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Lumen Babylas: 24; Born in Florida; Has one a few friends; Mainly close with her one best friend Guinevere; Makes music and posts it on SoundCloud under the name DEVILISH; Guin introduced her to Sierra when they went to school together;
Guinevere Merak: 25; Born in Florida; Has a song that charted in Top 100; her face isn’t associated or shown when it come to her music; She just goes by Guin or Guinevere when dealing with her music; Met Sierra through a class project:
Sierra Deaton: The glue that held the three [Sierra, Lumen, and Guinevere] together; Moved to California shortly after graduating; Stayed in contact with the two girls but gradually stopped talking a few years after; Often thought about reconnecting with them
Crystal Leigh: Heard a few stories from Sierra about where she grew up; Introduced Sierra to the boys; Eventually played Cupid and got her and Luke together;
Calum Hood: Bassist for 5SOS if you don’t know; if you need someone to laugh at your jokes he’s your guy;
Luke Hemmings: Lead vocals of 5SOS; Can’t catch a break from the boys and their nonsense; Has a losing streak that’s a mile long when it comes to gaming;
Michael Clifford: Guitarist of 5SOS; Would beat anyone at pretty much any game;
Ashton Irwin: Drummer of 5SOS; Dad of the band; Meaning copious amount of badly timed dad jokes;
it’s literally so hard to find even semi-serious gifs of luke because hes so soft and smiley. anyway! this is going to be a chapter fic! It will be posted randomly because I suck at posting when I’m supposed too!
heres my masterlist
I also tried to format this, like indent but it literally won't let me? On docs it was fine, but then I try here and it posts without indents. please enjoy! it’s not my best but I really like it! send feedback!
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I never supported the fact that my brother was in a gang, who in their right mind would? He tried to keep me out of it as best as he could, but there were times that my safety was in jeopardy. In which case Calum would force me to stay locked up in his apartment, surrounded by members of his gang to protect me.
It was late, the bar had just been cleared out by my manager, and I was currently finishing up cleaning. The loud sound of the front door opening caused me to let out a sigh of having to deal with another angry drunk.
"The bar is closed, please don't try to start something," I stated, turning on the heels of my feet to see the person.
I was surprised to see a 6ft blonde boy clad in a leather jacket staring back at me, a slight scowl on his face. Out of all people, Calum had to send Luke to get me, the person that I never got along with. It was like placing a cat and mouse in a room together, it never worked out.
"Don't act so excited to see me doll, It's not like I want to be here either." Luke piped up, walking more into the poorly lit bar.
I rolled my eyes, tossing the used rag onto the counter, before pulling off the old apron from my waist.
"What happened now? Another threat towards me."
"Close, Cal is just paranoid after a threat he got, but since he's not here he demanded you stayed with me. What a brilliant idea huh?" He sarcastically drew, leaning against the cold bar wall.
"I can just stay at my apartment, no big deal."
"And risk him biting my head off? No can do, grab your shit so we can leave. I don't want to wait all night for you." Luke bit back, sending me a quick glance before exiting the bar, the cold rushing in from outside.
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Even though Luke irritated the fuck out of me, I was happy that I had him around in the worst times. He has been my brother’s friends since we were young, and we’ve always had this bickering attitude for each other, but I still cared for the blue-eyed boy.
“Luke! That was my piece give it back.” I whined, reaching across the couch attempting to grab the piece of pizza.
“You snooze you lose,” He said with a mouthful of pizza, laughing when I fell back into the couch with a large huff.
A loud ringing sound went through his large apartment, his hand going to grab the black handgun lying on his coffee table, quickly standing up to his feet. I followed suit, hiding behind the tall man, his hand instinctively reaching out behind him, assuring that I was still in fact behind him. He cursed when a gunshot rang through the apartment, quickly dragging us along to his room locking the door and texting for backup on his phone.
“Dammit,” Luke paced the small room, stopping at his night table to quickly pull out another gun, wordlessly handing it to me.
“Luke-” I paused when he shook his head at me, pushing my small frame towards the bathroom.
“Lock the door, I have a key, If they force their way in, its not me and you need to shoot.”
