Cigarettes // cake // Sequel of Mute

Thirty One

{Luke}

I tremble in fear as I hear Calum entering the house in a drunken state once again. He enters the room and looks at me before giggling.

"Hello Lukey," he slurs, slamming a bottle of vodka down on the the counter. He has blood on his shirt which scares me.

"Hi Calum." I answer, but it comes out a lot higher than I expected.

"Would you like some vodka?" He asks and I shake my head slightly.

"N-No thanks." I say.

"Holy shit, we should video this. Memories." Calum chuckles and takes his phone out.

"Calum stop." I say and he sets it on the desk and he crouches down so that he's level with the camera.

"Everyone, this is how to discipline your boyfriend."

{Halsey}
My phone buzzes and I pick it up to see a video from Calum. The caption says 'diseplone' making me frown.

Discipline?

I open the video and see Calum's face. His forehead is a bit red, he's... drunk...

I want to watch with Michael but he's currently at his own apartment.

"Calum stop." I hear Luke say quietly and Calum giggles before turning back to the camera.

"Everyone, this is how to discipline your boyfriend." He says and walks over to the bed.

"Calum.. Calum stop!" Luke shouts and I stop the video before I hear anything else.

I realize my jaw is hanging open and my hand is covering it. I sigh shakily as my eyes fill with tears. When did this happen? Did it happen just now? I swallow in fear and shakily hover my finger over Michael's contact name. Is this a good idea? Michael will definitely go beat Calum up or something.

I put my phone down and stare into space before bringing it into my sight again and clicking on Luke's contact.

It rings a few times before I hear him.

"Hello?" He says.

"Luke? Are you okay?" I ask and there's a silence before he says.

"Yes I'm fine." And I frown.

"I'm coming over." I say and I hear him let out a quiet sob.

"No don't, I'm fine, i-it's okay." He stutters.

".. Okay... where's Calum?" I ask and he stays silent before answering.

"He's u-um.. making dinner.." he trails off and he gasps quietly.

"No no sorry, I'M SORRY!" Luke shouts and the call ends.

"LUKE?! HELLO?!" I shout and I curse and try redial him but he doesn't answer.

I quickly click on Michael's contact without thinking and place the phone to my ear.

"Michael! Mikey!" I shout.

"Holy shit, Halsey? Are you okay? What's wrong?" He asks and I sniffle.

"I-I..." I trail off.

Ashley, is it the best idea to tell Michael?

"U-Um.. nevermind.." I say.

"Babe? You're crying, what happened?" He asks again.

"I-I'm just watching a sad movie and.. mood swings..." I trail off.

"Halsey--"

"HOLY SHIT HE'S DYING!" I shout.

"Halsey I know you're lying!" Michael shouts.