Flipped Upside Down---A Five seconds Of Summer Fanfic

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         I left school, just walked home. I locked myself up in my room. I curled up in the bed, crying softly to myself. I tried listening to music, but there was only one thing I wanted to listen to. I couldn't make up my mind on whether to cry along to Luke's stupid, angelic voice, or to destroy the CD so I would never have to listen to it again.

          I was crying, though. I was a blubbering wreck, tangled in the sheets on my bed and fisting the pillows. But when I heard the slams of a car door, and the pounding footsteps on the stairs, I rushed to my shaky feet and locked myself in the bathroom. I splashed water on my face, then stood there clenching the sink. My breathing was still shallow and shaky, and I was having a hard time getting it under control.

        There was a knock on the door, my bedroom door. I panicked. I punched the mirror before rushing out of the room. I think I broke it, but the sound was like white noise to me. I unlocked the door and swung it open without bothering to look at who it was. Probably just my brother, to yell at me for God knows what kind of something. I just slumped to the bed and rolled onto my side.

        The mattress dipped low beside me, and hands rubbed my back. We stayed like that for a long while in silence, before they spoke.

          "Ashton is talking to Luke right now.He hasn't said a word to us, but it's you I'm worried about. Take all the time you need, but please, talk to me, Lish. Tell me what's been going on."

        So with one deep, shaky breath, I told him. Everything. From me dating Jake, to falling for Luke. Jake cheating on me, and me sleeping with Luke. To me crushing Luke by running back to Jake, and him destroying me. The only thing I left out, was today. But Michael, he's a smart guy.

        "So today, that was Luke defending you?"

        I could only nod.

        "Then why did you leave school today? Why are you both pissed and pitiful?"

        My voice was cracked as I whispered the dreaded words. "Because I love him."

        "Alisha---"

        "I'm not good for him. He deserves so much better than me. I'll ruin everything; he probably has detention for life now, because of me."

          "No, he doesn't." His voice turned grim. Like he was no longer worried, but like he felt bad, about to deliver some bad news.

           "What do you mean? Why not?"

           He sighs, looking me in the blood-shot eyes. "Because, we're leaving."

        My whole world freezes."What do you mean, you're leaving?"

        "We've been discovered! One Direction asked us to tour with them, and we said yes."

        Oh...Tha-that's great!" I plastered on a smile.

        Inside, I was already dead.

*****

                 Everyone went out to celebrate. I was left alone with my bruised heart and massive headache. I turned the knob on the tub to turn on the water. I started running it hot so it would fill up for a bath. I was too exhausted for a shower, and maybe it would help me relax? Except the running water was giving me a headache! I stood quickly from where I knelt beside the tub and spun to the medicine cabinet. I found both Tylenol and Aspirin. At first, my concern was which one was best to take, and how much of it. Then I kind of didn't care, you know? I just wanted to feel better. To calm down, maybe sleep.