Meant to Be... l.h.

11

That's what we did. We booked plane tickets to leave to Australia tonight. Luke,Calum and Michael decided to tag along since our families don't live to far from each other and they haven't seen them in a while. After the plane was booked I immediately went to pack because we had to leave in a few hours. I had just zippered up my suitcase when I heard the front door open and then a knock on my open bedroom door. I look over my shoulder to see Luke leaning in my doorway.

"Hey." I say standing my suitcase up. Luke walks over to me and sits on the ground with me.

"How are you doing?"

"I'm fine." I say with a fake smile. Luke frowns at me.

"Rose, it's okay to not be okay."

"I feel so guilty." I admit. Luke places a hand on my shoulder and puts his finger under my chin lifting it up to look into his crystal blue eyes.

"You have nothing to be guilty about. You took the trip for your own mental health."

"I just feel like I wasn't there when she needed me the most."

"But your here now. Lauren will be okay." I nod. She will be.
"I um, I want to give you something." I look at him quizzically. He pulls out two small black leather covered notebooks. One looks old and worn and the other still has the clear plastic seal on it.
"I write in this when I don't have the courage to voice my words. I think you should have one too." He says handing me the new one.
"It's something that only you can see. Where you can write your darkest thoughts and no one can judge. You can write, or draw or do whatever you want. Sometimes I even write song lyrics in it."

"You were writing in it the first night I got here." I remember.
"You said you were fine, but you weren't."

"Exactly, I wasn't, I snapped at you because I was in a bad mood and bad place. Writing it down will help. Trust me." I nod and give him a tight hug.

"Thank you Luke. It means a lot to me to know you care."

"And you have no idea how much I care about you." I pull away from the hug and we just look into each other's eyes for a while. I never noticed how clear his eyes were. They were a beautiful shade of blue and they reminded me of the ocean.
(Luke Skylars thought)

His eyes are like ocean waves

Her eyes are like two emeralds

I can't look away

I can't seem to look away

He's handsome

She's beautiful

I'm falling for Ashton's best friend

I'm falling for Ashton's sister

Are we leaning in?

Shits about to get real

He's getting closer

Our noses are touching

He shut his eyes

She closed her eyes

Our lips met

It happened

I'm kissing Luke

I'm kissing Rose

I don't ever want to stop

I don't want this to end

(Back to regular Skylars POV)

Holy shit I'm kissing Luke! It feels right. I can feel the cold metal of his lip ring moving in sync with my lips. He places his hand on my waist as I do the same on his neck. After a few more seconds we both pull away. We just stare into each others eyes as we regain our breather. What do I say? Please say something Luke.

"Say something." Luke whispers breathlessly. Shit!

"I-I. I don't know what to say." I admit. He shakes his head.

"Then don't say anything." With that he pulls me back in for a more passionate kiss. This time both of my hands were cupping his face as his were on my waist. This time it lasted about 2 minutes before we pulled apart again and stared at each other.

"Say something." I say like he did last time.

"I-I've fallen for you." I nod.

"So have I."
"Now what?" I ask still looking into his eyes.

"Be my girlfriend?" My heart stops for a brief moment. Is this what I want? I've only known him for a week and a half. What if I become bitchy towards him? He won't like me. He'll hate me!
"Stop thinking." He says sensing my fear. I swallow nervously and nod with a small smile covering my lips.

"I'll be your girlfriend." I whisper. I watch as his eyes widen and smile widens.

"Really? You don't have to say yes if you don't want to. I know we haven't known each other for a long time but I think-" he says standing up. I cut him off by placing a short kiss on his lips.

"I want this Luke." I say with a small nod.

"Me too." He says. We stare at each other again before bursting out into laughter.
"Alright as much as I would love to stay here with you, we have a plane to catch." I nod and grab my suitcase before it was snatched out of my hand by Luke. I glared at him but he replaced my now empty hand with his intertwining our fingers. I cross my opposite arm over my chest and hold on to Luke's bicep as we walk into the hallway only to be surprised by seeing everyone waiting for us. They look at us. Then our entwined hands. And then back at our faces.

"You two?" Calum asks.

"Oh my god." Michael whispers.

"MY SHIP HAS SAILED!" Ashton screams causing me to blush. I hide my face in Luke's arm because I'm embarrassed.
"I'm so happy for you two, now luke, you take care of her or I will have your balls on a stick. And Skylar, you take care of Luke or- Well you don't have balls soooo, just be nice." I laugh at Ashton's comment.

"I will, Ton."

"Don't worry man.I'm crazy about her." Luke says kissing the top of my head causing me to blush as the others say 'awwww'. This is going to be interesting.