I whip my head around to see Cora standing there with her jaw almost touching the floor. I immediately jump off the table and grab my shirt from the floor, quickly putting it back on. Luke does the same.

"Cora what the fuck! Why didn't you knock?" Luke yells at the same time I say, "It's not what it looks like!"

"I did knock! No one answered so I just came in. And it seems like it was exactly what it looked like, May." Cora says.

"Of course we get caught twice in one day." Luke mumbles loud enough for me to hear.

"I can explain it though." I say.

But I couldn't explain it. It really was exactly what it looked like. Luke and I about to have sex on the kitchen table. Now I knew this whole secret whatever it was with Luke, was over. Cora would tell Michael and Michael would forbid Luke to see me.

"You have nothing to explain," Luke says to me. "What are you even doing here, Cora?"

"We were all at Calum's and Michael told me to come by and see May," Cora says, gesturing towards me. "He told me her and her boyfriend broke up and she could use a girl to talk to. So I came by. But it seems like she's just fine."

"Cora, you really don't understand." I say.

"You don't have to explain anything to her." Luke says to me.

"I'm assuming Michael doesn't know?" Cora asks.

I shake my head.

"Luke? Could you give me a second alone with Cora? I want to explain everything to her." I turn to Luke.

"What? You don't have-"

"Luke, please." I practically beg.

He looks at me with a face of anger, but proceeds to walk upstairs and leave me and Cora alone.

"Sit?" I ask Cora.

She walks over to the couch and sits down. I sit beside her and let out a heavy sigh. I know telling her everything was the right thing to do because I knew she would tell Michael everything so at least he would know the truth about everything.

"I need to tell you everything. Not because I want to, but because I know you'll tell Michael regardless. So, at least he'll know the truth." I take a deep breath before what was going to be a long explanation. "I didn't mean for any of this to happen, I really didn't. I came here with the intent of spending the summer with my brother and then going home to my boyfriend. But then I met Luke. I tried to pretend like I didn't feel anything for him because he was Michael's best friend and I wasn't even available but, the more I tried to stay away from him, the more I wanted to be near him. I knew from the second I felt all of this that it was over with Ian, but I just didn't want to admit it. Luke makes me really happy and I know Michael is going to do everything he can to keep us away from each other but, I don't want to be away from Luke."

Cora stares at me with wide eyes for a while before finally speaking. "Wow." She says.

"Yeah." I says, lowering my head.

"I won't tell him." Cora says in almost a whisper.

My head shoots up.

"What?" I ask in disbelief.

"I won't tell Michael." She clarifies.

"You won't?" I am shocked.

She shakes her head. "It's not my secret to tell. This is between you, Luke and Michael. It has nothing to do with me. I don't want to ruin your relationship with your brother and Luke and Michael's friendship all because I walked in on something I shouldn't have. I won't ever bring it up, don't worry." She says.

I can't stop myself from wrapping my arms around her and engulfing her in a hug.

"Thank you! Thank you so much." I say.

"You're welcome. But, I really do think you should tell him soon." She says.

I nod my head in agreement. "I know. Luke and I will tell him together, we're just waiting for the right time." I say.

"Okay. Well, I better get back to Calum's house. Don't worry, I'll tell Michael we had a good talk about your breakup. I'll make it believable." She says with a wink.

"Thank you." I say.

Once she leaves, I walk upstairs and knock on Luke's door.

"What?" He says once I open the door.

"What's wrong?" I ask.

"Seriously, May? You had nothing to explain to her! She has nothing to do with any of this." Luke yells at me.

"Are you kidding me? She walked in on us about to―well she saw us kissing. I had to explain everything to her because if she told Michael, then at least she would tell him the whole truth." I say.

"Whatever, May." Luke says, walking over to his bed and laying down on his back. I could tell he was probably stressed because he thought Michael was about to find out about us.

"She's not gonna tell him." I say.

He sits up quickly.

"She's not?" He asks in disbelief.

I shake my head.

"No, she's not going to. But, that doesn't mean we shouldn't tell him." I say.

"I know. I'm just not ready to lose my best friend." He says, lowering his head in embarrassment.

I sit on the bed facing him and cup his face in my hands.

"Hey, you're not going to lose him, okay? You won't. Sure he'll be upset at first and maybe he'll stop talking to us for a while but he'll come around." I tell him.

"May, this is Michael we're talking about. If there was an award for world's most protective brother, he'd win every fucking time." Luke says, making us both burst out in laughter.

"Well still, we need to tell him. And soon, because I don't want him mad at me all summer."

"Why don't we just tell him after summer ends?" Luke asks.

"Because i'd rather not tell him over the phone." I say.

"You'll be here to tell him in person."

"What are you talking about?" I ask in confusion.

"Well you're not really going back to Melbourne are you?"

"What are you talking about? Of course I am, that's where I live."

"So you're going to go back to a city where your ex-boyfriend is and just leave me here?" He asks.

"What did you expect me to do? Change my whole life around just to be close to you? Just because i'll be in Melbourne doesn't mean this has to end." I say, gesturing between us.

"I'm not going to have a phone relationship." Luke says bitterly.

"I can always come visit and you can come to Melbourne sometimes too." I say.

"So you want to tell Michael about us and then just leave? That way you won't have to face him everyday but I will? Is that it?" Luke says harshly.

"What? Of course not. You know that's not why i'm leaving, Luke. My whole life is back in Melbourne." I explain.

"Am I not a part of your life?" He yells.

"Luke, you're the most important part of it." I almost whisper.

"But I can't just pack up all my stuff and move out here. It's my senior year of high school. You expect me to just leave everyone I've known since primary school and move to a new school to graduate with people I'll barely know? And I can't leave my dad―" I say before Luke cut me off.

"You can't leave your dad? So you need to go back to Melbourne for your dad but you're completely okay with leaving Michael here with your drunk of a mother? Real nice, May!" Luke yells.

"We'll figure something out. We can work everything out before I go. With Michael and with us." I say.

Luke stands up from the bed and shakes his head.

"No, May. If you go back to Melbourne―we're done." He say.

I stand up too.

"You're seriously giving me that ultimatum?" I yell.

"You're the one who's forcing me to give it." He says before turning and beginning to walk out of the room.

"You promised." I whisper.

He turns around to look at me.

"You promised this wouldn't just last the summer." I say, tears forming in the eyes.

"Yeah, and you also told me I meant something to you. We clearly both lied." Luke says before walking out of the room and slamming the front door, leaving me alone.

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