Fangirl
Welcome Back
Luke's POV---
All four of us stand in the airport, awkwardly a lot more tall than the last time we were here. God, it's like we never stop growing. Little kids look up at me in curiosity, and a couple of teenage girls just stare at me from across the filled room with their phones taking endless pictures of me. I'm glad they aren't asking for an actual picture of me with them, though. I love meeting everyone, I just don't want the first thing Riley sees is me having to have a nice conversation with a fan when we both have our plan already. I mean it's a casual plan, but it's still a plan.
"Luke, look, the girls over there just can't get enough of the Michael." Michael grins, and poses for them, which just makes them squeal at each other hysterically.
"You did not just call yourself 'The Michael'." I laugh.
"Yes, yes I did Luke." Michael crosses his arms as a joke, but then releases them and rolls his eyes. "Don't be so nervous, it's fine."
"No it's not, I had barely any time with Riley before I had to come back, and we've been apart for a month. Things could have changed Michael. I don't want things to change." Mike gives me the 'get it the fuck together you idiot' face, but for once I decide to keep venting. "Not to mention Cole's back from jail-"
"Yeah, how did he even get in jail?" Michael laughs.
Well, I could either tell him that our innocent Riley broke into her school at midnight and let her friend take the fall for it, or I could be a good boyfriend and just say, "It's not important. What is important is that before he got into jail he had this girlfriend, but apparently he had a huge crush on Riley, but now he doesn't have a girlfriend."
"So?" Michael asks.
"So what if he asks Riley out?!" I whisper yell so the girls over there don't hear me.
"Mate," Michael sets his hand on my shoulder and smiles, "Riley isn't going to leave you for an emo who never finished high school because he got sent to prison."
"But we'll be apart a lot, Michael." I frown.
"Yes, but you're making it so she can visit every month or so. She isn't going to lose interest in you, trust me."
"How do you know?" I huff.
"I didn't lose interest in you, and before we got to know each other I hated you." He laughs. "I doubt a girl who loved you from the start is going to lose interest when she's just learning more and more about the inside Luke." Michael says, setting his hand on my stomach to refer to my 'inner Luke'.
I hear a dramatic gasp from in front of us, and Michael beam over at whoever did that.
"Michael, are you leaving me for Luke?!" Max jokes, referring to his hand on my shoulder and stomach.
"Oh please, who could ever leave you!" Michael beams, hugging her. I watch Calum tense up at how unaware Michael was saying it. Wait. If Max is here-
"Luke!" Riley yells running over to me. I feel everything in me go warm and fluttery, and my face get bright pink. She looks amazing. Riley jumps onto me and hugs me. She smells like strawberries, oh my god I think I'm going to cry.
"I love you so much." I smile into her shoulder.
"I love you too." She beams, hopping off me. "Oh wow, you grew."
"It's disgustingly noticeable, I know." I laugh. We hold hands as everyone walks to the car, and she smiles.
"No no, I like it, it's hot." She always knows what to say, oh jeez I'm so excited to see her.
"Speaking of hot, I noticed you cut your hair." I smile.
"Do you like it?" She grins, flipping it off her shoulder for display.
"I love it. It's very.. I don't know, it's very Riley."
She smiles at me, "Yeah, I like it. I mean the only reason my hair was so emo and long last time was because of-"
"Your friends."
She nods, "But nooow, I can just do my own style." She says happily. "So what've you been doing?"
"Working." I laugh. "It's nice though. It'd be better if you were here everyday, but it's nice." I smile. "We're on our fourth song of the album."
"Writing or recording wise?"
"Writing."
"Do I get to heeeaar it?" She says, but more like she's begging to.
I laugh, "Nooo, you're still a fan."
"My life is such a struggle." She whispers, and we laugh. "Come on I'll do anything for like, thirty seconds of a song."
"Anything?" I ask, a list of dirty things going through my head.
"Aaannything." She confirms.
I pause for a minute and then shake my head, "I still can't, but it's tempting."
"Luke." She groans.
"Looks like you'll just have to wait." I smile.
