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I sainst hi the front of his grey hoodie, I pulled hiainst his Al calare Clearly it was alright for him to make out with my mom all the time, but I wasn’t even allowed to kiss my boyfriend hello on my birthday
"Thanks, Luke" I smiled down at the flowers as I slipped my hand into the back pocket of his jeans
He smiled and brushed his knuckles across my cheek, his eyes soft and tender as he looked at ain?" he joked, grinning slyly at my dad who rolled his eyes but s I stepped away from him and kissed my dad’s cheek "Thanks so much for all one above and beyond this year, buying e in a couple of months, and a beautiful neatch
He waved his hand disht you’d rather the laptop than a car of your own…" He trailed off looking at me hopefully, as if he suddenly doubted their decision They’d boughtnew or special, but he’d loved it and ran out of the house wearing nothing but a pair of boxers just so he could test drive it I wasn’t even sure he was back yet
I smiled and nodded "I love the laptop, it’s incredible, and it’s way better than a car"
His shoulders loosened as he sree"
"Yeah but Alex just hates driving around in Mom’s cherry red Rover" I held up my flowers to him "Can you ask Mo, Maisie," Luke said fro on the end of my ponytail playfully I s hirin that spread across al adult; I was the baby of roup of friends so this day had seeet here
"Have a good day at school Don’t forget we’re going for dinner tonight Your grandparents will be here at six!" my dad called as alked out of the door
As we pulled into the parking lot, the car was immediately swa Luke’s friends and tea his attention about soht that I just wasn’t interested in I put on my polite fake smile and stepped out of the car I couldn’t stand Luke’s friends, they were coenuinely had no idea why Luke hung around with the hiroan as I looked longingly at the front door of the school I didn’t want to stand here today and listen to theirls I just wanted to get inside and talk to people who actually likedthe quarterback
"What up, bud?" Luke greeted hi hed quietly and sat on the hood of his car, preparing ly Luke shook his head "Can’t stop to talk, o see her friends?" Luke said, looking at me with a smile
I kissed hih, I’ll see you at lunchti how the girls sneered at ht I was good enough for Luke, no one sahat he sahen he looked atas he saw it then that was all I needed I couldn’t resist sending a s s and iirl aspired to be I knew she wanted Luke, but he’d never shown the slightest bit of interest in her She gaveabout me to her friends, it couldn’t have been more obvious if they whispered behind their hands whilst pointing atme closer to him "No way If I could, I would spend your whole birthday with you, but I guess that’s not possible, so I’ll settle for every spare second you have," he cooed, kissingcat calls about hoe should get a roonored the and playfully punched the nearest guy to hi for , clinging to him So far, this was easily the best birthday ever Last year had been pretty special too though, because that was the night that Luke and I first slept together, but for some reason this one just seemed perfect from the very first second I woke up in his arms
As we approached my locker, I sawforopen a hohed because of howBoth of my friends were adorable, yet so different at the same time Beth was extremely ditsy and was always off in her own little dreaeek What she could do with co then she was the one to ask She’d gotten herself into some trouble when she was only fourteen because she had accidentally hacked into the police depart around trying to break their security for fun, and actually did Thankfully they realised that she wasn’t actually trying to do any harm, but I think she was now on their hacker watch list – a feat she was secretly quite proud of