chapter fourty-six
Vanessa's point of view
"Hi guys." I said, looking at the large group of fans. "The guys are getting their stuff right now. They'll be out in any second." I told them and they cheered as I sat down on the bench.
"You look really cute today." A girl in the front said and I smiled, thanking her.
"You do too, and I love your accent." I told her and she thanked me.
Soon, the band came in with their instruments and security had to keep the girls screams down and keep them a decent distance from the band.
I looked at them and Calum sat beside me, grabbing the black guitar I pulled out for them. "What song are we even playing first?" He asked and I cleared my throat.
"If you don't play Jet Black Heart then I'm suing." I said and he nodded, saying they could do that as the crowd pleaded for it.
"Who's ready for Michael Clifford to sing this song?" I asked and everyone raised their hand. "I'm not. If I cry, don't make fun of me." I said and Michael laughed.
"If any of you cry, it's going to make me cry. Don't do it." He said and I laughed as Luke and Ashton started the song. "Oh shit we're playing now, okay."
I smiled at them and looked down at the ground as they all sang. I leaned my head on Calum's shoulder since Luke was too busy playing guitar and Calum smiled.
"You're gonna kill me." I said to Calum as the second chorus played. He smiled and nodded.
"That's what I do best." He said and I pushed him away as he winked at me. He sang with the band and I nodded my head to it.
"Oh god." A girl said as Calum sang his solo and I nodded as I held my heart. "Fuck."
Luke laughed and Calum glared at him. "Shut up Luke!" A girl said and Michael laughed, agreeing with her.
Luke pouted and I looked at Calum as he finished his solo. I clapped to the beat of the song as a couple of other girls did and Calum did the same since he didn't have his bass.
The song ended and I laughed as Luke threw an arm over my shoulder. "Pick a song love." He said and I shrugged.
"I choose Unpredictable." I said and smiled. He huffed and shook his head, saying he forgot that song. "Wherever You Are." I said and he facepalmed.
"You're fired, none of us remember how to play those songs." Michael said and Calum handed me the guitar.
"If you can play the song, we'll sing it." Ashton bargained and I grabbed the black guitar as a few girls practically passed out. "Looks like we're going back a few years, ready guys?"
"I hate you all." I said because I was bad at guitar, so it was a no brainer to know I was going to fuck it up. I played the song and Calum pulled his phone up, looking the lyrics to it up as Luke sang.
I nodded and Ashton slowly began to hit his drums to the beat of the song, probably guessing and trying to remember how it went. This wasn't exactly planned, just 'let's do it' and an 'okay'.
I looked down at the guitar as they sang and I kept my gaze down since people were recording this. I didn't really want to have my face in videos that are going to go viral on social media soon.
"I'm gonna cry." I said during an instrumental and a bunch of their fans agreed. "If I cry, don't catch it on camera. I'm an ugly crier." I said and they laughed as the band continued singing.
Slowly, after watching me a bit, Michael strummed his guitar too with me and I nodded as he smiled. "Oh my god, it's 2013 again." He said and a lot of people laughed, including me.
I looked at Calum when his last solo came up and Luke did the same. He laughed, cutting his solo short and pushed us away from him.
I messed up a bit since he pushed me and I glared at him. "You dick." I mouthed and he shrugged as I tried catching back up to the song, trying to copy Michael.
"What song next?" Ashton asked and looked at the crowd. "A recent song, my brain only remembers so much old stuff." He said and a majority of the answers were Airplanes, Vapor, Broken Home, Catch Fire, Invisible, and Waste The Night.
"If you sing Broken Home for us, I will pay you all good money." I said and gave Calum the guitar. I got up from my spot and then sat down on the cement, facing them.
"Oh god." Michael said as he tuned his guitar. "I don't have my keyboard!" He said and I looked at him.
"You're all gonna cry, I don't want to see our fans cry." Calum said and Ashton agreed. "Come on."
"Do it!" A few girls said and more, and more, joined in. I shrugged as I looked at them and they groaned.
"You're out numbered." I said and Michael sighed as he nodded. "I'm gonna cry for real this time." I said and a boy sat down beside me, nodding.
"I love this song." He said and I smiled, agreeing with him. "This song, it's my heart and my soul, literally. It's me. If I was a song, I'd be this song."
"Should I say 'I'm sorry to hear' or same?" I said and he shrugged as he chuckled. A few other people sat down with us and I watched as they began to play it.
"I imagine you get to see them play a lot?" He said and I shrugged. "I literally had to sneak out to see them."
"Are you going to their concert?" I asked and he shook his head, saying he has chores and stuff. "Chores over a concert, what kind of a monster?"
