A.N// read the author's note at the end bc it has really important info in it!!! also enjoy this chapter. 1) because it's super long / 2) i'm posting in the middle of the night / 3) it's funny af lol...k that's it, read away!
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Kate's POV

Today was our last day at this wonderful resort Luke brought me to for the weekend. We were going to leave later tonight. After going to lunch, we would hang out, come back, pack up, and chill out for a bit until the second check out time came, which was at seven.

The lunch Ashton invited us to was at one-thirty, and it was already twelve.

I looked up the restaurant we were meeting at, and the GPS said it would take about three minutes to get there by car and ten if we walked. Walking would've been fine, but a car was better and more ideal because Luke wanted to walk around a little after lunch, maybe visit the beach. Plus, my feet probably wouldn't hurt as bad by the end of the day if we just took the car.

I woke up quite early this morning, around eight. I stayed awake for about an hour and a half, doing random things on my phone, before eventually falling back asleep.

Luke and I stayed up pretty late last night after I got off of the phone with Ashton. Even though he was sleepy, he stayed up with, me and we watched a ton more movies. He made me make popcorn, bring him water, anything to keep him awake longer.

He was even up for making out, which ultimately led to Luke getting really uncomfortable and a few minutes of awkward cuddling and silence before he relaxed again. I think he was afraid to sleep, but I wasn't completely sure.

We ended up falling asleep somewhere around three in the morning, so of course we were both exhausted. After falling asleep the second time, I woke up again at eleven-thirty.

I got out of bed easily, and I was just going to let Luke sleep for a little while longer.

I took a quick shower, where I also washed my hair, and I used the blow dryer that was in the bathroom to dry it. Once I was done, I put my hair up in a ponytail and then put it back down. The marks Luke left yesterday were still quite visible, but they were now red instead of purple.

I gave myself a kind of deep side part, and I brushed it in the direction I wanted it to go in. My hair was getting kind of long, so I was thinking about a haircut. I never really like long hair, and I always kept mine cut a little above my bra-strap. I guess I had been a little bit caught up to realize how much it'd grown over the months that had passed.

I went back into our room to find something to wear, and I settled on a pair of light wash jeans with a hole in the right knee and a plain white tee that had a v-neck. I found my white converse in the bag, so I put those on as well.

It was now twelve-fifteen, and Luke was still sleeping. I decided it was time to wake him up so he would have enough time to get ready without being rushed. If he got up now, he would have a solid hour to do whatever he needed to prepare for our day out.

"Luke?" I called out. I looked over to him, and he stirred but didn't wake. "Luke, babe, it's time to get up. It's twelve-fifteen," I said softly.

I heard him groan before saying, "Five more minutes?" I wanted him to be awake so I wouldn't be bored, but I also wanted him to have as much sleep as he needed, so I agreed.

"Fine, five minutes. Then, you really have to wake up."

I went to the drawers, and I found one of Luke's red and black checkered flannels, so I tied that around my waist.

Once I was done, I went to the kitchen to have some water. I poured myself a glass, and I walked over to the couch to sit on it. I turned on the television, and some random kids show was playing. I just let it stay since it was somewhat entertaining.

It took me two minutes to finish my water, so I continued to watch the television until it went to commercial break, which was five minutes later.

I'd given Luke a good seven extra minutes to sleep, therefore it was time to try and get him up again.

I went into the bedroom, and he was lying on his back. From where I was stood, I couldn't tell if he was still sleeping or not. One arm was draped across his stomach, and the other was laying across his eyes.

I walked over to the bed and sat down on the edge, right were his torso was. I leaned in, placing a kiss on lips briefly. This made him roll over.

"Luke, it's been like seven minutes. Wake up," I whined. I was so bored that I even resorted to watching kiddie shows. I needed some sort of entertainment, and I wouldn't get it if Luke was asleep.

"I don't want to get up. We can skip lunch and make up an excuse about why we couldn't make it later. Come lay down with me," he mumbled. As tempting as that sounded, I didn't want to just ditch Ashton. I hadn't spoken to him in weeks, and this was a good way to catch up.

"We can't do that. Well, we can, but I'm hungry. We slept in, and I haven't had anything to eat since we had popcorn last night," I said.

