Fame ☆ Cashton AU

Chapter Seven: Unreleased Songs and an Unexpected Ride Home

Author's Note: Hi! Remember how I said I would be taking a song that I wrote and using it in this book? Well, it's in this chapter. I worked really really really hard on this song and I would appreciate it if you don't steal it. Thanks for understanding. Hopefully you enjoy this long chapter!
-Megan :-)

"Woah."

Calum gasped at what the arena looked like. It looked completely different from how it did a few hours ago during soundcheck.

The floor without seats looked pretty big and Calum shuddered.

"How many people are going to be able to fit here?" he asked, tapping Bella on the shoulder to get her attention.

"I don't know, probably at least a couple hundred in each pit," Bella answered.

"Well, damn," Calum mumbled to himself.

It was a pretty huge arena, after all. The fact that there would be people surrounding Calum from every angle frightened him, but it was a concert. He wasn't going to walk out the arena and waste all the money that Luke had paid.

Luke.

Calum had no idea where Luke was, but was still mad at him, so if he was being honest, he didn't really care.

He doubted Luke would answer his phone or come running back, desperate to fix things up. Normally, Luke would do that less than an hour after they argued or fought. This time,he hadn't said or typed a single word to Calum in hours and honestly, Calum was okay with it.

Well, he was working on being okay with it.

"Are you okay?" Bella asked Calum

"Yeah," Calum answered, "It's just... It's just that I'm still thinking about the whole fight with Luke. He's the one who paid for the tickets and the hotel room and stuff with only a little bit of help from me. I don't know what I'm feeling. I guess I'm just still mad at him or maybe worried that he'll never come back, but whatever it is, it's just bothering me. I just feel kind of numb right now if I'm being honest with you."

"Well, you need to forget about him. Have a little fun tonight. Music is the perfect opportunity to escape from whatever's haunting your mind. Even if it only helps for a few hours, it still helps. Trust me," Bella told him.

Calum nodded and tried to ignore his thoughts.

Ashton was a talented artist, and he wasn't too bad looking either.

Bella was right. Calum needed to escape and have a little bit of fun for a few hours.

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The music playing throughout the arena slowly faded to an end. The lights went off, the room was completely dark, and all you could hear was screams from everyone in the crowd.

This was the moment they had been waiting for.

Calum felt like his heart was going to pound right out of his chest. It wasn't just because he felt squashed by people standing all around him, but because he was going to see Ashton this close. Sure, he was close to him and actually touched him during the meet and greet, but this was different. He was seeing him perform. It may have seemed a little odd, but Calum looked up to Ashton a little. Just a little.

"O2 Arena, are you guys ready?" Ashton asked the moment he came out on the stage.

The screams from the audience were just as loud as they were when the lights first went off.

Calum and Bella looked at each other, and then back at Ashton. They were certainly ready to have a good time tonight.

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