We both sat in silence for nearly an hour avoiding eye contact. The whole time we know exactly why we're stuck out here and what the other isn't saying, but neither of us will speak first. I can't speak for Luke, but I can't seem to speak. Every time I try to, my throat tightens up, and nothing comes out. I shiver at the cold breeze, and I feel a warm blanket being wrapped around my shoulders. "Okay, we really should just get this out in the open. I highly doubt you want tot be out here all night long."

"Yeah, even though it would be interesting to say the least." I tell him with a small laugh in an attempt to lighten the mood.

"Yeah, interesting." He mumbles sitting down across from me and nervously taps his foot. "Okay, here it goes. Andy, I like you--as more than just a friend. I have for a while now. Although, I will admit that I've had a small crush on you since we met. I just didn't want to say anything because I didn't want to mess up our friendship, and I was worried you wouldn't feel the same way." He rambles on, and I talk over him to get him to stop.

"Luke. Luke!" I pause for a moment to make sure he's not going to keep going. "I like you too, but I didn't realize it until we had that conversation after the dare. Well, technically, not until a couple days ago. It's part of the reason I was avoiding you, and why Michael stuck us out here. I told him everything at the beach earlier today."

"Really?" Luke questions looking genuinely shocked.

"What? Did you not think I liked you back or something?"

"Actually, yeah. I thought you were just being my friend, I didn't think you would ever like me back." He says as a dorky smile crosses his face. "You like me back." He starts laughing and shaking his head. His smile never falters for a single moment. "So--do you want to go out sometime?" I bite my lip, wondering if I'm ready to go into a relationship. Luke must have sensed my apprehension because he starts rambling again. "We don't have to if you don't want to. I know this has to be a lot, especially with everything that's happened recently."

I start laughing at how nervous he's getting, and he stops waiting for my answer. "Yeah, I would love to go out with you sometime."

"Okay. Awesome." He stutters out as the smile creeps back across his face. We sit in silence for a minute, both of us smiling as we process what just happened.

"We probably should have the guys let us back inside now." I tell him as I pull out my phone to text them. "Crap. My phone died." I complain and ask Luke if he has his.

"No, I left it in my room before they dragged me out here." He says looking worried at the idea of being stuck out here. "Maybe we could try knocking?" We both walk over to the glass doors, knocking and calling to the guys, but we get no response.

"How long did were they planning on leaving us out here?" I question, knocking on the door and shouting at the guys. "Well, they obviously can't hear us right now. I guess, we'll have to try later." I sit down in one of the reclining chairs with a sigh. "At least we have a nice view for now." I tell Luke as he takes the seat next to me.

"Mhm." He hums in reply, and I notice him shivering when the breeze picks up again.

"Are you cold?" I ask him.

"No, I'm fine." He says, but another shiver gives him away.

"Come on. We can share the blanket, since they never gave us a second one." I say, holding the blanket up and scooting over in my chair. "I'm sure it was all part of their plan, knowing them."

"It probably was." He laughs, but he pauses, refusing to move. "Are you sure you don't mind sharing?"

"I'm positive, Luke. I don't want you freezing because of me." I tell him as I lift up the blanket and tap the spot next to me. "Come on, it's not like I'm going to kill you." I joke with him as he sits down. Eventually, once Luke gets past his nerves, he wraps an arm around my shoulder. "Hey, Luke."

"Yeah?"

"I'm sorry for avoiding you this week."

"It's okay. To be honest, I didn't mind it. I was so nervous around you, and I kept worrying I would slip up and say or do something." He laughs shaking his head for a second. "I'm kind of glad they stuck us out here."

"Me too." I reply looking into his deep blue eyes and smiling. "Also, I'm starting to feel happy that I was forced to come out here this summer."

"Well, if you're happy about that, than I'm glad Ashton almost burned the house down because he wanted mac 'n cheese." Luke says and we both start laughing uncontrollably.

"I still don't get how he did that. All it takes is boiling water. How can you start a fire when you're boiling water?" I question still laughing.

"I have absolutely no idea." Luke shakes his head. He looks down at me, and I notice small flecks of green in his eyes that I never saw before. Luke brushes a bit of hair behind my ear, and I notice his eyes trail down to my lips for a moment. We both start unconsciously leaning in, and our lips are only a millimeter apart when we hear a click.

