Hello, my lovely readers. Before I say anything I will say that there is some Klaroline in this chapter. I hope that you had either a lovely holiday or if you are not from the U. S. that you had a lovely day yesterday. I didn't want to post this chapter on Wednesday because there is character death and I find that depressing and holidays can be depressing anyway. So, here's Luke's chapter. On with the show…
Chapter 9: What Happens Off the Court
Sitting down on the hard bench after practice, Luke stared at the set of lockers. He wanted nothing more than to slam his head into one of them. He loved the game but when he was back in the locker room the talk made him want to scream. "Did you see what that Liv chick did with her legs during that one cheer," one of his teammates was saying from across the room.
Feeling his head begin to pound, Luke got to his feet. "Want to shut up?" he yelled at the teammate who was making gestures of what he wanted to do to Liv.
The other basketball player stared at Luke and started to laugh. "Man, get over yourself. It's not my fault that you have to be her twin. Or did you think that I'm the only one that wants to take her out and," he was cut off when Diego got to his feet.
"Shut up. Now," Diego snapped as several other players came to stand beside him.
The jerk with the big mouth, held up his hands and smiled. "Sorry, I hurt your girlfriend's feelings. I think I'll go so that you two can have your little kiss and comfort session in private."
"Fuck you," Diego shouted after him.
"Not my thing, buddy," was the last comment before they were left to their own devices.
"Thanks, but you don't have to defend me," Luke snapped at Diego as he jerked his shirt over his head and grabbed his bag.
"Yeah, I do. You're my teammate. And that Kenny is a moron. I swear he has to be led to homeroom by the hand. The only reason that he's still on the team is that he can afford to have other people do his homework and claims to have a learning disability so that he can take easier tests than the rest of us," Diego explained.
Luke nodded. That made more sense to him. "Huh. Thanks for the info."
Diego grinned. "Hey, it's my job as the head of the team to keep the peace. Anyway, there's going to be a party tonight at my house to celebrate the new season and you can come, if you're not busy. Bring whoever you want. And if you bring that sister of yours, let me know and I'll make sure that no one bothers her. Cool?"
"Cool," Luke replied, bumping his fist with Diego's and then walking down the hallway. He did not look forward to the party. He knew that since Diego was making an effort to be his friend and all that, that he should return the favor and go to his party. However, he would prefer to spend his time with his guy.
Pulling out his phone, Luke started to text his honey when someone came out of nowhere and ran into him. "Jesus," he shouted when he found Sophie Ann Deveroux looking at her feet.
"I'm sorry," Sophie whispered, moving to scamper away.
"Hey, what's your name again?" Luke called and Sophie stopped, her shoulders slumping.
Turning around, Sophie tucked her hair behind her ear as she continued to stare at the floor. "I'm Sophie," she said meekly and Luke smiled. He already knew who she was but she rarely spoke to anyone about anything so he thought he'd see if he could get her to crawl out of her shell.
"You're in my AP English class. You wrote that poetry about being alone in a crowd, right?" Luke asked the girl who shouldered her bag and licked her lips.
"Yeah, I'm also in your Home Ec. class," Sophie pointed out with a grin as she looked slightly above Luke's head.
"Huh," Luke grinned back at her. "Well, shows you how much I pay attention in that class. But I figured it would be better than workshop. I'm kind of accident prone."
Sophie threw back her head and laughed. "That is why I refuse to go anywhere near a buzz saw. My friend, Davina, just started her freshman year and she's looking forward to workshop because she says that they make 'art' in that class. Even if it's not the kind of thing that you and I would recognize as art. I just hope she doesn't cut anything off because then her mother will freak out."
Luke pulled the strap to his bag up his shoulder as it began to droop. "You know Diego is throwing this party tonight at his house. You wouldn't want to come, would you?"
Sophie's eyes met Luke's and she looked floored. "You want to take me to a party?"
"Well, you seem nice and we don't really know each other, so I thought that if you don't have anything to do then you might want to go?" Luke cocked his head to the side with his best charming smile in place and Sophie blushed.
"Yes, that would great," Sophie replied quickly. "I mean I'll have to change my clothes and I don't know where Diego lives," she began when Luke held up his hands to stop her.
"You can give me your number and I can come pick you up," Luke said and Sophie eagerly pulled out her phone. Typing her number into his phone, Luke handed it back. "So, I will send you a text around seven and you can tell me what your address is."
"Great," Sophie replied with another, wider grin. "I will see you then," she said before dashing off.
Luke started to walk past a corner when someone grabbed him and shoved him against a wall. "Making a date with some girl?" the man asked, close to Luke's ear and Luke shrugged.
"She seems sweet," Luke replied as Oliver pulled away to look him in the eye.
"I'm sure she is," Oliver snapped as he looked at Luke for a long moment before he leaned forward and kissed him.