The anger didn’t leave his face as he quickly shut the door, my hands moving to quickly lock the door. I’ve had threats towards me, but never had they ever gotten to this point. Calum made sure that anyone and everyone he cared about was safe, and that included his younger sister.
“Open the door,” A gruff voice spoke, definitely not Luke’s.
My body froze, the bathroom feeling smaller as the seconds went by. Suddenly the whole apartment went quiet, and the only sounds were my breathing. The doorknob jiggled sending my mind back into a frenzy as I gripped the gun tighter in my clammy hands.
Luke appeared in the doorway and the tears that had been waiting to fall finally started rolling down my cheeks, the gun slipped from my hand, my feet carrying me over to Luke. I surprised myself by wrapping my arms around him, he responded back allowing me to cry into his shirt.
“Doll we need to get out of here, head to Cal’s safe house.” His voice was soft in my ear, hands running across my back in a comforting manner.
After a few moments of silence, I wordlessly nodded my ahead, allowing the Australian boy to lead me out of his destroyed apartment. Other gang members, were currently cleaning up the mess, my eyes diverting anywhere but the bodies that lay on the floor.
“Keep your eyes on me, love, don’t look at it.”
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Luke had just gotten off the phone with Calum, alerting him of everything that has been going on. Even after Calum apologized profusely for not being able to come home, due to gang business, I was still mad at him. His gang business is the reason we were even in this situation, Calum was all I had left, and his stupidity constantly put a toll on me. All my friends stopped talking to me after our plans were constantly canceled due to my safety, and it pushed them over the edge when they never got a reason. Just a simple text, sorry, I can’t go tonight xx.
Even working was hard, all I wanted was a normal life. Family comes first, he would always say, so I’d ignore my loneliness in hopes of Calum staying happy.
“You know I care for you right?” Luke broke the silence of the car, taking his eyes off the road for a second to give me a glance.
“Hard to believe, I assumed you did this all for Calum.”
“You know that isn’t true. I’ve known you forever, You’re not just Calums hot sister anymore.” Luke cockily said, sending me his usual boyish smirk.
“That’s reassuring. I guess you’re not just Cal’s hot friend anymore.”
So i’m on wattpad and i’m thinking of posting a bunch of luke centric ot4 one shots here too.
I’ll start by tomorrow maybe, i’m new to tumblr so it may take a while to figure out what the hell i’m doing, but if you’re interested, please check them out!
The darkness of my room was kept at bay by the golden christmas lights strung around my window seal. I was sitting at my desk attempting to work on this essay that honestly wasn’t that appealing to me. We were supposed to write about how our summer went and honestly what was I supposed to say? ‘My mom died not even a week after school started so my school year was shit and then my best friend kissed me and now we’re dating but not really because he won’t show any affection around other people’? Yeah that sounds like a fantastic paper. A knock sounded at my door snapping from my thoughts.
“Come in.”
My dad popped his head into my room with a worried look on his face.
“Pumpkin I’ve been texting you for the past twenty minutes to come down for dinner, are you okay?”
“Yeah, my phones off so i can focus on this stupid english paper.” I pushed my hand through my hair letting the side of my head rest in the palm of my hand. “I don’t think I want to eat, I’ll probably take a shower and just go to bed.”
“Okay well I ordered pizza, I’ll leave you some in the fridge in case you get hungry later tonight. I love you.”
“Thank you, I love you too.” He nodded his head and shut my door firmly. I could hear his footsteps as he descended down the stairs, then promptly decided to shut my laptop and go take a shower.
I grabbed my phone and turned it on before I grabbed a towel from my closet and then underwear, shorts, and a band T - shirt from my dresser. My phone was still on DND so even if anyone had tried to contact me I wasn’t getting a notification for it. I pressed shuffle and ‘Millennia’ by Crown The Empire started to play through the speakers. I caught sight of multiple messages lining my screen, but being my stubborn self I chose to actively ignore them.
I finally stepped into the hot water and allowed it to cascade down my body. I stood there for at least ten minutes letting the annoyance and worry of the day fade away before I grabbed my shampoo and lathered it through my hair.
