The show was incredible.
In fact, the crowd's energy was absolutely insane during 5SOS's set and I'm sure it's due to the fact that a lot of them are well aware that they all lived in North Carolina for a decent amount of time.
The guys mirrored the energy and were going insane the whole show. I couldn't help but watch the show with nothing but pride in my eyes. As they close out the show with a song they released a few months ago, Youngblood, I almost wish we could do it all over.
"Crazy, right?"
I look beside me to see Bryant smiling as we stand back stage and watch the guys perform as if their lives depend on it.
"What?" I ask, turning back, my eyes locked on Luke.
He shrugs, "Who would've ever thought? Remember our first class with Luke, how nervous and shy he was."
I can't help but bite back a smile at the thought of the old Luke. He was incredibly shy and quiet, yet here he is, a new man, performing in front of thousands of people with confidence emulating off of him.
"He's definitely grown into his shell," I say considering he has the body of a confident man.
He always was big and strong, always had looks that could kill, and has a stature that could make any man shy back. I'm glad he found his confidence and can now showcase his skills that he didn't even know he had.
Watching him perform, I can't help but admire him. I'm so proud of the person he's become.
"So how did the whole getting back together thing work out?" Bryant asks me as he watches the guys closely as well.
I shrug my shoulders, "You always find your way back home."
It's true, Luke and I are meant to be together and I think anyone can see that. We're the same person but in different bodies. I knew then and I know now that Luke is my person and I'm not going to ignore that.
Bryant throws an arm around me and tugs me to him, "I'm happy for you Adds. You deserve the world."
I can't help but wrap my arms around his stomach and hug him back. I'm always thankful to hear him say things like this considering I know it was hard on him when I cut things off. However, he truly just wants the best for me and he's made that so clear.
"I appreciate you Bry, you've always had my back," I say honestly.
"Always will Adds," he says, kissing the top of my head before messing up my hair slightly.
I laugh to myself before nudging him off of me and attempting to fix my hair.
Just as I fix it, I feel another arm thrown around me making me turn to face Drew who has his arm around Bryant and myself. His eyes drift off to the stage and he looks just as amazed.
"If it isn't my favorite people," Drew says.
"Speaking of," Bryant says. "I'm curious, how did things end between you two?"
I look to Drew considering of course Bryant would ask an unnecessary question like this in front of the both of us. I leave it to Drew to explain considering I'm not going to be the one to tell his cousin that he slept with too many girls unprotected.
"I was a hoe," Drew settles with.
I can't help but laugh at this and Bryant does the same. It isn't long before Bryant tugs him away and puts him in a teasing headlock.
"You better have not hurt my sweet baby, Addison," Bryant says, tugging Drew's head down.
I bite back a laugh at the two as Drew attempts to get out of the headlock.
"I didn't hurt your sweet baby, Addison," Drew says putting his hands up in defense. "I promise."
Bryant looks to me in confirmation and I just nod my head. So with that, he releases Drew and claps his hands together a few times.
"Good, or I'd have to beat you up."
"Trust me, if I did, Luke would've beat you to it," Drew says, fixing his tshirt that Bryant managed to crumble up.
"You're right," Bryant says pointing a finger at Drew. "That man is like Addison's secret service. His motto is to protect the girl at all damn costs."
I roll my eyes at the two and their ridiculous conversation. They start getting in their own discussion regarding Luke and his protective behavior just as the show wraps up.
I notice the guys wrap their arms around one another in order to take a bow and I clap and cheer for them regardless of the fact they can't see me. People throws roses, bras, and any object imaginable on stage.
It doesn't take me by surprise as Luke bends down to pick up one of the roses. It seemed to be a new trend at their shows, I don't know how it started but everyone desperately throws roses at Luke.
The guys blow kisses as they walk off and I get excited at the thought of Luke walking towards me as he keeps the rose gently in his hand. My eyes stay on him and his after show glow as I bite my bottom lip at the sight of how beautiful he is.
As I suggested, we tried a new look for the show that consisted of a short sleeve, collared shirt and he absolutely rocked it. It looked incredible on him and I made sure to make his hair perfectly intact to ensure now a single curl would escape during the performance.
It somehow stayed regardless of his excessive dancing during Why Won't You Love Me and his jumping to If Walls Could Talk. I continued to watch in amazement as I wondered how he could do so much on stage at once and not get tired.
How does he still manage to sing perfectly?
His eyes find mine and I watch his smile spread quickly. I open my arms instantly in order to place a kiss on his lips and it isn't long before he quickens his pace to get to me.
My smile grows as he bends over to kiss my lips and wrap his arms around my back. I wrap my own around his neck and tug him even closer to me as I don't even mind the sweat on the back of his neck due to his energy on stage.
"Get a room!" Calum says to the two of us.
Luke and I both pull away and keep our arms around one another.
"You know, that's only something a grump, single person ever says," I explain to him.
