Emily's POV

The week passes by as a blur and before we know it, its Saturday. The day of the party.

I've made a little improvement in my diet. I can't finish a whole apple or sandwich but I do eat some extra bites than the last time. You can't expect me to swallow the earth in just a week. Baby steps.

"Ems, are you coming or will we have to leave you here?" I hear Cole shout to me from outside the bathroom.

Its currently eight in the morning which is too early for me. I am in the bathroom getting dressed. The guys along with Alice are waiting for me in mine and Luke's dorm. We are leaving in about five minutes for Luke's house where we will spend the day and get dressed for the party and then spend the night there too before returning back to the campus on Sunday.

"I'M COMING!" I reply, quickly putting on my plain black t-shirt.

"That's what she said." I hear Justin say.

Dickhead.

"Pervert!" I say, while exiting the bathroom.

"You were taking way too long in there." Alex says and they all start standing up grabbing their duffel bags and their dresses and suits for the party.

"Sorry." I apologize and open my closet pulling out my own dress for the party. The only dress that made me feel beautiful. I grab my duffel bag and we all leave.

We decided to go together this time rather than always taking two or three cars so we were going in Cole's Range Rover.

Cole was driving with Alice in front with him while me, Luke, Alex and Justin were accumulated in the back. Surprisingly, it wasn't very uncomfortable with four people sitting in the back. Our arms and legs with joint together with each other but we weren't totally squished together.

Luke was sitting beside the window, I was sitting to his right and Alex was on my right with Justin on his.

We started our two-hour journey to Luke's house. I was still sleepy from waking up so early and my eyes were closing constantly ad I was trying to prevent my head from falling on Luke or Alex's shoulder.

I looked towards my right to see that Justin had already dozed off and Alice was sleeping in the front too. Maybe I should get some sleep too, I thought.

I lay my head on Luke's shoulder who was listening to music with ear buds on and fell asleep instantly.

I woke up after sometime to see that we were still driving.

"Are we there yet?" I ask groggily.

"No, you've slept only for an hour, we still have one hour to go." Alex replies and I nod.

I see that Alice and Justin have already woken up and busied themselves with their phones and Luke is just staring out the window, still listening to music, oblivious to what's happening around.

Cole and Alex make a small conversation while the others including me just sit quietly. After five minutes or so, Luke nudges me with his elbow and hands me a granola bar. He mouths 'breakfast' to me. He knows I didn't eat anything as we left and my heart flutters from his gesture and I nibble on the granola bar.

I eat a little more than the half and then shove it towards him quietly. He lifts up three fingers quietly, telling me to eat three more bites. I shake my head no. He sighs makes the three a two but I shake my head once again. I usually ate more than this but sometimes it just got too much. He sighs again and makes the two a one. I shake my head no again and look down to my thighs.

He nudges me again in an attempt to make me look at him but I don't. He keeps shaking me and I sigh, giving up.

I look up to meet his gorgeous blue eyes that made my breathing hitch. His eyes are pleading into mine with a hint of determination. He motions towards the granola bar holding out one finger. 'Just one' he mouths, requesting me.

I sigh, take a quick small bite, and then shove it towards him in lightening speed. I quickly swallow it and mouth him a 'sorry'.

He gives me a full-blown grin that could literally light up a city and gives me some water.

We finally reach our destination and I quickly get out to stretch my legs. We walk up to the door and Luke rings the doorbell. The door opens immediately, revealing Luke's parents. They quickly let us in and greet us.

"Its so nice to see you again, Emily!" Mrs. Collins or Rose says, pulling me for a hug. I hug her back, replying,

"You too! Congratulations on the anniversary!"

She thanks me and then Mr. Collins/ Robert pulls me for a side hug greeting me just like his wife.

They remind me of my own parents. My parents were so kind and caring towards everyone. They welcomed everyone with open arms, full of generosity and positivity. They were never too strict or constricting and always supported me in every step of the way.

I smile sadly, remembering the good times I had with my family, which could've grown bigger, if I hadn't been so stubborn that night.

I quickly shake of the thoughts, not wanting to re-live the memories of that day for which I will never forgive myself.

We all scramble towards the guest rooms. I enter the room that I'll share with Alice and quickly go to the bathroom. I wash my face wit cold water and freshen up before exiting the bathroom and letting Alice do the same.

After we all are freshened up, we sit in the drawing room chatting on small topics.

"The breakfast's ready. I know you all left pretty early in the morning so I guessed that you didn't have breakfast." Rose says, entering the room.

"Yeah, I'm starving! Lets go!" Justin says running towards the kitchen. Everyone also starts heading for the kitchen while I just stand there. Luke obviously notices me and stops in his tracks.

"C'mon pumpkin, you have to eat breakfast." He says, looking at me.

