Song for Isabelle *A Luka Couffaine Love story*

Chapter 11

Lukas POV

She looks up at me and quickly looks away. And I could feel my heart shattering. I slide into the booth and sit directly across from her. "Hey, bells talk to me" I say reaching over to hold her hand. She pulls away and begins to leave the booth when she's suddenly stopped by Maddie sliding in next to her.

"Oh no you don't sweetcheeks" she says as Evan takes a seat next to me. "Maddie what is this" isabelle says quietly her voice showing a bit of irritation. "You guys are going to sit here and work things out! We're sick of all this fighting" maddie says pointing a finger between Isabelle and i ." yeah dudes it's gotten really hard to talk to either one of yall" Evan said scratching the back of his neck. "Pero que tu estas loca?! Yo no voy a hablarle a el!" Isabelle says getting more aggravated by the second. "Bells i'm sorry for not telling you where I was. And i'm sorry for running out on you" i say looking down at my hands. "I'm not doing this" she says as she begins to try and push Maddie out of the way.

"Isabelle Elizabeth Marseille, stop being a child and talk to him..you wouldn't want to cause a scene would you?" Maddie said her voice turning from stern to mischievous in a second. Isabelle sighed before looking at me her hazel eyes bore holes into mine. "Im sorry ive been ignoring you." "I'm sorry that i put kitty section above your feelings..i just panicked and i didnt know what to say" i say reaching over the table to brush a stray strand of hair behind her ear. As I do, I feel her tense up and move her head slightly. The action is small but it didn't go unnoticed by me. I sigh and move my hand back. I see that she now has puppy dog eyes and is slightly biting her lip. "I love you bells ...and I don't want to lose you. I know what i said was wrong and i really hope you can let me make it up to you" i say softly. "I'm sorry for saying i hate you and throwing your stuff out of my apartment" "you did what?!?" maddie exclaims quite loudly making a few couples look at as. Isabelle slowly slides down in her seat and covers her face trying to hide in embarrassment. I softly chuckle at how adorable she is.

"Mads i think we should get some hot cocoa" Evan says trying to alleviate the tension. "No im good right here" she says smiling up at him and leaning over the table, clearly not picking up on Evan's hint. "Will you just come on" Evan says as he pulls her away. "Bells i really do mean it when i say i love you" "Luka-""no let me finish, i don't want to lose my best friend not this way..can we just fix this..fix us. This whole week I've been replaying our fight in my head and I can't stop regretting everything that went down....you know i never wanted to hurt you" i say taking her hands in mine. I relax a bit when i notice she hasn't pulled away. "Oh blue, you could never lose me...yeah i was really pissed off..and to be completely honest i still am but i just needed some space. This whole week has been miserable without you." she says cupping my cheek with her hand.

I nuzzle into it getting lost in her warmth when I feel a small pain on my forehead. "Did- did you just flick me?' i ask , taking a look at her bright smile...I missed this. I didn't realize how much I missed it until I saw it. "Ha ha ha very funny '' I say as I get up and take a seat next to her. I smiled down at her and gave her the tightest hug I could.

Before I let go I reached into my pocket and pulled out her locket. "Turn around" I whisper into her ear. When she turns around her vanilla scent fills my nose and my heart begins to beat faster. I lay the locket on her neck and watch as she reaches up and holds it gently. I fix her hair and watch as she turns towards me. Our face inches apart. "There you go ..next to your heartbeat where i should be" i whisper as our eyes meet.

"Blue.."she whispers back and once again I'm getting pulled into her like gravity. Her eyes glance up from my lips to my eyes. "Hey guys we got the hot cocoa!" Maddie's voice brings us back to reality. She sets down the hot cocoa in front of us completely oblivious to the moment she just ruined. Evan on the other hand wore a deep red blush and awkwardly held back his coughs. I slightly chuckle at his awkwardness.

