I am woken up by the sound of my alarm clock yet again. I shut it off and get up out of bed. After I came home from Luke's last night, I spoke to Michael about it all. He told me exactly what Luke told me, so I know it must be true. Luke tried to call me a bunch of times last night but I could not bring myself to answer the phone.

I get dressed in sweat pants and a plain black v-neck. I throw my hair in a bun and don't even bother to put makeup on. I'm in no mood to get dressed up nice today. Brooke texts me she is here and I walk out the door. I am thankful that Michael is still asleep because I honestly don't know what I would say to him. I didn't say anything to him after he explained everything to me last night, I just went to my room and shut the door.

I climb into Brooke's car and put my seatbelt on.

"Hey." She says with a small smile.

"Hi." I say.

"May, i'm really sorry about everything yesterday. I didn't think they were going to say all that shit."

"Why didn't you just tell me in the first place? You knew and you didn't tell me!" I raise my voice.

"Don't get mad at just me! Cora, Calum and Ash knew too! We just thought it would be best for Luke or Michael to tell you when they wanted to tell you. It's none of our business, which is why we didn't say anything." She says honestly.

I sigh loudly. "You're right. I'm sorry I just―I don't know how to take all of this. I always thought Luke was the sweet guy that everyone loved. But he isn't. He's the guy that people are afraid to know. I just feel like everything I knew about him is a lie."

"You can't think that way. He was like that two years ago. Last year he was the same as he is now. He's been such a nice person for the past few years. And since he's met you, he's been ten times nicer than how he was. You make him better, May. Don't give up on him because of how he used to be."

I rub my face with my hands. "It's not only about Luke though. It's Michael too. He moved away from Melbourne to get away from Clay and his group. Then he comes to Sydney and becomes friends with the exact same kind of people. I just―I don't get it. Every time I talked to Michael on the phone he seemed fine. He was always nice and he never seemed intoxicated or anything. And he never mentioned Jace or anybody. He always just talked about Luke. But he always said such good things about him." I say, tears forming in my eyes.

"Michael never belonged in that group. Everyone at school knew that. Every time Jace finished beating some kid up, him and his group would walk away laughing. But Michael always stayed behind to make sure the kid was okay. Your brother's a good person, May. He always has been." She tells me.

I look up at her with tears in my eyes. "What about Luke? Did he stay behind too?" I ask with hope.

She exhales and shakes her head slowly. "He would walk off with Jace. But that's only because most of the time he was high. He's nothing like that anymore though. You have to know that."

"I just―I feel like I know a completely different Luke than everyone else. I feel like everyone else is scared of him still. He's not the person I thought he was."

We pull into the parking lot and Brooke shuts the car off. She turns to me and puts her hands over mine.

"He is exactly the person you think he is. The Luke that people at school know isn't the one that you know. Travis, Josh and them haven't seen Luke since he graduated. They all know the old Luke." She tells me.

I shrug. "I don't know, I can't think of this right now. I need to focus on school." I get out of the car and Brooke and I walk inside to our lockers. Travis and the group are all standing there already.

"Hey guys." Brooke says.

"Hey. Listen May, we're all really sorry about yesterday. We thought you knew about―" Travis starts before I stop him.

"Can we please talk about something else?" I ask.

"Sure." He smiles. He has a really nice smile.

We talk for a few minutes before going to class. Before I know it, it's lunch. Brooke and I walk to the table we sat at yesterday, but only Travis is sitting there.

"Where is everyone?" Brooke asks him as we sit down.

"Zoey and Josh are probably fucking in his car and Sophia said she has detention all of lunch period." Travis explains.

"Wait, Zoey and Josh are dating?" I ask.

Travis nods his head. "Yeah, since year nine."

"Oh." I say as I eat my food.

The rest of lunch is spent talking about various topics, until the bell rings. Brooke hurries out of the cafeteria.

"Where are you going?" I call to her.

"Math. If i'm late Mr. Turner will kill me!" She says, hurrying out.