He rolled over so that he was now facing me, his bright blue eyes meeting my green ones. I could already tell, he was fully awake, so there would be no way he was going back to sleep.

"We can get room service?" he proposed, but I really wanted to go out, so I shook my head.

"Luke, please. The place Ashton is meeting us at has a rate of four-point-eight stars, so their food is probably incredible," I argued.

He sleepily smiled and said, "We can have sex." I coughed loudly nearly choking on my own spit. He sat up quickly, laughing at my expense. "I'm serious. We can do it right now. We can even go in the shower and finish what we started yesterday."

"No, Luke. We can do all that stuff later. Let's go out." He started taking off his shirt, and once it was off, he kissed me on the cheek quickly before getting out of the bed on the opposite side.

"Okay, I'll be back in like fifteen minutes," he informed. Luke walked into the bathroom, and seconds later, I heard the water in the shower start running.

Taking another shower with Luke did sound appealing, but I knew that we wouldn't get to do anything of the things he mentioned. Right before things got really heated, he would always back out, which was super awkward for me.

I didn't want to keep thinking about it, but it was starting to consume my every thought. Yesterday, I was turned on and then flicked back off like a light switch, and my needs still had yet to be filled. I was starting to get restless, but I didn't think Luke could tell because I was suppressing it so much.

About ten minutes passed, and the shower water turned off. Then, I heard the sink turn on. He came out of the bathroom a few minutes later with a towel wrapped securely around his waist.

His hair was flat on top of his head, and his body was glistening from the droplets of water. The temperature in the room rose by at least twenty degrees, and my cheeks heated up as well because I was thinking of things that I probably shouldn't be imagining.

I had to leave because I knew nothing was going to happen to satisfy me, and I didn't want to torture myself further by watching him change.

I went back to the couch and continued watching the kids shows. I checked the time once more and found it to be one-oh-six already. Ten minutes later, he poked his head out of the door.

"Can you help me dry my hair?" he asked.

I nodded and got up, following him to the bathroom. When we got in there, he lifted me on the counter so I could be closer to level with the back of his head, and he stood between my legs with his back facing me.

I quickly dried the back of his head before having him turn around so I could do the front. Just as I thought I was going to finish without him trying something, when I was drying the last section, he started untying the flannel around my waist.

I did not want him to start something he would end up not finishing, and I couldn't help but to think that would happen again.

"Luke, what are you doing?" The flannel was finally off of me, and his hands snaked under my shirt, resting on my sides. My breathing started to quicken, but I was trying to hide it as best as I could.

"What do you want me to do?" he retaliated. His hands crawled further up my midsection, and then they went around back, playing with the clasp that was holding my bra together.

He knew exactly what he was doing.

"I want you to stop," I said, my voice slightly betraying me at the end. His hands stopped fiddling with my bra, and  they slid down my back, making goosebumps raise all over my body. "Luke, stop."

"Why?" His hands did a little more wandering before settling on my sides again, squeezing them lightly.

"You never finish the job. I don't want to get turned on if you won't do anything about it," I explained. He moved his hands from under my shirt to the top of my thighs.

"Who said I wouldn't do anything about it?" he asked. By now, I'd put the blow dryer down and turned it off.

"Over these past couple days, you haven't, so-" I was cut off by Luke smashing hip lips against mine. Catching me off guard, he easily slipped his tongue into my mouth.

I didn't want anything to happen if he was just trying to prove a point, so I put my hand against his chest, and I slowly pushed him off of me.

"Ugh, I hate this so much," he said, back away from me and running a hand through the his now dry hair.

"What?"

"Nothing," he snapped. He walked out of the bathroom, and hopped off the counter quickly to follow him.

As I entered the bedroom, I took a glance at the clock, and it read one-twenty-two. I grabbed my phone off the nightstand and headed to the front door.

I walked out of the bedroom and saw Luke picking up his keys from off the table. He wasn't saying anything, but he walked out of the front door, expecting me to follow, which I did.

He was speed walking down the hallway, and I struggled to keep up.

I didn't mean to make him upset, I just didn't want to be disappointed yet again. Even though he said he would finish this time, I had trouble believing him. Anytime we would even get close to do anything, he would stop suddenly, and it would get pretty awkward. I didn't want that to happen again.

