never //c.h. au

chapter one

((the pictures i put on are her outfits, or her newly died hair color))

The sky is a dark blue. This is my favorite type of night. Party, guys, alcohol, and drugs. This is all so I never turn into my mother. An uptight bitch that wants to ruin my life. No, I feel like its a need to ruin my life.

She doesn't get me. But alcohol does. It's my escape from the world. My drug. Yeah, I have friends. They're here right now actually. Calum is my closest friend. Since we were two years old we have been the closest. When he was two him, his mother and sister moved here to South Heights, Florida. Now, we're still best friends at age 17.

Lacy James is my second closest. We were in second grade when we met. She really gets me, I tell her everything. I even told her when I lost virginity, half an hour after I kicked the kid out. I don't remember his name. Plus, her boyfriend Ashton, always makes her feel special so he's okay I guess.

And then there is Michael, also known as my fuck buddy. He might've been the kid I lost my virginity to, who knows? Him and I are still extremely close. People think its awkward, but in all honesty it just brought us closer together. He's my rock. When something goes wrong I turn to him. The only bad thing about him, is his other friend.

Luke Hemmings. He is a dick. Every time he sees me he slaps my ass, or whistles, or is just a creep. He's a horn-dog and needs to find a girlfriend to satisfy his needs. I gave in once. Sophomore year, the year I started breaking the rules. Becoming more adventurous. He thought I was hot and I thought he was too. So I gave it to him. Since then, he follows me around like a puppy. I tend to just block him out, but that's hard because he's around Michael along with me.

It's so warm out tonight I love it. I'm sitting on an overcrowded couch with Lacy, Cal, Mikey, and Luke. There are some others that I forget the names of. I'm itching for the first drink of the night so I get up to grab a lemon vodka. I start to down my very much needed drink when I feel a large hand on my lower back.

I turn around and see Calum, stumbling around trying to find more alcohol.

"Do you need some help, Cal?" I chuckle as he moves his hands along the counter to get the beer bottle buried in the ice on the other side of the counter.

"You know you're my b-bestest friend in the whole world Avery Rose Brooks? You're so cool!" He mumbles.

"You are too Cal, lets get you upstairs to bed. Does that sound good?" I ask loudly over the booming music.

"Can you lay with me then?" He asks as he leans against my shoulder. Ever since we were kids, we've had each others backs no matter what. I have his back and he has mine. He was my first best friend.

"Of course Calum. Let's go get you some sleep, alright?" I lead him up the stairs

As we walk up the stairs, he starts mumbling random stuff.

"Why are we here?" He randomly asks me.

"Because you wanted to come to this party." I reminded him.

"No, like why are we here in this world? Do you ever think that Aves? Why us? I love being friends with you." That was completely out of nowhere, but I let it slip by.

We finally reach the top of the stairs after what seems like an eternity. I open the door closest to me and we walk in. I sit him on the bed and he lays down pulling me towards him. I lay with my back to his stomach.

I can feel him twirling my hair and hear him telling me he loves me so much. I tell him I love him to and we fall asleep in each others arms.