chapter 59✿

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"Oh god, I hope Michael didn't hear." I groan as I cover my face with my hands.

The apartment doors aren't exactly soundproof, and if he was awake, he obviously would have heard us doing what we just did. We are currently laying on my bed, with only my bedsheets covering our bare skin. One thing had led to another and before we knew it, we were back together. Really back together.

"Do you really have to mention your brother while we're lying in bed naked?" Luke laughs.

I swat his chest. "I'm serious, Luke. I'd be mortified."

"Relax, baby. He was asleep when I left the room. He didn't hear us." Luke assures me.

I exhale in relief. "Good."

"It's not like he doesn't know we have sex, May." Luke chuckles.

I groan. "I know, but he's my brother. And your best friend. Isn't that embarrassing for you too?" I ask him.

"Not really." He shrugs. "The only thing I hate is not being able to brag to my best friend about how great my girlfriend is in bed. That would just be way too awkward." Luke jokes. "Like just imagine someone telling you about their experience having sex with your sibling." He laughs.

I shudder at the thought of Cora telling me about her and Michael. "I don't even want to think about it, Luke."

Luke runs his fingers up my arm and leans into me closer, which I didn't even know was possible seeing as how close we are to each other.

"I've missed this so much." Luke whispers in my ear.

"What? Lying naked with me?" I joke.

"Yeah. I've just missed having sex with you." He laughs as he shrugs his shoulders, obviously joking too. "No, i've missed this―us. My life is so different without you. And not a good different."

I smile as I lean up to kiss him.

"Same here." I say as I lean my forehead against his.

I really have missed this, so much. Being with Luke makes me feel whole. As cliché as it may sound, Luke really was my other half. I wasn't me without him.

"Promise me something, okay?" I say as I sit up on my bed.

Luke supports his body on his forearms as he looks up at me. "Anything, baby."

"Or else this relationship will never work." I tell him.

"What is it?"

"Promise me that this it. This is how it's always going to be. No more breakups. I can't take it anymore Luke. I meant that when I said it to you weeks ago, I can't take the pain anymore. So promise me that all these lies, secrets, and drama will end."

He leans over to me and plants a kiss on my neck. "I promise." He says into my skin.

He leaves kisses on my neck and trails upwards until his lips meet mine. I part my lips for him to enter my mouth, but he pulls away all too soon.

I whimper quietly at the loss of contact.

"Besides," He starts as he lays his head back onto the pillow, "Brooke has nothing to try and pull now. She probably had that video and that stupid plan for months. But it didn't work. Nothing can tear us apart, it's time people finally started to realize that."

"You're right. I'm done with all of those people. Brooke and her group, they're all assholes." I huff.

"Travis included." Luke says.

I furrow my eyebrows. "No, that's not including Travis."

I obviously didn't mean Travis. Or Cora, Calum, Ashton, and all of them. I just meant Brooke and her friends from school. It's obvious she got them all to hate me, so I just need to do my best to steer clear of them while i'm at school.

"What do you mean not including Travis?" Luke repeats my words.

"I mean what I said. Travis is my friend."

"Are you serious, May? He went along with Brooke's plan to try and break us up. Is that your definition of a friend? He kissed you for fuck sakes. " Luke says, anger rising within him.

"Yeah I know. But people make mistakes. After all, I forgave you didn't I?"

"Don't." Luke warns. "Don't you dare compare me to him. You won't see him again."

Is he seriously ordering me? What the hell? What right does he have to tell me who I can be friends with?

"You can't tell me if I will see him again or not. If I want to be friends with him then I will. You don't own me, Luke." I tell him, quite annoyed with his behaviour.

I know what Travis did wasn't classified as friend of the year material but, people make mistakes. He did what he thought would work to get me to like him. Which is obviously wrong on so many levels and i'm not going to forgive him easily, but he's my friend. One of my only friends, and i'm not willing to let go that easily. I know he doesn't mean harm, he's really a nice guy.

Luke stands up and starts putting his clothes back on.

"Where are you going?" I ask.

"I can't be here right now. We just got back together and I don't want that to be thrown away. I might say shit i'll regret, and i'm not in the mood for you to hold it against me for weeks." Luke huffs as he pulls his jeans up his legs.

"Don't walk away. We need to learn to talk about things, Luke. One of us always ends up walking out on a fight, and that's not right."

"Tell me you won't ever talk to Travis again and then i'll stay!" Luke raises his voice.

I don't say anything for a while. "I won't tell you that." I finally say.

Luke stands there and stares at me, I can almost see the anger radiating off of him.

"Well then maybe i'll give Destiny a call. You know, see if she wants to hang out." Luke sneers as he walks out of my room, slamming the door behind him.

I can't believe he just said that. Would he really be so heartless to mention the girl that caused this whole break up in the first place? What the fuck is wrong with him? I finally forgive him for it, and then he goes and throws it in my face.

I groan as I shut my bedside light off and go to sleep.

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I wake up to my phone beeping repeatedly. I groan as I roll over and grab my phone off my bedside table, ripping it out of the charger. I lay on my side and only open one eye lazily as I check what all these notifications are.

I see Luke's name with the number ten beside it, indicating that he called me ten times. I see his name again with a number five beside it, showing that he texted me five times. I also see that I have a voicemail. I decide to listen to the voicemail before I read the texts. I know he is probably just going to give me the same old apology he gives me every time he screws up but, I need to hear his voice. It's like a drug to me.

