Rock Band Next Door ((5sos))

2.

You guessed it, Calum was my ex that I broke up with one year ago.

He was in a band and they were going on tour, so I decided to end things. I couldn't handle long distance. I was a clingy person. It's not that I wanted to end it, it was more of that I needed to. Neither of us wanted to break up, but it was what was best and we left it at that. We had no contact whatsoever for a whole year and now, here he was, living ten feet away from me.

I woke up from my long nap with makeup and tears sticking to my face. I rolled off my bed and went to my bathroom that was connected to my room.

I washed all the makeup off and splashed some cold water on my face. I sighed and made my way downstairs.

I found my mom on the couch, watching some reality show.

"Hey, mom," I said quietly.

"Hey, sweetie. Are you alright? What happened over there?" she asked, scooting over so I could have room to sit next to her.

"It was Calum. Him and his band are the ones that moved in," I said, fighting back more tears that were threatening to come out.

"Oh, Cadence. I'm sorry. If I would've known I would've gone over there myself."

"It's alright. No one could have known. Just don't make me go over there again, please."

"Of course, sweetheart."

I laid down on her lap and we watched tv together.

My dad came home while we were in the middle of watching Kim Kardashian cry and he chuckled and we watched intently.

"Hi, honey! Happy anniversary!" my mom exclaimed as I sat up, letting her go over to my dad.

They hugged and kissed and I rolled my eyes, but smiled at the same time. I miss being in love.

"I made you a cake. It's in the kitchen," she said as they went into the kitchen together.

"I'm gonna go up to my room. Happy anniversary," I said. I gave my dad a hug and went back up to my room.

I opened my curtains to let the evening light in. Evening was my favorite time of day. It wasn't too bright out, but it wasn't too dark. It was just the right amount of light to not need a lamp on.

I went over to my closet and grabbed some more comfy clothes to change into. I took a pair of short shorts and a random band tee and set them on my bed. I grabbed the bottom of my shirt and pulled it over my head.

As I went to take my bra off, my eyes glanced over to the window to see a boy with bright green hair watching me with wide eyes.

I squealed and ran over to the window, quickly closing my curtains. I threw on my shorts and shirt and peaked through the middle of the curtains. I saw Calum yelling at the guy. Their window was slightly open so I could hear the conversation.

"What the hell, Michael?! One, you're in my room and two, you're peeping on my ex-girlfriend! Get out!" Calum yelled. The green haired guy, whose name is apparently Michael chuckled and patted Calum on the back as he left the room.

My face turned red at the fact that Calum's room was directly across from mine. I sighed and opened my curtains back up. I ignored him as he looked up at me and just went to my bed.

I pulled out my iPad and played some games, Calum now with his head out the window, trying to get my attention. I deeply regret leaving my window open, but I don't have air conditioning in my room, so I didn't have a choice.

"Hey! Hey, Cadence! Can I talk to you? I need to talk to you," Calum kept saying. I tried ignoring him, but he wouldn't stop. I rolled my eyes and tossed my iPad on the bed. I went over to the window, leaning on the window sill.

"What?" I said sternly with my eyebrows furrowed. I was not in the mood to talk to him right now.

"Hey," he said with a cheeky grin.

"What do you want, Calum?" I kept my voice from shaking, not wanting him to know that I was crying over him less than two hours ago.

"I just wanted to say sorry for earlier. You left me kind of speechless. I wasn't expecting you to be the one ringing my doorbell."

"It's fine. Just don't expect it anymore."

"Why not?"

"Just...don't expect me to be coming over anytime soon."

"But why?"

"You know why."

He had a hurt look on his face and gave me a small smile. "Yeah, I-I get it. I was just hoping we could still be friends. It's been a year, Cay."

"Maybe. I still need to get used to you being around." And with that, I closed my curtains and went back to my bed. I ignored his pleas for me to come back and plugged my headphones into my laptop and started on a tv series on Netflix.

...

I woke up the next morning at around 10. My favorite part of summer is the fact that I can wake up whenever I want. I sat up and stretched my limbs. I climbed out of bed and went downstairs to the smell of bacon.

My mom was cooking it at the stove. My dad had already left for work and my mom was getting ready to.

"Morning, sleepyhead. Could you finish this bacon? It's all for you. I have to get going for work," she said.

I took the fork from her hand. She kissed my head and grabbed her things and headed out.

The advantage of being the only child is when you're home alone, you don't have to worry about keeping watch over anyone.

One disadvantage: you get bored really easily.

I decided I might as well get started on my summer cooking plan. I planned on making everything in my cookbook at least once.

I grabbed the book, opened to the first page and began.

...

By the end of my cooking, I had a fresh apple pie sitting in front of me. I cut myself a slice and wrapped the rest up for later. Though, I doubted I was going to eat the whole thing.

As I was nibbling at my pie, I heard bass reverberating through my house. I listened closely and heard someone singing.

"What was I thinking? Everyone sees it. It's not a secret that I'm just a reject," the voice sang. I figure it must be Calum's band practicing. I was used to hearing them playing by now from when me and Calum used to date. It didn't bother me.

They were good, always have been. It was weird that I had never met his bandmates before until now. The thought played in my head as I ate pie and listened to them play.

Once I finished my pie, I knew I wasn't going to be able to finish the whole thing. I knew my parents wouldn't eat it. My mom's allergic to apples and my dad simply doesn't like them.

I sighed as a thought came into my head. I grabbed the pie from the fridge, put on some flip flops, and made my journey across the grass.

I knew I shouldn't be going over there. I told Calum I wouldn't be coming over. I prayed to God that he wouldn't be the one answering the door.

My prayers were answered when a boy with blonde hair and blue eyes opened the door.

"Hi. I'm Cadence. I live next door," I said with a small smile.

"Hey, I'm Luke. What's up?" he said in a deep voice, taking his black lip ring in between his teeth.

"Well, I made this pie. There's one slice missing because I ate it, but I can't finish the whole things and no one else is going to eat it, so I thought I would bring it to you guys." I lifted the pie closer to him.

"Are you the one that brought the cookies yesterday?"

"Yep."

"Those were amazing. I ate like nine. What kind of pie is it?"

"Thanks. It's apple."

"Don't mind if I do," he said, taking the pie from my hands. "Thank you, Cadence. Do you wanna come in for a little bit?"

"Uh...sure."