Without You

Part 19 "Why is my pillow hugging me?"

"You know what you said," Luke mumbles angrily and Eli snickers.

"This is why we can't work together!" Eli flicks his hand at Luke.

"Then just stay here and work on your project with me," I suggest with a shrug.

"That is exactly why we came!" Eli ruffles my hair.

"Bitch," Luke mutters to Eli as we walk upstairs.

I turn and give Luke a look.

"Sorry," he smirks.

We make it up to my room I sit in the middle of my bed. Luke sits on my right, Eli sits on my left, and Leo sits on the floor at the end of the bed, keeping watch over the two guys.

The guys take out their work and I continue on mine.

"Move your damn foot," Luke sneers at Eli after only ten minutes of working.

"You move your leg!" Eli retorts.

Still looking at my project, I grab a pillow from behind me, and shove it in between their legs.

"Thank you," Luke pats my thigh and I puff out my cheeks in an attempt to cover the blush.

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I snuggle deeper into my pillow and come to the realization that I had fallen asleep.

Why is my pillow hugging me?

I blink open my eyes and I see a chest. Luke's chest actually.

I lift my head and see he's peacefully sleeping.

He looks so handsome and calm.

I look behind me to see where Eli is and he's asleep with one leg on the ground, his head under a pillow, and his arms are spread out, making him take up most of the bed.

I turn back to look at Luke and I see his gorgeous grey eyes staring brightly back at me.

I blush and hide my face. I feel his chest vibrate and I look up to see him laughing quietly.

"You're so beautiful," he looks back down at me.

"Thank you," I smile shyly.

Luke starts leaning in and I feel my heartbeat quicken. When he's only about an inch away, we hear the loudest groan escape Eli's lips.

I look over and see him still sleeping in the same position he was only a minute ago.

"Jackass," Luke sighs and I giggle.

Luke unwraps his arms from me and we both sit up. Luke stands up and goes to the other side of the bed where Eli is still asleep.

Luke grabs Eli's leg and pulls him off the bed. He lands with a thump and jumps awake.

"Oww," he moans, getting up slowly, holding his back.

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*Next day*

"Guess what!" Izzy excitedly asks me.

"What!" I ask back excitedly as well.

"Anthony Mackle asks me to homecoming!!!" She squeals.

"That's great! Who is that?"

"He's the hottest guy on the soccer team!" She smiles.

Kelsey used to play soccer. I would never play it though, too much running for me.

"Then I'm happy for you!" I smile and give her a hug.

"Alright students! Listen up," Mr.Wills announces, "I will be handing out your field trip permission slips! We are going on a nature tour a few hours away in two weeks time, exactly a week after homecoming." He passes out the permission slips.