6463 l.h

t w e n t y - s i x

"Mike honey, please shut up" I ask rolling my eyes

He's singing the opening song of Pokemon since we hit the road, it has been four hours and I'm mentally tired. 

"But I'm so excited!" he yells making Luke growl pressing his knuckles against the steering wheel 

"Keep it together man" Luke rolls his eyes and reaches for my hand, intertwining our fingers together

"Fine" Mike sighs "I'll entertain myself with Ashton" I glance at him watching him getting real close of Ashton who is asleep, and just staring him creepily until Ash wakes up with a horror look in his face

"Holly shit!" Ash yells and we all laugh "Michael you gotta stop creeping me" 

"You're so cute" Mike plays with Ashton's curls 

We laugh and I glance to my phone checking the time, it's almost noon.

"Guys how about we stop for a quick lunch?" I turn my head to look at my friends

"Yaaaaas, I thought you'd never say it" Calum sighs in relief 

"You just ate an entire bag of Cheetos" Kira says rolling her eyes

"I'm at my growing phase" he justifies with a smirk 

"Babe, let's find a nice place to have lunch I'm starving" I whisper on Luke's ear earning a smile and a quick peck on my lips

After a good twenty minutes we found a cute restaurant. I'm both hungry and tired. My legs thank me for using them to stand up, we all stretch and complain about our bum's aching. Luke wraps his arms around my waist as we enter the place.

"I'm just telling Ashton if you need my hand to hold it's okay" Mike rants about wanting to pretend being a couple with Ash since Kira and Calum are holding hands and Luke is keeping me as close as possible. 

"Y'all would look real cute" I smile as we settle in a big table at the corner, Luke quickly rests his hand on my exposed thigh, he looks nervous 

They carry the conversation and I take advantage to lean my head on the crook of Luke's neck and kiss him there.

"Are you okay?" I mutter on his skin and rub circles on his hand 

"Yeah, I'm okay babe" he smiles and pecks my lips

"Are you sure?" I frown my forehead and bite my lips, afraid of pushing him on this

He sighs and closes his eyes, I keep staring him. He stands up and offers me his hand and I take it, he leads me towards an empty space next to the bathrooms. He leans against the wall and bite down his lower lip I watch him carefully. 

"It's probably nothing but you catch all the attention in a room and I'm afraid I'm not enough for you" He bites down on his lower lip so strong that when he releases it's blood red

"Baby" I whine running my hands over his chest "You know there's no better than other between us" I smile and take a step closer, gripping on his hair "You and I are the exactly same mess and I couldn't love you more because of that" I peck his lips 

"But you're so pretty and fit" He looks down, sometimes Luke can be very self conscious 

"Said the 6'4 blue eyed blonde boy" I smile again "Girls lick the floor your step on, me included" I kiss his lips once more "I'm just a drug headed skin boned brunette girl with the hots for the most broad shouldered lanky lip pierced boy in Australia" I rest my head on his chest as he rubs my back "You're the closest form of perfection God let humans be" 

"I love you so fucking much" he presses my body against him making me chuckle with his grip on my ribcage 

...

"Mike you better rest your hand on the seat not on my girlfriend's thigh" Luke growls and spats Michael's hand away from me 

"Oh c'mon!" Mike whines "Ashton banished me from sitting next to him" he pouts glancing back at Ashton that lied flat over the seat behind us. 

"And from all the eight seats in this mini van you had to sit right beside Liza?" Luke rolls his eyes and scoops me over to his lap

"Fine" Mike sighs "Ashton babe, I'm coming!" he yells with a smile "Make room for your cuddling bear"

"Alright but if you touch my ass again I'll punch you in the nuts" Ashton sits down and Mike awkwardly moves to the back 

I stay still in Luke's lap, playing with the collar of his shirt, Kira turns the radio on and See You Again starts to play

"No babe, choose another station" Calum says adjusting his sun glasses "This song is too sad and reminds me of Ashley lying on that hospital bed" 

When he spills her name I freeze and let my body slip off of Luke's lap and onto his side, I lean forwards resting my elbows on my thigh and cup my own face remembering of her sad look when she asked me to give up on Luke.

Like he had sent the bad wave that hit me, Luke kisses my shoulder and rubs his hand over my back.

"I love you, Elizabeth Brooks" he mutters on my neck. When he says my full name it doesn't sound gross like I always felt, it sounds just right

Kira changes the station and Hey Mama starts to play, Calum immediately moves his shoulders

"Yas babe!" he jumps a little "C-dizzle is the the house!" he moves along with the beat making us all laugh for a minute

I glance at Luke who is resting his head on my shoulder watching me just to make sure I'll be fine

"This is a happy trip, I don't want to see you sad baby girl" his voice is so sweet that makes me smile

"I love you Robert" I smile and pecks his lips "I like your middle name better" 

...

After another two hours of driving and Calum complaining about Luke being a dick head for choosing a beach so damn hard to find, we get there and it's just wow. The sand is white and soft, the ocean is that beautiful tone of blue meeting green. 

"Wow" we say together as we get out of the car to watch the beauty in front of us

"Totally worth the wait" I mutter with a silly smile "Thank you for choosing this one, babe" I lean my head against Luke's chest

"Can't wait to get shit faced" Mike says giggling "Let's set the tents and start a fire" he takes off his shirt 

I'm finding him oddly excited for someone who doesn't like the beach or the sun. Yeah, Michael is odd so maybe he's just happy because we're all together and just for once has no trouble around. I didn't even bother to bring my phone charger because there's no electricity or phone signal. 

"Ready for an epic weekend?" I ask as I help Kira take the booze box out of the trunk