She took a step back, biting her bottom lip a little, an apologetic look on her face, as Luke stared into her eyes not able to form words. He heard his wife and he really wanted to answer her – yes, I do, I really do. But she moved away from him. She stepped away from him and it was making his ears hum and his fingers tremble and his heart pound faster in his chest. He wanted her to touch his face, to kiss his lips, to whisper in his ear, to hold his hand. But she stepped away and Luke couldn't say anything with a dark fear of divorce clouding his brain.
'I do,' he felt his lips attempt to say, even though it was so quiet that for a moment Maya hesitated if he was actually saying something.
'Then show it to me.' She whispered back to him before taking her final look at her husband and going up the stairs to their bedroom.
As soon as she walked out Luke felt as if chains were cut off of his lungs and he could finally feel the oxygen flow through his system. He leaned onto the table, placing both of his palms on the cold surface, hanging his head in between them and breathing. He had to show her. She wanted him to show her how much he loves her. And so he will.
The next morning, or more like in three hours, when Maya woke up for work she found the bed empty next her. She just let a disappointed sigh from her lips as she shook her head slightly and went to the shower. When she walked out, not only was the bed made, but Luke was also sitting on the edge of it with a steaming cup of coffee in his hand. Maya stopped in her tracks to look at him – at first she wasn't sure if he slept in their bed, but after seeing him she wasn't sure if he slept at all that night. He was dressed in all black – black skinny jeans, plain black T-shirt, black converse and a beanie pulled over his head. He had his lips pursed, but still smiling a little one of his dimples showing slightly. He looked at her mumbling a soft good morning before tugging on his lip ring. She replied the same to him as she was eyeing him up and down with a suspicious look.
She walked towards the closet to get dressed and Luke was just about to say something when she took off her robe, tossing it on the ground, making Luke's words catch up in his throat, which made her smile wickedly at herself. After he let out a little cough and stopped staring at his wife's barely underwear-covered body, he started again. 'I made you some coffee.'
Maya turned around to face him, while zipping up her tight skirt at the back – still only wearing a bra on top. 'Is that for me?' she lifted her chin up to gesture at the cup in Luke's hand. He glanced down at the cup with a quick nod.
She went up to him, took the cup from his hand and took a few sips of coffee, never letting her gaze down from Luke's face. She was standing almost in between his legs, so close to him, he felt their knees touching, which made Luke's whole body tingle. She was the most beautiful woman alive and he couldn't believe he almost lost her to his own stupidity.
She was so happy with the way she was teasing and confusing her husband like that. Maya handed the cup back as she walked back to the closet to take out a shirt. 'Was it good?' she heard Luke say from the bed.
'What?' she asked as she turned around while buttoning up her shirt. Her hands were going up her shirt and Luke couldn't stop staring at how her fingers were coming up towards her bra, which he could still see through the undone part of the shirt. He gulped slightly before looking away. 'The coffee. Was it good?' he knew how seriously she took her coffee, but he also knew that he always made the best one – that's why back when they were still really close and they'd make breakfast together he was always on coffee duty.
'Of course it was good. You made it.' She said smiling up at him and pulling her heels on her feet. She walked over to the dresser putting her earrings in and taking out a necklace. But before she could put it on, she wanted to tease Luke a liiiitle bit more. 'Could you help me with this, please?' She asked him showing the necklace in her hand.
Luke cleared his throat as he put the coffee mug on the ground. 'Sure,' he said standing up and walking up to her. She held her hair up and her neck slightly tilted as he put the necklace around her, his fingertips barely touching her neck skin. Luke couldn't help but feel himself lean in a little to smell her hair, trying to deny a strong urge to kiss her neck. She looked at him in the mirror as he gently released the small chain from his fingers and looked up at her reflection. She let her hair fall down as she turned around to face him, Luke not moving even a slight bit. They were looking into each other's eyes, both fighting strong urges to kiss one another.
She felt her eyes travel down to Luke's lips before she licked hers slightly and looked back up into his eyes. 'I have to go,' she tried to say but it sounded nothing more than a whisper.
'Okay,' Luke whispered back leaning in towards her. He placed his lips gently just above the left corner of her lips, but not entirely on a cheek, so it was a loving, teasing kiss, but still not too bold.
Luke spent a whole week doing these little things that would make Maya believe he wants their love to come back again. He'd make her coffee in the mornings, take care of groceries, drop off and pick up their son from their grandparents or day-care so she wouldn't have to do it, drive her to and from work so she wouldn't have to walk all that way. These little nothings made Maya really happy, but she was also terrified of trusting him again. She didn't want this to end and go back to them being distant and angry all the time. She wanted Luke to always be like this. They talked a lot more now, sharing both of their days, watching films together and even snuggling, which made Luke's heart flutter everytime he'd feel her hair tickle his face.
The end of the week came by in a blink of an eye and it was Michael's birthday. Maya and Michael had a birthday around 12 days apart (hers was later), but they had this tradition of celebrating together. Michael always liked to make a huge deal out of his birthday and invite basically everyone he knew, whereas Maya preferred to have her closest friends around (which were mostly Michael's friends too) and have loads of fun. That's why this year they decided to rent a VIP section in a club and go party there till they couldn't walk anymore. Maya was super excited for it all week – she liked to party since she was a teenager and she'd never turn down a good chance to dance all night. After all, she did dream of becoming a professional dancer one day.
Luke picked his nicest shirt out of the closet, which still felt underdressed compared to the way his wife looked. She had a beautiful little black dress hugging her body tight, her hair let down on her shoulders in big waves and heels so high, Luke would barely even have to bend to kiss her.
