Chapter 17: Seventeen
Chapter 17: Seventeen
"Can you believe it?" Claire began "Just a couple of days left, and we're graduating"
"I can't believe that, after years of friendship— since 6th grade, btw— and this is the only time we're
actually gonna be separated from each other" Kenzie said as she looked at us and pouted her lips. Me,
Claire, and Kenzie gushed and began hugging each other.
"There's still the graduation party. We're gonna drink our asses off and get so drunk, and it's just gonna
be the four of us like it always has been, and we're gonna enjoy the last moments as seniors together"
Mitch said before she grabbed each of our faces and kissed our cheeks, earning some hoots from guys
who were passing by.
"So tonight?" I asked
"Tonight" Mitch said.
And we partied that night. And got drunk. And so fucking wasted, we had no idea how we were gonna
get home. Or how we got home.
Because by morning, I had woken up woozy, and yet I was already in my room.
The first thing that came to my mind was my phone, and as I looked at my bedside table, my phone
was there, making me mumble a 'whatthefuck'.
I took my phone and scrolled through my messages, and sure enough, my conversation with Luke was
open, with me drunk texting him at 5am, telling him I was drunk af.
Well, that explains how I got home then.
I took a deep breath and went back to sleep. And by the time I woke up again, it was already 4pm.
I headed downstairs and saw Luke in his pjs, eating cereal as he watched TV.
"I took you home last night. You and your friends. You were hella drunk" Luke said, not even bothering
to look up as I passed by.
"Hmm" was all I could say before I headed towards the kitchen and began looking for food.
I know. You're probably wondering why I'm not looking for aspirin or why I'm not hungover.
Well, that is because I've been so used to drinking shit ton amounts of alcohol that I already have high
alcohol tolerance.
"Whatcha looking for?" Luke asked
"Food" I answered as I went through the cupboards. "Where's mom and Dave, by the way?"
"I honestly don't know" Luke answered "I just woke up and they weren't here"
I sighed and just grabbed my cereal box, grabbed a bowl and the milk carton from the fridge, dug its
contents in the bowl and headed towards the breakfast bar.
"You okay? Or hungover?" Luke asked as he sat down beside me.
"Yeah. I'm fine. Not hungover" I answered as I put a spoonful of cereal inside my mouth.
"You don't look fine, Kyls" Luke asked. I looked at Luke and sighed.
"Justin and I... we had a fight last night" I answered
"Why? What happened?" He asked as he scooted closer to me and faced me.
"It's about college" I answered "I told him I still don't know what I was supposed to do, and told him I
was planning on not going to college for a semester, then he got pissed— like really pissed. I got
pissed and broke up with him, and we haven't talked since then"
Luke pursed his lips and looked away for a while.
"Look, Kyls" he began "Yesterday was just, a really bad day for him. His car got scratched, his dad got
mad at him for something small..."
"Well, no wonder" I said "That still doesn't excuse him for being such an ass"
"Yes. I know" Luke said "It'll be fine" he added as he began stroking my back and we sat there in
silence.
That is, until he opened his big mouth.
"So. You guys are over, huh" oh boy. Here we go.
"Luke. Just because we broke up doesn't mean I get to sleep with you again" I answered so fast it was
as if those words naturally rolled out of my mouth.
"Come on" Luke whined "One last time"
"Luke! No!" I answered "Wouldn't that be gross? It would be like you're sleeping with Justin."
Luke pursed his lips and began tapping his chin
"You know, now that I think about it, I still really don't care" Luke said, making me groan.
"Still no" I answered sternly
"Oh come on!" Luke whined "I mean, what else are we supposed to do then?"
I pursed my lips, before an idea popped into my head and a smile formed on my mouth.
"Come on" I said as I grabbed Luke's arm and pulled him back to the kitchen.
"Oooh. Kitchen sex. Kinky" he said as he let me drag him towards the kitchen
"Still not fucking you buddy" I said, before I hear him mumble a 'dammit'.
"So. What do you have in mind then?" He asked as he leaned on the doorframe. I looked around until I
spotted the oven tray and took it out.
"Let's make pizza" I said as I held the tray on top of my hands and flashed Luke an innocent smile.
Luke just cocked his eyebrow up in amusement.
"You want us to make pizza?" He asked
"Yeah" I answered sarcastically Belonging © NôvelDram/a.Org.
"You know, there's this thing called pizza delivery. It's where you call a pizza place, place your order in,
and in 30 minutes, your pizza's here." Luke said, making me roll my eyes "That's like, a thing, so why
don't we do that instead?"
"Because, you idiot" I began "Not only are we gonna save money making our own pizza, but also we're
bored as fuck right now. So unless you have an idea as to what we could do, besides fucking, then I
suggest you start taking out the flour and all the ingredients and put this on" I said before throwing him
an apron then winked at him.
We soon began making the pizza. I made the dough, and as soon as that was done, we both began
putting in our desired toppings. Of course flour was thrown occasionally at each other that as soon as
we had placed the pan inside the oven, we were both half covered in flour.
As soon as the timer dinged, Luke took the hot tray out of the oven and long story short, we were both
munching on pizza on the island while we waited for the other batch to cook. That was how hungry and
bored we were.
"So" I began as I took a bite out of my pizza "Any plans for college?"
"It's... complicated" Luke said as he picked up another slice
"How is it complicated?" I asked before taking another bite out of my pizza.
Then all of a sudden, it was as if Luke had lost all his energy to eat and began playing with his food.
"Luke? You okay?" I asked. And instead of the usual 'yeah' or 'I'm fine' answer, the words that rolled out
of his mouth was not what I had in mind.
