Social Casualty

*Reign*
2015
“Teddy Bear!” I scream for Ashton.
“Yes, Honeybun?” he asks, coming into my room.
“Help me.”
“With what?” He sits down beside me on my bed.
“Luke. I don’t know what to do anymore!” I wail.
“Well, first of all, do you like this other guy? Do you even know him?”
“I don’t like him. I know him. He went to school with me. Ethan.”
“Did you want to kiss him? Did he make you?” Ashton says. What is he thinking about me right now? Bad things? Good things? He probably thinks I’m a horrible person. I already know I am. He doesn’t need to tell me that.
“No!” I say defensively. “I mean yes. I don’t know. He didn’t make me kiss him. I just did it. I don’t know if I wanted to.” I can’t even talk.
“Hmmm. Well, you were mad after the first time you fought, right?”
“Duh, Teddy Bear,” I say, rolling my eyes. I should probably be a bit nicer.
“Maybe Hayley can help us,” he says. “She’s a girl.”
“Yeah, I want your girlfriend to hear my problems. I’m already insane.”
“C’mon, it’ll be fine. She won’t care.”
“Whatever,” I say. I really don’t care anymore.
“I’ll be right back, Honeybun,” he says.
He walks out.

*Adelaide*

I walk into Reign’s kitchen to the cabinet and fridge. I pull out everything I need for chocolate chip cookies. I make sure to get enough for three batches. I grab the mixer and start to throw things together. I get lost in my thoughts and feel arms wrap around my waist. Calum rests his chin on my shoulder.
“Hey, baby,” I say, continuing to mix.
“Hey. Why exactly are you making cookies?” he asks, kissing my neck.
“Why not?” I ask.
“That’s a good question. I’m so bored. There’s nothing to do,” Cal says.
“I’m offended,” I say, laughing. “I’m right here and you say that. I am making you cookies and you say there’s nothing to do?”
“What’s that supposed to mean?” he asks, grinning.
“It means that I’m going to make out with you until the timer goes off for the cookies to be done. Then you guys can make a huge mess with that,” I say, knowing that it’s going to take awhile for all the cookies.
“Why not make out now?” he asks.
“Don’t you want cookies, Cal Pal?” I say.
“Not really.”
“Well, too bad. The other boys will so I’m making them,” I say, turning and kissing Calum’s cheek.
“I don’t want you to make cookies, Addy!” he whines. “Please, just a little bit and then you can make cookies.”
“I’m not falling for that, Cal. When you say a little bit, you don’t mean it.”
“No, I swear!”
“Ugh, fine,” I say, turning around.
“What, you don’t want to make out with me?” he asks, defensively. I turn back around and stare out the window at the beautiful sky.
“I never said that, Cal. I was the one that suggested it.”
I turn slightly and kiss him. He immediately wraps his arms around my waist. He kisses my nose, forehead, cheeks, chin, pretty much everywhere except my lips. “I love you,” he whispers in my ear.
“Seriously Cal?” I whisper. “Just f*cking kiss me.”
When the last words leave my mouth, he kisses me. Like, a lot. Why do I love him? I don’t even know anymore. He’s just so amazing and caring.
“EWWWW!” Michael walks into the kitchen and screams. I laugh and break away from Calum.
“Shut up, Mikey! I’m making you chocolate chip cookies,” I say.
“Doesn’t it look like it,” he mumbles. Ashton walks in.
“Well, well, well, what do we have here?” he says, smiling.
“I’m going to f*cking kill you people,” Calum says.
“Why?” Michael says with mock sadness.
“Because you’re all idiots.”
“Dance. Jump on it. If you’re sexy then flaunt it. If you’re pretty then own it,” Ashton sings. Uptown Funk. The same as last night.
“You guys are so annoying,” Calum says. I turn back to making the cookies and Calum turns to his first position, standing with his arms around me, his chin on my shoulder.
“Does it mean that I’m short because you have to slouch to put your chin on my shoulder?” I whisper.
“Of course, baby,” he says, his laugh tickling my ear.
Ashton walks over and looks in the bowl.
“That’s a lot of cookies,” he says.
“Yeah, well, knowing you guys, they’ll be gone before tonight,” I say, smiling.
“Sis, you are the strangest person I have ever met. Except, of course, Calum Thomas Hood. He is the weirdest. Definitely.”
Calum lifts a hand and flips him off.
“See, told you, Addy!” Ash says. “Why are you so angry all the time?” he asks Calum.
“I’m not. You’re just a b*tchy…b*tch.” I laugh.
“That’s all you could think of?” Ashton says, challenging him.
“I’ll just eat all the cookies. Then you can’t have any,” Calum says, grinning.
“Addy wouldn’t let you. She’s too nice.”
“You have no idea, Ash,” I say.
“I don’t?” he asks, jokingly.
“Does this explain?” I ask, flipping him off. Calum laughs in my ear.
“Hmmm, not really. But thanks for trying!” Ashton says before walking off.
I return to making cookies with Calum whispering in my ear.

