latch :: calum hood (rewriting)

xxvii - flashback

when its in all italics, it's a flashback
read authors note at the end pls
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"Alright, Alright!" Luke put his arms up, hushing his four very loud friends. His words were a bit slurred and they've all had a bit too much to drink, so making them be quiet was quite
the task.

Michael laid on his back, part of his pale stomach showed as his faded black shirt lifted slightly. He was laughing uncontrollably next to Ashton, who was chugging down his fifth bottle of beer. He was upset since he found out he's being shipped across an ocean and continent to be stuck in boarding school until he got his act together.

Scarlet had her head on Ashton's shoulder, trying to rip the bottle from his hands. She was a bit buzzed herself, but was still sober enough to take care of her four idiot of friends. Calum was too busy trying to open a bottle of whiskey, but was failing completely since he had no idea how to open it.

"We have to continue!" Luke told them, nudging Michael.

"I have two fingers left." Michael assured him, getting up a bit quickly for his liking, causing for him to baby barf a bit in his mouth. "Holy shit, I am losing."

"I have seven!" Scarlet shouted, snatching another bottle from Ashton's hands as he tried to sneak one pass her.

"Yeah because you don't do anything, prude." Calum called out, finally popping the cork of the bottle. Ashton and Michael cheered and clapped, crawling over to Calum who was pouring drinks into the generic red solo cups. Scarlet and Luke exchanged looks, shrugging their shoulders because there is not much they could do about them.

"Alright." Calum squinted his eyes after taking one sip of his drink, which was extremely strong. "I have five fingers."

"Four!" Ashton mentions. Luke had his four fingers as well, signaling that they were both tied.

It was their own drinking game they invented, a combination of Never Have I Ever, and truth or dare. A question will be asked, if you have done it, you must tell everyone about the experience, making it a truth, you still lose a finger. If you haven't done it, it automatically becomes your dare. If you don't complete the task, you take a drink and lose a finger.

"I have one!" Ashton chirped, having trouble sitting upright. "Scarlet this is for you."

Scarlet groaned, hoping it would be a truth because it's the only thing keeping her in the game.

"Never have I ever kissed someone in this room." Ashton smirked.

Scarlet didn't hesitate, putting a finger down. Luke, Calum, and Ashton all exchanged looks of shock, all suddenly turning to Michael who was just laying on his back, whistling.

"What?" Michael asked, seeing his friends towering over him with widen eyes and lifted eyebrows. "We were like seven!"

"And two, don't forget the bathtub story. " Scarlet teased. Her and Michael have been friends for as long as they could remember, so it was no shocker that they've had some lip action before, but nothing major. There's a pic of them as two years old in the bathtub. Scarlet was holding Michael's face and kissed him. It made a cute picture in their family photo albums. And when they were seven, they were lying in the backyard talking about if girls and boys have cooties, kissed, and we completely grossed out by it.

"That doesn't count!" Ashton groaned. "I mean a real kiss, a little tongue action, some roaming hands." His words trailed off a bit seductively. Scarlet shook her head in disgust.