"I'm moving to England after graduation, Kyls" Luke said, completely stopping me midway from
chewing
"What?" I asked "Wait. What? What do you mean you're moving to England? As in you and Dave?"
Luke let out a huff
"If only that was the case" Luke said, before taking a deep breath "Apparently, my mom had been living
in England all along, and now she wants me to stay with her for college"
I looked at him, dumbfounded, as I realized that I had been living with this guy for months now, and
only now did I really hear about his mom.
"Well, I mean, are you planning on going? Do you want to?" I asked.
"Of course I don't" he answered "I had a whole set of things planned, then she reaches out to me, and
now it's all messed up"
"What did Dave say? Is he considering it?" I asked
"He said I should try and get along with my mom and her new family. That if she had the guts to reach
out to me, then I should at least appreciate the effort" Luke replied, then silence.
A couple of seconds later, he let out a laugh.
"This is gonna sound really pathetic, but I guess part of me wants to meet the woman who gave birth to
me" Luke said "Despite the fact that she was an adultress who decided that she didn't want me and
dad"
The entire house fell silent it was deafening. I slowly took a bite out of my pizza, as if any more than
that would offend him, as I watched him intently.
Definitely all energy to eat was now gone.
He dropped his crust on his plate and took a deep breath.
"Anyway. I don't wanna talk about it anymore" he said, then went back to being the usual Luke so fast,
you would've missed it if you blinked.
"How 'bout you? What's your story?" He asked as he picked a new slice from the tray, completely
taking me by surprise because it was as if the part about his mom never happened.
I had tons and tons of questions running through my mind, but decided not to press it any further since
it was clearly an emotional subject on Luke's part.
"I'm an illegitimate child" I blurted out before taking a bite out of my pizza. Luke let out a laugh
"Really? You're not even gonna sugar coat it?" Luke asked, and I shrugged before taking a new slice
off the tray.
"Why should I? Either way, it means the same" I replied before taking a bite off my slice. This made
Luke laugh even more.
"So what happened?" He asked. Unlike him, however, not only was I okay with talking about my life
story, but I was as well comfortable with Luke enough to tell him.
"Well. Mom met this dude she was working with. Long story short, they had an affair, had me, and dad
wanted to run away with mom, but mom didn't want to break up his family like she hasn't already, and
that's it." I said "On the bright side, dad's been sending me financial support, and we talk and hang out
sometimes, but that's really it"
I turned to look at Luke, and he was just watching me intently, disbelief and awe in his face, and he was
just smirking.
"What?" I asked
"Can't believe you just talked shit about your mom like that" Luke said as he let out a laugh and shook
his head before taking a bite out of his pizza.
"Hey, don't get me wrong. I love my mom and I couldn't be any more grateful." I began "And I'm not
putting all the blame on my mom. It's both their faults. All I'm saying is that it's hella hard growing up
seeing other kids with moms and dads, and you're constantly asking yourself 'why don't I have a dad?'"
Luke bit his lower lip and looked down, before getting up, heading to the fridge, and sitting back down
beside me as he handed me a can of beer.
"I know what you mean" he said before lifting his can up so we could both clink it and drink up as we
fell into silence yet again.
"Wanna know something?" Luke asked, breaking the silence
"What?" I asked
"I'm glad all that shit happened to us" he said, making me full on face him with disbelief all over my
face.
"Why?" I asked, and Luke smirked.
"You're like, the only person who really knows about my mom. And to be honest, if that didn't happen
with my mom, or that didn't happen with your dad, then I wouldn't be here" Luke said before grabbing
my hand and gripping it tight "eating a shit-looking pizza which actually tastes good, with my best girl,
who happens to be my step sister who I used to sleep with"
I let out a laugh, and made a move to hit Luke on his shoulder, to which he expertly caught.
An as soon as he caught it, we were both staring at each other, his hands both holding mine, until we
both moved at the exact same time and our lips met with each other.
Luke let go of my hands and pulled me closer by the waist as he began deepening the kiss.
Until the timer went off.
At first, we both chose to ignore it. But as soon as we both realized that it wasn't gonna stop anytime
soon, Luke pulled away, muttered a 'fuck' and got up to take the pizza out of the tray.
I was a bit dumbfounded as I stared down mindlessly. Completely unsure as to why the kiss seemed so
different. I wanted answers so bad, but figured I wasn't gonna get any.
I looked up and saw Luke was still by the oven, both his hands on the countertop.
He turned to look at me, and as soon as our eyes met, he rushed back to me, and before I knew it, his
lips were back on mine.
We then found ourselves inside his bathroom. Shower running, and I was pinned on the wall, with his
hands holding my arms over my head in place as he kissed me like his life depended on it.
He then got ahold of my ass and expertly carried me up as I wrapped my legs around his waist as he
thrusted inside me.
He let go of my mouth and moved down to my neck as I let out the moans that wanted to escape my
mouth since we had entered the bathroom.
Basically, it wasn't just the hot shower that was steaming up the bathroom.
The weird thing about this, however, was the fact that out of the numerous times I had slept with Luke,
this one felt different. So fucking different.
"I'm gonna cum, Luke" I said as I began rubbing my clit faster. Luke began thrusting faster as he
gripped my hair tighter, until I finally released and soon enough, felt him cum inside me.
He pulled out of me, breathless like I was, but captured my lips with his anyways, before we both rinsed
off.
I hurriedly headed to my room to change. And as I was drying my hair, my phone rang.
I went across my room to see who it was, and my heart sank when I saw who just texted.
Can we talk? - Justin