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Chapter 5

Three words

After the Professor had gone, Luke sat there in his alley, thinking and sobbing. Now Luke was the one who felt guilty . He missed the Professor, but he couldn't let someone watching him, crying about a guy, who hit him... who saved his life, his future... a guy who ... was his father. Luke wanted to realize that is was the best thing to do, to just run... down the street to the Professor, to London... to save his future. But somehow he couldn't. If he'd leave now he may would never see Céline again and no one would ever give him a third chance. If Luke would leave now, it would definitely be for good. And if the Professor wouldn't give him another chance, he'd be all alone again.

:"Hey Lukey, what is wrong? I haven't seen you smiling at all in the past few days.", Céline said, when she suddenly appeared in Luke's hiding corner.

Luke wiped away his tears as fast as he could to pretend that he was happy and of course to pretend that he was a strong hero, especially in front of Céline.

:"I-I'm okay, really. Nothing to worry about.", Luke answered with a fake smile, with a stayed shiver in his voice in the first syllable.

:"Lukey, I know you! Maybe better than yourself you moron!", She said, while taking a seat next to her beloved Luke. "What is wrong?... Don't tell me you're missing that Top-Hat-Guy"

:"N-no Of course not! What the hell are you talking about?", Luke said with a lot of anger, and of course he stood up.

Céline also stood up leaned forward to Luke and gave him a passionate kiss. This wasn't only a kiss. This was pure and soft and Luke calmed down himself and totally relaxed, while Céline slowly and soft pushed away.

:"Lukey. I- I love you and what ever you think, whatever you want and with whoever you wanna live with, I'll always be there for you and I will support you in every way I can. Do you understand?!", Céline said, calm and feminin what was actually not quite typical for her.

Luke was ... touched by that statement to he leaned foreword to Céline again and gave her another soft kiss on the lips then he head wandered to her should and they stood there in a tight embrace, until Luke said.

:"Thank you. And ... I love you, too"

After a little time, Luke and and Céline made the decision to tell their friend about their ... Well, their relationship. Now it was officially Luke and Céline were a couple.

:"YOU ARE WHAT!?", screamed almost everyone from the drug-gang when Céline told them about their announcement.

:"Yes. We are a couple", Luke answered.

"Isn't that GREAT!", Céline screamed

Then there was long conversation, because actually no one wanted couples in this gang but honestly everyone knew that Luke and Céline were going to be a couple someday, sooner or later.

When Céline and Luke were finally alone again, they heard a big announcement from Nick, one of the headmaster of the gang.

:"Guess what... Lukey, your friend with the top-hat-",

Luke gulped at that beginning

:"The Ravens caught him and knocked him down. You should have seen that... It was awesome, man. The way he fell to the ground. This was so-"

:"Unfair!... It is no very kind to hit another human being, just because of a bad mood... This is not god's plan for us.", came a quite and calm voice from another corner. It was Cartherine the philosophical one in the drug-family. She always knew what was to do and what was to say. Actually you could have called her " The organization's head"

Luke was shocked. Why on earth, had he decided to stay with his old friends. Maybe he could have stopped the Ravens, from attacking his teacher. Unsure of what to do and how to react Luke ran up to his room and when Céline wanted to follow him she was interrupted by Catherine's hand on her shoulder. Of course, like always, Catherine knew exactly what to do now, she followed Luke into his room and it was time for a good old friend-to-friend conversation.