If we were going to go, I wanted to go all the way.

We went to the elevator, got on, and waited until we got to the bottom floor. Luke led me to his car once we got outside, and we got in without a word.

He pulled out of the parking lot and onto the road after he stared the car, and at the first stop light, I grabbed the hand that was resting on his own knee and laced it with mine. He didn't seem to react.

"Luke," I sighed, giving his hand a little squeeze.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to snap at you. I just get so frustrated with myself sometimes, but I promise it's nothing you need to worry about," he said quickly.

He turned a corner and pulled into a parking lot. Just like the GPS promised, we'd arrived after three minutes. From where we were parked, I could see Ashton inside the small café.

"Okay, but Luke, I just don't want you to be upset." He took his keys out of the ignition, and used his other hand to take my other one, making me face him.

"I'm not upset, I promise. You were right."

"Are you sure?" I asked, not meeting his eyes.

"Yeah, I'm sure." He must've noticed that I was looking everywhere but at him, so he said, "Look at me." Reluctantly, I moved my eyes to his, and he smiled at me, biting his lip ever so subtlety. That made my vision blur a little. "I love you, baby girl."

He leaned in a pecked me on the lips, and I felt a whole lot better. The tenseness that I'd felt earlier vanished and turned into relaxation.

"I love you," I told him, truthfully. He let go of my hands and opened his car door, getting out. I did the same, and he met me at my side

"Are you ready to go inside?" he asked. I nodded, and his hand immediately found mine again. He pulled me in close a kissed the top of my head.

We walked inside hand in hand, and when we got to the podium, I told the waitress standing there who we were with.

"We're with Ashton Irwin," I stated, my eyes scanning the place to try and spot him. "He was just in here a second ago. Curly blonde hair, hazel eyes?" The waitress nodded and motioned for us to follow her.

"He decided he wanted to be seated outside on the deck. Just follow me, and I'll take you to where he's sitting," she said as we approached the back door.

As soon as she opened it, I was met with the bright smile of one of my best friends, Ashton. He waved us over, and the waitress left once we got to his table. We were the only ones on the deck.

"Luke! Kate! How've you two been?" he exclaimed. I laughed as he stood up to embrace Luke and I.

"We've been good," I responded. We all took our seats, and Luke put his hand on the top of my thigh, rubbing it softly. "What about you?"

"I've been okay, I guess. My life's pretty boring without you guys, so yeah," he said. Luke started going through the menu, and I was about to do the same when Ashton stopped me.

"What's that?" he asked, his eyes wandering to the ring on my left hand. "Luke, tell me you didn't-"

"It's just a promise ring, Ash," I told him giggling. Luke gave my thigh a light squeeze, and I proceeded to pick up my menu.

"Oh, okay. You gave me a heart attack there for a second," he giggled. Everything felt nice so far. There was no awkwardness or tension, and I was glad for that.

I was about to finally make a decision on what I wanted to eat when the door to the deck opened. No one seemed to pay it any attention, and I wish I didn't either.

Out walked Calum, even though I made it clear to Ashton that he couldn't bring him. He pulled the shirt he was wearing further down and made his way over to our table. He stopped before he could even take a step after he realized that Luke and I were here.

After what felt like minutes of him contemplating whether he should make a run for it or not, he slowly walked over to our table and took a seat.

That explained the extra chair and menu.

Ashton looked up and noticed that he was back and gave me an apologetic look. Luke stilled hadn't noticed that we'd been joined by another person, putting all of his concentration on the menu. I glared at Ashton and kicked one of his legs under the table.

"Ow, shit!" he muttered under his breath. He doubled over to run some of the pain away, and that when Luke looked up and saw Calum.

He stayed quiet, and so did Calum. Luke sighed and kept his attention everywhere but our table. I didn't want to say anything out loud, so I grabbed my phone to text Ashton.

Kate
You said you weren't going to bring him.

I pressed send and waited for his phone to ding. Seconds later, that's exactly what happened, and he picked it up to answer.

Ash x
sorry, but they need to talk this out, and this is the only way.

Kate
Whatever. If something bad happens, it's your fault.

Ash x
nothing's going to happen, stop worrying.

