Hanging Tree

Chapter 18

Calum

Violet hasn't been answering my call since last night. I guess she's probably asleep and her phone died. After what happened to her, I wouldn't blame her for being tired. The boys were over at my place today. We just sat around and talked.

We soon got tired of doing that and decided to go out. Ashton drove us to the mall since Luke and Michael wanted to get clothes. We walked in and walked in the direction towards the shop.

I couldn't help but notice a few people staring at us. Some even pointed at us and whispered among themselves. Luke must have noticed too because he came up to me and whispered, "Dude. Why are people looking at us?"

"I don't know," I said with a shurg of my shoulders.

The kid ran his fingers through his blonde hair and continued walking. A girl, probably at the age of 16, walked over to us.

"Hey! You're 5 seconds of summer, right?" Asked that girl with her high pitched voice.

We were all completely confused but Ashton answered her.

"Yes we are," he said smiling at her.

She let out a squeal and took out her phone. "Can I get a picture? I saw you guys perform the other night and you were amazing."

Michael looked at me with his eyebrows knitted together. I was just as shocked as him. Luke agreed with her request and took her phone. We huddled together and tried to fit into a selfie. Luke pressed the capture button and it took our picture.

"Oh my god! Thank you!" She said as she took her phone and ran off to her friends.

We looked at each other and couldn't help but laugh. "So I guess, that's our first fan," Michael said.

"Well that's progress," Luke said.

We walked to the shop so Luke and Michael could get what they wanted. Me and Ashton weren't quite interested in buying any clothes, so we decided to walk to a yogurt store which was in this mall.

We walked around and stopped when another girl approached us. "Hey um, you performed at that place the other day right? You're 5 Seconds Of Summer," the blonde girl said.

Again, Ashton answered this girl. To be honest, I'm completely blown away. Just with one performance, there's actually people who know us now. "Can I get your autograph and picture?" She asked as she took out a paper and a pen.

"Sure, why not?" I took her pen and paper and signed on it. I passed it over to Ashton as I posed for her picture. While she was taking a picture with Ashton, another girl came up to us. Then another. And another.

Soon we were surrounded by a group of at least 10 people. It was only 10 people but I was quite overwhelmed. They asked for pictures and autographs and encouraged us to do more performances. We thanked them and promoted our Twitter page so we could get more followers.

Once we were done with the group of people which surrounded us, we walked off to the yogurt store. "Dude, that was insane!" Ashton said. He was just as excited as I am.

"I know, man! Like the amount of people!" I said.

"This is amazing! We're having our tiny little fanbase!" Ashton was literally beaming.

I couldn't help but laugh at how excited he is. We got our yogurt on the go because what happened just now took probably about 20 minutes and I guess Luke and Michael might be done by now.

I walked by a store with sold teddy bears and I saw this really cute one. Ashton realised that the teddy bear had caught my attention. "Wanna get that for Violet?" Asked my friend.

I looked over at him and said, "Why not?"

I walked in the store and bought the teddy bear. I decided to go over to Violet's house later since I haven't been able to contact her at all.

We meet up with Luke and Mikey and drove back home.

I got home and took a shower. I put on a tank top and a pair of jeans. I was lazy to do my hair so I wore a beanie and decided to drive to Violet's house.

Violet

I got up the next day feeling a lot better. I lifted the sleeve of my wrist to find the remains of my actions yesterday. I got out of bed and took a shower, making sure not to get the bandage around my head wet. I put on another jumper and a pair of sweatpants. It was actually quite hot outside but since the AC is on, I don't feel hot. I walked out of my room and downstairs.

I found Eliot sitting in the kitchen and eating a bowl of cereal. He noticed my presence and lifted his head to look at me. "Hey, sis. How you feeling?" He asked as he stuffed another spoon of cereal into his mouth.

I walked over to the cabinets and took out the box of cereal for myself. "Alright. Better than yesterday. When can I get this thing off?" I replied reffering to my bandage.

"I don't know. Probably another 2 days or so," Eliot said as he finished his bowl of cereal.

I poured mine into a bowl and poured milk. "We're running out of milk, by the way."

Eliot nodded as he washed off his dishes. He walked over to me and said, "I need to go out to meet my friends today. Will you be okay alone? I will cancel if I need to."

I looked up at him and said, "Eliot. You don't have to cancel. It's alright. Just go."

"You sure?" Eliot asked.

I adored how caring Eliot was. I nodded and went back to my cereal. "Alright then."

Eliot kissed my temple and walked upstairs to get ready. I ate my cereal and kept my bowl into the dishwasher. I walked upstairs into my room and closed the door. I looked around my room, unsure of what to do. I walked over to my bed and then realized that I turned off my phone last night.

I grabbed it and turned it on. My screen flashed white and then turned on. It read '5 missed calls'

I clicked on it to find out that Calum was the one who called me. I instantly felt bad for what I did but I knew it was the right thing. I didn't bother on calling him back and clicked on Twitter.

I scrolled through my feed and I couldn't help but feel confused at the amount of mentions of @5sos there was.

I clicked on one of the tweet which read. 'Got to meet these amazing guys. They're so talented and deserve to be famous. Love you, @5sos' and there's an image attached. The image happened to be a a selfie with all the boys and the girl.

Similar tweets like this was spread across my feed. I couldn't help but feel happy for the boys. This is what they wanted. They're slowly achiving their dream. I smiled to myself and locked my phone.

I walked downstairs and noticed that Eliot's keys were gone. I guess he left. I sat and watched television the whole day until there was a knock on the door.

I sighed and got up. I opened the door and was completely shocked. I didn't expect him to be here.

Right in front of my eyes, he stood there with flowers in his hand.

He looked at me as I looked at him.

Why has he here?

What is Zayn doing here?

Note// Cliffhanger!! Hehe. Glad I could update today. I should be studying actually. Hehe.