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November 13th
*Luke's P.O.V*

"Lewi!" My father hugs me when I get to my old home. "How are you, son?"

"Tired" I admit with a smile. "I think I need to get some sleep. I've missed you, dad! Where's mum?"

"She's with Celeste and her mother, dealing with the last details. Just put your bag on your bedroom and let's have a beer, okay?"

I nod and drag myself upstairs, throwing my bag on the bed. Looking around nostalgia hits me, like it always happens. However, I'm not exactly in the mood for deep thoughts; in fact all I want to do now is drink with my father and that's it.

"Here" dad hands me a bottle after I got back to the kitchen. "Tell me, how's everything? How is tour?"

"It's very good. We are in the middle of our tour over Europe." I answer, taking a sip and sitting down on the couch.

"I'm glad to hear that. How are the boys? I know I'm seeing them tomorrow, but even so"

"They're okay, Calum got a new dog."

Father raises his eyebrows.

"Another?"

"Yeah," I grin "that makes three of them. I don't even know why he decided to get one in the middle of the tour, but nobody questions Calum."

Mum gets home a couple hours later and she won't stop talking about Jack's wedding.

"It's going to be marvelous, so many people! Celeste is very excited" She cheers. I smile, hugging her tight out of blue. "Sweetheart, what's wrong?"

"Nothing" I shrug. "It's just good to be home."

I go out for a walk through the neighborhood like I used to do when I was younger, earphones on.

The familiar streets bring safety and calmness to my storming heart; nothing like breathing this air.

Before I know it my feet have taken me to the old park, and my eyes catch sight of a specific tree. I stop for a moment as the memories come to mind. I remember her. I remember when she notched her name on the trunk and then handed the pointy rock to me. Even though I'm gradually thinking less about Laurel the butterflies are still around whenever I think of her, or when someone mentions her name. The good thing is that I spend most of my days with the same people, and they already know they must not talk about her; that makes the whole healing process a lot easier. I've been trying to listen to some songs that remind me of her so I can break down the walls I built myself.

Nevertheless, this place comes with so many feelings. It connects to when we officially started dating, almost a year ago. Our relationship was short and intense like a dynamite, but it was one of the best moments in my entire life.

Even if we're not together anymore, I'll always have this incredible care for Laurel; she'll always be special to me. If I said I'm not in love with her anymore I'd be lying... I still think she's the one for me. But given the circumstances I realized that I did everything on my reach to fix things, but if she doesn't want it, what can I do, other than trying to forget?

The bad thing is that I can't feel happy yet, overjoyed, cheerful. To me something is missing, and whenever I think about it I feel blue. Sometimes I even catch myself closing my eyes and imagining she is before me, and we're dealing with the whole situation together. That only proves me that I'm not fine at all. Not yet.

I sit on one of the benches, supporting my head in my hands. Even though I promised myself I'd be open to fall for someone new, I can't help thinking I'll never be 100% over Laurel.

What if, before I hung up, she was going to say that she wanted me back?

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"I'm hungry" Michael complains, adjusting his suit.

"Go get some food" I reply, rolling my eyes.

"I don't have the energy to. Where's that Calum bitch?"

My brother just got married to Celeste and we are at their party. I was near my mum and she started crying so much I can't even describe.

I wonder if I'm ever getting married.

"Hey! I need a photo with these guys" Jack says, pointing at us. Celeste is coming right after him and a photographer is following them. I stand up and hug both of them tight, congratulating.

"Where are Calum and Ashton?" asks Celeste.

"We are coming!" They yell, rushing for the photo. We all smile for the camera and cheer afterwards.

"Aunt Cassidy is looking for you" Jack tells me. "She wants to know about Laurel."

I cringe.

"Did you tell her?"

"No, that's your doing. I just told her that if I found you I was gonna ask you to look for her. My part is done." He winks at me and leaves.

I huff, leaving my friends to look for my aunt. I catch sight of her talking to mum and when they see me approaching they smile.

"There he is!" Mum hugs me.

