|Kalila’s POV|
By the time Holly had to leave, I was in a good mood. I had forgotten about Luke for most of the day. Every now and then I would remember him and I would want to burst into tears. No. I can’t give him that power, no matter how much I miss him. People deserve only so many tears, and I have wasted all of mine on Luke.
Michael had gone out somewhere, probably band practice. I didn’t want to talk to him, no matter how much he wanted to talk to me. He ruined my relationship with Luke. I knew we would have to talk sometime, but I was trying to put it off for as long as I could.
I moved from my bedroom to the living room once Holly left, and I was desperately hoping for Michael not to get home until late. That way I could have sometime to myself and not be tempted to talk to him.
I knew I’d cave into Michael, he was so trustworthy and open and I couldn’t help to tell him all my problems and secrets. I could tell him anything and I hated it
|Ashton’s POV|
Band practice was tense. Luke would look at Michael in a jealous, poisonous way whenever Michael wasn’t looking. And Michael would look at Luke with pity and anger whenever Luke had his back turned.
Obviously they were angry at each other, but it was for different reasons. Luke was angry at Michael for ‘stealing Lil’, where as Michael was angry at Luke for ‘making Kali upset and ruining their friendship.’
Luke wanted Michael out of the band. It was obvious when he spoke or looked at Michael. He said it a billion times yesterday, but we couldn’t kick Michael out. Michael was talented and he was an awesome lad. We couldn’t let Luke get his way, he is too much of a hot head and his jealously clouds his judgement. We can’t kick someone as talented at Michael out of the band because of a stupid break up.
“Can we just let this go?” Michael said once we finished playing Outta my Limit.
“What?” Luke asked.
“Stop playing dumb. I get it. You broke up with Kali and now you’re hurting. But you’re the one who broke up with her. So stop being an ignorant prick and forget about it. Stop giving me death stares when you don’t think I’m looking.” Michael said nonchalantly.
I could see Luke’s fists clenched together, his jaw set. “You kissed my girlfriend! Of course I’m angry!” Luke yelled.
“She wasn’t your girlfriend, she broke up with you. And it’s not my fault; I got caught in the moment. But I don’t think you’re angry with me. I think you’re angry with her. She kissed me back and she liked it. Even you knew that.” Michael said a little triumphantly. I could see him trying to supress a smile.
He kissed her? She kissed him back? Luke didn’t tell us this. Luke didn’t say anything back to Michael; instead he stepped up to him and punched him in the face.
I stood up from my drumming stool. Michael didn’t fight back; he just stood his ground as Luke went to swing another punch. I ran over to Michael as Cal ran over to Luke to hold him back. I lead Michael out of the garage.
“Look, I’m sorry Ash-“ Michael started to apologize. I didn’t let him finish.
“It’s cool, it’s fine. You didn’t swing the punch. You were just trying to smooth out the problem. Sadly Luke can’t be smoothed out, not yet. Let him be ruffled. I say: just go home. Talk all of this out with Lil. Hopefully Luke will be in a better mood next week.” I tried to sound as soothing as I could.
“If Kali would let me talk to her.” Michael pouted.
“She’s understanding. And, to be honest, she can’t hold a grudge. She caves into things way to easy,” I chuckled thinking back to all the times I managed to get secrets from her, “plus, she trusts you a lot. She can’t throw away that trust so quickly.”
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|Michael’s POV|
I walked home from Ashton’s house in a hurry. Ash was right; I needed to talk to her, even if she doesn’t want to talk to me. It was wrong of me to kiss her, so wrong. It was a mistake I never wanted to make again.
I pushed open the front door with my free hand and dumped my guitar by the door. Kali was on the couch watching Jersey Shore. She saw me and quickly turned back to the TV.
“Kali, we need to talk.” I started.
“No. We don’t.” She said quickly, keeping her eyes on the TV.
“I know you’re hurting about Luke. You were hurting yesterday and I took advantage of that. It was so very wrong to kiss you and I didn’t mean to.” I was sitting on the couch with her now, my eyes never left her.
“How can you accidently kiss someone?” She mumbled.
“I got caught up in the moment and I shouldn’t have done what I did. Trust me, I’m not planning on kissing you for a looonnng time.” I let out a strained chuckle.
“Give me some time Michael. I need space.” She said simply.
“I understand. Heartbreak is the hardest thing to overcome.” I mumbled and got up.
I made my way to Hudson’s room, hoping he would be in there. He had been home more, but he kept to his room. I didn’t know why until Carol told me this morning. He was working on a project on his computer to send to a business. Hudson was working his butt off to get a job and make something of himself.
I pushed the door open; luckily he was in there. But he wasn’t on his computer; he was reading a book on engineering. It surprised me, Hudson didn’t seem like a guy who read.
“You really hurt my sister.” He said simply.
“I know. I didn’t mean it-“ He cut me off.
“She really liked Luke, so much. She liked him more than she liked me. When they were kids he did a better job at comforting her than I did. I liked Luke too, he kept Lil grounded.” He didn’t take his eyes off his book. A habit that Kali also had.
I never knew how much Luke meant to Kali. A weight dropped in my stomach. I really did screw things up.
“I know. I have come here seeking your knowledge. I want to get her back. I want her to trust me again. I just want to be her best friend again.”
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|Kalila’s POV|
I couldn’t contain my excitement the next day. It was Sunday: Mum came home today. Michael left home really early. So Hudson was going to drive Nan and I to the airport. He wanted to go too, which was really surprising. He never forgave Mum for letting dad do what he did. But he claims he has grown up and I guess forgiving mum proves it.
“Let’s go.” Hudson called from the kitchen.
I ran down the stairs from my room to the kitchen, still putting my jacket on. It was freezing today so it was best not to wear a dress.
Nan and Hudson were waiting in the kitchen; as usual I was the last ready.
“I’m ready.” I smiled.
“About time too.” Hudson smiled back.
We piled into Hudson’s car. I had never been in there before. It was surprising clean.
“Sorry about that party…” Hudson apologized to me as we made our way up the road.
“It’s fine.” I shrugged. And it was fine. He apologized before and he seemed really sincere.
“It’s not. I took advantage of you being on your own.” He spoke.
“Everyone seems to be doing that lately.” I mumbled under my breath.
I just couldn’t wait to see mum again. I can tell her all that has happened and she would give me great advice on how to resolve all my problems. Though I don’t think any advice would help me out of the big hole I dug myself into.
A/N
Just a quick filler today. sorry! also if you see any spelling errors I'd love to hear about it because i didnt edit it. Thats probaby why it wasnt as god today... oh well :) Better update tomorrow :) i hope.
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