A.N// hello guysss!!! so if you were wondering (which you probably weren't) state was terrible. i sprung my finger really bad so now i'm in a splint lol yay. i also didn't make it to regionals but my two teammates did, which is kinda sad. but yeah that's it. enough all about my joke of a life, lets get on with the chapter. ENJOY!
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Kate's POV

I woke up to the random, blaring tone of my alarm, and I rolled out of bed with a groan. I was not really looking forward to this day. My boyfriend was acting extremely weird, and Calum is probably going to try to avoid all contact with me from now on.

After I called him last night, our conversation literally only lasted for a couple minutes. I didn't even get to apologize. I was saying something about Luke when he made up an obvious lie about why he had to hang up to phone.

He hung up before I could finish my sentence, and I tried to call back immediately. The line went straight to voicemail.

He couldn't avoid me forever because we had classes together, so it was my plan to talk to him there. I needed to get this all straightened out so everything could go back to how it was before.

I went to the bathroom so I could take a quick shower. I was careful not to get my hair wet because I didn't feel like taking the time to let it dry. Once I was done, I brushed my teeth.

After drying myself off, I went into my room to get ready for the day. I brushed my hair into a ponytail, not caring whether my hickeys could be seen or not anymore.

I found a pair of black jeans hanging up in my closet, so I put those on along with one of Luke's sweatshirts. I took out a pair of black converse, put those on, and I grabbed my phone off the charger and Luke's car keys off the nightstand before turning off the light and leaving my room.

I went downstairs and into the kitchen to find something quick to eat, and there I found my dad.

"Morning, dad," I said. I disappeared into the pantry to get the granola.

When I came out, he greeted me. "Good morning, sweetie. Your mum will be back this afternoon, probably before you get back home from school," he told me.

I smiled and ran over to give him a hug.

"When's the next time you have to leave?" I asked. I wanted to know because then I could mentally prepare myself.

"The company said I have two weeks off, and I made it clear to them that they can't schedule random, out of town meetings during that time because I won't be there. I want to use this time and spend it with my favorite two girls," he said. I squeezed him tighter for a moment before letting go and kissing him on the cheek.

"Thank you so much, dad. You have no idea how much that means to me," I told him honestly. He smiled, and I went to the refrigerator to get out some yogurt.

Once I found it, I opened it up and put some granola in it. I got a spoon out of the cutlery drawer and napkin from off the counter.

I picked up my food and headed out of the kitchen and towards the front door.

"Where're you going? Isn't Calum supposed to be picking you up?" my dad asked as I was grabbing backpack.

"Oh, um...I have Luke's car. We came back from in town last night, and he was tired so I drove him home. I'm going to pick him up," I answered.

His eyebrows scrunched together, out of confusion I assumed before he said, "It's still really early though."

"Yeah, but I have to go make sure Luke wakes up on time," I explained.

I tried to leave again, but he stopped me once more.

"Why do you care so much?"

I forgot that I hadn't told my dad that Luke and I were in a relationship. He wasn't around when it happened, and when he came back, Luke was still taking his break. That topic of conversation had never come up, so he didn't know.

"Because, dad, Luke is my boyfriend."

It looked like he nearly stopped breathing. "What? When? For how long?"

"For almost a month." His eyes widened at this information, and he dramatically placed his hand over his heart.

"And why am I just now finding out about this?"

"I don't know, I guess it just never came up," I chuckled. His eyes scanned over my body, starting with my face and making his way down from there. Except, he didn't go any further than my neck.

"Are those what I think they are?" he asked. I nodded slowly, already knowing what he was talking about.

"Uh, I gotta go now," I said quickly, turning on my heels and bolting for the door. "Bye, dad. Love you!" I shouted, exiting my house and walking to Luke's car.

I got in and put the key in the ignition, turning it over to start the car. I was about to drive off when my dad stepped outside.

"Have a good day at school. Don't have sex, or you'll die!" he called. I laughed while putting up my thumb, then waving. I drove off and headed to Luke's house.
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I arrived ten minutes later, and I turned the car off, getting out and going to the front door after. I rang the doorbell, and Liz answered.

