Into An Idiot

17. Getting Older

Hey guys! This next part is going to be a bit new, I'm trying to pace the fanfic along the timeline of them growing up. A majority of this part was written by Radioactiveirwin originally as an imagine and I absolutely love it!
It definitely means a lot to me. ILYSFM "BECKY" HAHAHA IM KIDDING IM NEVER CALLING YOU THAT AGAIN WHOOPS.
Ok update time I guess.
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I wake up to lights shining through my curtains. I open my eyes to see the scenery of my room around me. I unwind from my covers and walk downstairs to get some orange juice. Once I'm down the stairs, I see my brother Ashton already beat me to it. Ashton recently turned 18. I'm finally a 17 and old enough to drop out of school if I want to.
"Hey big bro." I say as i grab the glass he poured for himself and gulp it down. "Hey I was going to drink that!" He smirks. I walk over to cabinet, pull out a glass and hand it to him. "Thanks." He says, filling it.
"So what are our plans today?" I question. Me and Ash are really close even though he treats me as a child most of the time. He's just a little protective over me and I think it's cute, he acts as a father figure for me.
"Well, the lads are coming over today and then they're sleeping over!" "
Ooh, can I see if Bekah wants to come over and join you guys?"
Ashton eyes light up at the sound of her name. I know he likes her but he's too afraid to admit it. "Yes!"
I shoot him a weird look.
"I-uh-I mean... yeah sure, I don't care." "Come on Ash, stop lying to yourself, we all know you like her!" I giggle.
He just flips me off and run up the stairs to text Bekah. I'm secretly excited because Michael's coming. I've known him forever. He's one of my best friends. I love the way he dyes his hair 100 colors when I tell him to pick one. The way he loves to stay inside all day. I love hows he gets loud when he's excited, and all these little things make me love him but I could never admit that to him.
The boys have already arrived. I sit on the couch with mikey's arm wrapped around my waist. On the other side i have Luke playing with my hair. Ashton and calum were sitting on the floor. "Hey watch it Clifford!" Ashton says jokingly. Michael raises his hands in defense and slings his arm around my shoulders and I cuddle into his side. "When's Bekah gonna get here?" Ashton asks excitingly. "Calm down romeo your Juliet will be here soon!"
"Oh shut up!" And we all burst into laughs. There was a knock on the door, indicating that Bekah was here. Me and my brother both spring up from our seats. I give him a death glare and he sits back down hesitantly. I swing open the door, and Bekah appears standing there. "BEKERSSSS!" I scream at the top of my lungs.
"SOPHIEEE!" she returned back. Bekah has been my best friend since my first day of school. She is like a sister to me. I know she likes Ashton too, though. She steps inside and the guys run up to her and tackle her in a hug. She screams and I join in- who wouldn't love a family hug? After everyone stops crowding her she hugs Ashton individually. Their relationship is like me and Mikey's and it's so cute. Night falls and we all go to sleep in my room since it's the biggest. I wake up and check my phone, seeing it was 2:00 am. I get up and walk downstairs in search of a drink. I get a glass and fill it with water. I look across the counter looking into the living room, daydreaming as a drink my water. Suddenly I feel a pair of arms wrap around my waist. As instinct I let out a squeal.
"Shh it's okay it's just me!" Mikey whispers.
"Hey..you gave me a heart attack!" "Yeah sorry, listen, I need to talk to about something.." He trails off.
"About what?" I question.
"About us." He says. Now I'm scared.
What does he mean about us? Does he not want to be my friend anymore? Am I too clingy or annoying? I tense. "Yeah-uh-sure." I manage to choke out. "Okay so we've been best friends for some time and..." He trails yet again but more nervous.
"You don't have to tell me Michael." I blurt out.
"What?" He says, almost confused. I can feel the tears about to overflow.
"I know you don't want to be my friend anymore. I'm might be too clingy or annoying..." I can't finish; I just break down right infront of him. I put my face in my hands, sliding down the side of the countertop, pulling my knees in. Michael has always been there for me, and I've thought I've always been there for him. He is my sunshine when there are dark clouds. And I don't know what I would do without him. Next thing I know an arm is slung around my shoulders, pulling me into his sides. "Hey..hey..shh calm down." He says soothingly. "I wasn't going to say anything close to that. You're not annoying or clingy or anything bad." He lifts my chin up so that i'm looking into those icy green eyes that I've fallen in love with. "There's that pretty face." He says. I smile. He can always make me smile. "And there's that smile too. I just..I don't know how to put it into words." He says. "I love your smile, I love your eyes that sparkle every time you talk about something you love.." "Food" I add in.
