*Dahlias POV*

I swear if Maya keeps that up Calum is gonna completely stop wanting to hang out with me. At least I got her back for it though.

I grin thinking out how I embarrassed her in front of Calum about Luke. I seriously cannot wait until the moment when I can tease her about finally dating him! If that doesn't happen within the next three months I will scream.

The rest of the school day goes by as per usual. Nothing overly interesting. After school though, while at Starbucks I see Calum waiting for his drink.

"Oh hey!" I wave.

"Hey Dali!"

I order at the counter and then go stand over beside him while I wait.

"Sorry about lunch today," I laugh awkwardly.

"Ah don't worry about it. I know she wasn't serious! I mean come on, like I'd ever feel that way about you."

The comment is meant to be reassuring, but for some reason it hurts.

"Yeah," I say. "You're not even cute," I grin evilly.

"Excuse me!" He drags out the last word. "I am too!"

"Nah."

"How dare you!" He fakes anger. "I don't know if we should hang out anymore Dahlia."

"Caramel Mocha for Calum?" The barista yells.

"Oh you'll miss me too much at your 5 es-oh-es concerts!" I know how much he hates when people say it wrong.

"It's SAUCE!"

"Sorry? you want sauce?" The barista looks confused as I burst into laughter.

"You're on my kill list now," he hisses in my ear as I go up to grab my drink.

"You're too weak to kill me," I whisper back.

"I know where you live!" He whisper-yells while I walk away.

People in the Café stare at him in horror. They probably think he's some kind of psychopath. After a little while of their shocked stares I decide to come to his 'rescue'.

"Oh don't mind him!" I giggle. "He's crazy when he's drunk!"

"What!" He gasps. "Dali, I hate you!"

"Yes, yes. I love you too baby brother!"

"Okay I look older than you. And I am! Remember?"

"Sure you are. Come now, you're disturbing the nice people!"

Once outside he smacks my arm. "That wasn't nice!"

I grin at him in response.

"Okay so Maya thinks Luke is.. Uh.."

"Hot?"

"Mmhm."

"That is correct."

"What do you think though...?"

"Well," I grin. "Hotter than you!"

"So you admit I'm Hot? Well, well, well, Maya was right."

"Shut up!"

"I'm putting in on my gravestone. Loving friend, amazing at everything, considered hot by Dahlia Pearce. R.I.P"

"You know you'll be dead so you can't say what's on it."

"I'll tell my friends to do it then."

"Oh gosh no! Calum!" I laugh.

"Can't wait to tell Maya what you said, Dali!"

"No stop please!" I beg. "I'll do anything!"

"Okay, okay. There is one thing."

"And that is?"

"Well," he grins sheepishly. "Help me get rid of Victoria?"

I burst out laughing again. "You're such a baby! Just tell her no!"

"I'll die!"

"Well then you get to do the gravestone thing at least."

"Oh how clever of you," He raises an eyebrow and rolls his eyes.

"Yeah well, straight A student! Of course I'm clever!"

"I recall you got a B- on your last Math test..."

"Yeah.. Well..." I try to think of a comeback but fail. "Whatever!"

"Beautiful comeback," he claps slowly.

"Maya wants to have little Luke children!" I change the topic. After I say it I realize how immature that sounded

"Okay. Scarred for life. Thank you for that."

"I'm sorry," I laugh so hard tears roll down my cheeks.

"I'm telling Luke!" He whines, obviously making fun of a little kid tattling on someone.

"Don't you dare."

"I gonna do it."

"No!"

He pulls out his phone and calls Luke. I try to grab the phone but he's too tall.

"Hello?" Luke's voice comes through the phone.

"Don't listen to anything he says!" I scream.

"What? Dahlia?"

"I have something to tell you Luke. You may be concerned."

"What did you do now Calum?"

"Nothing!"

"Okay..."

"Well first of all Dali thinks we're-"

"Stop talking!" I jump for the phone again. "He's crazy, Hemmings! Just hang up now!"

"Oh no no I wanna hear what you think we are!"

"Hot!" Calum sings. "She's thinks we're hot!"

"Oh my gosh," I cover my face, mortified.

"Wow. Well thanks Dahlia," I can tell Luke is trying not to laugh. "Oh hey Ashton! Dahlia thinks I'm hot."

