Luke's POV
I woke up with my head pounding. Fuck. I opened my eyes and saw Calum staring at me from his bed. He was fully dressed and had his suitcase on his bed.
"Get up, we're leaving." He says coldly. Ouch, what did I do to him?
"What's with you?" I ask him as I get up.
"I don't know. Why don't you ask the asshole who kissed his best friend's girlfriend and then punched him." He says without emotion, looking me dead in the eye. I sigh. What have I done. I've screwed everything up. But that kiss. I know I shouldn't have done it and I'll definetly have to pay for it later but, damn. That kiss was perfect, well besides the fact that she pushed me back and I ended up getting punched in the face. But I felt the fireworks and the butterflies and all that crap, even while I was drunk! What does she do to me?! I think I love her more now. Fuck. I need to talk to Daniella, or will that make it worse?
"Where's Dani?" I ask.
"On the bus, she left the room looking pretty damn mad." I figured. This is my fault. I'm ruining a perfectly happy relationship because I couldn't keep it in my pants, or lips? Whatever. I need to fix this. I pack my suitcase and Calum hands me an asprin for my head.
"Thanks."
"Mhmm." He says and turns around leaving me in the room. I follow closely behind him and head to the bus where I'm greeted by a very bruised Ashton, a sleepy Michael and a red-eyed Daniella who gets up from the couch and walks into the bunks after she sees me. This is going to be a long drive. Michael walks back into the bunks as well probably to go back to sleep. I didn't know what I was going to do. We had an interview before the show and Ashton and I both look like shit and there isn't a logical explanation for any of this...well there is but it's not one that we will want to share collectively as a band. I try not to look Ashton in the face as I make my way to the back room to go lay down on the couch. Even though I wasn't looking I could still feel his stare. I hate him. I hate myself. The only one I don't hate is Daniella. In fact it's quite the opposite I love her. Fuck. Stop thinking about her. I walk past her bunk and she is facing the ceiling looking at her phone with headphones in. She turns and looks at me and her eyes are still red and wet. It crushes me to see her upset and it crushes me even more to know that since we've been on this bus I've caused all her despair. She doesn't say anything and I decide not to say anything either so I make my way to the back room where I find Calum sitting on the couch. I slide the door closed behind me and take a seat across from him. Just a day ago I told him the story about the first time Ashton and I saw Daniella and he comforted me and now he looks at me as if he doesn't even know who I am. I don't even know who I am anymore.
"Calum-"
"Nothing you say or do is going to change what the hell you did last night" Calum says.
"Ashton did some horrible things last night as well. Did you hear what he said to me Calum?" I say defending myself.
"I did. And I'm angry at him as well. But you started this mess Luke. You may have started the relationship but now you're the reason it might end." Calum says not looking at me. I stand up in disbelief.
"Are you fucking kidding me? Just the other day you said you were on my side!" I yell.
"Keep your voice down Luke! I was on your side. But now I'm not. And I'm not on Ashton's side either. I'm on Daniella's side because believe it or not while you two are too busy fighting, Daniella feels alone and feels as if all of this is her fault." Calum says back.
"But it's not her fault-"
"But she thinks it is Luke! Don't you get it! If you and Ashton keep fighting she'll be gone. And none of us will see her again. You think that if her and Ashton breakup she'll stick around? She'll want to be with you? No, she'll go home where things are simpler and easier and quieter. Away from you two assholes. You know what at the moment I don't think either of you deserve her." Calum begins to yell. He was right. Neither of us deserved her. I didn't deserve anyone. But even though he was right I still felt as if I had to push back. I'm sick and tired of being the pushover.
"You know what Calum I can't believe I ever asked you for help. I should've kept my mouth shut." I tell him.
"Yeah, you should've. Because if you had then no one would be in this mess." Calum says.
"Alright Calum if you think you're right about everything then why don't you fix this." I say rebuttling.
"I can't fix this Luke. You and Ash need to fix this. But if I were Dani I'd take a break from being around you two." Calum says as he walks past me and slides the door open and walks out. I throw myself onto the couch and toss my head into my hands. "Ahh." I say in pain because I still have a bruise and it hurts to touch it. All the yelling is hurting my head and being hungover doesn't make any of this easier. I lay down on the couch and decide to close my eyes for a few seconds. Those seconds become minutes. And those minutes become hours.