I type in my password and listen to the voice mail.

"May, hey. It's Luke. Well you probably knew that because of all the missed calls. Look, i'm sorry about last night. I shouldn't have mentioned what I did." I'm glad to hear he didn't mention her name again. I listen as he continues. "I was such a dick. I had no right to order you not to see him again, but you just have to understand my point of view for one second, okay? You keep sticking up for and want to be friends with a guy that clearly likes you a lot. He even told you himself. He tried to help Brooke break us up. How would you feel if I hung out with Brooke? I'm not trying to sound rude baby, i'm really not. I just want you to understand where i'm coming from with all of this. I'm not trying to be possessive, but he obviously won't keep his feelings to himself. I just love you so much, call me back or just come over when you get this. Sorry if I woke you up by the way. Alright, bye babe." He says as he hangs up the phone.

I smile at Luke's nerdy-ness. I guess I do understand where he's coming from now. I would hate it if he wanted to hang out with Brooke, who is obviously creepily and obsessively in love with him. Maybe he's right. Maybe I shouldn't be friends with someone like Travis. Luke's right, if he didn't keep his feelings to himself all this time, what makes now any different? I get where Luke is coming from with not wanting me to be friends with Travis, but he also could have handled it all much better. I am not his possession, nor will I ever be.

I get up out of my bed and quickly rip my sheets off, throwing them into my hamper. I throw my duvet over the bare mattress and I walk over to my closet. I throw on my black leggings and my tight white v-neck. I go into the bathroom and quickly wash my face and brush my teeth. I apply my usual makeup, and let my hair out of the bun. I don't bother brushing it, since it gets way too frizzy when I do.

I don't bother knocking on Michael's bedroom door to let him know i'm going to Luke's house. It's way too early to wake him up. I decide to leave a note taped to the fridge, so he'll see it when he wakes up and goes for food, which he obviously will.

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The walk to Luke's house is short. I knock on the door and wait for him to open it. After several minutes, he still doesn't answer. I take the key I know he has hidden under the dog statue on his porch and open the door.

I walk upstairs to Luke's room and see him passed out on his bed. He's so cute when he sleeps. The way his mouth hangs open slightly, and the way part of his hair falls to his forehead. Oh god, i'm so creepy―i'm literally watching him sleep. I can't help it though, I love him.

I walk over to his bed and lay beside him. I try my best not to wake him but he groans, and I know I woke him up.

"Shit, sorry. I didn't mean to wake you up." I whisper.

I don't know why i'm whispering though, he's awake now anyways.

"May, what are you doing here?" He groans, still groggy from his sleep.

"I got your voicemail. And calls, and texts." I giggle.

He eyes shoot open and he sits up. He takes my hands in his and begins to speak.

"I'm so sorry about last night. I was such an asshole for saying what I said." He apologizes.

"You should have never brought that up, Luke." I sigh.

"I know. I'm so sorry, baby. I don't know why i'm such a fuck up. I won't ever bring it up again I promise." He tells me.

I nod my head. I know he was just worked up over the whole Travis thing, he wouldn't say that out of the blue to intentionally hurt me.

"You forgive me?" He asks, clearly shocked that I gave in so fast. But honestly, i'm done holding grudges. Yes he shouldn't have said it, but it wasn't the worst thing he's ever said.

"Yeah. And you were right."

He raises an eyebrow. "You forgive me and i'm right? Are you feeling okay?" He holds the back of his hand to my forehead.

I push his arm away. "I'm serious."

"Sorry. Right about what?" He asks.

"Travis. You were right. I shouldn't be friends with him under the circumstances. I wouldn't want you to be friends with Brooke, and honestly, I would have probably reacted worse than you did if you said you wanted to be friends with her. So i'm going to talk to Travis. I'm going to explain everything to him. Because regardless of what you might think, I know he truly is a nice guy." I tell him.

"I don't want you to resent me because you're not friends with him though." Luke tells me.

"Luke, I won't ever resent you." I assure him. "I'm always going to choose you. Don't you get that by now? If I wanted to be friends with Travis then I would. But I truthfully don't think it's a smart idea. And it's not fair to you."

He leans closer to me. "I really am sorry about what I said."

"Don't ever bring it up again, okay?"

He nods. "I won't. I promise."

"I love you, Luke." I smile.

He kisses me gently. "I love you, May." He says as he presses his lips to mine again.

I really am telling the truth about this whole Travis thing. I don't think it is a good idea for us to be friends. I wouldn't in a million years be okay with Brooke and Luke being friends, so it's understandable why he wouldn't want me to be friends with Travis. I just hate now that I won't have any friends at school. Thank god I only have five months left.

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A/N BET YOU GUYS GOT SCARED THERE FOR A SECOND AND THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO BREAK UP AGAIN! haha, no. I'm not THAT cruel! lol. I hope you guys are happy with the storyline as of right now. Do you guys think it's wrong of her to stop being friends with Travis? Please comment, vote, and follow me! xx

Btw, yes. She only has five months left of school. I know the timeline is a bit weird but you have to remember that Michael was in Melbourne for a whole month, then I also make some chapters have eight, nine, even ten days pass by. And it's been two weeks since Sandra died. So it does make sense if you think about it.

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