After rinsing my hair and conditioning it I put my ‘Apple Blossom’ body wash on my loofa and scrubbed my body. I felt tears begin to brim in my eyes as I rinsed myself off before turning the heat of the water up and sitting in the bottom of the tub; I pulled my knees to my chest and let tears fall down my face.
All I want right now is to talk to my mom, she would know what to do. She’s the reason I didn’t stop going to public school my sophomore year but she’s gone now, and I’m alone to figure this stuff out on my own.
After forty minutes I finally pulled myself from the shower and got dressed before brushing my teeth. I rubbed lotion on my body to keep my skin from drying and then turned off the light and made my way down to my bedroom. ‘Someone To Stay’ by Vancouver Sleep Clinic played quietly through my speakers as I approached my door. When I entered my bedroom I noticed someone sitting in my desk chair and I jumped slightly, ready to scream until I saw his face.
“Calum Thomas you scared the shit out of me!” I yelled in a hushed voice. He stood to his feet and made his way to me pulling me into a hug.
“What’s wrong baby?” He mumbled into the side of my neck as he rubbed circles in the small of my back. I hugged him back letting my head rest in his chest.
“I miss my mom.” That was only a half lie.
“So you’re not upset about what Arzaylea said in class?”
I pulled away from him and sighed.
“I mean yeah, it kind of upset me. It made me start thinking.”
“Thinking about what?”
“I mean, we do spend a lot of time together, and now that we’re together does that not make me look like a slut-”
He cut me off by reaching behind me and locking my door, he pulled me to sit with him on my bed.
“You are not a slut, Thalia. You are nowhere near being a slut.”
“Calum-”
“No, listen to me. You are the most amazing girl I have ever known. Let them talk, let them make up as many rumors as they want because I will be next to you the entire time; holding your hand and walking through it with you.”
He grabbed onto my hand and lifted it to his chest, I leaned down so my forehead was resting between his collar bones once again. We sat there for a moment in complete silence before I felt tears start to brim in my eyes.
“You know my mom liked you.” I whispered turning my face so my cheek was resting on his shoulder “She knew I liked you, and she used to cover for me when I would show up late after being with you guys.” He laughed at the information and looked down at me.
“Even that time that I wrecked my moms car and you had that cut on your forehead?”
“Yeah,” I pushed my way up my bed motioning for him to lay with me “She told my dad that she hit me with the door by accident.”
“He’s never going to like me is he?”
“He’s scared Calum, after what happened with Mali he just thinks-”
“That I’m a monster.”
I shot my head up to look at him, I sat up quickly and cupped his face with my hands.
“Baby no. You are not a monster, It was an accident. Everyone knows that.”
Tears were invading his soft brown eyes, he moved his hand up to mine and rubbed his thumb over it in a soothing motion.
“Thank you for always being such a good friend to me, such a good girlfriend.”
His words sent chills over my body. We have pet names for each other but I think I’ve only ever heard him refer to me as his girlfriend once or twice. It gave me a feeling like no other.
“Calum, I care about you so much,” I bowed my head feeling tears start to resurface “But I can’t go through that again.”
“What are you talking about? We just had this whole conversation about walking through this together-”
“You barely looked at me when we were around other people today, I mean you acted like it was a bad idea to touch me. So maybe it just isn’t the right time for us.”
“I thought you would want to keep the physical stuff to a minimum because of all the slut stuff. Didn’t you just say you thought it made you look like a slut?”
“A Minimum, Calum. Not cut off completely; this is going to be a hard week for me and I could have used your comfort. It made me start thinking that maybe this isn’t the best time for us to start a relationship.”
“What so you’re breaking up with me?”
“No, not necessarily. I just think that if you want to keep physical interaction low then we should keep the relationship low. That way we avoid any rumors.”
“Does this have anything to do with you being worried about your dad finding out about me?”
I hesitated for a split second but that gave him just enough time to jump right into his own conclusion. He stood up and ran a shaky hand through his hair. “Yeah, go get your scholarship and go to that college in washington. Go find someone who fits your mold-”
“Calum - no! No, please don’t take it like that!”
“Well that’s what you mean right? I mean come on, you’re dads never going to accept me, and you’re so caught up in the bullshit that people say about you that you’re too scared to let yourself be happy. So yeah, let’s distance ourselves.”
