Vanessa's point of view

"What's it like to be single?" Michael asked as we ate left overs of the ice cream Ashton bought.

"Nothing is the same and I wish... I wish it didn't end in flames." I said as I looked at the spoon. "I guess it's better now than later... right?"

"Depends." Michael said and I shrugged. "Has Calum came back yet?" He asked and I shrugged my shoulders again.

"I don't even know." I told him and he nodded. "Have you called him?"

"He won't pick up."

"Check Twitter, you can find out practically everything there." I mumbled and he checked his phone. "I'm gonna listen to music, if you see where he is, tell him we're worried and he should come back."

He nodded and I put my headphones on before playing a song. Creep by Radiohead played and I looked at the half eaten tub of ice cream.

I closed it and then put the spoon in the sink before putting it back in the freezer. I sat back down and Ashton came out of his bunk. He said something, so I took the headphones off. "Calum isn't back?"

"No." I said bluntly and put the headphones back on before slamming my head against at the table. Someone nudged me and I groaned, taking them off not even a second after putting them on.

Ashton said that we were moving to a hotel room later. "As long as I don't share with Calum... I'm fine."

"About that..."

-

"No." Calum said as he saw me laying on the bed. "What the hell is this?"

"I don't want it anymore than you do." I said and rolled my eyes as I read some imagine on Tumblr. "Least you can do is zip it with the complaining."

"Don't talk to me like that."

"I'll talk to you however I want." I said and he narrowed his eyes at me. I looked down at my phone again, reading about Harry making out with Louis.

"What are you doing?"

"Why does it matter?" I asked and he rolled his eyes as he pulled his phone out. I continued reading about two men fucking, because who hasn't? Surely, at one point, gay smut was on your phone or laptop.

"Where were you this morning?"

"Why's it matter to you?"

"It doesn't really, but it does to the band." I said and looked at him. "Although we aren't together, that doesn't mean I don't care for your wellbeing and that the band just suddenly stopped too."

"I was out, there." He said and I nodded, deciding not to push it. An awkward silence followed and he pulled his shirt off.

I set my phone on the bed and then got up, grabbing my suitcase and pulling it towards me. I grabbed my charger from it and then plugged it in on the side of the bed.

"What's with you and gay smut about my friends?"

"What's with you and your inability to not go through my phone?" I asked and took it from him immediately, charging my phone and then exiting out of Tumblr.

"You're very... inappropriate for your age."

"Just feeds your illegal fantasies, doesn't it?" I asked and he rolled his at me as I went through Instagram.

"Shut up, will you?"

"Mhm." I hummed as I liked a couple of photos from Cisco and Keath's account. I knew Calum was watching me and I rolled my eyes as he went on Instagram too.

I played a video of Andy playing Hey Everybody on guitar while singing and I commented 'what happened to you'd rather rip your throat out then sing 5sos?' I smiled as I heard Francisco voice in the background of it and then turned my phone off, putting it in my pocket.

"Are the rest of the band at the studio already?" I asked and he nodded. "How come you aren't?"

"I have fifteen minutes." He said and I nodded as I went to the bathroom. I brushed my hair out and then then out it up into a messy ponytail.

"I'm gonna go talk to Lauren and Harry." I said since Ashton's siblings got here late at night. "Have fun wanking to those supermodels on Insta."

"Jealous?"

"Not even. I'd feel creeped out if people I didn't know wanked to me." I said and then made my way out of the hotel room. "Don't get come on the blankets."

"No promises."

"Disgusting." I said and rolled my eyes after closing the door. I went to the elevator and a couple walked in with me.

They stared at me when they thought I wasn't looking and the girl tapped me on the shoulder. "Are you Vanessa... you know... Hemmings?" She asked shyly and I nodded.

"Yeah, what's up?" I asked and she asked me if I could take a picture with them. "Of course." I said and smiled as she pulled her phone out.

"Are you guys going to the concert tonight?" I asked as I smiled, standing between them as she took a picture. They nodded and I said that I'd love to see them there.

The elevator jerked and I fell against the side of the building. "Kevin, what's going on?" The girl asked her boyfriend and the lights shut off.

"The elevator seemed to have stopped." He said as they hugged. The girl seemed terrified and I stepped to the corner to leave them alone.

I pulled my phone out and then swore. "I literally only charged it for five minutes, of course it's not charged." I said and then dialed Calum's number since he was the only one in the hotel.

It rang and rang and rang, but it was never answered. I rolled my eyes and then put my phone away and then called again and again, but he never fucking answered.

I texted him to answer his fucking phone but all I got in response was he's busy. As I texted him what was happening, it shut off and showed me the dead battery sign.

"Is she okay?" I asked as the girl was breathing heavily. "What's wrong?"

"She has claustrophobia." He said panicked and I panicked myself because what are we supposed to do now? "Is your phone charged?"

"It's dead now." I said and he swore, telling me his was dead aswell. "Is her phone working?"

"Service was cut. We were going to go pay it like, right now." He said and I banged my head against the wall of the elevator. "Fuck. Babe, it's gonna be okay, I promise."

"Someone will be here soon, it's going to be okay. Try to get your mind off of this." I tried helping and he thanked me quietly. "We'll be out in no time and you get to see the band perform. What's your favourite song?"

