Fangirl
Jealousy
(Max's POV)
"He what?" Riley asks.
"He say he loves me. Who does that?"
"Does Michael know?" She asks.
I laugh, "No. He'd kill him."
"Maybe, but doesn't Calum kind of deserve it after everything?" She pauses. "Unless you still feel the same way."
"What? No. I love Michael. That's stupid." I shake my head.
"You're still there until tomorrow, right?"
"Yeah." I mumble.
"Okay well, before you go back across the country, maybe you should tell Michael what happened? He should know, even if he'll get pissed." Riley suggests.
"What if he hates me for it?" I ask.
"What if he hates you for Calum telling you he loves you?" She laughs, "Max, you had nothing to do with that. You're just like, transferring information from Calum to Michael."
"Not good information." I mumble.
"Sorry Cole's here, talk to you tomorrow okay?"
"Okay, see ya dork."
"Bye." She says sweetly, and hangs up. Luke walks into the room, and right when I try walking out, he says:
"Was that Riley?"
God. I'm not really friends with Luke, we hardly talk to each other, I don't want to get into an awkward conversation about what Riley's doing today. "Uh huh."
"Was she with Cole?" He asks, his tone becoming more worried.
"Um.. Yeah. Why?"
"Nothing." He shakes his head. "I just texted her in the morning and she hasn't responded at all."
"Has she seen it?" I ask. He nods. "Yeesh." I say, then I realize that's probably not the best approach. "I mean, sorry."
"It's fine, it's okay, I don't care." He shakes his head, lying, clearly.
"I mean she's probably just busy." I nod. "She'll answer you."
He just sits there, looking at the wall in front of the couch he's sitting on, and I feel this weird feeling about it. Oh god, I'm feeling empathetic. This is a new one. The last thing I want to do right now is confront Calum, and then tell Michael possibly the worst news ever. Plus I don't think Luke is going to stop moping around until Riley responds to him. "Do you wanna go somewhere?"
"Huh?" He asks. Probably because never in the history of knowing each other have we hung out alone, and I'm pretty sure both of us were planning to leave it like that.
"You're bumming me out. Do you want to go somewhere?"
"Oh, uh. I guess, sure." He nods, and smiles.
(Later, in Michael's POV)
"Have you seen Max?" I ask Ashton. He shakes his head.
"No, now can we please finish writing this song? Fans are getting impatient."
"She's leaving tomorrow, where could she even be?" I frown.
"Luke isn't here either." Calum points out. "Not like you'd notice that."
"Is Max with Luke?" I ask.
"We don't know, Michael. Come on, seriously, this is important, not locating a perfectly capable seventeen year old." Ashton says.
"Yeah don't be clingy." Calum laughs.
"Calum shut up will you?" Ashton frowns. "Clingy probably isn't even in your vocabulary. It's nice, he wants to spend time with his girlfriend before he leaves, but really, right now we should be writing."
"I keep telling you guys the music has to come to you." Calum huffs.
"Yeah, well, if we just sit on our asses and think of words the album will be done in six years. We have a deadline."
"God, where is Luke?" I frown some more, "He's supposed to be here."
"Why are you so worried about Luke all of a sudden?" Calum laughs.
"He's supposed to be helping us." I state.
"So are you, come on, next lyric?" Ashton says.
I hear the door open, followed by two voices laughing their asses off. "Hey guys," Luke sighs, recovering from the laughter.
"Well don't you look happy." Ashton smiles.
"Where were you?" I ask Max.
"With Luke." She shrugs, still smiling. "We went to the beach."
"You know you were supposed to work." Calum says to Luke, almost smiling. I feel weird about this. Everything feels like it's shifting. Luke's great, I shouldn't be so weird about this, it's not that weird for my girlfriend to hang out with my friends, that's like, every guy's dream, right? It is her last day though, and she decided to spend it not with me. That kinda stings.
"I know, I know, but I figured you guys had it under control." Luke smiles, glancing at Max. I don't like that glance, either. So what? I get jealous easily, it's not a big deal.
"Well, we don't." Ashton says. "Now sit down and think, okay?"
"Alright." He mumbles, frowning at Max like he's being forced to do something by a parent. She smiles and shrugs at him.
"Since you all hate me because I'm a fan, I'm off." She laughs.
"Noo we love you!" Ashton whines.
"Nope, too late now." She shakes her head, and walks out. Nothing. Nothing to me. I just look over at Luke.
"Why did you go to the beach?" I ask.
