Chasing Ashton -Lashton Hirwin-

Chapter Eighteen: Secrets well out.

Chapter Eighteen: Secrets well out.

"What the hell is he doing here?" Luke asked as he saw Michael walking behind Louis and Harry,

"He's gonna apologise" Harry said with a small smile, Luke shook his head and walked away, Louis ran after him and pulled him aside,

"We all know he's bullshitting us Luke, we just gotta find out why" Luke looked stunned at what Louis was saying, "Play nice, pretend to forgive him, then we'll humiliate him when we have a chance" Luke nodded and the two of them walked back to the table in the common room,

"I'm sorry Luke" Michael said after Harry hit his arm, "For everything we did to you, I know it doesn't make up for any of it, but I am sorry" he seemed sympathetic but he wasn't,

"Whatever" Luke mumbled, "So, why us?"

"What do you mean?" Michael asked confused,

"Why do you want to hang around with us? Out of everyone here?"

"You guys seem nice" Michael shrugged, his gaze moved to Geordie as she slid in behind Luke, "Oh, hi" he said with a small smile,

"Hello" she said holding her hand out, he looked at her hand then back at her, "Shake it then" she laughed a little, he smiled and shook her hand, Harry's eyes suddenly widened and Louis frowned at him,

"Lou, can I, a word, uh, over here?" Louis frowned but walked off with Harry anyway, "Michael likes Geordie, that's why he's hanging around with us, he needs to get close to Luke so he can get close to her"

"That makes sense, let Luke figure it out though" Louis said simply as he walked away, Harry frowned at his reaction and walked off after him.

As the days passed by Michael seemed to be getting along well with everyone. The group were careful as to what they said, trying not to divulge too much of themselves or their secrets, they didn't trust him at all, they wanted to, but they didn't. Luke still kept to himself about everything, he couldn't even respond to 'How was your weekend' without having to come up with some elaborate lie to hide the fact he was actually with Ashton. Everyone fed into his lies, and although Michael seemed suspicious about it he didn't question anything, Luke was grateful for that, but he knew Michael was suspicious. Michael fitted in nicely amongst the group, he added that slight fun factor, every week his hair was a new colour and the bar in his eyebrow always matched. Luke hated the fact he was around, he knew he was nothing but trouble but he couldn't help wish the speculation was false, he couldn't help but wish that Michael was sincere about wanting to be their friend. Luke had decided he wanted to tell his friends he had a boyfriend, he didn't know how, he knew everyone would question it, but he liked to think they'd understand, he just had to find the right time.

The week was up, and Friday was here. Luke had just managed to get out of Ashton's classroom without being seen, when he noticed Michael talking to Calum and Zayn; "Luke's actually a nice guy, he's proper secretive and stuff, but he seems okay" Michael explained to Calum, Calum frowned and then Michael added, "Don't get me wrong, I still hate him"

"What's he secretive about?"

"Boyfriend I think" Michael said, "He gets cagey around the subject,

"Get it out of him, Michael." Zayn demanded. Michael hesitated but nodded anyway, he walked down the corridor and as he turned the corner he bumped straight into Luke,

"Shit sorry, didn't see you there" Michael apologised,

"It's alright, hey, we're having a party tonight, well it's not really a party more of a 'We're all hungry and we want pizza so let's order loads and make our selves sick' kinda thing...You in?" Luke laughed, Michael nodded and smiled completely forgetting what Zayn had just said and they walked to the front doors. "Haz, he agreed" Luke shouted, Harry and Liam cheered sarcastically but laughed too, everyone had gotten used to Michael, he was actually nice to them.