It's true, I've never heard someone in a relationship say that so someone else in a relationship. It's as if it's understood between people who are taken. They get it. They get the undenying urge to always be kissing the person they love.
"I'm not grumpy," Calum says adamantly. "I just prefer to watch porn on my own."
I drop my mouth open and it isn't long before Luke jokingly smacks him upside the head. Calum yelps which makes me laugh as I release my arms from Luke's neck and grab his hand. He tightens his grip on my hand and we all walk back to the dressing room.
"You are very much so a grumpy single person," I say considering Calum's been single for as long as I've known him. I'd love for him to find a girl and find someone who makes him happy. "We need to find you a woman."
Calum makes a gagging noise before saying, "Relationships, gross."
I give Luke an exhausted look considering this has been Calum's response for as long as I've known him.
"I'm too horny for a relationship," Calum says, laying out on a couch as he stretches out his arms and legs.
I roll my eyes at this and Luke lets go of my hand in order to run to the bathroom. I cross my arms over my chest and give Calum a look as the rest of the guys fill in.
"Believe it or not, but if you're in a relationship, you're allowed to have sex."
Calum gives me a look for pointing out the obvious before saying, "I know that but I get bored too easily. Having sex with the same person for the rest of my life sounds miserable."
I give him a look because I can't believe he's serious right now. He can't seriously be thinking that.
"So you're convinced your first girlfriend is the one you're going to marry?" I ask raising my eyebrows.
"I didn't-" he says before cutting himself off because he knows that's exactly what he just said. "I mean, I don't know."
Michael tosses a pillow at him before saying, "Take it from me, dude. I never thought I'd get in a relationship because the only two things I thought I needed were pizza and video games. But now, I'd give up any of those things for Crystal."
"Yeah but you're a sucker," Calum says, closing his eyes. "You love being loved."
"So do you," I say raising my eyebrows. Calum immediately shoots his eyes open, as if confused by this. "Calum, you hate if attention isn't on you for more than two minutes."
Calum just shrugs, probably realizing I'm right. A girlfriend would be perfect for Calum because then he'd have constant attention from someone and wouldn't need to beg for attention from other people.
"Maybe one day," he says, waving me off.
I roll my eyes at his stubbornness but decide not to push it further. I'm obviously not going to force him into a relationship but I wish it was something he was more willing to accept. Maybe he just needs to meet the right person.
"I have an idea," Michael says quickly. "I say we go to a bar tonight and find Calum a hot woman."
A give Michael an apologetic look considering Luke and I already have plans and I really don't have plans to ditch them. I'm sure he went all out picking a restaurant and making sure we have reservations. Plus, we both are excited to spend some time alone tonight so I'm not going to ruin those plans so we can go to a bar.
"Tomorrow, Luke and I have dinner plans tonight," I say.
Calum groans and rolls his eyes, "You guys always have plans."
I give him a look considering if he was in a relationship, he'd probably understand why Luke and I want alone time together here and there. But he doesn't get it because he thinks he should be included in everything.
"We want to have date night," I shrug.
"You guys just had a date night in Atlanta," Calum says. "You went to dinner and didn't invite me!"
I give him an exhausted look because I truly can't believe he's serious right now. Luckily, Luke walks into the room just in time and seemed to have washed off his face of any sweat.
"That's what a date is, Cal," I say. "We can go out tomorrow night, I won't bail."
Luke raises his eyebrows as if confused by the conversation he had just walked in on. I give him a tired look before shaking my head. He makes his way towards me as if to join in the conversation in order to step in if needed.
"They want to go to the bars tonight to find Cal a girl," I say. "But I explained that we have plans tonight."
Luke looks to Calum before looking to me, "I can cancel if you want-"
"Yes!" Calum says.
"No," I say, looking to Calum. "We deserve a night out just the two of us. We can go out any night."
"You can go to dinner any night!" Calum says.
I throw my head back in annoyance and try not to lose my mind. He's really testing my patience right now.
"It's up to you, Addie," Luke says.
I know he's only saying this because he doesn't want me to feel guilty for saying no. However, I want to go to dinner tonight, that's our plan and I'm not ruining it.
I look to Calum, "Calum, I promise we'll go out tomorrow night. Please let Luke and I just have our date night tonight."
Calum groans and I know that he does so because he doesn't feel like arguing over it any longer. I practically sigh in relief considering I don't have it in me to keep it going either.
"Fine, but if either of you bail tomorrow, I'm ignoring you for a whole week."
I offer him a hand to shake to show that I'm serious. He takes it without hesitation and shakes it firmly.
"I promise."
He just narrows his eyes and I can tell he's not happy by the final consensus. But I can't find it in me to care too much, Luke and I are allowed to spend a night together.
I deserve that.
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I stand in front of the hotel mirror, eyeing the long sleeve, black sparkly dress I had picked out for our date tonight. We had luckily decided to get a hotel room for the night considering a place reached out to us and offered us a free stay if we were to promote them after our stay.
