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luke

It's been a week since my encounter with Michael and since Ashton and I scared the poor kid.

I shouldn't feel bad for Michael but I do and I need to stop what I'm doing but I'm in too deep now.

I sat down in my normal seat in the back of the classroom, waiting for the tardy bell to ring so class would start. I looked at the door as Michael walked in, his head dropping as soon as we accidently made eye contact.

The only choice he had was to either sit next to me or right in the front, so he sat next to me.  I don't blame him, really.

He said nothing, but that wasn't unusual. He didn't look up, he didn't take notes, he didn't even have a pencil out. His leg was bouncing up and down under the desk and I could see he was biting his lip.

I swear he stood up the exact second that the bell rang and got out of the classroom as fast as he could.

Something is really bothering him today and I don't know what it is, I haven't done anything to him today.

When I saw Ashton he was looking at Michael until I tapped his shoulder and he turned to me.

"Hey! Man I've been meaning to talk to you all day. I was thinking today after school you could come round to mine and we can go to Michael's and-" that's where I stopped listening, but he didn't stop talking.

"Luke? Luke!" I jumped a bit as Ashton raised his voice and I shrugged.

"I'm not really feeling it today, feeling a bit ill. Maybe tomorrow?" I suggest in a bit of a rush and he just rolls his eyes but agrees and I hurry off to my next class. 

I slumped down in my seat, staring out the window the rest of the day, probably missing some important stuff. As lunch rolled around, I was getting more and more anxious to just home.

The day was dragging on, and I let out a breath I think I've been holding all day, when the final bell rang.

I managed to avoid Ashton as I walked outside and waited for mum to come out. She said she doesn't have to stay after school today so she's going to take me to get food and take me home and after that she is going on a date with dad.

•••

I was bored out my mind sitting on my couch eating popcorn whilst watching countless reruns of How I Met Your Mother.

I was dozing off, finding it hard to keep my eyes open.

That was until I heard sirens and opened my eyes, looking out the window and seeing the flashing lights.

I got up from the couch and over to the window, looking out at the house in which the ambulances were, and my heart dropped.

Michael's house.