school skirts | hemmings

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"hey, guys! what's going on here?" michael asks as his eyes bounce back and forth from luke to me. i can see why he would be suspicious since we were on opposite ends of the couch practically hugging the arm rests.

"oh, nothing. just watching some television." luke answered and stood up clearing his throat, disappearing into the kitchen. i couldn't help but watch him as he leaves and admire his back muscles through his shirt. once he's out of view i turn my attention back to michael who is glaring at me.

"you like luke." he states and crosses his arms. "i do not!" i defend a little too quickly and he smirks at me, "yeah, sure. just be careful, he tends to be a bit... intense." he warns and i furrow my eyebrows, "what does that even mean?" i ask and he shakes his head, "nothing. what are you doing here anyways?" he asks while sitting down and propping his feet on the coffee table and surfing through the channels on the tv.

"luke was helping me with homework since he's some math genius." i answer and he raises his eyebrow at me and scoffs.

"you're having luke teach you math while you're wearing your school uniform?" he scoffs and i reluctantly nod, "yeah. why?" i question and he just smirks and shakes his head, "nothing."

"no, tell me." i pry and grab his shoulder and shake it. he pulls away and stands up since he probably found all the shows on the television uninteresting, "don't worry about it, audrey, it's not like he's going to reveal it to you or anything." he chuckles and it was my turn to raise my eyebrow, "reveal what?"

"nothing! oh my god you're so annoying!" he exclaims and chuckles to soften the blow and i roll my eyes, "damn, michael, i was just wondering." i scoff and head to the door to put on my coat and shoes. i tell him a quick goodbye and i would've said it to luke too but he wasn't in the kitchen anymore. as i exit the apartment and walk to the bus station, i couldn't keep from wondering what luke was hiding. michael mentioned something about him teaching me math while i was in my uniform, maybe ava was right, maybe he did have some weird kink.

i don't even know why i'm so invested in his personal life, it doesn't concern me. although, when he told me to be a good girl i couldn't help but rebel just to see how he would react. i wonder what would've happened if michael didn't come home right then. would luke have gotten angry at me? would he teach me a lesson?

honestly i wouldn't be opposed to that.

i was now at home and i laid on my bed and tried to motivate myself to get up and take a shower since my hair hasn't been washed in a couple days. i groan as i get up and head to the bathroom since all i want to do right now was sleep. i lazily undressed myself and turned on the water and stood under it. i let it wash over me and i lather my hair with shampoo and my body with soap before rinsing it all off.

i walk back to my room and change into some pajama shorts and a random shirt and wrap my hair in a towel. i grab my phone and notice i have quite a few missed messages from ava.

i ignore them and just call her since i'm honestly too lazy to maneuver my thumbs across a keyboard and type.

"oh my god, audrey! chase and i got into an argument and i don't know what to do!" she exclaims right when she picks up and i roll my eyes, "well hello to you too." i respond flatly. "this is serious! i think i really messed up!" she all but screams into the phone and i sigh, "what happened?"

"okay so you know how chase arrived to connecticut last night? well he never texted me when he did so i texted him asking if he made it there okay and that i loved him and i told him goodnight. so then this morning i expected to receive a text from him but i didn't so i texted him again telling him good morning and that i hoped he has a good first day at his school but he never replied to that either."

"i'm sorry to interrupt your story, aves, but maybe his phone is messed up or something." i reasoned with her and she scoffed.

"that's what i thought too, but apparently he can update his stupid snapchat story but he couldn't text back his girlfriend. so i texted him again and i asked him why he was ignoring me and if i did something to upset him and he fucking went off on me saying that i needed to chill and that i was clingy. like i'm sorry that i care about your well being and all you had to do was say you were busy or something and i would've understood."

"is that it?" i asked after she paused for a while.

"no. we got into this huge argument and honestly it was so dumb but we said some hurtful things and he told me that if i couldn't give him his space then we should break up and i didn't respond after that. what do i do audrey? i don't want to be his annoying clingy girlfriend but i can't help it. i don't get to see him everyday like i used to and i don't get to kiss him and hug him and i'm just so upset. i thought i could do this whole long distance relationship and i know it was my idea but now i'm not so sure. it's only been a day and i already miss him so much." she sighs and i frown. i hate to hear her so upset but i know how much chase means to her.

"just explain to him that you don't mean to be clingy and that you just miss him and you'll just need some time to get used to it. he probably mentioned you guys breaking up in the heat of the moment." i reassured her.

"you're probably right. thank you so much." she says while sniffling a bit, probably from crying. "yeah, of course. do you need me to come over?" i ask and she declines and we just stay on the phone for a few hours talking about random things and soon ava was feeling better. it was now almost one in the morning and i was in need of sleep.

after we hung up i turned off my light and got all comfortable and snug under my sheets and just as i was close to falling asleep i hear my phone buzz. i groan and pick it up from it's charging position on my nightstand and i squint at how bright the screen is. after my eyes adjusted i realized it was a text message... from luke.

luke:

if you pull that 'maybe i want to be a bad girl' shit on me again i just might actually punish you and teach you a lesson.

well fuck.

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short as fuck and lame as fuck.

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