Could He Be The One? ⇾l.hemmings [completed]

♪ Chapter 19 ♪

Tick tock, tick tock. Detention went by so slow I finally took out my phone and hid it under the table. I plugged in my skull ear buds and pressed play on Fall For You, my favorite song of all time. I texted Luke saying to meet me at Starbucks after I was done with detention.

He texted back, Texting during school? What happened to that goodie two-shoes I knew? Meet you there. -Luke. I giggled like a child and turned up the volume on my music. Hearing the song gave me amnesia, I forget about everything in life. Luke was the only one that stayed in my thoughts.

Two minutes left, just two minutes. I thought to myself. Just in time, I stood up and rushed out of detention. Starbucks here I come.

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"So what's up?" Luke asked sipping his coffee. We sat at the window in the old Starbucks, on this crispy fall day.

"I was wondering if you would take me to get my spider bits." I picked up my Pumpkin Spice Latte and took a big gulp till he answered.

"Spider bites? Are you sure?" He asked. I nodded yes and he bit his own lip ring. "Okay then, let's go." We got up and walked down to the tattoo and piercing place that Luke likes.

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I slid open the door and walked into the shop. Band posters hung on the wall covering every inch of the room. Blasting music rang through my ears and a young girl about 20 walked out of a small break room. Tattoos covered her arms, but old earrings made a hole in her ear, and her multicolored hair was up in a messy bun.

"Hey Luke! What's up?" The girl asked. She gave him a hug and looked at me. "Hi, I'm Violet and you are?" She put out her hand I shook it.

"This is Lauren. She wants spider bites." Luke said. I nodded and Violet's face lit up like a Christmas tree.

"Okay then, come in over hear and take a seat." She cleaned a piercing gun and came back with different types of rings. "Which one would you like?" I pointed to the looped ones and Luke looked at them and agreed.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" Luke pressed. "Yes I'm positive." I replied. He gripped my hand I looked at Violet.

"Okay, this is going to sting so hold still." She pressed the gun onto my lowered lips and hot metallic pain numbed my mouth. "There is a sink over there you can spit in." Violet left and went to bleach the gun. I ran over to the sink and washed my mouth out. When I spot blood and water fell in the sink, I washed it out and looked in the mirror.

"Wow, I like these." I tugged on my new accessories and walked over to Luke. "So do you like them?" I asked.

"You look amazing. No not amazing sexy, yeah that's it." I laughed and sat at the edge of the seat. Violet cam back out and smiled.

"Thanks Violet." I said as I hugged her. "No problem, and don't worry about paying. It's on the house." Luke and I walked out of the shop and made our way to the lake.

I tugged on my lip rings some more amused at the feel of them on my skin. Luke looked at me and rolled his eyes. "Don't do that, it makes you look even sexier." He covered his eyes and almost ran into a poll. I pulled him away and un-cupped his eyes.

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We arrived at the lake 20 minutes later, leaves fell in the water making an early sun set. I sat down and slid off my vans. My feet rested in the yellow sand. "When's your birthday?" I asked Luke. He starred at me mumbled, "July 16, when's your birthday?"

"October 13, so in about one month."

"Oh well then, happy early early birthday." He smirked. I cleared my hair from face and pulled it behind my ear, biting down on my spider bites. "Lauren don't do that, come on are you trying to kill me?" He rolled over onto his stomach and couldn't help but laugh.

"So how long will you and the guys be in the U.S.?" I asked getting up. Like peeled his face from the ground and looked at me.

"Until our manager says otherwise. What are you doing?"

"Nothing." I bent down and picked up a rock. I fingered it in palm and finally through it in the misty water. I dipped my toes in and the cold water gave me the shivers.

"Lauren, what's wrong? Why are you acting so...strange?" Luke sat next to me and dug his hands under the sand then pulling it up from the ground.

I looked at the water wondering how long it would take me to drown in the water. Luke grabbed the wrist that had scars and squeezed it tightly. I winced and let out a little scream, alarming Luke to let go. He lifted up my sleeve and looked at my wrist then to me and back at my wrist.

"Lauren, please tell me these are old scars." He slipped his hand into mine but I pulled it away, clutching my arm with tears threatening to pour out.

"Some are old, most are new." I stopped and took a deep breath, "they're from last week." I pulled my arms around my legs and put my head in my legs sobbing. Luke rubbed my back and stroked my hair soothing me.

"Don't worry, we'll get through this. Together." He held me tight and slowly dozed off listening to him humm a song.

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"Lauren, wake up. It's 5:30." Luke shook me and opened my eyes. His smile now a worried frown and his skin gohstly pail.

I got up and brushed the extra sand from my jeans. "C'mon I'm going to get into so much trouble now." I said reeching for my phone. My dad had called more then 10 times. Kayla sent 5 messages.

"I'm dead meat." I mumbled to myself. We walks until we hit my block. I kissed Luke and he kissed back. I tugged his lip ring and let go, walking into my house.

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