Not All Angels Have Wings (L.H)

Chapter 4

I woke up with Luke's wrapped around me and his chin resting on the top of my head. The night before came crashing back into my head as I tried to unwrap myself from the long limbs next to me. When I finally completed the impossible task I grabbed my phone from my night stand to check the time. The bright screen made me close my eyes but then I slowly opened them to reveal the digital clock before me, 12:10. I had sleep through the night with this boy and now our friendship was going to be ruined. “Are you okay?” Luke shot out of bed and had his hand on my shoulder with in seconds. I felt fine now but I guess he still thought I was going to puke. “I am fine, you didnt have to stay here all night, I feel good as new.” “It was my pleasure to stay here with you.” After Luke had finished talking his phone started buzzing from the other nightstand. He did some kind of back flip to get to the other side of the bed but ended up rolling off the bed and onto the ground. I started laughing immediately then remembered he had fallen. “Are you okay down there?” His hand reached up to grab his phone as a sign that he was still alive then slowly sat up into view as he rubbed his head and answered his phone. “Hello?” He got up and walked into the hallway, “Um sure, how long are you staying? Really that's great!” As he walked down the hallway I could here less and less of his conversation so I got up and went into the bathroom. I gasped at my reflection, my hair was sticking out at weird angles and my mascara was smeared under my eyes to make the impression that I was a raccoon. My purple hair brush was soon in my hand and running through my hair and a makeup wipe was soon taking off yesterdays leftovers. Within moments my hair was in its usual neat and wavy state and my face looked clean. As I turned to leave my yellow bathroom Luke reappeared in front of me. “Okay so my old friends found out I was back in town and they want to hang out. Do you wanna hang out with us?” I was truly feeling better and I dont want to be alone all day so it sounded like a good idea to me. “Sure but I need time to get ready.” I looked down at me current state and felt heat rise in my cheeks. My shirt from last night was wrinkled and one of my pant legs was pulled up to my knee. Luke noticed my expression and chuckled to himself. “I'm going to go home and get ready but I will be back in 20 minutes to get pick you up.” “Wait, you have a car?” By now he was out the front door but he yelled yes back in response. I stood there in shock for a moment then ran back into the bathroom to get a shower, the water was hot against my skin and I could feel it rising away my impurity's. My pomegranate shampoo and conditioner filled my nose and I closed my eyes to savor my favorite smell in the world. I really needed to shave my legs but I didnt have time so after washing my body with the matching scent of my shampoo I hopped out of the shower and began to dry off and then sprint into my dresser. My white towel clung to my body as my hands yanked my drawers open and closed. I glimpsed at my clock and saw I had 15 more minutes. After deciding on a black and white stripped T-shirt and purple skinny jeans I walked into the bathroom and plugged in my hair dryer and began to take the wetness left from my shower out of my hair. The hot air warmed my body and brought me into a calm state. My hair was naturally wavy so I never had to much to it for it to look nice. Today I decided to pull my hair into a high ponytail and let my bangs swoop across my face. The next thing I did was brush my teeth and put on my makeup. The eyeliner went up at the edges to make it have a winged affect, my mascara and clear lip gloss finished my look. I looked at my reflection and smiled at my job well done. The clock told me that my time was up but Luke still wasnt here so I put on my black vans, grabbed my black jacket and purse then headed towards the living room. The house was strangely quiet with no one here and thats when I remembered my mom. When I went into her room she was sleeping off last nights shift and I didnt want to wake here. She had probably stayed at work in till early in the morning and didnt even bother to look and see if I was home or not last night.

