alone // m.c.

►eight

Luke slammed the door to Michael and his apartment, waking Michael up from his comfortable slumber on the couch.

"Luke, why the fuck did you do that?" Michael whined.

"I fucking fucked the fuck up." Luke continued to swear under his breath as he kicked his shoes off and practically ripped his jacket off. He walked over to the kitchen and pulled a beer out of the fridge, uncapping it and returning to the room Michael was in.

"What did you do?" Michael asked, rubbing his eyes as he sat up.

"Well I was just fucking around like always and I fucked a fucking minor who fucking lied to me and told me she's like 19. She's 16. I can go to fucking prison. What if I go to fucking prison?"

"Is she going to tell anyone?"

"No, I don't think so, but if the wrong fucking person finds out then I'm going to be in a lot of fucking trouble." 

Michael groaned. He didn't exactly have a clean mouth himself, but he hated when Luke swore. It just wasn't something Luke did that often. 

"Alright," Michael breathed out, "Luke, calm down, stop swearing, and tell me exactly what happened."

Luke plopped down on the couch, letting out a groan. 

"Okay, well, um, I was at a frat party, and there were a lot of girls. I had already, ya know, been with a lot of them, so I wasn't planning on doing anything. Then I saw this girl that I had never seen around before. She was really hot, and I thought getting some wasn't the worst thing that could happen."

Luke shifted uncomfortably on the couch as he thought of what came next. 

"I asked her how old she was, of course. I didn't want to do anything stupid. She told me she was 19, so I thought it was a go. We danced for a little while, and eventually we ended up in a random room alone. Then, uh, the stuff went down." 

Michael nodded, letting Luke know he was listening.

"Then, this morning when we woke up, she was stumbling around the room and cursing to herself. So I asked what was wrong, expecting her to have lost a shoe or something. When she told me she was 16 I could have sworn that my mouth opened as wide as hers had last night."

Luke paused to laugh at his joke, and Michael laughed along with him.

"So, then I kinda just told her she can never tell anyone what happened and I just left. I didn't really know what to do. I just stumbled around campus all day worrying about what would happen if she told her parents, or her friends, or anyone. I'm so fucking scared."

Luke took a swig from his beer. Michael wished he had one to deal with this situation.

"Do you feel guilty?"

"Sort of, yeah, I guess. I just never really have done something that bad. Sure I haven't called a girl back in over four months, but never have I done anything illegal."

"Well, one, don't feel guilty. She lied to you, so you thought it was okay. If she had told you the truth nothing would have happened because you're a good guy. And two, she's not going to tell anyone. I'm sure she would be afraid of how people would think of her, and I don't think she's afraid of lying either."

Luke sighed.

"I guess you're right. But what if she does? Then what do I do?" 

"Tell the court what you told me."

"Yeah I guess I can do that. Thanks, bro. I needed some help calming down. So what are you doing?" 

Michael looked down at the closed CD case sitting next to his computer. He didn't want to tell Luke, because he would probably just make fun of him.

"Oh, uh, nothing. So-" Luke cut him off.

"What is that?" Luke didn't wait for him to answer, reaching down and pulling the CD case off of the table. He read the words scribbled down on the paper aloud.

"For You

A Little Death - The Neighbourhood

The City - The 1975

Somewhere In Neverland - All Time Low

Love is a Laserquest - Arctic Monkeys

A Drop In The Ocean - Ron Pope

Oh Love - Green Day

Miserable At Best - Mayday Parade

Isn't She Lovely - Stevie Wonder

Transpose - Bad Suns

Little Things - One Direction"

"Wait a second. Is- is this for Zoe?" 

Michael nodded sheepishly.

"Doesn't she like not date or something? Why are you wasting all of your time on a girl who is just not fucking interested? I mean, you're going to end up heartbroken. You're setting yourself up for fucking heartbreak."

"Well, I guess when you put it that way it sounds dumb, but I really like her. I want to figure her out, and get her to start dating and stuff. I know it doesn't sound sensible, I just-" Luke cut him off again.

"Michael, I don't want you to get your fucking heart broken. It sure as hell doesn't sound sensible." Luke was starting to raise his voice, making Michael nervous and upset.

"Luke, don't shout at me. Please. I know you're only doing this because you care about me and stuff, but I can handle myself. And I really, really like her. If I stop, I'll end up heartbroken anyway."

Luke shook his head and rubbed his hand over his mouth, signaling he was in thought.

Michael ejected the disc from his computer and snapped it into the CD case. After shutting his laptop, he stood up and gathered his belongings.

"I'm just gonna go to my room now, because I don't want to be yelled at for falling in love with someone who doesn't love me and also because I am getting tired. I'll see you tomorrow, bro."

Luke waved goodnight to Michael as Michael shut the door to his bedroom. He sighed, placing his laptop on his desk. He retrieved his phone and 3DS, plugging in his earphones. 

Shuffling his music, he started playing Pokémon. He stayed in his bed for the rest of the night, listening to music and playing games on his 3DS, with thoughts of Zoe coursing through his head.

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lmao i can't tell if this chapter is boring or if too much happened or whatever i hate this chapter i just wanted to update a little bit.

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