nerd // luke hemmings [editing]

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•Luke•

"Awww come on lukey, you'll do great!" Addie says as we get out of class.

"Ad, I don't think I want to. Guess I'm just lazy." I shrug.

"Come on, it's soccer! It'll be fun!"

"I don't see YOU trying out," I smirk.

"Maybe because I suck at sports, but I'm sure you don't. Come on lukey, don't be a baby" she says, pouting.

"I am not a baby!" I say, poking her cheek. "Fine, you know what? I will try out."

"Yay!" she cheers and I laugh at her cuteness. She's wearing a black hoodie, jeans, Chuck Taylors and black beanie, and I love the way her brown hair cascades down her back, and-

"Hello! Earth to Luke!" she says interrupting my thoughts. "Why are you starting at me?" she says, a smirk playing on her lips. Dammit.

Because you're beautiful. What the hell? I sound like Augustus Waters.

"I wasn't staring at you."

"Were to!"

"Dream on," I say as she rolls her eyes.

"Sooo.. the try outs."

"Yeah..?"

She rolls her eyes. I love it when she does that. "When are they?"

"The what?" she raises her eyebrows. "Oh the try outs! Um, yeah tomorrow at five."

"Well, good luck then! Hope you make iiit!" she says in a sing song voice.

"Babe, I'm Luke Hemmings. I always win." I say cockily.

"Not in video games and paintball you don't" she smiles toothily and I laugh.

"Yeah, sure." I say pinching her cheek for the hundredth time today.

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Try outs were really easy. All we had to do was do some drills, pass the ball around, juggle the ball, and shoot them to the goal a few times.

"Hemmings!" Coach Adams calls.

I run over to him, wiping sweat from my forehead with the back of my head.

"Your pretty good. Welcome to the team." he says, glancing up from the clipboard in his hand.

"Thanks coach." I nod and jog towards the locker room where Chase, Ashton (a different Ashton), and Jason were. They were just some of my friends I met in some of my classes, so I hung out with them when I wasn't with Addie or the guys (which rarely happens).

"Dude how'd it go?" Jason asks wiping his wet hair with a towel.

"Oh yeah, pretty good, I made it to the team" I say, earning me pays on the back and congratulations.

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•Addison•

"Kirsten, honey, I have work tonight, so just order some food ok?" my mom is the only person who calls me Kirsten, i mean come on, why?

"Yeah, ok. Bye mom!" she smiles and waves before going outside and leaving in her car.

I order a cheese pizza and about 30 minutes later, it arrives. I sit front of the tv, eating my pizza and watching a new season of MasterChef. Ah, food.