"Luke, it's so good to see you, honey" Aunt Cassidy greets me. "And your band is here as well, this is so good! But, uh... where's that lovely lady that came with you on my wedding?"

I feel mum's eyes on me.

"We... we broke up." I press my lips, looking down.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know"

"It's fine, actually" I lie. "It was four months ago."

"You know, son, Cassidy and I were talking about this girl, she's Will's niece." Mum gets in the middle. "I just talked to her and she seems a very nice one"

"Yes, and she's dying to meet you!" Aunt Cassidy adds. "She really enjoys your music and when I invited her to come she got so excited! You should definitely talk to her."

Before I can respond, my aunt drags me by the arm around the place, looking for her husband. I look to both my sides to find a way out, there's none. It's not that I don't want to meet the girl, I'd love to, it's just that it all feels like a plot to--

"Will, there you are!" My aunt catches sight of her husband. I nod at him with a smile on my face, and next to him I spot this girl. When her dark eyes meet mine she gets tensed. "Luke, this is Will's niece, her name is Emily."

"Hi, Emily" I smile at her and she timidly smiles back.

"Hi. It's so nice to meet you."

We talk for a couple minutes after my aunt and her husband decide to leave us alone. Emily is pretty nice, actually, she tells me she's from Melbourne but she came to Sydney to study.

The place is pretty noisy so she invites me to go somewhere quieter and frankly, I'm enjoying to talk with her. We walk side by side to this huge garden and sit on one of the benches.

"You're very good looking, may I add" she blushes, tugging her curls behind her ear. I smile.

"Thanks. You too"

Emily squeaks.

"I've heard that your band mates are here as well"

"Yes, they are back there. Wanna meet them?"

I'm standing up when she pulls me by the hand.

"Not now... I'd like to talk more with you" She blinks. "I mean, if you don't mind."

I frown, shaking my head.

"No, that's not a problem at all"

And so we resume our conversation. She tells me a lot about her life, so much I could actually write a book about her; not that I mind though, usually I prefer listening over speaking. What really bugs me is that Emily is constantly trying to get closer to me. She touches me as she speaks, she approaches her mouth to mine, she bites her lip. Honestly I was supposed to find it extremely attractive but I can't. I don't feel like it, I don't want to. She's great but, God, she's not her.

"Um, Emily..." I hold her hand in a friendly way. "I think we should go back, I mean, it's been an hour. Come, you'll meet the boys."

She looks frustrated at me but nods.

Back home, my mum shows up at my room before I go to sleep.

"What did you think of Emily, huh?" She raises her eyebrows at me. "She's such a pleasant person to be around!"

"Yeah, she's good" I smile, sighing.

An awkward silence fills the air. Mum stares at me, sorrowful, then confused, and finally understanding.

"You don't want anyone for now, do you?" She enquires.

"I thought I did," I massage my temples. "but I was wrong. I'm still in love with her."

"Did you give up the fight?"

"There was nothing else I could do, mum, she broke up with me, I didn't want this." I close my eyes, unprepared to have that conversation again.

Mum chuckles.

"Maybe you need to try harder, if that's what you truly want. Laurel is good for you, I can see that. She's very sweet and we like her a lot. If you miss her, Luke, if you really want to fix things, try again."

I roll my eyes, unbelieving.

"Mum, I did everything I could, she just doesn't want me back. I need to forget this and move on"

"Or you could try again."

"She won't even get my calls or texts. She doesn't want to talk to me."

"Do it indirectly!" Mum looks at me like I'm an idiot. "For Christ's sake, Luke, you're smarter than that. I'm sure she's not completely over you either, so of course she'd get the message. Just remember, it's never too late to achieve something. If you want her back, if you think that's gonna make you happier, try once more. If it doesn't work then you forget about her and you'll find another person to make you happy, but at least you'll be sure that you've tried one more time."

My mum leaves the room and before I go to sleep I think of what she said. I go on my photos and scroll through them, seeing the ones from our trip. I miss her, and I'm quite sure she doesn't want to come back.

But then again, what if before I hung up she was going to say that she wanted me back?

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