I shake my head no. No way in hell am I going to eat anything when I just ate a granola bar only an hour and a half ago.

"You know, that granola bar was pretty filling so I think I'm good." I say. That was a pretty lame excuse because everyone knows that a granola bar can suffice the same amount of hunger that an ant has. And on top of that, I only ate half of it.

Luke stares at me like I've grown a third head.

"Don't be stupid, Ems. You know half a granola bar can't even fill one tenth of your stomach. C'mon." he says, grabbing my wrist softly, sending a tingling sensation through my arm. Why the tingles?

"You know I won't be able to keep the food down my throat. I just can't." I say, wriggling out from his grasp.

He eyes soften and he places a firm hand on my shoulder and the tingles come rushing back.

"You don't have to eat all of it. But please try to get some food into your system, Ems. You know you need to." He says. I sigh knowing he was speaking the truth. He knows that I don't want to eat but I have to otherwise I'll just faint in another half an hour.

I nod and follow him into the kitchen where everyone has already served themselves with heaps of fruit, eggs, bacon and toast.

Luke puts some chopped fruits and some amount of scrambled eggs in my plate and hands it to me before proceeding to serve himself. I sit on one of the stools around the kitchen island and he sits beside me. I start eating the papaya on my plate and we all chat amongst ourselves.

While eating, Luke's parents come to inform us that they are leaving for last minute preparations and told us that they would meet us at the venue before leaving us.

We continue to eat and Alice, Justin and Cole head back to the drawing room, saying they will pick out a movie to watch to pass time so there's only Luke, Alex and me in the kitchen. We eat in silence and Alex busies himself in his phone.

I am actually surprised to see that I had almost finished the small amount of fruit that was served to me so instead of nudging Luke like every time, I encourage myself to take two more bites and quickly finish the fruits.

Okay, maybe I ate a little too much too quickly because I find it a little hard to scarf down. However, I do feel proud of myself to finish at least one of the two items served to me. That's progress.

I nudge Luke with a smile this time, indicating the small amount of happiness from accomplishing the task. Luke grins at me in satisfaction and happiness and takes my plate. He finishes off scrambled eggs in three big bytes and keeps our plates in the sink.

I start coughing all of a sudden. Maybe I shouldn't have eaten so much because I fell bile rising up my throat.

Luke is immediately by my side, handing me a glass of water and rubbing my back in a soothing manner. I slowly drink the water and calm down eventually.

"You okay, Ems?" I hear Alex ask in a worried tone. I look up to see his face full of concern and force out a small smile.

"I'm fine." I reply. Alex looks at me for a moment before nodding and exiting the kitchen.

I take a few more gulps of water and some deep breaths.

"I'm so proud that you ate all the fruits in your plate, pumpkin." Luke says, still rubbing my back and giving me a smile.

"But I couldn't keep it down." I say.

"That's okay. You just had a little more than you normally do so don't worry about it. It will be fine." He says, reassuringly.

I nod and return a smile. We go out to the lobby and sit with the rest of the guys. We decide to watch 'interstellar' which is an amazing movie in my opinion. Although I didn't quiet understand it at first but when things became clear, I liked the movie even more. It is one of the best sci-fi movies till now.

The movie gets over at lunch do we go into the kitchen again to find something. Well the others go, I just tag along not wanting to eat anything. After lunch, we all decide to get some sleep before we start getting ready. I walk up to my room and plop down on the bed, awaiting the much need nap. Within seconds, I fall asleep.

I wake up to someone poking my cheek but I keep my eyes closed. The poking stops after a second and hear multiple sighs.

What's going on?

"How can she not wake up? I've been poking her for five minutes now!" I hear a familiar voice say and I recognize it as Justin's.

"We should scream in her ear." I hear Cole say.

"No. I think we should drench her in cold water." Alice says and I hear everyone agreeing to it.

Are they seriously gonna do it? No they cant, I'll die of hypothermia if they will. But what if they do drench me in cold water?

My mind is contemplating on what is going to happen while I desperately try to keep my eyes shut.

"Guys, I think she is just pretending to be asleep. Maybe she is hearing us right now and not reacting to it." I hear Alex say. Oh no.

"She looks pretty peaceful to me. I bet she is sleeping." Luke says.

Ha! I am such a good actor. Where's my Grammy?

"Okay, Alice get the bucket." I hear Alex say but there is some kind of smugness in his voice.

"Okay" Alice replies.

Oh no no no no no no no no no...

"NOOOOOOOO!" I scream out loud sitting up on my bed with wide eyes.

I see shock and amusement in everyone's eyes except for Alex. He had a smug smirk plastered on his face. That dimwit knew all along!?

"Told you. Psychology." Alex says smugly. That son of a...

"WE'RE GONNA BE LATE! C'MON" Luke shouts running out of my room.