He backed away from me despite my efforts to pull him closer and it felt like my heart was breaking under the pressure of his cold stare. Hurt littered his eyes and I could see tears brimming on the edges of the dark orbs.
“Calum, no I just meant that for the time being, maybe it would be better if we didn’t spend so much time together.”
“There’s no one I would rather spend my time with, Thalia.” His voice broke off in his throat and it was my turn to let tears build behind my green eyes.
“I’m not saying we have to break up, Cal. We just shouldn’t always be on top of each other at school.”
Before I knew it he was standing by my window ready to disappear into the night, he looked back at me sadness overtaking his features before he shook his head and vanished.
“Please don’t go..” I whispered to myself, a piece of me hoping he heard me; but I stood in my room for several moments hoping he would come back but he never did. I know that I was being dramatic, in a sense, and I know that it could have been handled in a better way but words were never easy to come by when I was around him. Maybe it was my heart’s way of pushing him out before I could get hurt, but either way it was a mistake.
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The next few days dragged by like sandpaper on an open wound. Tuesday was awkward to say the least, everytime I would try to talk to Calum he would shrug me off with one word answers or short nods. The other boys picked up on the tension and that rubbed off and when Wednesday rolled around the boys didn’t even bother trying to talk to me, but the day that hit the hardest was Thursday. I walked into the school and upon noticing the group I approached them. I wasn’t met with the normal smiles and group hugs; instead I was hit in the face with sympathetic smiles and disinterested faces.
When Luke snapped at me for trying to integrate my way into the conversation I almost couldn’t believe what he had said to me.
‘Aren’t you supposed to be distancing yourself?’ The words stung but knowing that it was likely that Calum had went and told them what I said stung more. I looked to Calum who had an angry expression plastered on his face, I silently begged him to talk to moe but he just turned away leaning onto his locker. I felt out of place in the small circle for the first time in three and a half years, so I walked away and promptly re-lived the first day of my freshman year.
Today is Friday, the last day of this horrible week before I can lay in my bed for two full days and listen to ‘The Fray’ at high volume. Today also marks the one year anniversary of my mother’s death..
I was dressed in sweatpants and a ‘Bring Me The Horizon’ hoodie, my hair was tied into a sloppy bun and instead of my regular contacts my black rimmed glasses were set carelessly on my nose.
‘How to save a life’ was playing through my earbuds and there was an unbelievable sense of sadness looming around me. The halls of the school looked bleeker today and my mind kept running back to the memory of my mom pulling me into the school with a bright smile covering her face. She was so excited about me getting to start new, when she walked me into the gym she turned to me and laughed.
“I can’t wait to see you get that diploma.” She had said. Little did I know she was never going to see me walk across that stage. She would never see me off to college, she would never see me get married.
Sadly, however, I had the dissatisfaction of seeing her casket lowered into the ground before I got to enter the second week of my junior year.
It felt as if everyone was staring at me as I made my way to my locker, some would turn and whisper while others had sympathetic looks on their faces. It’s obvious people have noticed the tension between the guys and I, we’ve never gone more than a day without talking; and it’s been three days. I bowed my head and clutched the strap of my bag trying my hardest to avoid the stares, but when a hand grabbed mine pulling me from my thoughts I had no choice but to look up.
I met Ashton’s eyes and me heart fell slightly, I had hoped to see Calum; but I should’ve known my destructive spontaneous words weren’t being forgotten that easily.
“I wanted to give you this.” He smiled to me holding out a perfectly packaged red velvet cupcake. I smiled weakly at him and took it out of his hands.
“Thanks.” I turned to walk away but was once again stopped by his hand.
“Luke didn’t mean what he said the other day, you know him and Cal are just close so when he came over that night and told us what you said it got him all riled up.”
“I deserved it, it’s fine.” I found myself unable to meet his eyes in fear that I might start crying in the middle of the hallway.
“I know today’s a rough day for you Tallie,” He reached up to push his light brown curls from his forehead “I was thinking maybe you could come with us for lunch-”
“Not today Ash.” My words caught in my throat when I looked up at him and saw the hope in his eyes turn to hurt “Just not today.”
