It's been three weeks now.
And I've basically moved in with Luke, Ashton, Michael Calum, Charlotte, Lianne and Izzy. They're my family now.
Right now, we're sitting on the large sofa in front of the TV. Charlotte and Ashton, Izzy and Michael, and Lianne and Calum are all sitting close together, arms around each other or hands entertained. Luke and I sit next to each other, but our arms only touch because it is unavoidable, or we wouldn't fit on the chair.
The film ends, and our group eventually disintegrates until it is just myself and Luke left in the room.
'So... What do you want to do?' Luke says awkwardly.
'Umm...' I say just as awkwardly. 'Well, you have a lot of films, shall we watch something else?' I suggest.
'Yeah, sure,' says Luke. 'I'll go find some popcorn, if you want to pick a DVD?'
'Okay,' I reply, and you both get up.
Luke goes out into the kitchen, and you make towards the DVD cabinet, intending upon taking the first DVD that catches my eye.
The first title I read is Prometheus. I've seen it before - never again.
Okay, so maybe the second title I see...
I look along to a to a row of Disney movies. Despicable Me, Finding Nemo, and Frozen stick out to me. But then, further along, I see Lilo & Stitch, and Madagascar. I hear Luke coming, so I quickly grab Madagascar.
I stand up, and spin around -
- and don't realise that Luke is right behind me.
As I stand, I fall straight into him - luckily, he had already set the popcorn down on the table. But, I fall, and fall straight into him.
I feel his arms around me, holding me up, and open my eyes. His blue eyes meet mine, and he makes no effort to lift me up, and I sure can't pick myself back up, either.
'See?' Says Charlotte. 'Three weeks.'
That is when Luke lifts me up, and we both avert our eyes, embarrassed.
'Don't worry about it,' says Ashton. He's holding Charlotte's hand, and he leads her over to the table and takes a handful of popcorn before dropping onto the sofa, pulling Charlotte onto his lap with him. 'We all want you to get together, you know that.'
Luke meets my eyes again, and smiles a little.
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Runaway
FanfictionHolly Michelle Cole - 5' 5" of anxiety and depression. Her parents don't help. Everything seems to be going wrong, and they seem to be taking it out on Holly - so finally, she runs away, taking only a small amount of money she managed to take from h...
