A.N// hello everyone, sorry you've been waiting awhile i have a rough life lol not really but i was kinda busy, enjoy this anyway and read the author's note at the end for a funny story ;-)
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Kate's POV

When Calum and I got to the front office, the secretary directed us to the principal's office. I had never been to the principal's office before because I never got in trouble, so I wasn't sure what to expect.

I knew that if I was going through this by myself, I'd probably be bawling my eyes out, but since I had my best friend with me, who was going through the same thing, I was okay. I still really just wanted my boyfriend, but Calum would suffice.

Once we were stood in front of the door the secretary told us to go to, Calum raised one of his hands and knocked lightly.

"Come in," we heard from the other side. We walked in to find our principal, Dr. Colston, staring down at his computer, typing away. "Have a seat, please," he instructed.

There were two chairs, placed side by side, in front of his large, cherrywood desk. Calum and I complied by sitting down, setting our bags down by our feet. I looked over to Calum, who didn't seem nervous in the slightest, and he just had a blank expression covering his face, probably preparing himself for the worst.

Dr. Colston was typing something and using his mouse to click around for a few more minutes before he acknowledged us again.

"So, Mr. Hood and Ms. Bennett, I received an email from Mrs. Ruggs upon your arrival," he began. "I was informed that you both disrupted the class. You," he said pointing to me, "by talking after your were told not to, and you," he turned to Calum, "had an unnecessary outburst. Is that correct?"

We both nodded and he focused his attention back on his laptop. I was scared to speak, but I desperately wanted to know to what extent the consequences would be.

"Uh...um," I stuttered. I gained his attention as he looked me directly in the eyes. "What's going to happen to us? Like, are we going to be suspended?" I asked. I didn't want that to be the case. I was scared of getting in trouble for anything school related. I wasn't sure what my parents would do.

"Well, your records will be the determiner of that. Let me just check and see. If you have a clean record, I'll let you off with a warning, but if you've already gotten one within the past three months, I'll have to write you up," he explained. I sighed in relief because this was my first 'offense' ever. He did a little more scrolling through his laptop before I heard a clicked, and he cleared his throat. "Katherine, your records look pretty clean, squeaky even. Is this your first time being sent out?" I nodded and squeaked out a small yes. Another silence overtook the room as he went searching for Calum's files. "As for you Calum," he started. Dr. Colston's eyebrows scrunched together as he went down Calum's file, and I knew to just prepare for the worst. I was the one who got him in trouble, and if he had to get a write-up, I would feel absolutely terrible. "I'm afraid that...you've already gotten a warning." I put my hand on top of Calum's, and he looked over to me and shrugged. "But that was four months ago, so you're all good to go. I'm going to put this warning down in your file, and after three months, it will erase. You guys are dismissed. Wait in the lobby until the bell for next period rings," he informed us. Calum and I stood up, grabbed our bags, and we headed for the door.

"Thank you so much, Dr. Colston," I said gratefully. I was so glad that none of this was going to go on my permanent record, and my parents didn't even have to know.

"It's not a problem. Behave you two," he replied as we walked out of the room and went to the lobby to find a place to sit. We decided on a bench that was just near the door, and we both took a seat.

He was staring straight ahead, and I was playing with the ring on my finger. I pulled my phone out to check to time, and I found it to be about twenty minutes until this period ended. I took a deep breath before resting my head on Calum's shoulder.

"Cal?" I called up to him softly, after we had been sitting in silence for five minutes. I lifted my head, and he looked down at me, our faces dangerously close together.

"Yeah?" he breathed. I could tell his heartbeat was quickening as he looked into my eyes, awaiting a response.

"I'm glad we made up," I told him, and he smiled.

"So am I. I'd never want to lose you, Kate," he said. I leaned in, and he stiffened beside me. I placed a quick peck on his cheek, and he relaxed once he realized this wouldn't be a repeat of last time.

"Me either," I agreed. "Now, all that's left is you and Luke," I said, still looking at him. His jaw clenched.

