Saving Us || l.h

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This is book three in my Us series, book one is Becoming Us and book two is Fixing Us.

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"Please let go of me Luke." I mumble, trying to get out of the bed. "Just go tomorrow." He gives me a playful smile. "You said that yesterday and I did. I can't keep delaying my leaving, I perform tonight anyway and I need to go make sure everything's okay." I mumble, kissing him lightly. "Cancel tonight's performance." "Luke! I'm not going to cancel a performance, my first one of my tour, just because you want to cuddle!" I scold him.

"But I don't want to cuddle." He says cheekily. "Lucas." I groan, and he frowns. "My names not Lucas." "But it is." I grin before slipping from his slack grip. He narrows his eyes at me as I slip a shirt on. "I don't like you." He pouts. "Sucks for you, no goodbye kiss then." I say, slipping my yoga pants on. I grab my sweatshirt, putting it in my backpack before picking my backpack up. My luggage was on the bus, I just wasn't.

"Do you have to go?" "Yes Luke. I love you to death but I really need to go to my tour." I say as he wraps his arms around me. "No flirting with Midnight Five." He says, kissing my forehead. "Not even playful flirting with Danny?" Danny had a crush on me and we all teased him about it. "You're a jerk." "I'm not going to flirt with them. I'll just text you if I want to flirt with someone."

"Good." "Now I really need to go. Are you taking me to the airport or not?" "Duh." "Let's go then sassy." He pulls a shirt on then follows me from the room to the car. I get in the drivers seat, Luke in passenger as I start the car.

While I head towards the airport, he's fiddling with the radio. "Are we just going to sit here and not talk?" I ask with a side glance at him. "No." He sighs. "What's wrong Luke?" I ask as I slow to a stop in the LA traffic, it's 5 in the morning and there's already traffic.

"I... I'm nervous." "Why?" "I'm not saying I don't trust you or that you're weak, but I don't want what happened last time to happen again. I don't want a repeat because what if you get bad enough to try something again but actually succeed?" I sit there quiet for a long time, we had moved a good mile before I spoke again.

"Luke, I'm genuinely happy right now. With a lot of my stops sold out, there's a lot to be happy about. Yeah, I'm gonna have bad days but I've promised you I'd call whenever I'm having bad day." I say quietly, keeping my focus forward. "I didn't mean it like that Dylan, I'm just scared. It doesn't take much for someone to go back to all of that." "I know that." "I'm serious when I say call me if you ever need me, whether I'm performing, asleep, anything, I promise to pick up. But if you know I'm performing, please only call if it's an emergency." He adds on with a laugh. "I will Luke." I go off an exit ramp, following the line of cars to the airport.

"This is weird, I'm not going to see you for like a year." "You promised you'd visit Luke." I laugh, turning left. I pull into a parking lot, stopping the car. I pay, then find a spot, Luke getting on the shuttle bus with me. He was going as far as he could go.

"Stay safe, okay?" He says, putting his arm around me. "Always." I smile, twining our fingers together. "I'm gonna miss you so much." He says, kissing my cheek. "We'll text, call, FaceTime, it'll be like I never even left." "Good."

We get out of the bus, and I grab my ticket, turning to Luke. "This is it for a while." "I'm gonna miss kissing you." He frowns. "I'll miss kissing you too." I laugh, wrapping my arms around him. He squeezes me tight, not letting me go for a few minutes.

When he pulls away from the hug, he kisses me hard, cupping my face. "Love you Luke." "Love you Dylan." He says with one last kiss. I turn, heading for security, giving him one last glance.