Mess Around | Luke Hemmings FanFic

November 24th.

Atlas runs at me, the biggest grin on her face as she jumps into my arms. "Oh I have missed you. So so much. How was your day?"

"Easy, long- I don't know. I liked it a lot." She said quickly. "That's good."

"Yeah you know what's not good. This." Calum turns his phone around. "Woah, she's gorgeous- wait I can't read, hold still."

She takes the phone from him. Looking up at me once she'd finished reading. "I was a rebound?"

"No. No shes- she's just done this to get something. Calum please, save me." He takes the phone back. "You are not a rebound. He didn't have anybody before you. She was a girl that had a pr stunt a few months before you guys met and they usually end in actual sex."

"What's the song? She can sing? She's so pretty. Oh my god I'm gonna be sick." She throws herself into the floor. I rolled my eyes, watching her hold her hand over her forehead.

"I'm going to die." She cries out. "Over a song from a girl that I didn't want to work with? I would've told you about her if there was anything to tell. We had sex, she was a weird kisser- I mean you're the one invading my dreams before we meet but yeah, worry about the strange girl with weird hands."

"It's a pretty good song." Hailey mumbled, Atlas groaning as she lies there. "Hailey."

"I'm sorry it's just a really good song. How do they know it's about you?" Calum turns his phone around. Hailey pursing her lips trying not to laugh. "Mhm. Yeah she does not care."

"Why don't you just write a song and do the same thing?" She holds her hands over her face. "I'm not being petty- oh god she's so pretty. It's hurting me, I wish she'd hurt me."

"No that's insane. What?" Calum sounded so worried for her it was laughable. "Calum do you not listen to the music she makes?"

"Music is subjective. I didn't think she was serious." She sighs. "It's the unfortunate mishap in my wiring. Just one of my quirks."

"I mean we got some good music out of it so I'm not complaining. Are you gonna put music out ever?" Calum asks. "I think maybe like two songs and then I'll drop off the face of the earth."

"Lovely. Which songs?" She hums a little. "Maybe I'll write new ones. Leave the ones I sing live for live performances." She looks annoyingly good and it was pissing me off.

"You know what. Fuck this, I will be petty." She jumps up from the floor. "I'm gonna be so petty that I'll end up shrinking in my own trivial ways."

"That's wonderful." Calum says, holding his hand on her shoulder. "Isn't it just? Okay I'll be sat in that corner. Please do not disturb me, I will be nothing less than the worst person you've ever met."

They both laughed. "She's serious. I saw it happen. Not good. Every insecurity on that man was pointed out in both English and Spanish. A glimpse of hell was given."

She hides herself in the corner, we all moved into the kitchen and I made sure to text the others. "Did you keep the snake?"

"His name is Watson. Turns out he's only a year old too so I get to keep him into my old age. He's pretty cute, he's got no teeth though which is really sad but he doesn't seem to mind it."

"Your mother would be skipping across flowers with a sight like this." He hands onto my finger, curling himself up and around my wrist. "The vet said he was trying to eat me, but I consider this his daily exercise."

"Crunches." Hailey said quietly, in some kind of daze. "Yes. Exactly. He does enjoy the floor so mind your feet. He moves quick but just on the off chance he doesn't get you first, watch it."

"What's with her anger when she's writing? Why's she evil?" Calum asked quietly like she'd set him on fire. "She said she doesn't know. She just can't seem to do it without a strange sense of anger somewhere and it's always there like some guard or something."!

"What a strangen." He mumbled. "You're telling me. Okay show me this song. I wanna see what shit she's come out with this time."

"This time?" Hailey frowns. "Yeah she's done this already. That's why we ended up with the pr thing. But I didn't want that either John was just really adamant that it would help."

"Did it?" I scoffed out a laugh, clearing my throat. "Yes. This is also very stupid because I barely had sex, it was like, half of- uhm, we had sex for ten minutes and she was done and I- was not. But it's not like I was going to."

"Is she actually a weird kisser?" I nodded quickly. "Yes. It's like her tongue is moving the same speed as her brain. Slowly and with no actual thought. Also, she's just mad because Atlas got a song- multiple songs."

"Didn't she ask to tour with you a couple weeks ago?" Hailey gasps. "And you didn't tell Atlas?"

"Who do you think picked up the phone? We were a little busy and my hands were tied." She smacks the counter. "Hand it over mother fucker." Calum groans. Smacking the money into his hands. "Sorry Calum."

"I just lost a hundred dollars to you being a bottom." I scoffed. "I am not a bottom. What? I like to be thrown around every now and then, sue me."

"Either way he loses." She snickered. "I don't." I mumbled out. A stupid smirk on my face as I took the sucker from the wrapper. "Okay, that's enough. Thank you."
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"Six hours and you're done?" I asked. "You sound so surprised." I tilt my head. "Baby, no. Seriously though. Are you done?"

"Mhm." Calum makes his way over, a smile on his face. "She's got such a range it's impeccable. Did you know she could play piano?"

"I did. She's good at everything so it doesn't surprise me either. Why did she put a piano song in there?"

"No. We just got really bored and made a fake sad song. Sang it in French in a really sad tone. Guess what we sang about." I looked at her for three seconds and just somehow knew.

"Was it about playing the piano?" Calum's shoulders dropped. "How did you know that?"

"Because I'm a genius." Atlas snickered. "Okay, that's enough from you. Is everything released? Did John do his part? What's happening?"

"Yeah it's all done. Just need to get her to take her picture." She turns away, scratching her head as she pouts. "Hey what did four say to the court about five's stabbing?" She asked. "I don't know."

"I plead the fifth." I watched her smile widen, I wanted so badly to hate it. But she just looked so happy about it. "Atlas that was so bad." Calum laughed. "I know but I sort of enjoyed it."

"You feeling okay?" She nods as I brush my thumb over her cheek. Calum shook his head slightly, trying not to draw attention to it but making it clear. "You wanna go get pizza?"