The Bucket List ; LRH

18. Go to a Concert

As I lazily crossed off number twenty-one; witness a marriage proposal, Calum and Michael burst into my room with a facial expression I couldn't quite make out. I was going to ask what they were doing here, but before I could get one word out, they both opened their mouths and started speaking at the same exact time, overwhelming me since I couldn't understand either of them. "Guys!" I shouted at them, shutting them up. "One person at a time, please."

"Sorry," They both mumbled.

"I'll go first," Calum spoke. "So I'm just really wondering why you kissed Ashton after you obviously are super into Luke? Ashton won't tell us anything because he feels awful that he blurted that out without thinking. He told us that he promised you he wouldn't say anything and clearly, he broke that promise without thinking, so we came here to get the full story."

I sighed before telling them the story. "So the day Ashton and I went surfing, I saw Daniel, you know my ex-boyfriend? Well, he was being a huge douche bag, as per usual. And Ashton came out of the water after taking a piss and threw his arm around my shoulders, asking what was going on. Daniel was being his normal asshole self and asked if Ashton was my boyfriend and without thinking, Ashton told him he was my boyfriend. Daniel didn't believe him because he claims that no guy in their right mind would want to be with me and guys only talk to me because they feel bad for me or something fucking stupid like that. So Daniel told Ashton to prove it and I didn't think Ashton would, but he did and he just started making out with me. I went along with it so Daniel would fuck off, but it didn't mean anything at all. Ashton apologized right after it happened and we said that we wouldn't tell anyone and it would just stay between us two."

"Oh," Michael and Calum said simultaneously. "Well I was not expecting that." Michael sighed.

"Yeah...." I said awkwardly. "I didn't kiss him. I didn't want to kiss him. Honestly, the whole time we were kissing, I was wishing it was Luke. But it wasn't and it was weird kissing Ashton, since we're just friends and I've never looked at him as anything more than that. I mean yeah he's hot, you're all hot, but I only like Luke."

"Well Luke is super pissed at you and Ashton." Calum said bluntly.

"You tell me as if I don't already know, Cal," I scoffed and rolled my eyes. "Is that the only reason you came here?"

"No!" Michael shouted happily and pulled a folded piece of paper out of his back pocket and waved it in front of my face.

"What is this?" I asked after he finally let me grab it out of his hand. I unfolded the paper and my jaw dropped to the floor. I read the ticket out loud to Calum and Michael, my voice getting louder and happier as each word left my mouth.

Lana Del Rey
Special guests Halsey
July 1st, 2015; 7:30 PM
The LC Pavilion

"Is this a joke!?" I shouted, throwing the ticket on my bed and attacking Michael in a hug. I couldn't believe this. I wanted to go to this concert so bad but it was sold out. How the fuck did Michael out of all people get tickets? "How did you get tickets? This concert has been sold out for weeks!"

"I was out walking around the pier and there was a group of guys selling their tickets! They told me they couldn't attend the concert and that they were only selling each one for twenty dollars! So, obviously, I said fuck yes and bought all five of them!"

"Twenty dollars each? Michael that's one hundred dollars! I have to pay you back, okay? It's the least I can do. I've been crying over how I couldn't go to this concert for weeks on end and you just show up at my house with five tickets to the fucking concert! I can't believe this!"

I ran over to my purse and pulled out a twenty dollar bill, shoving it in Michael's back pocket as I gave him another hug. I wouldn't let him give it back to me, and he eventually gave up and kept it. I couldn't stop smiling and I don't think I would stop for as long as I live. "So back to the real reason we're here," Calum said, getting back to business. "What are you going to do about the whole Luke situation?"