He chuckles. "You do love food, I love that you're always happy, and you're nice to everyone around you, I love your laugh, and I think that I love you." He finishes.
"And.. Michael Clifford?" I ask.
"Yes?"
"I love you so much."
He lifts my chin and leans down. Next thing I know, his soft lips are connected with mine. I close my eyes, enjoying the moment. I hear footsteps and the light switch goes on. The next thing I hear is:
"What the hell is going on?!"
I know that voice. Ashton.
I look up to see Ashton standing there, his hand just leaving the light switch. "Uhm.. hey.. Ash!" I say very nervously. "Uh, yeah, hey Sophia, care to explain what the hell just happened?"
"Um nothing." I reply, hoping he wouldn't get mad. I was wrong. You don't want to see Ash mad. His fists clench, his jaw tightens, and his screams are very loud. And this is what I'm witnessing.
"Yeah, well, it sort of looked liked that Michael was shoving his tongue down your throat!" He screamed.
At this point Michael and I were on our feet, shocked.
"Come on mate calm down, I was the one who kissed her!" Michael shouted back. By this point all Calum, Luke, and Bekah were at the bottom of the staircase. Ashton shot a punch at Michael but Calum stepped infront of Michael and saved him from the punch. "Ashton, calm down! You're scaring Bekah and your sister!" Ashton softened and looked over at Bekah and I seeing us huddled on the couch watching the action.
"You know what Clifford, get the hell out of my house." he says softly walking towards the couch.
"No! he should be able to stay!" I pipe in. I really don't want him to go. Michael shoots a sad smile at me.
"I think it's best for you to go." Luke suggests. He leads Michael to the door and returns.
"Don't you think that was a bit unnecessary, Ash?" I question, annoyance dripping out if my mouth. "Soph, please, just go to your room!" He says.
"No Ash I'm not five and you're not my father!" I scream.
And after I said that I regretted it; our father left us not too long after mum died, and we had to help around the house.
Ashton looks at me with sad eyes, that turn stone cold.
"Just go to your damn room!" He says in a venomous tone. Bekah, Luke, and I go upstairs, where Calum stays downstairs with Ashton.
I now sit on my bed, with Luke's arm around me as I cry into his chest, and Bekah rubbing my back, reassuring me. I'm glad I have friends like them.
"I think it's best that we all go to sleep." Bekah says.
I just nod.
Luke kisses my forehead as a friendly gesture. I'm like a sister to all of the guys. Bekah gives me a hug. "I'll be back later I'm going to check on Ashton and leave you alone." She says. I get under the covers but I can't sleep I keep hearing I repeating noise:
'Plink!' 'bing' 'bing!'
What's that damn noise?
I sit up in my bed, and look around my room for the source of the noise. I look over at my window and see little black dots flying up to my window and falling like hail. I walk across the room and open the latch on my window. I look down and see Michael standing there with a hand full of pebbles.
"Oi!" The pale boy smiles.
"Michael? What the hell are you doing here?" I hiss.
"Come on, lets go, I have a surprise!" He whispers back.
"At 3am?"
"Sure why not?"
"But Ashton and Calum are still downstairs!"
"Do you trust me?" He asks.
"What?" I'm so confused.
"Jump. I'll catch you!"
"Are you insane Michael?"
"Maybe!"
"Fine!" I throw down my bag first. I climb out onto the lendge. "If i die i blame you Michael Clifford!"
"Okay." Wow, nice to know he cares.
I don't think; just bend my knees and jump. I let out a squeal, suddenly greeted by Michael's arms holding me bridal style.
"Hi." He whispers, then kisses my nose. A rush of adrenaline swirls within me. We sneak out to his car that he parked out back. Sneaking out from your big brother is like sneaking away from jail. I climb in the passenger seat as he starts the car.
"So where are we going Clifford?"
"Ah, now see, thats the surprise!" And drive off holding hands over the console.
We've been in the car driving for about an hour.
"Hey wake up!" He sounds excited. I wake up and open my tired eyes groggily. The air consists of salt water and it's a little breezier. The beach. "Shut up, we are not at the beach!" I exclaim.
We both get out of the car and tackle him in a hug.
"Mikey I love you!" I scream to the top of my lungs. I run down along the shoreline. All of a sudden i feel someone grab me and lift me upside down over their shoulder.