"Nice seeing you two getting cozy." Calum teases wiggling his eyebrows. He stops in shock when he realizes how close we are, and he pieces everything together in his head. "Wait, were you two about to--"

"Don't finish that sentence, Calum." I warn him, but he just smirks as he runs off shouting 'they were about to kiss!' to the guys. "We're never going to hear the end of that are we?" I chuckle, resting my forehead against Luke's.

"No, I don't think we are." He laughs shaking his head as he helps me up. "We probably should head inside."

"Do we have to? I'm not ready to face my brother who just found out I was about to kiss you."

"Eh. I don't think he'll mind." Luke shrugs, and I wait for him to explain himself. "Mason, may or may not have talked to me about my feelings for you."

"What?" I stop in my tracks.

"Don't worry it was just the usual, 'what are your intentions with my sister,' and 'if you hurt her, I will find you and kill you."

"What is he talking about? It wouldn't just be him. You would have all three of my brothers and most likely my band coming after you." I joke with him, but he looks genuinely scared. "Don't worry, we haven't even gone out yet. Also, you have nothing to worry about as long as you don't break my heart, which I don't expect you to do."

"I'm glad I have your vote of confidence." He chuckles as he slips his hand in mine. "I hope you don't mind." He says, nodding down to our hands.

"I don't mind. It's actually kind of nice." I smile at him, and we walk into the living room to see all the guys looking at us with a mix of shock and a few mocking looks.

"Wow. You two are moving fast." Michael teases as he pulls me into a hug, whispering, "I'm glad you listened to my advice."

"I think I am too." I tell him as I pull away. I stifle a yawn, and tell the guys. "Sorry to crash the party, but I'm going to sleep."

"Aw! Come on, Andy!" Ashton shouts as he tries to convince me to stay.

"No. I'm going to sleep. I don't know about you guys, but I'm exhausted. Goodnight." I tell them with one last wave.

"Don't forget, we have to pack up tomorrow." Mason calls and I just give him a thumbs up as I walk into my room. I quickly take a shower and fall asleep the moment I fall into the bed.

"WAKE UP, ANDY!" Someone shouts and I grab a pillow to smack them with before I cover my ears with it and turn over. "That wasn't very nice. Mason, Andy hit me!" The voice whines as they walk out of the room.

A moment I hear someone come back in. "I told you shouting would only make her grumpier." Mason tells the other person, and I can feel the bed dip as he sits down on the mattress. "Andy, I know you want to sleep, but please, get up."

"Noooo." I grumble, pulling the warm duvet over my head and rolling over to the other side of the bed.

"I'll make you coffee and food." Mason promises and tugs the covers from over my head. I continue to grumble and pout as I get up. "You do realize it's already noon, right?"

"But that's so early." I tell him as I sit down on the couch, impatiently waiting for my food and coffee, which Mason promptly brings me. I hear someone snickering and I look up to see Michael and Ashton biting back laughs when they notice me looking at them. "What are you looking at?" I question with a glare as I take a sip of my coffee.

"Nothing." Ashton and Michael both say shrugging. I shake my head at them as I sip my coffee and scroll through my twitter feed.

I notice I have a ton of mentions, and I look at them to see everyone's in a fuss over a picture. I keep looking and find a picture Mason tweeted of the guys and I at the beach yesterday. Although, most of the tweets aren't about how cool the picture, but questions about who I am and why I'm hanging out with the guys. Unfortunately, I come across some pretty nasty comments from people who claim to be fans of the guys. "You okay?" Calum asks as he sits down next to me about to turn on the tv before he noticed my expression.

"Yeah. I just saw people saying some rude things about me on twitter. It's nothing." I tell him in an attempt to play it off, but he grabs my phone and reads the tweets. "Calum, please, don't."

"Andy, these aren't rude things. This is full on hate." He says looking pained. "Why would people say things like this to you?"

"Because, they saw a picture of me with you guys, and I guess it combined with the rumors, they're reacting poorly."

"Screw that." He says, handing me back my phone and walking away.

"Calum, what are you doing?" I ask as I follow him to the kitchen Luke and Michael are.

"What's going on?" Luke asks with his eyebrows furrowed. "Is everything okay?"

"Yeah." I try to say, but Calum talks over me.

"No. It's not okay, Andy." Calum insists, turning to the guys and telling them everything. "I don't know about you guys, but I'm not sitting by and doing nothing."

"Neither am I." Michael insists.

