Adopted by 5 Seconds of Summer

Twenty-Eight

Still going to be in different POVs sorry fam vvv important authors note at the end please read
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Later that night...
*Calum's POV*

"Thank you London!!" Luke spoke into the mic. We all made our way to the center of the stage and bowed down, ending the show. The lights turned off and we walked off of the stage. I made my way towards the dressing room and sprawled my body into the couch.

"Calum, lighten up bro!" Mike said as he walked towards the table full of food.
"Yeah man. Lighten up!" Luke said.
"How can I 'lighten up' when I feel like there's something wrong with my daughter?" I said, emphasizing the words 'lighten up'.

"Calum-" Ashton spoke but was rudely interrupted by me.
"Don't tell me to calm down Ashton. It was my damn fault those girls left that night. Who knows maybe it's also my fault that my daughter is suffering from shit and no ones helping her. What if it were Grace, Luke? Now tell me you wouldn't be feeling panicked and scared if it were her who was in this position? Because we all know that'd be a damn lie. She's on the other side of the world and needs someone and I'm over here performing when I should be over there taking care of her!!" I yelled at them.

"Calum-" they all said but I rudely interrupted again.
"No!! Save it!! You know what!? I'm going back to the hotel and I'm packing up. We have about four days of break and I'm going back to L.A. to check on her. You guys can come if you want to but I don't care." I said as I stormed out of the room and made my way towards the exit of the stadium, and into a taxi.

I gave the taxi the address and he drove off. He got there, I payed the guy, and ran into the hotel towards my room. I got my phone out and dialed Grace's number as I walked into my room.
"Hello?" She answered on the third ring.

"Grace, I'm going to L.A." I spoke.
"What? What about the tour?" She asked sounding upset.
"We have a four day break and I'm pretty sure Lupe needs me."
"Oh, about her." She spoke softly into the phone as she sighed.

"What's going on?" I asked as I started packing.

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*Grace's POV*

We soon got to the house and made our way inside. We quietly walked up the stairs and towards her room. We peeked inside her room only to see her wrapped up in her covers. I looked at her face and sure enough there was bruises and cuts. I walked in further into the room and took the covers off for a little bit.

I gasped and stared for a couple seconds. Then I put the covers over her again and walked out. I shut the door behind me and closed my eyes shut, trying hard not to cry.
"What's wrong?" Matt asked, concerned.
"Matt, she needs help. She's lost so much weight and looks unhealthy. There was bruises and cuts on her face, arms, and legs. But the cuts on her wrist and thighs looked like she did them." I whimpered.

He looked down at the floor and blinked. He tried so hard to blink the tears away before I noticed but I noticed them anyway. I stepped closer to him and hugged him tight.
"Why would she do that to herself?" He cried into my shoulder. By now, I was also crying.

"I don't know Matt. I really don't know." I said quietly. Then I was cut off by my phone ringing. I fished it out and saw it was Calum. I wiped my tears away and calmed down a bit more.

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*Luke's POV*

We all walked into the room and saw that Calum had his head in his hands, while whimpering.
"Hey mate. What's wrong?" I asked, a bit concerned.

"I told you there was something wrong with her! My baby, Lupe, I'm such a selfish, idiotic father. How could I do this to her?" Calum cried, blaming himself.
"Hey bro, what's wrong?" Michael asked, also concerned.
"What happened to her?" Ashton asked, sounding terrified to hear what happened to her.

"She does have those bruises and cuts! Not just on her face, but also around her thighs, legs, arms, and wrists! But the ones on her thighs and wrists, she did them herself." he cried out in frustration.

He looked so, mad. Broken, disappointed. He was disappointed in himself for letting this happen, after he told me he wouldn't let this happen.

*Flashback*
We were all currently outside in a little lake house we had rented in New York, because we had a few days off and wanted to spend some time as family. Grace, Lupe, Michael, and Ashton were all passed out, due to them running after each other just a few hours before.

Grace was sleeping on me, with her head buried into my neck and her body on my lap with my arms around her waist, holding her. Lupe was sleeping on Calum, her whole body sitting on him as her head was buried in his chest as he held onto her for dear life.

"How did we get so lucky?" He asked, as he looked up at the starry night.
"Lucky with what?" I asked, starring up at the sky as well.
"Everything. From being in the band, touring around with 3 of my best friends, to adopting these two beautiful, young, inspirational, and healthy girls. How did we do it?" Calum said as he looked from Lupe, to Grace, to Ashton, to Michael, and to me.

"Honestly, I don't know. We had pretty tough lives before this, I guess this is how God rewarded us." I responded, remembering the time Calum's Aunt had died, or the time my grandparents died. It was pretty rough for us.

"I love them so much. I love you guys so much. I promise not to let anything harm these beautiful girls. To protect them from anything." Calum said as he kissed Lupe on the forehead and hugged her tighter.

"Me either, but sometimes we won't be there to protect them, like we plan to." I said as I also kissed Grace on the cheek and hugged her tighter.
*End of Flashback*

"Luke I've failed. I failed on protecting her." he cried out as he pulled onto his hair.
"Calum, calm down. You have to calm down. When we go back to see her, you can't be like this. It'll make her disappointed in herself and that's the last thing we want." I said as I hugged him. He just held onto me, as if he let go, he'll lose everything he has.

"Alright, okay. We need to go back to them. To take care of them." He said as he stood up and grabbed his luggage.
"Hey hold up, we also have to pack!" Michael said.
"Well then hurry up! We need to go as soon as we can!" Calum said, a bit impatient.

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wow... I'm at a loss of words... poor calum :-(

Anyways what I needed to say was

IM WRITING A HORROR FANFIC!!! It'll also be (most likely) 5sos! I'm so excited cause there really isn't a lot of horror fanfics out there that's about 5sos. I'm going to try my best to make this the best fanfic ever! Love you guys loads goodnight! :-) <3