Hanging Tree

Chapter 41

Calum

The song ended as Ashton banged the drum to its last beat. I looked ahead of me and I can already feel the adrenaline rushing through me. Me and the boys came here for soundcheck since we have to perform later. This place is freaking huge, it almost felt as if its our own concert. I place my guitar at the back of the stage and walked off backstage. My eyes fell on my beautiful girlfriend. I walked towards her and she smiled when she saw me. "How was it?" I asked her, knowing she was listening to us. "It was good. You guys are going to be amazing up on stage later," she said, encouraging me. I smiled and pecked her on the lips.

The boys walked in, chatting. "Dude I can't wait for the real thing," I heard Luke say. "Its a good thing we ran into your friend the other day," Ashton said, talking to Michael. Just as we mentioned about his friend, he came into view. "Hey guys! That was amazing!" he said patting the boys in the back.

Violet encouraged me to join them even though I preferred talking with her. But since this was my band too, it would be best for us to join them. I made my way up towards them and smiled at Mikey's friend. He smiled back at me welcomingly. "So what time do we come on?" I asked him, trying to make small talk. He unfolded a paper he took out of his pocket and skimmed through it. "Um, at about half past nine. Since this party is going to be going on for a long night, you guys come on a little late."

I checked my watch and noticed that we've got quite some time left until we're up. "You guys can leave now if you want to but at least make it back by nine," he said looking at all of us. The four of us shared looks and nodded. "Alright so I guess we'll see you later, mate," Mikey said pulling his friend into a hug. His friend soon disappeared into the group of people. "So do we go out somewhere or something?" Ash asked. "I guess. What else can we do here?" Luke asked. We eventually decided to go out to a mall or something and make it back here on time before the show.

I turned around and to my surprise Violet wasn't where I had left her. I looked around the room and noticed Violet standing at the corner of the room, looking at something that was on the wall while talking to someone. A man with jet black hair was talking to her and they seemed to be having a good time. Violet was laughing at something he had said and I could feel the jealousy burning up inside of me.

I'm not one to get jealous but seeing my girlfriend laugh at something dude said to her makes me jealous. Plus its pretty obvious that he's flirting with her. The guy cracked up another joke, causing Violet to laugh even harder. She was laughing so hard, her hand fell on the guy's shoulder, officially firing up my jealous. "You not going in there, mate?" Luke asked, seeing what I was seeing too.

I walked my way towards Violet and stood beside her. "Hey, Calum," she acknowledged me sweetly like nothing just happened. "Hey, babe," I said wrapping my arms around her waist and pulling her close. I looked up at the guy in front of her and waited for him to introduce himself. He cleared his throat and extended his hand out. "Jacob," he said smiling. Even though I was reluctant to extend my hand out, I knew it was polite if I did. "Calum," I took his hand in and shook it.

"Was that your band out there just now?" he asked. I nodded and stayed silent. I know I'm probably being rude to him but I can't help it. He didn't seem to bother at the fact I was being curd towards him and asked me continued talking to me. "You guys were pretty sick out there. I'm sure the crowd is going to love you later." "Thanks, Jacob," I said, accepting his compliment.

"Cal, you coming?" I heard Mikey ask from across the room. They were all by the door, ready to leave, waiting for me and Violet. "Yeah we are. Hold on!" I shouted to them. I turned back to Jacob and told him we had to leave. I walked away first, grabbing a water bottle on the way and waiting for Violet by the door. She smiled sweetly and wave at him as she made her way towards me.