Christina's POV

The girl finally walked away, with that one girl still looking at me. I tried to ignore her. Luke turned back to me and he looked confused. 

"What's up?" he asked me, worried.

"I don't know.. Can we be friends? Really just be friends?" I asked him, looking up. 

His look softened. 

"Of course!" he told me and he hugged me. 

Being friends had to do. We had to become friends if we wanted to get on with our lives. We both knew that. We could not function as a couple. 

"Come on, let's get you home. We can watch mean girls?" He asked me and I giggled. 

"Yes! That'll cheer me up!" I said and we went on. He hadn't completely let go of me. His arm was still somewhat hanging around me. And I didn't push him away. It was nice in a weird way. 

And Luke didn't do anything else than talk to me. He was sweet and not pushy. It felt like months ago. Like when we first met. But without all the actual sexual tension. We got that out of the way. Still. I wanted to be near him. I wanted to laugh and joke with him. This irrational fear of mine was slowly disappearing. And it was nice to feel normal around him again. Him pushing himself back into my life was actually a good thing. But he still ruined my date. 

We arrived at my place and we went upstairs. I still had never seen my neighbours once. It was really weird. We walked up and I opened the door. Stella came rushing at us. She ignored me and went straight for Luke. Typical. Even she was a traitor. Calum and Sarah were chilling on the couch and they both looked at us with big eyes. Calum's were like: 'What? Are they actually talking?' and Sarah's were: 'Don't you dare have sex with him here'. It was funny and we both laughed at them. 

"We're going to watch Mean Girls", I told them and pulled up my shoulders. 

We just got into my room and I switched on my tv. 

"This is the first time I've seen your room here!" he told me while snooping around. 

"Yeah, it's been a while since we've actually talked like normal people", I laughed.

"Sing me a song?" he asked me. 

"Luke.. You know I don't like to sing in  front of famous people!" I told him and he smiled.

"Oh COME ON! We dated, you did way worse things than sing for me!" 

"Hey! You said you would never bring that up again!" I judged him. 

"Oh, don't give me the pout! Get over here and sing me something!" 

I walked over and sat down behind my piano and I started the song. 

And another one bites the dust

Oh, why can I not conquer love?

And I might've thought that we were one

Wanted to fight this war without weapons

And I wanted it, wanted it bad

But there were so many red flags 

Now another one bites the dust

Yeah, let's be clear, I trust no one

You did not break me

I'm still fighting for peace

I've got thick skin and an elastic heart 

But your blade, it might be too sharp

I'm like a rubber band until you pull to hard

I may snap and I move close

But you won't see me fall apart

'Cause I've got an elastic heart

and that's when I stopped. I had been playing this song for a while now. Conor had been practising it during the tour and we always did it together. And it had been the first one to pop in my head. But now I realised how much it was us. And how much pain it must've been for him. 

"That was amazing Chris.." he told me with tears in his eyes.

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Luke's POV

She had just played an amazing song. I didn't know it. But it was like she was singing about us. I knew she didn't mean to. But still it hit me hard. And her singing was amazing. I almost cried for so many reasons. She saw it and she tried to apologize. But I didn't want to hear it. She was amazing. And being friends with her killed me, but it was what she needed right now. And I would be what she needed me to be. I was happy to be in her life at all. I knew what Calum was thinking. But he needed to shut up and accept that this was what I needed to do. 

"Let's watch Mean girls yeah?" I suggested and she snapped out of her stare and got it back together. She made up her bed for us and put on the movie. I knew she had it on DVD because we had watched it before at the hotel when we were back in New York. 

She was already mouthing along to all the words and I loved watching her do that. 

"Lucas Robert Hemmings, stop looking at me and look at the movie!" she told me. I knew she saw me watching but I didn't care. 

I started watching the movie but I couldn't concentrate with her being so close. She was always moving closer to me and was almost with her head on my shoulder. I decided to make some kind of move and put my shoulder available for her head. After a long 5 minutes she caved in and put her head on my shoulder. I was sure I had just heared her sigh. And I smiled. 

"Get that smug smile of your face." 

How the hell had she seen that? Unless, she wasn't watching the movie too. She wasn't. The little devil. She was watching me as much as I was watching her. And that's when I noticed to mirror on top of her cabinet where the tv was. And we just locked out eyes in it. We kept staring at each other. No one broke contact. And she even snuggled up against me. It was nice. Her gaze switched back to the tv. I decided to do the same. And I put my arm around her waist. Pulling her closer. She didn't object. I liked this. We were just together without anything else. 

After the movie we listened to some more music and were jamming a little. It was nice just being here with her. And she liked it too. But it was getting late and I had to get going. We were going to have an early practise tomorrow. And she said something about meeting someone to dance too. 

