AN: Hey everyone! I'm back with another story here. I have to say that this is a bit AU….Even though it's a bit different it's still good. Don't let the crazy title scare you off either; I came up with that from a dream…really funny actually. Anyways, for those of you who read Haunted Past, I hope you enjoy this story as well.

So I'm going to quit talking and get on with a summary and the story. Thanks!

Summary: Dougie Poynter wanted to join a band. So when he hears of a band holding auditions he talks his best friend Bethany Dillum into going with him, just to ease his nerves. No one would have ever thought that the both of them would make it in the band.

It's three years later and the band is very successful. For Bethany it's not one bit weird living in a house with four boys. They get all get along just great. Except for Bethany and Danny; there's not a day that goes by that the two aren't arguing. What is it between them? Is it just real natural dislike, or is there something more. And what's the deal with Danny's new girlfriend. Bethany doesn't like her. Is that just because she's dating Danny and Bethany hates all things Danny or is there more to her…?

Rating: erm…15 or M…there's some 'adult' stuff in this story, so you've been warned. Oh and language…

Chapter 1

"Dougie its cold, I've been standing here for two hours and all I want to do is sleeep!" Bethany whined clutching tightly to the handle of her guitar and hugging one arm around herself.

"Oh suck it up Bethany, it's not that cold." Dougie said shooting his best friend a look.

"Dougie Poynter you are such a turd. I swear if you weren't my best friend, right now I would be snuggled up at home in my nice comfy bed asleep." Dougie laughed and wrapped his arm around the brunette's neck.

"Well you are my best friend, and I couldn't love you anymore for doing this for me." He smiled widely at her and she just rolled her eyes trying to hide her smile.

"Yeah yeah, whatever." Just then the line shifted and they moved closer to the entrance. "Oh yes, only a few more people to go, then we can go in!" Bethany said excitedly.

"I think I'm going to be sick." Dougie suddenly said, and Bethany looked over at him with a worried face. He was clutching his stomach and turning a little pale.

"Whoa buddy, don't go getting sick on me now. We've been here for two hours and our moment is coming. Now we're going into this audition; you're going to blow them away, and then you're getting this part. I mean it Poynter. Don't get sick now." She gave him a stern look but he still stared at the floor holding his stomach.

"I really feel like throwing up." Bethany let out a sigh and searched through her bag for something to calm him down.

"Hey mate, are you ok?" A dark haired guy who looked just a little older than the two said twirling a pair of drumsticks. He looked at Dougie with his eyebrows narrowed and concern on his face.

"He's fine. He's just starting to chicken out." Bethany said shooting Dougie and annoyed look.

"He doesn't look so good." The guy replied, still eyeballing Dougie. Dougie just ignored the two and continued staring ahead muttering to himself. The dark haired guy bent down and pulled a bottle of water out of his bag, and stuck it out to Dougie. "Here, drink this and calm down. It's just an audition." He said with a little laugh, trying to lighten the mood.

"No, it's not just an audition, this is my future. I need to get into this band; it's the only thing I've ever wanted. I practice every day and every night just so I can become a musician. I have to do well in this audition."

Bethany gave out a little laugh and so did the guy. "Doug, you'll do great. We've practiced the song like forty million times, you know it by heart and you sound great. Please just chill." Bethany placed a comforting arm around his shoulders and hugged him lightly. "Besides, if you chicken out and we end up going home without auditioning, our parents will never let us do anything like this again. Remember they said they thought we were too young to be doing this in the first place."

"Yeah, I know, but still, I'm so nervous." Dougie said taking a drink of the water. Every time he felt a wave of nervousness come over him he would take a drink. So far half of the bottle was gone.

"How old are you two?" The dark haired guy asked. Bethany almost forgot that he was standing there and looked up at him a bit startled.

"Oh she's fourteen and I'm fifteen." Dougie answered gesturing between the both of them before taking another drink of this water.

The guy just raised his eyebrows at them. "A little young." He said, and Bethany narrowed her eyebrows.

"So what if we're young?" She demanded.

The guy looked taken aback at her sudden change in attitude, but then shrugged. "Nothing really, I just thought most of the people would either be my age or older, that's all."

"Well how old are you." Dougie just looked back and forth between the brunette and the guy. He knew Bethany's temper, and he just prayed that the guy didn't say anything to really make her mad.

"I'm seventeen. I'm Harry by the way. Harry Judd." He stuck his hand out towards her but she just stared at it.