"She suggested it. I was moping around about Ril- Oh fuck, I left my phone in my bedroom." He says, and runs out.
"Gee, thanks for the explanation!" I yell to him.
(Luke's POV)
I grab my phone off the nightstand and turn it on.
8:36AM
Me: hey, do you wanna skype tonight? you should make popcorn and i should make popcorn and we should watch a movie :3
3:58PM
Riley<333: Sure, how's 7? :)
4:05PM
Riley<333: Luuukke
Riley<333: Where is yooouuu
Riley<333: ^ That grammar is why I'm a writer.
5:51PM
Riley<333: Luke now you're just worrying me
Riley<333: Also now I look desperate ._.
6:42PM
Riley<333: Are we on for tonight or are you continuing your silence? ;-;
6:45PM
Me: I am sooo sorry babe, I was out all day and left my phone here, 7 is perfect, I love 7.
Riley<333: He speaks! Lol you're okay Luke. Do you think it could be 7:30 instead?
Me: sure, why?
Riley<333: Cole's still here that's all.
I pause.
Me: oh okay.
Riley<333: xx
I put my phone down, and shuffle into the living room that isn't my bedroom.
"Care to finish your story?" Calum laughs.
"It's- nothing, it doesn't matter." I shrug.
"You seemed pretty enthusiastic a second ago." Michael says.
"I said it's nothing, didn't I?"
"Rawr." Ashton jokes.
"Can we just write the songs now?" I huff, and sit down next to Calum.
"You okay babe?" Calum smiles.
"No." I frown.
"Awe, it's okay Lukey." He beams, and hugs me. Ashton just stares at us.
"Please, please stop." He says, and Michael laughs.
Ten until seven thirty, I check my phone again while Max tries sneaking into the living room to see what our music sounds like.
Riley<333: Sorryyy, I have to cancel, Cole's staying a little later. I'll make it up to you x
"He what?" Riley asks.
"He say he loves me. Who does that?"
"Does Michael know?" She asks.
I laugh, "No. He'd kill him."
"Maybe, but doesn't Calum kind of deserve it after everything?" She pauses. "Unless you still feel the same way."
"What? No. I love Michael. That's stupid." I shake my head.
"You're still there until tomorrow, right?"
"Yeah." I mumble.
"Okay well, before you go back across the country, maybe you should tell Michael what happened? He should know, even if he'll get pissed." Riley suggests.
"What if he hates me for it?" I ask.
"What if he hates you for Calum telling you he loves you?" She laughs, "Max, you had nothing to do with that. You're just like, transferring information from Calum to Michael."
"Not good information." I mumble.
"Sorry Cole's here, talk to you tomorrow okay?"
"Okay, see ya dork."
"Bye." She says sweetly, and hangs up. Luke walks into the room, and right when I try walking out, he says:
"Was that Riley?"
God. I'm not really friends with Luke, we hardly talk to each other, I don't want to get into an awkward conversation about what Riley's doing today. "Uh huh."
"Was she with Cole?" He asks, his tone becoming more worried.
"Um.. Yeah. Why?"
"Nothing." He shakes his head. "I just texted her in the morning and she hasn't responded at all."
"Has she seen it?" I ask. He nods. "Yeesh." I say, then I realize that's probably not the best approach. "I mean, sorry."
"It's fine, it's okay, I don't care." He shakes his head, lying, clearly.
"I mean she's probably just busy." I nod. "She'll answer you."
He just sits there, looking at the wall in front of the couch he's sitting on, and I feel this weird feeling about it. Oh god, I'm feeling empathetic. This is a new one. The last thing I want to do right now is confront Calum, and then tell Michael possibly the worst news ever. Plus I don't think Luke is going to stop moping around until Riley responds to him. "Do you wanna go somewhere?"
"Huh?" He asks. Probably because never in the history of knowing each other have we hung out alone, and I'm pretty sure both of us were planning to leave it like that.
"You're bumming me out. Do you want to go somewhere?"
"Oh, uh. I guess, sure." He nods, and smiles.
(Later, in Michael's POV)
"Have you seen Max?" I ask Ashton. He shakes his head.
"No, now can we please finish writing this song? Fans are getting impatient."
"She's leaving tomorrow, where could she even be?" I frown.
"Luke isn't here either." Calum points out. "Not like you'd notice that."
"Is Max with Luke?" I ask.
"We don't know, Michael. Come on, seriously, this is important, not locating a perfectly capable seventeen year old." Ashton says.