I walk over to my locker with Travis and get my binder.

"Hey uh, I don't know if this is too soon but, I was wondering if maybe you wanted to hang out sometime?" Travis asks me.

I have no idea what to say to him. I don't know what he's expecting. Does he want to hang out as friends, or does he expect it to be a date? I decide I hope he means as friends.

"Yeah sure." I smile.

"Great! How about tonight?" He asks.

"Okay."

"Six o'clock?"

I nod.

We say our goodbyes and I go off to my classes. The day flies by and before I know it, it's time to go home. I walk over to my locker and wait for Brooke. After a few minutes she comes running down the hall towards me.

"Sorry I took so long, I was getting college brochures." She apologizes as we walk out of the school.

We get into her car and she immediately starts up conversation.

"So," She drags on the 'o', "I hear you and Travis are hanging out tonight?" She smirks.

"Who told you that?"

"Josh."

"How does Josh know?" I ask.

"Travis and him are best friends, he probably told him." She shrugs.

"Oh. Well yeah, we are. But it's not a big deal. I mean, we're hanging out as friends. I hope he knows that." I say.

"Yeah he knows. But honestly would it be so bad if it was more than a casual hang out? Why can't it be a date?" She asks, even though she clearly knows why.

I look at her and raise an eyebrow.

"Are you and Luke going to get back together?" She asks.

"Honestly, probably not. Best case scenario we'll be friends again. But, I don't think we'll date again. Too much has happened." I answer truthfully.

"So then why can't it be a date tonight with Travis?! Move on, May."

"Um, it's a little soon don't you think?" I say bitterly.

Truth is, I don't want to move on from Luke. At least not yet. I'm still so in love with him, I can't just let go in a matter of a day. He's still the one who's crowding my thoughts. He's the last person I think about before I go to sleep and the first one when I wake up. He's the first person I ever said I love you to. I'm not ready to give that all up just yet.

"Well why waste time? If you're not going to get back then don't spend your time sulking ove―"

"It's really none of your business, Brooke." I bark.

"Oh," Her face falls, "Sorry."

The rest of the car ride is silent. When she pulls up to my apartment building I get out and mumble a quick goodbye before shutting the door and hurrying upstairs. I turn the lock slowly, silently praying Michael isn't home.

"Hey." He says from the couch. Great.

"Hi." I say as I walk to my room as shut the door. I pull out my homework and put in my headphones.

A few hours pass and I hear a knock on my door. The door opens to reveal Michael.

"Are we not even going to talk?" He asks as he stands in the doorway.

"About what?" I ask as I continue to do my homework. Senior year was seriously going to kill me. It was only the second day and I had piles of homework already.

"I'm pretty sure you know what." He says as he walks into my room and sits on the edge of my bed.

"There's nothing more to say." I shrug.

"Well there obviously is if you're still so mad over it."

I rip my headphones out of my ears as I push my chair out and stand up. "You think i'd just get over it all in one night? You and Luke had a life that I never knew about! And everyone kept it from me! Do you know how stupid that makes me look! I'm so humiliated! I walked around totally oblivious to everything that happened once upon a time!" I shout.

"Stop acting like we had some double life! Everyone knew the way Luke and I were! But that was so long ago! So what was the point in telling you if we're nothing like that anymore! Does Luke know that you used to smoke? Does Luke know you used to hang out with Clay and his group? Does he, May?!" Michael screams at the top of his lungs.

My eyes widen. Here I was getting mad at Luke for smoking, and drinking, and cheating on his girlfriend but I seem to have forgot I was the same way-minus the cheating. I'm being a hypocrite.

"No, he doesn't know." I almost whisper.

"Well maybe you should try being honest with him, just like he was with you! But unlike you, he'll probably forgive you because he's not hypocritical!" He yells.

"Stop yelling at me!"

His shoulders fall. "I'm sorry. But this is exactly why I never wanted to tell you. I knew this is how you would react." He says in a calmer tone.

