chapter 67✿

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I wake up to the sound of my phone ringing. I groan as I reach over to see who it is, but as I do, they hang up. I see the caller ID says Cora, but i'll just call her back later. I roll over and extend my arm to wrap around Luke except, my arm falls onto the empty mattress. An empty bed. Where is he? I get up and slip on my leggings from yesterday. I quickly retie my bun since most of it fell out overnight. I open the door and walk downstairs.

"Luke?" I call out.

He doesn't answer.

"Luke?" I call again.

I check the living room but he isn't there. I check the kitchen but he isn't in there either. Where could he be? He wouldn't just leave without telling me, would he? Especially in his own house. Just then I see his blonde quiff sticking up from the chair on the deck in the backyard. I walk over to the sliding door, which is open a crack. I'm about to say his name again, when I hear him speak.

"You can't do this. Come on, think about it." He says.

Who is he talking to? He must be on the phone.

"No, what i'm doing is totally different."

What is he doing?

"Don't blame that all on me. It'll be your fault too."

What? Who's fault?

"I'll just talk to you about this later, bye." Luke says as he removes the phone from his ear and ends the call.

I don't want him to know I was listening to his phone call, so I quickly sprint to the fridge and open it, pretending to look for food.

"Morning, babe." Luke says as he comes inside, shutting the sliding door behind him.

"Morning." I say groggily, acting as if I just woke up.

"Just wake up?"

"Yeah." I say, rubbing my eyes. "Where were you? I woke up and you weren't there."

I realize how needy it sounds only after I say it.

"Sorry, I got a phone call and I didn't want to wake you up." He explains.

"Oh. From who?" I ask, trying to sound as casual as possible.

"Hmm? Oh, my mom." He says, even though I can tell he's lying.

"Your mom?"

"Yeah, she just asked if I wanted anything specific from the grocery store." He says.

I don't know why he is lying to me. I thought we promised each other that from now on we were going to be completely honest with each other, no matter what it is. So why was he choosing to lie to me now? These are the last four months we have together and he's choosing to lie to me now, even though he knows how upset i'll get?

I decide not to confront him about it right now. Things are going good for us which is rare, I don't want to ruin that over something that i'm sure is nothing.

"Do you want me to make you anything for breakfast?" I ask him, trying to change the topic.

"Yeah, sure babe. I'm just going to take a quick shower." He says.

"Okay, it'll be ready when you're done. I smile.

He gives me a quick kiss on the cheek before going upstairs to take a shower. I get out the eggs and preheat the oven until I hear the water from the shower turn on.

My curiosity gets the best of me and I quickly walk upstairs and go into Luke's room. I look everywhere but can't find his phone. He must have brought it in the bathroom with him. I slowly turn the bathroom knob and tip toe quietly inside the bathroom, careful not to make a sound. Sure enough, his phone is sitting on the counter. I grab it swiftly before leaving the bathroom and going back into Luke's room.

I type in the password, but it says it is incorrect. That's not possible. Luke's password is 1212. December twelfth―my birthday. It has been his password since we started dating. When did he change it? Or more importantly, why? I type it in again to make sure. Incorrect. Twelve twelve, I type in again. Just then I hear the water shut off and I gasp. I quickly go back to the bathroom and put it on the sink.

"May?" Luke asks as he pulls the shower curtain back, a towel hanging around his waist. He's so perfect, wow. Focus, May.

"Hey. I uh-I was just grabbing a hair tie. Don't want hair in your eggs." I giggle before leaving the bathroom, shutting the door behind me.

I exhale and go downstairs to make Luke's breakfast. I crack the eggs in the pan and begin to scramble them. But the only thing scrambled is my thoughts. Why would Luke change his password? Is he hiding something? He's had the same password for months, why change it now? Did he change it after that phone call? Or has he been hiding something for a while now?

I finish the eggs, but Luke still isn't downstairs. What's taking him so long? I put the eggs in a plate and put them at his seat at the kitchen table. I turn the tap on and begin to wash the pan. I turn the water off once i'm finished and dry my hands, when I hear Luke come downstairs.

"What took you so long? Breakfast is on the table." I say.

He walks over to me and puts his phone on the counter in front of me. His face almost looks―angry. I furrow my eyebrows.

"What?" I ask.

He clicks the home button to display his lockscreen that reads 'IPhone is disabled. Try again in 10 minutes.' Shit. I didn't realize I had tried that many times.

"Care to explain?" He asks gravelly.

"Luke I-"

"You tried going through my phone?"

"Yes but I-"

"What the fuck, May! You're the one who's always so big on trust, and then you go and do this. Seriously, what the fuck is wrong with you?!" He fumes.

"What's wrong with me? What's wrong with you?! You're the one who's lying about who you were on the phone with. I know for a fact that wasn't your mom and I'm too scared to ask you who it really was because I know you'll blow up at me for not believing you. What else was I supposed to do?" I ask, my voice wobbly.

"You could have just asked me! We're in a relationship, May. You shouldn't have been scared to ask me."

"You would have flipped at me for not trusting you! Seriously, Luke. I don't think I'm the one at fault here! I'm sorry for trying to go through your phone, but I wouldn't have had to if you were just honest about who you were on the phone with."

"Are you actually scared of me?" Luke asks, his tone changing from angry to..sad?

I sigh and put my hands over his. "No, of course i'm not scared of you. I'm just scared of you getting mad at me. I just don't want to fight with you."

"I'm sorry I lied about who I was on the phone with." Luke apologizes.

"Who was it really, Luke?"

He sighs. "There's something you should know."

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A/N WHO DO YOU THINK HE WAS ON THE PHONE WITH? Sorry I haven't updated for a few days, I had a project that was worth a lot so I had to spend a lot of time working on that. Choose is currently #4 in fanfiction, thank you so much that is amazing!! Also, I just wanted to say that I read every comment and I really don't like seeing people going back and commenting on earlier chapters and spoiling what happens. It's mean and unfair to the people who haven't yet read it so those comments get deleted. But other than that, please vote, comment and follow me! xx :)

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