Twdg | Luke and Nick | idk who to love...

Guilty talk

The school bell rang for the end of class. I grabbed my bag and proceeded to run out through the door, pretty much like the other 500 kids who attended this school were. Before I could do so, Luke leaned dangerously close to me, whispering in my ear,"See you tommorrow beautiful." I just nodded. Like i said, what else was a supposed to do?

30 mins later...

I skipped all the way to my street, grabbed my key, and shoved it in the door handle. I was welcomed by a famaliar voice.

"Ashley!" Dad exclaimed, wrapping his arms round me. He was wearing his blue t-shirt along with jeans. Pratically normal wear for him. Anyway, after being almost squeezed to death, Dad finally let go and turned my body so that i faced him.

"How was it?"

I shrugged. "S'ok." What else was i supposed to say?!

"Good, good." He said, grabbing a bottle of bourbon and pouring himself a glass. Before you ask, NO he is not an alcoholic, he just really likes his wine, thats all.

"So, how'd your new job go?"

"Alright i guess."

"Cool."

I went upstairs to go relax im my room. What did Luke mean "See you tommrrow beautiful..." Did Luke actually like me? For some unusual reason I resent the thought. Sure Luke was a nice guy, but at the end of the day, that was all he was. Or maybe... No No it wasnt like that...

I started to unpack. One thing you should know about me is that I don't travel light. My suitcase was filled with all kinds of crap that id probably never use. At the bottom of the suitcase was a picture of.. my mum. I sure did miss her... No, No, not after what she did... What she caused... What she... She...

- School -

I came into school unusually early. There was something about this place that wanted to make me stay as long as possible. Maybe it wasnt the actual school. Maybe it was just the people in it. I opened my class door. For some reason, i hoped Luke was there. It wasnt Luke (Damn) but thankfully not Rebecca (Thank god). It was Nick. Great. Im stuck with an awkard boy who probably dosent like me. Just great.

Nick looked up and smiled, "Hey."

"Hey," I repiled, almost shyly.

"Why are you here so early? Girl like you could use some beauty sleep."

My mouth dropped open. What a jerk! I knew there was something dodgy about Nick but i didnt think...

"Oh shit i didn't mean it like that!" He suddenly said, standing up. For a moment i thought he would come over and hug me. But instead reality kicked in and he slumped back in his chair.

"No problem." I said, turning my back on him.

"Look im sorry, ok?" i heard him say, "im just going through a lot of shit. So please, cut me slack yeah?"

I nodded approaching him. The closer i got, the more i could smell a strong kinda smell. The smell of -

"Have you been drinking?!" I asked him. The look in Nick's eyes was a good enough answer.

"Why?" I asked.

"Its my mom. She's - she's its my fault..."

"How?"

"It all happened on holiday... We were at the beach. Doing the same thing as any normal family, sunbathing, relaxing, playing beach ball and swimming. You see the problem was, i couldn't swim. But i wanted to prove to my mom that i could. I wanted to make her proud y'know. So i dived in. I went in out too far... too deep. Then suddenly i felt it, it didn't think it was real until i saw the blood circle around me..."

Oh god...

"I tried to swim, tried to make it. My mom heard me and swam for her life. She grabbed me, pulling me to the shore and threw me there. I had a cut to the leg but it wasnt bad..."

"Oh, well that wasnt - "

"Im not finished. I was on shore, watching my mom a couple of feet away, a few strokes away from reaching the shore. She almost made it... Almost. From nowhere the shark grabbed her foot and began to drag her back into sea. I tried to run in after her, but my leg... and the blood... They wouldnt let me in... They did everything. Everything. She never made it back, she never had a proper funeral."

I look up to see Nick's eyes completley watery. Its the first time, ive seen his eyes properly. They are a beautiful, glowing, bright shade of blue. I wish my eyes were that colour. Instead, im stuck with boring plain old hazel eyes. Ugh.

"I wish I was like him..."

"Like who?" I asked though I was pretty sure of the answer.

"Luke. Nothing bothers him... He just keeps on moving. He's the hero... Me I can't do anything..."

"That's not true..." I began to say. Problem is, I couldn't quite finish it.

Nick stared at me. "See?"

"Look I'll go get you some water."

5 mins later...

"Thanks." Nick exclaimed pouring the water down his throat, "just... Thank you."

I began to head to the door. I really need to find luke...

"Ashley?"

"hmm."

"Don't tell anyone bout this, ok? I'm fine."

I just nodded. What else was I supposed to do?