"Um, I'm Dougie." Dougie said grabbing a hold of Harry's hand and putting himself in between Bethany and Harry. "You'll have to excuse my friend. She forgot to take her happy pills today." He heard Bethany make a sound behind him then flick him on the back of the head as Harry smiled.

"It's ok. So what instrument do you play?" He asked looking down at the two guitar cases in front of them. He obviously knew it was guitar, but really he was asking what kind of guitar.

"Oh, I play bass and Bethany plays Electric." Harry nodded his head.

"I only play because Dougie wanted me too. He said that he wanted to start a band and he needed someone to play guitar. He begged me for like a week to learn how to play. I finally gave in, but I made him promise he had to go to all of my ice skating shows if I did."

"Ice skating's not that bad." Dougie said, after seeing the look on Harry's face. "Lot's of fit girls in tights." Harry laughed and Dougie joined in with them while Bethany just scowled.

The line shifted again and Dougie and Bethany picked up their guitars moving forward. "I'm only here today because Dougie begged me to come. Well that and his mom said he could only come if I did. She kind of figured that my parents wouldn't let me come so therefore he wouldn't be able to come. But they said that since I was going to be with Dougie then I could come. Guess her plan backfired." Bethany said with a little laugh.

"But aren't they only looking for a drummer and a bass player?" Harry asked, looking a bit confused.

"Yeah, but I play much better whenever Bethany's around. So I figured I'd use her to help me get the spot. That and look at her, she's not bad looking herself, so I though maybe I'd use her looks and that would get me the ticket." Dougie looked over at Bethany and shot her a wink. She just smiled at him sweetly then all of a sudden changed her look to one of anger and punched him.

"Don't call me cute Dougie." She snapped, and Harry just laughed at the pair of them.

"I didn't call you cute." Dougie exclaimed grabbing a hold of his arm where she hit him. "I just said you weren't bad looking." Bethany hit him again.

"I know, and I said don't say that." Harry couldn't help but find the pair very funny and he burst out laughing loudly at him. They both turned to look at him, Bethany glaring and Dougie with a confused look.

"What are you laughing at?" Bethany snapped rather rudely.

"Are you two dating?" Harry asked trying to calm his laughing.

"No!" They both exclaimed at the same time.

"That's just gross. He's like my brother." Bethany said wrinkling her nose at the thought of it.

"Yeah, and she's like my sister. I do not date my sisters."

"I was just wondering. You two act differently together. I couldn't tell if you were just friends or if you were dating."

"No, I've known Bethany since practically birth. We've been neighbors our whole lives and best friends too."

"Oh cool. Then that would explain why you two keep fighting."

"We don't keep fighting." Bethany said still glaring at Harry.

"Yes we do Bethany, you know we do. We fight all the time." Dougie laughed, looking at her.

"Well only cause you're a big turd." Bethany said turning to Dougie and giving him her glare.

"I'm not a turd, you're the turd." He gave a slight glare back at her and Harry started bursting out laughing again.

"You two are funny you know that." He said and they both turned to look at him again. "You crack me up."

"Whatever." Bethany mumbled and plopped down on her guitar case, resting her chin in her hands and staring at Dougie's shoes.

"Is she always that grumpy?" Harry leaned over and whispered to Dougie.

"Yep." He replied nodding his head.

"I can hear you two." Bethany grumbled and the two guys laughed at her.

"So, what do you play?" Dougie asked Harry after they finished laughing.

"Drums." He said taking out his drum sticks and twirling them around again.

"Oh, that's cool. You any good?"

"Yeah, kind of. I mean I only started playing not long ago, but I think I'm doing pretty well so far."

"That's cool. Well I hope you do well in your audition."

"Yeah, you too." Harry said as the line shifted again and Harry was faced with being the next one to go. He started fidgeting around and twirling his sticks faster.

"You're not getting nervous now are you mate?" Dougie said, looking at Harry with an amused smirk.

"Nah, I'm calm, cool and collected." He said trying to calm his nerves. "I don't get nervous much." Just then the door opened and a man came out, beckoning Harry towards him. "Until now." He said before walking towards the guy as if in a trance.

"Good luck." Dougie yelled after him. He stopped once at the door and turned to face him. Then he gave a half smile and waved before going through the door.

"So we're next." Bethany said standing up and grabbing a hold of her case.

"Yeah." Dougie said, starting to turn into the Dougie from before.