I turned away and this time he let me walk away, I saw the other boys gathered around Michaels locker, and despite the fact that Calum met my eyes we didn’t speak to each other.
The classes of the day dragged by boringly, per usual. Without Calum to talk to there was nothing that seemed interesting. Throughout the day, my mind wandered to inside jokes that I would usually share with the guys, but with no one of interest to me I kept them to myself.
When Phycology rolled around I perked up a little bit, the teacher had turned out to be a rather hilarious comedian; and it was my last class of the day.
“Good afternoon class, I hope you’re all having a wonderful day.” Mr. Rogers beamed as he walked through the door. I could hear Arzaylea behind me making her normal snide comments, some of them were more out of pocket than usual. “Thalia, you’re looking awfully glum today, care to share your thoughts?”
Before I could even open my mouth Arzaylea’s voice spoke up.
“Calum and the guys dumped her.” She snickered, when I looked back at her she had a mock pout plastered on her face, my eyes flickered to Michael who only fidgeted in his seat. I didn’t even have the energy to clap back at her so I turned back around and shook my head before resting my forehead on my arms. Class carried on and my ears picked up on several things that Arzaylea was saying, if I thought Audrey did damage to my image I can’t even imagine what this walking bundle of gossip is going to be able to do.
“Is it true she has the clap, Mikey?” I heard her giggle
“Would you get a fucking life.” He groaned, making it a point to avoid the conversation.
After that I reached into my bag and pulled out my earbuds, I saw Mr. Rogers look to me but he didn’t say anything. I let the music flow through my ears for the remaining twenty minutes of class, and when the bell finally rang, I grabbed my bag quickly making my way out of the door. I didn’t get far though seeing as how Arzaylea jumped in front of me with a mischievous glint in her eyes. I pulled my earbuds out and stood my ground, annoyance finally bubbling over in my mind.
“This is pathetic really, sweetheart. I mean come on; you had to know they would drop you eventually-”
“They didn’t drop me.” I blurted suddenly pulling a laugh from her. I thought back to the day I confronted Audrey and for a split second I had to remind myself that hitting this girl wasn’t an option.
“Yeah, they did. And you’re all twisted up because your mom isn’t here. I mean come on what are you seven?”
“I would watch your fucking mouth-”
“What are you gonna do, Thalia? You gonna sick Calum on me? Maybe Ashton?” She lowered her eyes at me and for the first time since the conversation started I noticed how many people were watching, maybe it was an option to hit her. “Awe, are you gonna go call your mom?”
It was like something snapped in me and I shifted my books to my left arm and slapped the shit out of her. She pressed her hand to her cheek, rubbing it softly before she spit her next set of words at me. The ones that cut the deepest.
“Your moms lucky she killed herself before she had to see what a slut you were-”
I was on top of her then throwing punch after punch, tears were streaming down my face and I’m almost positive I was screaming at her.
However, all of that is a blur.
I felt two arms wrap around my waist, and when they spun me around to try to wrap me in a hug I saw Calulm staring down at me which only made me angrier. I pushed and pulled to get out of his grip but he held on.
“Thalia, you could lose your scholarship, calm down. Breathe.” He spoke in the most soothing voice he could muster. “You’re better than this.”
I stilled in his arms and looked up at him, anger overcoming all of my senses. I shoved him one last time breaking out of his arms.
“Don’t talk to me like you give a shit.” I spat grabbing my things from the floor and all but running to the front of the school. I finally got to my car, but my keys weren’t secured to the strap of my bag as usual so I had to scramble through my bag to find them.
“Thalia, damnit will you just talk to me!” He yelled, catching up to me in the parking lot.
“About what! I said we need to distance ourselves not stop talking completely! This is the hardest week I’ve had since she died and I needed you guys, but you took everything so wrong-” I furiously wiped tears from under my eyes and moved to unlock my car “Just leave me alone, Calum.”
“Princess I didn’t mean to hurt-”
“Would you just fuck off? You left so easy the other night, when I wanted you to stay so why the hell is it so hard now?” I turned abruptly to look at him and noticed him step back slightly.