"No, I'm done trying to apologize to him. He doesn't accept it, so I'm done. I beat his ass, and we're just gonna leave it at that because it doesn't matter anymore," he seethed. I frowned, knowing it would be hard to break either boy's stubbornness. I just wanted us all to be friends again, and it was incredibly hard when Luke wouldn't accept the apologies to the point where Calum stopped trying.

"Cal, you can't give up on him. He's been your best friend for years. You guys have to work this out. Don't give up on him, on your friendship," I tried convincing him. He didn't seem to be listening, and if he was, he wasn't going to take my advice.

"Kate, it's so hard to get through to him. You don't understand because he let you in easily," he said. My eyebrows knitted together because that definitely was far from the truth.

"No he didn't," I disagreed. "He didn't speak to me for three weeks, Cal."

"Yeah, but after those three weeks, he forgave you just like that. I've tried at least twenty plus times, and all I get is rejected or yelled at."

"True, but he'll come around. I promise." I was going to try my best to get Luke to agree to accept Calum's apology and apologize. I didn't know how I was going to pull it off, but I was going to try.

"How do you know that?" he countered. I shrugged.

"Because, I'm going to help. I'll do everything I can and more. Don't worry." Just as he was about to speak, the bell rang. We grabbed our things and headed towards the door.

"Okay, I'm counting on you, Kate," he said, starting to walk the opposite direction from me.

"Alright. I won't disappoint!" I yelled back giggling.

He laughed and winked before saying, "I hope not! Bye!" I waved, and we parted our ways, heading to our last class of the day. Fortunately, mine was with Ashton, who I hadn't seen all day.

When I got there, he was already sitting at our usual table, smiling wide with his eyes focused on nothing in particular.

"Hey, Ash!" I said cheerfully, walking over to our table and taking a seat next to him. He pulled me in for a weird side hug while we were still sitting down, and I returned the hello.

"Kate, so how's your day been?" I thought about my answer to that for a second before answering. The morning started off pretty wonderful, and the rest of the day was running smoothly until I got kicked out of class along with Calum. That caused up to make up, so it was a plus, not a negative. Then, the principal let us of the hook, so we didn't actually get in trouble. I guess my day hadn't been too bad.

"Uh, pretty good, I guess. What about you?" I returned. His face scrunched up before he answered.

"Same. Yeah, nothing exciting really happened today. It was just normal." I nodded along, agreeing with him.

"Yeah...So, where were you and Calum at lunch today?" I asked nonchalantly.

"Calum didn't want to go by himself, and I had to stay in class to finish up an assignment, so he came to my class. When I was done, we went and got lunch off campus and ate in my car," he explained, giggling afterwards.

"Oh, we are you guys going to be at lunch tomorrow?" I asked, my hopes up high.

"Probably not," he answered. "Cal doesn't want to have anymore interactions with Luke unless he has to, which is at band practice."

"Aw, well, we made up last period, so we're all good. I just wish Luke would stop being so stubborn about this and hear Calum out," I told him honestly.

I had to agree that my boyfriend was a tough cookie. Once he had his mind set on something, he was hard to crack.

"Me too. He's the last one to forgive Calum and apologize, and then the squad will be back in motion," he said, and I nodded.

"I'm trying to help Calum. He said he was done trying to apologize to Luke, but I told him that he needed to keep trying and I'd convince Luke to listen somehow." The plan wasn't very solid, but I had a feeling that Luke would give in after I begged for a while. I didn't want this to take long, but I wanted him to take his time.

"Okay, but how are you going to get Luke to agree?" he asked, and I shrugged.

"That's the part I have to figure out," I confessed. This topic was already making my brain hurt so I decided to change the subject. "So...Can I go for lunch with you guys tomorrow?" I asked.

"Uh, yeah. Sure, but what about Luke?" I hadn't thought about that.

"Um, I'll just tell him that I have to stay in class to do talk to our teacher or something. I don't really know, but I'll figure it out," I said.

