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Chapter 25

F A L L I N G O U T

Sam's POV

Because I ditched without texting anyone my reason for not coming to school, Cal and Luke spammed the fuck out of my phone.

4 missed calls and 27 texts from Calum.
18 missed calls and 89 texts from Luke.

I knew after school, Luke would be over here, banging on my door till I answered. He might even break in. Well, not necessarily break in. He just knows where I hide my spare key.

I dreaded having to tell him Ashton kissed me. I don't know how he'd react. What I can picture is him being really mad and breaking up with me, then either kicking Ash out of the band or quitting himself. Then, the other boys siding with Luke. I'm left with no one either way.

Just as I'm thinking about this, there's a knock on my door. I swallow hard and stand up, getting up from my comfortable position on my couch. I walk across the dark mahogany floor and open the front door. As suspected, Luke is standing there, looking as relieved as ever.

I sigh, letting him in. He doesn't really say anything once he realizes something is up. Hesitantly, he steps inside my house, awkwardly shoving his hands in his pockets. "Why didn't you come to school today?"

"Luke, we need to talk." I spoke quietly, folding my arms over my chest. His serious look told me he was really worried about what I had to say. Our eyes met. I couldn't even hold his stare. I looked away.

"Jesus Sam, spit it out, will you?" He asked impatiently, clenching his jaw. "What happened?"

I took a deep breath. All the words came pouring out of my mouth at once. "I was trying to fix things with Ashton yesterday. He asked me to go to this random ass place in the forest. Sent me directions and everything. So of course because I was worried, I went. When I got there he was in the grass crying. I walked over to him and comforted him. We talked, and then he kissed me. I didn't kiss back, I pushed him right off when it happened. If I had known he was going to kiss me I wouldn't have gone. He wanted to keep it a secret but I couldn't."

I watched a Luke's face fell. His eyes glazed over as if he were about to cry. I took a step towards him but he backed away. He couldn't bring himself to look at me. His hand moved to the door. I felt dizzy. All I could think was no, no, no.

I grabbed his wrist but he just pulled it from my grip, angrily twisting the door knob. "Luke, wait," I begged, my tears flowing from my eyes like crazy now. I knew I was losing him after only being with him for a few days. Not even. Had it been twenty four hours?

My heart broke as the door slammed shut and I was left in silence. Not a single noise besides my sobs echoed through the house.