"Yeah don't be clingy." Calum laughs.
"Calum shut up will you?" Ashton frowns. "Clingy probably isn't even in your vocabulary. It's nice, he wants to spend time with his girlfriend before he leaves, but really, right now we should be writing."
"I keep telling you guys the music has to come to you." Calum huffs.
"Yeah, well, if we just sit on our asses and think of words the album will be done in six years. We have a deadline."
"God, where is Luke?" I frown some more, "He's supposed to be here."
"Why are you so worried about Luke all of a sudden?" Calum laughs.
"He's supposed to be helping us." I state.
"So are you, come on, next lyric?" Ashton says.
I hear the door open, followed by two voices laughing their asses off. "Hey guys," Luke sighs, recovering from the laughter.
"Well don't you look happy." Ashton smiles.
"Where were you?" I ask Max.
"With Luke." She shrugs, still smiling. "We went to the beach."
"You know you were supposed to work." Calum says to Luke, almost smiling. I feel weird about this. Everything feels like it's shifting. Luke's great, I shouldn't be so weird about this, it's not that weird for my girlfriend to hang out with my friends, that's like, every guy's dream, right? It is her last day though, and she decided to spend it not with me. That kinda stings.
"I know, I know, but I figured you guys had it under control." Luke smiles, glancing at Max. I don't like that glance, either. So what? I get jealous easily, it's not a big deal.
"Well, we don't." Ashton says. "Now sit down and think, okay?"
"Alright." He mumbles, frowning at Max like he's being forced to do something by a parent. She smiles and shrugs at him.
"Since you all hate me because I'm a fan, I'm off." She laughs.
"Noo we love you!" Ashton whines.
"Nope, too late now." She shakes her head, and walks out. Nothing. Nothing to me. I just look over at Luke.
"Why did you go to the beach?" I ask.
"She suggested it. I was moping around about Ril- Oh fuck, I left my phone in my bedroom." He says, and runs out.
"Gee, thanks for the explanation!" I yell to him.
(Luke's POV)
I grab my phone off the nightstand and turn it on.
8:36AM
Me: hey, do you wanna skype tonight? you should make popcorn and i should make popcorn and we should watch a movie :3
3:58PM
Riley<333: Sure, how's 7? :)
4:05PM
Riley<333: Luuukke
Riley<333: Where is yooouuu
Riley<333: ^ That grammar is why I'm a writer.
5:51PM
Riley<333: Luke now you're just worrying me
Riley<333: Also now I look desperate ._.
6:42PM
Riley<333: Are we on for tonight or are you continuing your silence? ;-;
6:45PM
Me: I am sooo sorry babe, I was out all day and left my phone here, 7 is perfect, I love 7.
Riley<333: He speaks! Lol you're okay Luke. Do you think it could be 7:30 instead?
Me: sure, why?
Riley<333: Cole's still here that's all.
I pause.
Me: oh okay.
Riley<333: xx
I put my phone down, and shuffle into the living room that isn't my bedroom.
"Care to finish your story?" Calum laughs.
"It's- nothing, it doesn't matter." I shrug.
"You seemed pretty enthusiastic a second ago." Michael says.
"I said it's nothing, didn't I?"
"Rawr." Ashton jokes.
"Can we just write the songs now?" I huff, and sit down next to Calum.
"You okay babe?" Calum smiles.
"No." I frown.
"Awe, it's okay Lukey." He beams, and hugs me. Ashton just stares at us.
"Please, please stop." He says, and Michael laughs.
Ten until seven thirty, I check my phone again while Max tries sneaking into the living room to see what our music sounds like.
Riley<333: Sorryyy, I have to cancel, Cole's staying a little later. I'll make it up to you x
Notes
michael- get ur shit together, max isn't in love with every person who glances at her.calum- you get your shit together too. max is with your best friend now homie.
luke- i'm sorry fam ily
ashton- meditate or something dude ur good.
max- wyed. talk to your boyfriend who's getting insecure, tell calum what you haven't yet, and idk girl just get it together not everything is your fault.
riley- PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR BOYFRIEND YOU'RE SO LUCKY DON'T POSTPONE SHIT FOR SOME GUY FROM HIGH SCHOOL. ALso aren't you like nineteen why aren't you in college yet.
summary: every one, get it together. pull all that shit together fam.
XD For your entertainment, me, the author, giving advice to my fellow characters.
xx
WHAT A CUTIIIIIEEEEEES
5/6/18