Princess. -Luke Hemmings-

Chapter 9 -Luke-

"Bye mum" I said as we stood by the airport gate.

"Flight A673 to Los Angeles is now boarding group one" The intercom spoke. I looked down at my mum and hugged her.

"Bye, Luke. Have a safe flight. Text me when you land, I don't care what time it is"

"Don't worry, I will. I love you"

"Love you too, Luke"

"Bye, son"

"Bye, dad"

"Now treat that girl with respect, don't let her go. She's a keeper" I smiled. For the week that we'd been home all my parent wanted to talk about was Maddie and if she was OK. We had texted quite a bit whilst I was in Sydney but time difference made it twice as hard. She had been in London for the past two weeks with her sister as well and wasn't going to be back in LA for another week.

"Don't worry, I won't"

"Luke, it's time to go" Our manager told me and I quickly hugged both of them again before picking up my bag.

"See you soon" I said and they both nodded.

"Next time, bring Maddie" My mum said and I nodded and waved before disappearing through the gate.

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"So, you excited to see Maddie?" Ashton asked, interupting the episode of 'How I Met Your Mother' I was watching. It was one I'd watched with Maddie before so my mind was on her more than the show.

"She's not back for a week though"

"Are you guys actually dating yet or not?"

"Not yet"

"Why not?" Ash whined. "You like her, she likes you. There's nothing stopping you"

"I know. I'm just waiting"

"For what? You've been 'together' for like two months now"

"I know. We're both really busy at the moment. When she gets back we'll be recording and writing and they'll be barely anytime to spend together"

"True"

"Love sucks"

"Love? No one said anything about loving her. Oh my God, do you love her?" Ashton practically fangirled.

"I don't think so, not yet anyway"

"Choose your words better, mate"

"Sorry to disapoint you and your fangirl mind" I said and he flicked me off.

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I was thankful to finally get off the 14 hour flight. We got off the plane and walked through customs and to baggage claim. We put our luggage on the cart and held onto our hand luggage. We then went into arrivals to see a crowd of fans. However, there weren't that many and I was happy for that. We went and took photos with a few of them.

"Hey, Luke. Can I have a photo?"

"Sure" I told the girl and took a selfie with her.

"I ship you and Maddie by the way"

"Ship? That's like relationship isn't it?"

"Yeah, like you want two people together"

"Thanks" I then went onto the next person. I finally finished taking pictures with the fans and felt a tap on my shoulder.

"Um, hi, can I have a photo?" The person asked.

"Of co-" I cut myself off as I turned around to see the person. "Maddie?"

"Surprise" She said and I immediatley wrapped my arms around her waist and lifted her off the ground. She wrapped her arms around my neck and placed her head on my shoulder as I put her down. I loosened the embrace slightly, so I could look at her.

"What are you doing here? You're meant to be in London for another week"

"We finished early and I thought I'd come back and see you"

"Thanks"

"You're welcome. So, how was the flight?"

"Long but I watched 10 episodes of 'How I Met Your Mother' which killed around 5 hours"

"I missed you, you know"

"I missed you too. It didn't help with my mum keep going on about how great you are either. Before I got on the flight she told me to bring you next time"

"I look forward to it" She smiled up at me and I leaned down and kissed her. She kissed back and we both smiled into the kiss. I heard the fans 'aw' and cameras shutters snap photos.

"I missed that too" She said.

"I missed our hugs more" I told her, pulling her body back into mine again.

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"Luke, did you see all the pictures of us from the airport on Twitter?"

"I'm just looking at them"

"Did you see the one I tweeted?"

"Yeah, you look cute, princess"

"We're cute" I kissed her forehead and saw she was looking at the picture she posted.

"Did you see the one I put on Twitter?"

"You put a picture of us on Twitter?" She asked and I nodded. "That's even better. Where did you get it from?" She said, looking at it.

"Ashton took it"

"Calum took mine" She said.

"Come here" I told her and she did. I pulled her into my side more and stroked her hair, both of us slowly falling asleep.