To the Moon//Michael G. Clifford

What Date?

Ashton drove us back to mine and Ryan's house. Michael and Luke went straight to the couch to play Fifa. Calum came and literally sat on me crushing my every bone. He wiggled around until he was comfortable. I wrapped my arms around him and rest my head on his shoulder. 

"I'm gonna miss this, Cal." He looked at me confused. "I'm gonna miss us cuddling and who's going to wake me up in the morning for school if I'm across the world? Calum? Who's going to be there for me?" I was starting to get worked up again and I hated it. 

All of a sudden I was angry. I was just straight up pissed. I pushed Calum off of me and ran up stairs. I heard someone following me and booked it to my room. I turned around to close the door but Michael stopped me. Pushing his way in the door with little to no effort at all. He locked my door and tried to hug me but I turned away. 

"Michael, I just really need to be alone right now." I said with my back turned to him. 

"Tara please tell me what's going on. You were fine in the car ride over here." He paused for a second. "If this is about our date and it was just pity don't feel bad you don't have to go on a date with me I understand. Just please don't shut me out." 

I turned around and grabbed his face and connected our lips. He kissed me back immediately. My hands moved to his hair and tugged at it gently. His hands were placed on my hips rubbing soothing circles with his thumbs. He pushed me up against the wall and stopped kissing me. I stared into his beautiful green irises, "I'm not going on a date with you because I pity you. Michael I'm going on a date with you because I want to." 

He smiled and continued to kiss me. Before it could get too heated I made sure to pull away.

"You don't know how long I've wanted to do that." He said as he went and laid down on my bed. I walked over and climbed into bed cuddling up with him. "Tell me what's wrong."

"I just don't want to leave." I looked up at him to see he was already looking back at me. " Michael, I don't want to go. I don't want to move to America. I can't move to America."

"How about I make you a promise."

"Okay what is this promise?" I ask intrigued by his offer.

"You go to America with your mum-" I groan shoving my head further in his chest. He lightly hit my back and giggled. "Listen to me, okay? So you go to America and you stay there until I come to get you."

"When would you ever be able to go to America? Your mum barely let you cross the street without her when we were ten."

"Just promise me that you'll go and the first time I come to America, you'll come back with me." He said looking straight into my eyes.

"Fine I promise." He held up his pinky finger. I laughed and connected mine. He kissed my cheek and got up.

"Now, get up and grab your swim suit, we're going to the lake." And with that he walked out my door.

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We spent the rest of the day at the lake and we all got to know Ashton a lot more as well. We were all in our own homes now and I was lying in my bed, petting Popcorn and thinking.

"Why did they divorce?" I sat up and looked Popcorn in the eyes. "Do you know why?" Silence. "I thought you'd say that" I sigh.

I hear a knock on my door and Madi walks in.

"Can I sleep in here with you?" She asks. I nod my head and she walked in and sat down next to me. "Do you love Mikey?"

"Yes, I love him to the moon and back."