Play the game // l.r.h

Chapter 42 - Played

-Adi’s P.O.V-

It had been a few days after what happened with Violet. Everybody was so destroyed over it. We didn’t know how to react when it happened.

It messed us all up pretty badly. It was like we forgot how to feel anything.

“Adi,” Luke said delicately, “Come on, we need to go. They’re expecting us”

I nodded and followed him out of the hotel room door.

We got rooms in the hotel we had been staying in so we could stay in one place, for Calum.

He was the most messed up about it all. Screaming, crying, yelling, and struggling.

“Hey,” Luke smiled, putting an arm around me, “It’s alright. Okay?”

I nodded again, not speaking a word. We got to Calum’s hotel room where everybody was waiting for us and knocked on the door.

It was quickly opened, “You guys ready to go?” I asked.

They all nodded and we walked out. It was a short walk to the place. We got there and went up the stairs to the room.

“You want to go in?” Sam looked at Calum. He shook his head.

“Guys, come on!” Michael said, “You’re acting like Violet died or something!”

He pushed the door open and jumped into Violets room in the hospital,

“SURPRISE MOTHERFUCKER!” He yelled, adopting an interesting stance in the middle of the room.

Violets eyes were huge and she covered her mouth with her hands, “You’re here!” she cried, “You’re all here!”

We rushed over to her and gave her a group hug, trying hard not to tug on the tubes coming out of her.

Yes, that’s right ladies and gentlemen, Violet survived her surgery and she’s better than ever. That girl is like a cockroach, just won’t die no matter how many times you stomp on her. Okay, that was a bit of a gross comparison but you get the picture. The doctors stitched her up so all she has left is a scar.

When Violet went in for surgery the doctors made us leave the waiting room. Calum got pretty angry about it and he started yelling about how angry he was. We were still forced to leave and we weren’t allowed back in to see her unless we were immediate family.

Violet doesn’t have any immediate family.

After a few days we were allowed to see her, which is now, but Calum hasn’t spoken about her since. The guys think it’s some kind of ‘good luck’ thing. If he doesn’t talk or think about her, she’ll be okay. I don’t know what it’s about but the past few days have been torture and we’ve been stepping on egg shells around Calum.

We all moved away from the hug to reveal Calum holding Violet tightly as they told each other how much they loved each other.

I looked up at Luke. We hadn’t talked about us yet. Not since that day. And seeing Calum and Violet just reminded me of that.

“Can I talk to you? Outside?” he asked me. I felt like he was thinking the same thing.

“Sure” I nodded and we walked outside of the room and away from everyone else.

“What’s up?” I asked when we were out
“Listen, I’ve been wanting to say this for a really long time and I’m sorry I never said it sooner. Adi, I love you. I love you so much. I’m in love with you. You’re the most beautiful, incredible, amazing person I’ve ever met. You’re funny when you don’t even try and I would never let anybody hurt you. I know I did some bad things and that you should really think about those things before I say this but you should also admit that you did some bad things too I’m ju-”

“Luke!” I interrupted him and laughed. He was talking really quickly and he hadn’t taken a breath, “What did you want to tell me?”

He took a deep breath and looked me in the eyes.

“This is going to be so fucking cheesey and you’re going to feel like you’re in some kind of gross rom-com but, Addison Banks, will you be my girlfriend?”

I laughed at how, even though it was such a serious question, and it was something I’d been wanting to hear for months, years even, he still managed to make a joke out of it. I let a huge smile spread across my face.

“I would be honoured” I told him, curtsying.

He leaned down and kissed me. It felt just like all those other kisses we’d shared, except this time. It was ten times better.

You know why?

Because he was nobody else’s, but mine.

Sure, we both did bad things to each other and screwed up so many opportunities. But we loved each other. And isn’t that all that matters? And i knew that we still had so much to work through and talk about but right now, all i want to think about is me and him

And I realised something, ‘the game’ I had talked about earlier. It wasn’t like he was playing me.

It was the game of, who can get the other first? Who can fall in love with the other the fastest? Who loves the other the most?

So, I guess I would say that,

Yes.

Yes, I will play Luke’s game.

Hell, I’ve been playing it since day one.

******

So, that’s it. I’ll be writing an author’s note but this is it for Luke and Adi. I might write a sequel/prequel depending on if I can come up with a good storyline. Thank you so much for reading, whether you’ve been reading since the beginning or have only read this chapter, it means a lot that I’m actually getting reads. Anyway, I’ll get all this out in the author’s note but thank you, I love you.

Peace

-angrysos