chapter 32✿

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We had landed in Sydney, without Michael. I hadn't spoken to Luke much the whole flight over; not that I was mad at him, just that I simply was too hurt to talk to anyone.

We collected our suitcases and hauled them into a nearby taxi.

"I can't believe he really stayed." I mumble, mostly to myself.

"I know." Luke whispers.

I don't say anything back. I spend the rest of the drive silently looking out the window, trying to put into perspective the mess that is my life.

After a while, we arrive at Luke's house. We step out of the car and grab our suitcases from the trunk. I manage to take two of mine and Luke takes his own and another one of mine. I never realized how much stuff I had until I had to pack it all into three suitcases.

Luke unlocks the door and opens it to reveal Calum, Ashton, Cora, and all their other friends standing there with a banner that reads "Welcome to Sydney, May!".

"Surprise!" They all exclaim.

"What's all this?" Luke asks.

"We wanted to officially welcome May to Sydney since she'll be here permanently now." Cal says with a smile.

"Where's Michael?" Cora asks.

With that, I silently rush upstairs to my room and shut the door behind me. I don't need everyone to see me cry. I had seriously been crying way too often, but I couldn't help it. I lay on my bed and sob into my pillow until someone knocks on the door.

"Luke not now." I cry.

"It's not Luke." Cora says from outside the door.

I stand up and wipe under my eyes before opening the door.

"Hey, sorry for running upstairs like that. Thanks for the surprise, i'm just not really up for socializing right now." I say weakly.

"Luke told us what happened. I can't believe the fucking nerve-"

"I'm sorry. I really didn't mean for any of this to happen." I apologize, I really didn't need anyone else yelling at me right now. Especially not Michael's girlfriend.

"No no, i'm talking about Michael. I can't believe him. It's your relationship, not his. Luke told us about how he was when you saw him at his old friends house. I was beginning to wonder why he wasn't answering any of my calls, now it makes sense." Cora says.

"I honestly don't know why he's throwing everything away on something that has nothing to do with him." She adds.

"Me either." I say.

I decide to leave out the fact that I accidentally told Michael that Cora already knew and that that was probably a factor as to why he wasn't answering her calls. I just really don't need anyone else mad at me right now. Michael was enough.

"I really don't mean to be rude but, i'd just really like to be alone right now if that's okay." I say.

"Oh of course. I'll be around if you need anything, okay? Michael won't get away with acting like this, I promise you that." She says as she hugs me quickly and walks back downstairs.

I shut my door again and lay back down on my bed. I open my Twitter app and type in Michael's username. I know I shouldn't be creeping my brother, but under the circumstances, I think it's pretty necessary. I just need to know if he's okay.

I click his profile but am immediately stunned. He blocked me. He actually blocked me from seeing what he's saying on Twitter. I quickly go onto Facebook, only to see he has me unfriended and blocked on there too. I check all my other social media which all say the same thing. Blocked. What is wrong with this kid? He's seriously blowing this whole thing way out of proportion.

I don't understand what there is to be upset about. Luke's his best friend and i'm his sister. He loves us both so much, so what's wrong with us loving each other?

After a few hours of lying on my bed in a puddle of my own tears, I walk over to the mirror in my room and wipe the mascara from under my eyes. I blow my nose and then open the door to walk downstairs, silently hoping that no one was home.

Thankfully, no one was. I guess there wasn't much of a welcoming party to give when the person they were welcoming ran upstairs to cry. I wondered where Luke was, but then I saw the note on the table.

Gone to get food. Be back soon. I love you.

I'm still not used to Luke saying he loves me. I put the note back on the table and open the fridge to grab a water bottle. I hope by 'gone to get food' Luke means groceries, because the fridge is almost empty.

I decide to take my suitcases upstairs. After several trips up and down the stairs, I finally have them all in my room. I put them in the closet and lay back on the bed. I'm too exhausted to take everything out. And I don't want to make this where I permanently live if Michael's not going to be here with me. Luke may be my home but, so is Michael.

"May?" Luke knocks on the door. "I got dinner."

Dinner? How long have I been in my room.? I look over at the clock and it reads 7:34pm. Wow, i'd been in here all day.

"Not hungry." I say.

"C'mon, May. You've got to eat something." He says. "It's your favourite. A burger and fries from the diner. No ketchup extra pickles."

"I said i'm not hungry." I mumble.

"May, I haven't seen you all day." He says lowly.

I don't answer. I'm not hungry and i'm not about to start a fight with Luke over something so minuscule.

"Alright well, it'll be in the fridge if you want it." Luke says before leaving from the room.

I take out my phone and decide to text Michael. Even though I know he won't reply, it's worth a shot.

To Michael: I'm never going to stop being sorry for hurting you the way I did. I love you so much Mikey. Please come home. We're all each other needs.

I hit send. The last sentence really tugged on a heartstring. I think back to the promise Michael and I once made to each other. "We're the only family we need." We made the promise to say that no matter how messed up our parents may be, we're always going to have each other. But right now, Michael was breaking that promise.

A/N hey guys! Sorry this chapter is really boring but I kind of needed a filler chapter to go in between the last one and the next. Question; Do you think Michael has a right to be mad? Or is he being ridiculous? Let me know what you think :) don't forget to comment & vote please! x

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