Tag: teen fiction

I didn’t know how to face my family. It had been awhile since I spoke to them. My relations with my mom weren’t the best, and I always chose to avoid her. But me and dad got along well. Luke had transferred the money right away and my brother was in ICU, I had no idea how to expect this meeting to be like…I had no clue how to react by seeing my family after two years, that too with Luke. I tried telling myself that I was okay, and Luke was going to be there with me. I tried to not overthink but there was something about this day that was wrong. My inner self wasn’t sure about today and I was scared that we picked the wrong day to meet my family. Something in me was panicking when I did not even know what was wrong.

“Luke?” I called out as we walked out of the apartment with our bags, going to the airport.

“Yeah?” He held my hand and we walked out on the street.

“I’m panicking for no reason..” I trailed off.

“Babe, it’s going to be okay. Don’t stress so much, your family will be glad to see you,” he kissed my cheek.

I did not know what to say. I wasn’t exactly sure if it was my family that was bothering me this minute. It was something else. I often get instincts when something isn’t going right, but maybe I’m just too orthodox, maybe I’m just stressing and being way too clingy about this entire thing. Maybe I’m just so deluded that I think everything is wrong right now. Maybe its just the anxiety of meeting my family after two years that’s taking over me. I toook a deep breath and finally smiled to Luke and pecked his lips. He made me feel at ease, and as cringe as it may sound, he made me feel like everything is okay when its clearly not. Trust me, before I had met Luke, it was different. I thought all of this was really bullshit. Its not like I did hook ups, honestly, the only person I ever had been around with no feelings was Michael. Its not like I had too many boyfriends, I had only dates one guy seriously in my life. Now, it’s two. Because Luke was different. I was so wrong about him. I had so many reasons as though why he’s an asshole and why he’s no good for me, but honestly, he’s too good for me.

“Rachel?” His voice brought me back to reality,

“Yeah, Luke?” I turned to him.

“I forgot my bottle, stay here and I’ll grab it and be back?” he said.

“Sure,” I smiled as he walked away.

I stood there aimlessly, I was just thinking about where the boys were, weren’t they gonna be with us till the airport? Maybe they just woke up late. I literally did not have the time to go and see them. I really wanted to see Michael before I left because we were close and he had guided me through the relationship whenever I had my doubts. I started walking aimlessly on the street, it was quite silent today, I pulled in my headphones and played King For A Day by Pierce The Veil as I walked towards the bus stop and peeped around everything. I was totally tuned out of reality and only just concentration on Vic. The song ended as Back Seat Seranade by All Time Low started playing. I couldn’t even describe how much I love All Time Low and this song was my favorite. I did not want to know what my life would be like without the existence of this song. As I was just only listening to Alex Gaskarth in the middle of the street, going back to the spot where Luke had asked me to wait, I felt a massive weight on my body as I was thrown away on the other side of the road. I hurt my head and it was a total black out, my headphones were lying somewhere and my whole body froze as I lift my head up to the opposite side of the street. I wasn’t sure if I was hallucinating or this was just a big nightmare, though I wish it was. Luke was laying there, bleeding as he just got hit by a car. I couldn’t move, I couldn’t say a word. As much as I tried to lift my body up, I was just there, on the ground. Wincing in pain. I don’t know what hurt more, the fact that I couldn’t go up there and help Luke, or the fact that Luke saved me and got hit by a car. I heard the boys and Liz yell and scream as they ran toward Luke, I tried to force myself to get up as I almost gave in all my strength to stand up. I took little steps but just my luck, I fell down again. Malcolm saw me struggling as he ran toward me and held me in his arms. He kept yelling to Caleb, “CALL THE AMBULANCE! CALL 911! NOW!” But Caleb wouldn’t budge. He just stood there, seeing Luke, his eyes filling up.

“Malcolm, his breathing is slow!” Ashton gasped.

Liz just sat there aimlessly, not being able to believe what had happened. Malcolm put me down on next to Luke as I sat up and buried my head in his chest and began crying.

“YOU GUYS SHOULD CALL THE AMBULANCE, GIVE ME YOUR PHONE ASHTON!” Malcolm was panicking, as he grabbed Ashton’s phone rudely and called the ambulance.

