TRY HARD

Chapter 32

"Hey babe, you're just in time to help put this little princess down for bed" Luke says. I walk upstairs with him, Carrying a box of my clothes up into our room. I go into shays room and see a huge painting hung up.
"Oh my gosh Luke" I cover my mouth. The picture is so beautiful. *above*
"And of course she has her favourite aunties and uncles too" he points to a picture on her dresser of all of us in Bali
"Oh my god, did you do this when I was gone?" He nods.
"Mama" Shay says pointing to the large painting.
"Yea that's mama" Luke says. She looks back at Luke. She cocks her head to the side and then smiles at him, her head moves forward and lands on Luke's chest. Luke looks up at me, he looks like he's about to cry.
"That was adorable" I say.
"I love her more then my guitars"
"Geez" I say.

We make our way down the hall to the stairs I knock on Harlow's door and she comes out.
"Come downstairs. I have news"
"Be down in a sec" she goes back into her room. Luke and I walk down the stairs.
"Luke, we have to talk" I sigh.
"Everything ok?" I nod. I grab his calendar off his wall and set it on the dining room table.
"What's up?" She asks.
"So. Book off October 3rd, my first fight. Well second if you count the one I did today" I smile.
"YOU FOUGHT TODAY AND I WASN'T THERE?!" Luke practically yells.
"You better not wake up Shay" I say.
"And it was against Meghan Anderson so it was kinda of just practice. But I have other news" Luke hugs me from behind as he warms up some pizza for me.
"What's your schedule like in September Luke?"
"I just got an email today about going to LA for three weeks I have first week here and then rest in LA." He says.
"Argh fuck" I say putting my head in my hands.
"Why?" Harlow asks.
"Cuz Greg Jackson wants me in New Mexico all of September for training" I say.
"Ok so first week I go with you with Shay and then I take Shay to LA"
"I can't ask you to do that, you'll have meetings and stuff" I say.
"I can always keep her with me here" Harlow adds. 
"Ya not an option. You'll know why soon" Luke says.
"I'll bring Shay to LA, it'll be fine. She's gotta meet the label eventually anyways" he adds.
"Ya I guess" I sigh.
"It will all be ok" he digs his face into the crook of my neck. He moves my hair out of my face. His unshaven face tickles my neck as I reach up and tangle my fingers into his hair.
"Goodnight Harlow" Luke say as he picks me up by my waist and carries up stairs.
"I love you so much Luke."
"I love you too baby. I went crazy without you" he places me on the bed and takes off his shirt. He hovers over and stares.
"What are you looking at?" I ask.
"Looking at my beautiful girlfriend" he says before delving his face into my neck once again.

Luke, Harlow and I are sitting in the living room drinking coffee and watching the news.
"Luke, when I read your texts message in Oslo, why did you call me all those names?" I ask. Harlow looks at me. I've been wanting to ask this question to Luke for a long time. 
"I- i-"
"Don't make excuses, please I just wanna know" I add.
"I don't know. I looked and look at you and feel nothing but lust. I love you and I felt the need to be something I'm not. I don't know, the media got the best of me" he replies.
"But you're the opposite of those names. You mine and only mine. And I'm yours and only yours." He says placing a hand on my thigh.
"Waaaaa" we hear.
"Shays up" I say smiling. Luke jumps up and runs up the stairs.
"I'm gonna go to Calums place today." Harlow says.
"Ok, have fun, but not too much fun" she stands as Luke comes down.
"My baby!!" She says kissing her head.
"Bye guys!" She says.
"Bye Har" Luke says.
"Hey Luke, you never told me what you would do when you had kids. What kind of school, if they asked for their ears pierced, what we would do about the "talk" like I don't know these things and we have a kid" he looks at me as he places Shay in the high chair.
"Well I would do homeschool I think. I'd want them to have an education and public school would have fans and stuff and I wouldn't want her getting mobbed. I think we should pierce her ears. The talk" he looks at her as she throws a Cheerio at him. "Well. She won't be needing that for a while." He kinda laughs.
"God I hope so"