"Mikey let me down!" I squeal as he runs over to a towel, sets me down and lays down next to me. Its still night time so the stars are still out.
"They're so beautiful!" I gush. I love star-gazing. When me and Ashton were little, we used to go in the backyard and look at the stars. I'm happy I'm doing it with Michael.
"They shine just like your eyes" he said. I send him a smile. He is just so sweet, even if it is really cheesy. He slings his arm around me to bring me closer. He rests his head on mine. I put my hand on his chest while he draws circles on my back.
"Hey Michael?" I ask looking up at him. "Yeah beautiful?" He replies and I start to blush.
"What are we..I mean are we a couple or..?"
"Well I haven't officially asked you out yet so... Sophia Irwin, will you be my girlfriend?"
"No... actually no. Sorry."
"What?" He squeaks and looks down shocked.
"Yes Mikey, yes! I thought that wasn't obvious enough!" He kisses my forehead.
"I love you Soph." "And I love you Mikey." He kisses my forehead and i fall back asleep.
I flutter my eyes open. I look over to see the beautiful green eyed boy sleeping next to me. We fell asleep on the beach. I've always wanted to do that it's just so romantic to me. I wriggle out of Michael grasp which was pretty tight. I kiss his forehead not wanting to wake him up. I check my phone and see its 8am. Crap. Ashton is probably up and looking for me. I look at my phone again 20 miss calls from Ashton, 15 voicemails, 10 missed calls from Bekah, and texts from Calum and Luke. I'm in a lot of trouble. I totally forgot about last night. Whenever im with Michael I feel like he's my get away, like my favorite place. I reach over to Michael and shake him violently to wake him up. I know this is a damn challenge to wake Michael up itself. "Michael!" I yell, still nothing. "MICHAEL!" I scream louder. I can't really be that loud. Bekah can though, I wish she was here. Instead of waking up Michael just puts his arm around me and pull me into him. Then I got an idea.
"Michael." I whisper in his ear.
"Hmm." He murmurs.
"Fucking wake the hell up!" I scream in his ear. His eyes pop open, and he springs up like a kid waking up on christmas morning.
"What?" He says in a irritated tone. I don't take it personally.
"We have to get home before..well I don't know what Ashton will do" I say worryingly.
"What time is it?"
"8:00."
"Crap." He says and gets up. He looks so cute when he just wakes up. He still has his red checkered flannel on under that is a white t-shirt, black jeans, and black converse. His hair as usual looks all over the place. We walk quickly to the car hoping to get home as soon as possible. I sit in the car with my knees pulled up to my chest, my elbow resting on the windowsill, and my other hand running through my hair. I do that when I get nervous. And I guess Michael caught that.
"Hey." He says soothingly. I look over at him. "Stop worrying everything is going to be okay." He says, and grabs my hand, intertwining our fingers. I give him a small smile. We finally reach home. I grab the door handle and twist it open shocked at the scene in front of me. Ash and Bekah having a full out make out session.
"What the actual hell is going on here?!" I ask in annoyed tone. Okay, I'm gone overnight because Ashton was mad at me for kissing Michael. Now I come home and he thinks that I'm fine with him kissing my best friend? Hell no. I'm happy for Bekah but what happened in 4 hours? "Uh-um" was all that Ash could spit out. Bekah just looked down at her lap embarrassed. "I think that I should go." She piped in. "I'll walk you to the car." Ashton suggested. I gave Bekah a hug and told her I'd talk to her later. I glared at Ashton while he walked with Bekah. I'm not mad at her, I'm mad at Ashton because he's going to yell at me when I did nothing wrong. Ashton comes back through the door and slams it. Michael and I are seated on the couch. He walks right in front of us.
"Where the hell were you?" He nearly screams. I just look at my lap. "Maybe I should just ban you from seeing Michael-"
"How dare you?" I say back, confidence in my voice. He and Michael both look taken aback. "Yell at me while I come home and you're doing the same thing as I was?" "I-I.." He stammers.
"I understand, sneaking out is wrong, but Ash, just hear me out. You're not my father. Or my mother." he flinches at the words. I continue. "I find it cute that you're so protective over me, and that were so close and I don't want to lose our bond." I get up and hug him. I find a strong pair of arms locked around my back. I look up at him and smile. "I love you Ashton."
"I love you too Soph."
"And you too, Mikey" I add, motioning him to join the group hug.