Fuck, I fell for my best friend - Luke Hemmings [ LRH ]

7. Inescapable

I couldn't stop imagining this chapter with Dua Lipa's new song, Fever, in the background. I recommend that you read it while listening to it!

When he said that, "Too good", it made my knees weak. Not because of the words specifically, but because how he said them. I sat there with Kay Kay for a while, chatting. Luke would glance at me every now and then but I'd just ignore him. I had a couple more shots with her and was starting to feel the alcohol on my system. I couldn't stop thinking about what he said, and the way he was talking to me, it definitely wasn't my friend talking. And the worst thing was that I couldn't help the way it made me feel when he talked to or looked at me that way. That's why I was avoiding eye contact, I knew he was looking at me, but I would't look back.

Ugh, I need to get out of my head, I thought and so began paying attention to what Kay Kay was talking about. Later we walked away from the couches to where people were dancing and joined in, just us two. Something about me: I tend to have a weak blood pressure so when it's too hot, or I haven't eaten enough, or something similar, I get dizzy, which is what happened then. 

"Hey, I'm gonna go outside for a sec"

"Are you ok?" She asked me.

"Yes, just need some air. You go with the guys, I'll be back in a sec"

So she did, and I went outside. I sat down on some chairs and even though the fresh air was probably going to make me feel better I ate some candy I had in my purse cause I knew it was good for my blood pressure, that's why I always have something sweet on me, just in case. I stayed outside for about fifteen minutes and then went back. As I walked inside I felt someone grab my arm and turned around to see it was him. 

"What?" I asked, he was pulling me. "What you doing?"

"Can we go outside for a minute? I wanna tell you something"

"There's too much light outside, we're gonna end up on camera and I rather not, please" I'm a low profile person, which is hard when you have famous friends, which is why I tried my best not to be in public with them too much. The party I could handle cause lights were low and it was crowded, but outside the lights were up and bright, and there's much more open space, it's easier to see people's faces.

"Yeah, you're right"

"Can't we talk here?" I asked. His hand was still on my arm and so I pulled him to a corner of the room.

"I rather not, music's too loud, I don't wanna shout" He looked at me, I was already looking at him. We stared for a while, then his hand moved softly down my arm, like a caress. 

He was so close to me, I couldn't help but looking at him, like really looking at him. I was leaning against the wall and he was in front of me, we were just looking at each other, I don't know for how long. His lips, I couldn't stop thinking about how good his lips felt that night. Gosh, shake it off, I thought, but then I looked up back at his eyes and they were on my lips. Just kiss me. Fuck, no, don't think that, ugh. All those conflicted thoughts caused me to sigh. He noticed but didn't seem to care what that sigh meant, he just moved his hand to my waist and rested it there. 

"Luke" I said softly but loud enough so he could hear me.

"Mhm?" He looked back at my eyes then.