Chapter 02:
"Stop hitting on my baby sister."
Eloise-Anne
After Michael and I had the greatest discussion of a lifetime, they finally agreed on my living on campus. It took us two solid hours to convince my parents and they still don't like it. Michael can be very persuasive when he wants to be. He's been wanting a place for himself ever since he was eighteen, but he didn't have the money, yet.
Currently, we're putting my clothes in suitcases and boxes. We decided to move in this weekend since we also have to get out beds there. It's gonna be an exhausting weekend and it means we can't drink. It's the comeback party of the year Friday night since school just started. I really wanna be there, but I guess we'll go to another one. If I leave Michael alone, he will literally kick my ass.
"By the way, Luke threatened me," I tell him once I lay down on the bed. He furrows his brows and lays down on the bed as well. "He stated that I sat on his place, so he was being a whiny ass bitch about it." I chuckle. "So, I called him a pee stain several times, and he said that I should quit the attitude. He said he could make or break me." I scoff when I say the words out loud.
"He can't break what's already broken," Michael says shrugging. I push him off the bed and we both laugh. "Come on, you have like five brain cells remaining. You are the definition of broken."
"You are the worst," I tell him. He climbs back on the bed and lays down properly, opening his arms for me. This guy gives the best cuddles, honestly. I crawl into his arms and smell his perfume now that I'm close to him. He wraps his arms around me while he grabs my laptop, which was lying next to the pillows. He opens it and types in the password. He starts Stranger Things up and his green eyes stay focused on the tiny screen. He likes anime and cartoons way more, and he's also a huge fan of comic books, he's quite the nerd, but it makes him adorable. I forced him to watch this with me and he is as hooked on the series as I am.
"What the fuck." He mumbles after a while. His hand is grabbing my hip some tighter, he's clearly finding it tensive, and I don't blame him, because it is. Once he likes something he tends to be very into it for ages and I guess this will be his newest addiction.
"Well, now we've gotta wait two years before the fourth season comes out." He groans loudly as the final seconds appear on the screen. "You can't make such a great series to just - no."
"Mike, we just started it. It has been announced that the new season will air in like a month. Wait, it's after midnight. Are you gonna sleep here?" He grabs his phone, it's over half past one.
"It's only a ten-minute drive." He chuckles, but he stops when he sees my face. "Fine, I'll stay." He knows I hate it when he leaves this house after midnight. I know it might sound dumb or silly, but it has a reason. He knows the reason.
He was on his way home from my house and he got into a big car accident. It was all over the news and newspapers. Michael and the other person made it out alive to the big shock of everybody. Michael was found feet away from his car and had several broken bones and things. Since he forgot his wallet in my place, they couldn't identify him. He didn't pick me up for school the next day so that's where my suspiciousness started. The school hadn't heard from Michael either, but I assumed he was sick, but since he also didn't react to my texts, I got worried. Somehow, I knew something bad has happened. When I got back home and turned on the tv I saw the videos of the crashed cars. The same car as Michaels, with the same license plate.
It was never Michael's fault and I know that. It has been published that the other driver was under the influence. Yet, I'm just afraid that it happens again somehow. You can't blame me for that. We might be grown-ups, but I care for Michael a lot.
"Eloise, you know I'll be fine right? The crash has been in the past, don't worry about it too much." He says, smiling with a lot of reassurance. He places a kiss on my temple and I smile forcefully.
"I can just still remember how you were laying there," I say softly. I wasn't at the scene itself, but I have seen the pictures. I was the one being suspicious about it and I had to identify him. His parents were out of town for the week.
"And now you're laying here with me. Just focus on the now, El." I nod and wrap my arms around him. I truly have no idea where or what I would've been without him. It physically hurts to think about it. But the whole car crash thing made him dye his hair. He used to tell me 'every day could be your last day, might as well enjoy it as much as you can' and that made me fall in love with him, as a friend. He loved dyeing his hair a lot, but right now he's happy that it's somehow natural. I must admit that I really like it right now, but the red hair remains to be top tier.
"You're right," I tell him. "I'm sorry."
"Don't apologize, it's okay." He looks around the room before he smiles sheepishly. "I have no other clothes on me, so we have to go to my place tomorrow, so please be awake some earlier." I roll my eyes at him. "But for now, let me strip for you m'lady." He gets off the bed and takes off his shirt slowly.
"Michael! Make it stop!" I exclaim. He starts laughing. "Save it for your next girlfriend."
"You make it sound like I'm hopping to girls as if I'm some kind of... Luke." A snort leaves my mouth which makes him laugh even harder.
"Please you should've seen him in the hallway, he was almost fingering this girl while everybody could see it." Michael chuckles as he folds his shirt and places it next to the bed. "I'm gonna brush my teeth." I jump out of the bed and make him follow me into the bathroom.
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When the final bell rings I walk up to the familiar table in the cafeteria. I smile when I see Michael sitting there already. Tammy and I walk up to him, and I grab the water bottle out of my bag.
"How come you're here this fast?" Tammy asks him. When I spy on their eye contact, I almost feel like an intruder. I lose my thoughts as I hear some familiar voices. When I look up, I look right into the brown eyes of my brother, Ashton sitting next to him.
"How's my favorite sister?" Calum smiles. "Have you bought the place?" He asks me. I furrow my brows at him. "What? You never actually told me if you did."
