Saving Us || l.h

T H R E E

I laid on the bus couch, trying to block out my band. "Guys, please." I mumble, covering my head. I had a major headache and I was trying to sleep it off. But being on a bus didn't help and having a noisy band also didn't help. "Sorry Dylan." Aaron smiles sheepishly. I move back into the small bedroom in the back, closing the door behind me. I covered my head with my pillow, still smelling Luke's cologne on it.

My phone began ringing and I groaned, quickly answering it. "What?" I ask rudely. "What's wrong?" Luke's voice comes through. "I have a headache." "Gotta stay hydrated." "Fuck off Luke. I have a headache, I'm stuck on a bus, I'm on my period, and I need a shower." "Sorry." He laughs lightly, making me feel bad. "Sorry. I'm just not in a good mood."

"It's okay. You aren't always gonna have good days, how's the tour going?" "Good. I'm just really tired." "Do you wanna sleep?" "No, I wanna talk to you. How's life in Cali?" "Pretty good. We haven't had any meetings this week, it's just been a week off, but because Thanksgiving is coming up Ash decided to make a turkey and just about burned the house down." I cracked a smile, giggling.

"It's weird to think I'll be on tour for Thanksgiving." I frown. "You say that about everything." "Because it is!" I defend, laughing. "Maybe you're just weird." "Thanks Luke." "Love you Dyl." He laughs. "Shut up." I pout. "I'm joking." He laughs. "I know. How's Anna?" "Well, she found Calum's secret stash of cookies and ate them all, making Calum force Ashton to go buy him 2 more things of cookies, so she's hyper as fuck right now and Ashton and Calum are fighting and Michael's entertaining Anna with Frozen and they are having a sing off." "Sounds like fun, I wish I was there." I sigh.

"Don't. You'd kill all of us for the mess we've made." "I've been gone for a little over a month Luke. Seriously?" "Yup." He laughs. "I can't keep up with you guys." I groan. "Harsh. We aren't that bad." "Ash isn't but the rest of you are terrible." "Michael and Calum are, I'd say I'm between Ashton and them." "Whatever you say." I laugh.

"So where are you headed right now?" Nashville. I'm forcing the group to go to Blue Bird Cafe." "Why?" "Because Taylor Swift was discovered there, Duh." "Oh, of course. Taylor Swift." He says, acting like he knew exactly what I was talking about. "Scott borchetta found her there when she was doing a little performance and that's how she was found you loser. Get caught up on life." "Because that's life." "It's common knowledge Luke." "For a swiftie maybe." "You're making fun of me." I frown. "I am." He says in all seriousness.

"How would you like it if I made fun of your love for Good Charlotte?" I counter. "You already do." "No, that's for penguins. I mean, a guy loving penguins isn't punk rock at all Luke." "I'm not really punk rock though." "He admits it!" I praise, laughing. "Hardy har har." He says sarcastically. "You need a sense of humor." I inform him. "You're just rude."

"No I'm not." "You are." "Only to you." "Do you even love me?" He asks, laughing. "No, I really love Michael, I'm just engaged you to make him jealous." "Michael, Dylan is really in love with you!" Luke says loudly, both of us laughing. "What are you going on about?" I hear him ask. But Luke was laughing too hard to answer. Luke's laugh goes quieter then I hear Michael. "What's Luke dying about?" "We were joking that I was really in love with you and I was only engaged him to make you jealous." "You guys are weird." "Give the phone back to Luke." I tell him. "Got it."

"Luke, are you dead from laughing?" I ask with a laugh. "Yup. But I actually gotta go, apparently it's my turn to babysit Anna at the park." "Have fun. Don't kill her or yourself." "I'll try not to. Love you." "Love you too. See you in a month." "See ya."

I hang up, looking at the time. I had about 3 hours till we got to Nashville, so I decided on actually napping.

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