While You Were Taken- Luke Hemmings

Twenty

Luke’s POV

I stared at the phone as Eve’s voice mail ended. A shaky breath left my lips. She was crying over the phone and part of me wanted to hold her and tell her it’s okay, and then a part of me was yelling serves her right, reminding me she hurt me, and the then another part said I hurt her first. The internal battle going on in my head was giving me a headache. I was confused and lost and hurt and torn. I was a mixture of all those things and it gave me an unsettling feeling.

When was the maximum of chances you should give a person? I continued to give Eve these chances in hope that we might have the dream future we always talked about. But, Eve’s a different person now. I was torn in this Eve I fell in love with then and the new Eve that was beginning to change this hope I had for a great future with her. Maybe it was the grief of loosing her brother or the constant fear of being kidnapped and that they never caught the men that did that to her. Either way, Eve was a different person now.

Aboibhean’s POV

I continued life as normal, the crippling pain in my heart was now an ignorable, dull ache. I lay on my bed, as the more memories started flooding my brain. They came randomly now.

~Flashback Aboibhean is having~

Three boys walked into our home, Ashton was ecstatic.

"These are the guys I was telling you about Aboibhean, Luke, Michael, and Calum. They’re the one’s letting me in the band. Guys, this is my little sister, Aboibhean." Ashton explained. I smiled and waved.

"Hi, A-boy-be-hean." The blonde boy, Luke, failed to pronounce my name miserably.

"It’s pronounced ‘eve-een’" I told him.

"Evey?" Luke tried again.

"No- never mind. If you can’t pronounce it right, just call me Eve." My sixteen year old spat at Luke.

"Okay. Eve it is." Luke said with a smirk.

~~~

I was older now, Luke and I were alone in a room together.

"Stop messing with my head! Alone, you’re sweet and kind, but in front of everyone else you ignore me. You’re confusing me Luke and I’m tired of it." I yelled, hurt. Luke crossed the room in long bounds.

He grabbed my face in his large hands and began kissing me harshly. My hands reached up and looped around his neck, pulling him closer until I felt his chest against mine. I kissed back, his lips moving with mine. Luke pulled away only partially. His breath fanned over my wet lips. He set his forehead against mine softly.

"I’m sorry, Eve. I didn’t know how else to tell you." Luke whispered.

~~~

Luke and I laid in our bed together, I recognized this place, my bedroom. Our hands were intertwined.

"We need to tell Ashton." I said in a whisper.

"He’ll kill me. Plus, I like sneaking around." Luke said with a smirk, before leaning in to kiss me.

"I don’t like hiding from him." I mumbled against Luke’s lips.

"Shhhh." Luke said before kissing me again. He moved to hover over me, his torso over mine, legs next to mine. He kissed me at an angle. My hand that wasn’t intertwined with Luke’s played with the hair at the back of his neck. He put one hand at my waist and we stayed in this position for a little bit. His lips continued to move with mine before we heard the door open and a voice yell.

"What the hell are you doing with my sister!" It was Ashton. Luke threw himself off me. "Why were you on top of my sister!?" He screamed.

"We were going to tell you I swear!" Luke defended. I sat up and fixed my shirt.

"That you’re screwing my sister?!" Ashton yelled.

"Ashton stop!" I yelled. "I really like him." I said to Ash. The curly haired boy let out a sigh.

"You hurt her and you’re dead. I mean it Luke." Ash said before leaving the room.

~~~

Luke and I were laying in a bed I recognized. It was in Luke’s house. My head was on his chest and his hand stroked my back lovingly.

"I like the way you decorated the place." Luke said. I laughed soflty.

"You never told me why you wanted me to." I said.

"I was hoping you’d move in." Luke said, staring at the ceiling.

"Move in with you?" I took my head off his chest and turned to look at Luke. He nodded. His gaze turned to my hands and he began to play with my fingers.

"I-I love you Eve. I really do. I never felt this way about anyone before. I’m always away and I think it’d be easier if you here all the time." He explained. My breath hitched in my throat. I pressed my lips to his softly. I laughed quietly.

"I love you to." I whispered. Luke smiled widely.

~~~ End of Flashback~~~

My arms were wrapped around myself, afraid that if I let go I’d crumble. Quiet sobs wrecked through my small frame. It made sense. It all made sense now. I understood who I am and who I was and why I loved look and how we met and how he treated me. It was clear now. I couldn’t take the hole in my heart and I grabbed my keys.