My phone buzzed in my pocket and I saw that Luke was here. I pulled my key out of my purse and locked the door behind me as I stepped outside and walked towards the death trap behind me. When I turned to walk to the car I found that It wasnt even a car at all, in front of me sat a shining black motorcycle. “What the hell is this?” I could feel my ponytail swing across my back as I slowly approached the machine. Luke smiled like a proud Dad at his sons first sports game. “This here is my baby.” He patted the thing like it was his pride and joy, it probably was the way he is talking about it. “Well I will never get on your baby.” “Come on Ainsley, I would never let anything happen to you.” Luke held out his hand for me to grab it and hop on the tiny seat. As I stood there staring into his crystal blue eyes I could feel all my worry's washing away and I soon found myself taking his hand and getting on behind him. My hands went to grab a bar or something to keep me from flying off but there was nothing but Luke sitting in front of me, I slowly weaved my arms around the blonde boy and rested my chin on his shoulder. “You know I hate you right?” “I wouldnt expect anything less.” He smiled back at me then bit his black lip ring before turning back towards the front and starting up the motorcycle. As we started down the road my grip around him was deathly but after a couple of moments I loosened up and found myself enjoying it. The trees blurred by us as we traveled down the road further and further into nature. Luke knew all the back roads around town and managed to never take us on a road with more then one car. The little houses that were around us looked hidden away from the world due to the yellow and orange trees that shielded them from prying eyes. It seemed as we were miles away from everyone else in the world and it was just us two and the surrounding wildlife. My eyes eventually found the sky that had not a single cloud among the blue background. I closed my eyes and took a deep breathe inhaling all the smells of burning firewood and wild flowers. When the bike began to slow down I rested the side of my chin back onto Lukes shoulder and stared at our destination. We had arrived at an old, beat up playground with no one in sight. I hopped off from the seat and walked over to inspect the sad looking place closer. “Me and my friends used to come here every Saturday night and have bonfires and sometimes to get drunk.” With the last part he elbowed me in the arm playfully and then walked toward the old wooden structure. “So how old are your friends?” Luke grabbed onto the monkey bars making all of his arm muscles stand out and shine in the sun light. The heat rose into my cheeks as he started to do pull ups with no trouble at all. “They are our age but they dropped out last year to start a band but it never went anywhere so I think they are trying to get back into school.” Luke started walking over to me as he dusted off his hands on his pants. “They are really good guys, we all used to hang out with Ashton before they dropped out and I moved.” It had just popped into my head that I have never asked him why he moved away in the first place. “Luke why-” “Hey guys!” Luke cut me off as he went running back towards the parking lot meeting up with his long lost friends. “Hey mate, its been a long time how have you been?” A boy with brown hair and big brown eyes pulled Luke into a hug and they patted each other on the back. “I have been good, busy unpacking.” After hugging him he moved onto a red haired boy with an eyebrow piercing and the both slapped hands before pulling each other into a hug like all guys do. “Aw stop your whining,” The red haired boy was the first to recognized my presence. “Oh this is my friend Ainsley, she has known Ashton since the third grade.” I shyly waved my hand at the approaching boys but was soon pulled into an embrace by the red head. Luke laughed to himself before saying. “Ainsley, meet Michael.” “It is so nice to meet you! You can call me Mikey.” Michael's hold on me was so tight that I couldn't breathe or respond to him. “Okay that enough of that.” Luke came over with a serious face and pulled him off of me, then he gestured to the brown haired boy. “This is Calum,and just to be clear he is not Asian.” He stuck his hand out for me to shake and I respectfully shook it. “Its nice to meet you guys, so you guys know Ashton?” “Who doesn't?” Michael piped up first and shook his head as we all laughed at his joke. “True, he does know everyone.” “Holy shit!” Michael ran over to a flipped over grocery cart and waved his friends over to help him fix its position. “Get in.” All eyes were on Luke as Michael motioned for him to get into the rusted cart. I looked to Luke to see if he would do it and he swung his leg the side and sat down onto the metal. As soon as his butt hit the cart Michael took off running around the parking lot while both of them are laughing hysterically. “We have couple more friends showing up later to join us when we have a bonfire.” I turned to look at Calum standing beside staring at Michael and Luke with a small smile on his face, I could tell these guys were close. “Sounds good to me. How long have you guys known each other?” “Michael, Luke, Ashton and me have all known each other since we were baby's. Our Dads have been friends since they were in high school.” Ashton was never mentioned them before, is there more to him that I don't know? Michael slowly stopped running and walked the cart over to us while trying to catch his breathe, you could see his chest heaving up and down beneath his red muscle tee. “Get in Ains.” Luke moved his legs so that there was enough room for us both in the cart and without hesitation I has sitting in between Luke's long legs and was leaning against his chest. I took a deep breath breathing his chocolate ax cologne. Luke leaned in and whispered into my ear, “Hang on princess.” Chills went up my spine as I sucked in a breath. Before I could grab onto the side of the cart we were speeding off down a hill and after getting a running head start Michael hopped off the ground and stepped onto the bar under the cart. After getting past the fact that we weren't going to die I put my hands up in the air and let the breeze take hold of me.