"Do you think that's a good idea, to lie?" he questioned. I shook my head.

"I mean, no, but he'd never let me go with you guys if he found out I would be around Calum," I explained. "He's still kind of messed up mentally about that whole situation."

"Ah, I see."

"Yeah, so, where do I meet you guys tomorrow?" I asked. The bell rang, and out teacher walked in, setting up her laptop and the projector so we could begin class.

"When the bell rings, go to hall D, room one-oh-six. That's Calum's class. Like I said, I meet him in there, and then we go to my car, or his, to go get food," he directed.

I nodded before saying, "Okay, I'll be there." Just then, our teacher cleared her throat and started talking, thus beginning our class.
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As soon as our class ended, Ashton and I said our goodbyes, and we parted ways. I headed outside to where Luke's car was parked, and just like he promised, he was inside waiting for me.

I opened the car door, and his headed snapped up. Once he saw who it was, he smiled.

"Hello, beautiful," he greeted, giggling. I saw him out his phone away, getting ready to drive off.

"Hi, Lukey. How were your last two classes?" I asked. His hand that wasn't on the steering wheel was rested on his knee, so I took it off and intertwined it with mine. His eyes flickered to me quickly before returning to the road.

"They were okay. My last one was kind of boring, but he let us out early, so that made it better," he smiled. "What about you?"

"Um, mine were okay. Pretty normal," I answered. I didn't want to tell him about getting kicked out. He'd never let me live it down.

"Cool. So, what do you want to do when we get to my house? Have any homework?" I shook my head it the realized he wasn't looking at me.

"No, so I guess we can just hangout. My mom is back in town and we're going out for dinner tonight, so I have to be home by six to get ready," I told him.

"Okay, we can watch a movie or something," he offered.

"Yeah, that's fine."

The car was silent until we got to his house. He pulled into his driveway, and we both got out and headed towards the front door.

He used his key to unlock the door, and once we were inside, we went straight to his room. When we got there, he closed his door and kicked his shoes off. I did the same.

He went to his television stand and got a game controller off top of it. He turned on the console and made hi way back over to his bed.

Luke laid down but elevated his head with all of the pillows he had on his bed, and he patted the spot next to him so I could join. I crawled into the bed and next to him. He immediately engulfed me into his arms, wrapping them around me so I was practically laying on top of him with my legs on either side of his left one. I rested my head on his chest, and he put his controller bearing hands on top of his stomach and started the game.

After a few rounds of Luke playing Call Of Duty, I thought it was time to try and ease in the subject of him accepting Calum's apologize and possibly apologize himself.

"Luke?" I called up to him, my head still resting comfortably on his chest. He glanced down for a second, then looked back up to the television.

"Yes, baby?"

"Can we talk for a second?" I asked biting my lip slightly. His fingers moved on the controller, and I looked up to see the game was paused. He was trying to sit up, so I got off of him so he was able to.

"Uh-oh," he dryly chuckled. "What about? Everything okay?"

"Yeah, everything's fine. I just wanted to, um, ask you if you think you and Cal were ever gonna be friends again," I said, and his face contorted.

"I don't know, nor do I really care," he responded in a short tone.

"Luke, you should care. He's your best friend. You guys have known each other for years," I spoke, but it seemed like he was just shrugging every word I said off.

I wanted to show him that even though times may get tough, you can always try to work through them. If you love someone enough, you can get through anything.

"So...?"

"You can't just give up on him. He's been trying to apologize to you for weeks."

"Yeah, I can if I want to," he argued. "And like I said before, I don't care." He turned his game back on, which was his way of telling me he was done with this conversation, but I still had somethings to say.

"Luke," I sighed.

"Katherine," he retorted.

"How many times are we going to fight about this?" I asked, my tone close to being defeated.

"Until you come to terms that I don't care," he said blankly, not even caring if it hurt my feelings or not. I threw my hands in the air and huffed loudly, giving up on the conversation.

