Waffle sticks yet again.
They're now my favorite food here in Australia. He'd also introduced me to the best variation today too. You put some whipped cream on them, along with chocolate syrup and strawberry slices and it's the best thing ever. Plus whenever I have them I'm with Luke so that makes them even more special....
We sat on the couch eating our waffle sticks and watching reruns of Teen Titans since there was a throwback marathon going on. And to be honest, I think this was one of my favorite moments I'd had with Luke so far.
I was surprised at how comfortable I was with him already. I mean, we'd only known each other for a few months and I was already walking around his flat in nothing but his pajama pants and a sports bra.... But I didn't feel weird and it was nice.
"How's your back?" I asked as our laughter died down.
"Still hurts but I think it's healing faster than anticipated," he nodded with a heart-warming grin.
"Must be the waffle sticks," I giggled. "I can't believe we went through a whole box already!"
"Well when I'm in the equation food doesn't last too long," he pointed out.
"Very true," I nodded.
Our attention was recaptured as the show came back on, opening on a very romantically awkward scene involving Starfire and Robin.
"I say she should just kiss him already," Luke sighed. "She's totally whipped."
I laughed at his last comment before agreeing. "Yeah really. It's not that hard." With that, I found an opportunity. Grinning, I turned Luke's head so he was looking at me before I pressed my lips to his. "See? I mean how difficult would it be?" I laughed after pulling back.
Luke chuckled beside me, shaking his head. "Sly move, Kara. Ten points to Hufflepuff."
"Hey! If anything I'm a Ravenclaw! And I'd say that was worth more than ten points," I retorted in a mockingly upset voice.
"Fine. Do it again and you automatically win whatever those points go to," he laughed. Shrugging, I did just that. Kissing him again, a smile on my lips, I placed my fingers under his chin, noticing the slight stubble there.
"The House Cup this year goes to Ravenclaw then," he whispered, his lips brushing against mine as we pulled back slightly.
"Sly move though, Luke. Ten points to Hufflepuff," I winked as I moved back further. He rolled his eyes and picked up his plate. I did the same, and we walked over to the sink together to rinse off our dishes. We then went back to the couch, where Luke sat with with his legs up and his lower back against the arm rest. He pulled me down to sit between them, and I rolled my eyes at the huge grin on his face.
"Is this a problem?" He asked smugly as I laid against his chest.
"Not at all," I murmured and closed my eyes. I felt his hands brush back the hair in my face, before he slowly pulled out the hair tie holding it up. I looked up at him in amusement as a faint blush appeared on his cheeks.
"I like playing with your hair," he explained. Another moment where I could tell he wanted to shrug but couldn't because of his shoulders.
"Go for it," I chuckled and shifted so he could have full access to it.
I could tell he was smiling as his fingers combed through it. Sometimes it's funny how something like playing with another person's hair can make someone happy. I felt him section off my hair, my curiosity growing as to what he was doing.
After several minutes, he stopped whatever he was doing, and leaned in close to my ear. "Do you have that hair tie?" He whispered. I nodded with a laugh and handed it to him. He put it in then placed my hair over my shoulder. I looked down to find a braid.
Luke Hemmings just braided my hair.
And like a pro, may I add....
I paused before looking back at him in disbelief. "How is it possible that my boyfriend can braid hair better than I can?" I raised an eyebrow and looked back at what he'd done.
He would have shrugged again and smiled. "I just made two sections and took little pieces from each side and crossed them over," he replied, as if it were the simplest idea known to man.
"Wow. And you just decided to do that out of nowhere?" I laughed.
"I guess so," he nodded.
"You intrigue me Luke Hemmings." I smiled and shook my head before leaning against him again. I had almost fallen asleep when a familiar tone played in Luke's room. I recognized it as my mom's ringtone on my phone and immediately jumped off the couch, practically sprinting to pick up the phone.
Frantically answering, I was met with a very motherly, upset tone. "Kara Haylee Jennings, where have you been?!" Mom sounded very upset with me.
"Oh my gosh mom! I'm so, so sorry!" I sighed, mentally facepalming so hard. "I forgot to call! I stayed over at Luke's house last night after he-" I cut myself off before telling her about the tattoo. "He took me out and then wasn't feeling well, so I stayed over to make sure he was alright," I told her, mostly speaking the truth.
"I've been trying to text you all morning though," she retorted with exasperation.
"I'm so sorry. My phone was in the other room and I had it on vibrate. I'm really sorry mom," I groaned. I saw Luke enter slowly in my peripheral vision.
"Well I need you here in a bit soon, so please come home eventually," she replied after a long silence.
"Alright mom. I'm sorry again. Love you."
"Love you too sweetie. See you later." There was a faint click and the call ended. With it came a huge sigh from me and that oh-so familiar pair of tattooed arms wrapped around my shoulders.
"I'm sorry if I got you in trouble," Luke whispered in my ear.
"I'm fine. She was just worried because I usually call her when I stay the night and I forgot to last night. I didn't get in trouble though," I shook my head and let him pull me against his chest again. It felt nice in his arms, safe, like nothing could ever hurt me there.
"I'm still sorry."
"Don't be. I need a little drama in my life," I chuckled and closed my eyes. "It's good for me."
"But not too much drama. Because it not good for you, which isn't good for me."
"Good point." I smiled to myself at the luck I had stumbled upon since coming to Australia.
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A/N
Has anyone realized that for the first few chapters, I never did author's notes and now I do one every chapter???? Lol throwback to when I just ended chapters normally XD.
I literally love you guys so much. 32,000 reads. I just can't even fathom it. You all amaze me with your support and comments and just everything you do for me. You've all made my self-esteem skyrocket since I started writing this and I hope you know that.
I wanna say a few shoutout a now. I wanna do this from now until the end of this because a lot of people have been spamming me recently and they deserve mention.
To kick it off:
• ThatOneBrokenFangirl and in addition, her friend and mine as well, Kaytayy99 because these two are just so amazing. They spam me all the time and comment on everything and their comments make my day.
• mrsallamerican97 because she's my bestie and also because waffle sticks are present in this update and she needs to be mentioned because it all started with her ;D
• jkervs1234 because just she's my favorite person in the world. Like, I love every single one of you so the moon and back, but my love for this girl is eternal and infinite. She is just an indescribable person and her writing is amazing and I really hope you all go and check it out. Because it's seriously so good.
• lastly, hiddenpatronus again for just being amazing and checking out jkervs' stuff and spamming her.
(Just a ps for everyone even though this isn't over, jkervs and I go to school together, and we talk about how amazing you guys all are. If you spam us or comment or ANYTHING, I promise you that it pops up in our convos. That sounds really creepy but that's how happy you make me and her of you read her stuff. So thank you all ^-^)
So there was an Ed Sheeran concert AND a twenty one pilots concert tonight, and guess which one I went to? I went to my home team football game because of lack of concert tickets!! Yay!! Two of my favorite musicians (technically three lol) on one night and I couldn't go to either..... It's cool though bc we won the game. But no match to what could've been going on tonight.
I love you all, this note is getting long, thank you, and I hope you enjoyed this purely fluff chapter. (Braiding hair idea credit to jkervs btw ;D)
~CC <3
(Last ps: I needed the braid pic from chapter five, so if you're wondering why that's here now and there is a new pic for chapter five, that's why. Newer readers, don't worry about it.)