Only One [DISCONTINUED]

Chapter 26

2 Months Later

Maddie POV

"I'm sorry Mads. Cal's mum invited the boys and I to her place for Thanksgiving. We've do it every year since the band was formed. Maybe next time. Tomorrow maybe?"

I sigh and respond,"Yeah, of course."

"Alright I gotta go babe. See ya."

"Ok s--" the line goes dead. "He's always busy these days. Damn." I sigh

I don't wanna tell him and sound clingy but, we almost never spend time together. Same with Ness. You know, Luke and Ness have actually been spending more time together than Luke and I/Mike and Ness combined. Is something going on between them? No. It can't be. Luke is too innocent for that and Ness is my best friend.

I try to shake the thought but it keeps nagging at me. Deep in my stomach I feel suspicion and distrust stirring and its so hard to ignore. The constant doubt in my mind keeps telling me something that opposes my opinion. There's an internal war that challenges me with this situation. Although I shake the feeling off most of the time, I know I've only won a battle. I haven't won the war and I'm not sure that I will.

I didn't realize it until now. I'm a piece of glass, slowly cracking until I understand what's going on.

"I can't take it anymore!" I screech in frustration. I reach towards my phone and call Ness. I know that she'll tell me if she knows what's up.

Ring! Ring! Ring!

"Hey there! You've reached Vanessa. Leavve a message at the beep and I might call you're sorry ass back."

I groan and ended the call. Damn it! Why is Ness, of all people, not answering. I begin to get a headache from all these voices in my head. One voice telling me one thing and the other one something that differs.

"I need to figure shit out. Pronto."

I grab my hoodie which is hanging on my chair and put on my vans. I'm gonna find out why Luke and Ness have been giving me bull. I reach for my penny board and head out the door. My first stop is Ness' cos it's right next door. I may be determined to get the truth but once a lazy shit, always a lazy shit.

I lift the flower pot in front of her house and pick up the spare key. I unlock the door and head up to her room. Her mom doesn't give two shits about me entering her house. It's better than climbing through a window.

When I reach her room I see that it's empty and her bed was made. Huh, that's strange. She never fixes her bed unless someone's coming over. As I look closer I see two imprints on the mattress, one large and one small. This indicated to me that Ness and another being was just on the bed. The imprint looks to be about the size of one of the boys.

What the hell? Luke said the boys were all going to the Hoods today for a Thanksgiving meal. That means none of the boys could've been able to be here. Luke said he couldn't hang out because of that. This accusation just riles up my engine more.

I stomp angrily down the stairs and towards Calum's house. I wanna see if there is at least some sort of gathering for Thanksgiving. When I arrive I ring the doorbell. Mali opens the door with a welcoming smile.

"Hey there Maddie. You come to see Cal?" She asks in a friendly manner.

I nod eagerly and she says he's in his room. I knock st the door just incase he's doing things I wouldn't wanna see. I hear a faint, "Come in." From inside. When I open the door I see Calum playing Fifa. He glances over and sees me then pauses his game.

"Hey there Mad Hatter. What're you doing here, mate? Not that I mind." Cal says.

I furrow my eybrows and sit next to him on his bed. I face his me with a confused look and says," Did you host a Thanksgiving meal today here?"

It was Calum's turn to furrow his dark eybrows as he says,"No, why? We don't even celebrate Thanksgiving here. That's an American holiday."

Tears begin to pool out of my tear ducts. (A/N: I think thats what theyre called) Luke lied to me. A traitorous tear slips down my cheek.

"Woah why are you crying? Did I say something wrong?" He says panicked

"No. In fact, you said something right."

Calum wraps his arm around me and says softly,"Then what's wrong? I'm almost never right."

"I asked Luke if he wanted to hang out today. Since it's Thanksgiving, in the US at least, I wanted to tell him how thankful I was to have him in my life. He told me he couldn't because every year you've hosted a Thanksgiving meal with the band ever since it was formed. Nowadays he and Ness are always busy so I did some digging and stuff. After all of the digging I now found out that Luke was lying to me. I mean is there anything else that he's been lying about? That's what I wanna find out." I didn't realize I wss sobbing until Calum pulled me close and started to rub my back and whisper comforting words in my ear.
He let he let out all my feelings. I was vulnerable yet he offered me comfort instead of taunting me. As I calmed myself I saw I had gotten mascara and eye liner all over Calum's pronounced chest.

"God I'm such a pussy. Now I've also gotten make-up all over you. This stuffs supposed to be fucking waterproof!" I exclaim

"Well. Aren't you an emotional profanitizer." He jokes

"Ok that's not even a word." I laugh slightly.

"There's that pearly American smile of yours. And dont worry. It's not like the make-up will stain my chest."

"But it'll smudge so let's get you cleaned up." I take his hand and drag him to the bathroom and sit his lanky butt on the toilet. I then take a wet cloth with some soap on it and start cleaning his chest. There's a comfortable silence between us as I wipe his very toned chest from soccer.
I look up as I finish and see Calum staring at me intently with eyes almost identical to mine. He brings his slender index finger to my chin and raises it slighly.

"Your turn." Calum says soft as a summer breeze. Before I know it, I'm lifted up and placed on the sink counter. He then gets one of Mali's make-up removing wipes. Why didn't I think of that?

Calum gently begins to rub the smudged make-up off my completion. His eyes show immense concentration. As he cleans the remaining mascara off my face he slowly caresses my cheek. He places a "cheeky", as some people say, smile on his face.

"Cuddle?" Calum says in a baby voice.

I manage a small smile as he leads me back to his bedroom. He lies down as I remove my socks and shoes. When I layed next to him, Calum wrapped his arms around me and buried his head in my neck.

"Sleep over?" He asks,"We can do some more digging about Luke and Ness tomorrow. They have been acting a little shady and sneaky. Luke didn't wanna play Fifa the other day which he's never said in the past 3 years. Something's up and I wanna fnd out also."

"Alright. But Cal?"

"Yeah." Calum says against my skin.

"What if they're cheating? What if Luke was really cheatng on me with my best friend? What if she is cheating on Michael?" I say timidly

Cal sighs," I don't know Maddie. If my best friend and yours are really cheating, then I don't know what's gonna happen to our friendship and the band.

My eyes shut tightly as I start to feel the tears resurface. I take a deep breath and exhale as I calm down.

"Then let's just hop for the best, shall we?"

A/N: Hey guys its Ashley! Sorry you haven't heard from me in a while. I was on vacation/camping and the internet kept kicking me off the server ;-(. Anyways can I just say Caldie moment! This was such a cut chapter to write. Idk if I wanna make them have a romantic vibe or this brother sister vibe. We'll see. I gotta talk to Em about that too. Who is exited for "Sounds Good Feels Good"?! I am!! Fly away is fuckin awesome! But as always may the odds be ever in your favor 5SOS Fam...GOODBYEEE!!!