chapter three•heartbreak girl
[Amelie's Point of View]
The plane ride started out okay, but it ended up being awkward toward the end. I accidentally fell asleep on Calum's shoulder, and Ashton and Michael wouldn't stop bugging me about it. Luke stayed quiet, not taking sides, and Calum was asleep at the time, but the other boys wouldn't leave me alone. That is, until Cal woke up.
The van ride to the hotel was quiet, and we were all out of it with the exception of Skye, whom slept on the plane ride. I tried not to fall asleep, and even then, I leaned to my left, so I'd be on Luke's shoulder instead of Cal's if I fell asleep.
I don't know why I was so embarrassed. I actually liked Calum, and it was starting to escalate into something I wasn't quite expecting. I liked 5sos for their music, and I couldn't say I liked any of them that way until I met them. Now that I had met them, they're all pretty cool people, Calum especially. So, the fact that I felt weird about falling asleep on his shoulder made me feel even more weird. I should feel fine about it, not weird... But, the weird I felt wasn't a bad weird, it was unknown weird. I've never felt that feeling before, and I wasn't sure what it was.
When we walked to the bus, he had his arm around me again, and I actually felt comfortable that way... I liked it. I felt that unknown weirdness again. But, at the same time, I wanted his arm off of me so I wouldn't be made fun of on the bus. Lucky for me, nobody said anything. But Michael hinted at something.
Truth or dare was obviously going to be abused, and I knew that, but I agreed to it anyway. I thought that if they were going to be playful, I'd be playful back, and be causal about my relationship with all of them. I didn't want anything to be weird or awkward between any of us for the rest of the time we were going to be on the bus. I was probably being paranoid, none of them would fall for us - I mean they have millions of girls that are crazy about them, why would they have a crush on one of us of all people? We're completely ordinary.
I decided to let my guard down and be more... Myself for the rest of the week. I wanted to be comfortable in my own skin, and that's exactly what I intended to do by agreeing to truth or dare.
"Skye, truth or dare?" Michael asked.
"Dare," she responded, lightning fast.
"I dare you..." He scrolled through dares on his phone, "to eat three whole spoonfuls of Vegemite. And swallow."
"You're crazy," Skye said, shaking her head.
"You chose dare!" Ashton said, getting up from his seat to retrieve the Vegemite.
"Can I at least get it on toast?"
Michael shook his head, "Nope,"
Skye looked nervous as Ashton handed her the spoon and the Vegemite. But I think Michael calmed her nerves when he told her, "you know what, get another spoon, I'm going to have some Vegemite, too."
"But you love Vegemite," she laughed.
"Exactly," he told her. I looked away, not wanting to see her reaction to the taste. Even I winced when she put the first spoonful in her mouth.
Then it was Skye's turn to ask the question.
She had asked Ashton, and he had responded with dare.
"I dare you to kiss the person to your left," she read off Michael's phone.
"No problem," he said, pecking me on the cheek. I promised myself I wouldn't be weird about any of the dares, so I laughed.