We took them up on the opportunity purely for the fact that we could get a comfy stay for the night. They even got us a few rooms, allowing Luke and I to have our own room.
We especially took them up on the opportunity considering the guys just sold out their old place and have been working on transitioning to LA, while having movers UHAUL all their stuff. Even Crystal is in LA with the dogs as she helps set up the new place.
I know for the time being they got a small place for all of them that has no contract to it. Due to this, they can cut off their rent whenever they want and are pretty much using it until they find something else. I'm sure all the guys will want their own places but considering how quick they're moving with it all, they took the first they could find.
It's crazy to me that they're actually moving out to LA and leaving North Carolina behind.
He had gotten out of the shower not too long ago and is working on managing his tame of curls. I heard him singing to himself in the shower and it was enough to make me smile as I wanted nothing more than to just sit against the door and listen to him.
"Babe," I hear, grabbing my attention. "I need your help."
I fix my curls as I eye my makeup, making sure it is intact before asking, "With what?"
I apply a thin layer of lipstick to my lips, wearing Luke's favorite shade. I want to look incredible for him because I don't know the next time we'll have a night like this.
"My hair," he groans stubbornly.
I bite back a laugh as I place my lipstick down and say, "Hold on."
I paired off with outfit with nude heels that gave me a few more inches. Obviously no where close to Luke's ridiculous height but enough to make him not need to bend down a whole foot just to kiss me.
I hear the door to the bathroom open and I feel all the steam coming out as Luke steps out with nothing but a towel covering his lower half. I look to him in admiration as his eyes double in size.
He looks me over and seems stunned by the sight as his eyes trail up and down several times.
I see the look of amusement in his eyes but I can't help but feel the slightest bit nervous under his intense gaze.
"Does it look okay?"
"Holy fuck, Addie," he says mostly to himself before dragging a hand through his hair. "You look- fucking hell."
I blush at his loss for words before tucking a loose strand of hair behind my ear.
"Good, I've got a hot date to impress," I say, smiling the slightest bit.
Luke mirrors my smile before licking his lower lip and taking a seat on the bed. I'm about to question his actions before he tugs me on his lap. I gasp slightly at the quick action but bend my legs on either side of him regardless.
"You impress me with everything you do," he says, tilting his head back to look at me.
I can't even hold back my undenying urge to kiss him as I grab onto his hair and attach our lips. He doesn't hold back either as he's quick to move his lips with mine and mirror my actions.
I scratch his scalp gently as his tongue presses to my own and we kiss with urgence. Gosh, I could call off our dinner plans and do this all night.
Luke wraps his arms around my back to tug me impossible closer to him and I don't even mind that he's wet. All I care about is this kiss and this moment.
"I love you," he says, pulling away only for a second.
I giggle at him not allowing me to respond before pulling away myself.
"I love you, Luke," I say looking into his bright blue eyes.
His eyes hold so much love in them and I can't even fathom how lucky I am to be so in love and to feel so much love. I don't know what I did to deserve a feeling as intense as this.
He bites his lip and nudges his lips to my own before kissing me once more.
"No one will ever compare to you," he says just above a whisper.
This is something Luke constantly tells me and I've always questioned if he was genuine or not. However, in this moment, I hear and feel everything he's saying. I know he feels as much love towards me that I feel towards him.
And together, our love is one that can't be matched.
I reconnect our lips, half forgetting about our dinner reservation, and instead wanting to feel the love between us. I want to show him how much I love him and I want him to realize that he's the only person I could ever love.
He seems to think the same as he allows himself to fall back against the bed and me to tower over him. I think of the expensive dress I'm wearing that I really shouldn't mess up but in this moment I don't care.
All I care about is the beautiful man beneath me who wears nothing but a towel and is emulating nothing but love. I want to feel more in this moment and I don't want to go to dinner until I do.
I hope Luke doesn't mind, but we may be a little bit late.
a/n
hi hi sorry for the delay
i can't promise it wont happen again because ive lost love in this book. im so sorry i WILL FINISH I PROmISE but
also sorry for the smut overload lmao. u guys probably dont care, in fact, yall are probably happy
but i want some fun smut because yall earned it after the hell i put you through with all the drama
im happy with this update so thats exciting for me and i have fun plans for the next few chapters ahead that im excited for and ik yall will be hyped over ~oh u just wait~
lmk ur thoughts. thanks for sticking with me and being great! thank u for being patient. im sorry i literally went from this being my top priority to me literally tossing it to the side but idk its almost been a year since i started teachers pet so i guess its just time for me to move on from addison and luke as much as i love them
i really want to finish this soon so hopefully updates will be quick but i can't promise anything bc i got sm going on with my other books and a lot of inspiration with them so im all over the place
anyway, end of rant. love u guys thanks so much!