*Reign*

“I’m back, Honeybun,” Ashton says, tugging Hayley behind him.
“Take long enough?”
“Sorry, Addy’s making cookies. I just witnessed her and Calum flipping me off. Those two together are violent,” Ash says.
“They flipped you off?” I ask.
“Yeah, I started singing Uptown Funk. Calum also said he wanted to kill me and Michael. So, if I’m dead tomorrow, you know who to blame.”
“Wow…just…wow,” I say.
“Okay, back to our real problem,” Hayley says.
“So, what do I do about Luke? I don’t think he likes me anymore. Especially with what happened. Where is he anyway?”
“Just a second,” Ashton says, stepping out with his phone.
“I think he still likes you, Reign. He’s just angry about what you did,” Hayley says.
“I know.” I sigh.

*Ashton*

“Where are you?” I ask when Luke picks up the phone.
“Does it matter?” he asks, in a strange, giggly voice.
“Luke?” I say hesitantly. “Are you drunk?”
“I haven’t had a single drink,” he slurs.
“Where the h*ll are you, Luke?” I shout.
“I don’t know.”
“You better find out,” I say. “I’m coming to get you.”
“Whatever,” Luke says, and hangs up.
I walk back into Reign’s room.
“Great, he’s drunk,” I say. “Calum and I are going to get him. We’ll be back soon.” Reign and Hayley nod simultaneously and turn back to each other, whispering.
I walk into the kitchen to see Addy sitting on the counter, cross-legged.
“What are you doing?” I ask.
“Waiting for Calum. There wasn’t anywhere to sit so I sat up here,” she shrugs. Calum walks in a couple minutes later.
“Hey, Cal,” I say.
“Hey,” he says.
“We have to go get Luke. He’s drunk. I don’t know where he is. We need to check the clubs in town,” I say. Calum groans.
“Ashton,” he whines. “Just go by yourself!”
“No, I need you to come with me. Please.”
“Just go, Cal. The cookies will be done when you come back.,” Addy says.
“Ugh fine. Bye, Addy. I love you,” Calum says.
“I love you, Cal. Keep your hands to yourself, Calum,” she warns before pulling him in for a kiss.
“Bye Addy,” I say, before walking out the door with Calum following.
I pull out of the driveway with Calum screaming Nirvana and Blink-182 lyrics as loud as he can.
“Would you please shut up?” I ask.
“Sorry, since you forced me to come, it’s my job to annoy the h*ll out of you. Love you, bro.”
“I hate you.”
“Right back at ya,” Calum says, grinning.

Notes

Okay, so I've noticed a couple things. 1, Addy and Calum seem to have more romance than Reign and Luke. Don't worry. I promise to add more for them! Also, in the last chapter I was in Addy's POV (Point of View) and noticed that I had switched to Reign's POV unsuspectingly. Sorry!
Comment below and tell me how old you think I really am! Hope you like it!
-Emily x