Chapter 1
He was coming home today and yet all I've been doing is packing my belongings for school. This was not good at all. I was supposed to be at Calum's house with Mali and Ashton's family and I'm going to be late and Mikaela is probably all ready - shoot, I still have to drive to Devy's and pick her up oh my god this is terrible!
"Mikaela!" I shouted down the corridor for my sixteen year old sister and heard her stomping toward me.
"We're going to miss their arrival Abigail and Dev won't be all that happy!"
"I - I'm sorry okay! I just -" I broke off into a bunch of unattractive noises and tugged at my hair.
"I hate packing."
"Then stop?! Let's just get Devy before she angrily texts me again!" I nodded out of defeat and rushed past my sister to pull on my sneakers. We sped down the stairs and toward the garage to start the car and I called out to my parents that we were ready to go.
"Do you think Luke got any taller?" My mom turned in the passenger seat to look at me and I giggled.
"I'm not sure mom, he was already so tall! But, it's possible." I shrugged, trying to imagine how perfect and flawless and handsome he looked now. Luke and I have been together for almost two years now and he's just coming home today after an almost nine month tour with One Direction. I haven't seen him in so long and a while back we agreed to not text each other or have any form of communication the day he came home so he doesn't know I'll be at Mali's with Devy and Mikaela.
"Finally you're here! Jesus Christ you took forever!" Speaking of the devil.
"Hi Dev, nice to see you too sweetheart." My father chuckled.
"I get ready in twenty minutes thinking you'd be here and then end up waiting almost two hours instead?! Abigail I hate you." My best friend for over a century grumbled and I couldn't help but laugh at her anxiety. She was just nervous because of Calum. They had a really confusing relationship and I didn't get along with him so I wouldn't know how they were holding up. We just clash; our personalities are weird together, plus I'm dating his best friend so...
"Are you guys excited to see Ash?!" Mikaela squealed and everyone burst into sounds and statements about how much they missed our Ashton. He was our child hood friend, Dev, Ashton, and I go way back. He didn't even like 5SOS when they were on YouTube and when he became part of the band he introduced us to the others, leading to Devy and me gaining three other (sort of) best friends. (I mean even if Calum and I don't get along we still like each other's presence and have our moments and you know - we can be okay in a room together? We won't kill each other.)
"He posted a selfie on Twitter this morning before they departed from Asia. He's so perfect, still." Devy exhaled and I hummed in response. If he weren't like a big brother to me I would've dated him.
"I really hope we don't get hoarded by fans at Cal's. I'll feel so bad." Mikaela muttered and I turned to look at her. She was sat on my right and Dev was on my left, except I was getting a happier cheerful vibe from my best friend. My younger sister was more horrified.
"I don't want to disrupt the happy-go-lucky atmosphere but...what if that happens?" She continued.
"Let's just hope it doesn't. I'm sure the fans understand they're tired and just want some time with family and close friends." My dad stated as he continued driving, looking in the rearview mirror to get my eye contact.