“Luke?” I cried, “Luke, please, please keep breathing,” I sobbed as I could feel his breathing get slow.

“Luke, please!” I cried harder, “talk to me! Luke talk to me!” I started hitting him. I did not know what I was doing, I could feel him get away from me and I did not want to lose another important person from my life.

“Luke, man, the ambulance will be here in no time, just talk to us,” Malcolm sat down next to me.

“Malcolm, he won’t talk! Why won’t he talk!” I screamed, “Why didn’t you let me die? Nobody even needs me! I’m so stupid, Luke, why!”

“Rachell..” Luke managed to say, “I- I lo-ve you,” he said, having trouble breathing.

“I love you, Luke, I love you, keep talking to me, okay?” I said as I ran my hand around his face.

“Listen, listen to me,” he held me hand as he winced in pain, “you – you are amazing,” he took heavy breaths, “and – and I want you to move on if I’m no more -”

“NO! NO! The ambulance will be here! Shut up! We’re gonna get married, remember?” I cried.

“Malcolm,” Luke called out, struggling, “take – take care of – of her,” that’s all I heard from Luke as he took a final breath and I knew, I knew he was gone.

“NO!” Malcolm was crying too, “Luke, man! Wake up, Luke, the ambulance is here, Luke, don’t leave me. I need somebody to beat me up in video games, please! Luke, stop playing around!” he yelled.

“He’s gone,” Caleb said, “he’s gone!” he screamed, “Why couldn’t you see and cross?” he yelled at me.

“Liz!” Ashton ran over to Liz who passed out as soon as Caleb said Luke was gone, “hey! you!” he called out at the nurse and took Liz in the ambulance as the other people came over to pick Luke’s body.

“Caleb, calm yourself,” Malcolm put his hands on Caleb’s shoulder.

“Calm myself? He was my best friend! He’s no more because he saved her! Doesn’t she know how to cross?!” he yelled.

“Caleb, now is not the time, get yourself together. Its not her fault,” Malcolm said sternly.

“Not her fault?” Caleb cried, “he was my best friend! My best friend!”

“I know, I know,” Michael’s voice cracked as Caleb hugged him, crying on his shoulder, “he was our best friend,”

“He’s gone. He was just having a banter with us a second ago, and now he’s gone, he’s gone!” Caleb sobbed.

I ran into the apartment as I heard Malcolm call for my name, I knew he’d come after me so I locked the door and ran into mine and Luke’s room and opened my wardrobe, I threw every piece of clothing I ever had just to find the paper I was looking for. I finally got hold of the paper and I read it all over again.

Reasons to not be with Luke Hemmings:

1) Playful relations with Michael.

2) Luke is arrogant

3) Luke is known as a bad boy, and has a flop image.

4) Luke’s ego is bigger than mine.

5) Luke doesn’t give me importance.

6) Luke makes me feel bad.

7) Luke has a bad temper.

8) Luke was obsessed with me.

9) Luke was a jerk.

10) Luke was immature.

11) Luke did not understand the way I live my life.

12) Luke was too famous for my own good.

13) Luke’s fans was crazy.

14) Luke was too in love with me.

15) Luke has commitment problems.

16) I did not know Luke enough.

17) Luke was stupid.

18) Luke would probably leave me without an explanation.

I could not believe the last reason I wrote. After writing absolute dumb reasons, it was the last reason that turned out to be true. Luke, why did you leave me? You’re never coming back. Luke, I’m sorry, I kept saying. I’m sorry I did not value you in our relationship. Just come back… Once.

I tore that paper into pieces and threw it away, crying insanely as I heard his voice echo in my ear “Even after having a hundred reasons why you shouldn’t be in love with me, I’ll give you one why you should be which will make you forget every damn reason you ever had,”

*Rachel’s Point of View*

Obviously I did not get an advance. Obviously I couldn’t help my dad. This sucked. Everything around me was falling apart and it would be of great help if my ego would ease up with me, but that wasn’t the case. My ego was held high up, so high that I couldn’t even reach it now. It annoyed me so much, I wish I could just tell someone about my problem but it wasn’t all that easy for me. Not just my ego, I was the last person to talk about myself and draw attention to myself. I hardly ever spoke about my problems, unless I was talking to my best friend, and my best friend wasn’t here with me right now so I did not have anyone to talk to.

