Age is But A Number (L.H. Fic)

Chapter 28

I woke up confused for a moment. When my eyes opened I was looking at the wall of my bunk and I could feel a pair of arms wrapped around me. I carefully looked over my shoulder and was met with a familiar sleeping blonde boy, who I was currently on shakey terms with.

Without waking him I managed to crawl out of my bunk before settling onto the couch with my laptop. I logged into twitter not only to see what my sister was up to but as well as my friends from London. What I didn't expect was for my mentions to be in the hundreds.

I was the subject of discussion amongst the boys fans. Letting my curiosity get the best of me, I clicked on them and began to scroll. Some we're supportive; on my side, while others(most) we're negative and hurtful.

Jenny_is_a_penguin: I don't know who @DMcAdams thinks she is, but if she knows whats good for her she'll keep her slutty hands off my man!!!

What the hell?

LukeHamHam: @DMcAdams You're such a nasty skank. You should just kill yourself.

I thought I could handle the harsh words but when someone tells me to kill myself I had had enough. At this point I was so upset I slammed my laptop closed, my eyes we're full of unshed tears it was hard to see. I stood up quickly after swiping my sleeve-covered hand across my bloodshot eyes and grabbed my phone before running off the bus.

I all but ran from my bus to the boys bus where I knew Haley would be. When I reached the front door I was trembling so much I had to knock a couple times. As I waited I pulled my sleeves over my hands before picking at the frayed fabric on it. Suddenly the door opened and I was met with a set of friendly and concerned brown eyes.

"Demi? Whats wrong?" Calum holds open the door for me as I quickly enter the bus. I turn around and look up at him.

"Hey Cal, is Haley around?" I danced around his question and he took notice as he nodded and fixed me with a concerned look.

"Yeah, shes in the back with Mike." I gave him a small smile of gratitude before heading down the bunk lined hall to the back lounge room. I knocked and was greeted with a soft "Come in."

My clammy hand wrapped around the doorknob and I pushed it open. The moment Haley realized it was me she frowned at my frazzled state and stood up, meeting me at the door.

"Demi? What are you doing here? What happened? Have you been crying?" Her words came out quickly and I bit my lip before looking back at Michael.

"Can I borrow her for a couple hours Mikey?" He stood up and joined us at the door.

"Yeah sure. Are you okay?" He asked as well and I just answered his question with a simple nod. Haley gave Michael a quick, but loving kiss before she followed me out of the bus.

"Okay now will you tell me what happened?" She grabs my arm and stops me from walking any further, her blue eyes reflected the same concern from moments ago.

"Im okay. Just upset, it will get better. I just- I miss my family." I was surprised at how easily that lie came out. She placed her hands on her hips.

"Im sorry Demi, I know how you feel." Her face grows sad as well and I realize that I may have lied but in a way it was the truth; I missed my family.

"You're from London right?"

"Yeah why?" I raise an eyebrow at her and Im glad for the subject change all of a sudden. A smile brightens up her pretty face,

"Well by tomorrow we should be in London. We're already on the U.K. leg of the tour." At her answer I a warm feeling burst in my chest, I was excited at the idea of finally seeing my mum again.

There was one other reason.

When that popped into my head my happy feeling was replaced with butterflies and nervousness.

"Oh about that, you remember telling me to forget about Luke for a while?" I ran my fingers through my hair and it was Haleys turn to be confused.

"Yeah?" Her eyebrows rose and her tone was that of a pushy, investigative type. She wanted to know more and she was going to get impatient.

"Well I um, I kind of agreed to go out with Louis when were in London." Her eyes widened and she gasped.

"No way. No way!" She smirked.

"Yep." I popped my 'P' and met her smirk with one of my own. She linked arms with me and we headed towards a van.

"Way to go Demi. Now, lets go get some coffee." She and I slid into the back of a van as Dave sat in the drivers seat. We thanked him in advance as he drove us down the street to the nearest Starbucks.

I was beyond excited to be going back home for a couple days. My mum wasnt doing so well with her health and it scared me but I remained positive. I was also excited to finally get Luke out of my head for good.