Without You

Part 29 "I'll never get it back"

Someone's jealous.

He's Shawn Mendes for goodness sake! There's no reason to be jealous. It's not like I've actually got a chance with him. He's a celebrity.

I rub his crossed forearms, relieving some of his tension.

"Luke?" I ask softly, wanting him to look at me. He refuses to look at me and I let out an inaudible sigh.

"Luke, look at me," I say a little more sternly and he finally decides to drag his gaze away from the window. He looks down at me and his eyes automatically soften from their previous 'unhappy' look.

"Why are you upset?" He looks at me like he already knows I know why he's upset.

"I'm jealous." He deadpans, not hesitating to admit it, "I'm sorry."

He leans down and rests his head on my collarbone.

"I don't like him." He mumbles, referring to Shawn Mendes.

"I know." I giggle.

Of course he doesn't like him.

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"We're here! Exit in an orderly fashion please!" Mr. Wiles announces and Eli jumps out the bus window.

Mr. Wiles sighs and rubs his temples as he watches Eli run to the lake. Eli dodges a few children who are in his path and even one pregnant lady.

This must be a public lake.

The rest of us normal people begin exiting the bus.

"Hate this fucking bus, I'm going to the bathroom," Luke mumbles as we walk off the bus. I ignore his ugly attitude and I just walk forward until I'm in step with Izzy and Olivia.

"Have you controlled him?" Izzy asks grumpily.

"Yeah but he's still in a cruddy mood," I take my hair out of its ponytail and my curls run down my back.

"He'll get over his crappy mood when he notices you won't talk to him until he will. That will straighten him up pretty quick," Olivia smirks.

I sigh and bend over and take my flip-flops off, putting my feet in the lake's sand. I hear a wolf whistle from behind me and I snap back up with my cheeks aflame.

At first, I think it's Luke but I know he would never do something like that in public. I turn around and three guys look right back at me. A black haired boy smirks back at me and his blonde and brown haired friends smile from beside him. My eyes widen and an embarrassed blush makes its way onto my face.

Thankfully Izzy and Olivia are quick to come up to my side.

"I know to hell and back you did not just do that!" Olivia snaps her fingers right in the face of the black haired boy.

"If I were you, I would leave," Izzy warns them and she's 100 percent right. They should leave before Luke comes back. He will be very mad.

"What's wrong?" The black haired boy grabs my arms and pulls me to his side. Unfortunately, due to my size, even though I tried to resist meeting his side, I do, "Do you have a boyfriend sexy?"

"Y-Yes and he's in the bathroom so you should leave," I try to get out of his hold.

"Get the fuck off her," Eli's serious voice suddenly comes from in front of us. I look up at him pleadingly.

"You think I'm scared of you?" The guy and his cronies start laughing.

"It's not me who you need to worry about bud," Eli smirks, his eyes darting behind him. A few seconds later, a seething Luke comes in front of us.