Luke entered the room after about 5 minutes and sat down next to me, “how was your day?” he asked.

“Fine,” I replied, “yours?”

“It was fine, you okay?” He questioned.

“All good,” I tried to smile.

“What’s bothering you, Rachel?” he asked me in a serious tone.

“Nothing!” I faked a huge grin my face.

“Oh, stop it. I know there’s something bothering you, you can share it with me, you know?”

“I know, I know. Its nothing big, don’t worry,” I said.

“Really? Then why were you crying in the bathroom?” he raised his eyebrow.

“When?!” I gasped.

“In the morning, I know you were, don’t try to tell me otherwise,”

“Its nothing like that, Luke, I missed my family, that’s all,” I insisted.

“Rachel, seriously? I heard you crying, can you quit lying?” he was annoyed.

“I’m not lying! It’s seriously nothing,”

“You know what? Just forget that huge ego of yours. Is it so bad to discuss your problems with your boyfriend?”

“Stop getting mad at me! Don’t talk to me like that!” I snapped.

“Yeah? How about I don’t talk to you at all?” He laughed sarcastically.

“Even better!”

“Why don’t you trust me!” He yelled.

“Its not like I don’t trust you, Luke,” I replied calmly, “I’m having trouble, okay?” I finally said.

“Share it with me,”

“My brother is dying and I don’t have enough money to help him,” I said quickly as I shut my eyes, I could feel the tears forming in my eyes.

“I’ll help you,” He said as he came closer to me.

“No!” I almost cried, “No! You can’t!”

“Why? Rachel, don’t be so stubborn, its about your family right now,”

“Luke, its a high amount, I can’t take your help. The management isn’t giving me an advance, I don’t know what to do!” I sobbed.

“Rachel,” he held me and I rested my head in his chest, “Look, babe, relax. I’m here, okay? Take my help. You can pay back, even if you don’t have to. But, right now, take my help, please?”

“I love you,” I said, “I will pay you back, I promise.”

“Okay, now calm down, please?”

“I’m scared,” I cried.

“Don’t be, you want to meet your brother?” he cupped my face.

“Yes,” I nodded, “I want to. I want to, so bad,”

“Okay,” he kissed my cheek, “we’ll go together, okay?”

“But the management..” I said in a small voice.

“My mom will handle it,” he assured.

“Thank you so much, Luke” I hugged him tighter.

“You’re such an idiot,” he said into the hug, “you’ve been going through so much since morning and you didn’t tell me,”

“I didn’t want to bother you, honestly,” I sniffed.

“Your silence bothers me much more than the real problem, Rachel,” he said in low voice.

Damn, Luke Hemmings I’m in love with you. Madly.

The only reason why I wish I wasn’t dating you is because… you’re too good for me.

*Rachel’s Point of View*

I woke up being cuddled next to Luke, his  warm body next to mine, giving me a million feelings as I recalled memories of last night. We had finally taken our relationship to the last level of giving each other ourselves completely. I always thought it was cringe of people to think this way about someone but Luke Hemmings had got that out of me, since he’s the person I truly adore and love.

I ran my fingers around his face memorizing all the features again and smiling to myself. My thoughts were interrupted by my phone ringing as I reached out to answer it.

“Hey, dad!” I cheerfully greeted as I answered it.

“Rachel, I need your help,” he replied in a very serious tone.

“What happened? Is everything okay?” I asked in a worried tone.

“Your brother met with an accident and he can go to coma because of blood loss, we don’t have enough money for his operation, can you please help me?” he explained in a shaky voice.

“What?! How the heck did that happen?” I asked in disbelief, “Dad, how much do you need? I have to pay for my studies too,” I trailed off.

“He was driving ruthlessly!” he yelled on the other side of the phone, “how much do you have right now?”

“I have a few savings and this month’s salary, I practically used all of it,” I reply hating myself for making such unreasonable expenses this year.

