chapter 51✿

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Brooke hands me her phone which is on a video. I hesitantly click play. The video plays and immediately I see Luke and Brooke holding hands and making out against a wall. Harper or Ava must have been recording. People in the background are yelling various things at Luke. I watch as he flips the people off and takes Brooke inside the house, shutting the door behind them. My heart completely sinks. You can't fake a video, so it has to be true. I pause it before it ends, I can't watch anymore of my boyfriend making out with the girl I hate most.

"Tell me there's an explanation for this, Luke or so help me god I-"

"What is it?" Luke asks.

I hand him the phone and he watches the video for himself. I see a flicker in his eyes and that's when I realize, he remembers. It's all true. Tears immediately pool in my eyes and I try my best to blink them away but it is no use. Luke closes his eyes and pinches the bridge of his nose.

"Okay I know this looks bad but if you let me explain it's-" Luke starts, but I don't want to hear it.

"Oh save it!" I yell as I get up and start towards the door. I realize i'm not the one who drove here, but I don't care. I won't stay around these people and be a laughing stock. I am so embarrassed. I stood up for Luke and accused Brooke of lying when in reality, the person I love most has been lying straight to my face this whole time.

"May, wait!" Luke gets up and walks to the door, but I walk outside and slam it before he can get a hold of me.

I run up the street without stopping. I don't turn back to see if Luke's following me, but I know from lack of footsteps that he's not. I run fast until I bump into someone.

"Oh i'm sorry." The boy apologizes. "Wait, May?"

I look up at him. "Travis?"

"Are you crying? What's wrong?" He asks.

I really don't want to talk about it but, Travis is my friend. I walk back to my apartment with him silently. Good thing I don't live very far from Calum's place. I sit on the couch and Travis sits beside me. I explain everything that happened at the party, choking back sobs throughout. 

"Luke's a real jerk for lying to you." Travis says as he rubs my back comfortingly. 

"Yeah. I know." I say, wiping the tears from eyes.

Travis grabs my hand lightly and puts it back down on my lap. He then brings his hand to my face and wipes the tears away for me. He looks at my lips, and then back at my eyes. Just then he presses his lips to mine. I immediately stand up from the couch and wipe my mouth.

"What are you doing?" I ask.

"May, I like you. And you deserve better than Luke. You deserve a guy who's honest with you. And a guy who will love you no matter what. I can be that guy!" Travis says.

I shake my head and pinch the bridge of my nose. "What are you even saying right now? I love Luke. I didn't bring you over to try and get back at him if that's what you're assuming. I just needed a friend to talk to! You really need to stop kissing me. I'm with Luke, regardless of our situation right now!" I say, raising my voice slightly.

"May you deserve-"

"Don't tell me what I deserve!" I yell and then sigh loudly. "You should go."

"May let's just-"

"Go!" I scream at him.

He lowers his head and walks out the door. Tears well up in my eyes as I run to my room and collapse onto my bed. Why the fuck would he kiss me-again!? I need to tell Luke. I need to be honest but, he'll think I did it to get back at him. I didn't kiss back! Luke has to believe me. I bury my face into my pillow. I let out a scream that i've had bottled up inside me. Luke and I's relationship is way too complicated. Every time I forgive him for one thing, something else comes into light. I don't care even if he did have a relationship with Brooke, it was before I met him anyways, but it's the fact that he lied straight to my face about it. And continuously denied it in front of everybody. And now Travis had to come here and kiss me. How am I going to even begin to explain any of this to Luke.

I eventually fall asleep in my own tears, my last thoughts being of Luke.

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I'm woken up by a loud noise. I open my eyes and immediately get out of bed and walk out of my room. I see Michael standing in the kitchen with a shattered plate at his feet.

"What are you doing?" I ask.

"Shit, I didn't mean to wake you up." Michael sighs.

I glance at the clock on the wall to see it reads eight-thirty.

"Why are you even up so early?" I ask him.

"I was trying to make you breakfast in bed. I feel bad for everything that happened last night so I wanted to cheer you up." Michael shrugs as he bends down and sweeps up the pieces of broken glass on the floor.

"Awe, that's so sweet. It wasn't your fault though."

"I know, but still. Anyways, I'm just about done so either get back into bed and i'll bring it to you, or sit at the table." Michael instructs. I choose to sit at the table. I'd rather sit with Michael than be alone in my room.

He puts a plate down in front of me with bacon, eggs, and french toast on it. He really didn't have to do this.

"Thanks, Mikey." I smile.

"May, we kind of need to talk. But please just don't get upset and let me explain."

I furrow my eyebrows. "What's going on, Mikey?"

"Okay I need to explain the video to you because I know you won't believe Luke, but you have to believe me." He says.

"Mikey don't-"

"No, May. You need to hear this. You're honestly mad at him for no reason!" Michael stands up for Luke.

I nod my head slightly, letting him know he can explain.

"Luke didn't lie about anything! That video was of the time him and Brooke hooked up. You already knew about it. That was the only time, seriously May. Brooke just made it seem like they dated because she wishes they did! And she has some creepy ass obsession with him. But none of it's true. She got her friends to lie for her. When Luke was watching the video, he just remembered the one time they hooked up. That's it. That's the truth, May. Trust me, I would have known if Luke had a girlfriend."

I sigh heavily and bring my hands to my face. "I'm such an idiot." I say.

I should have just let Luke explain when he wanted to. Everything makes so much sense. I guess I just got overly paranoid yesterday, maybe because of how intoxicated I was.