I rolled my eyes.

Kate
You're right, nothing is going to happen because we're going to get our food and go.

Ash x
no, please stay.

Kate
If Luke wants to leave, we're going.

Ashton huffed from across the table, and before anyone could say anything. A different waitress from the one who escorted us out here walked up to our table, pencil and notepad in hand.

"Hello everyone. I'm Maddi, and I'll be your server today. Can I start you off with anything to drink?" she introduced herself in a polite tone and then focused on the notepad to catch everyone's drink orders.

"Can I have Coke, and a lemonade with no ice, the Coke for Luke and the lemonade for Kate?" Luke ordered for the both of us. I'm glad he knew me well enough to know what I wanted without having to ask. She scribbled it down and waited for the next person to speak.

"I would like Sprite please. For Ashton," Ashton said. It was Calum's turn, but he didn't say anything. He just sat there and stared straight ahead. "Cal, are you going to get anything to drink?" Ashton asked him.

"Uh, can I have water please," he spoke, and it was almost inaudible. Somehow the waitress managed to catch it, and she wrote it down.

"Okay, I have a Coke for Luke, a lemonade with no ice for Kate, a Sprite for Ashton, and water for Cal?" Maddi checked. When we all nodded, confirming she was correct, she said, "Alright, I'll be back with your drinks and to take your orders in a few minutes."

As soon as the brunette waitress was out of sight I leaned over to Luke and whispered in his ear, "We don't have to stay if you don't want to. We can get our food and leave."

He shook his head and then rested it on my shoulder, interlocking our fingers under the table. With his free hand he started playing with the ring on my finger until Maddi came back with our drinks.

She placed each of them in front of us, along with some straws, and got out her notepad, ready to take our orders.

"Can I have a chicken caesar wrap with parmesan cheese?" I requested. She scribbled it down and made eye contact with Luke, signaling him to go next. Luke sat up and opened the menu to the page where his food selection was before ordering.

"Um, I would like a tomato and mozzarella panini," he said, closing up the menu and taking a sip of his Coke. Once she moved on to the next person, he put his head back on my shoulder.

"Okay, may I have the chipotle chicken sandwich?" Ashton ordered. I saw Calum tap Ashton's shoulder, and when he got his attention, he leaned over and whispered something to him. A few seconds later Ashton spoke again. "Can he have the rosemary chicken dumpling soup?" he asked, pointing to Calum.

She nodded, repeated our orders back to us, and left after telling us how long the wait would be. The first few minutes were silent but then Ashton decided to speak.

"Luke, I haven't seen you around school in a while. Where've you been?" I could feel Luke tense, so I squeezed his hand for some reassurance.

"Um, I was allowed to stay home and work online. I still had the same due dates as everyone else though. I just had trouble sleeping, and it was effecting the time I would wake up. My mum contacted the school, and they said it was okay if I stayed home, I just couldn't miss any assignments," he explained. Ashton nodded along, and Calum was still staring down at the table, not saying a word.

I kissed him on his forehead, and he looked up and smiled at me, so I leaned down and connected our lips for a split second.

"Okay, okay, we don't need the visuals," Ashton said, covering his eyes. Luke laughed, and surprisingly, so did Calum.

Ashton and I made small talk, and Luke and Calum just stayed quiet until Maddi came back out with our food. She put the tray of food on another table nearby, and she handed each of us our orders one by one.

"Be careful, it's hot," she warned Ashton, Luke, and Calum. She left after passing out all of the food, and we all ate in silence.
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Once we were done with our food, Ashton had Maddi bring the check, and he paid for all of us. She brought Luke and Calum to-go containers for the part of their meal that thy didn't finished, and when she brought back Ashton's card and receipt, we all got up and left.

We walked through the door connecting the deck to the inside of the small restaurant, and we exited out of the front door. Ashton slung his arm around my shoulders, and Luke grabbed my hand. Calum was walking behind us.

"Kate, I don't want to leave. I had so much fun. This is all ending too soon," he confessed, fake crying. I giggled and so did he.

I had fun hanging out with Ashton. We used to always hang out and talk until I messed it up, but since we'd forgiven each other, we were back to normal, and I couldn't ask for anything better.

