The Contest

Paige and I sat on my bed, sprawled out and munching on cheetos. "Do you think we'll actually win this contest Kaitlyn?" She asked, licking the cheeto dust off of her thumb. I shrug, "I mean, it's worth a shot either way." We were entering into this contest and the prize just so happened to be a Skype call with 5 seconds of Summer. What are the chances of two pop-punk girls winning? Probably slim to none but it's definitely worth it. In an hour we would know if we had won or not and I could hardly sit still. "Want to listen to some music for now?" Paige asks me and I nod in response, refreshing the page on her laptop every five minutes or so. Paige puts on Real Friends, which doesn't surprise me in the least. An hour of songs about bony knees and sleepy eyes passes and it's time to see who won. When I see the winner I almost scream. "Holy shit Paige, we won!" I yell, tackling her to my bed. "Are you serious? You're not messing with me?" She laughs hugging me back. I quickly message them my Skype username and pull the Skype app open and bounce in excitement.

Michael's POV
"Michael, come check this one out!" Luke hollers from the couch. I make my way over to see the profile of a girl. "Kaitlyn huh? American?" Calum inquires looking over Luke's shoulder. Luke nods. "She's eighteen, lives in Oregon, and it looks like she was in choir." "Not just any choir, the chamber choir, which means she has to be a good singer." Ashton states matter of factly. You see, we are looking for a singer, we want to surprise a fan and invite them to sing with us on stage. "She's quite a cutie." Ashton mumbles, scrolling through her photos. "Ooh, so is her friend." He smiles, settling on a picture of Kaitlyn and another girl. "I dig her piercings." Calum says. "So, is that a yes to her then?" Luke asks and we all nod in agreement. Time to surprise the girl. I see Kaitlyn respond with her username almost instantaniously. "Alright guys, here we go." Luke says clicking the call button. We sat on the couch, Luke, Ashton, and I on the cushions and Calum on the back of the couch. A few rings in the girl answers. Kaitlyn and her friend from the picture earlier pop on to the screen. Both girls wore large grins but the friend had her sleeve covering the bottom half of her face. "Hello Kaitlyn! Who is your friend there?" Ashton asks, obviously fawning over the girl with short blue hair. "I'm Paige." She squeaks out, hand still covering her mouth. "Hi Paige, I'm Ashton." Ashton is grinning like a fool. "I know." She laughs and uncovers her smile. "Well Kaitlyn, we have a bit of a surprise for you." Calum says. Kaitlyn raises her eyebrows quizzically and stares into the camera, waiting for us to elaborate. "We would like to formally invite you to sing with us at a show in your state!" I say smiling at her, actually more like beaming. Her eyes are the size of the moon and a look of horror spreads across her face. "Oh my god, Kaitlyn! Come on, say yes!" Paige says, elbowing her ribs lightly. "I can't do it, not unless Paige comes with me." Kaitlyn grasps Paige's hand. "No problem." Luke flashes them a smile. Calum pipes up, "Would you mind singing for us, or with us if it would make you more comfortable?" Kaitlyn visibly gulps but nods. "You'll do great." I encourage. "W-what song?" She stutters out. "How about amnesia?" Ashton suggests. We all nod and look back to the screen, Kaitlyn nods hesitantly. "Alright, let's do this!" Luke says chuckling.

Kaitlyn's POV
I can't believe this is happening right now. I can't believe I'm singing with 5 Seconds of Summer. As I finish off the last verse with them, I cover my face, my nerves taking over and my body shaking. I absolutely love singing, I just get such bad anxiety and I shake so hard I almost fall over when people are watching. "Wow, we made a good call on her." Calum says. I remove my hands from my face slowly. Luke smiles, "Well, do you have some way we can send you information other than through Skype?" I nod, "Well, I have Facebook. You could always message me there." "Why didn't I think of that?" Luke chuckles. "We have to get to a photo shoot, but we will get in touch with you afterwards, sound good?" Ashton asks. "Alright, by you guys, I'll be seeing you soon." I reply softly. "Bye!!" They call out in unison before the screen reverts back to the Skype chat screen. Wow, that just happened. I'm still freaking out about it internally when I hear a squeak-like sound come from Paige. "What?" I ask, peaking over at her phone screen. It looks like Ashton had friended her on Facebook. It was obvious that he found her attractive, even through the camera you could tell he was staring at her. My phone's LED light blinks a faint pink, letting me know that I have new notifications. I unlock my phone to see four new friend requests and a message. I quickly accept all of the requests and open up my inbox. The message is from Michael and it reads,
Hey Kaitlyn, I just wanted to say that I'm excited to work with you. I can't chat right now but I'll message you later, yeah? Have a good night. See you in a few days.
"Michael messaged me Paige." I choke out. "Same, but Ashton and not Michael." She says, showing me her open message with him. "He wants your lady dick." I say teasingly, grabbing a handful of cheetos. "Well I want his man dick." She says nonchalantly and I choke on cheeto dust. "Oh my god, Paige." I cough. After a while things settle down and we watch a movie, still waiting on some kind of message from one of the boys containing the information on the show. I check my phone around nine pm and see that Luke had messaged me. Apparently this concert would be held in some arena I'd never heard of in Eugene. The boys would pick us up two days before the performance and I would spend those days practicing songs with them. We would spend another day after the show just hanging out and the day after they would drive us home. They were flying in to Oregon in two days and they would stop to get us on their way up north. Paige and I decided to pack tomorrow to get it out of the way. "Dude, I'm going to bed " Paige says, burying herself into my fuzzy blanket. "G'night." I whisper switching off the light. I crawl under the blanket next to my friend and bury my face in my ninja turtle pillow. I sigh, realizing I forgot to take my sleeping meds and pop the trazadone into my mouth. I settle back into my bed and slowly drift to sleep.

Okay so, this is a little different than my usual creations, but I got the idea from a dream I had so I rolled with it. I hope you all enjoy it. Also, that's Paige above/at the side. (:
~Booty Lord