Stole My Heart

I walked quickly past the others, not noticing their shocked expressions. I needed to go outside to calm myself and think. I heard footsteps behind me and someone calling out my name and instinctively began to walk faster. Luckily, all of the screaming girls that had been here earlier were now gone. I pushed past the doors and paced back and forth, attempting to let off some steam. Eventually I just stood there thinking about all that Niall had said, but it only made me more upset.

I heard the doors open but I had my back to the door and couldn't tell who it was. They came over to me and grabbed my hand. Recognizing the callouses on his fingers from playing guitar, I thought that it was Niall and jerked my arm away.

"Hey! I just wanted to make sure that you were okay." a familiar Australian accent said gently.

"Oh, yeah I'm fine." I replied, not looking at Luke.

"Don't give me that." he said. "Just turn around and look at me."

"Luke, I told you I'm fine!" I snapped as a tear rolled down my cheek.

"You're not hiding anything. Come on you're trying not to look at me so that I won't see you hurting." This time he came up and turned me around to face him. He wiped the tears away and put his hand on my cheek. "Now, what's bothering you."

"I'll be fine. You don't need to worry about it." I said choking up.

"Come on, you trust me. I'm here to help because I care about you and because I hate to see you upset. Now do you want to talk about it?" he asked.

"I'll sort it out. It's not that big of a deal." I said and started backing away.

He only gripped my hand tighter and pulled me closer to him saying, "You're not going anywhere until we've talked about this. And though I can't make whatever it is go away, I want to hear anything you want to tell me. Come on, keeping it inside won't make it better." he stated firmly and gently.

I sighed, "I can't go on tour with you guys."

"Why not?" Luke questioned.

"I just can't go off for eight months with some people that I met seventeen days ago. Not to mention I have a job and a family and-" by this point the tears were coming down so fast and I was so worked up that I could barely even force the words out."

"Hey, it's okay. Everything's going to be fine." he said embracing me and rocking me back and forth.

"And Niall didn't quite seem to understand why I couldn't go and he wouldn't let me get a word in and then we started getting louder in order to be heard over each other until we were yelling and he said some things and I said some things... I just wish that I could make him understand that I want to go with you all, but I have a life, and I can't just put that on hold for eight months." I had pretty much calmed down by now and Luke was stroking my hair still holding me.

"I understand, and I'm sure Niall will too. Just give him some time." he said stepping back to wipe the tears away. "There's that beautiful face that I love."

I smiled a little at that and he kissed me the forehead before going back to hold me. Right there in his arms and knowing that Luke was going to look after me made me feel something that I hadn't felt before. I couldn't describe exactly. And right then, that was the only place that I wanted to be.

Notes

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