"Luke, why is it so hard for you to just forgive him? He made a mistake, and he understands that! Why are you holding on to this?" I shouted, which made him paused the game again and turn to face me.

"Fucking hell, Kate. Because, I see it in my head every time I close my damn eyes. I've tried everything, and nothing works. He doesn't get it because he doesn't have to live with that image. For fuck's sake, I can barely sleep at night because of this shit!" He yelled back. I sort of felt bad, not only for him but for myself as well.

"But you forgave me, Luke. That's such a double standard. I was involved just as much as Calum was, and you give me the easy way out. You can't do that," I explained, calming down a little.

"Well, I can do whatever I want. And I'll forgive him when I feel like, but right now, I'm done talking about this," he said, with a bite still in his tone.

"Wow, okay, Hemmings. Take me home," I demanded.

"What?"

"I said: take me home," I repeated. I didn't want to hang it anymore. I was infuriated already, and I just wasn't in the mood. All I wanted to do was go home and cry or something. I needed a way to let off some steam because this situation was stressing me out.

"Why? We still have, like, two hours to kill," he questioned. He was now back to his normal self, and of course, he didn't want me to leave his side.

"Luke, I want to go home. Now," I pleaded. With a sigh, he turned the game off and stood from the bed. I got up as well, and we both put on our shoes and went downstairs without a word.

Luke grabbed his keys from off the counter, and we headed outside. He unlocked his car, and we both got in. He started the ignition and pulled out of the driveway and onto the street.

About two minutes into the drive, my mind started racing, and a tear slipped out of my eye. I sniffled, trying to be quiet, but Luke heard because his eyes flickered to me for a moment before going back on the road.

"Kate, don't cry," he said softly. I rolled my eyes.

"Leave me alone," I requested. I didn't want to talk to him. He was making me dizzy, but not in the good way.

"Baby-" I tried, but I cut him off.

"Shut up, and leave me alone," I spat. He sighed deeply reaching his hand over to place it on my thigh. I swatted it away.

Every time he touched me, it felt like a fire was being lit throughout my entire being, and I didn't want to feel that at the moment. I wanted to stay mad.

The rest of the ride was quiet, and when we got to my house, I got out of the car with saying a word.

Luke said, "I love you," right before I got out, but I just shut the door to his car and went to my front door, using my key to let myself in.

My mom greeted me as soon as I walked through the door, and I put a smile on my face for her sake. Also, because I didn't want to have to explain anything.

We chatted and caught up for about an hour befit we both decided to start getting ready for dinner. My dad got home right as I was about to start doing my hair, and that meant I had thirty minutes left.

Once I was done, it was around seven o'clock. My mum and dad were ready as well, so piled into my dad's car and headed the restaurant my dad chose to take us to.

Meanwhile, I took out my cellphone to text two people, Ashton and Luke. I sent a message to Ashton first.

Kate
Hey, Ash. Can you pick me up in the morning for school?

He replied about a minute later.

Ash x
sure, usual time?

Kate
Yeah, thank you! :)

Ash x
no problem xx

Then I texted Luke.

Luke <3
Don't come to pick me up in the morning. I'm riding with Ashton.

I closed my phone and joined in the conversation with my parents. The twenty minute drive had passed, and I still hadn't received a text back.
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Tuesday

After waking up early and getting ready for school like normal, I was sat on my couch waiting for Ashton to pick me up. I was having an apple for breakfast, and after about five minutes of waiting, he texted me to inform me that he was waiting outside.

When I got to his car, we said our hellos before he drove off and we headed to school. We made small talk until we got there.

Upon my arrival, I went to my locker, and there I found Luke. He was getting books out, and when he was finished, he tried to talk to me.

"Kate," he sighed. I turned to face him, grabbing the last folder I needed out of my locker and shutting it softly.

"Yes, Luke?"

"Are you still upset?" he asked. I was, in fact. I didn't understand why he just couldn't accept the apology so we could move forward. I was doing everything I could to help, but he wasn't even taking that into consideration.