“I don’t think that’s enough, Rachel, please do something! Please,” the pain in his voice startled me, I felt like crying because I was so helpless at that moment, “I’m begging you, please,”

“Dad..” I almost tear up, “Please start the operation or whatever is needed, I’ll do.something,” I assured as I disconnected the call. I felt so stupid and irrational for making a promise that I knew I wasn’t capable of fulfilling, but I didn’t know what to do at that time.

I felt Luke fidgeting and I tried to smile, I wasn’t going to let him know, I couldn’t let my problems be a burden to him.

“Morning,” he grinned at me.

“Good morning,” I replied back.

“I don’t feel like getting out of bed,” he mumbled.

“Well, I will have to, management meeting,” I answered.

“I’m gonna miss you….why can’t you be on a break too?” he pouted.

“Stop being such a baby and let me go,” I simply said.

“Without giving me a kiss?” he frowned.

“You haven’t even brushed your teeth, go away,” I chuckled.

“Okay okay, get ready. I’ll wait for you down,” he smiled and pecked my nose.

I finally stepped out of bed, feeling really really guilty and bad, I can’t believe my dad asked me for help once in his entire life and I could not even do that for him. It sucked to know you’re such a failure. I got in the shower with all sorts of thoughts, how was I so helpless? Why did I use that money on getting this house with Luke, why couldn’t I just save? Me and Luke moved in together because I couldn’t buy a house on my own, or stay on rent. Well, I could stay on rent but Luke wasn’t okay with me sharing a house with someone, protective boyfriends I tell you. So we made a deal of getting our own flat. It wasn’t anything too huge because my contribution was really less, which made me feel like a loser again. And on the other side, I didn’t even think getting a huge apartment would make sense because we weren’t going to be in England forever. It was only for breaks. The boys were in Europe now, continuing their European tour. They had a break for two weeks before getting started. Michael, Ashton and Calum lived together in the apartment below us. I did not really want to live with 4 guys, and Luke understood that so we got another apartment for just ourselves. Luke mostly spent his time there, or may I say “down”. It was cute to see their bonding. It was especially cute to see this side of Luke. Maybe he was right, he did give me a reason which made me forget all my hatred towards him. That reason was his unknown side, his tender touch, his warm hugs and his affectionate kisses. I shook my head and laughed softly how I always ended up thinking about Luke, no matter what I was doing.

I got out of shower and changed into a white shirt on black jeans, and simply combed my hair, I did some smoky eye makeup because eye makeup was my favorite thing and I would never step out of my house without applying something on my eyelids. Its just how it went.

I went downstairs and entered the house without even bothering to knock because the door was open and that was just an open invitation itself, I saw Luke sitting on the dining table and I walked up to him and sat down next to him, I quickly took a glass of milk and some bread with cheese showing signs of how hungry I was. I heard Luke chuckle next to me, I turned to him, “what?” I asked my face stuffed with food.

“You’re adorable,” he simply said and kissed my forehead.

“Have you brushed your teeth yet?” I asked him as I gulped the bread in and grabbed my glass of milk.

“Yup,” he smirked getting my drift, “Drink faster,” he hurried.

I did the same and wiped my face with the cloth, “okay,” I stood up and walked towards his chair and sat on his lap, “can you drop me to the office?” I asked him.

“Sure,” he furrowed his eyebrows and walked toward me. I just hugged him. He hugged me back, I wanted more of that hug. I was having a bad time and all I wanted was Luke. I hugged him for what felt like years. I broke the hug after several minutes and said, “we’ll be late, lets go?” I ask.

“Sure,” he got up and grabbed the keys of his car.

The entire car ride was silent, I was just sitting and hoping how they could give me some money in advance, or my entire salary right now and not next month. I anyhow had to convince them about it, I was the one who could save my brother. I had asked dad to admit him already and start the operation and now I had just today’s evening to arrange some amount of money.

“Rachel,” Luke’s voice got me back to reality, “we reached?” he spoke.

“Uh, yes, thanks,” I manage to choke out.

“What’s wrong?” he asked.

“Nothing,” I kissed his cheek and got out of the car in a swift moment so that he wouldn’t ask me any more questions. But for a fact I knew that he was aware something was wrong with me, and I did not want to tell him what it was, I couldn’t just take another favor from him, my ego was too big for that.