Close As Strangers

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I shook my head to clear my thoughts. Another song?

"This is another part of your birthday present Arden. I don't know exactly where you are in this stadium, but I want you to listen carefully."

It was silent after Luke finished speaking, as I began to hear Calum play his bass.

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Six weeks since I've been away,
And now you're sayin' everything has changed
And I'm afraid that I might be losing you
And every night that we spend alone
It kills me thinking of you on your own
And I wish I was back home next to you

Oh, everyday
You feel a little bit further away
And I don't know what to say

Are we wasting time
Talking on a broken line?
Telling you I haven't seen your face in ages
I feel like we're as close as strangers
Won't give up
Even though it hurts so much
Every night I'm losing you in a thousand faces
Now it feels we're as close as strangers

Late night calls and another text
Is this as good as we're gonna get?
Another timezone taking me away from you

Living dreams in fluorescent lights
While you and I are running out of time
But you know that I'll always wait for you

Oh, everyday
You feel a little bit further away
And I don't know what to say

Are we wasting time
Talking on a broken line?
Telling you I haven't seen your face in ages
I feel like we're as close as strangers
Won't give up
Even though it hurts so much
Every night I'm losing you in a thousand faces
Now it feels we're as close as strangers

On the phone I can tell that you wanna move on
Through the tears I can hear that I shouldn't have gone
Every day gets harder to stay away from you
So tell me...

Are we wasting time
Talking on a broken line?
Telling you I haven't seen your face in ages
I feel like we're as close as strangers

Wasting time
Talking on a broken line
Telling you I haven't seen your face in ages
I feel like we're as close as strangers
Won't give up
Even though it hurts so much
Every night I'm losing you in a thousand faces
Now it feels we're as close as strangers

Six months since I went away
And I know everything has changed
But tomorrow I'll be coming back to you

-

"Now babe." Luke began, choking on his words. "Open the letter I gave to you earlier tonight. Now who's ready to Rock Out With Your Socks Out?" He asked, as Ashton began drumming.

I did as I was told, and unfolded his letter, blocking out all of the other noise as I read.

Hey Arden,
I wrote this song about us, I hope you enjoy it, if I got to see you today, that means you've heard me perform it. That was our first time singing it live. I hope you loved it. Now that you've heard it, I want to explain it to you. So that's what I'm doing, I'm going to explain it chunk by chunk to you. Enjoy :)

Six weeks since I've been away, and now you're sayin' everything has changed, and I'm afraid that I might be losing you, and every night that we spend alone, it kills me thinking of you on your own, and I wish I was back home next to you.

-The first time we talked, when I was away for exaclty six weeks, you sounded so heart broken. You told me you felt like things changed, and I was so afraid that you would want to break up, I didn't want to loose you. And it hurt for me, it hurt me to know, that I left you, and I just wanted to be back with you in LA.

Oh, everyday, you feel a little bit further away, and I don't know what to say
Are we wasting time, talking on a broken line?
Telling you I haven't seen your face in ages, I feel like we're as close as strangers, won't give up, even though it hurts so much, every night I'm losing you in a thousand faces
Now it feels we're as close as strangers

So obviously, I was a little bit further away every damn day, but when you said you felt like you couldn't feel me anymore, I didn't know what to say. I was heartbroken. When you asked if we were wasting time, I got sad. Because it was true. We were. Me not having a phone was like talking on a broken line and I hated it. I would tell you I haven't seen your face in ages, and that made me so upset. I tried to take my mind off of it, and when we promised eachother that we "won't give up" I lost it. I would see your face, every night. I'd see it somewhere in the crowd.

Late night calls and another text, is this as good as we're gonna get? Another timezone taking me away from you, living dreams in fluorescent lights, while you and I are running out of time
But you know that I'll always wait for you.

When we would call eachother and our timezones were completly opposite. Writing this line made me laugh. But then I'd think about our memories. How we used to be so carefree and just live life in florescent lights. And babe, I will always, ALWAYS, wait for you. Just like you did for me, and I can't thank you enough for that.

(So the ones that repeat, has the same meanings as before, so I didn't repeat it here, sorry babe)

On the phone I can tell that you wanna move on
Through the tears I can hear that I shouldn't have gone
Every day gets harder to stay away from you, So tell me...

I wrote this on the night you got upset with me. I didn't mean to sound insensitive, but through your tears I could hear how stressed and upset you were, and I apologize for that.

Six months since I went away, and I know everything has changed.
But tomorrow I'll be coming back to you.

In these past six months that I was away from you, I learned even more about what true love really is. I know everything has changed between us, maybe some of it was for the better. I learned that being seperated from you sucks, so I talked to management, after this tour, we aren't touring for another year or so. I can't wait to be able to spend so much more time with you. So ending this now, I wanted to say,
I'll be back in LA with you tomorrow.
xoxo, Luke.

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Okay so that's all for now babes. I hope you enjoyed my fanfic, this is the first one I have officially finished. I will probably make one last part, fast forwarding to their future.

THIS IS A PHOTO I TOOK AT MY FIRST
-ROCK OUT WITH YOUR SOCKS OUT- CONCERT.

LUKE IS BEAUTIFUL.

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