"Follow us back to our hotel," I invited. Luke's head snapped I my direction at the same time as Ashton's. Except, Luke's eyes were wide with disbelief, and Ashton's held amusement, like he couldn't wait to keep hanging out with me. "Luke, are you okay with that?"

I didn't want them to come if Luke didn't want them too. By the looks of his face, he didn't, but I wanted to check first.

"Yeah, whatever," he mumbled, and with that, he detached his hand from mine and headed to the car.

I quickly told Ashton and Calum goodbye, and I followed Luke. He was already in the car with it running when I got there, so I got in and we waited for Ashton to be ready to follow us. When he was, we pulled off, and Ashton was right behind us.

It took us a bit longer to get to our hotel because of rush hour traffic, and we had to keep making sure that Ashton's car was behind ours. Once we arrived to the hotel, we parked in the parking garage, and we waited for Ashton and Calum to meet us at one of the side doors.

Luke used his key card to let us in, and we found the nearest elevator so we could head up to our room. The whole way there Luke still hadn't spoken to me. He didn't even touch me while we were in the car, which was incredibly rare.

When we got to our room, Luke let us in, and Ashton and Calum literally gaped when they saw how beautiful the place was.

"This looks awesome," Ashton praised. Luke went straight for the bedroom, and he shut the door once he got in there. "What's his deal?"

I shrugged, even though I had an idea why he was mad.

"You guys can watch television or whatever. I'm going to go check on Luke," I told the boys. They nodded and went to the couch, sitting on it and turning the television to a random channel.

I went into Luke and I's shared room, and he was sitting on the edge of the bed. The curtains were open, and he was staring out the window, not paying any attention to the world around him, just what was happen win outside.

"Luke," I called. He turned around and his eyes met mine. I went and sat down next to him, but he pulled me onto his lap instead. "What's wrong?"

"I want to be alone with you right now, but Calum and Ashton are right outside this door. They'd probably be able to hear everything," he sighed. So that's why he was upset?

"Oh, I thought you were upset because Calum is here, and you don't want to talk to him."

"Well, yeah, that too, but that's only part of the reason." He nuzzled his face into the side of my neck and closed his eyes.

"I can ask them to leave," I offered, but he shook his head.

"It's fine, they can stay," he said, his voice a little muffled.

"Cool," I replied. We sat in silence for a second before I got an idea. "Remember that lesson you gave me in the janitor's closet at school?" He nodded, and I turned around the rest of the way so I was now straddling him. "We can put it to use."

"I don't think you would be able to handle that," he retaliated, smirking.

"Wanna bet?" Instead of his hands being behind him on either side of his body, he moved them to my hips.

Luke leaned in closer, but stopped just before our lips touched. "Try me." That was all it took for me to lean on the rest of the way and smash my lips against his.
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We kissed for what seemed like hours, but it was probably only about ten minutes. We were both shirtless, and just like the other morning, he left loads of love bites on my torso and neck.

He was excited. I could tell by the bulge in his pants. Things were going well, and I almost thought it was going to happen, but is soon as I went for his belt, he froze.

"Wait," he stopped me, breathing hard. I knew this was going to happen.

"What's wrong?" I asked, even though I already knew the answer. This has happened every time.

"I'm sorry, but-"

"It's okay, I get it," I told him. He groaned and got off of me. I, in turn, got off the bed to find my shirt, and I slipped it back on quickly.

I went to the mirror in the room and fixed my hair to cover the new hickeys, and I left the room after saying, "You and Calum really need to talk this out. Soon."

I shut the door and walked into the living room, finding Ashton and Calum with their eyes glued to the television.

"Kate, where've you," he started, but his eyes started scanning my body, and they rested on my neck. "Oh."

"We didn't," I confirmed, and he nodded.

"Oh."

Calum looked at me as well, and I shot him a small smile.

"Cal, Luke needs to talk to you," I said. He raised his eyebrows but got up from the couch anyway. He walked over to our room door, and he twisted the knob slowly before walking in and closing it back. "Ash, let's go on an adventure."

He didn't question it, he just got up as well and followed me out of the door.
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Luke's POV

The door to Kate and I's bedroom for the weekend opened, and I half expected it to be Kate, but instead, there stood Calum.

