Fragile Bird 》5SOS AU

eleven

LUKE

Halloween was finally here.

The halls were buzzing with excitement and some people had costumes on.

I didn't wear my full costume but I wore a Batman tshirt and the mask. Ashton wore his full costume. He looked really cool. He kinda resembled Jack Sparrow and he laughed when I told him.

Calum was too lazy to wear any part of his costume and was just wearing jeans and sweater.

Michael showed up to chemistry late. His grand entrance consisted of him swinging the door open and strutting into the lab with bright red hair. He sat down beside Della, who stared in awe at his hair. I chuckled as she reached out to touch it.

For the rest of the day, students were walking around in costumes and scaring eachother. It was quite funny.

When school finally ended, everyone made their way to the back field for the pep rally. The boys and I were excited to watch Della's first performance.

I sat in the bleachers with Michael and waited for the rally to start.

"Good afternoon Cobras! Are you ready!? The football team really needs your support this season!" The MC yelled and everyone in the stands cheered in response.

"Let's give a round of applause for these lovely ladies! Your Cobra cheer squad!"

MICHAEL

My jaw literally dropped when the squad came running out onto the field.

Della looked adorable in her uniform.
Since it was only Spring and it was still a little chilly out, the squad wore sweaters. Della held her black and silver pom poms with a smile. I noticed the squad had what looked like dirt smeared all over their bodies.

I couldn't stop looking at Della's legs. Her skirt went down mid thigh and she wore white tennis shoes and white socks, making her tan legs glow.

I thought about those same legs wrapped around my waist while I imagined pushing her skirt up and sneaking my hands under her sweater.

Stop it Michael, you don't need a problem in the middle of hundreds of students.

It was a good routine and my eyes never left Della.

"COBRAS COBRAS, WE'VE GOT BITE. COBRAS COBRAS, WE'VE GOT FIGHT! GO COBRAS!" Everyone in the bleachers went wild, pumped up.

"Thank you ladies for that performance. Now please welcome your Cobras varsity football team!"

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After the pep rally, Luke and I met Calum and Ashton outside the locker room.

"Thank god that's over. I actually hate pep rallies." Calum said, running a hand through his hair.

"Let's go, Della's probably waiting." Ashton said and we made our way to Calum's car.

Sure enough, Della was leaning against the car, tapping away on her phone. She hadn't changed out of her uniform yet. As we got closer, I noticed she wore sparkly black eyeshadow and black lipstick. Probably for the routine.

"That was an amazing routine. You did great!" Luke complimented and Della smiled in thanks. We all hopped into the car, and Calum drove Luke and I home so we could get our costumes. There was a Halloween party at Jack Barakat's house tonight and the five of us were invited us.

When we got to Calum and Della's house, we rushed upstairs to get ready.

Ashton just chilled while everyone was getting their costumes together. I stood in front of Calum's bathroom mirror and carefully glued fake wounds to my face, neck and arms.

After I made sure my wounds were stuck in place, I slipped on a white shirt with the sleeves cut off and a slash in the front. I wore regular black skinny jeans and black Converse. Then I stepped inside the tub and carefully poured fake blood on my wounds and shirt.

As a finishing touch, I messily applied some black eyeliner and smiled at the result.

After cleaning up some of the spilled blood, I walked downstairs and sat on the couch with Ashton. A few minutes later, Calum and Luke came down and posed dramatically in their costumes. They even took selfies as we waited for Della.

All of a sudden, Mali came bounding down the stairs. She giggled loudly and clapped her hands together.

"It is my pleasure to present Della. Come on down!" Mali exclaimed excitedly.

Everyone watched the stairs in anticipation and I nearly lost my shit when a girl dressed in white descended.

She was breathtaking.

Della wore white shorts, a flowy white tank top with a black bra thing underneath, grey knee socks and black combat boots. She had a little eyeliner on and her lips were painted a dark red.

What got me was the wings on her back and the bow and arrow in her hand. She also had a bloody red splotch on her shirt.

"What are you supposed to be?" Ashton asked.

"I'm cupid from the Give Me Love video." Della smiled proudly. I was at a loss for words and as everyone complimented her, I just stared at her in complete shock.

We left after Joy and Mali took photos of us.

I sat in the back of Calum's car with Della and Luke. Left Hand Free by Alt-J was playing on the stereo. I could barely breath because there was a fucking angel sitting so close to me.

The ride was short and soon enough, we were were parked down the street from Jack's house.

We made our way towards the house where we could feel the bass from outside. It was already in full swing.

As the boys entered the house, I pulled Della back and smiled at her. "Just wanted to say you look beautiful."

She blushed and looked away before taking my hand and pulled me into the house.

It's gonna be one hell of a night.

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-Cristina