Invisible - l.h

Chapter 4

The first few tweets explained it all.

I read them in reverse order to make sense of the night Ellie apparently had.

impromptu gig at the horizon's bar tonight! come out! we go on at 9:00!!!! - ellie :)

WE'RE ABOUT TO GO ON & WE'RE ALL BRUSHING OUR TEETH TOGETHER! #BANDBONDING - ray

kick ass show! someone knew the lyrics to great escape & i think i cried inside. - trevor

ellie was just bought five drinks by five different guys in five minutes...how?! not fair. - ray

feel bad el has school tomorrow...oops :) - ted

& attached to that last tweet from ted was a picture of Ellie in the back of the taxi curled up asleep. I saw it was posted at 3:15 in the morning.

So Michael was right, she was hungover & she was probably exhausted.

"Michael was right." I told Calum as I showed him the tweets. "She was partying all night."

"Damn Ellie." Calum laughed. "Good for her."

A part of me was glad that she had a good night, since it's hard to tell if she has a lot of fun in her life or not but a part of me was upset I wasn't able to see her gig.

I wanted to see that Ellie again. I really wanted to see her in her true environment again. I wanted to see her on stage, killing it, singing her heart out. I wanted to watch her after a gig hang out with her friends, be herself, having a good life.

The more I thought about it, the more I knew that Ellie from New Bloods is the real Ellie.

The girl sitting a few tables across from me right now at school is far from who she really is.

-

One morning a few days after Ellie's hungover mess of a day, I was standing out by Michael's locker as usual when I saw her walk in.

& as usual, she was looking down & doing her best to avoid stepping in anyone's way.

Across the way, I saw Sherrie & this other girl Hope coming down the hall.

Hope was into Calum in the same way that Sherrie was into me except he & Hope had a thing for awhile a few months back whereas I never even kissed Sherrie but either way, they were two girls who thought they had a chance with us.

Anyways, I saw them walking directly towards Ellie, literally straight for her, & even though Ellie was purposely trying to get out of their way, I watched Hope intentionally walk straight into Ellie.

"What the fuck?" Hope then yelled loud enough so that everyone in the hall turned towards her. "Watch where you're going, you freak! You just walked right into me! God damn it lift your head up when you walk!"

I didn't see Ellie's face, since her back was towards me by this point, but she just continued carrying on walking without saying anything back, without defending herself.

Then Hope & Sherrie walked up to our group with smiles on their faces.

"Hi Calum." Hope said as she approached him.

"Hey Luke." Sherrie then smiled at me. "How are you?"

"I'm okay but what the fuck was that all about?" I asked Hope.

"What do you mean?"

"I saw you walk straight into Ellie."

"Ellie? Is that her name?"

"Yes. It is." I said. Calum & Michael then turned towards me now wondering what had just happened. "Why did you walk straight into her & then call her a freak for it?"

"She walked into me." Hope held her hands up. "It was quite obvious."

"No, it wasn't. She went to get out of your fucking way & then you purposely went straight into her. I saw it happen. You can't lie about this."

"Why were you watching her anyways?" Hope then asked me. "Huh?"

"Uh, I was just looking around & I happened to see it. That's all."

"Were you looking at me?" Sherrie then asked me as she put her hand on my arm.

"No dammit. I was just looking around. But seriously, don't be so mean to her. Why do you have to be so bitchy sometimes, Hope?"

"Luke." Calum stopped me. "Chill."

"No. I'm tired of people thinking they're better than others. Who the fuck cares if you're popular & Ellie isn't. Don't talk to her that way. Okay?"

"Jeesh. I had no idea Luke liked the quiet freaks." Hope then turned away from me.

"Stop!" I yelled again. "Just fucking stop!"

"Dude." Michael stepped in front of me. "What was that all about?"

"I literally saw her purposely walk straight into Ellie. That's not okay with me. Regardless if it was Ellie or not, they shouldn't be putting other people down."

"Okay but why were you watching that direction? I know it wasn't for Sherrie."

"I was looking at Ellie for like two seconds & I saw it Michael, alright?"

"Do you watch Ellie every day for like two seconds?"

"No. I just saw it today, that's all. But that's not the point! I hate that people treat Ellie like shit just because she's not popular."

"I know but what you going to do? You can't change the ways of high school. We've been mean to anyone that hasn't been popular for years now & that's just how it is." Calum explained to me. "I know we all don't like it but we can't change it."

"Well now I'm aware of it & I feel like shit about it so I want to change it."

"Only a few more months." Michael began. "& then high school is all just a memory."

"Well too bad for someone like Ellie, it's a shitty memory thanks to people like us. Damn I hate being popular sometimes. Fuck my brothers for making me this way for me. I'm really starting to feel like shit now"

"It'll be fine." Calum put his hand on my back as we started walking towards our class. "It will all be over soon."

-

A/N luke is like hardcore struggling with being popular rn.

& can we have a moment that this fic is called invisible & that's rumored to be a title on their new album????

also i move into my apartment at uni in less than two weeks so i've been getting a lot of shit together & buying things to decorate my room so i went with a black, white & red theme since red is my fav color & i think my room will be cute & i love the thought of a new room. like i love decorating a new space & i'm going to be living with three of my besties so it should be a good year.

i'm going to go make some mac 'n cheese now.

enjoy your day!

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cathy