The next day, as I was cleaning out the bag I had brought with me to the concert the night before, a small piece of paper fluttered to the floor. I picked it up to find find four numbers hastily written, with names written under each number: Ashton. Michael. Luke. Calum.

Shocked, I drop the paper-and lose any sanity left in me-, pick it back up again, and then run into the kitchen knowing that at the very least Oari would be in there. Sure enough, there she was, holding one sandwich in her mouth and another in her hand. I make my way toward the counter she was sitting on and slam down the white sheet without saying a word.

"Fee!" Oari screams through a mouth full of food after she looks at it, "Get in here! Now!"

"What do you wan-," she stops talking and glares at the black abyss, "That sandwich was supposed to be for me!"

She waves her hand dismissively, "I'll make you another one in a minute. Now get your a** over here. You have to see this!"

"Whatever," Phoenix deadpans as she walks toward us cautiously. When she sees it, her jaw drops and I have a feeling she's forgotten about her lost sandwich. "This has to be some sort of sick joke, right?"

"I... Don't know," I answer at a loss for words. From what I can remember, the only time I had sat my bag down was during the time we were interacting with 5SOS, so I doubt it was before or after that, "Maybe we should just call them?"

They nodded and quickly grabbed their phones, nominating me to call first. Not caring which phone number I dial, I call the one above Calum's name and put the phone on speaker so the two next to me can hear.

He picks up on the third ring, "Hello?"

"Is this, uh..." I panick slightly because I already knew the answer to my question, "Calum Hood?"

"Yes, this is Calum. Calum Hood. May I ask who's calling?" he seems confused.

"I'm sorry," I begin, "I just found a piece of paper in my bag earlier with this phone number, as well as three others."

"Oh, yeah! I remember you," I hear someone say in the background, "You're stuttering girl!"

I hear Calum sigh, "Ash, you don't call people things like that. Some consider it to be rude, you know."

"Shut up, Calum," was the last thing I heard from Ashton. It was then that I looked to my left to find Phoenix and Oari with phones to their ears. Phoenix was flushed and Oari was livid; she screamed and flailed her arms, obviously upset by something Michael had said. Then, Oari and Phoenix switch phones. Weird.

"Well, I guess me and you can keep talking. Wait, you are the 'Tree' who was with Oari and... Phoenix, right?" he asks uncertainly

It took everything in me not to correct him, but I get past it, and answer, "Yeah. I am."

Just as we were starting to get semi-comfortable with one another, I hear a loud crunch. And then another. I look to make sure Oari isn't eating again. Nope. Not her.

A few seconds later I hear someone, I'm assuming Michael, yell, "Luke, would you stop eating for once? We have phone guests because of you. Now, be a good 'host' and speak to them. Without food in your mouth."

Confused, I start to ask Calum for answers, but he quickly explains, "It was Luke's idea to put the paper in your bag. And, being the idiot he is, wouldn't listen to us when we told him not to. I mean, not that I'm unhappy to be talking to you, Tree, but some of our fans, as much as we love them, aren't right in their head. That being said, those numbers would've been leaked before they had left the room, throwing any privacy we had out the window."

"Oh, wow," is all I can manage. "Just so you know, you can trust us. No matter how crazy my friends can be, they always stick to their word. They haven't lost their minds yet. Not completely, anyway."

"I believe you," he laughs, and I smile in turn.

Then, my smile fades as I hear the pounding of running feet and Oari screaming, "Phoenix I'm gonna f*cking kill you!"

Not this again, d*mn it, I think to myself as Calum begins to speak again, "What the h*ll is going on over there?"

"I don't know, but it looks like I'm going to have to stop them before Oari gets ahold of Betty," I answer. Expecting his next question, I speak before he can, "Betty is Oari's butcher knife. Don't ask."

"Oh," is all he says.

"Anyway, I'm going to go stop them from killing each other," I spew quickly, "Please don't hang up!" With that, I put my phone on the table gently, swipe up Phoenix and Oari's phones (both of which still have ongoing calls) and run to the hall where I can still hear Oari screaming.

"I swear," I begin my threat slowly, emphasizing each word, "If you two do not stop... I will end both of these calls and burn the paper with the phone numbers."

"No!" they yell in unison, scrambling for the other's phone.

I hold it above my head as best I can, "Are you two going to be good?"

"Yes, mother," they say instinctively. Why they call me that, I have no idea, but that's beside the point. I throw their phones at them and get to the living room as quickly as I can without running.

"Calum?" I ask tentatively, "Are you there?"

I was afraid I would only hear silence, a dead lie, but he spoke after a few seconds, "Oh, yeah. I'm here! I was trying to get Ash and Michael to tell me why they looked their puppy had just gotten run over. But then, they got a new kitten, or something like that."

I raise my eyebrows despite the fact that he can't see me, and voice my thoughts, "First of all, you have the weirdest analogies I've ever heard. Secondly, I think their mood swings were caused by me threatening to hang up on them and burn the paper if Phoenix and Oari didn't behave. It was because of my threat that they have been sitting on the couch, chattering peacefully with your band mates."

"Sounds fun," he chuckles.

"Not to be weird, but how would you all feel about meeting up? Tonight? Maybe tomorrow? Whatever works," I ask hopefully.

"I'd have to ask the boys, but I know I'd like to," he seemed excited-giddy, almost. In the background I hear shuffling and muffled voices.

"Where would we go?" he asks.

"We could meet in Wichita? I hear there's some sort of food convention going on at Lake Wichita that would keep Oari and Luke busy," I suggest.

More muffling and shuffling, "That's fine with us as long as Oreo and Phoenix are okay with it."

I do a 180 turn, hoping they hear at least a little bit of the conversation. Though, judging by the creepy grin on their faces, they heard the whole thing, "They're more than happy with the plan."

"Awesome!" Calum exclaims, "We'll be there as soon as possible!" Then, he hangs up.

I turn back to my roommates, "Get yourselves ready because in less than an hour we're headed for Wichita Falls!"

Their eye widen as they quickly end their calls and scramble to 'prepare' themselves. Knowing not to excite myself too much, I throw on one of my many hoodies, brush out my hair, and then slip on my shoes.

Half an hour later we're in the car driving down the road that leads to our final destination.

When I see a sign that says 'Welcome to Lake Wichita Park', I turn into the small lot next to it. Finding an empty space, I park the car, unbuckle myself, and then, finally out of the car, I'm able to stretch my legs, which had begun to cramp.

As soon as she was out of the car, Oari was gone. I needn't question her motives. The only thing I questioned her about was why she was so frustrated when she had first started talking to Michael on the phone. Her answer? "Okay, so I go to call the number, right? Well, when he picks up he says, 'Who the h*ll is this?!', and so I'm like, 'Well who the h*ll are you to talk to me like that?!'. After that he decided he wanted to talk to Phoenix, and Phoenix said Ashton wanted to talk to me. I was so happy, but... But then he couldn't pronounce Oari, so now, to him, I will always be Oreo. And... And it kind made me mad, glad, and sad. But now I get food and I-I feel better now."

After she finished saying all of that, she heaved the kind of sigh that you give when you've said a ton, but needed to get the words out of you so quickly that you don't get a chance to breathe when you were speaking.

Because Oari had left and the boys wouldn't be here for at least another hour, Phoenix and I walk side by side, roaming the park in hopes that everything would go as planned.