eyes.

This is so short, i'm sorry, I'm going to wrap it up soon, but there might be a sequel.