"Jaimy moved here too" she explained to me. 

So that little shit even followed her?

"He got into dance school over here. And we're going to practise a song today!" she seemed so happy to dance again. 

"Walk you over there?" I asked her and she agreed. 

We got out and Calum and Sarah weren't there anymore. Wow, no more judgmental looks, yay! We got out and I walked her over to the dance studio Jaimy was taking classes. It seemed legit. 

"So, good night Luke!" She told me while she hugged me. 

I didn't want to let her go. And neither did she, but she had to. She even kissed me and then got inside. 

"Bye Christina, you're the love of my life.." I said to no one. 

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Christina's POV 

I got inside and my heart was still pounding. 

"I still love you.." I sighed to no one. 

"Did you say something?" Jaimy asked me.

"Oh, no! Sorry! But let's get started! You got the song I sent you?" I asked and he smiled.

"Yeah, it's all ready! You have any idea for a dance?" 

"I do", I said and winked.

This was something private and it had a lot to do with Luke. It was about letting my frustrations get out of my system. It was something I needed to do. The song was 'The Heart Wants What It Wants' by Selena Gomez. It was so beautiful and I felt the need to dance to it. 

We decided to do something in the modern dance style again like on our concert. As we started it was a lot of laughing but we got more serious as he got an idea of the moves. He knew what I wanted. 

 I ran to him. He caught me and I clung to him. He held me like I was the most precious thing in the world. We were acting out this song. It was like we were the song. This is why we were an amazing dance couple. Jaimy knew what I wanted. I didn't even need to tell him. 

I ran away from him and he came after me. I pushed him aside but he kept coming back. 

The song ended and I was on the ground with my head in my hands. And Jaimy was behind me and trying to reach me. 

It was the perfect ending and when I got up Jaimy was smiling at me. 

"You are a genius. I swear.." he told me while going over to our things.

"You are too! You just know what I want.." I said while looking at my phone. It was almost 12 o'clock. It was so late.. I needed to get to bed. I needed to sleep. And I was so happy this was out of my system. I kept telling myself it was out of my system. 

"I'll see you sometime later this week?" Jaimy asked me and I snapped out of my daydream. 

"Yeah! I'll call you?" 

"Super!" 

I walked outside and realized I had to walk a long walk home. And it was alone. I was kind of scared. I hadn't been here that long. God, I wished I had a car. But I didn't so walking it was. And Jaimy had already left. He asked me if he could drive me home. But yeah, I said I didn't need it. Gosh, I was such a smart pants. Shit. 

I tried keeping my phone in my hands and walking as fast as I could. But it was hard. Trying to look at everyone and everything. This wasn't an amazing zip code. I heard about the guys walking around here at night. I hated this so much. I was scared as hell. I wasn't even near my block. I hurried along and the night grew darker. 

I finally saw some familiar things and slowed down a bit. I was in my comfort zone. But that was when I should've been paying attention. Someone grabbed me from behind. His hand was over my mouth and he dragged me into an ally. I was so scared. He put a knife against my throat and said I needed to shut up or I would die. So I did. I tried fighting him, but he was so strong. I managed to dial a number with my phone. It was speed dial, so the first number was still Luke. I heard him talking, but my attacker didn't. 

"Why are you doing this? I was almost home.." I whined. Just so Luke would hear this. 

"Shut your face. If you're quiet this will be over really quick missy.." the gruff voice said.

I started crying a bit. I just hoped Luke heard me, but the chance he did was so slim. I was desperate. I never wanted this to happen. He ripped open my shirt and was unbuckling his jeans. I just wished it would be over quick. My first time hadn't been two days ago and now here I was. Being raped by a foul smelling guy. I tried blocking it out. I tried not smelling him and not feeling him grab my breasts. I tried not feeling his fingers all over my body. I hated this. I was almost puking. Shutting it out was easier said than done. And then there was the voice I needed.

"YOU ASSHOLE, GET OFF HER!" I heard him say and I felt the guy being pulled off me. 

A/N

I'm sorry for the ending. I feel like I needed to do this. And it is something very real. Not all people are as lucky as Christina. A lot of girl and women get raped on a daily basis and I just wanted to tell you you always have to be careful. Wherever you are. And I wanted to show you that this is something real. I hope you enjoyed this. (Obviously not the last scene)

I will try to update on a daily basis, but with my exams and stuff it won't be easy! I wrote a message for you guys. I hope you read it and you understand why. 

Love you!! Vote and comment! Please vote.. If you like it.. So more people will read it and love it like you do! And tell everyone! I love you for reading!! 

xoxo

Selina