Secrets

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Lukes P.O.V-

I walk over to Maddie's street when I see her walk out of her house. I look at the house and all the stories come back to my mind.

'The house where the weirdos live'

'No one ever goes in or comes out'

'I bet they have creepy secrets'

I feel someone shaking me and I snap out of it. I look down and see Maddie looking up at me.

"Luke! Are you okay?"

"Yeah, uh, just thinking. I'm ready if you are" She nods and we set of for town.

We walk with our hands intertwined. At one point I felt her squeeze my hand tighter which made me feel all tingly inside. We arrive at the tattoo and piercing place, my heart begins to race. Was I ready? I know I'm 17 but was I?

I walk in, Maddie slowly behind me. I take her hand once again as I see Caleb, the man who pierced my lip.

"Luke! My man" He comes over and gives me a fist bump.

"Hey, how are you?"

"I'm good. Why are you back? Another piercing?"

"Well... I was wondering if I could get a tattoo"

"Luke, you're 17"

"But I'm one month away from 18. Come on, I'll be brave?"

"I could lose my job" He sighs.

"I won't tell anyone. There's no one here anyway" I say gesturing towards the empty room.

"Okay fine, but nothing big" He says and I nod.

"I don't want anything huge, just something small for my friend and I"

"You must be Maddie, he told me about you when I gave him the lip ring"

"You talked about me?" She says to me and I nod.

"Of course I did! You mean a lot to me. I missed you like crazy" I go to kiss her when she coughs, showing me Caleb was staring at us.

"Okay, so you both want something or just Luke?"

"Both" She says smiling. He nods and guides us to the tattoo chair. It was like an electric chair, it had straps and looked like it could kill me. I sat down and my body began to feel numb. I was so nervous. I show Caleb the design I wanted which was just a simple 'x' as it reminded me of maths class with Maddie.

I lay down and Caleb leaned over, I tense up as he starts the needle. I close my eyes as I feel intense pain in my wrist.

"Motherfucker this hurts" I say and he laughs.

"You're so tough Luke" I bite down on my lip as he says it, trying finishing the tattoo as I flinch. Soon enough, he finishes and I feel a layer of relief wash over me. I help Maddie get into the chair and she closes her eyes.

He begins her tattoo. She asked for a circle so we could match but we also didn't just in case we didn't last. All I see is the pain on her face so I take her other hand and she smiles a little. She bites down on her lip hard. Finally, it's over so I go over to pay.

"You're girl is tough, didn't say a word throughout it"

"Well she only started speaking last year so she's used to it"

"What?"

"I don't know, she never spoke. I'm so glad she did" I say as she walks over. I put my arms around her shoulders and she giggles. I clean up the blood on her lip as she had bit down so hard she cut the skin.

I walk her to my house and I spot my mum's car making me swear under my breath. She hated the idea of a piercing and now I have a tattoo.

"I'm going to go home because I'm so tired Luke, I'm sorry if I get you into trouble"

"It was my idea to get the tattoos as well, don't worry" I kiss her gently and she smiles. I watch her walk off as I open the door to my house. I see my mum rush over and take me in.

"You never let her stay over! She leaves!"

"What?"

"A HEMMINGS DATE" My parents and brothers say all together.

"We didn't do anything! She was asleep and I wanted her to be comfy. I was cold and so was she so we cuddled"

"Well, I'll forgive you, cuddling is cute. Wait.... What the hell is that?" My mum says pointing to the bubble wrap on my arm.

"I burnt it today while I was cooking"

"No you didn't... Luke Hemmings, did you get a tattoo?" My mum says angrily.

"Maybe..."

"WHY!"

"It's only an x. It's small"

"Still" She sighs.

"It's like a math symbol" I wink and she smiles.

"Well okay then! That's fun"

"I'm going to my room, love you guys"

"Love you Luke" They say and I walk up stairs. I get on my bed and think about Maddie. She was perfect. I thought about our first date and how sweet she was, Damn, I was a lucky guy.

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