Chapter 26Song for this chapter:Latch (Acoustic) - Sam Smith“How do you do it? You got me losing eve

Chapter 26Song for this chapter:Latch (Acoustic) - Sam Smith“How do you do it? You got me losing every breath.”★☆★ Vivian’s POV I don’t know how long Luke and I stood outside in the rain, holding onto each other as if our lives depended on it. After I couldn’t breathe from kissing him so much, I pulled away and rest my head on Luke’s chest. I refused to allow it to get awkward between us.Luke had just admitted the complete truth of his feelings for me. He loves me.I shake my head at the absurdity of our situation. Here I am, trying to sleep in the guest room of his house. Only a few feet away from the door to the room I’ve been living in for the past week, is his own bedroom where he grew up: the boy who is in love with me.The boy who has helped me through all of the hardest things in my life, and hasn’t left my side. The boy who I was horrible to when he first tried to get to know me, and even then he still wouldn’t give up. The boy who got punched in the face, by his own best friend, because of me. The boy who still sold at my side and defended me when he hardly knew me. The boy who would lose one of his best friends, to be mine. The boy who ignored all of my lies, and found the truth. The boy who was there, when my own father hit me. The boy who dropped everything in his life, to help me sort out mine.The boy who I don’t deserve to have as a friend. The boy who I don’t deserve to love me. The boy, that I don’t even know my feelings for.I let out a sigh, and roll over again, for what seems to be the hundredth time of the night. Glancing at the clock, I let out a quiet groan when I see that it’s nearly one o'clock in the morning.After realizing that we’d most likely be getting sick if we stayed out in the rain much longer. Luke and I dashed inside his house. We cleared everything up with Liz, excluding the part with all the crying, and kissing. She hurried us to our separate rooms to change into something dry. At the top of the stairs, I told Luke that we’d figure everything out tomorrow, because it being a school night, and so late already, there’d be no chance of sleep if we’d tried to discuss anything about our relationship then.He agreed, but snuck in a cheeky peck, causing my cheeks to heat up, my lips to tingle, and the butterflies in my stomach to wake up once again.Ever since then I’ve been in the guest room, trying to stop thinking so I can sleep, which is next to impossible, because of all the events that took place today. My mind keeps trying to make sense of it all, but there are so many things that don’t make sense.The biggest thing that doesn’t make sense, is that Luke loves me. Some people might that that saying they love someone isn’t a big deal, but to me, it is. I know it’s more than loving a friend, and that scares me, because I have no idea how I feel.I enjoy every second that I’m with him, no matter what we’re doing. Tonight, what Alex would classify as a date, but I have no clue what I would classify it as, was amazing. Just being alone with Luke, and having dinner and seeing a movie–no matter how terrifying–felt so normal, and so right.I thought that Luke was just a friend to me, but now that he’s confessed that he loves me, I don’t feel that way anymore. I don’t even know what led me to kissing him, I just did it and it felt so good.So do I like him? Do I have those feelings for him?I don’t know!I groan again, trying to stop thinking, so I can just get some sort of sleep. The last time that I had a truly good nights rest, was the first day that I stayed here, and Luke accidentally fell asleep in the same bed as me.I felt so relaxed and safe in his arms, that it was so easy to sleep. Ever since that night, or tried to remember that feeling of relaxation, but it didn’t work. It’s almost as if nothing but Luke can help me sleep.After rolling over once more, I sigh, and do what I vowed myself I wouldn’t do tonight. I roll out of bed, and tiptoe down to Luke’s room, pushing his barely open door wide enough for me to fit in.“Luke?” I whisper, wishing that I had never done this.I hear movement, and a lamp flickers on, “Couldn’t sleep?” He asks, motioning for me to come further into his room.I shake my head, moving Luke’s door until there’s a only a few inches between it and the door frame. I sit on the edge of his bed, a few feet away from him.“Me either,” he whispers, staring intently at me.I run a hand through my still damp hair, suddenly wishing that I had Braves through it before I came in here. I look at his duvet, suddenly at a loss of words. “Are you alright?” He asks, concern clear in his words.I sigh, “I haven’t actually slept since that first night here.”