Fly Away || l.h

15

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"Hey, do you maybe wanna come up with me to my apartment? It's down the street a little bit." I asked him.

"What about Brad? Isn't he gonna be there?" He smirked at his name.

"He's on some trip in Boston, visiting his parents. I think he won't be back till next week." I mumbled.

Luke stood up, brushed his palms against his black skinny jeans, and looked down at me.

"Let's go?" he asked.

I stood up at led the way down the street, slightly ahead of him.

"So you're in college for the arts, or something like that?" Luke seemed vaguely interested.

"Yeah, actually for a bit of painting, and also singing. I'd never sung before quite that much, but you inspired me to." I smiled at him.

Luke skipped ahead of me and began to walk backwards, laughing. He cleared his throat, and started to sing the words for his old song Beside You to me.

Once he finished, he started talking again. "Sometimes, when I couldn't sleep at night, I'd go outside and stare at the moon, singing that song. I know you loved it, and it made me feel just a little bit closer to you, right in here." He grabbed my hand gently and placed my hand on his chest, right where his heart was. I could feel it faintly beating in his chest, and it warmed my hand.

"You know, Luke, I come out to that spot in central park almost every day, and I sit in that spot that you found me in, where... you know. That's become my little key to escaping life. You've managed to stay fresh in my mind all this time." I smiled, and I could see his cheeks flush with pink under the street light.

We continued to walk down the wide street, and then he did something I didn't expect him to do. He grabbed my hand, and gave me a questioning look to see if I was okay with it. I'm guessing my expression told him I was, and he bent over to scoop my legs in his arms until he stood up, and was full on carrying me now. I laughed, he laughed.

I wrapped my arms around his neck and I let him kiss me, and it was just like it had been all those years ago. I kissed him back, smiling and closing my eyes. His metal lip ring once again touched my lips, and we both laughed.

He stopped for a moment. "Does this seem familiar?"

I kept my eyes closed. "Vaguely."

"Why don't I refresh your memory?" he grinned again, and kissed me deeply, leaning his face against mine. Our noses bumped together, and we continued to breathe heavily and laugh while we kissed.

We continued to walk down the street, laughing and staring into each others eyes.

I seemed to completely have forgotten about Brad, about the commitment I made to him. About what was going on now, how I was with Luke yet again.

It was the last thing on my mind, how much this would hurt Brad when he found out. He's been nothing but amazing to me from the second I'd met him, and he cared for me and loved me so much. He didn't deserve this.

But I didn't care.

I was living in the now, just so happy to see Luke again that I didn't think about anything else but him.

Luke softly kissed my forehead, and put me back down again on my feet.

"I still don't think I can truly express with words how much I feel for you, Izzie. How much I've missed you. I know I tried, but just know that I can't even make up words to fathom how I feel for you." he whispered in my ear.