Banding // 5sos

13 - Shopping

It was 3 am when I woke up to a soft bass, played in the room next to me. Calum. It wasn't loud but I could recognize the bass line from 'Everything I Didn't Say'. I closed my eyes again and concentrated on the soft-playing music. I once dreamed of hearing this live, and now I'm falling asleep to it.

It was obvious that he tried not to wake everyone up - his bass was on the lowest volume - but he played the strings very roughly, like he was frustrated. I was still laying in my bed, eyes closed, and I softly sang along 'till I fell asleep again.

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"So what was that concert last night?" Luke asked when I walked downstairs in my pajama shorts and over-sized Nasa shirt. He grinned as he took a bite of his very red apple.

"Huh?" I yawned and took a seat on one of the bar stools next to the kitchen island. It was 12:30 pm and I had slept  very well after I woke up at 3. No jetlag to be seen.

"You were singing and Calum's bass was drowning the whole house with noise. It sounded awesome, though." He explained and took a seat next to me.

"Does Calum that a lot, late night playing?" I snorted at my own weird question. Luke smirked - yes, he has a dirty mind - as the realization came to his mind.

"Nope, never." Luke said, popping the 'p'. "I have no idea what his deal is." It stayed silent after he said that, until he decided to change the subject. "Did Ash tell you what we're gonna do today?"

"Yeah, I think I should get dressed." I stood up and grabbed an apple from the fruitbowl, taking it with me upstairs.

I lifted my suitcase upside down, making everything fall out. I looked at my clothes. What should I wear? Am I gonna get photographed? If so, it'll be all over the internet.

After a while I decided to just put on the same black skinny jeans and Dr. Martens as yesterday with a plain purple crop top and a black and grey flannel to top it off.

I put on some concealer - there were probably gonna be pictures taken - and the normal routine of winged eyeliner, mascara and eyebrows. My hair was a mess, but it always was, so I just kept it down.

Someone knocked on my door. Michael walked in a couple seconds later and leaned against the door frame.

"Hey, just so you know, management set us up for this shop date, knowing that the paps will be there and fans and all that shit. They want people to know that you're here with us. I'm just trying to make sure you know, so you'll be prepared. I like you outfit by the way." He mumbled, "I have tweeted about you not being in a sexual relationship with any of us and I think they kinda like you?? I don't even know anymore."

"Thanks, Mike. Should I tweet something? It's been a couple days." I asked him, not sure why I asked him but I he's familiar with rumors and getting a lot of negativity.

"Yeah sure. Oh and oh my god! Can I do a cover with you for your channel? You forgot to upload this week!" Michael was getting all excited. "I'm such a fanboy lol." We laughed and got out of the room, to the others to get going.

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An uber brought us to the mall, where I, indeed, could spot some paps. I just ignored them as the six of us - a bodyguard was with us - casually walked trough the big halls.

We had been shopping for cute room accessories when we walked past a drugstore.

"Hold on! I wanna look at hairdye!" Michael exclaimed and we all entered the store. In front of us were more than a hundred different boxes of hairdye. Brands, colors, for thick hair, for thin hair.

"Julia, what color should I do next? Oh wait! We should dye it together! The same color!" Michael got excited so fast sometimes, he was like a fangirl that's just getting the feels all the time.

"I don't know. My mom would kill me." I explained. It wasn't just my mon - I also thought that I wouldn't look great with bright colored hair.

"Pleeeaaaasseeee???" Michael had put on his puppy eyes - even though I'm pretty sure he's more like a kitten.

I turned around to the others for support, but they were all laughing. There was no way I was getting out of this.

"Okay then, but I pick the color!" And I just grabbed the first color that came to mind. A very light shade of lilac.

-

We stopped at shops like Aéropostale, Urban Outfitters and little shops with band tees and bracelets for my clothes, but after having tried on a lot of black skinny jeans, we were extremely tired and decided to stop at a Chillbox to get some frozen yoghurt.

We all sat down with our ice cream, and just talked for a bit when a girl, I think she was around my age, walked up to the boys to say hi and get pictures and autographs.

"Can I maybe get a group picture, too?" The boys all nodded and stood up for the picture. "Can Julia come in the picture?" The girl asked shyly. I smiled. It was nice to see her think positively about me - Twitter had only showed negativity so far.

I stood up and we all posed for the picture. "Thank you so much!" She hugged all of us and walked off.

"She was nice." I said and slowly enjoyed my last bite of the frozen substance that was completely covered with strawberries and chocolate sprinkles.

"Yeah." Calum stood up to throw all our carton boxes in the trashcan, but when he walked towards it, he fell over his own lanky legs and fell with his face to the floor. A couple girls were giggling on the other side of the street, phones in their hands. We all started to laugh at Calum. He was so grumpy and embarrassed, which made it only funnier than it already was.

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IM WATCHING FRIENDS ON THE PLANE WOO

I GUESS THIS CHAPTER TOOK ME SO LONG BC I HAD WRITERSBLOCK??

THE SKH MUSIC VID CAME OUT A COUPLE DAYS AGO LIKE WHAT

MY FAVE PART IS WHEN CALUM DOES THAT SASSY HEAD EYEBROW THING WHILE SAYING SHES KINDA HOT THOUGH YESSS IDK IF I DESCRIBED THAT WELL LMAO

AND MICHAEL SLAAAAYYYYS HIS SOLO LIKE THANKS FOR KILLING ME BUD

AND ASHTON SINGING IS ALSO REALLY REALLY NICE LIKE OMG

Song for this chapterr?

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Ily xoxo Yara :)