BESIDE YOU | LH

20|Apologies.

I quietly unlocked the door and stepped inside, locking it behind me.

"Do you know what time it is?" I turned around and saw Luke, his eyes were red and heavy, showing me that he had been crying too. I shook my head at him, shivering as I still had my wet clothes on. "It's nearly 3:00am Annie." He paused then took a few steps closer.

"You promised you wouldn't be too long. Do you know how scared I was? How scared Hannah was? She thought you weren't coming back. Me and Ashton had to reassure her that you would, while Calum and Micheal made her tea. it was terrible, they cant even cook pasta, she refused to eat it." I could tell he was angry, even though his voice was quiet and shaky. I hadn't properly looked at him yet. My eyes were focused on the floor, I didn't want to see his eyes, I didn't want to know he had been crying because of me, yet I couldn't help myself.

"Why were you crying?" My voice was lost, the words coming out hardly made it out. I finally looked up at him and realised just how close we were. I placed my still wet hand on his cheek and slowly rubbed my thumb up and down. He flinched at my touch, presumable because I was wet and cold.

"Your freezing." He whispered, placing his hand on mine and taking it from his face.

He took my hand in his and lead me to his room, my heart beating faster than before. Closing the door behind him, he stopped walking as we got to the end of the bed. He rested his head on mine, both of our eyes closed.

"Hannah told me what's been happening at your house..." I shook my head at him, I didn't want to talk about it now, I couldn't talk, my voice was gone. He unzipped his jacket from me and placed it away from us, dropping it on the floor. Seeing that even my top was wet, his hands slowly reached the bottom of it and pulled it up, over my head, his fingers lightly caressing my skin as they made there way up.

"I'm going to run you a shower." He whispered on to my forehead before very slowly, and hesitantly, pulling away from me. I opened my eyes and swallowed down the lump in my throat.  Once I couldn't see him anymore I closed my eyes again, before taking my jeans off, so I was in nothing but my underwear and bra.

He swallowed deeply once seeing me sat at the end of the bed in barely any clothes. He placed a hand on my shoulder, causing me to jump. I got up and made my way into the bathroom, locking the door behind me. After taking the rest of my clothes off I got into the hot shower and just let the water fall down me.

Allowing the tears to fall, I covered my mouth, hoping he wouldn't hear me sob. What felt like hours later, I had made sure I finished crying then turned the shower off, got out and wrapped the towel around me. I opened the door and saw Luke sat on the edge of the bed, wearing sweatpants and a white top.

I attempted to ask for some clothes but my mouth couldn't make up words, my voice had officially gone. Somehow, he understood and passed me an oversized shirt and some of his underwear. Not realising I left the door open, I turned around, dropped the towel and slipped into the black band top and underwear.

I walked back into the bedroom and sat next to Luke, who was leaning against the headboard. We didn't talk for a moment as I slid under the duvet, in an attempt to get warm.

"Are you still cold?" He asked seeing me shiver. I nodded and moved myself closer to him, as he did the same. Now lying down, we faced each other, inches apart from one another. He ran his hand up and down my side, hoping to warm me up.

"Please don't do that again... I was so scared." He croaked out. I looked into his eyes and saw them getting glossy just of the thought of me leaving. I mouthed and apology and he nodded quickly. I moved myself closer, Our eyes still lost in each other.

Our noses brushed together multiple times as he rested his forehead on mine. I intertwined my left hand with his as the other was tucked under my pillow. I brought his hand up to my face and kissed it lightly, before moving them back down.

He moved his face closer to mine, closing my eyes I waited to See what he would do. Soft lips gently pressed against mine for a few seconds. Even though my heart was heavy, this made it beat faster.

Slowly pulling back, we both opened our eyes, looking into each others. After a brief second I moved forward again, kissing him again. Maybe two or three minutes later, when we had decided not to make this into anything more than kissing, i rested my head on his chest as he laid on his back, just like last night. I could here his heart, it was beating just as fast as mine.

An hour later I checked to see if Luke was asleep, which he was. I hadn't slept yet, I couldn't. I quietly shuffled my way out of Luke's grasp and made my way to the door.

I tiptoed my way to the room next door to see Hannah at the corner of the bed, sniffling in her sleep. I sat next to her and gently stroked the hair out of her face. After a failed attempted of speaking, I shook her arm lightly, waking her.  Her eyes fluttered open and landed on me immediately. She shot up and hugged me, burying her head into the crook of my neck.

"I'm sorry." She whispered, I nodded showing my apology too. She moved back around and brought my hand with her. We were now spooning at the edge of the bed, Hannah instantly falling back to sleep. I glanced over at the clock and saw it was 6:30am.

Looking at the door I saw Luke standing there. He shuffled in and laid next to me, kissing the back of my neck before falling asleep himself. I breathed steadily into the back of Hannah's neck, hoping to fall asllep myself.

It was now 7:25am and I still hadn't slept. Realising that I knew I wouldn't get to sleep, I slowly made my way out of Luke and Hannah's grasps and made my way to the kitchen. I opened the fridge and saw some eggs, bacon and sausages. I got them out and started to cook. I hummed a song as I had a light swing in my step, trying to lighten my mood.

Me and Hannah are ok now. Luke and I shared something, I didn't know what was happening between the two of us but, right now, I didn't actually care, I wanted to spend the day with Hannah.

These were the thoughts I kept reassuring myself with, forcing myself to smile even though no one was around.

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