
8. Backpack
Monday
He felt different, he felt weird. He also regret it a lot. Why did he do it?
There was a tension in Luke's body. His palms were sweating and there was a lump in his throat. He also felt like throwing up.
He had bangs under his eyes from the lack off sleep he got over the weekend. He was overthinking what happened at the party.
How could he be so stupid?
Luke breathed out heavily as he leaned his head on the swing set. He looked down to the ground.
He didn't feel good.
Calum wasn't by his side either as he sat with Jennifer in the cafeteria for lunch. Luke didn't mind, he was glad to see Calum so happy.
"Hello Hemmings"
A voice was heard before Luke heard footstep, several, over the grass.
Luke was too tired to look up for a second. He rubbed his eyes and blinked tiredly as he finnaly looked up.
Adam, a guy from his history class was standing there, along with two of his friends.
Luke smiled softly "Hello Adam" Luke said. "You look tired" Adam said and grinned.
Luke nodded "I am.." Luke responded and played with his hands.
"So what are you doing here Adam?" Luke asked nicely.
"I came to ask you for your backpack" Adam said and had this fake smile on his face.
"My..backpack?" Luke asked.
"Yes, your backpack" Adam said before pushing Luke off the swing and searching for Luke's backpack.
Luke hit his head harshly on the ground. It hurted. Adam had found his backpack. Luke understood now.
"Let's see where you're hiding that shit" Adam said while opening Luke's backpack
Luke sat up straight but got immidiately pulled up by Adam's friends.
"What are you doing! Let me go!" Luke yelled. One guy slapped Luke across his face.
Luke then saw Adam had pulled it out. His crocodile pluche he got from Ashton.
Adam started laughing and his friends laughed along.
"Oh Hemmings" Adam said as he was dying of laughter. "What are you? 4?" Adam said and shook the stuffed animal in his hand.
"Or just a faggot?" Adam then asked. Luke tried getting himself loose, but they only held on thighter.
"Let me go you meatheads !" Luke yelled as tears were forming in his eyes.
"It's time for you to grow up" Adam said as he took out a pocket knife. Luke's eyes widened.
"No no no stop it!" Luke yelled as the tears started falling.
While he was hurting each second more, They started laughing more.
Adam opened his knife and started cutting the stuffed animal open. Luke's heart stopped as he watched the terror. Luke was crying and sniffling.
"Please.." Luke said softly.
"Awhh you need a band-aid for your boo boo?" Adam said and chuckled. He was destroying Luke's gift.
"Stop!" Luke said. "Just stop please" Luke said as Adam had threw pieces of the stuffed animal in the air.
"This won't keep you safe anymore Hemmings" Adam said.
Luke then knew the whole story on why he was here. Adam had heard him and Calum talking last week in the park. Luke giving in the pluche made him and kept him safe.
Of course there were people destroying the good, Luke just wasn't ready for it.
The rest was all a blur when Adam threw a punch onto his nose and onto the side of his head.
Luke saw a flash before falling into unconsiousness...
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She had her earphones in while mixing up the paint.
Calum wrapped his arms around Jennifer from behind and kissed her cheek.
"Hello my fellow marshmellow" Calum said smiling down at Jennifer.
"I almost had a heart attack Cal" Jennifer said as she then turned around. Calum chuckled.
Jennifer giggeled "marshmellow?" She said. "Yeah I thought it rhymed pretty well and it sounded cute so" Calum said as he let go off Jennifer and looked at what she was doing.
"Is this for art class?" Calum asked as he looked at the drawing she was making.
Jennifer nodded "yeah, I was very slow in class so I had to stay after school to finish it" she explained.
"How long should you be here for?" Calum asked as he sat down on the table.
"Untill 5 but if I'm done earlier I can go home" she said and sighed.
"I could stay with you" Calum said while ordening Jennifer her pencil box. The colours just had to be correct.
"No it's fine Cal, you should go home" Jennifer said as she sat down on her stool.
"But what's the fun in that?"
"You could go to sleep or eat"
"I could do that here too, with you" Calum said as he jumped off the table and searched for an extra stool.
"Well, if you insist" Jennifer said and grinned as she made place next to her.
Calum placed his stool next to Jennifer. Not too close, but he just inched his stool a little closer.
Jennifer handed one earphone to Calum and smiled when he took it and putted it into his ear.
"Ariana Grande?" Calum asked suprised.
"Yeah..I don't know" Jennifer said while colouring in something of her drawing.
"I love Ariana Grande too omgg!! Best friends forever!" Calum said in a high pitched voice. He then highed fived Jennifer. She started laughing "you're such an idiot Cal" she said and shook her head in delight.
"I know I know" Calum said.
He wanted to hug her and kiss her on the cheek, maybe sneak a kiss onto her lips, but he decided not to do that and decided on taking things slow for her.
"Hey I'm gonna get some snacks from the vending machine, you want anything?" Calum asked.
"Cheetos" Jennifer simply said.
"Alrighty, I'll be right back" Calum said as he took out the earphone and putted it down on the table.
"Okay" Jennifer said and continued her drawing. Calum stood up and was about to walk away when he got pulled down by his sleeve a little.
"Wha-" Jennifer cut him off and kissed him. Calum felt perfect in that moment, like all his issues didn't exist anymore. He knew that he wanted to feel this feeling more often.
They pulled away. Jennifer had a grin attached onto his face while she bit her lip.
Calum was speechless for a second, usually he always had something to say.
"I-..I'll be right back" Calum said and smiled widely. Jennifer knew Calum was taken back.
"Sure.." Jennifer said and smirked as Calum walked out the classroom.
Calum stopped at the door and took one last glance at Jennifer before smiling widely and making his way down the halls.
It then hit him.
Jennifer had kissed him
Not the other way around. She was finnaly coming out of her shell. Calum felt awsome as he walked down these halls. He never had that feeling before.
It was always a dreaded feeling when he walked here, going to school.
Calum had approched the vending machine and put in his money. He typed in 56 for his doritos before putting in more money and typing in 34 for the Cheetos.
Everything made sense now. Jennifer and Calum were made for each other. Doritos and cheetos. Calum smiled at that thought, he was so in love.
The cheetos came tumbling down from the vending machine and Calum was quick to pick it up and turning it around.
He then saw it and heard it. The sirens. Someone got hurt...
The doors slighty opened from the curious people who were walking towards the siren and that's when Calum saw who got hurt.
Luke
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You probably hate the Jennifer and Calum parts but it has to be in the story cause shits about to go down 👹
Have a nice day/night
-Lu
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