"LUKE ROBERT HEMMINGS!" I yell.

Meanwhile Calum is practically falling over laughing at me.

"Am I hot too?" I hear Ashton's voice in the background.

"Nope!" Calum says. "There is more Luke! Remember Maya?"

"Yeah... She was sweet."

"Yeah well she wants to mother your children."

"I'm sorry, what?"

"She's going to murder me..." I whisper.

"She what now?!"

"I'm going to die.."

"DID I HEAR YOU CORRECTLY?"

"YES LUKE YOU DID!" Calum laughs.

"I uh.. Not sure if I should be flattered or horrified."

"She never said that! Calum made it up!" I exclaim.

"I most certainly did not!"

"She is kinda hot though..." Ashton says in the background. Okay then.

"She really didn't say that!" I laugh. "Calum is just crazy."

"Okay that makes more sense. She seemed too shy to say that..."

"Well she did say something else..." I grin.

"Which was?"

"Oh, nothing. Gotta go boys!" I hang up the phone and head over to the bus stop.

"Hey hey hey you can't just leave me like that!" Calum runs after me. "Plus you made the Luke's kids thing up, not me!"

"That's not what they think!"

*Maya's POV*

After school I went home to get changed. I put on my light blue denim shorts and a Greenday tank top.

I am supposed to go meet Dahlia at the bus stop near Starbucks. So I grab my phone and head out.

The bus was your normal city bus. Blue seats, grey walls and a grey flooring. I hate going on the bus. I show the driver my ticket and head towards the back of the bus to sit down.

After about a ten minute bus ride I am near the stop when I see Lia talking to Calum. I jump off the bus and walk up to Dahlia.

"That's not what they think!" Dahlia exclaims.

"What's not what who thinks?" I ask walking up behind Dahlia.

"That you wa-" Calum starts but Dahlia shushes him.

"Calum's hot!" She glares at him. "Now SHUT UP"

"I already knew you thought he was hot. Cal... What are you hiding?"

"Uh... N-nothing?" He questioned.

"That's right! He's hiding nothing!" Dahlia exclaimed throwing her arms in the air.

"Cal..." I say as he squirms in his spot. "Tell me..."

"OkayDahliamayhavetoldmethatyouwanttomotherlukeschildrensoitoldhimthatandnowhethinksyoureallylikehim." He says in one breath.

My eyes widen as I realize what I've just been told. Yeah Luke is really cute, but why would Dali do this?

"CALUM THOMAS HOOD!" Dahlia yells.

"What's with you and full names today?" Calum jokes.

"...Dali." I slowly say still in shock. "Why... Would... You... Do this?" I look up at her my eyes filling up with tears.

Dahlia starts to look shocked. "I, um, I, CALUM THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT" 

"Save it. I don't want to hear it." I turn around and run in the opposite direction.

I keep running and running until I become too tired to move. I run five kilometres until I stop. I sit on the curb to find a text from Luke from about ten minutes ago.

It read 'Hey Maya :)'

I decide to reply. 'Hey.'

'Where are you? Dali and Cal are looking everywhere for you.'

'I'm near the grocery store, but please don't tell them where I am.'

'What happened?'

'Nothing.'

'Maya...'

'Luke...'

'Dali told me Calum was just joking about it'

'It's not that simple. Anyways Dali or Cal shouldn't have said anything in the first place.'

'Hey, it's okay. I'm getting Ash. We are gonna come pick you up.'

'No. I'm fine.'

'You can't stop me.'

'Okay fine. I'll be here.'

I sit on the sidewalk and start crying. I can't believe what they did. I don't want Luke to see me like this.

I stick my face into my knees and just sob. I sit there like that for five minutes before I feel somebody come sit next to me.

It's Luke. I know it is. He comes and gives me a hug which helps me to stop crying.

"L-Luke." I say through my sobs.

"Yeah?" He says while rubbing my back.

"I-I'm sorry."

"No don't be sorry."

"I don't want to mother your children."

He laughs "I know you don't. Anyways we are only 16."

"A-almost 17." I correct him.

He just smiles and picks me up.

"What are you doing?" I ask finally finished crying.

"I'm taking you home."

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