"No, I get it. Anyone would have reacted the way you did. I mean, you saw your boyfriend making out with some bitch in a video. I get why you got so angry." Michael says.

"Yeah but I already knew about it. I knew they hooked up once. I should have put the pieces together. I got mad at Luke for no reason. That was exactly what Brooke wanted! I gave her what she wanted. I'm so stupid."

"No you're not. Just talk to Luke. Everything will be okay." Michael assures me.

"It's not just that." I groan.

"What do you mean?"

I sigh heavily. "While I was coming home last night, I bumped into Travis. We came back here because I needed a friend to talk to. Then all of a sudden he kissed me. I pulled back straight away, I swear it. I don't want anyone but Luke but now he might think I kissed Travis to get back at him or something. He won't believe me even if I told him the truth.

"Oh god, May. Well it's not your fault. But I think you need to call Luke and sort this whole thing out. You both just need to be honest about everything."

"You're right."

I pull out my phone and text Luke.

To Luke: Can you come over please?

I immediately see that he's read the message, but he doesn't reply.

"That's weird. He saw it but didn't reply." I tell Michael.

"Maybe he replied but just forgot to click send." Michael says. I hope he's right.

I go to my room and get dressed. I do my hair and makeup extra nice today, mainly because I hope Luke will be coming over. After I finish getting ready, I go into the living room and watch T.V, waiting to hear a knock at my door.

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I look at the clock and see that it reads six-fourty-five. I've waited all day for Luke and he hasn't come over. I groan as I get up from the couch and put on my shoes. If Luke won't come to me, i'll go to him.

After a short walk, I arrive at Luke's house. I walk to to the front door and knock a few times. No answer. I knock again and see a figure through the door glass. The door opens to reveal Luke.

"Why didn't you come over?" I immedately ask.

"Why the fuck do you care?" Luke slurs.

I furrow my eyebrows. "Are you drunk?"

"Yeah, I have been since last night. You can leave now. I'm not in the mood to be yelled at for pointless shit so goodbye." Luke says as he walks back into his house, leaving me standing at the door.

"I'm not here to yell at you." I say as I follow him into his house.

He walks upstairs to his room and I follow him.

"What are you here for then?"

I sigh. "To apologize for being such an idiot. Michael explained the video. I should have believed you when you said you weren't lying. It was just so hard to hear three people saying the exact same story. And I was drunk, I was overly paranoid. I'm sorry." I apologize.

"Exactly. I didn't lie about anything."

"I really am sorry." I apologize again.

"Okay." He says, but I can tell he doesn't actually except my apology.

"I need to tell you something now. But you can't get upset." I say slowly.

"What are you talking about?" He asks.

"On the way home last night I saw Travis. He saw I was crying so we went back to my apartment to talk about it. Then out of nowhere he kissed me. I swear I backed away and told him to leave. I didn't expect him to do that. If I knew he still liked me then I would have never asked him to come over in the first place." I explain.

Luke just looks at me and shakes his head in disappointment.

"Please you have to believe me. I didn't kiss him back I swear!"

"Fuck!" Luke screams as he throws everything off his desk in one swift motion. I shriek at the loud noise it makes. "You get mad at me for lying when in reality it's you who's the fucking liar here!"

"I'm not lying I swear!"

He looks me dead in the eyes with anger clear on his face. "Yes you are. You're lying about your feelings for Travis."

"My what? I don't have any feelings for him I swear! He's my friend and that's it!"

"Yeah, that's why I walked in on you and him kissing outside your apartment. And now again you guys kissed. Don't try to tell me it's all in my head because it's not!" He screams.

"That's not fair. He kissed me, I didn't kiss back!"

"Yeah because I pulled him off of you. You would have kissed back if I wouldn't have been there, right?!" Luke yells.

"No! Of course I wouldn't have! I pulled away when you weren't there last night!" I scream back at him.

"How am I supposed to know if that's even the truth or not." Luke asks irritatedly.

"I'm not lying! I love you, why would I kiss another guy when I have you!?" I ask.

"I guess I should have realized sooner. You never even want to hang out with my friends anymore! You always make some bullshit excuse to go hang out with Travis!"

"Excuse me? I don't want to hang out with your friends because that's just it! They're your friends. I need my own friends too! Travis is basically my only friend!"

"Bullshit! What about Cora and Calum?"

"They're only my friends because of you and Michael! I want friends of my own! I like hanging out with Travis and people from school because they're my friends." I say honestly.

"Yeah of course you like hanging out with Travis." Luke scoffs.

"Would you stop!" I yell.

"You wasted no time moving on from me to him after our breakup." Luke says.

"What are you even saying right now? He's my friend!"

I hope Travis was still my friend. Even though he kissed me, I can't really hold it against him. After all, Luke did the same thing when I was with Ian. It's different though because I love Luke. I just need Travis to stop acting on his feelings. I really do value our friendship.

"Yeah, if that's how you define a friend then so be it."

"Would you listen to yourself! You're being ridiculous!"

"Well now you have nothing stopping you from being with Travis because you and I are done!" Luke yells.

And at that exact moment, it felt as if the world had been ripped out right from underneath me. My world.

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A/N OOOOO DRAMA!!! ( and yay for long chapter!!) So Luke and May are done. How do you guys feel about that? I know you may be upset but not every relationship is a fairytale. The books not over though, don't worry! Please let me know your thoughts! How do you feel about Travis? Do you hate him for kissing May or do you kind of feel bad for him? I kind of feel bad for him to be honest. But I also feel bad for her at the same time because he's always putting her in awkward positions. please comment and vote! xx :)

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