Haunted

Chapter 54

Songs for this chapter

Lie to me - The Wanted

Moments - One Direction

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"Where's Michael?", I ask as I stop next to Calum's locker.

"I'm not telling you if you wanna beat him up again", Calum furrows his eyebrows. "What the fuck was that?"

"I just wanna talk to him", I say and decide to not answer his question.

"You sure?", he asks and I nod. "Alright, he went to see the nurse", he says and I nod.

"Thanks", I say and get ready to leave but Calum speaks up again. "You should go there too, not to talk but because your face looks pretty bad", he tells me.

Now that he says it I notice that it actually hurts. I wonder if there's blood?

"And by the way, I don't know if Carly overreacted but she texted me that Michael's nose is broken."

Fuck.

"Really?", I ask in shock. "She said so, but you know Carly", he shrugs. "But if it's true I hope that yours is broken as well."

"Wow, you're such a good friend", I roll my eyes. "You'd deserve it and you know that", Calum shrugs and I sigh. "I really do", I mumble.

"So.. what happened with Ariana?", Calum asks quietly and looks into his locker.

"I fucked up", I say and he looks back at me. "I figured. I heard something about a deal?"

I take a deep breath as I feel my eyes watering again. "Woah, it's that bad?", Calum asks as he notices.

I nod and he pats my back. "It'll be okay, bud", he says but I shake my head. "No.. It won't. It's over", I sob.

"Luke, you two can't without each other. Don't worry, everything will be okay", he says and smiles.

He can say that, he doesn't know how bad I actually fucked up.

"I should look for Michael now", I sigh and he nods. "See you later", he calls after me as I make my way to the nurse.

I knock at the door before I enter. Michael's sitting on a couch, Carly next to him.

Wow. I can't believe I did this to his face.

Michael stares at his feet while Carly mumbles something, none of them seems to notice me.

I cough and both of them look up. Carly looks worried while Michael just looks proper pissed off. I don't blame him.

"Oh, Luke..", she says and looks at Michael. "This is a bad time, really."

"I'm sorry, Michael", I say, ignoring Carly's words. "You better be", he growls and looks back at his feet.

"Is your nose okay?", I ask but he doesn't make any attempt to answer. "I thought it's broken, but thank god it isn't", Carly replies instead.

I sigh in relief and she points at me. "I wouldn't be surprised if yours is broken, though", she says but I shake my head.

"It's not, I'm fine", I tell her. "Can you leave us alone for a second?"

"No, you're the one who can leave, actually", Michael says under his breath.

Great. I lost my girlfriend. I lost my best friend. What a great time to be alive.

"Please", I say and Carly slowly stands up. "Can you check if he has a knife in his pocket first?", Michael says sarcastically and I roll my eyes.