Hanging Tree

Chapter 42

Calum

It has been a few days since the day of the party and let me tell you, our twitter account has been going off like crazy. Our followers has been increasing rapidly and there are more people who kept on tweeting us. All four of us try our best to follow back as many fans as possible but there are quite a number of them whom we can't follow back and we honestly feel bad. Me and Violet have been on a steady road so far and I hope nothing big comes along to ruin it.

The door creaked open and it revealed Violet in, sneaking in a bag of chips. Michael had his friends over at his house so me and Violet decided to spend time at her place. But of course, her parents doesn't know I'm in here. I sneaked in through the window of her room and I've been here ever since.

We've spent about an hour or so just sitting around and talking. We have just decided to watch a movie and that's when Violet went out to get us some snacks. "Are you parents still home?" I asked, hoping that they weren't. She placed she snacks down and nodded. I let my head fall back and groaned.

"Why? What's wrong, babe?" Violet asked concerned. "I just want to get out of here for a bit and I don't know. Drink some water or something." I had to admit being in here is kind of boring. Like I'm an active guy, so I'd like to walk around and stuff. "You could've told me you wanted water or something. I could've got you some," Violet said, ready to go out again.

"No. No. No," I said, rushing over to her and grabbing her hand. "You're already risking so much having me here. Its alright, babe," I said placing a soft kiss on her cheek. She smiled and made her way back towards the bed. I plopped down beside her and opened a bag of chips. Violet had put on a movie and we were half way through it when my phone started vibrating.

I grabbed it from the table and look at the screen. Ashton had messaged the band about something. Just as I was about the unlock my screen, I heard someone knocking on Violet's door. "Violet, can I come in?" I heard a man's voice say, who I'm assuming is her dad. Violet's head snapped towards me as her eyes grew big. "What am I supposed to do?" she whispered.

That's when I realise that I wasn't actually supposed to be in here. I silently cussed in my head. "I don't know! Should I leave?" I whispered back. She shook her head vigorously. "No. It'll take you too long." Her dad knocked on her door again. "Are you okay, Violet?" Violets eye scanned around the room. "Go hide!" she whisper-shouted.

"Where?" I asked, using the same tone she did. She pointed towards her bathroom and pushed me off the bed. I fell on the floor, causing a loud thump which I am pretty sure her dad heard. "Is everything okay in there? I'm coming in," I heard her dad say. Violet shooed me into the bathroom just in time. Just as I was shutting the door, I heard the other door click open.

"Are you okay? It sounded like somebody fell down," I heard her dad say. Violet cleared her throat and answered, "Yeah. I'm fine." I don't think her dad said anything because it was silent for a bit. "Um, okay. Anyway, can we talk for a bit?" I heard her dad ask. This was my cue to stop eavesdropping.

I walked to the far end of the bathroom, hoping that their voiced would be more muffled. But it didn't quite work. I needed something to distract me and that's when I remembered about the message Ash sent. I unlocked my phone and made sure to switch it to silent. I clicked on the message app and read what he had said.

Ash: Hey, guys. Could you come over to my place? Um its urgent.

What? Is Ashton okay? Reading his message scared me a little on the inside. Before I could reply him, Michael already did.

Mikey: Why? Are you okay, man?

Luke: I'm on my way.

I smiled to myself. That's what I love about the boys. No matter what, we'd always drop whatever we're doing to be there for each other. I knew I'll probably have to leave soon too but I can't since I'm stuck in Violet's bathroom. My phone vibrated again.