"What do you want?" I wasn't in the mood to talk to him, especially because he was the reason I wasn't mentally stable enough to do anything with my girlfriend.

"I need to talk to you," he said softly. I rolled my eyes.

I still hadn't put my shirt on, but we've seen each other in less clothes before, so I didn't care. I thought about it a bit more and realized that if I wanted to make a run for it, I didn't want to be outside this room without a shirt on, so I reached over and grabbed it, slipping it on swiftly.

"Well, I don't want to talk to you," I exclaimed. He didn't listen. He just continued to get closer to the bed that I was sitting on.

"Luke, please," he begged, but I wasn't having it.

"What, Calum? What could you possibly want to talk about? I don't have anything to say to you, so leave me alone!" I yelled. He visibly flinched, but again, I didn't care.

"There are plenty of things to talk about. For starters, I want to apologize. I swear-" I cut him off before he could even begin to make up excuses for his messed up motives.

"You should've apologized a long time ago, Calum. You almost had sex with her, when you knew the circumstances. You knew I was in love with her, but you still almost stole what was mine!" It hurt to bring it up again, but I knew this was the only way I would find some sort of relief.

I needed to release all my anger, and what better way was here to do it than to let it out on the one who betrayed me the most.

"I didn't start it, Kate did, and the last time I checked, I fucking stopped anything from happening, so don't blame this all on me!" he shouted. By this point, I was fuming, and I'm pretty sure there was steam coming out of my ears.

"She left me for two weeks, Calum. Two long weeks. I had to tell her that I was in love with her at an airport, right before she had to board her plane and leave. Do you know how hard that was for me to watch her go? It was all because of you and your audacity to be an impulsive idiot! And all you did after she left was pat me on the back and tell me I did a 'good job'. You had the perfect opportunity to tell me, and you kept it to yourself like nothing happened! What kind of best friend does that?" I yelled right back, being out of breath by the time I finished my heart-filled speech.

Half of the stuff I couldn't believe he actually let happened, but I guess you don't know everything about everyone.

"You should've never been on the phone telling someone else you loved them. Maybe if you hadn't screwed yourself up initially, she wouldn't have had the need to call me so I could fix your shit!" he spat.

"I was practicing! I wanted it to be perfect because that's how much I loved her, and you had to go and ruin everything!" We were going back and forth, and it was helping me let some things go. I only hope Kate wasn't still around to hear all of this. "I can't even have sex with my own girlfriend because every time I close my eyes, I see you and her, and it's fucking disgusting to look at. Sometimes I get so antsy, and I can't even take care of myself, let alone let Kate take care of me, because anytime we get close to doing anything, you and her together pops up in my mind, and it's an instant off. It's scares the crap out of me. I hate to even think about her with anyone else, and I can't deal with it anymore." I headed towards the door of the bedroom. It was getting way too hot in here, and I needed to leave before I punched a wall or something. That was my escape, but he followed me and said something I thought would never come out of his mouth.

"What if I liked her too?" he questioned, no longer yelling like he was before.

"What the hell did you just say?" I retorted, taking a step closer to him. His breathing picked up as if he got a sudden adrenaline rush, and he straightened his posture a little bit.

"I said: what if I like her too?" he repeated. I gave him an evil glare, but he didn't seem to be fazed by it, like he probably would've been a few minutes ago. Instead, he stepped closer.

"Impossible."

"I beg to differ. Just like you, I have feelings too," he huffed. I rolled my eyes.

"Well, apparently, you didn't love her, or even like her, enough to ask her to be your girlfriend. Did you?" The room went dead silent for almost a minute, and when Calum didn't say anything back, I took one step closer to him, now being only a couple inches away from his face and said, "That's what I thought."

I turned around, prepared to leave the room and go somewhere to reevaluate my life, but before I could get two steps away, I was quickly whipped around and a full impact punch was thrown to my jaw.
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Kate's POV

When Ashton and I left the hotel room, he had this bright idea to take me ding-dong-ditching. It was very juvenile, i admit, but it was fun nonetheless.

Once we got tired of knocking on door and running away, we decided to start pranking some people. We would knock on a door and wait for someone to answer before telling the person in the room some wild, made up story.