Daniella's POV
As soon as I see Luke, I rush to the bunks in order to avoid him and Ashton and the tears from last night are still in my eyes. I hop onto the top bunk and I pull out my phone and start listening to music. I go through a bunch of old pictures of my friends from before I met Ashton. I remember all the memories I shared with them back at school. I think back to all the times I spent listening to music with them and going crazy whenever there was a new music video and all the times I spent with them staying up late at night gossiping or talking about the guys. The truth was now that I was in a very very very rough patch with Ashton I began to realize how much I miss my true friends and I start to wonder if they miss me. I begin to wish my bestest friend, besides Ashton, Lara was here to comfort me but she wasn't and I feel more tears form in my eyes thinking about how I haven't seen her in the longest time. And thinking about her I start to think about when the guys didn't even know I existed. I think back to the times where I loved all of them equally and they always made me smile, every single one of them. I remember smiling whenever I thought about one of the stupid jokes one of them made in an interview, or thinking about their laughs, or their smiles. But none of that was ever going to come back because now I only loved Ashton, Ashton was the only one who made me smile, who made me happy...or at least he was. I shake all these thoughts off, I was angry at Ashton but I still love him and I'm scared about what will happen today at the interview, tonight at the show, after the show, I was scared of everything that was going to happen from now on. I don't want to have to say goodbye to him. The thought of losing him made me feel empty as if I was falling into oblivion. But at the same time I didn't want to ruin their brotherhood it wasn't fair to them. Suddenly I hear Luke and Calum yelling from the back room. My music must be turned up way loud because I couldn't hear them before.
"You know what Calum I can't believe I ever asked you for help. I should've kept my mouth shut." I hear Luke yell.
"Yeah, you should've. Because if you had then no one would be in this mess." Calum yells back.
"Alright Calum if you think you're right about everything then why don't you fix this." Luke says rebuttling.
"I can't fix this Luke. You and Ash need to fix this. But if I were Dani I'd take a break from being around you two." I hear Calum say and then he comes out of the back room. He turns and looks at me and he half-heartedly smiles, probably trying to comfort me. He places his hand on my bunk "you do what's best for you Dani. Your happiness is what is most important." Calum says quietly and he walks over to his bunk and closes the curtain. I wipe tears away from my eyes and I smile. Thank God Calum is reasonable, he is the balance in this whole mess. I start to wonder back to home. Is Calum right? Is going home for a while such a bad idea? Right now it seems like the most amazing thing to be able to go home and just be in my own room and being able to think. But I knew that I couldn't go home. I didn't want to leave Ashton no matter how much it was hurting me to see him this way. I guess I'll see what happens but for right now I just have to be strong. I turn my music back up and I get under the sheets and drift off to sleep for a few hours.
"Dani. We're at the interview." I hear Ashton say as he shakes me awake. I slowly open my eyes and for the first time him being the first person I see when I open them doesn't make me smile, it makes me sad and scared. I don't say anything but Ashton places his hand on my arm and squeezes it.
"I don't know what we're gonna say at this interview but just know that whatever happens I want you to be happy. I love you." he says as he kisses me on the cheek and then turns around and hops off the bus. I didn't say I love you back even though I was thinking it. I love him so fucking much and I thought nothing would ever change that and I hope nothing ever will. But right now, everything seems different. I am still lying in my bunk, listening to the ringing sound that you hear when it's completely silent. I decide to turn on the tv and watch the interview, I was pretty curious on how they were going to weasel their way out of this one. I grab the blanket that was lying on the couch in the back room and wrap myself in a comfy burrito. I turn on the TV and see their familiar faces on the screen.
"Please welcome our special guest, 5 Seconds of Summer!" the interviewer announces.
"Hi"
"Hey"
"Good to be here"
"What's up?" each of the guys say.
"So, you just performed your new song from your new EP right?" The interviewer asks. So they just performed, whatever, I've probably heard it before.
"Yeah, the song means a lot to us and it will always remain close to our hearts and we're really happy the fans are enjoying it" Luke says.
"Well, it definitely was well received here am I right?" the interviewer asks the audience and they cheer. One girl screams "I love you Luke!" and he smiles half-heartedly, glad that someone loves him back. "Anyway, I'm actually quite curious about what happened to you two." He gestures to Ashton and Luke. I can see Ashton look to the floor and Luke awkwardly shift in his seat. Luckily Calum saves the day.
"They were playing paintball and it got pretty heated towards the end."
"Yeah," Michael cuts in, "Calum and I were playing as well but Ashton and Luke went out of the boundaries like the geniuses they are and were fighting each other-"
"Not like punching fighting, but with paintballs and stuff." Calum interrupts him.
"Yeah and then I was hiding behind a tree and was about to turn around when I saw Luke literally 5 cenimetres from my face." Ashton adds.
"I didn't see him at first so I freaked out and accidentally shot him in the face." Luke says flashing a smile. All the guys laugh and so does the interviewer. Good, at least they kind of believe it.
"But weren't you wearing masks? I thought it was required?" The interviewer asks. God dammit, stop digging.
"We're too punk rock for masks." Michael says causing the entire audience to laugh.
"Clearly, but what happened to your hands?" he says gesturing to the red and blue blotches on both of their knuckles. The boys remain quiet, clearly out of excuses. But just then and there the interviewer glances to the side of the screen, probably someone off stage, and nods. "Must have been another flesh wound," He laughs and the boys loosen up a little.
"Ok, well lets move o-" I turn off the TV and just decide to get some more sleep. I got home pretty late last night and I couldn't sleep to well after what had happened. I lie down on the couch and snuggle into the blanket. I close my eyes and drift off into a deep slumber. However, my sleep was not brightened by silly dreams. In fact, I had none.