"Kate, good morning. How've you been?" she asked, pulling me into a hug.

"Well, thanks. How about you?" She released me from the hug and led me inside.

"I've been excellent," she responded. We walked into the kitchen, and we both took a seat at the island.

"That's great." She smiled and nodded before standing up and going over to her refrigerator.

"Yep...Can I get you anything for breakfast?" I shook my head, politely declining the offer since I'd just eaten.

"Oh, no thank you. I had something before I came."

"Very well then," she said. She came to sit back down after putting some water in her kettle. "It's early. You must've come to get Luke."

"Yeah, I wanted to make sure he didn't oversleep, and I have his car," I explained.

"Oh, he's been awake for about a half an hour. He got up to take a shower and get dressed, so I think he should be about ready," she said and got up to get the whistling kettle.

She put the tea in her cup and poured the boiling water over it, and she returned back to the table.

We carried on a conversation for a couple of minutes before she got up again to check on her tea. I saw her get some milk out of the the refrigerator and some sugar from a jar, and I watched as she prepped her tea how she liked it.

Liz was really nice to me, and she always has been. Ever since I was little, whenever Luke would be doing something fun, she would always ask my parents if I was allowed to come along. She even influenced them to get a house in this town.

She took a few sips before excusing herself so she could go get ready for work.

"Excuse me, Kate, but I better be going to get ready for work now. It was nice chatting with you," she announced.

"You too! I'm going to go make sure Luke is close to being ready to go," I said. I hopped off the stool and headed upstairs to Luke's bedroom. She disappeared down the hall as I walked up the stairs.

When I got to Luke's room, I put my hand on the doorknob. I was about to twist it when I heard a small moan come from the other side of the door.

"Ah, fuck." I instinctively jerked my hand away from the knob before I curiously placed my ear against the door, to listen to what was going on. I could hear rapid, short breathing and a few, almost inaudible, grunts and whimpers every now and then. This went on for almost a minute, and then Luke let out a loud groan. If you were listening for it, you probably could have heard it on the other side of the house. "Shit, oh fuck," he dragged out.

I was completely aware of what was happening on the other side of that door. I didn't want to interrupt him, so I waited outside until it sounded like he was done. When the moans died out, and it was silent for a solid thirty seconds, I rose my fist and lightly knocked on the door.

"Luke, can I come in?" I called. There was more silence, like everything suddenly stopped, before he answered.

"Y-Yeah. Give me a second." Just like he promised, a few seconds later, he opened the door.

His eyes were bright and glowing, and his entire face was flushed. His hair was sticking up in many different directions, and he sent me a smile before opening the door a bit wider and inviting me inside.

I walked over to his bed and took a seat at the foot. He was only dressed in a pair of boxers, most likely because that was the only thing he put on after his shower. I saw a towel on the floor in the corner of the room that confirmed my assumption.

Luke left the room, and I saw him go into the bathroom, to wash his hands I guessed.

He returned about a minute later, shut the door back, and walked to his closet to get the outfit that was hanging up and ready to put on. It was a plain black shirt, with LA and a few smaller letters under that in the top left corner, and a pair of black skinny jeans. He came over to where I was sat, and laid his clothes down next to me.

He leaned in and planted his lips on mine. He placed his hands on either side of my body. Sparks started in the pit of my stomach as I put my hands on his cheeks. He leaned forward, so I was slowly pushed back and his weight was supported by his forearms.

I wrapped my legs around his waist, which made him hum against my lips. I slightly opened my mouth, and he quickly slipped his tongue past my parted lips.

After a few minutes of slow and gentle making out, Luke pulled away and smirked at me. "Good morning, baby," he said with his forehead rested against mine.

I was smiling ear to ear when I said, "Morning." He leaned back in to peck me on the lips, and I unwrapped my legs from around him so he could get up.

I hadn't seen Luke like this in a while, and I was happy to see him so cheerful. It looked like he was back to how he was a few weeks ago before all this chaos took place.

He grabbed his shirt, that was lying next to me, and put it on quickly before sitting next to me so he could pull his tight jeans up his legs.

"How'd you sleep last night?" I asked. I was genuinely curious because he looked so distressed when I told him I wasn't spending the night. I just wanted to know that he was okay without me.

