Alice's POV

Luke walked in front of me, taking me to the car. As the two of us got in, I took a deep breath, preparing myself for the ride. I was planning on explaining my "change of heart" to him. Honestly, I wasn't just doing it because of Ajax. I also felt like the two of us would need each other during... Stella's healing time.

I could see him sighing and rolling up his hoodie sleeve from the corner of his eyes. As he put his arm up on the steering wheel, I didn't fail to notice the long veins on his olive skin. He had definitely become more muscular. I couldn't help but think about the rock hard abs that he was hiding beneath that hoodie. I could feel them when he had hugged me before.

I quickly shook my head, internally telling myself that it was not the time to be thinking about my best friends muscles. Unfortunately, Luke had noticed me shaking my head. I probably looked like a madman.

"Uh... Are you okay? Do you have a headache?", he said, looking at me and then back at the road.

"Yeah, I'm fine. I was just thinking about something that I shouldn't have.", I said.

As soon as I had let the words out of my mouth, I realized what I had just said. My eyes widened. All I wanted to do was slap myself for my... statement.

Luke smirked. We had reached my house and he pulled up in front of it, turning the ignition off and turning towards me.

"What were you thinking about, Lissy?", he said, staring at me with that annoying yet endearing smirk still on his face.

I bit my lip, holding my breath in. My heart was beating my fast and I quickly tried to think of a way to get out of the situation. When a stroke of pure genius hit me, I turned towards the door, about to get out. But of course, Luke grabbed my hand.

"I need to go. My mom is calling me.", I said, looking anywhere but at him.

Sh*t! Why was I acting like such a... weirdo?

"No she isn't. She called me and told me to take you home and stay with you until your family comes back from the mall, because she wants to make sure that you don't faint again.", he voiced, seeming smug. "So, what were you thinking about? "

Oh sh*t! Why, Mom? Why?

I took a deep breath in, turning towards him.

"Um... I was just thinking about my homework! You know, it isn't exactly an appropriate thing to think about after the emotional encounter that you and your parents just had!", I beamed, internally slapping myself for the stupid excuse.

As he raised his eyebrows, I held back a gulp, hoping that he would let it go. I couldn't just tell him that I was thinking about his rock hard, muscly body! Thankfully, he laughed, letting it go.

As the two of us got out of his car, I saw him lock the car, walking over and standing approximately an inch away from me. I stepped back, a little flustered at our proximity, and could see him smile. Not wanting to act like a flustered idiot for much longer, I started walking towards my house, taking the keys out of my bag and opening the door, letting Luke and myself in.

He walked inside like he owned the place, grabbing himself a cold soda from the refrigerator. I didn't care, getting myself some too. The two of us sat on the couch and I crossed my legs underneath me.

As I sipped on the cold drink, I thought about how I should drop the bomb. Should I just say it? Should I be indirect? Should I tell him the whole story? Such questions made me dissociate myself from reality for a while. It was only when Luke started to snap his fingers in front of my face did I come back to my senses.

"Are you sure you're okay?", he asked, seeming genuinely worried this time.

I nodded, letting go of my lip - which I was unconsciously biting - and deciding to tell him.

I took a deep breath in, looked up at Luke, and said, "I forgive you."

Luke spluttered on his drink, looking at me as if I was crazy. He quickly grabbed some tissues from the tissue box on the coffee table in front of us and wiped his hoodie, looking up and down between me and the black fabric. I waited patiently until he stopped.

He looked up at me, saying, "Are you serious? And if you are, why the sudden change of heart?"

I nodded. I was as serious as I would ever be, and I wanted him to take the situation seriously too.

"Yes, I am.", I answered. "And I changed my mind because you're clearly not ready to tell me. I respect your decision. As long as Stella is in the hospital, you're forgiven. As soon as she's out, you need to tell me everything. If you don't, I'll pretend that you don't exist and that I never knew you."

He bit his lip, making my eyes snap to the bottom half of his mouth. Thankfully, he was too busy thinking about god knows what to notice my embarrassing and weird action, and I quickly looked away.

"Do we have a deal?", I asked, holding my hand out.

He looked up at me, smiling brightly, and grabbed my hand in his, nodding vigorously. But instead of shaking my hand, he used it to push me into his rock hard chest again. I could feel myself smiling. At least something was going as planned. I just hoped that everything else would too, and I wouldn't get distracted by Luke's hotness anymore.

He squeezed me tighter against him, making my eyes widen.

Well, sh*t!

I finally updated. You know why I didn't before? Because I cracked my knuckle and broke it (not literally) in the process. Some of you may already know. Anyway, did you like it? Make sure to comment, vote and share! Lots of love! Peace out!