Who Knew? // 5SOS [ #Wattys 2015 ]

Chapter 41

I woke up to loud footsteps and screams of laughter outside the bus. I rolled my eyes as I sat up and checked my phone. 3 am. Seriously!?

Calum stumbled into the bus followed by the rest. Their eyes were bloodshot and they reeked of whiskey. I rolled my eyes and walked into the bedroom, grabbing comfier clothes than the ones I was in and going into the bathroom. I changed and came out to see Ashton and Calum cuddling, Michael searching the mini fridge, and Luke sat at the booth.

"Babe!" Luke squealed, surprising me and the others, Calum especially. Luke's eyes went wide at what he just said, probably realizing that he will need to explain.

"Whoops! Stole Calum's nickname!" He laughed it off. I want to talk to him about our relationship and telling the others. Even though I was surprised, the sound of it coming off his tongue sounded like heaven and I want to hear some more. But, I'm not talking about it with drunk Luke.

"C'mere," he begged quietly. I slowly shook my head no. As much as I love and trust Luke... I don't trust drunk Luke. Not just yet.

He frowned as he pouted and crossed his muscular arms across his chest. I walked back into the bedroom to try to resume my previous dreaming in my own bed.

I pushed myself up and into my bed. I rolled into a comfortable position and put in my headphones to block out the noise from the boys. "Bleed it Out" by Linkin Park filled my ears as I fell asleep.

. . .

I woke up to my face buried in a chest and a familiar smell radiating into my nose. I pulled out my headphones that were playing "Comatose" by Skillet.

"I could hear that," Luke's lips were twisted into a smile as I stopped my music and looked up at him. "It's a good song."

"Yeah, it is," I said quietly as I laid back into his chest.

"I'm sorry if I did something wrong last night... and I hope you don't mind that I crawled into your bed with you," he told me, his voice matching mine.

"No, you did nothing. You're not drunk anymore though, are you?" I asked him, looking up into his electric blue eyes.

"A little hungover, why?" He questioned.

"I want to talk to you. About our relationship," I stayed at a whisper.

"Oh no, are you having second thoughts?" His face fell.

"No, no, no! I want to see if it's alright if we tell the boys. I don't like keeping secrets from them and I want you to be able to kiss me or hold me or anything in front of them. I also loved the way you called me Babe, it felt amazing and made my heart flutter," I confessed.

"You liked it? I thought you might've only when Cal did," he said.

"It's different though," I told him.

"And I don't know. They might react in the wrong way, especially Ashton," Luke's eyes left my gaze but came back.

"Please Luke! How often do we get alone time, huh? Pretty much never! I just want to be able to function like an actual couple when it's just us and the boys. Please think about it Luke," I begged him. He nodded lightly and gently kissed my forehead.

"I'm going to make food," I told him. He rolled out of bed and let me out. Instead of getting back in bed he followed me out and watched as I made a bowl of cereal for the both of us. I placed his bowl in front of him along with a glass of water and an aspirin.

"Here you go, just incase it hurts," I smiled lightly.

"Thank you Babe," he smirked at me before kissing my lips lightly. I blushed and put my head down to hide it and went to the other side of the booth. I slowly ate my cereal as boy after boy stumbled out, seeing my set up of aspirin and water. Ashton downed his water and aspirin, whereas Michael and Calum only took sips of water.