R E J E C T S

CH.60: THE HEART WANTS WHAT IT WANTS

*SATURDAY*

"Flower delivery." I found Luke standing outside my door on a saturday morning.

He was holding a bouquet of red roses with an 'I'm sorry' note attached to it.

"You still mad at me? Sorry for being a jerk..." He pouted and this made me accept the flowers.

"You know that I can't ever stay mad at you, Luke." I sighed and this made him smile.

"So... I'm forgiven?" He placed a hand on the wall so that he could corner me.

I tried to escape from his close approximity but he placed another hand on the wall so that he could trap me in between both of his arms while his baby blue eyes gazed intensely at me.

His face was merely an inch away but I tried my best to gaze back at him without blinking.

"Well, I wouldn't say that..." I fixated a strong gaze at him for about a minute and then he broke eye contact which means that I won the staring contest! Not that we were playing a game or anything.

"Damn it, your eyes are just... too darn beautiful." He mumbled.

Just then, Zayn's apartment door opened and so he caught us in such a position wherein I was trapped in between Luke's arms and that he was leaning in close to my face.

"I'm just gonna come back inside and give you guys a second to get rid of that position, okay? So when I come back out, let's all act normal. Take two!" Zayn went back inside his flat like we were filming a movie or something for he was demanding a 'take two'.

Luke placed both of his hands down and we both composed ourselves.

"Good morning, you two! Luke, what are you doing here this early?" Zayn asked once he came back out.

"I wanted to give Cher some flowers." Luke responded.

"I see, and why were you in a position that looked like you were about to kiss her?" Zayn asked again.

"But I wasn't going to. We were just staring into each other's eyes..." Luke admitted.

"Yeah, I saw how you two gazed at each other." Zayn said monotonously.

"I thought this was a take two? Meaning you should act like you saw nothing awhile ago but why are you questioning us like we're being interviewed or something?" I asked.

"Right. Whatever. I was just about to go for a jog... want to come with?" Zayn asked me.

"Sure." Luke answered instead.

"I wasn't talking to you, buddy." Zayn said sarcastically.

"Aww, you called me buddy!" Luke made a big deal out of it.

"Yeah, I'm just gonna go back to sleep." I yawned.

"No, you aren't! You need some exercise, Cher. It's good for the heart." Luke grabbed a hold of my hoody and dragged me back outside.

"Hey!" I exclaimed.

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"I didn't even bring any towel and water with me! What if I start sweating like a pig?" I said out loud.

"Here, you can use my shirt as a towel..." Zayn quickly removed his shirt off, showing his toned abs.

"No thanks." I replied but he placed his shirt on top of my head anyway.

"And as for the water... we can share mine." Zayn winked.

"I won't allow any indirect kiss to happen here so I'll just buy Cher some water later." Luke firmly stated.