I'm pretty sure they thought we were being annoying, but it was fun to us, so we continued this for another few minutes.

We soon got exhausted and decided to go back to the room, so I challenged Ashton to a race back, which he gladly excepted.

I ran to the elevator and closed it before he could realized I'd bolted. He sweared loudly before giggling and running for the stairs.

I hoped off the elevator once it got to my floor and looked around for any sign of Ashton. When I didn't see him down the hall on the way to my room, I happily skipped down the hall.

As soon as I got to the door, I took out my keycard from my back pocket, and I slid it into the slot so I could unlock the door. Everything was going just fine, until I saw that I was walking in on a full fledged fight between my boyfriend and Calum.

Calum was sitting on top of Luke and hitting him blow after blow while I screamed at the sight. I didn't want to try and break it up because I didn't feel like getting socked in the face, or anywhere for that matter, by a stray punch. Swear words were thrown around, and I wanted it all to stop.

"You guys, stop!" I screamed, by no one seemed to hear me. They just kept hitting each other.

I never really liked violence, and I hadn't ever been exposed to it, so I didn't know what to do but cry.

I looked outside of our door and saw Ashton walking up the hall. He appeared to be out of breath, but he was probably the only one who could break up this fight.

"Ash, please come quick!" I yelled down the hall. My voice cracked a bit at the end, and that caught his attention. He started running towards the room just as a single tear slipped from my eyes. "Calum and Luke are fighting," I informed him just as he took a step inside.

His eyes widened before he ran over to the boys and yanked Calum away. It was fairly easy, since Calum was caught off guard, but once he realized he wasn't able to hit Luke anymore, he started struggling to get back to him. Luckily, Ashton was stronger, so he could hold him back.

"Fuck you, Hemmings!" Calum shouted, but Ashton dragged him out of the room and shut the door before he could break loose again. They didn't have a key, so they'd have to knock to get back in.

I looked over to Luke, and he was sitting up. I raced over to him and crouched down to get to his level. His hair was tousled, he had a busted lip, a bleeding nose, and I could already see a few bruises starting to form on his face.

I tried to examine him, but he flinched and hissed at my every touch. I was now full on crying even though I was trying so hard not to. I had to be strong for Luke, but it wasn't working. Seeing him so hurt was breaking me.

I sniffled, and when he realized I was crying, he used his thumb to wipe the tears away.

"I'm sorry," he said softly.

"It's okay. Let's just go get you cleaned up, and we can pack and get ready to leave soon," I told him. I stood and helped him up as well, and we headed to the bathroom so I could clean Luke's cuts.

He tried not to make eye contact with me, but I could tell he was crying too.
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A.N// omg no sharkeisha dontttt

okay that fight tho fr fr, how was it? who grabbed their popcorn? and who was on the edge of their seat? there are two kinds of people lol

long chapter for you guys 6.7k+ words so yahhh

seriously tho comment because i really love this chapter and i think a lot of things should be comment on mainly bc i want opinions (lollll i sound desperate af) anyway my follower to following ratio is like high so i wanna follow more of you. the top 20 people who comment on this chapter will receive a follow from me {and it can't be just spam [real opinions/thoughts/emotions please thanks]} that bribe tho omg i'm the worst

i've chosen the cover for this story, and a lot of you said you wanted me to keep the one i have now, so i'll change the cover for a couple weeks then i'll switch it back

thank you itsarzayleasfault for designing it for me. she's super sweet and was really nice to talk to ;-)

PSA: i'm going to be doing a mass editing of this book over the next couple days. i'll be going back and spacing out their lessons and changing the timeline a little so everything isn't so jumbled up and so everything is much more realistic

because i know i get a bunch of comments saying certain things don't happen that fast whatever and i'm completely aware but remember, i'm not the initial writer of this ff, i adopted it so i didn't write chapter's 1-7

to satisfy everyone and myself, i'll be fixing the timeline, and you can feel free to reread if you want to read it new and improved but whatever you choose is your decision

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this was kinda late so sorry, but it's really long so i hope you're happy with it

if anyone is good with advice dm me on here bc your help is greatly needed thank you :-)

this is getting vvv long so i'm gonna end it now, that is all i have to say and i'll talk to you guys soon!!! byeee ily all
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