Don't Stop | Michael Clifford

Chapter 56

"DARREN OH MY GOD," I practically yell as I run towards the parking lot, literally jumping in him arms, wrapping my legs around his waist.

"El, I'm not that strong," he laughs, almost falling forward, so I let him go, letting him hug Maddie and eventually Mia.

"How's everyone?!" he exclaims. "I mean, we literally all have boyfriends." I smile at it, slightly jumping up and down, clapping like London from Zack and Cody.

I have way too much energy, but I also just drank a red bull, while I was tired. You know, that stage where you have too much energy already. "I don't think that has ever happened," Maddie says, as we all make our way back to the little apartment we had rented.

"Well, I don't exactly mind," I laugh, taking a hand through my hair as I dig out the keys for the door.

"So, what are we doing today?" Mia asks, taking her hair up in a ponytail.

"Well, it's windy and supposed to rain most of the day," Maddie says, jumping down on her bed. "So, we should just talk I guess. I'm dying to hear about Darren's new life in the windy city."

"You guys are the ones who date celebrities for crying out loud!"

"I already know way too much about Maddie and Luke," I say, making sure he could see on my face that it was all no good, especially because Michael's bedroom was right to Luke's.

"But I don't."

"But we're three girls who doesn't know about your relationship," Mia says, lying down in her bed. "We know about each others."

"I hate you guys," Darren laughs, sitting down next to Maddie, sitting in Indian style while the three of us looked like this was going to be the best story ever. "Well, at first it was really weird. You know, adapting to it all, the only thing familiar was the fact that it was a big city.

'It helped that Chris showed me around, including where my job was, and how to get a bit around and stuff."

"Where in Chicago do you live?" Maddie asks as he takes a break from talking.

"Almost next to Willis Tower," he tells her, making her smile. I already knew that she loved that place, or any skyscraper in general. If you ask her what her favorite view is, she'll say anywhere with a skyline.

And the fact that you can stand on glass on the I-don't-know-how-tall floor, and look down on the street, it gets a thumbs up from her. She's like her dad with those things.

"But anyways, it was really lonely at first there, because Chris had a lot of stuff to do, so I got homesick and almost went home again. By then you guys were in LA with the boys, and you hadn't moved back to New York."

"Didn't you tell Chris?"

"Well, eventually I did. He almost made me tell him. After that, he spent more time with me, and gave me more attention when he was with his friends, because that was why I also felt lonely, because I didn't have the same connection to his friends."

"Haven't you gotten any friends of your own?" Mia asks, putting down her phone, which I assumed was Dylan who was texting her.

"Well, now they're my friends. When Chris was down in Springfield for a few days, they invited me out to a pub to get to know me. That really helped, but yeah, I have friends of my own too. No one can compare to you guys though!" I smile, he was indeed right. There was just something about our little group, we always had fun. And I know that I will never meet someone who gets me more, or can make me as open as these guys. I can have major trust issues, but these guys just broke through my guard with the tip of their pinkie. And for that I am grateful. "But now I want some goods," Darren says, lying down on the bed he was sitting on.