Weirdo.

Everyone piles out of the room leaving me with Alice.

"We were trying to wake you up from twenty minutes you know that?" she says walking toward her bed and opening up her gown.

"Sorry?" I say but in more of a questioning way.

She rolls her eyes and then smiles widely.

"C'mon lets get ready. I am dying to see your dress." She says, walking towards the bathroom.

I just chuckle and pull out my dress. Oh how I love it. I suddenly remember the day at the mall where Luke told me I looked beautiful in it. I smile at the memory and quickly get ready.

When I finish zipping my dress, Alice walks out in her dress. Her eyes land on me and she immediately squeals.

"You look so beautiful, Emily! That's such a pretty dress!" she exclaims.

"Well its not prettier than yours." I reply.

Alice is jamming out a navy blue long dress that hugs her upper body and then flows down from the waist creating elegant drapes. The sleeves are till her elbows. She has finished off her look with a white belt around her waist which has sparkly silver diamonds on it, defining her curvaceous body. Her make-up is not too heavy but not too light as well. Its just on point and her blonde hair s straightened up and falling at her waist. All in all, she looks like a Greek goddess.

Yup, Cole's in for a treat tonight.

"C'mon I do your make-up." she says, ragging me and sitting me down on a chair.

"Do I really have to wear make-up?" I ask groaning. I hate make-up. I never wear it because it makes me look artificial, like plastic.

"Ems, you look beautiful without make-up but it will help to complete your look. I promise I'll not do anything crazy." She says, taking out various cosmetics from her make-up bag. I sigh, giving in and just close my eyes.

A few minutes later, Alice speaks up,

"There its done. You can look now."

I open my eyes and immediately a gasp leaves my mouth.

Alice definitely didn't do anything crazy. In fact, she just made me look more beautiful. I have a light eye shadow that is practically invisible. I thin line of eyeliner has been applied along with mascara on my lashes. My cheeks are in the lightest shade of pink. A pale and nude shade of pink is painted on my lips along with transparent lip-gloss. My brown hair is in its natural waves falling down my waist. Alice has made me look so natural yet classy at the same time.

"I have to say, I did a pretty good job. Luke will have a hard time keeping his hands to himself." Alice speaks and I roll my eyes.

"We're just friends, Alice" I say, not liking what I just stated actually.

"Yeah keep telling yourself that. But we all know its true. You cant let Lemily sink." She says while pulling on her navy blue high heels.

"Lemily? Seriously?" I ask, pulling on my own black flats. I am so not going to wear heels. We both have a toxic relationship. Heels for me are an abiotic reincarnation of Lucifer.

"Yeah" she says, laughing a little wile I just roll my eyes again.

"Hey guys, are you ready to-...." Cole says barging into the room but stops once his eyes land on us.

His eyes are on me for just a second before they meet his girlfriend's. He just stares at her up and down with his lips slightly parted without saying a thing. He is just staring at her with a star struck expression when I walk up to him and smack his head.

"OW! What was that-.." But I don't let him finish.

"Go tell her how beautiful she looks dumbass." I say.

He shakes out of his trance and walks up to her, wrapping his arms around her waist. I walk out of the room giving them some privacy and head downstairs.

I see the guys at the bottom of the stairs talking among themselves. They hear the sound of my flats coming down the stairs and look up at the same time. Their expressions turn into shocked as they see me approaching.

I meet the blue orbs that made me buy this dress in the first place and my stomach turns into knots when I see him.

He is wearing a tuxedo like the rest of the guys but he looks way more handsome than them. The black tuxedo makes his electric blue eyes pop out even more. His hair is styled up in a quiff making him look hotter and he looks more muscular in the suit. God he definitely outshines the Abercrombie models.

I finally reach the end of the stairs and stand in front of him. His eyes roam all over my body like I am some kind of a treasure chest. He shakes out of his staring when Justin speaks up,

"Well Emily Stone is killing it tonight. You look gorgeous Ems." He says, kissing the back of my hand.

"Well you look dashing as well." I reply, giggling a little.

"Where's Alice and Cole? And Justin's right, you look stunning, Ems." Alex says.

"They are having sex upstairs." I reply, shrugging my shoulders.

"We are not." I hear Alice say and turn around to see her walking down with Cole in tow.

"C'mon. lets go." Alex states and everyone starts walking out. I begin following them when a strong hand is wrapped around my waist.

"You look beautiful." Luke whispers. I blush deeply and mutter a small 'thanks' looking down. Its like freaking Jurassic Park in my stomach right now.

I hear him chuckle lightly.

"Lets go." He says guiding me.

That moment was so out of the friend zone.

But I liked it.

I quickly shake off the thoughts. We're just friends.

Though I don't know why...

I kinda want it to be more.

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