“Because I love you.” He mumbled staring down at his hands. I looked up at him in awe turning my back on my car and swimming around my mind to find the words to respond. He shook his head and grabbed my hands trying his best to keep his distance. “Yeah, I took it the wrong way and I should have stayed to listen to you but my ego got in the way and-”
“And you turned the only other friends I had against me.”
“If it makes you feel any better Ashton right hooked the shit out of me last night.” He gestured to a bruise on the side of his face and out of instinct I reached for it and rubbed it softly with the pad of my thumb. “He told me I was acting like a ten year old, and he’s right. I shouldn’t have let you go through this alone.”
He was closer to me now, most likely taking my gesture as a go ahead to advance. His hand was resting gently on my jaw and his fingers were dancing around the baby hairs falling around the nape of my neck.
“We have to talk to each other Calum, we have to listen to each other or this won’t ever work. I got ahead of myself and I’m sorry I hurt your feelings.”
“Do you have anything planned with your dad tonight?”
“He told me he was working overtime tonight, I guess it’s his way of coping with the situation.”
“Do you want to come with the guys and I tonight? We can try to keep your mind off of everything.”
I didn’t say yes on instinct like I would have usually because I was genuinely conflicted, I wanted to go hang out with them and it would probably be better for me to not be alone tonight; but if I was going to be met with the same attitude from the guys as the past few days then it just wasn’t something I could handle.
“I don’t know Calum, I don’t want to intrude-”
“You’re not intruding if you’re invited princess. Plus you’re never intruding with us.”
I looked down at my hands and twirled my keys around my fingers before I shook my head, and connected my watery eyes with his.
“If all it took was you being sad to turn Luke and Micheal against me then they were never really my friends to begin with. I cannot deal with any more of that stuff, not today of all days.”
“Luke didn’t mean what he said-”
“Okay for one, it doesn’t matter because Ashtons the only one who said anything friendly to me for the past few days, and for two, I really need to go because I’m in a hoodie and it’s hot as shit out here.” I opened my door and reached over my steering wheel to start the car “I’ll talk to you later, okay? I promise.”
He stood outside my car window as I buckled myself in, but before I could drive off I rolled my window down at gestured for him to lean in. I rested my palm on the side of his face and pulled him into a short kiss. When we pulled away from each other I smiled up at him.
“I love you too, Cal.” I rolled up my window and couldn’t help but laugh at the bewildered but happy look plastered on his face as I drove away.
For a second I wasn’t thinking about my mom, or about the other guys, or even about the fact that I just beat the shit out of the all mighty Arzaylea. My mind was stuck on Calum and the way he made me feel, it was here in my car en route to my house that I decided it was time to start living for me.
Do you believe in soulmates? No, not the stupid oh my god I can’t leave this person ever in my whole life. The actual soulmates, where life isn’t complete until you two are together. Usually that’s what all girls believe in. But not me, I’m Annabell, Anna for short. I don’t believe in that whole soulmate idea. I have been stuck seeing black and white for 19 years due to that soulmate idea. Oh yeah, didn’t I mention you can’t see color until you and your soulmate have touched? And guess who still can’t see color? Yep, me; Anna Walker, a 19 year old who is going to be a freshman in college. Let’s just hope that I don’t have to take Art in college.
All my friends have been able to see color for a while now. I’ve sort of given up the idea of seeing color for a while now, I am just trying to make life the best it can be before I’m strapped down with a ‘soulmate’. So, that’s how I ended up here. I’m standing in front of an arena a few hours before a concert. I’ve been waiting my whole life to see, 5 Seconds of Summer, they’ve been around since I was a sophomore in High School. Lets hope these front row tickets can make my summer a bit more vividr; even in black and white.
I could feel my adrenaline build up as I stood in the front row, my heart racing and my hands getting shaky. I highly doubted anybody would get here for a while, I just wanted to make sure I didn’t get trampled on the way in. I shook my head, feeling the stupidity of arriving to a hot arena many hours before the actual show. My mind began to drift off; did all bandmates already see color? Am I honestly still the only person who can’t? I kicked the front of the barricade that cut the fans off from their idols. It was mostly out of frustration, and I guess someone splashing water on me was what I needed to snap me out of my frustration. I wiped off the splatter of water that hit my nose, looking up with a pure look of confusion on my face. I was met with a slanted smile with a half full water bottle in his hand. I stood with my mouth gaping open as I saw who he actually was.
