TANGLED CONFESSIONS

Chapter 1: I didn't get your name

In a small town of Jasmine Hills, among the lush greenery and people, live three friends, Callahan Pine, Aiden Rhodes and Finlay Lake. The three of them grew up together in an orphanage, marvellous singers and had formed a band, naming themselves 'Necessarily Bad'. Aiden Rhodes, the drummer, Finlay Lake, the guitarist and Callahan Pine, the main vocalist. A woman, named, Jessica, in their orphanage had noticed their talent and helped them excel. The three of them had gotten into a state level music competition and got the first place, bringing name to their little town. Later, a company called Soul Sound Co. began producing their music video and everything.

As they grew up, they turned out to be young, handsome men, wanted by every girl in town. Going out openly would cause fans surrounding them, so they would head out in disguise when they wanted to be alone. The company had also given them a huge mansion. But the boys never forgot the small room where they began their journey, amidst the others. They would go the apartment to escape the popularity and be comfortable for themselves. The owner of the apartment had agreed to not reveal to others in the building that the town-famous band lived there. They lived on the ground floor. It was almost night time.

"So what's cooking!?" Finlay asked Aiden, the eldest of the group.

"Wouldn't you eat if you don't like what I'm cooking!?" Aiden asked with a smile.

"Haha very funny!" Finlay said with a sarcastic smile. 
"Cal! Where are you!?" Finlay called out to him. Callahan was the youngest.

"I'm here!" they heard Callahan from the hall. 

"How can he sleep the whole day!?" Finlay said, looking at Aiden, who laughed.

"I could sleep if you stopped bickering all day!" they heard Callahan from the hall.

"The bloody idiot...." Finlay muttered to himself and walked to Callahan and saw him laying down on the couch. He walked to him and pushed him off the couch.

"What was that for!?" Callahan asked sitting up.

"You think I bicker all day!?" Finlay asked.

"Yes!" Callahan said with a chuckle. Finlay took a pillow and hit him.
"Fine fine! You don't bicker all say!" he said, smiling. 

"Kids!" Aiden said to himself, with a smile, as he came with the food. All of them settled down.

"So Aiden...I was thinking...." Finlay began. "Ever thought, no matter how things changed, there is something still missing!?" 

"What do you mean!?" Aiden asked, eating. Callahan smiled to himself, which the other two noticed.

"What!?" they asked in unison.

"He means a girl!" he said with a smirk. Aiden looked at Finlay.

"I mean, come on, Den! It's always been the three of us! We never even went to high school! Jessica got us home-schooled! Ever thought about having a girl!? Someone who cares for you..." Finlay was telling when Callahan interrupted him.

"We care for you, Fin!" he said with a smile.

"You know what I meant!" Finlay said, defending himself.
"Have you never thought of it, Cal!? A girl!? Your girl for whom you'd go any distance!?"

"Ahh..." Callahan said, thinking but he didn't want to say anything. To be honest, he had thought about it, but never said anything.

"See! So does he!" Finlay told Aiden, pointing at Callahan.

"No...that's not..." Callahan was saying when someone banged on the door. They three of them were shocked. 
"Were we expecting anyone!?" Callahan asked as they exchanged confused. 

"HEY! THERE IS A MAN BLEEDING AT YOUR DOOR! OPEN UP!" they heard a girl's voice, as the banging continued. All of them hurried to the door. On opening it, they saw a young girl, probably in high school and another person, holding a man, who was quite aged. He was bleeding. Behind then was a woman, quite the same age of the hurt man, who was in shock and crying, probably his wife. The three of them froze, not knowing what to do.

"Well, move over!" the girl said. The three of them moved aside and let them get inside. The girl and the other person laid the man on the floor. Aiden walked into the room to get the first aid kit, which the girl took. Finlay stood confused, while Callahan's eyes were fixed on the girl. Aiden tended to the aged woman and brought her a glass of water, while the girl wrapped the bandage around the man's waist with the help of the other person, who noticed these three men and knew about them.

"Hey girl, these boys are the boys of "THE" Necessarily Bad! They are famous, we shouldn't be here!" he whispered.

"They are still humans!" she said, still tending to the hurt man. Callahan smiled to himself when he heard her. He also noticed her white shirt was red with the man's blood. Aiden had called the ambulance which was on the way. Till the arrival of the ambulance, the girl kept the pressure on the man's waist to prevent blood loss. 

"Bless you dear!" the woman said to the girl before getting onto the ambulance. The girl just smiled, looking at the woman as she onto the ambulance, which finally left. The girl turned to the boys. Her hands were covered in blood.

"I'm sorry I banged at your door...he was bleeding and I..." she was trying to explain herself.

"It's okay! We are more than happy to help!" Aiden said, looking at the girl. 
"Would you like to clean up!?"he asked, looking at her hands.

"No...It's okay...I'll just..." she was saying. 

"It's okay! We wouldn't mind!" Callahan said, looking at her. She thought for a moment.

"Okay! Thank you! I won't take more time, I wouldn't want to bother you!" she said. Callahan moved aside. She walked in. Aiden showed her to the bathroom. The three boys sat on the couch, waiting for her to come out, which she eventually did.

"Thank you..." she said. "...a lot!" 
Callahan stood up with this jacket.

"You are going to need this!" he said giving it to her, looking at the blood on her shirt. She hesitated.

"Umm...it's okay! You've done a lot already..." she said.

"You wouldn't want to run around town like that!" he said, looking at her.

"Oh no..." she said with a nervous. "I'm going home, take a bath..."

"You could put this on till you go home atleast!" he said, insisting. She took the jacket, still hesitating and put it on. 

"Thank you..." she said, nodding. Callahan did nothing but look at her. As awkward as the silence was, she walked towards the door, followed by the boys. Finlay saw a crowd gathering outside.

"I  didn't get your name..." Callahan was saying, when a group of girls swarmed around him, asking for photos and autographs. In the group of girls, he lost the girl to whom he had lent his sweater. Eventually the girls left and the boys went inside.

"We can't live here anymore!" Aiden said. 

"What!? Why!?" Finlay asked.

"This is place is gonna swarm with people once they know we are here!" he replied. Finlay kept quiet and turned to Callahan, who was on his phone.

"So what's her name!?" he asked him.

"I don't know...." he trailed off.

"She didn't tell you!? Rude!" Finlay joked.

"No...it's not like that...I don't think she heard me!" Callahan said.

"Ahh...maybe..." Finlay said, shrugging.

"The nice part was she cleaned up everything before she left!" Aiden said.

"I know, right!? And the way she handled everything...wonder where she learnt that!" Finlay said.

"Grey's Anatomy!" Callahan muttered, which brought laughter across the room.

"Callahan Pine and humor! WOW! What was all that with the jacket, huh!?" Finlay asked, jokingly, nudging Callahan's shoulder.

"She was tying to help a man who would have died! That's the least I could do!" he said, shrugging.
Eventually the topic changed to other things like music, etc and all of them fell asleep.