The Girl Next Door *Luke Brooks love story*

Chapter 27

Mia's POV

I pay the driver and quickly make my way to my hotel room. I decided it would cost too much to get my own room for the rest of our stay so maybe one of the boys will swap with me or something. I lock the door behind me and throw the key on the table. I take a long relaxing hot shower to try to calm down and clean myself up. After my shower I get changed into a pair of sweatpants and a oversized jumper. I am mid way through drying my hair when I hear shouting and banging on the door.

"Open the door," a voice that I would recognise anywhere calls. I turn off the hair dryer, wipe my tears and open the door to see my boyfriend. I mean ex boyfriend walk straight past me.

"You're welcome," I mutter under my breath as I close the door. Luke goes straight into bathroom, locks the door and turns on the shower. I guess I won't finish drying my hair then. I sit on our bed and scroll mindlessly through my Twitter feed still trying to decide whether or not to sleep in another room. Luke comes back into the room shirtless with a towel wrapped around his waist. His red glossy eyes avoid me and it breaks my heart.

"Luke I'm sorry," I whisper, my voices cracks. "I know you probably hate me but I am still in love with you," I add. He shakes his head and grabs his a pair of sweatpants and returns to the bathroom. I place my head in my hands and curse quietly. How could I have been so stupid? The bathroom door opens again and Luke comes out and takes a seat on the opposite side of the bed. I cant handle him ignoring me when I'm sitting right here. I stand up and walk towards the door.

"Where are you going?" Luke asks in his trembling voice.

"To one of boys room," I reply wiping a tear away from my cheek.

"They're not home yet," he tells me, the expression he wears on his face is blank. Usually I can tell exactly what he's thinking but this time I can't.

"Oh," is all I can say. I guess I'll be staying here for a bit longer. I slowly walk back to the bed and sit down.

"You can sleep in the bed and I'll take the sofa," Luke says standing up, even though it is a sweet gesture I can tell there is no love behind it.

"No it's fine, I'll take the sofa," I say also standing up. He opens his mouth to say something but quickly closes it. "I'm shorter than you," I say awkwardly. He thinks about it and realises I'm right.

"The spare blankets are in the cupboard over there," he says getting into the sheets of the king sized bed. I nod and start setting up my bed for the night. To be fair I actually hate sleeping on sofas and I think Luke realised that but didn'twant to fight anyway. I bet he doesn't even want to talk to me. I turn the light off and snuggle into the blankets. For the first time in a while I'm sleeping by myself when the love of my life is in the same room as me. And it's not a good feeling. I toss and turn all night trying to get to sleep but there's too much on my mind. My boyfriend has ended things with me because of a stupid dumb mistake I made and I don't think anything will fix this. I thought about going and getting in bed with Luke because things can't really get any worse but I was too scared of his reaction. Would he reject me? Tell me to get out and leave? Would he get out and leave? Would he ignore me? Or would he wrap his protective arm around my waist and pretend everything was normal? I guess I'll never know.

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I wake up to banging on the door. I warily rub my eyes and sit up on the sofa. I look up to the bed. Its empty. I get out of my temporary bed and go and answer the door.

"Hey James," I say giving him a half smile. He sees right through my fake smile and steps forward and wraps his long arms around me. I hug him back and let out a few tears.