"Considering you weren't with me, I think it's the best I've slept in three weeks," he stated. It felt like a relief to hear him say that. "I know it's bad, but I think the fight cleared my head a little." He laughed while pulling his pants up the rest of the way, and he stood up to button and zip them.

When he sat back down, I took his chin in my hand and turned him to face me so I could look at the damage Calum did to his face. The bruising actually wasn't bad. He must've been icing for the remainder of the night like I told him to. There were only faint marks littering his jaw and cheeks, and his lip was completely healed.

"That's good, and your face is looking better. I thought those bruises would be dark for at least a few days, but they're already faded," I told him. He made a silly face, which caused me to laugh, and I said, "I love you," before pressing my lips to his.

He reached around me to grab ahold of my waist, and he pulled me on top of him. Luke wasted no time deepening the kiss, and I wrapped my arms around his neck.

He lowered himself back until he was laying flat on his bed. My hands played with the hair on the nape of his neck. Unlike the first kiss, this one was a bit more heated, but just like the first one, the burning sensation was taking over the entirety of my stomach. This feeling was amazing.

Luke's hands trailed down my sides until they got to my lower back, and he pressed me as close to him as possible. He moved his hands back to my hips, and he moved them so that my core rubbed against his growing bulge. He groaned into my mouth, and a couple second later, I pulled away to attach my lips to his neck.

I left a few open-mouthed kisses here and there, and I also nipped at some of the skin on his jaw, being careful to avoid a bruise that was there. When I was done with his jaw, I moved to a spot just above his collar bone, and I used my teeth to tease the skin. He let out a loud moan, and I smirked against his skin.

"Kate, babe, oh my god." I found a spot just under his ear, and I knew it drove him crazy. It made him whimper and call out my name multiple times, but it was all under his breath since we weren't the only ones in the house.

He was still using his hand to guide my hips to rub myself against him, and at this point, I was doing most of it by myself. I knew he had to be going mental, and I would have let him relieve himself, but I didn't know if we had enough time.

I was about to bring my lips back to his when my phone went off in my back pocket. I recognized it to be my alarm that told me it was time to leave the house unless we wanted to be late for school.

I sat up and took my phone out of my back pocket to turn it off, and Luke gave me a lazy smile. I leaned back in and connected our lips once more. "What was that?" he asked against my lips.

"An alarm. If we don't leave now, we won't have time to go to our lockers before class," I answered, pulling away for a second just to go back in to kiss him again.

He gave my sides a squeeze and said, "Well, if you don't want to go to school halfway through the day, I think we should stop now." He kissed me one more time, and I sat up, sitting on his torso.

"Okay, let's go." I got off of him, and he sat up. I stood up, and when he stood, I could see his bulge sticking out of his pants. "Luke, what're you going to do about that?" I asked pointing to it.

He looked down at it, and his eyes widened. I guess he didn't realize how big it was. He shrugged before saying, "I don't know. I guess I just won't go to my locker, and I'll stay in the car and take care of it." He chuckled and grabbed his phone off the bedside table.

Luke took a look in the mirror before we left the room, and he tried putting his hair where he wanted it. It didn't seem to be doing what he wanted, so he grabbed a grey beanie out of a drawer and slipped that over his hair to cover it up.

I walked out of his room first, and he followed. Once we got downstairs, he picked up his car keys from the table, where I left them, and he called to Liz that he was leaving.

We exited the house and headed car, getting in when we got there.
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I made it through half the day just fine, and when we got to lunch, Michael was the only one at our table.

"Michael!" I exclaimed as soon as I saw him. He looked up and his eyes lit up once he realized who had called his name. He stood up, and I literally leapt into his arms. He rubbed my back up and down, and giggled as I squeezed him tighter.

I knew it had only been like four days since I'd last seen him, but we had literally hung out everyday for three weeks, so I'd grown attached. I missed him for the time that I was gone, and it felt good to see him again.

"Kate, oh my gosh. Where've you been? I missed you like crazy," he said. When I pulled away, he was full on smiling, and Luke was standing behind me. He was next to give Michael a hug.

