My Only Hope

Chapter 0.4

When the boys played they sounded amazing, and they looked so happy performing even if it was just for Pink and I. I honestly love their music, I hope I can come watch them practise more often.

As I watch them practise I finally have a chance to get a good look at Michael without him noticing, and I just can't seem to take my eyes off of him. His eyebrows are scrunched up as he focuses on making sure he gets the chords right. Michael is very attractive, with his bright red hair, eyebrow piercing, and the tattoo on his muscular left arm. His body isn't super toned and muscular but he's not out of shape either, he's just perfect to me. Michael is different from every single person I've ever met, he's getting close to me, breaking down my walls and I've only known him for a day. It's like I feel sparks whenever we touch and I don't understand why. I know I'm saying that a lot but I seriously don't know why. We're moving really fast and I don't know if that's normal.

I start to zone back into the song and just let my body vibe with the music. I pull my vape out of my back pocket and hit the button 3 times quickly to unlock it. I slowly bring it up to my lips and push the button as I inhale the sweet nicotine cloud into my lungs. It feels like a breath of fresh air being forced into my lungs. I move my vape away from my mouth and exhale from my nose and mouth at the same time just letting the huge cloud out.

"Do dodo do do dodododo" Michale sings the last chord as the instruments fade. He's got a goofy smile on his face like a kid in a candy store. He turns to his right to give Luke a high five, which Luke gladly accepts.

"Bruh! We killed it!. I didn't even fuck up the chords this time!!" Calum yells causing me to flinch again and startle Pink awake. She awkwardly rolls herself over and lets out a deep warning bark, which causes me to jump and shake a little. I look over at her to see one of her ears flipped backwards so the insides of her ears are on full display. Despite her ears looking weird she has a very terrifying look on her face, with her lips pulled back to bare her teeth, her eyes wide with anger and a deep growl coming from her chest as a warning to stay away.

"H-h-hush P-p-inkbear, it's okay h-h-he's a friend." I stutter out as I rest one of my shaking hands on her big head to calm her down. Meanwhile all the boys except for Michael are standing completely still, petrified of the big angry dog. My petting seems to work, her face relaxes and her growling stops. Pink looks at me with sad eyes before standing up fully and turning herself around to lay back down. This time with her head on my lap to comfort me.

I turn my attention to the three scared boys to see them relax a little bit. "S-s-sorry a-about her. S-she's still a-a little skittish b-b-being that s-s-she j-just m-met y'all and j-j-just got m-e back." I mumble to the boys as I pet pinks sleeping head.

"You have one scary ass dog Link" Calum mumbles as he goes to set down his instrument.

"She's not that scary you crabass! Don't insult a dog you don't even know!!" Ashton Scolded rather loudly while throwing one of his drumsticks at Calum. Ashton barely hits him in the arm, making Calum squeal like a little girl while the drumstick clatters to the floor again. Ashton starts to laugh at his pain as he gets up to pick his stick up and put them on top of his snare drum. Meanwhile Michael is putting his guitar back on its stand

"What do you mean you just got her back? Didn't she come with you when you moved here?" Luke asks with a confused and concerned look in his eyes.

"O-o-oh uhm d-don't worry a-about it." I mumble out and look down at pink to avoid his questioning stare. I take another big hit of my vape to help calm me down a little bit. I feel the couch dip next to me but I choose to ignore whoever is sitting there, I don't want them to start questioning my past more than they already are.