Calum can spend ten minutes trying to convince Ashton to help him pack up, but he can't take a minute to do it himself. Luke and I were lying on the bed, wrapped in each other's arms while Ashton kept telling Calum to get Frederick to do the cleaning for him.

Then Calum started tearing the room apart, looking for the damn seashell.

"You can make a mess of the room for a seashell, but you can't pick up your clothes off the ground?!" Ashton exclaimed, trying to hold back his laughter.

"Frederick, where hast thou gone?!" Calum shouted, ignoring Ashton. Luke pulled away and sat upright, his hand going into his pocket. Whatever he pulled out, he quickly hid it from Calum's sight and then he showed it to me.

"You're really mean to Calum," I whispered to Luke as I stared at Frederick and rolled onto my back.

He shrugged before saying, "This is barely anything. You should see how I really mess with Calum."

"I don't think I want to see." Luke chuckled before pushing the seashell under the pillow and hovering his upper body over me, using his arms to keep himself up. He pressed a kiss to my forehead before he started trailing down so he was kissing me right beside my lips.

Suddenly a hand forced its way in between my and Luke's face and pushed Luke away. "Frederick?! Are you here?!"

"God damn it, Calum!" Luke shouted. "You're not going to find your seashell between our faces!"

"I'm searching every inch of this room! I wish I could remember where I put her." Luke groaned in annoyance and pushed Calum away, making the brunet frown and sit on the carpet. "Why are you so mean to me, Luke? I bet you took her, huh? You always take everything from me!"

My eyes widened at Calum's sudden outburst and I looked over at Luke who seemed to either look annoyed or guilty.

"Calum," I heard Ashton say as he made his way over to Calum who was glaring at Luke. He knelt beside him and placed his hand on Calum's shoulder. He leaned close to his ear and started whispering something. Luke and I literally fell silent, trying to listen to what Ashton was telling Calum.

When Ashton pulled away Calum nodded and the two stood up and started going to the balcony, pulling the curtains down and sliding the door closed once they were out. Luke scurried out of the bed, pulling the seashell from its hiding spot, and placed the object on the nightstand. Instead of returning to the bed he crept closer to the balcony.

I sighed and sat upright, getting up off the bed and heading over to Luke.

Then I asked him, "What are you do-"

"Shh!" he interrupted me, slapping his hand over my mouth. The both of us remained quiet as our attention was on our two best friends. Luke slowly and silently drew the curtains slightly and opened the door so we could hear them.

"Do we need to talk again?" I heard Ashton ask Calum who just shook his head.

"No, I'm fine now," he answered. "I guess I just... need to get some fresh air. Thanks for taking me out. I would've blown up at Luke, if I were to stay in there any longer."

I felt Luke tug at my arm. "Maybe we should go," he said, but I swatted his arm away. I'm interested in what Calum and Ashton are talking about. "Don't be nosy, Michael."

"You were the one who stood here in the first place," I snapped back, my attention returning to the others.

"... everyone from me," Calum said and I cursed myself for missing the first part of what he said. "It's like, I don't know, he gets everything while I'm left with nothing. He gets all the ladies, guys..." Calum paused for a moment, sighing before continuing. "... him."

"Mikey, let's go," Luke began, "please." But I stood where I was, not even moving one bit.

Ashton spoke up, "I thought you told me you were over him, that you had someone else on your mind?"

"I-I am and I do," Calum said, resting his elbows on the balcony edge and burying his face in his hands, "but it still hurts. It's like everyone chooses Luke over me."

"... Well, I'm choosing you over Luke."

My eyes widened and jaw dropped as Calum looked over at Ashton who was shifting awkwardly on his feet. He seemed as if he was debating whether to make another move or not.

"St-Stop lying," Calum said to Ashton. Ashton stepped closer to the brunet, cupping his face with his hands and started bringing his face closer to his. "You don't... choose... me..."

"But I do," Ashton said in a whisper that was loud enough for me to hear. Then their eyes slowly closed and I sucked in a breath as their lips were slowly coming together.

I could tell that Luke was interested once again in what was going on as well, because now he was behind me and had an arm wrapped around my waist, his chin hooked over my shoulder. The both of us peeked at our best friends and I clapped a hand over my mouth to prevent myself from making any noise that'd give our position away. Even Luke brought a hand up to his face and started biting down on his index joint.

