Destiny

Chapter 45

Luke's POV

"Ready to go Luke?" Beau shouted up the stairs as I finished styling my hair. I ran down the stairs and flashed him a smile before grabbing my jacket from the coat hanger.

We all headed out onto the road and walked to the nearby park, agreeing to meet Ruby and Jake there. It killed me knowing that they would've been together last night, but if Ruby still had any feelings for me then she must feel one hundred times worse since I've been with Kiana for a while now.

Kiana took hold of my hand delicately, giving me a warm smile. I felt so bad for leading her on like this, it was the last thing I wanted to do but I didn't know how to end it with her, she seemed so happy.

"What, you can't leave me!" Daniel whined loudly from behind me. We all looked towards him, wondering what he was talking about.

"I'm sorry babe, you'll just have to FaceTime me everyday." Lucy said, putting her arm around his waist, finally noticing us all staring at them as we entered the park.

"What's happening?" Danni asked with curiosity as we found a place on the grass to sit down on.

"I'm having to go back to LA hon, it's for my music." Lucy said with a sad smile.

"Aw, the gremlin will end up crying every night now." Jai laughed, making us all giggle with agreement.

"How long are you abandoning me for?" Daniel whined.

"It'll only be a month or two.. You know I need to concentrate on my job sweetie." She said innocently, I'd never seen her act so sweetly before with someone. She was usually always joking around.

We continued the conversation for a little longer before we spotted Ruby and Jake heading our way, fashionably late as ever. We each stood up to greet them before they joined us back on the grass again, sitting together, reminding me of how Ruby and I used to sit so closely. I miss those times more than anything.

"What time are we going out tomorrow?" Jake openly asked.

"We'll come for you guys at 7, well that's if you'll both be at Ruby's apartment?" Kiana replied, making Ruby blush.

"Yeah," Jake laughed, looking from me to Ruby, making me grit my teeth.

"Should be fun, Lucy said that Drake is going!" Daniel said excitedly.

"That deserves a high five." James laughed, high-fiving Lucy and leaving Daniel with confusion plastered on his face. I really do worry about that boy sometimes.

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NEXT DAY

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I waited downstairs with Jai, Beau, James and Daniel as we waited for the girls to get ready. They always seemed to take a hundred times longer than necessary.

"Are you ready yet?!" Beau yelled upstairs.

"Nearly babe!" Danni called back, but we all knew in reality "nearly" meant another 20 minutes.

"We might as well put on a movie while we wait." I smirked sarcastically, making the others laugh.

After another 10 minutes, to our surprise, the girls were all ready and downstairs. The time taken had obviously worked as they all looked stunning.

Jai called for a cab which came pretty quickly, that was a bright side of living in London, especially since I wasn't the patientest of people. We all climbed in and drove to Ruby's apartment, picking up her and Jake before heading to Orleans.

I was so nervous to see if my plan worked out, but it was tonight or never. I had to get her back before I was too late and ended up with nobody to love.

We all got out of the cab and paid the driver before walking over to the club. The line was all the way around the side of the building but I had gotten our names on the guest list since we knew one of the guys that worked there.

The bouncer let us in and we headed towards the bar, the loud music muffling everyone's conversations so I decided to lead the group forwards to more of a quiet part of the bar.

Kiana and I got the first round of drinks in, taking them to the others and sitting down before Danni, Beau, James, Daniel and Lucy went off to party.

"I'm being a major fifth wheeler here aren't I?" Jai asked, making us laugh.

"Go and find your babe, James." I replied, half joking, since I did need everyone else to leave for my plan to work out. I needed to somehow get alone with Ruby without Jake and Kiana getting in the way. Good luck with that Luke.