You & Me

"True people are behind cameras"

That night Michael told Calum and Katy about what happened at Harry's bakery. Calum's facial expression was normal while Katy's was shocked and surprised.

"I really can't believe it all happened. I can't believe she just talk to me......a fan of her just as rude as like that" Michael's voice filled with disappointment and frustration.

Calum sigh in response and reach for his cup of coffee, "I told you, some pop stars were just faking nice in front of cameras for publicity. "

Michael facepalmed and give out a deep sigh. He can't move on after what Taylor did at the bakery.

Calum leaned back on the couch and says, "Mikey, you can't guess who people are true in front of cameras.
But I can tell you that true people are behind cameras. "

Michael glare at Calum while thinking deeply in his thoughts. Maybe Calum was right. Maybe Michael just got blinded by fantasizing to meet Taylor Swift in personal that he didn't even know her true colors.

Then the purple hair boy stood up and walk upstairs leaving Katy and Calum dumbfounded.

Minutes passed by, Michael came downstairs with a medium box.
He dropped it onto the floor.

"What's in that? " Katy ask in curiosity then approaches it and opening it.

What's inside the box are all Taylor Swift merchandise, posters, albums etc. that Michael's been collecting for years.

Calum furrowed his eyebrows at his best friend. He doesn't get what he was thinking.

"What you'll gonna do about that? " The Maori boy ask Michael for enlightenment.

"I'm gonna throw it all out" Michael said with a bit hesitation.

"Are you sure? " Calum crosses his arms, "You've been collecting all of that for the past few years, taking care of each and had your own money wasted for all of that just for you to throw all of that out?"

Michael glares at the box and to Calum. His face wearing a hesitation expression. Calum has a point.

Then suddenly the purple hair boy lifted up the box and look at the front door. For meanwhile, Calum and Katy thought that he was determined to throw all the box out but Michael ends up running upstairs back to his room.

Calum just chuckles falling to the couch. Katy was confused.

"Told you he can't do it, it'll take him a million years before he decides to throw everything related to Taylor Swift" Calum's chuckles turn to laugh.

Katy laugh with him.

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Taylor told her friends about what happened at the bakery too. She was emphasizing how she was frustrated with the purple boy running away after he bumped her.

"He said he was sorry" Gigi added to Taylor's story.

"Well he doesn't sound sincere"  Taylor snickered.

"I feel so bad for the poor boy, you just snapped at him without letting him to explain his side" Gigi sadly said.

Then Taylor's phone vibrates. She picked it up and saw a text message from her new manager, Lance Gramers.

'Get here in my office. There's something that I need to show you now' - Lance

Taylor picked up her bag and stand up.

"Guys, I need to go. My manager needs to talk to me. " Taylor excuse herself and wave a good bye.

(Skip the driving scene)

As she got there, she saw Lance sitting and thinking deeply on his office table.

"So, what is it you wish to tell me? " Taylor ask sitting on the couch of the office.

"Do you know someone who has a purple hair? " Lance ask without emotion.

Taylor frozed and think a little bit.

"No? I don't know" Honestly, Taylor first thought about the purple boy who bumped her but she washed away the thought.

"You sure? " Lance was pressing the topic more.

"Okay. Can you just tell me what is happening? " Taylor ask in impatient tone.

"The paparazzi secretly spotted you and took picture of you in a bakery with Michael Clifford" Lance reveals.

Taylor furrowed her eyebrows at what she had heard, "What? Who's Michael Clifford?"

Lance sigh in stress and showed Taylor a picture of her with Gigi in a bakery talking to the purple hair boy and a curly hair boy.

"Oh, that purple boy, yeah, he bumped me without saying sorry and we coincidentally met in that bakery" Taylor explains.

"You two were not close? " Lance ask in confusion.

Taylor shake her head and says, "No, why would you think of that? "

"I didn't, " Lance said and showed his phone to Taylor where she saw some of her fan's tweets, "Your fans think that you two got something in between"

"Why would they think of that? " Taylor chuckles dryly.

"Taylor, you're not really used on going out there and visit bakery and talk to people like Michael Clifford" Lance said, "So, you can't expect your fans to not spread rumors and speculations about you and this lad after you just closely talk to him"

Taylor crosses her arms, "So what are you pointing out? That I'm dating him? "

Lance shake his head.

"What I'm pointing is.......you gotta be careful at what your movement will be, because the fans were watching and paparazzis were secretly out there, " Lance reminds Taylor.

"Okay, okay, I'll be careful next time" Taylor said and took her bag leaving the office after she said 'goodnight' to Lance.

Lance just sigh and look at the picture of Michael and Taylor at the bakery.
Michael's facial expression on the picture was a little bit annoyed and fierce. While Taylor's on the other hand, looks like fighting against his facial expression.

"I just hope you won't get involved in this" Lance said looking at Michael on the picture.

      

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Calum came inside Michael's house just to find him on the couch watching television while munching some potato chips.

"Hey Mikey, don't you have any work today? " Calum ask sitting beside his best friend.

"None, Harry and Louis decided to just close the bakery for the few days" Michael sighed deeply.

Calum gave him a questionable look.
"Why? "

"Earlier, " Michael said pulling out his phone and showed Calum a picture of him and Harry at the bakery talking to Taylor and Gigi, "This picture got all over the medias, Harry found his bakery surrounded by some reporters so Louis suggests that they should close it for a few days"

Calum's eyes wideningly looking at the picture, "Did you get really talked to Taylor and Gigi?! "

Michael annoyingly nods, "Didn't I told you and Katy last night about it?"

"I thought you were just joking so we just take a ride on your 'story' " Calum said.

"By the way, what brings you here? " Michael ask glaring at his best friend.

"I'm planning on going out for some groceries, Katy can't go with me because of her work so maybe you can come with me? " Calum ask bringing out his best puppy eye.

"As long as I get some watermelon lemonade" Michael said with smile and Calum drag him out of his house.