Back to Normal - Calum Hood

Chapter 38: End on an Era

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~Three weeks later (mid may)~

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-Ella's POV-

"To Ella's hard work and us being able to graduate together," Kennedy cheers holding up her drink. I got an 82% on the exam which made Calum want to throw a party. Everyone is dressed like they are from the 80s and it's pretty interesting. Our group took popular 80s characters and divided them amongst ourselves. Ashton and Allison are Bender and Claire from the breakfast club. Calum and Michael are Goose and Maverick from Top Gun. Luke and Kennedy are Baby and Johnny from Dirty Dancing. Jessie is Princess Leia which made Michael go a little crazy. While I am Cameron from Ferris Bueller's Day Off. I was too busy with work and studying for the other exams to go all out for the costume. Calum let me borrow a jersey he had.

"I can't believe we are graduating this is insane," I freak. The four is us jump around as the guys laugh at our excitement.

"I'm excited for the summer. We get to work on the album, throw more parties, and of course see you guys more often," Luke says. The eight of us take up the couches and sit around as the party goes by around us. The music loud enough to travel through the entire building. The girls have started talking about what is means when the guys start touring. We all know they are good enough to sell millions of records. But what does that really mean. Being gone for weeks on ends, partying with famous celebrities, working on another album. This era feels like its coming to an end but in the best way possible. I feel Ashton nudge my side and see he's looking at my hands.

"Your nails look nice," he whispers. Hes been checking in on me recently. Even after the math exam hes been challenging me to see how long I can grow my nails. If I picked at them or bit them he would dunk me in his pool. The thought of jumping into a green dirty pool was enough to keep me away from them. I look around the group and see that Luke and Calum are missing. Kennedy points behind me and they are carrying drinks for everyone.

"This is a party why does everyone look so sad?" Calum says, sitting back in his seat.

"Becuase what's gonna happen in a month?" Allison asks, putting her hand in Ashtons. This feels like some cliché ending to a movie where all the characters end up moving on without each other.

"What do you mean?" Michael asks, his arm lazily slung over Jessie's shoulder with her head on him. The guys look oblivious to what we are thinking. They keep sending each other subtle glances to try and figure it out.

"We should be celebrating the end of your highschool careers," Luke says before looking at us, "Seriously, what's going on?" He asks with a nervous laugh.

"We heard you guys on the phone the other day," Kennedy tells them. We all look at her and she gives a small smile.

"How much did you hear?" Luke asks, sitting up in his chair.

"Almost all of it"

"This doesn't change anything...." Michael says.

"It changes everything. We talked about it and we aren't letting you guys stay here," Allison tells them.

"We love you. We do. But you've been working on this for years and if you label thinks moving to London is the best thing to do...you have to," I point out.

"They said it's possible to make it work with us staying here. Obviously we know it's an amazing opportunity but.." Ashton says before Jessie interrupts, "No. You guys are going end of story. We will not have you guys ruining your careers," she states.