“Sorry love, you looked kinda heated.”
Gaining my composure, I shook the water off my hand and said, with a smirk taking over my face, “If you wanted to get me wet, theres many other options than this.”
He laughed, one singular laugh before sharing the same kind of smirk I had on my face.
“Oh love, like you can tell me I haven’t made you wet plenty of times.”
I could feel the heat rush to my face, my stomach was turning at his words. I shook my head before replying, “Wow, not only can he write lyrics he can make dirty comebacks as well!”
I heard him crack his knuckles, acting as if he were cocky before saying, “I’m a man with many talents, or so I’m told.”
“By who? Your groupies?”
He gasped, dramatically, falling down onto his knees so his eyes could lock with mine.
“Me? Groupies? Nah, I don’t roll that way. But ya know, the guitarist on the other hand…” He drifted off
I rolled my eyes before falling back into my seat, glancing down at my nails; trying to show how I’m totally not freaking out.
“Ah, am I boring you already love?”
This made me look up at him, the smirk growing back on my lips. “Don’t you need to rehearse or something?”
“Hmm, as long as you agree to letting me see you after the show?” The smirk disappeared from his lips, replaced by a soft smile. A smile that made me feel like I could possibly trust him? I felt myself nod, slowly agreeing to let him see me after. What else do I have to do on a Friday night? A grin took over his face, pushing himself up to a stand. He turned on his heel to walk backstage before I heard him call back to me over his shoulder. “Oh! I never got your name?” I laughed, shaking my head before calling back. “Annabell but most people call me Anna.” That smirk grew upon his face again, yelling back to me as his body disappeared. “Guess I’m calling you Annabell then.”
You could say the show was…..eventful. Luke wouldn’t stop staring at me the whole time he was performing. Of course the girls beside me thought he was winking at them but they also flashed him so maybe he was. Every time he’d wink at me, I being the oh so loving girl I am and would flip him off each time.
All he’d do in reply is smirk and mouth, “You wish.” Which usually resulted in an eye roll from me. He’s something else, I’ll give him that.
I waited as everyone cleared out, my eyes observing the many bras scattered across the stage. I still don’t understand how girls could do that? I mean those bras are so fucking expensive. I shook my head as I reached down to grab the water that I kept under my seat through the whole show. Okay yeah I was too busy gazing at Luke to think of my own thirst. Sue me. I gulped down the water as Luke finally decided to make his appearance again. I finished the bottle as I threw it at him, him catching it with ease.
“You throw like a girl,” He commented, tossing the empty bottle into the trash can. “Now that’s how you throw something.” I shook my head, my eyes narrowing with a raised brow.
“Come on lets go back to my dressing room, your feet are probably aching.” I nodded as he motioned to the stairs to get the stage. I finally got a good look at him up close, his jawline was a lot sharper in person than when it was plastered on covers of huge
Security and the rest of the bandmates were also staring at me! I adverted my eyes to the floor as Luke led me into his room he got dressed in I suppose. My eyes finally raised oncemore we entered the room and I heard Luke click the door shut. The room was a mess, clothes scattered everywhere along with pizza boxes? Weren’t celebrities supposed to eat healthy so they could you know, have energy? I chuckled under my breath at the thoughts that ate at my mind, finally meeting the eyes of Luke who showed a pure sign of amusement.
“Come sit. I don’t bite….hard,” He said as he bit his lip ring, it glimmering in the light.
I let a small smile creep onto my lips as I sat down beside him. Still not quite touching him; I didn’t want to be pushy. I laid back on the arm of the couch, his eyes observing my every move. I couldn’t really say anything though, seeing as I was doing the exact thing to him. My only wish was that I could see him in color.
I snapped out of my own thoughts once I saw his lips moving; realizing he was actually talking.
“Oh, uh sorry what’d you say?” Letting out a chuckle, feeling the heat creep onto my cheeks.
