Far Away || m.c

chapter 5

Michaels P.O.V
My pillow dented as I lay my head against it. I pulled out my phone and pressed down on my friend, Lukes contact.

Me: hey mate are we still doing band practice with that new guy Calum?

Luke: Yeh where are you? Calums already here and you were supposed to be 15 minutes ago.

Luke: at least the new guys on time XD.

I rapidly turned my head to face my small clock. I was always late but it was never intended. My coat was thrown over my shoulder as my legs dashed across the road and to Lukes house. Unfortunatly i didnt live far from him, so I could never think of a good excuse for being late.

Before I could ring the bell Luke opened the door with his fringe past his chin perfectly gelled, and his arms crossed.
"Your late. Yet again." He looked annoyed. "Sorry mum it won't happen again." I grabbed his arms and pulled him in for a hug.
"Piss off get your ass in this house." he laughed.

Luke took me into his living room, and a small boy with black hair was sitting on the couch. There was something about him i couldn't figure out.
"Hey im Calum." He extended his arm and gave me a cheesy grin.
"Uh hey mate im Michael. You look very asian" I realised what I said and covered my mouth. I had never been more embarassed in my life. Well that's a lie, so far every school picture I've taken is an embarrassment.
"Oh haha Yeh I get that a lot." i felt so releaved that he wasn't offended

Luke came back with two acoustic guitars and a shaker for me. He handed the guitar to Calum who sat on the edge of a table, and Luke was leaning against another.
"Hey Cal I don't wanna play today, you good playing on your own." He pouted. Obviously Calum agreed and strumed the first chord.

*sings Next to You* (A/N: shakinn disks im giving myself 5sos fetus feels)

luke stood up to turn the camera off and my phone buzzed. The girl I spoke to added me on kik. I immediately accepted and clicked on her profile. Her name was Grace. It was beautiful. Her profile picture didn't make out much of her, but she had really cute freckles. Her eyes were closed and she was covering the bottom half of her face with her sleeve. she was cool.

Graces P.O.V
They were still yelling, and I tried to not listen this time. My legs were starting to ache, which meant I was in that corner for a while. I didn't know who to talk to and I didn't want to bother my aunt.

Without thinking, I picked up my phone and added the boy I spoke to earlier on Kik. I didn't care what he looked like, I just wanted to know his name. so I clicked on his profile, and found out his name was Michael. Okay. Now I need to suck up the courage to send him a message.

2:05 am
Grace: hey

2:07am
Michael: hi theree :)

2:08 am
Grace: can I ask what time it is where you are? :)

I wanted to know weather or not I actually had a friend who wasn't far away.

2:10 am
Michael: it's like 6pm for me, what about you?

Shit so I was in New York and he was in Sydney, that's just great.

2:13 am
Grace: like 2am :)

My attention was no longer on my phone screen, it was focused on the mysterious silence in my house. So my parents either stopped arguing or just fell asleep. All of a sudden a huge crash woke me up completly. It sounded like glass, and just like that the shouting began once again.

This time I wanted to know what was happening. I slowly walked out of my room and down the stairs, stopping half way. I peered through the gaps in the banisters and into the living room. My dad had obviously smashed something in rage, and my mum was sitting down starring at the floor.

"We can't tell her after what happend to her brother, after what happens to our son. It's not right, let her heal." My mothers gentle voice was calming, it was always full of care. But she only spoke like this when nessecery.
"I also need to heal Claire, I need to leave. I don't love you as much as I did and im sorry." My mothers face was red and tears were running rapidly down her cheeks. My father could be cruel sometimes. He never thought of anyone exept himself.

Every inch of me was making me go comfort my mum, but another part told me I should stay out of it. I finally noticed my phone buzzing frantically, all messages from Michael:

2:15 am
Michael: oh my god how are you up?! XD

2:16 am
Michael: I live in Sydney by the way, that's probably why the big time difference.

2:17 am
Michael: hey you still there? :(

2:18 am
Michael: hey are you okay?

2:19 am
Michael: you probably fell asleep I'll leave you alone :)

2:20 am
Michael: um okay night or morning idk :)

My stomach was flickering, and it never has before. I didn't reply to the messages, because then I feel like I'd need to explain. So I turned my phone of and ran back upstairs. When I lay down i wasn't upset like I usually was. Instead I was happy and I felt like I was smiling. I haven't smiled in a while, and I felt good.

A/N: i apologize for such a bad chapter. Don't forget to vote for this i you liked it, it would mean a lot :D