Michael

Daniella stumbles downstairs, wiping her eyes as she enters the kitchen. I pull my head towards me, kissing her soft cheek before handing her a warm cup of tea. "Thank you." She mumbles, still not fully awake.

"Well that was fast." Ashton scrolls through his phone at the table.

"What?" Calum asks, sitting across from him with his own cup of tea. I wonder where Zoe is.

"It looks like people already know about the engagement." Ashton says simply.

"What?!" Calum yanks the phone from Ashton's hand to read it for himself. Ashton's eyes widen with surprise.

"I'm not sure why you are surprised," I shrug. "For one, you did it in a very public place in a very public way. And second, nothing we do seems to be kept a secret anymore."

"The baby is still a secret!" Calum retorts.

"Yeah," I raise an eyebrow. "Your point, mate?"

"We wanted it to be a secret. Just like you and Daniella do about the baby. It's easy for you to not care when it's not happening to you!"

"Not happening to me?" I laugh at him. "Not happening to me?"

"Go for a walk, Michael." Daniella steps in front of me, setting her tea down on the counter beside me.

"No!" I move around her towards Calum, shielding her with my body. Calum stands so we are at an equal level. "Everything I do is scrutinized by the public! Everything. And I hate to break it to you, but you're a celebrity too. That means it's going to happen to you too. Might not be every day but it's sure as hell going to be a lot more than normal people's privacy getting invaded. Plus, it's not like this news breaking is going to ruin your relationship or anything? Just have our manager put out a post announcing it. Then you can reclaim it."

Zoe enters the house, breaking up the tension a bit. She stares at all of us. "I guess people know we are engaged now." She laughs, touching her hair. "I don't think the fans like me much."

"What happened?" Calum asks. "I was out shopping and I got mobbed." She shrugs. "I didn't even wear my ring to the store so people wouldn't know. Daniella taught me that." She smiles sadly. "It was crazy."

Calum goes to her. "I'm so sorry." He hugs her.

She shrugs. "Welcome to the life of being a celebrity's girlfriend I guess." She laughs. I can tell she is trying to hide how uncomfortable she is. I turn to Daniella. She is itching to hug Zoe and make her feel better. Now is not the time.

"No." Calum shakes his head. "This is not how it should be. This kind of thing never happens to Daniella." He says with a bitter tone to his voice. He is angry with Daniella. What has she done him but be his friend,

"Leave her the fuck out of this, Calum." I defend her.

"Yeah there's no need to point fingers at anyone else, mate. We can't control the media or the fans." Luke joins.

"It seems like Daniella can." Calum shrugs. "She always seems to escape unscathed from every situation she is in."

"Unscathed?" I am boiling. How can he say these things about her? She is right here.

"Calum, what the hell?" Ashton stands.

"The fact you have to say every situation she's in should tell you enough, Calum." Luke shakes his head. "You're wrong on this. Stand down."

Daniella is too stunned to speak.

Zoe looks at Calum. "What is going on here?" She looks around. "Did I walk in on a fight?"

"Calum was just telling us how he thinks Daniella has had it easy since she met us." I shake my head. He shrugs. "She's sacrificed everything for me- for us! And you are going to stand there and talk about her like that?! With her standing right here?!" I turn to point at where she is standing. "Dani?"