“Oh!” His cheeks turn pink when he realizes what I meant, “Well, come over here.” He whispers suddenly, shocking me.I lift my head up to see if he’s serious. “Really?”He nods, holding out his hand, beckoning me. “Yeah, all we’re going to be doing is sleeping, so who am I to deny you a good night’s rest without your own personal teddy bear?” A sloppy grin forms on his face, causing me to blush.I reach over and grab one of his pillows, throwing it at him. He laughs quietly, and holds his arms out to me. I smile shyly, then crawl over to him. Once I’m in reach, he pulls me into his arms, resting his head on top of mine.I relax in Luke’s warm embrace, and rest my heads against his chest, closing my eyes. I feel him move slightly, then hear a click of his lamp turning off. We both get comfortable, and I let out a sigh.“Better?” Luke’s whisper is right in my ear, causing chills to run down my back. I nod into his chest, not trusting my voice.“Good, but there’s one last thing,” he says, so I lift my head up to look at him.“What?” I question. In reply, he ducks his head down, and gives me a short and sweet kiss.“That.” He whispers. I can make out his facial features in the dark. His oceanic blue eyes are staring down at me, causing a warm feeling in the pit of my stomach. I look away, and cuddle back into his chest.“Vivian?” His voice sounds after a few seconds of silence.“No serious talk tonight,” I murmur into his t shirt, which smells like laundry detergent, making me smile sloppily.“I know, I just wanted to say sweet dreams.” He says quickly, but I can tell that that wasn’t what he wanted to say. Part of me wants to ask what he was going to ask, but the rest knows that if we start to talk about serious things, we wouldn’t sleep at all  tonight.“You too, goodnight,” I reply, letting out a yawn.I don’t even get to start debating if this was a good idea or not, because I fall fast asleep within seconds.★☆★Waking up the next morning was difficult. I was so far in a dreamless sleep, that when Luke woke me, I didn’t know where I was. After I remembered everything that happened, I hurried out of his room, into the guest room to get ready for today’s school day. I avoided talking about anything serious in the car ride to the school, by turning on the radio as loud as I could stand it.We got to Math, just before the bell rang. Mr. Hensley handed back our graded tests, but I was too nervous to look at it. Luke and I spent so much time figuring out what I don’t understand, and where it all goes wrong in my brain. I finally feel like I’m getting a grip of things, and if I failed the test, all of that work would be for nothing.Hensley told us that he was impressed with our scores, which gave me a spark of confidence that I hadn’t failed. He was probably talking about Luke, and all of the other mathematical geniuses in the class. Luke has never had big issues with understanding the concepts, and if he was confused about something, he has Liz to help him out.What would he think if I failed it? Would he be angry, or disappointed? No, Luke would be understanding and kind. I don’t think I could take the embarrassment though, of failing another test, while he got a perfect score.I decided not to look at my score, I just couldn’t. Luke met up with me in the hall after the bell rang signalling the end of first period, and asked what I got. I told him that I hadn’t looked yet, scared that I’d failed yet again.I asked him what he got, but he wouldn’t tell me if I didn’t tell him. He wasn’t careful to hide it though, and of course, he got better than 100%; he got an A+. I didn’t even know that you could actually get an A+ in school, that shows how well I’m doing in my classes.We departed for our second through fourth periods, and we wouldn’t see each other until lunch. French was torturous, with Kenzie giving me death glares, and Trent trying to start something with me, then when I denied him, he’d call me the first rude name he could think of. Eventually the hours until lunch decreased, and I was finally released from Geography.Now, i’m standing at my locker with my math test held in my hands. The score is facing down, and i’m waiting for Luke so show up, so we can see it together. He’s the one that suggested that of course, I tried my best to make it that he would never see the most likely failing score. Luke’s persistent, and stubborn of course, and wouldn’t take no for an answer.Finally, he winds around the corner near my locker, and his face lights up when he sees me. Butterflies erupt in my stomach, causing me to blush, and look back down at the test in my hands.