"Depends," I admitted.

"On?" he asked. I didn't want to bring it up again, because I knew it was going to lead to an argument, but he asked.

"Have you considered what I said yesterday?"

"Kate, I already told you that I'm not forgiving him," he sighed. I rolled my eyes and straightened up a little.

"Well, there's your answer," I said, walking past him. He called out for me a few times, but he didn't make an effort to follow me.

My first class went by in a breeze, and I trudged along to my second. I had it with Luke and Michael. I wasn't looking forward to seeing Luke, but since Michael would be there, I would have someone to talk to.

I arrived with minutes to spare, and I sat down by Michael in the back of the classroom.

"Hi, Kate!" he exclaimed smiling. I waved, giggling lightly, and I took my work out to prepare for the teacher to check it.

Luke walked in just before the bell rang, and he took out his work as well. Michael was frantically copying the back of mine because he said he didn't know there was a back. Luckily, Mrs. Oliver came to our table last, so we all got a good grade.

She went over the homework before moving on to notes, and then she gave us an in class assignment to complete quietly.

Her class went by in a breeze, and before I knew it the bell for lunch rang. All of the students filed out of the class in a bunch, so it was easy for me to get lost in the crowd. I made my way to the room Ashton told me to meet him in, and it was just a hall over from the one I was on.

When I got there, I saw Ashton standing outside with his hands shoved deep in his pocket.

"So, I see you decided to show up?" he questioned giggling.

"Yup. Where's Cal?"

"Oh, he should be out any second now," Ashton replied. Seconds later, out came Calum. "Alright, crew's together. Where shall we go today?"

"Um, let's go to my house and make sandwiches," Calum said. I nodded, agreeing. We had forty-five minutes for lunch, and Calum's house was about seven from the school if he didn't drive slow.

"Okay, I'm down. Ash?"

"Yeah, sure. Let's head out," he said. We all followed behind him, and when we got to his car, he unlocked it. I took the passenger's seat, and Calum sat in the back. Ashton peeled out of the school parking lot and drove towards the Hood's home.
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Friday

For the rest of the week, Calum, Ashton and I did the same thing. We would each choose a place to get food from, whether it was going to someone's house or to a fast food place. We would eat it in the car and get back into the building before lunch ended.

It was fun hanging out with them, and I realized that I'd missed having that amount of fun, but I didn't realize any of it because I was caught up in my own worries. With Ashton and Calum, it was light-spirited. They were hilarious, and we just talked about random stuff. Nothing ever got serious, and I liked that. Our entire group of friends was like that at one point, but it was broken up. I was trying desperately to fix it all.

Luke had asked where I was during lunch yesterday, and I just told him that I stayed in Mrs. Oliver's class because she was helping me stay current with my work from all of my classes. He believed it, and didn't question it anymore. I hated lying to him, but I didn't know what I would do if he found out I chose Calum over him. He already has trouble coping with this entire situation.

We were in Mrs. Oliver's class, and I was counting down the seconds until the bell rang for lunch. I was looking forward to lunch today because we planned to go through the drive-thru at Taco Bell, something Ashton apparently had been craving all week.

Once the bell did ring, I bolted for the door, letting myself get lost in the crowd, so Luke didn't notice me leave. I made my way to Calum's classroom, where I met Ashton and Calum waiting for me outside.

"Ready to go?" Ashton asked. I nodded, and we headed for the front of the school. When we got outside, we loaded Calum's car and Ashton drove. He took us to the nearest Taco Bell, and we ordered an enormous amount of food. I wasn't sure how I was going to eat my portion.

Luckily, Calum and Ashton finished what I couldn't. Once we were done, we returned inside of the school, and we were right on time because the bell rang as I was approaching my locker.

I was mindlessly getting somethings out when Luke charged towards me. I looked up, and he seemed to be quite pissed off. I shut my locker and turned to face him, but before I got the chance to ask him what was wrong, he spoke first.

"Kate," he breathed out.

"Yeah?"