They were playing some old-school 5SOS in their bedroom while they were getting ready, both of them having so much fun singing along to the songs, changing the words to match the ones they'd sing when they were having a laugh back on the 5SOS tour bus. Their little boy was at Luke's parents' for the weekend, 'cause neither of them really wanted him in the house when they woke up with a massive hangover the next day.
'Can I do something quickly before we go?' Luke asked Maya while he helped her get her jacket on.
'Sure, what do you need to do?' she asked getting her hair out from under the jacket and turning to face Luke.
He slowly took her hands in his and down from her face and kissed her straight on the lips. They haven't kissed since the night he said he loved her and it felt so overdue. For a moment both of them weren't sure of what the other one will do, but then Luke felt Maya relax into the kiss as she took his face in her palms, his own hands wrapping around her waist, his tongue trailing down her bottom lip asking to be let in.
Maya opened her mouth, both of her hands making their way around Luke's neck. And as she did so, Luke pulled her hips towards him, both of their bodies touching each other as her fingers travelled up to Luke's hair. It felt so good that neither of them wanted to stop, when they heard an annoying car beep from outside and Calum yell, 'YOU'RE LAAAATE' through an open window.
She pulled away slightly, 'I hope Michael's gift is nowhere near as good as this one,' she said a little out of breath as a giggle left Luke's lips. They pulled away, their hands still wrapped around each other, their eyes meeting.
'You look beautiful tonight.' Luke said with almost a sad smile on his face. Maya lifted her finger to clean her lipstick off of Luke's lips as she smiled at him, 'Thank you. You do too.' She said before they left their house, Luke's hand on a small of her back as they walked towards the car.
The party had already started when they walked in. After trading a number of hugs and kisses with everyone, Maya finally found her best friend and dragged her to the bar. Ordering two cocktails she told every little detail of that evening to her, to which her friend just nodded frantically, which she later realised made her dizzy. Maya was in the middle of saying something as Calum approached them and said something in Maya's best friend's ear, making her giggle. She took a sip of her drink as Cal looked up at her, 'Wanna dance?' he asked grinning at her. All the girls were dancing like crazy in the middle of the club and Maya could feel a smile creeping up on her face as she grabbed her best friend and took her dancing, unfortunately leaving Calum all by himself. They could feel the guys' looks on them as girls were swinging to the music.
Luke couldn't keep his eyes off of his wife, he still couldn't believe she gave him a chance to fix himself in their marriage, he couldn't believe he was lucky enough to be with someone like her. And the way she moved to the music – it left Luke literally mesmerised. The way she knew exactly what to do with her hips to make the guys in a club drool from just watching her. She had this amazing sexy side, but Luke knew that deep inside there's still this teenage punk girl who rocked out to some Nickelback before going out tonight. He smiled to himself before he noticed some guy approach her, wrapping his hand tight around her waist, kissing her on a cheek. And to Luke's surprise, she didn't push the guy away – she welcomed him with open arms and a huge smile on her face.
'Hey, who's that?' he felt Ashton nudge his side pointing to Maya, as they were all standing together and talking before Luke drifted off to his own world. 'I'm about to find out,' Luke replied walking off of the little platform, on which all the seats in the club were put and towards his wife.
Maya totally forgot about the time she and Harry spoke on the phone about something that Darcy had, Harry supposedly just wanted to make sure her son didn't have the same thing, when in reality he just really missed being with her. And she completely forgot about how she rambled about her plans for the weekend and how it's kind of her birthday celebration too and how he insisted on coming. She thought he was joking. Well, it appears that he wasn't.
Luke softly placed his palm on Maya waist – the side that random dude wasn't touching and she turned around smiling. 'Oh, Luke!' she said as she turned to the new guy, 'Harry, this is Luke.' She gestured towards her husband. 'Luke, this is Harry. He's the father of that little girl our son talks about so much.' She said smiling at Luke and pointing towards Harry.
Luke felt his shoulders tense as he realised that this is the guy she kissed and this is the guy who wants to ruin their marriage and steal her away from him. Maya felt a little uncomfortable standing in between the two of them with a very obvious tension. She slowly pulled their hands off of her before Harry smiled dryly at Luke, 'Nice to meet you, mate.' He said putting his hand out for Luke to shake. 'You have a lovely wife.'
Luke hesitated for a second as he felt Maya's burning look on him. He took Harry's hand, 'Thanks, I know. ' He blurted out.
'It doesn't seem like you do,' Maya Harry say under his breath, but before Luke could shoot some remark back at him, she interrupted. 'Okay, well I'll go get myself a drink, then.' Maya said in hopes to remove herself from the uncomfortable situation as soon as possible.
'I'll go with,' both of them said at the same time and Maya could feel herself freeze in her tracks. Oh boy. 'Right. What about I'll go get a drink with a friend. Luke, you go back to the guys and Harry, I'll talk to you a little later.' She said smiling and nodding at both of them before walking away, pulling Luke with her, because it was in the same direction.
'What the fuck is that twat doing here?' Luke asked angrily when they were left just the two of them.
'Luke, please calm down, okay? I completely forgot I told him about this party and he insisted on coming to wish me a happy birthday. I swear to god, if I knew he was coming, I would've told you. Just please, don't make a scene, okay?' She said placing her hands on Luke's chest in attempts to calm him down. He was staring at Harry before Maya took his face and turned it to her. 'Okay?' she asked more sternly with a pleading look in her eyes as Luke nodded and placed a small kiss on her lips, Harry's eyes burning into Luke's skull.