Hiding

Chapter 10

We made it home in 15 minutes. When we got back up to Calums bedroom, I was glad to see the boys and Mali still all asleep, just the way we'd left them.

"I'm gonna take a shower." I told Calum, as I grabbed his robe from the back of his bedroom door, and a razor from my bag. I needed to shave.

"Okay." He giggled, raising an eyebrow.

"No, it's not an invitation. Gross." I said as I pretended to be disgusted.

"I was kidding." He said, alarm taking over his face.

"I know." I smirked, kissing his cheek and turning to go to the bathroom attached to his bedroom.

"Wait." He whispered, grabbing my hand and pulling me back. Calum pulled me into his chest, looking down at me. He pecked my lips, smiling mid-kiss.

"Stop it. I need to go take a shower." I giggled, running from him into the bathroom and easing the door shut behind me.

Turning on the hot water, I undressed myself and sat down on the side of the tub to shave my legs. I couldn't help but wonder why Calum and the other boys would be so willing to risk their lives for someone they haven't known 6 months. Michael I semi-understand. I am his sister. We're kinda stuck together. But Calum, Luke, and Ashton all have the choice. Michael said Calum is falling in love with me. And the bad thing is I'm falling right back. And it's just going to end badly. I can feel it. Somethings going to happen.

Finally wrapping up with my shower, I put Calums robe around my semi wet body. I'd decided to not wash my hair since I was just going to bleach it anyway. Glancing at my phone, I saw that it was now 8:45. I'd been in the bathroom over an hour. Whoops. I opened the bathroom door quietly and peered out into the bedroom. It looked like Calum had fallen back asleep. The other boys and Mali were still sleeping, except for Michael.

"Good morning." He whispered, looking up from his phone.

"Morning bub. Why are you awake?" I asked. It wasn't like him to be up before everyone else.

"My phone kept buzzing. It was my mom calling me to ask if we're alright and where we are. I told her we're still here and aren't leaving Sydney just yet." He smiled.

"Oh Okay." I said, reaching for the box of hair dye and the bleach they'd picked out.

"Yeah we should get on that. Lets do it in the bathroom, so we don't wake them up." Michael suggested, getting up off the bed.

"Let me just put some clothes on." I told him, grabbing a white tank top, a bra, underwear, and a pair of shorts from my bag. I went into the bathroom and got dressed.

"Okay, come in Michael." I said, opening the bathroom door. I sat down on the toilet facing the back of the toilet.

"Okay Michael let's do this." I told him, cringing. I was absolutely terrified to bleach my hair.

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"Michael. It looks amazing. You did a wonderful job." I told him. It was a light blonde color, similar to Ashton's mums hair color.

"You like it?" He smiled. The boy did take pride in his skills to dye hair.

"Yes. I mean it' very very different. But I like it. A lot" I told him, hugging him.

"What's going on in there?" I heard Luke say as he knocked on the cracked door.

"Oh nothing Luke. What time is it?" I asked.

"11am. Wow you look great." Luke answered, his jaw dropping at my newly dyed blonde locks.

"What's going on?" Calum started, before stopping dead. "You. Your hair. Wow." He added.