"O-Outer Space and Carry O-On." She said and I nodded.

"Who's your favourite member, why is he your favourite?"

"C-Calum." She said as her boyfriend rubbed her back. "He re-reminds me off K-Kevin." She stammered and I knew this wasn't helping.

"You know I'd sing for you love sweetheart but I'm sick." Kevin said and I looked at him.

"What song?"

"Photograph by Ed." He said and I sat down. "Do you mind?" He asked and I shook my head.

"Loving can hurt..."

-

I think it was half an hour later until someone got the elevator jerked. The girl had passed out not even five minutes ago, and Kevin and I were so ready to get out of here.

"She's gonna be okay." I promised him and then groaned when the elevator stopped again.

I closed my eyes and then took my shirt off since it was super hot. He had taken his shirt off a long time ago and he did the same to his girlfriend to keep her from 'dying of heat'.

I think he just wanted an excuse to see her in a bra, that's what Calum would do and say.

"Hello?" Some people asked as the banged on the door. "Is anyone in there?"

"Yes!" I yelled and stood up as I banged on the door. "Help us! The girl, she-she passed out! She needs help!" I said and the guy told me to step away from the door.

I did as he said and helped Kevin pick his girlfriend up. The doors pried open and I helped them get out first. "Get her help." I said and paramedics took her and the boyfriend after he talked to an officer.

The officer stuck his arm out and I took it, getting out since the elevator wasn't exactly in the right spot. I squeezed through the space and took a couple of deep breaths now that it wasn't super stuffy.

"Where are your parents?"

"One in LA and the other is rocking a nearby arena." I said and he blinked at me. "Don't... Don't ask." I said and he asked if I knew there was an openable door on the roof. "What am I supposed to do with that information? Climb up the cables?"

He just laughed and then told me to stay away from the elevators for awhile. I nodded and he left as I put my shirt back on. I looked at what floor number I was on and then groaned.

My hotel room was three floors up.

I reached into my pocket for the key and let out a breath of relief that it was there. I groaned and decides to walk up all those flights of stairs just so I don't get trapped in an elevator.

"Vanessa." A news reporter called after the officer's walked away. I looked at her and she held a microphone to my mouth. "What happened in there?"

"Um, did you catch me without my shirt on?" She nodded and I blushed. "Sorry, um, that wasn't supposed to be on camera. Uh, what was the question again?"

"What happened in there?"

"I was going to go see some friends and I, along with a couple, we're trapped in there for a little over thirty minutes. None of our phones were working and so we couldn't call for help." I told her and she nodded. "Um, the girl had claustrophobia and the entire time we were all worried for her and as you saw, she had passed out."

"You didn't think to open the hatch on top of the elevator?" She asked me.

"I'm an idiot, I um, I was so scared for the girl I didn't think of anything besides, okay, she needs to calm down or she can pass out. Again, as you can tell, we couldn't keep her calm for very long. Besides, what would the hatch do? I'm not climbing elevator cables." I told her and she asked about the concert tonight.

"Turns out they were supposed to go to the concert but clearly, there's a blimp in the plans. I hope they're okay, I really do and if they can't catch the concert, I'll try to get in touch with them and see if I can do anything to make it up to them." I said and she nodded.

"We're you supposed to go aswell?"

"I was but I think I'll stay in the hotel room. After this, I really just want to be by myself and listen to music. I was honestly so scared." I told her and she nodded as she turned to the camera.

I waved as she ended the report and then left when the camera turned off.

-

"What the actual fuck Calum?" I asked angrily Calum as he walked into the room.

"What?" He asked confused as he pulled his shirt off. "Say, where were you? I called Lauren and she said you never showed up. Suspicious-"

"I was trapped in a god damn elevator!" I said and he furrowed his eyebrows together.

"What?"

"I called you five times and I texted you several. What were you so busy with that you couldn't ask me why I was blowing your phone up?" I asked and he said he was getting ready for the concert. "But you couldn't answer a call and see what was wrong as you put your clothes on?"

"I didn't know you were in trouble!"

"Why the fuck else would I spam your phone?" I asked and he shrugged it off. "Did you even notice that I didn't go to the concert like I was supposed to?"

"Not really, I mean-"

"You're unbelievable." I said and then rolled my eyes. "Honestly, I was so scared and out of all the people I could have called, I called you. However you didn't think to yourself that I may be in trouble, even though I only spam your phone when I absolutely need your help!"

"Don't yell at me." He said and grabbed my hands, pinning then together. "I'm sorry I couldn't answer your call, is that was you want to hear? I was busy. I was getting dressed and Ashton was yelling at me to hurry up."

"Let go of me."

"I'm sorry but you're not the queen of the fucking world. I have a job and I can't just put you before everything I've worked so damn hard for."

"You think I'm asking you to do that?" I asked in disbelief. "You think I'm asking for you to make me your top priority? I'm not Calum. All I'm asking for is for you to take not even five minutes to answer a call and maybe a text back. If it wasn't too big of a deal when we were together, it shouldn't have been too big of a deal now."

He let go of me and turned his back. "You're fifteen, you don't know what you're talking about, shut the hell up." He said as he went to the bathroom, slamming the door shut behind him.