That Girl (Janoskians and 5 Seconds of Summer

26.

Standing on someone's front porch at 4:30 in the morning and they don't know you're coming, can be a little weird. I knocked on the door and ten minutes later, the person I wanted to see came down. Gina Brooks. She looked half asleep and that made me feel terrible. She rubbed her eyes and looked at me shocked.

"Alexandra? Why are you here? Are the other boys here too?" She grabbed me into a hug. And I started tearing up a bit. If you're wondering, Gina is the only person I let call me Alexandra.

"No, the other boys aren't here, but I was wondering if we could talk and if I could stay here for the day before I fly back to L.A?"

"Of course, you know you're welcome any time. Come in, I'll make us some tea and we'll talk."

I walked in and set my suitcase by the front door and took my shoes off. I walked into the kitchen and Gina was in the middle of making the tea. After it was done and she sat down, I started to tell her everything. And by everything, I mean every little detail. That's why I love Gina so much because you can show up at any time and have a talk with her about anything. Not that many people are like that nowadays. When we finished talking, it was about 7. Wow, it doesn't even seem like we talked for three hours.

"You should go get some sleep, you know where the bedrooms are. While you're sleeping, I'll look for flights back to Los Angeles for you."

"Thank you so much Gina." I walked upstairs and went into the twin's bedroom. A while ago, I sent a text telling them I was in Melbourne then at Gina's house. Within minutes of taking my glasses off, I fell into a much needed sleep.

~ 5 hours later ~

I woke up at around noon to my phone buzzing like crazy. The culprit of that, was Twitter. Nonstop notifications were coming through. All of them saying to go watch Calum's livestream. Logging onto my Twitter on the computer in the room, I went onto Cal's Twitter and saw a link for the livestream. I opened it up, and immediately saw Calum with bloodshot eyes like he's been crying.

"Whatever I'm tired of waiting, let's just get this started. Thank you everyone who has been tweeting her, but I have no clue if she's on or not. If you are watching this Alex, I just want you to know that I'm so sorry. I was a complete ass for what I did. We had such a good time together and I ruined that. Anyways, I wrote a song last week and I wanted to play it for everyone. Everything that is in the song is true and actually happened, and I hope you like it." Calum grabbed a guitar that was lying next to him and started playing the song.

(References to the song in Chapter 21. Hopefully song is on the side, but if not its Can't Say No by Dan + Shay. If the video is there and you watch/ listen to it, ignore Dan and Shay being them crazy selves 😂. Such a good song so you should listen to it.)

It's seven AM baby
Trying to catch up on a little sleep
Its way to early baby
For you to be crawling all over me
Next thing you know were driving round
She's dragging me all over town
Ain't no other girl in the world that can do me like that
She knows how to work them cut off things
She knows how to get me to do about anything
How to bat those eyes, swing them hips, how to rock that cherry red lipstick
She knows I can't say no
Yeah baby thats all about all I can say
Whatever you want baby, as long as you kiss me that way
My heart of stone melts in her hands
I'm getting used to changing plans
Ain't no other girl in the world that can do me like that
She knows how to work them cut off things
She knows how to get me to do about anything
How to bat those eyes, swing them lips, how to rock that cherry red lipstick
She knows I can't say no
No to that smile
No to that kiss
No I just can't resist, Yeah
Yeah I could be out there with the boys, but as soon as I hear that little voice
I'm gone
Yeah I'm gone baby
She knows how to work them cut off things
She knows how to get me to do about anything
How to bat those eyes, swing them lips, how to rock that cherry red lipstick
She knows I can't say no
Can't say no
Can't say no
I can't say no

"Alex please just text or call me if you watched this. Bye everyone."

Then it ended and the screen went black. Do I text him? I turned off the computer and went downstairs to see Gina sitting in the kitchen on her laptop.

"I found a flight at 6 tonight. Do you want to buy a ticket?"

"Yes. I'll do it, you've already done enough for me." She slid the laptop over to me and I bought the ticket. Then I texted the boys about the flight and to make sure to pick me up at 5 P.M tomorrow, then handed the laptop back to Gina. "You know you're the best right?" I asked her. Both of us started to laugh.

"I think with raising those three boys, I should be." That only made me laugh more. "I'm glad they have you to keep them steady and safe. Without you, they would all probably be in jail by now or close to it."

"Tell me about it."

My phone buzzed, signaling a text and I opened it without looking who it was. I looked and saw it was Calum texting me.

Did you watch the livestream?

Yes.

Well?

If you think I'm just going to go run and jump back into your arms, then you're wrong. I did that last time, and look where we are now. I got to go, I have stuff to do.

By stuff to do, I meant take a shower then talk more to Gina. I went upstairs, into the twins' bedroom and grabbed one of Jai's hoodies, and a pair of Luke's sweatpants, which I would have to roll up a lot. Then, went into the bathroom. After my shower, I did part of my morning routine, just skipping the makeup. Who needs makeup when getting on a plane. The rest of my time at Gina's house, we spent it talking. There is never a silent moment in a conversation with Gina. At around 4:30 Gina drove me to the airport.

"Be careful and safe. Make sure to call me when you land and when the boys pick you up."

"Yes Gina, I will." She gave me a hug and a kiss on the cheek.

"Tell the boys, mine especially, that I love and miss them."

"Alright bye." I waved to her as she drove off then walked into the airport. Now for more sleep for my jet lagged ass.

Right before I turned my phone off, I was checking Twitter, and one tweet caught my eye.

@Calum5SOS: Fuck it, I'm done trying to be with you.

Back to L.A.
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QOTD: A place or places you want to travel too?

My answer: Hawaii or Australia.