"Calum," Ashton said in a hushed tone, "I... love..."

But Calum seemed to have snapped back to reality, for his eyes went large and he shook his head, pulling away from Ashton.

I heard Luke grumble, "Fucktard," when Calum turned his head away from Ashton.

"You can't," Calum said. "You can't like me, Ashton."

Ashton furrowed his eyebrows before he dropped his arms to his side and twisted himself around so he was facing away from the brunet.

"You're right," he said. "I can't like you."

My chest hurt at those words, even though they weren't directed to me. I think it's because, what I'm witnessing has me at the edge of my seat- or, in this case, leaning forward against the glass door with Luke's chest pressed against my back who was cursing at Calum's stupidity.

I could see the pain in Calum's eyes when Ashton said that. He looked down at the ground, seeming as if he was trying to fight back tears that threatened to fall.

"I'm sorry, Ashton," he choked, his voice breaking, "I really am-" But he was suddenly cut off when Ashton grabbed his face and abruptly pressed their lips together without any warning.

I inhaled deeply and Luke literally slapped his hand over my face, shielding my eyes from the scene. I tugged his hand down so my eyes were no longer covered.

Calum looked surprised when Ashton started to kiss him, but he eventually returned it, his arms going around Ashton's neck and his eyes closing. Ashton's hands moved from Calum's face to his waist and they pulled each other closer.

After a while they slowly broke the kiss and just stared into each other's eyes, brown and hazel meeting (cliche, but I don't give a damn). The two were taking in deep breaths as their eyes just locked together.

"You... just kissed me," Calum breathed.

"I'm aware of that," Ashton chuckled.

"Why?" God damn it, Calum. Ashton just fucking kissed you and you're asking him why?! Even I can see why. It's because-

"It's because I love you, Calum."

Luke was bouncing behind me, his arm around my waist tightening and I wanted to laugh at his reaction at all of this, but then Ashton and Calum would hear us.

"B-But you said you c-couldn't like me," Calum pointed out as a tear betrayed him and started sliding down his cheek.

Ashton noticed the tear and wiped it away with his thumb. "The reason why I can't like you is because I love you."

That's so cheesy, but it's still making me feel all soft and fluffy inside. Both of Luke's arms were now around me and he started hugging me and silently squealing.

Luke whispered to me, "This is too much for me to handle."

I chuckled, "Then let's leave them be-"

"No. I want to see more." I just shrugged and we looked back to our best friends.

I watched as Calum wiped his eyes with the back of his hand and then wrapped his arms around Ashton and buried his face into his shoulder.

"You scared me," Calum mumbled, using Ashton's shirt to get rid of his tears. It didn't seem like Ashton cared. He returned the hug and began rubbing circles into Calum's back. "I thought you meant you didn't feel that way about me at all."

"I'm sorry," Ashton responded. "I can tell I scared you; your heart's racing. I know you, Cal. Even though others think you're this confident person, you really don't value yourself at all. You refuse to believe anyone likes you, because you're always comparing yourself to Luke and your mind is always thinking that you can never be better than he is. But to me, you're better than anyone in the entire universe."

"Ashton-"

"Don't say anything. Let me finish. Those who chose Luke over you don't know what they're missing. Even Mikey doesn't know what he's missing."

My eyes widened at the mention of my name. What I got out of that was, Calum... liked me? Did Luke know about it? If he did, then I guess it'd explain all of those times when Luke would get mad at Calum whenever he and I were alone.

It's because Luke was afraid that Calum would take me away from him. But it seems to me that Luke's been taking everyone from Calum, and I felt bad for the brunet, because, like everyone else Calum liked, I went to Luke instead.

Ashton continued, "But I'm glad that Mikey missed his chance with you, because then I wouldn't have you all to myself." I could hear the soft crying from Calum and Ashton whispered that everything was okay. The brunet pulled away and wiped his cheeks, but Ashton's hands never left his waist.

"Ashton?" he asked.

"Yeah, Cal?"

"Do you really choose me over Luke?"

Ashton laughed and nodded. "Of course. Now, can you answer some questions for me?" Calum nodded, sniffling. "Am I that someone else who's on your mind?"

Hesitating, Calum looked down in between them before nodding his head. "Yes," he answered.

"So you love me?"

"I do love you."

"You love me more than anyone? Even Frederick?"