"Oh no Poynter, don't you go getting nervous on me again." Bethany said grabbing him by the shoulders and making him look at her. "You are the great Dougie. The best on the bass in a long time. You will be like your idols Blink 182 and you will rock out this audition. Do you hear me?" She said, and he nodded his head at her. She nodded her head too, happy with how things were starting to turn out and grabbed a hold of her case again.

They waited a few more minutes, and the door opened. The same guy from before called them forward and they both went. "Are you Dougie and Bethany?" The guy asked once they were to the door.

"Yes." They said in unison.

"Good, then go on in." He said, and they walked into the room.

There was a table at the front of the room set up with about five people sitting at it. A blonde haired boy who looked around the same age as Harry sat talking to a dark haired boy who looked the same age too. When they saw Dougie and Bethany enter they looked at them and looked back at each other, amusement on their faces.

Bethany and Dougie walked to the middle of the floor and got out their guitars. Bethany plugged hers in, then had to help Dougie plug his in cause he was starting to shake.

"Straighten up Poynter." She whispered to him. "It'll be fine." He looked up at her and she gave him a reassuring smile making him calm a bit.

"Right." He said nodding his head turning to face the people at the front.

"Could you please tell us your name and what you're going to play for us?" A man in his forties asked the two.

"Um, I'm Dougie Poynter and that's Bethany Dillum. I play bass and she plays electric guitar. She's just here to play along with me; that's all." The guy nodded his head.

"And what are you going to play for us?" He asked sounding polite.

Dougie froze. What were they going to play? He totally forgot. He forgot what they were going to play and how to play it. Oh no he failed. He should just go pack up his guitar right now and leave. They weren't going to take him if he couldn't remember how to play the song.

"We're going to play 'All the Small Things' by Blink 182." Bethany said; her voice cutting through the silence. Dougie jumped a bit when she said this then let out a breath of relief. He knew there was a reason he brought her along.

"Oh, wicked. I love that group." The dark haired guy said, giving Bethany a smile. Dougie narrowed his eyes a bit when he did this. Though it was only a genuine smile, he didn't like the way the two guys were looking at Bethany.

"Right, well now. I guess we'll get started." Dougie said, making the guy look to him and away from Bethany. He just smiled politely at Dougie and Bethany got ready to play the song.

At first Dougie was a little shaky with playing. Bethany sounded great. But once they got into the song, Dougie's fears all slid away and it felt like it was just the two of them back in his garage playing. He turned to Bethany and she turned to him. They played facing one another, smiling and giving each other winks, then turned back to the table. Once the song ended, the people at the table clapped for them and Bethany shrieked going to Dougie and throwing her arms around him.

"You did great Poynter." She said, winking at him.

"So did you Dillum." He returned her wink with a smile.

"Well, I do have to say," The older guy said, causing the pair to turn to look at him.

"That was bloody amazing." The blonde guy jumped in, not letting the older guy talk. Dougie and Bethany both beamed. The guy shot the blonde a look and leaned over to whisper to him. Both him and the dark haired boy beside them nodded their heads and looked back at them smiling.

"Well, we'd like to ask you to come back for another audition." The older guy said. Dougie's smile faltered just a bit, but he replaced it.

"Great, we'd love to."

"The both of you." The dark haired boy said. He had a bit of a northern accent Dougie noted.

"Both of us?" Bethany asked shocked.

"Yep." The dark haired boy said smiling at her. She turned to Dougie, shock still on her face and he smiled widely.

"We'll be here." Dougie said, and they started to pack up their guitars.

The boys both got up from the table and came over to help them. The dark haired boy handed Bethany some cords and smiled when they made eye contact. "I'm Danny by the way." He said. "And this is Tom." Bethany nodded and took his offered hand, shaking it, then shook Tom's too.

"I can't really say this officially yet," Tom said, leaning in close to the both of them. "But you might just be a shoe in."

"Really?" Dougie asked astonished. They both nodded.

"You sounded great; the both of you." Tom said shooting a small smile at Bethany. She returned his smile with a small smile of her own then turned her attention back to Dougie.

"Boys come on now. We've still got a few more auditions to listen to." The older guy said and the boys turned to him, saying alright, then turned back to the still in shock pair.

"It was nice meeting you both. I hope we get to play with you soon." Danny said, before he and Tom turned to go back to the table.

"It was nice meeting you too." Bethany said after them since Dougie couldn't seem to find his voice. She looked back at him, and he still had a shocked expression on his face. Rolling her eyes, she grabbed a hold of his arm and dragged him out the door after her.