Luke allowed it to last for a long minute before he pushed Oliver away. "Ollie, we can't. Not here," he whispered. Moving away from Oliver, he looked around before pulling Oliver toward an empty classroom and closing the door. Locking it, he pulled the muscle bound teen to him and kissed him back.
Pulling away, Oliver gave Luke a disgusted look. "When are you going to just tell people? I'm tired of living like this, Luke."
"It's not your life, Ollie," Luke snapped. "Why don't you go out with someone else if you don't like it? Oh, yeah, that's right, because there's no one whose out except Jules. You want to date her?"
"You're a jackass," Oliver snarled.
"But I'm your jackass," Luke replied, coming over to place his arms around Oliver while Oliver tried to break the hold of the smaller teen.
"Just get off of me. Don't you have a date to get ready for?" Oliver snapped.
"Meet me at the party. Find a date and meet me. We can spend the rest of the night together after we make an appearance. After we get out of this stupid town we can do whatever we want," Luke promised in a whisper as Oliver stared at the floor in a rage.
"I'm tired of this life, Luke," Oliver said as he pulled Luke's arms off and stepped away.
"I know, baby," Luke replied. He did know. Frustration was all he felt most of the time with the town that they lived in and the way that people would treat them if he was willing to admit who he was. But he had already heard stories of how other kids had been treated. And if nothing else told him, watching the times that Jules ended up in detention because she was in another fight to defend herself was a very good reminder.
"It won't be forever," Luke added when Oliver unlocked the door and walked out.
Luke was arguing with Oliver when Oliver's brother appeared with Caroline Forbes and oddly Amara Gilbert. Since when did she hang with the slackers? "Mara?" Luke greeted his friend who looked equally surprised to see him. "What are you still doing at school?"
"Ummm… I have a project with Jackson," Amara replied too quickly and Luke knew she was lying. She could never get anything past him. "What are you doing here?" she questioned him, looking at Oliver with a quirked eyebrow.
"Project," Oliver grunted. "Hey, Jack," he called to his brother. "Want to blow this place?"
"Do I ever," Jackson replied with a wide grin and then he turned to Caroline. "We're on for Saturday's game night, yes?" he inquired in that deep baritone.
Caroline grinned and punched his shoulder. "Of course," she replied. "Nik Mikaelson's going down this weekend. Again."
"You bet he is," Jackson said with a laugh. "And thanks for bringing Marcel. He's amazing. Can't wait to see how he'll do against Klaus."
Amara looked awkwardly around at the group. "I'm going to go," she said and started to walk away.
"Hey, Mara," Luke called. "Diego told me about a party at his house tonight. Want to go?"
"I was going to stay in tonight. I have a ton of homework," Amara told Luke who frowned. Amara never missed a party. What was going on with her?
"No way. You're coming," Luke insisted. "Bring someone with you. Hey, Ollie, you know Mara, why don't you two go together?"
Oliver looked like he was going to punch Luke when he forced a smile. "Why not? Mara, you want to come to a party with me?" Amara's eyes widened as he stared at Oliver and Jackson looked slightly pale.
"Sure," Amara said with a forced smile. "I guess I can go."
"You sure that's a good idea?" Jackson inquired when Amara looked at him with a frown.
"Why do you care what she does? I don't even know why you invited her to game night, tonight. She doesn't play and she's just all sad and stuff," Caroline said with her arms folded.
"Mind your own business, Forbes," Amara snapped and then blushed. "I've got to go," she said before running off.
Luke would have to talk to Amara about her odd behavior tomorrow before class. Right now, he needed to get back to his house. The rest of the three hours pre-party seemed like a blur of fixing his hair, texting Sophie, ignoring Ollie's angry text and arriving at the party with the shy stranger on his arm. "Ready to party?" Luke asked Sophie who had looked intimidated by all the people entering Diego's house.
"I guess," Sophie replied as they entered.
"I'm going to go say hi to some friends," Luke had told Sophie. "Maybe you should talk with people. Trust me, most of them won't bite. Hey, look, there's Matt Donavon. He looks bored. Go talk to him," Luke urged Sophie who looked confused but headed toward Donavon, who as far as Luke knew, had no friends himself.
Grinning, Luke entered the crowd and took the cup of beer that Diego handed him when he entered the kitchen. "Hey, man, glad you could make it." The captain of the basketball team said with a grin. "Who'd you bring?"
"Just some girl," Luke replied as they exited the kitchen. Half the school appeared to be at the party and people were cheering and dancing in the living room.
Looking around, Luke spotted Vikki yelling at Damon. Klaus was talking to Katherine while Caroline sat behind him with an annoyed look and a cup in front of her mouth. Diego's best friend, Thierry, was dancing with Jenna. The only thing that shocked him was that neither co-captain of the cheerleading squad was present.
Hearing a loud yell from the hallway, Luke walked around the corner. "Get off of me," Liv was yelling at Kenny who had her pinned to a wall.
"I just want a little kiss," Kenny replied. "You're shaking your tail at me all the time. It's the least that a guy can ask for."
