Ghosts

Chapter 42

Well, that, and taking me on a classy, but somewhat cliche date. It's nice, but a bit much.

"Are you okay?" Luke asks, concern clearly on his face.

"I would be, but what are you taking me to such a fancy restaurant for? You don't need to take me somewhere that'll cost you about twenty dollars a meal to impress me. I'm easy to 'impress' and to make content. Just being with you is the best." I explain. I don't want to be rude, but I can't lie either by saying everything is alright.

"I get what you mean. I don't think I did it to impress you or anything. I just did it to change things up a bit. I thought a classy date would be sort of fun." Luke says. I can tell he sort of feels bad and my stomach churns at the situation I brought myself into.

"Luke," I reach my hand across the table and put it on top of his. "I love this date. If it means spending time with you and you're happy, that's all I care about. I'm always happy being around you, and I don't think that'll ever change." I say.

"If you weren't across the table, I think I'd kiss you." Luke smiles at me. "Now enjoy your twenty dollar spaghetti." He says in a jokingly stern tone.

I smile. "Okay, if I have to."

He and I continue to eat our spaghetti. We stop eating as we talk about random things, and then continue while we think about topics to talk about.

Once I finish, I'm stuffed. And then I get the vague feeling of being watched.

I turn around in my seat and look around the room. All I see are people eating, so I turn around and look at Luke who's looking at me.

"You seem scared about something." Luke says.

And I feel scared.

I haven't seen a ghost in weeks, and I really don't need to run into one today. And, Max is somewhere around here, probably waiting so he can catch me with the truth.

I shake my head and smile. "Nah, I'm fine." Oh how I hate lying.

~

We make it out of the restaurant without a scratch and Max hasn't approached us since.

Walking to the car obviously takes a lot longer for me than it would Luke, but he stays by my side to help me into his car. Once I'm in the car, Luke kisses my forehead and then closes the door. He jogs to the other side of the car and gets in, starting the car quickly.

But before Luke pulls out of the driveway, he gets a text. He reads it and then frowns.

"What's wrong, Luke?" I ask.

"N-nothing." He stutters.

"Don't lie to me."

"I don't want to tell you, though." Luke says. "I don't want reality to sink in."

"What do you mean?" My heart begins to speed up.

"The reality of me leaving sooner than originally thought." He says so quiet that I almost miss it.

I think I stop breathing for a second and then force myself to breathe again. "When are you leaving?"

"I... I can't say. I just know it's sooner than planned." Luke says. It's weird because he seems to have tears in his eyes, as do I.

I hug him tightly, and he doesn't want to let me go. I don't want to let go of him either.

"Marney, I don't want to leave you. I can't. When I leave, I'm going to be a wreck. And I'm not normally like that, but when it's you, I have ten times the feelings with everything than with anyone else and anywhere else. I can barely stand going a day or two without talking to you." He says into my hair.

When I think about it, I have the same feelings towards him. I hug him tighter and can't let the tears stay back any longer.

"Marney, when I leave, I'm not going to let you go. I don't think I'll ever let you go. I can't. You are the one and only person that I would ever feel this way towards."

"I feel the same towards you." I sniff.

Is this love? Or am I just wrong? We've been together since, what? October? This could be love.

"I think I love you." Luke says.

~Author's Note~

GUYS I CANT BELIEVE HOW LONG ITS BEEN SINCE IVE UPDATED SO IM SO SORRY!

I'm such a terrible person oh my god.

I was crying as I wrote the end of this chapter. Sorry, I'm attached to these characters.

The end of this story will be coming in a couple chapters, just to warn you.

But I'm going to be making a SEQUEL! So stay tuned!

Anyway, are they in love? Is Luke just saying that? What do you think?

I'm still crying omg.

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