Choices | calum hood & luke hemmings ✔️

eighteen

alexandra

"Yeah, why?" I reply to Madi as I sit up from Luke's lap.

"The girls and I were talking about how we should add them to the setlist." Madi grins and I raise an eyebrow at the ideas that were going through her head.

"Well we wrote two songs, I think." Luke adds and I notice Natalie cheer a little in her bean bag chair.

"That's perfect!" Natalie exclaims. Luke and I both smile at how excited they were for just two songs.

"The songs aren't perfect, though." We say in unison and manage a laugh afterwards. Those two songs that we took less than an hour to create were far from perfect. Every emotion that we have between each other was written in the songs.

"Lies. Total lies." Andy stands up to protest. "You guys are amazing songwriters separately. Just think how the songs will be with y'all paired together!"

I smile and glance at my sock-covered feet as Luke bumps his knee with mine. I look up to see him smiling as well.

"Mind blown." Natalie says while motioning an explosion with her hands as Madi makes sound effects.

"So let's say they are actually good," I start as the girls roll their eyes. "What ideas do y'all have?" I ask and they all jump up, walking to the space in front of Luke and I. I lean back against Luke's extended arm over the couch. The girls made a whole speech, because they look like they were planning this for a while. Honestly, I was surprised that didn't make a slide show to go along with it.

"Can we discuss this over pizza?" Luke taps my left arm. I turn my attention off the girls to see the boys walking down the stairs with pizza boxes in their hands.

Michael had plates, Calum had the pizza boxes, and Ashton had a roll of paper towels. Calum meets my eyes and I smile and give him a small wave. His lips break into a smile and he puts down the pizza on a nearby table. Michael sets down the stack of paper plates next to the boxes as we all group around.

"Smells so good." Michael states as he opens two pizza boxes. One of them was pepperoni pizza and the other was cheese; the classics.

I grab a paper plate and pass the stack down the line of hungry teenagers, like me. I take two slices of pizza and start to walk away so the others don't  trample over me.

"Only touch what you're gonna get!" I exclaim and Madi rolls her eyes at me.

"Yes, mother." She groans, like she's going to kill me, and I flash her an innocent smile.

I take a bite of cheese pizza as Calum starts to speak to me. "So are the girls doing a play or..?" He asks and we both sit down on the couch.

I sat in my original spot next to Luke and Calum sits to the left of me. I scoot a little closer to Luke so Calum could have some leg room.

"They were saying how we should add the songs, Luke and I wrote together, to the setlist." I say while covering my mouth as I chew my pizza. I was taught to never speak with my mouth full and so when I did, I had to cover my mouth. It became a habit now. I guess that's a good thing.

"That's a good idea." Calum smiles and takes another bite of his pepperoni slice of pizza. I swallow before taking a second bite.

"Are you guys going to explain the plan?" Luke asks the excited group of girls with his plate on his lap.

Madi holds out a finger for us to wait with a full mouth and wipes her fingers on her napkin. She chews quickly and swallowed before speaking.

"So Andy, Natalie, and I were thinking about adding something new to the setlist." She begins and I nod in understanding.