Never Let This Go (Michael Clifford)

Ch. 5 - "Do You Want Some Pizza?"

We were admiring our amazing hotel room that Michael hooked us up with when I got a text.

Mikey! // You here yet?

me // yup. just got to our hotel room.

Mikey! // come up. floor 22.

"Oh, my God, he wants us to come up to their floor!" I say, while running into the restroom. "I look like crap!" I yell. Alexis comes into the restroom half naked, "Hell no, I'm taking a shower real quick and you can come in right after me. I am not about to see Ashton again looking like a damn bum." She says all this while getting in the shower. I go and find my bag and dig out some black skinny jeans and my 'I CAN'T ADULT TODAY' t-shirt.

Once Alexis is out of the shower, I hop in. She is finished getting ready by the time I'm done showering. She is wearing her high waisted shorts and a black crop top that says 'GOOD MORNING, I SEE THE ASSASSINS HAVE FAILED'. We both decide on our high top black converse and we don't even try with our hair or makeup. Buns and plain face it shall be.

Besides what people think, Alexis and I are not related. She has a Black mom and a Mexican dad and I have Honduran parents, but somehow we have the same olive skin tone. Both of us have long dark, insanely curly hair and light brown eyes. We both need glasses because we are BLIND but she wears contacts most of the time. I hate contacts. She is taller than me by like two inches but that's cool because she knows who's boss. I'm kidding. Don't tell her I said that.

My buzz is slowly wearing off and I eye the mini bar.

"No ma'am. No more. Let's go," Alexis says while grabbing my shoulder and dragging me to the door. Here's one thing I hate about myself. When I'm nervous, stressed, or over it I drink. Not just a little to relax my nerves, but I drink until I'm plastered. Alexis has been there countless times to pick up my drunk ass from wherever I passed out. I'm definitely not proud of this small problem I have but I'm definitely not ready to actually admit I have a problem.

I groan as we head out of our room to the elevator. Once we get to the twenty second floor, Michael is sitting on the floor by the elevator. He looks up from his phone. "It's about damn time. Yous took forever," he says, standing up. He gives Alexis a hug and then comes toward me.

He stares and smiles. "What?" I ask him, rolling my eyes and looking down, studying the patterns on the carpet . "Nothing. I'm just glad you're here," he whispers. Then, he wraps his arms around me and gives me the tightest hug ever. "Okay, circulation is officially blocked," I say with my last breath. He laughs and lets go of me. "Come on, the guys are in my room."

We follow him into the spacious hotel room. Luke and Calum are on the bed, intently watching the TV playing FIFA. Ashton is on the couch going through his phone. When they hear us come in, Ashton immediately gets up and smiles at Alexis. Yes, Alexis just received the best grin from Ashton Irwin. I laugh and she gives me the side eye. She heads over to him and waves at the other guys.

"Waffle girls!" Luke and Calum say in unison. I laugh and sit on the edge of the bed. "The name's Eliana guys," I tell them. "Yes, we know but that's the nickname now since, you know, yous bought us waffles," Calum says while looking at the TV. "And besides we are eternally grateful." Luke chimes in, he looks my way and smiles.

"Technically, she bought them for you so stop calling me 'waffle girl'," Alexis says, pointing at me. Calum and Luke laugh, Calum's puppy face coming out and Luke's laugh raises an octave at some point.

I smile at them, admiring their faces and the sweet sound of their laughs and turn to look at Michael. He's definitely not impressed. He just stares as if he's trying to read my mind or something. I lose the staring contest because I get up and say, "I'm hungry. I'm gonna to go get something. Y'all want anything."