Part 3/4
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G R E E N
Luke:
Sometimes, you just didn't feel like going to school. Was it a good thing? Probably not. Did you care? Not a bit.
You just sometimes needed a mental health day, you could get so stressed from the constant hustle and bustle, the same old routine. Every now and then you just needed a break. Luke of course didn't like it when you just didn't go to school, but you didn't worry about that either. It would defeat the purpose of a mental health day if you spent it worrying about what Luke would do after.
You thought that he was mostly freaking out over nothing anyway, you didn't miss any really important days. You were always careful of not missing things that you couldn't make up, you wouldn't skip to avoid tests, usually it'd be the day after that you'd go AWOL, so that you could decompress after all of the stress.
Luke didn't see it that way of course, he'd just freak out when he got the call that you were gone, and usually unsuccessfully try to find you. You'd lay low for the day, and then once school was out, let him go and figure out where you had been playing hooky at.
And after your giant history test, you needed a break. You had been cramming for a solid week beforehand, you needed to raise the grade in that class. So when you inevitably aced the test, you and Y/BFF/N skipped the next day of school in celebration. You deserved it after all.
Your plans went something like this, since Luke insisted on dropping you off each day, the two of you would meet on school grounds, and then leave as soon as the coast was clear. It went off without a hitch, at seven thirty-five exactly, you were walking into the bathroom.
"Hey Y/NNNNN," Y/BFF/N said as she walked in right after, "you ready for a day off?"
"Hell yes," you grinned, checking your hair in the mirror absentmindedly, "I need to relax."
Your best friend smiled, and then looked up, when she saw your reflection in the mirror, she recoiled, and looked horrified.
"What?" You said self-consciously, "Is there something on my face?"
"No it's just that," she walked forward and looked at turned you around by the shoulders. You watched as she carefully studied your face. "It's worse than I thought," she murmured.
"What?!" You complained, actually rather worried that there was something very wrong with you.
"Your face?! Has it always looked like that?!" She broke into a grin and you scoffed.
"You suck," you complained.
"Then stop staring at yourself and let's get out of here," she laughed, grabbing your hand and pulling you out of the bathroom.
The two of you straightened yourself out, and blended into the crowd. Luckily, since other kids were still walking into the building, the two of you were able to just slip out unnoticed and out to Y/BFF/N's car.
"PEACE OUT SUCKERSSSS!" You screamed out the passengers window as Y/BFF/N put the car into gear and pulled out of the parking lot.
"Don't get us caught before we can leave," she chuckled, using her drivers side controls to put your window up.
"Hey! Don't silence me!" You complained as you were forced to take your head out of the window or get crushed.
"Then don't stick your head out the window like a dog," she hummed, not at all sympathetic.
"The driver gets too much control," you grumbled, "you can just put my window up and down."
"It's my window actually," she corrected you.
"Potayto, potahto," you waved her off.
The car was quiet for a few minutes as she continued to drive. You sat until you realized that you had no idea where you were actually going.
"Soooo," you drew out the vowel, "what's on the schedule for today?"
"We are going to... the pool," she said, taking a hard right that nearly made the side of your head smack into the window.
"What pool?" You asked, now very conscious of her driving.
"Okay so my cousins brother in law-" she started to talk.
"John or Eric?" You interrupted.
"Eric, you know how he's loaded right? Well they bought a pool," she explained.
"Bought a pool? Like they got one installed in their backyard?" You pressed, confused as to what she meant.
"No, they already have one in their backyard. This is more like... you know swim clubs? They bought one, so they own their own off-site pool," she sighed, trying to put into words the eccentric personality of her cousins brother-in-law.
"Oh, he really is loaded then," you nodded, "I mean only people too rich would waste money on an off-site pool."
"He's weird that way, but hey, he's letting us use the pool, so I'm good with it," she shrugged, pulling into the parking lot of what used to be a swim club.
"Wait, I don't have a bathing suit," you pouted, as she parked the car.
"I figured you wouldn't," she smiled, "and you're lucky that I know your size."
"Cool!" You reached back and grabbed the bag, "let's get this party started!"
The two of you climbed out of the car and walked up to the entrance of the large, gated, pool.
"I know where the key is," she reached down and started feeling up a plastic tree.
"He hid it in a fake tree? How cliché," you rolled your eyes.
"I know, hang on," she said, finally pulling out a key.
"Pooooooool dayyyyyyyyyyy," you announced as she unlocked the gate and let you both inside.
You high-fived and she unlocked the gate. You walked back into the bathrooms and pulled on the bathing suit she gave you. It fit perfectly, she really did know your size.
She must've had hers already in under he clothes, as when you walked out, she was already in the pool.
"Come in Y/N!" She cheered, "the water is great!"
"Awe yes!" You ran up to the edge and then jumped into the pool, making yourself into a cannonball.
"AUGH!" She screeched when you came back up.
You laughed hysterically as she wiped the water from her eyes, "a little warning would've been appreciated."
"Because me running up to the side of the pool wasn't warning enough?" You teased, floating on your back and soaking up some sun.
"No, it wasn't," she snapped, "this. Means. War."