“Well?” Luke asks, his voice barely a foot away from me. I turn to face him, so he can’t see the score too easily when I flip it over. The score on the top right of the page causes my eyes to widen, and my jaw to drop.B+I look up at Luke, and he’s beaming. A grin splits across my face, and the feeling a pure happiness fills my body.“B+! I got a B+!” I look back down at the paper, to make sure that I wasn’t seeing things. There it was, in Mr. Hensley’s swift red pen: B+“I knew you could do it,” Luke’s voice is soft, and sweet, causing the butterflies to double.I peek up at him, blushing madly, “You’re the one to tutored me for hours and hours, and didn’t even become slightly frustrated when I didn’t get it at all. I could, I could just..” I try to find the right words to fit my feelings of amazement, gratitude, shock, and pleasure of the unexpected. “I could just kiss you!”The words come out of my mouth before my brain can stop them. Luke looks shocked for a moment, then grins, with a hint of a smirk.“Then why don’t you?” his voice is quiet, and husky. A feeling of lust and desire washes over me as I stare up into his gorgeous blue eyes.Oh screw it!I throw the test onto the ground, and pull Luke down to me by his shirt. As his lips seize mine, I feel his arms wrap around my waist pulling me closer to him. This kiss isn’t soft, delicate, or sweet, like it was last night in the rain. It’s fast, impatient, and needy, like we can’t get enough of each other, and if we let go the slightest, it’ll all be gone, forever.I feel my back hit the lockers, and move my hands to the back of Luke’s neck, tugging on his hair slightly. The vibrations of a moan reverberate through my lips from Luke’s. I pull him closer, wanting these feelings of pure bliss, to never stop.“Now, what have we got here?”Luke and I jump apart, suddenly remembering that we’re in the school hallway, during lunch. My lips feel as if they’re on fire, and my face is reaching that temperature. When I see Michael, Ashton, and Calum standing in the hallway, a sense of relief washes over me, glad that it wasn’t a teacher, or any other student. Soon that relief vanishes, when they all start walking closer, with wide smirks on Michael and Calum’s faces.I don’t utter a word, due to the pure embarrassment that I’m feeling. Luke is silent too, looking as scarlet as I feel. Michael looks down, and see’s my discarded test a foot away from Luke and I. He plucks it from the ground, and lifts his eyebrows when he see’s the score.“B+, congrats Viv. I assume that the two of you we’re celebrating?” his eyebrows now start to wiggle, and Calum sniggers behind him. They know how horrible I am at math, and about Luke tutoring me.“What a celebration! I wish I could get that treatment every time I did good on a test,” Calum winks at me. I have to look away because of the embarrassment I’m feeling. To say that I’m disappointed with their reaction is an understatement. I didn’t even feel this horrible when they hated me, and weren’t afraid to show it.“Fuck off man, leave her alone.” Luke says fiercely, grabbing my hand. “Come on,” he snatches the test from Michael, and turns around, dragging me towards the opposite end of the hallway.“Oh, come on Luke! We’re just teasing!” Michael exclaims from behind us. Calum starts to say something, but Ashton tells him to shut up. At least he’s being mature about things.Luke pulls me outside the school doors, to the back of the school. There are tables where a few students eat lunch, but he leads us away from there. Soon we’re alone in an empty parking lot.“I’m really sorry about them,” he turns to face me, looking genuinely sorry.I give him a half smile, “It’s okay; it’s not your fault.”He nods, seeming to perk up that i’m not upset with him. A look spreads across his face that I’ve never seen, and the heat returns to my cheeks.“Good.” he whispers, and starts to lean in towards me, a flash of mischief in his eyes. Suddenly I’m aware of the wall behind me, and I can’t help but take my bottom lip between my teeth, and stare up into his eyes, the feeling of desire of earlier returning to me.“Now, back to the more important things.” ★☆★ Authors note: So here’s the second chapter that I ended with Vuke making out… so I hope you guys are happy, because I am (with this at least)If you got a feels attack like I did while reading this, give it some notes!I have no idea where I’m gonna go with this, and how many more chapters there are gonna be, so just bear with me!Um yeah so that’s about it for nowHugs & Kisses-Hannahxx -- source link

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