All four of us stand in the airport, awkwardly a lot more tall than the last time we were here. God, it's like we never stop growing. Little kids look up at me in curiosity, and a couple of teenage girls just stare at me from across the filled room with their phones taking endless pictures of me. I'm glad they aren't asking for an actual picture of me with them, though. I love meeting everyone, I just don't want the first thing Riley sees is me having to have a nice conversation with a fan when we both have our plan already. I mean it's a casual plan, but it's still a plan.
"Luke, look, the girls over there just can't get enough of the Michael." Michael grins, and poses for them, which just makes them squeal at each other hysterically.
"You did not just call yourself 'The Michael'." I laugh.
"Yes, yes I did Luke." Michael crosses his arms as a joke, but then releases them and rolls his eyes. "Don't be so nervous, it's fine."
"No it's not, I had barely any time with Riley before I had to come back, and we've been apart for a month. Things could have changed Michael. I don't want things to change." Mike gives me the 'get it the fuck together you idiot' face, but for once I decide to keep venting. "Not to mention Cole's back from jail-"
"Yeah, how did he even get in jail?" Michael laughs.
Well, I could either tell him that our innocent Riley broke into her school at midnight and let her friend take the fall for it, or I could be a good boyfriend and just say, "It's not important. What is important is that before he got into jail he had this girlfriend, but apparently he had a huge crush on Riley, but now he doesn't have a girlfriend."
"So?" Michael asks.
"So what if he asks Riley out?!" I whisper yell so the girls over there don't hear me.
"Mate," Michael sets his hand on my shoulder and smiles, "Riley isn't going to leave you for an emo who never finished high school because he got sent to prison."
"But we'll be apart a lot, Michael." I frown.
"Yes, but you're making it so she can visit every month or so. She isn't going to lose interest in you, trust me."
"How do you know?" I huff.
"I didn't lose interest in you, and before we got to know each other I hated you." He laughs. "I doubt a girl who loved you from the start is going to lose interest when she's just learning more and more about the inside Luke." Michael says, setting his hand on my stomach to refer to my 'inner Luke'.
I hear a dramatic gasp from in front of us, and Michael beam over at whoever did that.
"Michael, are you leaving me for Luke?!" Max jokes, referring to his hand on my shoulder and stomach.
"Oh please, who could ever leave you!" Michael beams, hugging her. I watch Calum tense up at how unaware Michael was saying it. Wait. If Max is here-
"Luke!" Riley yells running over to me. I feel everything in me go warm and fluttery, and my face get bright pink. She looks amazing. Riley jumps onto me and hugs me. She smells like strawberries, oh my god I think I'm going to cry.
"I love you so much." I smile into her shoulder.
"I love you too." She beams, hopping off me. "Oh wow, you grew."
"It's disgustingly noticeable, I know." I laugh. We hold hands as everyone walks to the car, and she smiles.
"No no, I like it, it's hot." She always knows what to say, oh jeez I'm so excited to see her.
"Speaking of hot, I noticed you cut your hair." I smile.
"Do you like it?" She grins, flipping it off her shoulder for display.
"I love it. It's very.. I don't know, it's very Riley."
She smiles at me, "Yeah, I like it. I mean the only reason my hair was so emo and long last time was because of-"
"Your friends."
She nods, "But nooow, I can just do my own style." She says happily. "So what've you been doing?"
"Working." I laugh. "It's nice though. It'd be better if you were here everyday, but it's nice." I smile. "We're on our fourth song of the album."
"Writing or recording wise?"
"Writing."
"Do I get to heeeaar it?" She says, but more like she's begging to.
I laugh, "Nooo, you're still a fan."
"My life is such a struggle." She whispers, and we laugh. "Come on I'll do anything for like, thirty seconds of a song."
"Anything?" I ask, a list of dirty things going through my head.
"Aaannything." She confirms.
I pause for a minute and then shake my head, "I still can't, but it's tempting."
"Luke." She groans.
"Looks like you'll just have to wait." I smile.
Notes
Oh Ruke <3I'm sorry but Ruke is high key how I'd picture a relationship with me bwuahahaha
xx
-RooftopSinning
WHAT A CUTIIIIIEEEEEES
5/6/18