Beside You | A Luke Hemmings Fanfic

The Talk

*Luke's p.o.v*
I woke up the next morning alone. I groaned and turned over in bed, the mattress still warm from where Alyssa previously lay. I buried my nose into the softness, her signature scent of peppermint filling my nose. I smiled, as I heard the door open. I turned as Alyssa entered, wearing an oversized Blink182 shirt.
"Good morning, gorgeous," I smiled as she sat down
"Hi," Alyssa replied, also smiling. I looked at her
"Isn't that mine?" I questioned, tugging gently at the t-shirt she was wearing
"Maybe..." Alyssa smiled. "You can have it back if you want?"
"No, no way. You look way too cute in it," I replied, and slid my arm around her waist, pulling her down next to me on the bed, causing her to laugh. I grinned
"What?" Alyssa asked, looking at me
"Nothing," I replied. "I just love your laugh"
"Nah, I hate it," Alyssa said, laughing again
"Well, I love it."

"Is that the time?!" Alyssa yelled suddenly, making me jump. We were curled up on my bed watching Gossip Girl on Netflix. She chose it, not me...I never watch this stuff.
"Why, what's wrong?" I asked, as Alyssa jumped off the bed and started gathering her clothes up from last night.
"Oh, I have a meeting," Alyssa replied, as I sat up on the bed
"What for?" I asked curiously
"Apparently there's a first annual Sydney Fashion Show in a couple of months, so I'm meeting with the organiser, who'll tell me if my designs are any good to be in the show!" Alyssa explained
"That's so cool!" I replied, hugging my girlfriend.
"The only problem is, I want to go home and change, but I have nothing to wear home except my dress from last night," Alyssa said, hugging me back
"One second," I replied, and pulled open the large right hand drawer of my wardrobe.
"What's that?" Alyssa asked as I began rummaging through the drawer.
"I call it "my Alyssa drawer"," I explained as I pulled out a pair of black leggings, and one of my hoodies. "Everything that you accidentally leave here, I keep in this drawer for moments like this. I also keep certain hoodies and tops of mine that I think you might like,"
"Thank you Luke, that's so sweet, and you saved the day," Alyssa smiled as I handed her the clothes.
"Now, go get changed!"

10 minutes later, and Alyssa had left the house, after I wished her luck for her interview, her promising that she would come over afterwards to let me know how it went. I went downstairs and started to make some breakfast. I was halfway through, when my mum came downstairs
"Morning, Luke," my mum smiled. "I trust that everything was alright last night?"
"Yeah, it was. There was way too much lasagne for me to eat by myself, so Alyssa came over and we had dinner," I replied, as I boiled the kettle
"Aw, that's sweet. Is she still here? I haven't seen her in a while," my mum asked
"No, she went home 10 minutes ago, she has an interview with the organiser of the Sydney Fashion Show," I explained as I got two mugs out the cupboard
"She's a designer?" My mum asked
"Yeah, and she's really good," I grinned, handing my mum a cup of tea.
"Thanks," she replied, taking the drink.
"Mum....?" I stretched out the word. I had to talk to her, and it was now or never.
"What's up, Luke?" She said, taking a seat at the table
"We need to talk,"

"What about?" She asked, taking a sip of her drink
"Well, first off, do you know any of the people in this photo?" I asked, pulling out my phone and showing her the photo of young Alyssa and her dad at the beach.
"Is that Alyssa, with ice cream all round her mouth?" She asked, laughing at the little girl in the photo
"Yeah, but what about the other guy? Do you recognise him?" I replied
"Well, I'm guessing that it would be Alyssa's dad, though I don't know what his name was," Mum said
"I think you do, though, Mum," I replied
"Why would I lie about something like that?" She asked me, confused
"Because you don't want me to know the truth," I replied, annoyed at her pretend innocence
"Luke, what's going on?" She frowned at me
"I know about you and Alex"

"What do you mean, "me and Alex"?" She laughed nervously
"Mum, cut the act. I know what happened between you, and I know about him being Ben's dad," I said, my voice lowering throughout the sentence
"Oh, God," my mum replied. "How did you find out?"
"Alyssa got a letter from her dad yesterday, explaining it. I want to here what happened from you, as well, though." She took a deep breath and began.
"Basically, we worked together at Parks for ages and ages. I hadn't met your dad yet, but Alex was already married to Anne Marie. I always was a little attracted to him at work, but I knew that I shouldn't do anything, because he was married. Well, anyway, we had an office party one year, and we both had way too much to drink, and we ended up sleeping together. It was only a few weeks later that I found out that I was pregnant, with your brother. Alex got sacked soon after, but once Ben was born, we kept meeting up in secret. I never told him about Ben, and he was always at the child minders when Alex came over. I called it off when I met your father, though. When Ashton and Alyssa were born, Anne-Marie found out that Alex had had an affair, but didn't know who with. She kicked Alex out, and he and Alyssa travelled back to California, where Alex was originally from. I never thought it would be mentioned again, until you grew up and became best friends with Ashton," my mum explained, nearly in tears
"Wow, mum. Are you okay?" I asked, hugging her
"Yeah. I don't regret sleeping with Alex the first time, because that would mean that I regret Ben, which I don't, but I do wish that I hadn't hooked up with him, so many times after that," my mum replied, hugging me back.
"Luke... Can you, maybe-" she started
"Don't worry. I won't say anything."

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A/N

Yeah, this chapter was kinda boring, I just wanted to show Liz's shied of the story.

Also, this storyline with Ben, might be in the book later on, but I'm not to sure yet.

This book is probably going to come to an end soon, but I do have lots of ideas for a sequel if that's what's you guys want? Leave comments and let me know!

Chicken grease peace nipples
Lots of dat love
Zoe xx