Play the game // l.r.h

Chapter 35 - The plan

-Adi’s P.O.V-

I wasn’t all too sure about this whole thing, Yeah, I wanted revenge on Emily for what she did to Sam and what she’s currently doing to Luke. But I didn’t want to get caught in the firing line of it all. Ashton was right. If this went wrong, our worlds would spontaneously combust. The band would no longer be a band and Luke could be sent to prison, never mind what she might do to the girls and I.

Where was Luke anyway?

Tonight was the night we were booked in to stay at the hotel, tomorrow we boarded the bus to start the DigiTour. I was nervous about that but right now it just felt like background noise. I needed to do something about Emily and this seemed like the only way.

After Michael told us his plan – It was an OK plan, there was a lot of space for it to go wrong though – we went into our hotel room and got changed, Michael helped me get the blood off of my face and clean myself up while the others got changed into black t-shirts and jeans. Lori had to borrow my stuff because all she had were dresses and Violet needed a beanie to cover up her – would you believe it – violet hair.

“She really made a mess of you” Michael muttered as he helped me wipe the blood from my swelling jaw.
“It hurt” I said
“But your retaliation was pretty good, she hasn’t walked away without battle wounds”
“True”

We stood in silence when Michael interrupted it.

“So… Jake…”

I tensed up. I hadn’t wanted to think about the kiss, or him. I hadn’t seen him since and I was seriously wondering what had happened to him.

And where the hell was Luke?

“Yeah…” I trailed off
“You OK?”
“No”
“What happened?”
“Honestly? I have no idea. One minute we were talking about how I didn’t want to go back to the hotel with him, then he was yelling at me and then he kissed me. He told me that he loved me, and then he kissed me. I didn’t know what to do so I must’ve stood there trying to work out what was going on for a good ten seconds”
“Ok. So for a kiss that you didn’t initiate, or - I’m assuming - didn’t want to happen, that’s an awful long time to just stand there. Are you sure you don’t like him?”
“Michael!” I sprung away from him
“What?! It's a valid question!”
“He just… I don’t know.. I just feel awkward and uncomfortable about the whole thing. Yeah I texted the guy a lot while I was in the UK but I never even thought about whether or not I liked him.”
“How many times have you spoken, face-to-face”
“Not many. There was when we first properly met. Then when we went to the party. Then when I said goodbye. Then when I came back. So… 5? Maybe 6 if you count the kiss…”

I realised how few that was. That was hardly anything yet I stood there and let him kiss me.

Jake wasn’t a bad person. And he wasn’t bad looking either. If any other girl was in my position right there, they would’ve loved it. But I was so busy thinking of Luke, I never even clicked onto the fact that it was Jake who was kissing me.

We finished cleaning me up and I walked into my room to see everybody dressed in black. We planned to go to Emily’s apartment at midnight, when there weren’t many people out, other than a few drunks, and the streets were quiet.

It was around 10pm.

Okay, where is Luke?

The girl at the door said that he’d followed me out, so surely, if he’d stopped chasing after me, he would’ve come back here. Maybe he went back to his own hotel to stay away from all the drama. I mean, where else would he go?

I sat on the bed with the others as we went over the plan fro a millionth time. If even one thing went wrong, the whole plan would be a flop.

And now I thought we wait.