Starring role | l.h

Chapter XXI

Samantha Stewart

"What are you-" He caught me off guard and immediately engulfed me in a tight hug once he caught sight of me with such force that I felt myself stagger back.

"What the fuck?" I immediately shoved him away and looked in between the two boys staring each other down.

"Luke, it's not-" He didn't even let me talk and dragged me towards his back to hide me from the boy standing outside the door.

"The hell are you doing here, Moore?" He asked sternly.

"I could ask you the same thing, Hemmings." I yanked my hand away from Luke's grip and decided to step out of his back to face them both.

"Shut up both of you." Luke raised both his hands in defense and backed away with a step. "You no longer have any more reason to be here Logan, you know that." He reached out a hand to me that I instantly slapped away. "And I think you should leave." I commanded in a firm tone.

"Will you just please hear me out? I got your text last night and-" Luke grabbed me by the arm and faced me with a somewhat glum look obvious on his face.

"You texted him last night?" I rolled my eyes and grunted at his question.

"Let go of me you dipstick." I turned away from him and faced Logan once more. "As for you, I don't want to hear anything more from you. Whatever we had, whatever that was, it was over before it even begun." I felt my heart shatter at my own words as I watched his face turn into a hurt expression.

"Is it because of him? Are you leaving me for a guy like him?" I felt my face scrunch up in disgust.

"God no. He's my friend and he lives next door, what do you expect?" I heard Luke scoff behind me.

"Yeah right." I shot him a look earning a laugh from him.

"Look Logan, as much as I want to give you another chance, we both know it's not gonna happen. I'm really sorry though, maybe you should just go find your ex and bang her or something I don't care-" He cut me off.

"Oh for god's sake Sam, I don't want her- I want you! You're the one I want to be with!" I bit the inside of my cheeks to prevent myself from showing him a smile but failed miserably.

"What? You think you could just come in here and talk your way out of your mess with your sweet, flattering words?" His hand slowly reached for mine and looked me dead in the eye before speaking up.

"I know I can't argue anymore with you. All I ask is for you to hear me out, hear my side of the story and then decide if you would still have me." I went silent for a moment and heard Luke spoke out from behind me.

"You can't be fucking serious." I turned to him with a sigh and gave him a small smile. I didn't want to say it but I felt like I needed to.

"Maybe you should go find the boys Luke." He stood there with his mouth agape and a disgusted look on his face.

"Excuse me? That stupid bastard cheated on you and you're asking me to leave?" He asked incredulously while pointing a finger at himself.

"Who you calling bastard jackass?" I placed myself between the two boys before they could pounce on each other and put a hand on both of their chests.

"Let's not do something stupid, alright?" I turned my body towards Luke and cupped both sides of his face with my hands. "Call the boys and tell them you're free." He opened his mouth but I cut him off with a finger pressed on his lips. "Thank you for sticking with me but I can handle it from here." I assured him with a smile.