His laugh echoed through the room, a grin falling onto his face as he repeated, “Where are you from? I can tell that you’re obviously not from around here, Ms. American accent.”
I shook my head, looking over at him, “Okay, I’m from the states but also on vacation here due to you know, your show.”
He nodded, our eyes still examining eachother.
“What made you get into music?” I felt myself ask before I could stop myself.
I watched as he sighed, a slight aura falling upon him that seemed to sadden his discomposure? I felt my bottom lip go between my teeth as I watched him think over an answer in his mind. Before he could answer, I spoke up again, “You don’t have to tell me if it’s too personal, I know how it is to have some things you just want to keep to yourself.”
“No, no, it’s okay. For some reason, I feel like I can actually tell you this..” He smiled at my honesty before shaking his head.
“Have you ever been told you have a trusting feel about you? Anyways, I started music because my girlfriend at the time loved my music and she sorta inspired me. So I posted a few videos of just me on YouTube and eventually formed a band in my hometown. We posted covers and then got asked about two years later about going on as an opening act. As I was about to go on that tour my girlfriend…”
I watched as I heard him take in a slight breath, feeling my heart sort of ache. He paused for a moment and begins again.
“My girlfriend, she killed herself. Yeah, she wasn’t my soulmate but damn I loved her. I went into a deep depression and ended up not going on that tour. I stopped music at the time till I found a letter from her. I’ll skip you the sappy details but she mostly said she wanted me to continue my dream and write about her. So I called up the band who we were supposed to open for, convinced them to take us back and now here we are. A band of 24-27 year olds living life to the fullest.”
To say I was shocked was an understatement, I was blown away. I begin to imagine how he felt, the words not forming. He just sat and looked amused at my reaction. He didn’t seem sad anymore, he seemed more alive than he had been in most photographs.
“How’d you get through it..?” I murmured, not being able to make my voice go above a whisper.
He smiled that makes multiple girls swoon daily and shrugged. “I put the passion and hurt into my music.”
I nodded, feeling his eyes still on me as I looked up at him with a raised eyebrow; smiling playfully. “What?”
“You’re just so beautiful, but I’m sure you get that a lot.” As he leaned towards me, our faces not yet touching but extremely close. I felt my cheeks begin to grow warm as I swallowed, feeling my pulse race in my ears
He tilted his head, looking completely confused as his eyes never left mine. “Can you see color, Annabell?” I felt my head shake no, keeping my eyes on his as he nodded. I bit my lip as he glanced down to them.
His voice got extremely soft along with his eyes as he spoke to me, “I don’t usually do this, please believe that, but I want to try something..” I felt his body shift closer to mine, not fully touching. I could feel the ache in my bones for him to touch me, to feel his calloused fingers brush across my face.
He moved close, where I could feel his breath on the tip of my lips. “Don’t move,” he muttered lowly to me. Before I could even think, his lips were on mine and I felt something burst inside of me; I had never felt like this before. My eyes closed as soon as his lips met mine, feeling his hands gently caress my face. Our lips moved in sync, as if our bodies have met one another before.We broke apart and gasped as though we hadn’t had air in ages. My eyes opened and I felt myself gasp. The room; it was no longer black and white. It was a light blue with a grey carpet that was obviously stained and it was truly one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen. That was until I looked in front of me. Standing before me was someone who I could finally see clearly for the first time. His hair, laid in slight curls with a deep blonde color. His skin, laced with a beautiful pink hue that danced across his cheeks. His eyes were the one thing I couldn’t bare to look away from. They were the type of bright blue that were so light it was like you could look into them forever and never find the end. They held a softness in them that I couldn’t see before.
“Can you seem them too?” he murmured softly, making me break the trance I felt under him. I nodded my head and not being able to form words once again. His beautiful soft lips met mine, his large hands running through my hair as he held me close to him. It was as if time slipped away. He pulled away.
“I never knew colors would be so….bright”
He chuckled softly, holding my face between his
calloused hands; they felt just as I imagined they would.
“Annabell.. my soulmate.” he said softly, his words dancing through my ears.
I quietly giggled, leaning up to brush our lips together again gently. “Anna.. it’s just Anna.”