"We did buy it. We're gonna move in there this weekend." I smile at him.
"We can help if you'd like?" Ashton proposes. "I mean I have my connections to guys who own some vans." He says shrugging a bit. "Calum and I can both drive, right?"
"Do you know how much fucking stuff she owns?" Calum says, disagreeing with the sound in his tone.
"I can drive as well," I tell Ashton. "Please, I would really love the vans." Ashton chuckles and nods. Somehow, he always forgets that I also have my driver's license. Michael loves to drive as well and we have shifts for our ride to school and our ride back, because I'm scared, I'll unlearn it somehow. Ashton never actually sees me drive, so it low-key makes sense.
"I'll hit him up, okay? I can't promise anything though. But either way, I would love to help you guys." He smiles at me. "Besides, I can lift a lot of weight." Ashton winks at me, knowing he's playing.
"Stop hitting on my baby sister," Calum says, nudging him. He's clearly annoyed by Ashton being this playful around me.
"Stop hitting on my baby sister." Ashton mocks him. "She's an adult, you idiot." They both roll their eyes with makes me chuckle. Suddenly my eyes fall on the back of the cafeteria, on the tall blonde, making out with someone else. It's truly disgusting, how does he even manage to do this? Why do girls even let him? "What are you looking at?" Ashton asks me, looking around to seek what I'm seeing. Ashton looks back at me and smirks. "Did you wanna be her? Do you have a little crush on Luke?" He teases me.
"Oh fuck no," I say abruptly. "He annoys the living shit out of me. I don't know why you guys like him so much. He's literally a walking STD with an attitude. Yesterday he got mad at me because I sat on his spot."
"A walking STD with an attitude," Michael repeats to me, laughing. "You have a way with words, El." Luke makes his way up to the table and sits down. Michael immediately stops laughing. He's intimidated by him and it's easy to tell.
"I've gotta go!" Tammy says, grabbing her back and walking away. She has a dentist's appointment this afternoon, so she had to go. Because Tammy left the table, we all make our space bigger. Luke is directly sitting next to me and I take a sip of my water.
"Don't you need to eat?" Calum asks me.
"Forgot my food and wallet. I was lucky to still have a water bottle in my bag." Michael frowns at me, he wanted me to tell him that beforehand, but I don't need anybody to take care of me. I can do it myself. I never actually forget my food, but I was in quite a hurry since Michael also had to go to his place. "Don't look at me like that," I tell him.
"Here take some of mine," Ashton says, handing me a piece of his food. I'll take it and smile at him. He winks once again which makes Luke chuckle.
"What is it this time, dickhead?" I ask him.
"So, you have two boyfriends?" He laughs at me.
"I don't, but it looks like every fucking girl here is your 'girlfriend'." He smirks at me. He leans more forwards, his eyes not leaving mine for even a second. He's clearly enjoying this conversation, but I truly don't know what for.
"They are not my girlfriend, Hood. The one thing they all have in common is that they wanna suck my cock." I choke on the piece of food I just put in my mouth. He did not just say that.
"If that's the one thing they have in common, some of them are dudes as well?" I blurt out. He rolls his eyes and walks off the table. Michael chuckles at my blunt words and so does Ashton, yet Calum doesn't find it amusing.
"I don't want you near him," Calum says.
"I don't want him near me," I say to him. "He's a piece of shit."
"I think she can decide with whomever she hangs out though, dude. You're not her dad." Ashton says, defending me.
"Thank you, Irwin," I say. "Besides, he's gonna be the one having a very hard time if he keeps on giving me this gross kind of attention. He's truly disgusting." I say, looking at Luke who's talking to yet another girl. That guy is truly unbelievable.
"I only ever hear you talk bad about guys; don't you find someone good-looking? Don't you fancy anyone?" Ashton asks me, genuinely curious.
"Of course I do, but my lovely brother always finds a way to ruin it. Ain't that right, Calum?" He mumbles something while he eats out of his tiny bag of food.
"Wait, you fancy someone?" He asks me. I nod and smile at him. Calum simply rolls his eyes.
"It's not going to happen, Eloise. Don't get your hopes up." He says. "Guys are no good for you."
"Girls are no good for you," I tell him. "You've become such a dick." I blurt out.
"El, how about we leave this scene for another time?" Michael says, reminding me we're in a full cafeteria. I simply nod and take a deep breath in. "Maybe it's for the better if we just go somewhere else?" He proposes. I shake my head immediately.
"We sat here first. I'm good with everything as long as Calum stops controlling me." I mumble. Ashton grabs his bag and hands me a chocolate bar.
"Seems like you're gonna need it more than I do." He says, chuckling a little. I take it greedily and eat it.
"You're the best," I tell Ashton after I swallowed the candy. "You on the other hand... You suck." I tell Calum.
"If only you knew what sucking would be like." My eyebrows raise as I start to feel a little offended by his words.
"I would really shut your mouth there, Cal." I hiss at him.
"Maybe we should go Cal, Luke still has some joints." Calum nods as they both leave the table. Ashton looks back and mouths a sorry.
"Ashton is really husband material," I tell Michael. "Calum can suck my fucking dick."
"But you don't have one." He chuckles.
"My imaginary dick you idiot."
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Back again with another chapter!! I hope you guys like it :) - How do you guys like Blender though? I have been vibing ever since I heard it-
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