Too Late (5SOS fanfic) #30

                                    

                                          
"Tessa, do you wanna come to band after school on Friday? It's going to be at mine and Nimu and Jess are coming," Luke and I were sitting in my room after school. 
                          
I sit there, staring silently at the floor. I hadn't told him about the whole Ashton incident yet. I was too nervous. I don't know how he would react. He could get really angry at either me or Ashton. I don't want to get in the way of their friendship. 
                          
"Tessa?" Luke snaps me out of my thoughts. 
                          
"Umm... I'm busy on Friday," I lie. I wasn't busy, I just didn't want to see Ashton. 
                          
"Please Tess," Luke pleads, pouting his soft lips and widening his gorgeous, blue eyes. 
                          
"How can I resist that face? That is not fair, Luke Hemmings," I smirk. 
                          
"Is that a yes?" 
                          
"Fine, fine," I give in. I couldn't say no to Luke. Maybe I'll just ignore Ashton completely. How hard can it be? 
                          
"Yay! Wait, but why did you say you were busy?" He realizes. 
                          
"I thought I was, but I realized it was actually Thursday. I'm such an idiot sometimes," I play it off. I didn't like lying to Luke, but what he doesn't know, won't hurt him, right?
                          
"Yeah, you are," he giggles. 
                          
"You're in such a weird mood. You're all playful," I laugh at Luke. 
                          
"I'm just happy to be with you," he grins. 
                          
I slap him on his arm. 
                          
"What?!" he yells. 
                          
"You're too cheesy," I say. 
                          
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The next few days pass. I still don't talk to Ashton at all.
                          
Friday comes along and after school, Luke and I go straight to his house. The others were going to meet us there at around 5. I was excited to see Nimu again, since I haven't been to practice in a while. 
                          
Luke and I walk to his house, hand in hand. 
                          
"Tess, is something up?" Luke asks me. 
                          
"What?" I reply. I heard him, but I just didn't understand what he meant. 
                          
"You seem so... distant. You've been off in your own world lately," he looks at me, his face full of concern. 
                          
"I'm fine," I spread a fake smile on my face. 
                          
We arrive at Luke's and go straight to his music room. 
                          
"Can you teach me something on the guitar again?" I ask sitting down, grabbing one of the guitars. 
                          
"Sure," he sits down directly opposite me, resting his guitar on his lap. 
                          
Luke and I play around on the guitars for a while and time goes really fast. 
                          
At 4:47, we hear a knock at the door. 
                          
"Hi," Ashton stands awkwardly at the door, a red bandana resting on his curly, brown hair. 
                          
"Hey, come on in," Luke says. There was no doubt, some very awkward tension in the room. Both Ashton and I were pretty silent and Ashton didn't really want to talk to Luke. Luke was obviously confused by this, since he wasn't aware of what went on. 
                          
"Um... when are the others going to be here?" Ashton quietly asked Luke. 
                          
"Well, you're actually early, but the others should be here around 5," Luke explained. I just sat down, keeping my mouth shut. 
                          
Us three sat there for a while, in total silence. It was not a comfortable silence in the least. I knew it would be a bad idea coming here. 
                          
"Umm... Tessa. Could I talk to you?" Ashton suddenly breaks the silence. 
                          
I reluctantly nod my head, standing up and walking over to Ashton. 
                          
"I'll be back in a second, okay?" I kiss Luke on the cheek, making sure Ashton saw. We both walk into Luke's kitchen. Luke's family weren't home. 
                          
"Look, I'm sorry for Sunday. It was wrong of me and I feel like shit," Ashton says, not taking his green eyes off the ground. 
                          
"Yeah, it was fucking wrong of you Ashton. I have a boyfriend!" I yelled. 
                          
"I know. I just think that he's not the right guy for you," Ashton looks into my eyes. 
                          
"You're so selfish, you know that? You're only saying that because you don't want me to be with Luke! You want me all to yourself!" I can feel my face getting hotter with anger. 
                          
"Please, I'm not asking you to be with me. I just want you to forgive me. That's all I'm asking. I know what I did wasn't right," he says. 
                          
"Ashton, I can't forgive you for what you did. Especially because I have a boyfriend,"I say. 
                          
"What did you do Ashton?" I hear an angry voice coming from the door.  
                          
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(A/N)
                          
Hi!! Sorry I haven't updated in a while. I've been busy. I can't believe I have 1.2K reads! I know it's not much compared to different fan fictions, but that's still sooooo cool! Please read my other fan fiction "All Too Well" because it's better than this and not as cheesy as this. I'm working really hard on it. 
                          
Thank you all so much
                          
Love you, 
                          
xxGab