That last part got Calum to laugh and he rested his head on Ashton's shoulder, his face pushed into the crook of his neck. I could see the smile form on Calum's face as he let out a sigh.

"More than anyone, even Frederick." Ashton lifted Calum's head up so they were now facing each other and their lips met again.

I wrapped my arms around myself, watching the two in awe. But when my arms did go around me I realized that Luke was no longer behind me. I turned myself around and saw him lying on his bed, holding Frederick up and looking at her. I went over to him and sat on the edge, one leg resting on my other.

"I feel like a horrible friend," Luke commented. "I took everyone from Calum, even you, because I was selfish and only thought of what I wanted instead of his wants."

"Did you know he liked me?" I asked Luke and he nodded.

"In fact, he told me he liked you, but that was way before I started feeling the same way towards you. But when I started to like you I told him about it, his feelings never once crossing my mind at that time. He reminded me that he liked you as well, but he promised me that he wouldn't make a move on you and help me make you mine, because he valued our friendship way more." Luke bit his bottom lip as he let out a sigh. "I'm such an asshole to him. I should treat him better."

"Luke, everything's fine now. Calum's better now, because he has Ashton who deserves him way more than anyone else in the world. Calum may have been upset about you stealing everyone away from him, but he doesn't only look at that- he looks at the big picture. I can tell he's the kind of person who's willing to forgive and forget. You are his best friend and no matter what you do to him, he will always stay by your side. I can tell he's very loyal to you. You're very lucky to have a friend like him."

"He didn't seem to forgive me for taking the people he liked," Luke mumbled, twirling Frederick around with his fingers.

"But you're still his best friend. He's someone you should never let go of." He glanced up at me from Frederick before he set the seashell down and sat upright.

"Why do you like me?" he asked. "Calum deserves you way more than I do, so why did you fall for me? I was an even bigger asshole to you than I was to him."

"But I don't deserve Calum," I said. "You were a dick to me, but that's not why I like you. While we were on this trip there were times when you were nice to me for once and it had me thinking that you weren't such a bad person after all. That was, until after some of those times you started acting like a douche again. Despite you being an asshole to me, the nice things you did overruled them and along the way I started to fall for you."

Luke was looking down at his fingers that were playing with one another. He didn't seem too pleased with my answer, so I decided to tell him some things.

"Remember when we went to that pancake restaurant? You sat beside me for a little bit and let me listen to a song, Fallout, on your phone. Then there was the time when I didn't eat anything and you gave your breakfast to Ashton and he handed it to me. You were willing to skip eating breakfast just so I wouldn't have to."

"Yeah, I remember that," Luke said, but then realization struck him. "Wait. You knew that I gave my breakfast to you? Did Ashton tell you? Because I specifically told him not to tell you."

I laughed, "He didn't say anything. I put the pieces together. Anyway, there was also the time when we were playing Egyptian Ratscrew at one of the stops and we were actually enjoying ourselves. I forgot for a moment that we didn't like each other."

"Well, you didn't like me. I had feelings for you back then. And when our hands touched when that double came up, I felt butterflies in my stomach." I could feel my face start heating a bit, but I continued bringing up more moments.

"There was also that one time when Calum pushed me off the cliff and you jumped in to save me and gave me CPR."

"I was very angry with Calum that time," Luke growled, causing me to smile.

"Remember when that one girl came up to the car and you barked at her to go away? That's probably the only time that you defended me."

"She was a real thirsty bitch," Luke growled. "That second time when she came back to our table and she was flirting with you again, it really pissed me off. So I did what I had to do: I picked up this small ranch bowl from this table that had been cleared of people except for the food and I threw it at her."

I started to laugh out loud. "That was you? Because that was perfect!"

Luke bowed, earning another laugh to escape from me. "Thank you." I pressed a kiss to his cheek and a small blush formed on his face.

"Two days ago," I started again, "when we were searching the beach for a seashell for Calum, you and I were together and I found this one seashell. I thought you were going to give it to Calum, but instead you gave it to me."

"Well, you did find it, so I thought it was best that you keep it," Luke pointed out.

"And that night when there was a thunderstorm and I was scared, you were there to hold me throughout the storm."

"Yeah, that was my favorite moment. I got to cuddle with you for the first time." I raised an eyebrow at him. "I-I mean protect you! Protect you from the storm, because I'm very brave like that. Yeah, brave Luke is brave."

