Dahlia

"I don't know what to do, Aaliyah!" I complain.

We're sitting on the back deck of her house, just talking about everything. Right now, the conversation is once again about Maya. Everyone must be tired of talking about her and Luke. Honestly, I am as well. I still talk about it though. It's the main thing on my mind.

"Oh my gosh me too, I'm so tired of talking about them but I just can not stop!"

"You literally just read my mind." I laugh. "Should I just give up on the whole thing though?" My tone changes to be more serious.

"I really think you should I keep trying, Dahlia." She kicks a stone with her foot that is hanging off the side of the deck.

I nod. "I was hoping you'd say that. Now for plan... Like... M? We're going to run out of alphabet if Maya keeps it up."

"I know, right? We are going to have to re-start the alphabet or use numbers."

I smile at her joke. "True."

"Okay, we should I start planning plan... M. Or whatever it is."

"Yes. What on earth will we do?"

"We could..." She pauses. "Hm, I don't know."

I groan and then give her an amused face. "Real helpful. Although I don't really know what to do either."

"I know! You need to let me help with this stuff more often. I'm so good at it," she says sarcastically.

I snort, and she smirks. "I guess we could go to the... grocery store? Maybe, and 'accidentally' see Luke. She seems to get more and more mad every time we do though. I think we need to try a whole different perspective. Talk about something good he did. How great it was to be a group."

She nods. "Is seeing him really going to help though?"

I don't think so. "Maybe," I say. "It might make her think about him more. Remembering old times."

"That's true."

I reach down a pluck a dandelion. "She can't hate him forever."

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I grab my sisters arm and link it through mine. "Where to now, Maya?"

We're at the mall walking around. Hailey came too, but she's off doing something right now.

"Death."

I raise my eyebrows. "Alrighty."

"It's the only good part about life."

"It's not part of life at all. It's the opposite."

"That's my point." She points to her brain, tapping her head in an 'I'm so smart' kind of way.

I roll my eyes, she smirks.

"I don't know. You're the one who brought me here."

"What?" I ask. "Oh. Yeah, I don't know. It's really up to you. I just wanted to come to the mall to be out doing something."

And then Luke walks out of a store with his mother.

Maya slowly turns her head, glaring intensely at me.

"I had nothing to do with this." I throw my hands up into the air.

"Maya!" Liz starts waving wildly.

She smiles at Liz, pretending that she's not mad. Liz doesn't know that Maya hates Luke. "H-hi?"

"How are you?" Liz proceeds to drag Luke over with her.

"I'm alright... How are you?" She says awkwardly.

"Good, good. Busy of course."

They continue to talk for awhile, until Liz says she needs to go home to make supper. As soon as she's out of sight, Maya grabs my wrist.

"Hey!" I gasp.

"Did you do this?" She glares.

"No!" I sputter. "I already said I didn't."

"Whatever." She sulks off.

"Maya... Me and Hailey are your ride..." I sigh.

Maya

"I'm Maya." I'm leaning against a wall talking to some guy I don't know. I ran into him —literally— as I was getting away from Dahlia. She's still trying to get me and Luke in the same room even though she promised she wouldn't. This is really frustrating. Maybe I would stop being mad at him eventually if they all stopped trying.

"My name is Adam." He smiles with his bright teeth.

"I like your eyes. They really stand out." His skin is kind of dark. It's a bit lighter than milk chocolate. His eyes are bright green though. It's a really pretty combination.

"Thank you, so do yours."

"Thanks." I smile. "Are you from America?" He has an accent when he speaks.

"Yes, good guess." He plays with the hem of his shirt.

"I went to LA one time. It was really pretty." I play with my hair a bit.

"LA huh? I've never been. I'm from Maine." He grins.

"I have no idea where that is." I laugh, "Only been to America once. My friends are in a band though. They toured all across America."

"It's up closer to Canada. What band?" He asks.

"I had a friend from Canada!" I say excitedly. "The band is Five Seconds Of Summer."

"Ohh, I've heard of them actually!"

"Oh really?" I ask, shocked.

"Mmhm. So is that the kind of music you like?"

"Anything punk rock." I nod.

"That's pretty cool, I like when girls are more into rock and stuff like that."

"Yeah? I like guys who are into rock. None of that electronic music." I shake my head and make a slightly disgusted face.

He laughs at my expression and nods. "I agree, I'm not into dub step and that either."

"What are you into?" I lean forward a bit and play with my hair, smirking slightly.

He's only a few inches from me now. He looks down for a second and the smirk reappears on his face. "Lots of things."

"Like?" I turn my head a bit to see none other than Luke Hemmings. He's staring at me as he walks out.

