When I knocked on the door I felt butterflies erupt in my stomach. Luke had asked if I wanted to do something today and I was always up for an adventure with him. Ashton answered the door and screamed, “Ellie!”
I laughed, “Hey, Ash. Is Luke Ready?”
“Nope. You know how he is,” He replied. It was true. Luke takes longer than I do to get ready. “You can come in and wait though.” Ashton led me inside. Michael and Calum were playing FIFA and screaming at each other. I wasn’t positive, but I thought Mikey was winning. I rolled my eyes at those two idiots; then raced up the stairs to find Luke. We were best friends so I knew he wouldn’t mind.
At the top of the stairs I could hear Luke humming a song I didn’t recognize. I was so jealous of his voice, but then again, who wasn’t. I made my way to his room and opened the door quickly, “Lukey!” He let out a small shriek and tried to cover his body. I had walked in on him in only his boxers. I closed the door and collapsed on the floor laughing uncontrollably.
Luke came out a few minutes later, red as a tomato. “Really, Hemmings? Penguin underwear?” I said snickering a little.
Luke somehow turned a shade redder, “shut up.” I erupted into another fit of laughter. “Are you done?” he asked after a minute.
I nodded and bit my lip, afraid that if I opened my mouth I’d laugh more. He shook his head at me, and started down the stairs. I followed close behind him. Once we were down the stairs, Luke said, “Hold on.” And walked over to Ashton. Calum threw down his controller and Michael cheered. Since their game was over I decided to go talk to them, “Hey guys!” I said, plopping down into the loveseat. Mikey and Calum looked over at me really confused. “When did you get here?” Calum asked.
I laughed and said, “Probably 10 or 15 minutes ago.” They both looked so confused. It was hilarious.
Luke walked over and smiled, “How does frozen yogurt sound?”
The boys got really excited and Luke rolled his eyes, “Not you guys.”
I laughed, “Frozen yogurt sounds amazing.” I lifted myself off the loveseat and walked towards the door, Luke following.
“Be safe!”
“Use protection!”
Luke slammed the door shut before we could hear anymore of their comments. He was blushing again, but so was I.
“So are we going to Sweet Frog?” I asked and started walking off the porch.
Luke just nodded and followed. “What were you humming before I barged in on you?” I asked.
Luke blushed, “Just a new song I’ve been working on.”
“What’s it about.”
“Just a girl.”
“Aw, does Lukey have a crush?” I said poking his dimple. He smiled and blushed. I couldn’t help feel a little jealous of the girl that Luke wrote a song for. Luke was the sweetest, funniest, most attractive guy ever. Whoever that girl was, she better realize how lucky she is. “So who is she?”
“I’m not gonna tell you, Ellie.”
“Why not?! We’re best friends!” I whined.
“Okay I’ll tell you,” he said. “But not right now.”
I glared at him, then came to a stop in the middle of the street. Luke stopped to and gave me a questioning stare. “Pinky promise?” I asked raising my pinky.
“Pinky promise,” he said wrapping his pinky around mine.
“Good!” I said before running as fast as I could to Sweet Frog, “I’ll race you!”
“You’re on!” Luke said. I could tell his was getting closer. Curse his long legs. He soon passed me and beat me to the frozen yogurt place.
Once I got there I put my hands on my knees and tried to catch my breath. Okay, I was pretty out of shape. I could hear Luke laughing really hard so I mumbled, “Shut up, Hemmings.”
“You’re so mean to me!” Luke faked hurt.
“Oh shut up,” I said, pushing him lightly. He smiled and opened the door for me. I thanked him and walked in. Sweet Frog never failed to amaze me. They had every flavor of frozen yogurt you could imagine and every topping.
I ended up getting strawberry yogurt with lots of fruits, whipped cream, and chocolate syrup. Luke picked the chocolate chip cookie dough one and added extra chocolate chips and chocolate syrup. After a few minutes of devouring my food, I looked up and saw Luke looked a little nervous.
“Are you okay?” I asked.
He looked up from his food and nodded, “I was just thinking about James. How are you guys doing?”
“Luke, you know if we talk about him we’re going to get into a fight and I really don’t want to.”
“But, Ellie, you deserve so much better than him! I mean, he chea-“
“Please stop,” I whispered, feeling tears burn my eyes just thinking about that. Luke looked at me and immediately regretted bringing this up.
“Oh my God, please don’t cry. Please? I’m so sorry, I’m such a dick,” he said rubbing his hand over his face.
I smiled at Luke, “you are a dick, but I love you.”
“Do you wanna go back home yet?” Luke asked, “We could go to that park across the street?”
“You’re such a five year old,” I joked and walked towards the park. Luke followed and looked down at me.
“I think you got some froyo on your shirt,” he smirked. I looked down. He was right; there was a giant spot on my chest. I glared at him and he bursted out into laughter.
“You would be looking at my boobs, Hemmings,” I joked.
He looked away, but I could still see his blush, “you wish.” I rolled my eyes and went over to the monkey bars. “I used to be so good at these,” I bragged. I grabbed onto the first bar and then the second. This is so easy, I thought. On my way from moving my first hand to the third bar I slipped and fell on my butt.
Luke tried to hide his snickers but failed, “are you okay?”
“Yeah,” I mumbled, getting up and knocking the wood chips off my butt.
“Watch a real pro,” Luke said as he grabbed the first bar. He was so tall his feet were touching the ground. He walked his way to the other end of the monkey bars and stuck his tongue out at me.
“Not fair! You’re too tall,” I whined.
“Nope, you’re too short.”
“Meanie!” I shouted before running off to go play on the slide.
After playing on the playground for almost an hour, we decided it was getting late and we should head back to the house. “I’m so tired,” I whined.
Luke must’ve been a superhuman or a mutant because he didn’t even break a sweat while we were playing. “Can I ask you something?”
Luke immediately looked at me, “Of course.”
“Will you give me a piggyback ride?”
He laughed and nodded. I squealed and got behind him. He leaned down and I jumped, wrapping my arms around his neck and he put his arms under my legs. I smiled into his back, “You’re the best. Did you know that?”
“Yes,” he stated cockily.
We walked in comfortable silence back to the house. Once we got to the door he dropped me on my feet. He opened the door and we walked in.
“Where have you two been?” Ashton asked, using an angry mother tone.
“Is that pizza?” I asked, pushing past Ash. Luke giggled and followed me towards the table with the pizza. I grabbed a slice and sat down with the boys. “Do you guys mind if I stay here tonight?” Stella, my roommate, was out of town and I hated being alone.
“When have we ever said no to you?” Michael asked. I shrugged and went back to my pizza.
“I swear, you eat more than me, Ellie!” Ashton laughed, his dimples showing up.
“Shut up,” I mumbled. I had changed into a pair of Luke’s sweatpants (rolled up several times) and one of his 5sos shirts. We had all squished onto the couch and were going to watch a movie. It was Luke’s turn to pick a movie and he, of course, picked Anchor Man. Not that I was complaining, I loved this movie.
I always used Luke as my pillow and this time was no different. I snuggled into him and fell asleep.