I look over at Isabelle and see she's staring at her cocoa mug...then I realize why she's not drinking it. "I'll be right back" I say as I get up from the booth and walk downstairs towards the counter. "Uh excuse me is there anyway i could get some cinnamon" i ask the girl behind the counter. She flashes me a cheeky smile and  begins to speak. "Would that be all?" she asks a hint of flirtation to her words. "Uhh can i get a cinnamon roll as well?" i ask scratching the back of my neck. "Sure thing, it'll be 5.75" she says, entering my order on the computer. I give her my card and she speaks once again.

"You wouldn't happen to be THE Luka Couffaine right? The lead guitarist of kitty section" she says returning my card to me. "Hah yeah it's a pleasure to meet you uhhhh..""Alexis" she said, taking my hand and shaking it. "Is there anyway i could get a picture with you, my friends wouldn't believe me if i told them." she says her eyes slightly twinkling. "Yeah no problem "i say taking her phone into my hand and snapping a quick picture.

"Thank you very much!"she says staring at her phone. "No worries, are you going to the festival tomorrow ? Kitty section will be playing a few songs!" I say taking the cinnamon bun in my hand. "Yeah! Wouldn't miss it for the world" she says winking at me. "Uhh well I should really get going, lovely meeting you"i say walking away. "Luka!" I hear her call after me. I turn around and see a small jar of cinnamon in her hand. I smile and walk towards her.

"Right, the cinnamon." i say taking it in hand and walking back to our booth. The closer i got the more i could hear Isabelle and Maddies laughter. I take my seat once again next to Isabelle . "Here" i say handing her the cinnamon jar. A small smile crosses her face as she takes it. "You remembered" she says. "How could i not? You drank your hot cocoa with cinnamon since we were kids ''''I also got you this ''I say sliding her the cinnamon bun. A light blush covers her face and I can't help but poke her cheek. "So luka What songs are you playing tomorrow " Evan asks as he takes a sip from his coffee. "Well if i tell you now it wouldn't be surprise now would it" i say flashing him my widest smile.

"Ooouuu mysterious now aren't we?" maddie says as she takes a piece of bell's cinnamon bun. "You know how it goes, " i say , putting my arm around Isabelle's shoulder. "You know bells it's going to suck not performing with you.....you could always come back" i say trying to convince her to re-join the band. She begins to shake her head before speaking. "Noooo.. It would be so unfair to Ivan if I were to just come in at the last minute......don't worry blue, I'll be on the first row cheering you guys on" she says softly tapping her fist against my cheek. "Don't worry luka, Mads and i'll keep her company plus we roadies always need help running the merch stand" Evan says slightly chuckling at Isabelle's eye roll.

"Geeez every girl's dream! To leave the stage and work at the merch tent" she says playfully. "Hey its not that bad! Plus you'll get to hear the song i wrote for you" i say winking down at her. "You wrote me a song?" she asks, taking a sip from her hot cocoa, the whip cream sticking to her face. I smile at her obliviousness. I reach towards her cheek and wipe it off with my thumb before licking it. Fuck, i did not just do that infront of everyone. Play it cool couffaine. I begin to cough to clear my throat and reach for a napkin. "Here use a napkin dork" i say , trying to cover up the fact that my body moved on instinct. "Uhh yeah it's no big deal. I've written plenty of songs about you bells" i say trying to take attention from what i just did."really? Which ones' ' she asks, taking the napkin into her hand and wiping her mouth. Shit. nice going how are you going to tell her Kissing in cars is about her.

I take a sip of my coffee and try to avoid the question, but the lovely maddie decided to speak up. "Yeah Couffaine which songs are about bells here" her face resting on her hands a mischievous smirk playing on her lips. I look over at Evan for help but he just raises his hands up as if saying "you're on your own bro" ."mmm well you've just gotta figure that out on your own" i say a slight chuckle at the end. Okay that was smooth. Good job luka. I mentally applaud myself.

Isabelle and maddie shared a look and in sync pulled out their phones and began searching on spotify. "Uhh what are you guys doing" i ask hoping its not what i'm thinking. "We're looking at all of kitty sections songs and eliminating the ones bells, rose, jules and sunshine boy wrote '' maddie said writing down on a napkin a few songs. "Okay good luck with that Chamock" i say taking another sip of my coffee.