I just rolled my eyes at him and I started scooting closer to him until I was sitting right beside him, my hand inching its way over to his that was resting flat against the bed. "Later on that same night, you confessed to me-"

"- After Calum said he'd take you from me," Luke sighed. "Knowing that he had feelings for you, I wasn't going to allow him to take you to his room. It was a huge risk to confess to you, but everything ended up well. And we had our first kiss." I rested my head against his shoulder and his head rested upon mine, his fingers interlacing with mine. "And you told me to call you mine."

"But then you thought everything was a dream the following morning and Calum slapped you," I laughed.

"Because everything felt so unreal, I was sure it had to be a dream," Luke explained. "But since you guys told me it actually happened and that it wasn't a dream, it made me happy. It meant that you were actually mine." It was silent for a moment before I thought of something that I wanted to share with him.

"You know what my all time favorite was?" I asked him and he shook his head.

"No, tell me."

"When you gave me a pebble and told me why you were giving it to me. I thought it was very adorable. To others it may just be a mere pebble, but to us it holds something very special. I will forever treasure the pebble that you gave me."

"That pebble means I love you. You're mine and you will always be mine." The both of us were now smiling at this point, but Luke's quickly vanished. "But I still don't understand why you chose me over Calum."

"It just kind of happened." I moved myself away from my spot next to Luke, so I could straddle his legs and sit on his lap, his arms going around my waist and bringing me closer to him. "But it doesn't matter now. Calum and Ashton have one another and we have each other." I leaned in and placed my lips against his and he instantly started kissing me back.

"Mmm yeah," he hummed, his tongue licking my lips. His hand started moving up my shirt, but I pulled away and shook my head.

"Not now or else things might go out of hand."

"Then I guess I'll have to take you into my hands, yeah?" His hand started sliding from my waist to in between my legs, but I was quick to stand up and get away from him.

"Another time, Lucifer," I winked at him.

"I'll be looking forward to it until then, green bean," he smirked. Calum and Ashton finally walked into the room from the balcony, laughing with each other. Luke quickly picked Frederick up and made his way over to Calum. "Hey, look who I found."

Calum gasped and took the seashell from Luke's possession. "Frederick!" he exclaimed, kissing her. I noticed that Ashton was feigning a jealous look and I couldn't help but smile at that. "I missed you, Frederick! I love you so much! I'm never losing you again!"

"But you love me more than Frederick, right?" Ashton spoke up, earning a glance from Calum who giggled in response.

"Yeah, I do." Even though the two were trying to make it seem as if they were playing around, Luke and I both knew that they meant more than that. "Now help me pack up, please, Ashton? The sooner we leave, the sooner we get home."

"So, uh, Calum?" Luke started and Calum turned to look at him. "We are cool, right?"

"Yes, but I'm cooler than you."

"No, I mean, we're still best friends? There's nothing wrong between us?" Luke bit his bottom lip, worried that his friendship with Calum might be in jeopardy.

He looked very surprised when Calum gave him a hug before he drew himself away.

"Why wouldn't we be best friends?" Calum asked happily. "It's going to take a lot to get rid of me, you know, Lucas." With that Calum went over to his bag and put Frederick in a secure pocket and he and Ashton started collecting his things that were scattered around the room. I took a seat back on Luke's bed and Luke did the same. We looked at each other at the same time and ended up laughing a bit.

"I never thought I'd ever have you become mine," Luke confessed. "I thought we'd always stay enemies."

"I thought the same," I said. "I thought we'd never become friends, let alone boyfriends."

"We both thought we had no chance."

"But that was proven wrong when you and I got together." We held each other's gaze before our faces got closer and closer and we were kissing once again. This one was a passionate kiss and it was probably one of the best kisses I've ever had in my life. Well, Luke was my first kiss, and I hope he'll be my last.

We pulled away and wrapped our arms around each other, cuddling as we watched Calum and Ashton playfully argue with one another about what to do with Calum's belongings.

"I love you, green bean," Luke said to me and I smiled.

"I love you, too, Luke," I said back.

Luke Hemmings, once my worst enemy is now my first boyfriend. There was no way, no chance that I'm ever letting him go.

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This is the end of No Chance.

Question: If you can recall what happened in each chapter, which one was your favorite? Or what was your favorite moment?

Mine's the thunderstorm scene, because it made me cry. That's the only time I ever cried over something I wrote. Ever.

Epilogue next.