Demons (hemmings au)

Twenty-Four

Ellie’s POV

“Michael we have to get him out of here,” I cry as we walk outside; me holding Luke to me as we walk, who has his face in his hands muttering incomprehensible words. 

I see Mikey turn around quickly to glance at what is causing the terror in my voice, and he sees Luke. “I think he may be having a panic attack, come on Ash left his keys in his car. We can just take it and one of his friends can take him home,” he says with a grimace, it’s not the best idea but it’s the only one we have at the moment. 

I nod in agreement quickly, and open the back seat door to help Luke in before sliding in myself. “Just go to my house,” I murmur to Mikey who is getting in the driver’s side. I don’t want to go to Luke’s house and his parents see him like this if they are home. 

“What did I do? What did I do? Oh my gosh, I’m a bad person. Oh my gosh,” I make out a string of words coming from Luke’s mouth as he rocks back and forth in the seat, his hands gone from his face but a frightened expression remaining. 

“Luke, you have to calm down. It’s okay,” I whisper, wrapping my arms around him. “Please Luke, it’s okay,” I continue, grazing his cheek as I continue to soothe him. He turns to look at me and for a second I see the panic from his eyes disappear as he recognizes me, but just as quickly it returns. 

“No, no, no, no, no, no,” he just starts repeating over and over again, turning back to face forward and rocking. I glance up front to see Mikey looking at him through the rear view mirror with a saddened expression on his face. Neither of us know how to help him. 

“Luke, just calm down okay. You have to stop,” I say with more authority, taking his hands which are now pulling at his hair and placing them down in his lap. 

“It was him Ellie, it was him. You have to watch out, they’re going to kill you,” he whispers before taking a few deep breaths and fainting. 

“Luke, Luke?!” I exclaim, trying to figure out why he has passed out, and shaking him to try and wake him up but nothing works. 

“It’s okay Ellie, we’re almost to your house. Just let him be,” Mikey says in a sincere tone. I nod my head realizing he looks peaceful, and if I wake him back up he will just continue his panic attack. I turn to look out the window and see that Michael was right, we are entering my neighborhood. 

“What did he mean by him and they? Who are they?” Mikey asks quietly a a few seconds later. 

I continue staring out the window as I give a light shrug, “I don’t know,” I answer somberly, I really have no clue what Luke is talking about but what he said is enough to give me chills down my whole body. 

As Mikey pulls up into my house I have no idea how I am going to get Luke in, so I just kind of awkwardly sit in the back car staring at his long body. “Here, I’ll get under one arm and you get under the other,” Mikey says, noticing my dilemma as he opens the backseat door. I nod my head and run around to the other side, putting one arm around Luke’s waist and help Michael pretty much drag him into the guest bedroom where we lay him on the bed before walking out into the living room. 

“That party was a bad idea,” I mutter, more to myself as I sit down on the couch. 

“Why did Luke punch Ashton anyways?” Mikey asks, I had forgotten that he didn’t walk down the hall until after Luke had pulled Ash away from me. I had pretty much forgotten about the Ashton thing due to Luke’s panic attack and statement in the car. 

“Ashton was trying to kiss me. He had me cornered, and wouldn’t let me get out,” I say quietly before feeling a few tears fall from my face. I start to sob as Michael wraps his arms around me and pulls me into his chest, his chin resting on the top of my forehead.