Just then my phone beeps. I grab it to see a text from Travis, telling me he's outside. I completely forgot I was hanging out with him tonight. I reply with 'coming' before locking my phone and grabbing my purse.

"I've gotta go." I say as I walk out into the main room.

"Go where? To talk to Luke?" Michael asks.

"No, i'm hanging out with Travis."

"Travis? Who's he?"

"He's a friend I met at school." I say.

"Wait, Travis Walker? As in Brooke's friend Travis?" He asks.

I nod. "That's the one. Do you know him?"

"Not really. I helped him up once after Jace kicked his ass in year nine."

Of course he did. Well, at least he helped him.

"Oh. Alright well i'll see you later on." I say as I open the front door.

"Wait!" Michael calls and I turn around. "This isn't like―a date, is it?"

I laugh and roll my eyes. "No, Mikey. It's not a date."

I take the elevator downstairs and walk to Travis' car.

"Hey." I say as I get inside and shut the door.

"Hiya." He says as he starts the engine. Hiya. What a nerd. I laugh at my own thoughts.

"So what did you want to do?" I ask.

"I uh, I made reservations at Silversword." He says.

"Silversword? But that place is so expensive."

He shrugs. "It's okay. I get a certain discount." He smiles.

"Why?"

"My brother is the owner." He says casually.

His brother is the owner of Silversword?! That's the most expensive restaurant you can ever eat in. It's probably like twenty dollars just for a glass of water. You'd need to make reservations like, two months in advance. Well, anyone but the owner's brother would need to.

We pull up to the restaurant and he gets out of the car. I open the car door and step out, just as he reaches my side of the car.

"I was going to open the door for you." He smiles sweetly.

"Oh." I laugh.

We go inside and stand at the reservation podium. Immediately a woman comes over to us with a wide smile on her face.

"Hello, Travis. Your table is ready for you." She says as she leads us to a table. Travis pulls my seat out for me and I thank him with a small smile. She hands us two menus.

"Thanks, Kim." He says. I guess he must know the staff pretty well since his brother owns the place.

"I'll give you two a minute to decide what you want." She smiles as she walks off.

"You must know everyone who works here." I laugh slightly.

"Yeah, mostly. But I know Kim because she's my brother's fiancee." He explains.

"Oh." I say. "How old is your brother?"

"He's thirty something. I don't know exactly." He laughs.

That's quite an age gap.

"He's my step brother. My mom is married to his dad." He states.

"Oh, I see." I say.

The rest of the dinner is spent making small talk about our families, friends, and plans for college. I learn that Travis is one of six kids, but he's the oldest, excluding his step brother. His dad moved to America when he was seven, and every summer he goes there to see him. But he said that his dad moves on from wife to wife, and when he's there he never really gets to spend time with him. He also tells me that his mother spends all of her time with his siblings that she tends to ignore him. I feel bad for Travis. He seems so alone. I didn't tell him much about my family, only that my parents are divorced and my dad lives back in Melbourne.

We pull up to my apartment and I unbuckle my seat belt.

"Thank you so much for tonight. I had a great time." I say as I step out of the car.

"Wait, i'll walk you up." He says as he turns the car off and gets out.

"Oh that's okay, you don't have to."

"I want to." He smiles. I return the smile and we take the elevator up to my floor. We walk over to my apartment and I take out my key.

"This is me." I say.

"So you really live on your own?" He asks.

"Well, I live with Michael. But yeah, pretty much."

"That's so cool!" He chirps and I giggle.

"Thanks again for tonight. I'll see you at school tomorrow." I say as I go to unlock my door.

"Wait." He says as he grabs my wrist.

I turn around and just as I do, he smashes his lips onto mine. Before I can even react, his body is lifted off of mine and pinned against the wall.

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A/N oooooo Travis made a move on May!! What do you guys think about that all? Should May try and move on from Luke? Please vote and comment!!! :) xx