It All Started With a Dare ♡ Cake

34: Thinking Straight

It All Started With a Dare || Cake♡

Chapter Thirty-four: Thinking Straight.

|| Calum POV☯ ||

It's like a dream, sitting with my arm around Luke's shoulder. He's trying to finish his cereal quickly. Ashton is typing on his phone and every couple of seconds he looks up at Luke and then sadly back at his phone, which makes me hold Luke's shoulder tighter.

"It's really funny," Michael says as he stares at us, he's sitting next to Ashton. "I'm really happy you two finally got together."

Ashton nods, but for some reason, I feel like it's fake, but I know I'm just paranoid.

"Now that you're together, Ashton can finally cuddle with me." Michael adds and I see Ashton relax a little and lean more into Michael.
"Yeah," I reply, and I feel like awing at them.

Luke places his bowl on the coffee table and stretches out.

"We should leave soon, LA is calling for us," Luke says and I agree with him. Michael yawns but agrees.

We all get our stuff before leaving the house, saying goodbye to everyone on the way out.

Luke tries to talk to Ashton, and Michael stays back and talks to me awkwardly.

"Ashton feels awkward about you two," Michael tells me as we walk and I nod.
"I can tell."

Ashton throws his arm around Luke's shoulder and they laugh at something that one of them said and I can't help but smile.

"Aren't you jealous?" Michael asks, while nudging me slightly.
"Not really, it's kind of cute, that they are best friends again."
"Can the real Calum Hood come back?" Michael laughs and nudges me softly.

"I'm afraid we lost him, now you have to deal with the Calum Hood who is in love with Luke Hemmings." I reply and Michael smiles at me.
"I can deal with that, for fuck sake, I've been dealing with that ever since this dare started."

I shrug and laugh, "Damn straight you have."
"Unlike Calum," Michael quickly says.
"That's also true," I agree.

x x x

On the flight to L.A, I sit next to Luke, who is resting his head on my shoulder softly.

"Calum, I don't feel well," Luke whispers, "I need to see a doctor in L.A, I need pills, I need help." I look down at the younger boy and I don't see a 17 year old, I see a little boy away from home.

"I'll get you to see a doctor in L.A," I reply kindly and he yawns.
"Thank you."
"Do you want to talk about it?"
"Not really, I just feel the bad thought s coming back, they say I don't deserve you, which I don't." Luke is crying now and I pull up the arm rest in between us so that I can pull him closer to me, his head now in my chest.

"Luke, if anything, I don't deserve you," I whisper calmly, "You are the single greatest thing in my life and I am so happy I met you." Luke continues crying and I rub his back in a calming way.

After a while, Luke cuddles into my side and falls to sleep and I rest my head on his.

"I love you so much, so, so, so much," I whisper to the sleeping boy, whose breathing is quiet and steady. I look over at Michael and Ashton, who are holding hands tightly but watching their own movies.

I sigh and close my eyes, tears of joy finally escaping from my eyes.

Finally, Luke was mine to hold.

After a while, I felt myself drifting away as well.

It was weird to think about, as I held Luke in my arms, but before I could dwell on it any longer, I fell asleep with the boy of my dreams in my arms.

x x x

Luke woke me up by shaking my shoulder softly.

"You drool when you sleep," he whispers. I blink tiredly at him and he rolls his eyes. "We'll be landing in under an hour."

"Does it look like I give a shit, I just want to sleep for a long time," I grumble and Luke moves my grip on him and then cuddles me.

"Then you can sleep, don't mind me," Luke whispers.
"I have too; you're my life."
"Shut up, Calum."

"No." I sit up, ignoring his pull, "we need to talk about this, seriously."

"That I'm your life?" Luke raises an eye brow, "Already knew that."
"No," I mumble, taking his hand, "about, loving you as much as I do."

"What do you need to say about?"

"I don't care about anyone else liking you or having sex with you, or even giving you quick hand jobs or blow jobs."

Luke looks weirdly at me, "okay...?"

"Just if you remember that, I'll always be waiting for you at home." I give him a quick kiss on the cheek, "and a smart little birdie told me, that home is where the band is, and guess what, I am in your band."

Luke looks at me, before smiling, "thank you, Calum, I love you a lot."

I grin at him, and he starts to blush.

"So you wouldn't mind, if I got Michael to give me a blow job??"
"Well, I would," I answer and he smirks.

"So what you're saying is that, you just want me to be yours."
"No, well, I mean, I want you to think of me as yours." I nod and say and he shakes his head and lets out a laugh.

"Well, guess what Calum, you are stuck with me."
"I can live with that."

Luke sighs happily and I watch him. Staring at him was like a gift and I was so happy that I was able to watch him, like I was.

"Stop looking at me," Luke chuckles and quickly kisses me. "You're making me nervous," he adds after the kiss.

I blink at him and smile, "Well that's how you always make me feel, Hemmings."

Luke shakes his head. "I can't make you have butterflies in your stomach 24/7, we're with each other too much."

"Well, you do." I answer.

Luke shakes his head again and laughs. "Go to sleep, idiot, you're not thinking straight."

"That's kind of the point, I'm clearly gay."

Luke laughs and his dimples come into display and his eyes close tightly, and without meaning to, I think, 'this is the most beautiful, I have ever seen him.'

But I don't object and soon, I'm cuddling back into him and closing my eyes again. Luke wakes me, just as the captain says we're about to land, and without thinking about it, I kiss him and he kisses back.