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We had walked into the woods right before dusk and gathered what we needed for our bonfire. The fire we had created flickered in front of our faces as we all stared up at the millions of stars above us. I was placed between Calum and Luke while Michael laid on a blanket he got from his car across from us. I had only met these boys a few ours ago but I already loved them. Michael treated me like a little sister even though we had just met and Calum talked to me like he had known me forever and told me crazy story's and secrets. As they crossed my thoughts I looked at each of them and lastly my eyes fell onto Luke who had his legs out in front of him and had his arms extended behind him as he looked up at the stars that watched us from above. The light from the fire lit up his features and highlighted the contours of his face, we had only known each other for a couple of days but it felt like it have known him as long as Ashton. Luke dropped his gaze from the stars and caught me staring at him and I didn't even try to hide it. As we both kept staring at one another a small smile spread across both of our faces. “I think I might be able to see the milky way.” Michael had brought some weed with him so that he could share it with us but no one but him wanted anything to do with it. Ever since then he has been commenting on how pretty everything is and how great we all are. When the sun went down the wind picked up had caused the temperature to drop, I shook as the cold blew my hair across my back and soon there was a think material draped over me. I looked up to find Luke laying a blanket over shoulders and soon he was under it with me holding our hands against the fire. We were so close that his side touched mine and soon I rested my head onto his shoulder. Luke turned and softly kissed the top of my head and then rested his head against mine. We sat like this for a moment then Luke laid back onto the blanket beneath us and pulled me with him. His arm was under my head and I curled into his side. My eyes slowly began to feel heavy with sleep but I was quickly brought out of my thoughts when I heard Calum yell. “Shit, shit, shit, shit.” He ran past us towards the cars and we all stood up onto our feet and looked at each other shrugging our shoulders. Right as Michael sat back down we heard a growl come from the woods and we all whipped our heads to see a brown bear walking towards us. “Holy shit!” Michael was the first to start running and then Luke but I was frozen from shock. Soon Luke came back for me pulling my arm, “Ainsley come on!” I started running with them to the car and I could hear the heavy steps of the large creature behind me. When we reached the playground Calum was already in the car with his head in his hands. Me and Luke got into the back seat and Michael got into the drivers. The bear stood up onto its back paws in front of the mini cooper causing all of us to scream before he slammed his hands onto the front hood. Michael frantically grabbed his keys and with shaking hands put them into the ignition and started the car. A screeching noise came from the tires as we pulled out of the parking lot. The whole car was silent as we headed down the road at 2 o'clock in the morning. I was undoubtedly going to be grounded but at the moment I didnt give a dam. As looked around the car at the boys and all of them looking like they just peed themselves I started to laugh. It started as a quiet chuckle but escalated into a stomach cramping laugh that caused tears. Calum had turned around in his seat to see the commotion that took place behind him and soon joined in too. Next Luke started to laugh and pretty soon Michael did too. We were all laughing so hard that Michael had to pull over and park the car. It was in this moment that I thought to myself, these are the moments we will remember for the rest of our live

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