𝙏𝙀𝙈𝙋𝙏𝘼𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉 • 𝙇𝙍𝙃

16. rock stars make girls swoon

ROCK STARS MAKE GIRLS SWOON

emma was sitting cross-legged on the sofa, blanket strewn over her legs and a random book in her lap.

she assumed everyone was asleep, seeing as no one had ventured downstairs in a while, until she heard the stairs creaking.

luke popped into the living room, spotting emma and immediately wearing an apologetic smile. "sleeping on the couch again?"

emma nodded and placed the book she never got around to reading on the table.

"c'mon em, that's not fair to you" luke joined the brunette, throwing a causal arm onto the back of the sofa.

"i offered to take the couch, it's the least i could do after cheating on him" she slumped down, arms resting firmly across her chest.

"at least sleep in the guest room — i can sleep on the couch for a few nights"

the guilt had been eating luke alive. seeing emma in the dog house with her fiancé didn't bring luke any comfort like he thought it would — he just felt terrible.

"no," emma disregarded the offer. "it's my fault, i initiated it, i'll sleep here"

luke moved his arm ever so slightly, allowing it to lightly brush against emma's shoulder. she jolted backwards, not wanting him to touch her. even talking to luke felt dirty.

luke fucking hated that.

"look, if you hadn't initiated it, i probably would have — don't beat yourself up. like you said, it was a mistake"

somehow, luke was always able to comfort emma. even when the girl had every reason to hate the blonde, she couldn't deny that he always knew the right things to say.

luke spoke again, knowing emma well enough to realize she wouldn't be giving an actual response — but her eyes told luke that it was okay.

"mind if i join you for a little while? i've got a lot on my mind tonight, wouldn't mind a little distraction"

"sure," emma nodded. "what did you want to do?"

luke tapped his chin and pursed his lips, trying to think of something to keep them occupied for a while. he thought back to his conversation with michael, thinking now was as good a time as any to bring up the rave idea.

"you could go to a rave with me" luke suggested.

"right now?" emma crinkled her nose.

luke chuckled and shook his head. "not tonight, but sometime in the near future — maybe in a week or two?"

"i don't know, it's not really my scene..." emma trailed off, watching luke shrug his shoulders.

"if you don't want to go with me, i could always ask someone else. like natalie, for instance" luke played it cool, wearing an innocent expression on the outside while internally smirking as emma tried to hide the obvious action of rolling her eyes.

"give me an exact date and i'll get back to you, deal?"

the boy nodded, "you think caleb would let you go? especially after what went down between us?" he asked.

"will caleb let me? what is he, my parent?" emma snickered and gently kicked her foot against luke's leg.

"we could ask maya to come with us" emma propounded, figuring caleb wouldn't be too keen on luke and emma going to a rave together — though he would never tell her she couldn't do something.

"look i love maya, but raves really aren't the best place for pregnant women — with the drugs and all, someone could slip her something"

maya being pregnant worked in luke's favor, providing a legitimate excuse to keep her away from his hopeful weekend getaway with emma.