"Where were you at lunch today?" he asked. My eyebrows scrunched together in confusion. Of course I knew where I was, but I wasn't sure if I wanted to tell Luke the truth or not.

"Um, I told you. I stay with Mrs. Oli-" he cut me off before I had the chance to speak. He seemed even angrier than before.

"Don't fucking lie to me, Katherine!" he yelled. It was loud enough for me to cower in fear, but it wasn't loud enough for anyone else to hear.

"I-I'm not, I-" again I was cut off.

"Yes, you are. I went back to Mrs. Oliver's class because I forgot my cellphone, and you weren't in there. I asked her about the little 'tutoring' sessions you claimed to have been having with her, and she insisted that she didn't know what I was talking about. What the fuck? Where've you been this entire week?" My throat felt like it was closing up. I knew I'd been caught. I couldn't do anything but tell him the truth, and I had a feeling his reaction wouldn't be positive.

"Luke, I'm really sorry," I said. His face became puzzled.

"Why? What did you do?" he questioned me frantically, his eyes searching my face for any answers.

"I've been hanging out with Cal and Ash. I go to lunch with them everyday," I confessed in a small voice. A few beats of silence went by where he didn't say anything, so I called out to him. "Luke?"

"Kate, I-Why?"

"Because, Luke! You aren't trying to mend your friendship with Calum, and I want to be friends with him. I can't just not talk to him because you don't like him, that's not fair. They're good company, and not once this week have we gotten into an argument. Luke, everyday since Sunday, we've fought, and before that, we weren't on speaking terms for almost a month. I don't know what else you want me to do," I explained. A single tear slipped from my eye, and I sighed in frustration. I was so tired of crying, and I was tired of Luke being the reason that I cried. Nothing was ever this hard before we got into a relationship. I wanted things to go back to the way they were before. I wiped my eyes before saying, "Luke, I don't think this is working."

His eyes widened, and he moved a little closer to me. "What are you talking about?" he asked in a rather calm tone.

"I'm talking about us. I can't do it anymore."

That's when's he grabbed my hands and started pulling me towards him. "No, no, no, Kate," he repeated. "Let me make it up to you, please." I stood there, expression blank except the tears running down my face. I pulled my hands away from his and wiped them away quickly. "Baby, please. You promised," he pleaded pointing to my ring.

"Fine, but I hope this works." He smiled shyly and tried to lean in for a kiss, but I blocked it. "Nothing until after tonight," I told him.

"Right, okay. Um, well I guess I'll see you later. Pick you up at seven?" I nodded and started backing away.

"Bye, Luke."

"Bye, I love you," he said, which wasn't making this any easier. If we couldn't rekindle this tonight, I didn't know what I was going to do or what was going to happen. I didn't want to break up, but he hasn't been the same since after I got back from California. I was looking for the Luke I've always known, but I couldn't find him anywhere.

On my way to class, the only thing I could think about was what was going to happen on this date and whether it was going to go good or end our relationship for good.
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A.N// wow dramatic much?

okay so this chapter was over the course of a week so i hope that didn't confuse you

what would you do if luke and kate broke up? lol

OMG GUYS okay so this guy like tried to get my number the other day in math, but idk who he was like he was asking me all these questions and a minute before the bell rang he was like "can i get your number?" and i was like "uhhh, i don't give my number out to strangers..?" lol he was fine with that and i saw his yesterday in the hall and he smiled at me and i was talking to my friend like NOO OMG but now i have to take a class with him tomorrow and no no no okay (i have emmit) [no i don't jk]

ALSO i think someone hacked my snapchat like i was locked out on saturday i think and i haven't tried to log in again because i'm scared, so that's why i haven't posted in a while or responded to any messages if you've messaged me

moving on

i have exams next week and holy cows potatoes i don't think i'm all the way ready even though i probably am and omg

new update soon, it's gonna be something you've all been waiting for >:-)

i love you all and i'm gonna be trying to get my snapchat back soon, byeee <3
-cam