"Sorry for the lack of communication, but Luke took me into the city for the weekend," I explained.

He smirked and said, "Well, I can tell you two had fun." His eyes went straight for both of our necks, and I blushed.

"Oh, we didn't do anything," I tried defending myself. He gave me this look that said 'yeah, sure', and my mouth formed an o shape. "I swear! We just hung out."

"Okay, I believe you," he replied, raising his hands in surrender. I could see Michael had already had his lunch, and Luke went off campus to get us something, so we sat down to eat.

During lunch, Michael and I talked about anything and everything. It was a great conversation, and then he brought up Calum. I tensed and I could see Luke tense up beside me.

"Do you know where Cal and Ash are? I saw them in my first class today, but they aren't here," he explained. I shrugged.

"I don't know. But I do know that he's avoiding us," I answered, gesturing between Luke and I.

"Why?"

"Because Luke and Cal got into a fight yesterday," I told him. His eyes went wide as he finally zeroed in on the fading bruises scattering Luke's face.

"Over you?" he questioned. I nodded and he shook his head. "I really hoped you guys could work out your problems," he said facing Luke.

"Me too," I chimed in. Luke huffed beside me, and when I looked at him, he was rolling his eyes. "Luke, he wants to apologize to you. He wants to make things right," I tried telling him.

"I don't want to talk to him." He glared at me, and then looked at Michael, which caused him to look down and focus on his food.

"Stop being like this," I whined.

"Like what?" he countered. Before I could tell him how stubborn and childish he was acting, the bell rang to dismiss us from lunch and have us head to our next class.

"Bye, Mike," both of us said at the same time. He waved and left the cafeteria, just the same as everyone else.

My next class was with Calum, so I went to my locker to get my materials for it first. Once I was done, I shut my locker door, and behind it was Luke. He was getting books out of his locker as well.

"Luke," I called. He looked towards me and slightly puckered his lips so I would get the message that he wanted me to kiss him. "I'm going to my next class, so I'll see you when school is over?" I asked, kissing him quickly.

"Yeah, I'll probably already be at the car, so just come out when you're ready. We can go to my house and hang out, do homework or something for a bit, then I'll take you home," he replied. I nodded and began to walk off, but he stopped me. "Kate?"

I turned around and met eye with him. "Yeah?"

"I love you, baby," he said. My heart melted, and I smiled when he added a wink.

"I love you too. I'll see you later, Luke." I walked away with the largest smile on my face, but it dropped as soon as I remembered who would be in my next class.

I walked down the hall in haste to make sure I was on time to class, and when I got there, I took my regular seat. Calum was my partner, and when I sat down, he didn't even acknowledge me.

The teacher wasn't in the room yet, so I took this opportunity before the bell rang to try and talk to Calum.

"Cal," I called. His attention was still focused forward, and he pretended like I wasn't here. Our teacher walked in exactly a second before the bell sounded, and she set her things up before she started talking. I decided to try again. I wasn't going to give up until I got him to talk to me "Calum." He still acted like he didn't hear me, even thought I was sat right next to him. The teacher looked my way and placed a finger over her closed lips to tell me to be quiet, and I nodded to signal that I understood. She then started going on about an upcoming project, and I looked at Calum again. Everything I need to say was running wild inside my head and was making it spin. I really needed to talk to him. "Calum Thomas Hood," I said softly, but in a stern tone.

This got his attention. He turned his head and looked me straight in the eye and said, "I'm trying to listen to what Mrs. Ruggs is saying. What do you want?" he spat. I flinched, and when I looked up, the entire class, plus the teacher was staring at the two of us.

"Hood. Bennett. Out, now. Front office!" she yelled. Calum rolled his eyes, and my cheeks went bright red. I gathered my things, the same as he, and left the room swiftly.

He walked out behind me, and all I could hear was the slam of the door. I knew he was mad at me for getting him kicked out.

I'd never been sent out of class before. I was always a really good student, and I was a kiss-up most of the time, but this was too important to me than a class right now. If I didn't get this sorted out, I wouldn't be able to focus on class anyway.

Calum was walking much faster than me, so by this point, he has surpassed me in the hallway and was further along than I was.

