That Night

Chapter 8

"Ready?" Luke asks, completely unaware of what I just saw at the car.

"Uhm. Yes." I say, staring up at his face in the moonlight. He's smiling and I can't help but smile back.

"Cool. That's my car across the street." He says, placing a hand on my lower back. I feel my face warm up as we begin to walk to the car. I barely met him but a few hours ago and I already feel so close to him. He pulls his keys out of his pocket, pushing the button to unlock his car. We walk passed Ashton's car on the way to Luke's and I glance over. I see Ash, running his hands through his hair, and Cara-lynn, struggling to put her shirt on. "What's wrong?" Luke asks, gazing in the direction my head is turned.

"Oh. Uh, nothing. Its just..." I furrow my brows and stop talking. I really don't need to bother Luke with my problems. "Nothing." I finish.

"Brooke, you don't have to lie. I see that guy and who was it? Your sister?" He asks, nodding his head towards them. I nod and just keep walking, right across the street and to his car. The doors are already unlocked so I hop into the passenger's seat and buckle in. Luke gets in shortly after and I feel my phone buzz repeatedly in my lap. I decide its best not to even look at who it is, so I throw my phone in the back seat.

"So uh, where are we going again?" I ask, playing with the buttons on the flannel.

"This great restaurant I know. Do you like burgers?" Luke answers. I nod as he puts the key in the ignition and pulls onto the street. I wait for an answer back, before realizing he probably didn't see me nod.

I'm such a moron.

"Uh, yeah. Burgers are cool." I say hesitantly.

"Okay awesome. Then you'll probably love this place."

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Ashton's P.O.V

"God, Ash." Cara-lynn says for the 46th time tonight. "Look, my sister is upset. So what? You guys weren't a thing anyways. I thought we went to the car to make out some more. Not 'have a discussion'." She whines. We're situated in the kitchen, me standing against the fridge, a nice cold beer in hand, her on top of the counter across from me.

"No, we went to my car to talk about why we can't be together. God, how many times do I have to tell you?" I'm starting to get angry. Cara-lynn knows that what we did only hurt Brooke and that was never my intention.

"Why can't we be together?" She asks, as if I haven't already told her enough. I groan and throw my now empty beer bottle in the trash can angrily.

"I'm leaving." I scream over the music, and walk right out of the kitchen.

"Wait! Ash please!" I hear Cara-lynn shouting behind me, but decide to keep walking. I start to walk a little faster just to make sure she doesn't catch up to me. I have to get my shoes and get out.

"Hey buddy! Come dance with us!" I hear Michael shout from somewhere to my right. He's clearly drunk.

"Not now, I have to go!" I call back. I see him flick me off from the corner of my eye and just laugh. I run up the stairs and start looking for the room Cara-lynn and I were in earlier. I push open all the doors in hopes of finding my shoes but instead, I find Brooke's.

"Ashton!" I hear Cara-lynn howling in the hall. Literally howling. I turn off the lights so she doesn't know which room I'm in and for safe measures, hide in the closet. I sit on a pile of hangers and try to be as quiet as possible. The door squeaks open and I mentally curse myself for not just running right out of the house when I had the chance.

"I know they're in here." I hear a girl's voice. Its not Cara-lynn.

"Yeah, I remember this is the room we were in." Some guy says.

"Oh I found them." The girl chimes. She sounds familiar...

"Okay, don't forget your clothes." The guy adds. I can hear them getting closer, and the smell of beer is getting stronger. I don't think its them though.

"Where are they?" The girl questions. I look down in the darkness and put my hand out. Damp clothes, covered in beer. Is this what she's looking for?

"I left them on the bed. I don't know who would've moved them." The guy says, sighing after.

"I bet some stupid teens were probably making out and needed a bed so they moved my clothes off of this one." The girl says disgusted. Oh my god. It's Brooke.

"Its okay, if it was some dumb drunk teens, they probably just threw them in the closet or something." I furrow my brows trying to remember the guy's name. I think back to earlier.

"Let's go Luke." She had said.

"Who the hell is Luke?" I asked. Then, she proceeded to tell me it didnt matter because I had Cara-lynn.

Luke.

What a jerk.

I roll my eyes at just the sound of his voice when I hear the closet doorknob turn, and there's nowhere for me to go.

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AN UPDATE!!! and a plot twist/cliffhanger. Sorry guys. :P so anyways, I apologize dearly for not posting but to make up for it I made this chapter a lot longer. I hope you guys enjoyed, I'm already working on the next one :) love yaaa

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