CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

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Michael’s POV

I could hear Kiara talking to someone at the door and a wave of curiosity came hit me so I walked over to the front window and peered out onto the front yard to see if there was a car that I would be able to recognise.

I frowned when there was no car parked in the driveway or on the street so I looked over at the front porch and noticed a scruff of blonde hair.

‘Luke? No, it can’t be Luke, he’s dead isn’t he?’ I thought to myself.

‘You would know if you ever bothered to go and visit him’ the voice in my head spat.

‘I didn’t think he was going to make it so I saw no point in wasting my time sitting next to an almost dead body everyday like Kiara did’ I defended.

‘Kiara isn’t even his friend and before the accident they had just gotten back into speaking terms. You should have been the one there for him 24/7 instead of Kiara’ the voice shot back.

I let out a frustrated sigh when I realised that I had been defeated by my own conscience.

I walked away from the window and made my way up to bed, not worrying about Kiara and Luke. I popped my head into Charlotte’s room to find her fast asleep, clutching onto her little plush penguin.

I felt a pang of hurt run through my veins when I saw what she was holding. Luke had given that to her and it was her favourite toy. Was I jealous that Luke had this effect on my girls? Yes. Was I going to let him get away with it? No.

I hopped into bed and closed my eyes, falling into a deep slumber.

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Ashton’s POV

I was sitting on my couch at home when Calum messaged me.

From: Cal :P

Hey man, I think it’s time we go and see Luke again in the hospital.

Cal :)

I agreed with him and replied back with an OK.

I put my shoes on and grabbed my car keys before locking the house and driving to Calum’s house.

As I pulled into his driveway, I beeped my car horn and scrolled through my twitter feed while I waited for Calum to be ready.

After two minutes Calum came running outside with his shoes in his hand.

“What took you so long man?” I asked as I reversed out of his driveway.

“Sorry dude, I was in the toilet” he muttered, causing me to chuckle.

On the way to the hospital we jammed out to Blink-182 and Greenday. We were screaming the lyrics at the top of our lungs with the windows down and people driving past were looking at us as if we had three heads.

When we arrived at the hospital, I parked my car and we rushed inside. I feel like I haven’t seen Luke in forever, but then again I haven’t come to visit him for almost a month and a half.

“Hi Miss, could you please tell me what room Luke Hemmings is in?” I asked the receptionist.

“Umm Mr Hemmings left last night” the receptionist informed us.

“Oh ok, I was not aware of that. Thank you for your time though” I said before walking towards the exit of the hospital.

We got back in my car and I rested my head against the steering wheel.

“Why don’t you think Luke told us that he left?” I asked Calum who was focused on his phone.

“I don’t know man; surely he can’t be angry at us for not visiting him. He was in a coma so how would he know who visited and who didn’t” Calum replied, looking down at his lap, ashamed that he very rarely went to visit his best friend.

“I have no clue” I sighed.

“Maybe we should drive by his house and see him?” Calum suggested and I nodded my head in agreement.

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Luke’s POV

“Mum can you get the door?!” I shouted to my mum after I heard the doorbell ring.

My mum came rushing into the lounge room and snatched the TV remote out of my hands hitting the power button in the process.

“Geez Luke, why can’t you get the door sometimes? You’re so lazy you know that?” she tried to pull a straight face but ended up laughing. I laughed with her.

She walked over to the front door and opened it, tensing as she saw who was at the door. I wander who it is.

“Hi Liz” I heard Calum’s voice. That’s when I froze as well.

“Oh h-hi boys, long time no see” my mum tried to be calm when I know that all she wanted to do was rip their heads off.

My mum knew all about how they never came to visit me and that Kiara was the only one that was always there. She was disgusted in the boys when I told her.

“Yeah it’s been a while” I heard Ashton’s voice.

“Why are you boys here?” she asked, trying to be cool.

“We came by to see Luke, we only saw him a few days ago in the hospital but we really miss him” Calum explained.

That’s when I got up and walked over to the door.

“If you really missed me then how come you never came to see me?” I spat. The boys just froze at my tone of voice.

“Luke calm down” my mum rubbed my back. ‘

“What are you talking about Luke? Of course we came to see you, we were there almost every day” Ashton lied.

Now I was getting frustrated.

“No you weren’t” I snapped.

“How would you know? You were in a coma for 2 months” Calum questioned.

“See that’s where you’re wrong” I said and they looked at my with confusion written all over their faces.

“How about we bring this inside before the whole street knows what has happened, shall we?” my mum chimed in. We all agreed and went and sat in the lounge room.

“As I was saying…” I continued. “I was only in a coma for a week but then I wanted to hear Kiara say that she loved me so I got the doctors in on my plan and we pretended that I was still in a coma. I was actually awake and pretending to sleep” I confessed and their mouths hung open.

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