"Calum," I sighed, trying to catch up to him.

"Don't talk to me." The office was on the other side of the school, so we had our ways to go.

"Calum, please," I begged. He was walking even faster now, most likely trying to distance himself from me, and I was still trying to catch up.

All of a sudden, he turned around, and I pretty much collided into his body.

"What do you want, Katherine. I fought your dumbass boyfriend. I listened to you go on about nothing for three minutes last night, and you get us kicked out of class! What else could you possibly want from me?" he screamed. I shied away because of his tone, but he didn't break his angry façade.

"I just wanted to apologize," I said in a small voice.

"Well, I don't want your apology."

"I think you need to hear it," I argued.

"Go then." He turned around and walked away. I followed him and on the rest of the way to the front office. I spilled my heart out to Calum.

I told him how sorry I was for making it seem like it was all his fault when it clearly wasn't because who know what would've happened if he hadn't stopped us. I apologized for not having his back when all of his other friends turned on him. I apologized for not sticking up for him when Luke and Ashton was bashing him, and I apologized for getting us into this mess in the first place. I literally begged for him to forgive me.

I started crying when I told him that I knew why he and Luke fought, and we had to stop in the middle of the hallway so he could hug me. When his arms wrapped around me, I realized what I had been missing. I went without one of my best friends for close to a month or more, and I forgot how good it felt to have someone there for you who understood what you were going through and where you were coming from.

"Cal, I'm so sorry. I didn't know," I sobbed. Just like Michael, he rubbed my back up and down, trying to console me.

"Shh, it's okay. I forgive you," he said softly.

"But I led you on, and I didn't mean to." I was still crying, and he was trying to get me to calm down.

"Kate, please. You didn't lead me on. No offense, but I don't actually like you," he confessed. What? I felt so bad because of something I assumed, and it wasn't even true.

I looked up at him from my place in his arms, confusion plastered all across my face.

"What?"

"I never told Luke I liked you," he explained. "I asked him what if I liked you. Those are two different things, but he gave a pretty valid answer, so I'd have to give him that." He wiped the tears from under my eyes and kissed me on the forehead. Then, he pulled away completely. As soon as he was untangled from me, I punched him in the arm. He immediately grabbed it and grimaced like it hurt, but he was laughing.

"What is wrong with you!" I yelled. I wasn't mad, more confused, but this was also kind of hysterical.

"I'm sorry your boyfriend incorrectly translated what I said," he defended himself, still laughing.

"It's not funny. I thought I'd messed up so bad, and you were confirming it."

"I didn't mean to. I'm sorry," he said. He pulled me into another hug, and I could feel my entire body relax. I pulled away first, but he kept one of his arms around my shoulders, and we walked the rest of the way to the front office laughing and catching up on what we missed in the last month.
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A.N// i hope you enjoyed that. we got some fluffy make ups so A+ for cal and kate

how was the plot twist? was it good? did i do a good job? did you see it coming? so calum doesn't actually like kate lol haterz back off. bet you didn't see that one coming did you? nope lol i win haha

still on spring break and my science teacher is literally a witch for giving us so much work omg fml

OKAY OKAY SO i forgot to tell you guys in the last chapter, but i'm officially going to SLFL atlanta in july and i have soundcheck (i'm on michael's side btw *insert heart eyes emoji*)!!!1 wooo it's a chocolate milk party! if you're going to that show, i might arrange something so if you want to meet me?¿ you can?¿

fun fact: i'm learning italian! just started on monday *smirks*

ALSO i'm thinking about doing a q&a author's edition so you guys can get to know me, so leave your questions

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i'm probably gonna do a character ask and answer soon as well bc why not, just not rn lol okay so yeah

that's it i love you all. it's really nice to chat with you guys so hmu if you're ever bored. i do random add sprees on snapchat (camisnotonsnap) so you can talk to me there if you want or you can talk to me on here or through dm on twitter (zapmikerowave) aye okay that's really it this time

ily all and i just want to thank you for taking the time to read this even though it's pretty much trash and staying even when it takes me ages to update. i'll update soon, but until then, stay rad BYEEE
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