With that, she tackled you and you went under.
You screeched under water, not expecting that, and swam back up to the surface.
"Hey!" You spit some water out of your mouth.
"What? Was me not telling you right before enough warning?" She cackled.
"Fair enough," you sighed, swimming over to the side and then suddenly pushing under and launching yourself off. You latched onto Y/BFF/N's ankles and pulled her under as well.
When you both came back up, you were giggling.
"You're terrible," she splashed you a little.
"There are no rules in war," you said simply.
Before she could respond, your phone went off from the beach chair where it was left. It was Luke's ringtone.
"Right on time," you groaned, swimming to the stairs and walking out of the pool. You wiped your hand off on Y/BFF/N's towel and then answered. No harm in answering the call.
"Y/N!" Luke sounded rather irritated, "Where are you?"
"Somewhere," you answered cryptically.
"Mhmmmm, somewhere that isn't school," you could hear the displeasure in his tone.
"I mean, for all you know, it could be school," you shrugged.
"Actually, all that I know is that it definitely isn't school, considering I got a call from your school asking why you weren't there," he said, rather sassily.
"Well, that's great news! You've started the process of elimination, you know where I'm not, now you just need to know where I am," you said with fake enthusiasm.
"Fine, you've forced me to take matters into my own hands," he said, and then the line went dead.
You shrugged and then tossed your phone back down. You weren't overly concerned, Luke wasn't all that great at locating things.
So you dove back into the pool.
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Fifteen minutes later there was some rattling noises coming from the fence gate.
"What's that?" You hummed, still floating in the middle of the pool.
"Who cares? Maybe it's an obese squirrel," Y/BFF/N scoffed, laying in a inner tube that she found.
"Y/N! WE KNOW YOU'RE IN THERE!" It was not the voice of an obese squirrel, but that of Luke, that called out for you from the gate.
You were rather surprised that he had found you so quickly. He must have some kind of tracker on you or your phone.
Oh well, this would be fun while it lasted.
"I AM IN HERE! CONGRATULATIONS, YOU FOUND ME!" You straightened yourself so that you could look at the fence where he was standing. Well, where Luke, Calum, Ashton, and Michael were all standing.
"LET US IN!" Calum rattled the gate.
"NO!" Was your reply.
"YES! LET US IN OR YOU'RE GROUNDED!" Luke yelled.
"I THOUGHT I WAS ALREADY," you giggled.
"Damnit she's right," Luke grumbled.
"Take away her phone," Ashton elbowed him.
"Her phone is in there, I can't take it away," he sighed.
"You know what, I'm going to climb the fence," Michael rolled up his sleeves.
Calum let out a loud laugh, until he saw Michael's face.
"Oh you were serious," his eyes widened.
"I don't know why you're laughing, I can soooo climb the fence," Michael put two hands on the chain link, and tried to pull himself up.
"HUHHHHHH," he let out a groan as he strained to pull himself up.
You watched, rather amused, from the pool.
"Am I halfway yet? I feel like I'm halfway up," he said, the veins in his forehead popping out from the amount of strain his muscles were under.
"Dude," Ashton tried to keep a straight face, "you're like two inches off the ground."
"Damnit," Michael let go and fell the two inches back to the ground, "I can't climb the fence."
"But I can," Calum said rather cockily. He cracked his neck and took a few steps back.
"This'll be good," Ashton muttered, crossing his arms and stepping back a few feet.
"SPIDER-MAN!" Calum screamed, running straight for the fence. Once he got close enough, he jumped up.
You assume that his intention was to latch onto the fence, but what he did was face-plant and then bounce off.
"OOOOOOO!" Everyone let out noises of sympathy as he fell straight onto his back and laid sprawled out on the concrete.
"Ugh," Calum groaned and rubbed his head, "Spider-Man makes it look so easy."
"Yeah, and he was also bitten by a radioactive spider," Luke rolled his eyes.
"Good point," Calum didn't seem all that interested in getting up off the ground. "SIRI, ADD RADIOACTIVE SPIDERS ONTO MY GROCERY LIST!"
"What grocery store do you shop at?" Michael asked, raising his eyebrows.
"Costco," Calum laid back flat and squirmed a little to make himself comfortable.
"Y/N! IF YOU DON'T UNLOCK THIS FENCE I'LL GO OVER IT!" Luke turned his eyes back to the prize.
"Because that's worked out so well so far," you chuckled.
He narrowed his eyes and then turned to Ashton, "gimme a boost."
"Oh God," he shook his head.
Luke then proceeded to jump up and latch himself to the top of the fence.
"How am I supposed to boost you up from that?" Ashton complained, circling behind him.
"I don't know, somebody just push me up," he squirmed.
Ashton and Michael, each took a leg and pushed. Luke was pushed up to the top, and had to tuck and roll over as he was unable to stop them from pushing him over.
"Ow," he complained as he pushed himself up.
"That was one off the best things I've seen all week, bravo," you clapped, Y/BFF/N joining in.
"Oh that's it!"
The last thing you saw before water splashed into your eyes was Luke's person diving into the pool.
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