Luke was making his way toward the pair when Tyler Lockwood appeared and grabbed Kenny by the shoulder. Kenny turned around. "What do you want, geek?"
Tyler did not answer him before he punched Kenny in the jaw and the athlete hit the floor. "What the hell?" Liv screamed at Tyler, pushing him. "I can take care of myself. Jerk," she muttered as she made her way toward Luke.
"You okay?" Luke asked his sister as they walked out the door.
Before Liv could answer there was more yelling from the roof top, Luke looked up and his jaw dropped. Oliver was stumbling around with a cup in his hand. "I hate all of YOU," he shouted down at the gathering crowd.
"What is he doing up there?" Diego asked as Luke stared in horror.
"I'm GAY," Oliver screamed with his arms thrown out and he moved toward the edge of the roof. "Got that. I'm a raving gay guy. I LOVE men," he roared and someone laughed. "And I love," he started to say when he slipped. Then the world tilted when Oliver fell and there was a sickening snap.
"OLLIE," Jackson screamed as he ran toward his little brother whose eyes were glassy. "Ollie? Someone help. Call 911. Please! Help!" Jackson howled, clutching Oliver's head in his lap as Amara came running to stand over him with her eyes wide. Caroline and Klaus came out of the house to comfort their friend.
But there was no one who would be comforting Luke for his loss as he stared at his dead lover. He could not believe what he was seeing. Blinking rapidly, he looked at Oliver for what felt like hours as an ambulance came to collect the boy. His limbs were useless to him as the EMTs placed Oliver in a black bag.
"Luke, we should go home," Liv urged her brother because she didn't know. She was his twin and he told her everything, but he didn't tell her about Oliver. 'How could he not have told her?' he wondered as she drove them home and he sat on his bed and stared at the ceiling. At some point he remembered that he had left Sophie at the party.
Pulling out his phone, he dialed her number. "Hey," he said in a monotone. "I'm sorry. Do you need me to come back and give you a ride home?"
"No, Matt gave me a ride. Thanks," Sophie said. "He's really nice."
"Good," Luke replied. "I'll see you at school."
Getting off of his bed, Luke went to Liv's door and knocked. When she answered, she had her iPod buds in her ears, "Hey, Luke, what's up?" she asked, her eyes filled with concern as she pulled the buds out. He guessed he probably looked like shit which is what he felt like.
"I need to tell you something," Luke said slowly.
"Okay," Liv said, stepping backwards, she watched Luke take a seat on her bed and closed the door behind him. For the next hour, Luke confessed to his twin what his life was really like and about Oliver, then he cried, placing his head on her lap. "Oh, Luke," Liv said quietly as he sobbed. He was never going to forgive himself for this, not as long as he lived.
Let me know your thoughts and, yes, there will be appearances by both Delena and Klaroline in the next chapter and we will see the first glimmer of a different side of Elena and a spark of Delena not hating each other.
Thank you for reading, reviewing, faving and following.
ObsessWithElijah: I liked that, too. I wanted to show some positive actions with the school and that is where Jenna came in. Plus I started thinking about the fact that Jenna was studying psychology on TVD before she died so it made sense for her to work the hotline. I'm glad that you enjoyed Alaric and Hayley's calls.
Guest: I know. But they'll be there in the next chapter along with almost the entire cast because the chapter is about Ollie's memorial. Kolvina is a definite possibility but I'm not sending out official spoilers, yet.
b-positive: I hope you liked the Klaroline. Well, sort of Klaroline. But there will be more in the next chapter.
katerinapevrna: I hope you enjoyed seeing Damon and he will be in the next chapter. I can't tell you what Damon's secret is but I can tell you which chapter. It will be revealed in thirteen which isn't too far off.
Starlight000: Yes, Alaric is in love with Damon but it's a one-sided kind of love and we'll see in Ric's chapter how Damon reacts to his friend's news which is a lighter chapter. And that is chapter number eleven. So, we're almost there but we have Liv in the middle because that's how it worked
JuseaPeterson: Thank you bunchs with sugar on top. I ate too much and stuffed myself with red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting and looked like a vampire with red teeth and stained lips.
Yes, I forgot how much I liked Jer and Anna as couple. It really disappointed me how they played their relationship out on TVD but I did enjoy it when Anna was reunited with Pearl. Speaking of, I forgot how much I loved Pearl's character so when we get Anna's chapter we'll probably see them interact and now I'm pissed at myself for making her sick.
Are you referring to Harper? He was one of the tomb vampires and protested Fredric's treatment of Stefan when Stef was captured in season two. They never really said what happened to Harper but I really liked his character because he was one of the kinder and more compassionate characters in the series so I wanted to add him to the cast of this story.
And I'm happy that you enjoyed Jenna's ability to help callers without revealing that she knew who they were. I was thinking how hard it would be to work a hotline if you happened to be observant enough to recognize your fellow student's voices.
Peace,
Jessica
