Club of Misfits [Lashton & Malum]

Chapter 10

So far Luke has been doing great in track. Everyone is okay with him, aside from a few guys who are jealous that he's already the coach's favorite. While everyone was jealous, Luke was ecstatic. Never has anyone congratulated him so much for something he loves, yet here is Coach Hood telling him he is amazing and that he's doing great so far.

The praise made him smile, and he was happy. Luke is always looking forward to track now, because he forgets everything that makes him sad and all he does is talk to his new friend Mitchel, does what he loves, and has an adult that actually cares about him. Even if it's Calum's dad.

Of course, Calum wasn't happy about any of this and Luke can see that. He felt bad, honestly. Because he knew Calum barely gets attention from his parents and now Luke is taking all his dad's attention from the only hobby his dad ever lets Calum do. Not to mention, this was a father and son thing. Track was Calum and his dad's place where they get along and Luke took that away.

He felt bad but then he was envied Calum. Because he wanted a dad. At least, one that paid attention to him and didn't smack him around and cause bruises on his body. But he really shouldn't take someone else's. He couldn't just tell Coach Hood not to talk to him, though. So he did nothing and maybe that wasn't the best option.

It was around time for Luke to leave, they were in the locker room and he was changing into his dark blue Nirvana shirt and some decent jeans then put his clothes in his bag. He glanced at his phone, seeing it was almost four and he should be home around six if he wants to survive his dad's anger.

He could go home right away, but no. He planned on talking to Michael. He wanted to go to his house and make sure they talk things out. Recently he's realized how bad of a best friend he's been. Michael needs him and he's been paying attention to Ashton instead. He doesn't want to abandon either of them, so he needs to sort things out with Michael.

On his way out of the locker room, he rolled his eyes when spotting Maya and Calum making out against his car with their hands being way too touchy. He knew Michael likes Calum, which is why he's irritated. Because he assumed Calum felt the same since he's a jerk to all of them except Michael. Apparently he was wrong.

He scoffed and went to go to the road leaving towards Michael's house, but suddenly an arm tugged him back and he stumbled in surprise. However, he calmed down when seeing it was Mitchel with his crooked smirk. The guy shushed him when he went to speak and led him towards the side of the school away from the parking lot.

Luke wasn't nervous, because he trusts Mitchel. Despite only knowing him four two weeks, he was very comfortable with the boy and didn't get scared around him like most people are. He doesn't believe Calum. There's no way Mitchel could be a 'bad person'. Rumors aren't always true.

When they were away from everyone, Mitchel raised an eyebrow at Luke and said with a chuckle,"You look stressed, wanna talk about it blondie?"

Blondie. That's what Ashton calls him. Luke smiled at the boy's name but eyes widened a bit when seeing Mitchel taking out a box of cigarettes and light one. He shrugged,"No, I'm good. Just having a hectic life, but everyone does so it's not that big a deal."

"True, true," Mitchel noticed Luke staring at his cigarette. He held his out and said,"You can take a drag if you want, sharing is caring."

Luke hesitated,"U-Uh, I'm not much of a smoker."

"No one is, doesn't mean you can relax every once and a while. C'mon, I have a whole pack, you can take this one. Who knows? It might release some of your stress," He assured, and Luke nervously took the cigarette from his hands as Mitchel took out a new one.

When Mitchel lit his cigarette, a bunch of smoke filled the air and Luke struggled not to cough. He glanced at the cigarette in his hand. The cancer stick. The reason some people die. But also the reason some people don't stress. The item that helps people relax and that's probably why Mitchel is so calm sometimes.