Luke, on the other hand, stays quiet. He looks up at me, and I can see his thoughts reflected in his eyes. Michael and Calum quickly excuse themselves and walk out of the room. "What are you thinking?" I ask him, although, I have a pretty good idea what it is.

"If this how people react to a picture of the group, how will they react if we start dating?" He asks staring at the ground.

"It was only a couple people being overdramatic. I'm not hurt by it or anything." I tell him taking a step forward and lifting his chin so he'll look at me. "Does it really matter how people react?"

"I don't want you getting hurt because of me." Is all he says, and silence hangs over us. "I don't want you getting hate because of me."

"Luke, I don't care. I can deal with it. Believe it or not, I stopped caring about what people said about me a long time ago."

"That doesn't mean it doesn't happen, or that it won't affect you eventually." Luke sighs, looking away from me again as he paces the room.

"So what? We're not even going to give this a try?" I ask motioning between the two of us. For some reason, the thought of him giving up already sends a sharp pain through my chest. Luke says nothing to dispute me, and I shake my head at him. "I never took you for someone to give up so easily. I expected someone like you to actually fight for me--for anything you actually care about. I guess I was wrong." Luke opens his mouth to speak, but I'm already out the door. Michael, Ashton, and Calum all take one look at me before they know something is wrong. I don't give them a chance either. Instead I walk into the room with all my stuff, blare some music, and try to find something to distract myself with.

I remember we're leaving tomorrow morning, so I start packing my things together. It does nothing for me, and I end up crumpling my clothes instead of packing. I fall onto my bed, feeling frustrated and ridiculous. Nothing had happened between Luke and I yet, but I'm still reacting like we were actually a couple. "Get yourself together, Andy. You're just being dramatic." I tell myself.

"Andy, are you in here?" I hear someone call from the doorway, and I look up to see Mason and Ashton.

"What are you guys doing here?" I ask, and immediately regret my tone of accusation.

"We just wanted to talk to you." Mason says sitting down on the mattress near me.

"There's nothing to talk about. I'm fine." I tell him as I pretend to focus on folding my clothes.

"What happened in there?" Ashton asks using a different approach to coax some information out of me.

"I got a couple of people tweeting me rude things. Calum saw them and told Michael and Luke. After that Luke got all freaked out, and kept saying he wasn't sure how people would react if we started going out. Then I got upset, said some things, and walked away. That's all."

"It doesn't sound like nothing." Mason says, and Ashton nods in agreement.

"Luke seems kind of upset about it all. Calum and Michael are talking to him about it." Ashton tells me, which causes a wave of guilt from what I said. "Look, I know you two haven't even gone out yet, but I think you and Luke need to talk about this."

"Why? It's obvious he doesn't want the fans reacting badly or me getting hurt. Unless he realizes I can handle a few haters or finds a way to keep those things from happening, then there's nothing to talk about." I tell him with a shrug.

"Are you sure about that?" Mason questions, and I can tell he's trying to read me.

"Yes. I can't do anything if he doesn't want to give us a chance or even fight for me than so be it." I tell them casually as I distract myself on my phone.

"Hey, Andy. You should check your twitter." Ashton tells me as he looks up from his phone with a smile.

"Ashton, what are you talking about?" I ask not bothering to pull out my phone. Ashton doesn't say anything, just pulls out his phone and shows me the tweets. I scroll through, and see each of the guys, including Ashton all tweeted about me and the picture. Each one of them even made comments about the hateful tweets, especially Luke, who sent out multiple tweets in my defense, even commenting about blocking the haters. I stare at the phone in shock, as I realize what he's doing. He's trying to fight for me.

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A/N:
I figured that, in honor of Valentine's Day, I would give you guys an extra update this week. Here is a special Valentine from me, to each of you lovely readers. ❤️

This was such an emotional chapter for me to write, especially since I've been waiting to write this for a while now. When I first started this story, I wasn't sure what exactly what I was doing, but seeing the characters develop and the plot unfold has given me such joy. I wouldn't trade it for anything.

One reason I was so excited for this chapter, is because I got to incorporate the reason I call this story, "Fight for Me." No one has ever fought for Andy before, at least, not in any way that was this profound, and I'm so anxious to show you more of how it all goes.

Anyway, don't forget to vote and comment on this chapter! There's also a "Fight for Me -- Extras" story up on my account, which will have short scenes that aren't shown directly in this story or are from another point of view. So make sure to check it out if you like this story!

Stay lovely, babes! -Xx