In a spur of the moment, I decide to wipe that dumb look off of his face. Adam is quite a bit taller than me, so I have to stand on my tip toes as I press my lips against his. His lips part slightly as he gasps in surprise. I bet Luke is surprised too. I take the opportunity to deepen the kiss, an action he returns.

After I pull away, Adam looks at me with a surprised smirk. I smirk at him and 'casually' turn my head to look at Luke. He's standing there with wide eyes and his mouth hanging open. He then closes his mouth, scrunches his eyebrows and walks away.

"Wow."

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I texted Hailey and Dahlia that I would be taking the bus home. I guess it wouldn't make sense if she set it up. That doesn't mean I'm not mad though. Because I'm very mad.

Downtown, they have a lot of signs for advertising things. I notice there's one for a band. Then I realize what band it is. I squeal and take my phone out to take a picture of the poster.

It's my moms favourite band. I have to go see it.

I quickly call Dahlia because this makes me really happy. "Dahlia!"

"So you're not mad at me?"

"Yes, but that's not important right now. My moms favourite band is playing a show here!" I practically jump up and down.

"Really?" She sounds happy. "That's great, Maya! Are you going to go?"

"Of course! I want to get tickets. You should come! Oh and Hailey too! Please?!" I notice that I said that all really fast. I don't care though. I'm happy.

"When is it?"

"It's in like two weeks. It's a smaller band so I don't think lots of people are going. I really want to go."

"Okay." She laughs. "We can go if you can manage to get tickets that fast."

"Really?! I love you!" I almost scream. "I can go to the arena they're preforming in to get tickets!"

"Alright." I can hear the smile in her voice. "Try not to be too disappointed if they're sold out. Call me after."

"Okay. Bye!" I shove my phone into my pocket and run across the street. A few cars almost hit me. But I don't care right now. I need to get tickets to this concert. This is one of the most important things for me.

I walk into the building and go straight to the front desk. The lady told me that they still have tickets to sell. "What seats do you have?" I tap my fingers on the counter.

"We had a group of people sell me their tickets back. We have row 12 and the nosebleeds." She looks at her screen.

"Can I get three in row 12?" I ask, smiling widely.

"Of course!" She smiles at me.

I pay for the tickets and I run back to the bus. I'm so excited. This will be amazing.

Luke

I thought about our last kiss. How it felt, the way you tasted.

I miss her. I miss being with her. Maybe if she didn't hate me it would be easier. I just can't get her out of my head. I love her, she hates me. It will never work out.

She probably thinks I'm trying to set us up or something. Dahlia, Hailey and the guys are trying to get her in the same room with me. I'm pretty sure she thinks it's my fault. She gets so mad every time she sees me. I don't want to make her upset. That's why I try to avoid her. I don't want her to be so mad at me.

If what we had was real, how could you be fine?

I just don't get how she can be so okay with us apart. She used to only want to be around me. I'm not sure I understand why she hates me so much. It really hurts. It hurts more than you could ever imagine.

Cause I'm not fine at all.

I remember the break up perfectly. Her choosing him instead of me. I remember her tears running down her face. She acted like she didn't want to leave me. She made it seem like she still loved me. I think she might've loved me then. I'm just not sure if she can ever love me again. I know I messed up. I know she doesn't think she can forgive me or trust me. But I want her to.

I remember the day you told me you were leaving. I remember the makeup running down your face. And the dreams you left behind you didn't need them. Just like every single wish we ever made.

I want to forget everything. Maybe I would be okay if I forgot her. I don't want to forget her though. I don't want to forget that I can love. I've never loved anyone like I loved her. But nothing lasts forever I guess.

It's just the little things that still get to me, the memories. Like the way her nose crinkled when she laughed or her smile. Even just the feeling of being next to her.

I wish that I could wake up with Amnesia and forget about the stupid little things. Like the way it felt to fall asleep next to you and the memories I never can escape.

She keeps on kissing guys in front of me. Maya isn't the kind of girl to do that though. It's weird. I think she wants to make me jealous or something. Or maybe it's to show that's she perfectly fine. It hurts that she can be happy when I'm not.

It hurts to know you're happy. Yeah, it hurts that you moved on.

She acts as if we were never a thing. That she never loved loved me. I don't know why. Maybe we were a lie?

Its like we never happened. Was it just a lie?

I don't think it was a lie. I just want this all to be fake or something. I wish that I could wake up and I could be with her. Please let this be some twisted dream. I don't want to have to hurt from missing her like this.

If today I woke up with you right beside me, like all of this was just some twisted dream. I'd hold you closer than I ever did before. And you'd never slip away.

Cause I'm not fine at all.

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