"Dad." He said and I nodded. "It's whatever. We're broke anyways, I wouldn't be able to afford tickets." He told me and watched Calum as he sang, all you could hear was him, the instruments, and our hushed voices.
"You snuck out to see the guys? How much trouble would you be in if you get caught?" I asked and he shrugged.
"Don't wanna think about that." He told me and I nodded as I looked at Calum. "Hey mum, hey dad, when did this end?" The boy beside me sang along softly, along with a few girls behind us.
"I got you covered." I told him and he looked at me confused. "What's your Kik?" I asked, assuming he has one, which luckily, he did.
I added him on Kik and then nodded. "Check your phone around four tomorrow." I said and he nodded, still confused.
"I'm here alone inside of this broken home." Calum sang and I looked at Ashton, who was just looking around with his legs crossed infront of him.
My eyes actually watered when Luke sang the chorus, and I think the boy beside me, Jack from what his Kik name read, noticed and he nudged me. He was teary eyed too.
"I'm a little bitch." He said and I agreed, telling him I was too. We laughed quietly and all eyes were on Michael when he sang.
Good thing I'm not wearing mascara, because tears are falling.
Michael smiled at me and pretended to wipe tears away. I flipped him off and Jack laughed lightly as he sniffled.
"Everyone is crying." The girl behind us said and I nodded. She sat beside me and turned her recording camera towards me. "Hi."
"Hello." I said and smiled before she turned her camera back to the band. I chuckled and wrapped my arms around my legs as I watched them finish the song.
"I'm more emo than 2007 Pete Wentz." Michael said and I laughed as I nodded. "Who else is emo?" He asked and Luke coughed.
"Raise your hand Vanessa."
"I'm not emo, I'm just dead." I said and they rolled their eyes at me. "I can't be emo when I'm dead."
Someone asked for them to play Heartbreak Girl and I looked at them. "Come on." I said but they were a iffy on it.
"You call me up, it's like a broken record!" I yelled and more people sang with me. "Saying that your heart hurts!"
"You're so dead." Ashton told me and I nodded as they began to play the song. I took my glasses off and then wiped my eyes, blinking a few times because the world was not only blurry, but I still had tears in my eyes.
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"What was that?" Calum asked as we got back to the hotel room. Luke was showering, and the other two were watching television.
"What was what?" I asked as I kicked my boots off. "I didn't do anything. I just attempted to try and get your fans to not hate me." I told him and took the beanie off of my hair.
"By flirting with them?" He asked and I laughed as I put my stuff down on the dresser.
"I don't even know how to flirt Calum, if I did, I probably didn't mean it." I said and then wiped my lipstick off. "I was smiling, laughing, and just having fun talking to your fans, is that a crime?"
"It is when they're dudes." He huffed and I rolled my eyes, a bit irritated.
"I'm sorry." I said, although I really had nothing to apologize for. "I didn't know what I was doing, if laughing and smiling means flirting then I've flirted with everyone, even Luke and your boss and the little girl who gave me her sisters phone so I could take a picture of you guys." I said, not meaning to sound sarcastic and rude at the end.
He sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "Least you can do is not be so close and look like you wanna kiss the shit out of him." He told me and I chuckled.
"I'm sorry for whoever made you think that just sitting besides another boy meant you're being cheated on, but I wouldn't do that." I said and he just looked at me as I took my earrings off.
He grabbed my hands and then pressed my back against the wall beside a mirror. "Uh Cal-"
He pressed his lips against mine and it was like some Tumblr imagine come to life, only I was a little more overwhelmed than into it. I blinked a few times and then set my hands on his chest, mentally debating on pushing him away.
I closed my eyes and kissed him back despite my slight uncomfort with this all. His grip on my wrists wasn't very fun, and his teeth biting on my bottom lip was a little bit more strange than what Tumblr explains as 'pleasurable'.
I remembered what Michael told me from before and I pulled away, pushing him off me slightly. "I-I'm sorry but-but that makes me uncomfortable." I said quietly and he looked at me.
"Right-Right. I'm sorry." He said and I nodded. "I forgot." He said and I just nodded again.
"Knock knock." Calum stepped away from me and we looked at Michael, who stood at the doorframe. "What do you guys want for dinner? We could call room service or go out and get food." He listed and I shrugged.
"I'm not that hungry actually." I said and messed with my shirt. "I'm tired. I just want to change and then maybe take a nap, maybe Skype Andy a bit." I told them.
"You sure?" Michael asked and I nodded. "You heard the girl Cal, come on." He said and I got the feeling Mikey saw us.
"Night Nessa." Calum said and I gave him a small smile.
"Night Cal, night Mikey." I said and they closed the door behind them as I fell on to the bed. "I fucked up." I said and sniffled because Calum probably hates me now.
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