What if?

6. Games

        I stood there anxiously waiting for Luke to open the door for the person outside to come in. I bet it was Michael. He wouldn't mess with the room service guy by being an ass and only opening half of the door. But then again he was only in a towel and he is shy like that. Okay now I literally have no clue who could be behind that stupid door. They have been talking for awhile so I decided to go to the bathroom to keep my precious lipstick. When I went back out, I found Luke struggling to put his shirt on and someone sitting on the bed talking to him. It was Michael.

        Watching Luke struggle was pretty funny so I let out a giggle making Michael turn his head and climbing over the beds to get to me. "Hi I'm Michael." He said offerring me a hand to shake. I laughed and said "I know who you are. I love your band!" He gave me a weird face before turning back to Luke and making his journey over the beds over to him. He pulled Luke to the furthest corner of the room to ask him something. I just stood there awkwardly not knowing what to do.

-Luke-

        I was trying to get my new shirt over my head but I guess my shoulders are too broad so it doesn't seem to fit right but when I tried it last week it seemed to fit fine. Was putting it in the dryer a bad idea? Because I heard that sometimes when you put clothes in the dryer they shrink and all. Ughhh! Of all times why is this happening now? What if she comes out of the bathroom to see me like this? Oh that would be so embarassing. "Michael help me." I whispered loud enough but he just laughed and said "I'm good." That little pi- I then heard a giggle. She saw me. I am. Officially ready to jump out the window like this.

        I had 1 hand through and the other hand in God knows what position and why am I having so much trouble with this? I heard Michael introduce himself. I took this chance to quickly fix the shirt and pull it over my head. Done! I was smiling and straightening out my shirt when Michael attacked me, pulling me to a corner of the room. "Why didn't you tell me she was a fan? I thought we weren't supposed to date fans? Have you seen them? Some of them are crazy?" He whisper-shout. Yes whispering while shouting I don't know. Anyways. "You said some and she isn't crazy. She's cool and really nice. You just have to get to know her Mike. Give her a chance. For me?" I said trying to pull off Calum's puppy face but failing miserably but it worked. "Fine. Let's do this then." He said turning around to find Charlotte sitting on the bed scrolling through her phone. I just smiled at the sight when Michael said, "Let's play a game." I rolled my eyes at his dumb idea of 'getting to know her' but what game could he possible think of? That mind of his I swear to God it needs to be blessed multiple times.

        We sat on her bed waiting for Michael to explain his little 'game' when he spoke up, "It's basically like 20 questions but we get to ask you stuff and its not going to be 20 questions. If you get what I mean." I get it now. He just wants to find out more about her. This idiot is going to scare her off. I looked up at Charlotte and she just nodded. Fiddling with the hem of her shirt. She was nervous. "Okay. Favourite food?" Michael asked but I already knew so I said, "Pizza. Pepperoni pizza." Michael slapped my head and said, "The questions are for her you idiot."

        Charlotte giggled which caught our attention. She said, "But he's right. Pepperoni pizza." She smiled to me as I blushed but quickly looked down at her busy hands. Michael shook his head and went on with more crazy questions.

        I found out that she likes bands especially when they perform live because it gives a different feeling from artists that perform with recorded music. She wants to see ATL live because they're super fun on stage. She has seen us live apparently, back in Chicago during our ROWYSO Tour. She loves the beach, going on adventures and road trips. She wants to try all those crazy sports like sky diving and bungee jumping. This girl is crazy. But in a good way. Also found out she was a virgin. Wasn't a big deal for her though. Neither was it for me.

        But when it came down to the question about boyfriends she took awhile to answer. She looked down biting her lip before looking back up to answer. "I've never had a boyfriend. But I've dated this one guy and yeah he just wasn't the right one for me." I knew there was something else. Something she didn't want to mention. Michael felt the need to ask a different question knowing to stay away from the boy topic so he asked, "What about your family? Any siblings?" "Yeah I have two older brothers." She said not making eye contact. "Um what about your parents?" She bit her lip again looking at everything in the room but Michael and I. She said, "Um.. T-they.." stuttering a little before deciding against telling us.

        I felt the need to give her some space so I pulled Michael off the bed and shooed him out. "Oh look at the time Michael you have a studio session with Calum today remember! You're going to be late!" Whispering, "Just go. Now. Get out." After shutting the door, I turned back to find Charlotte still sitting on the bed but facing the other way. She was deep in thought. The doorbell rang again and I got so annoyed because if it was Michael, I was ready to kick his ass.

        It was room service. Food. Finally. After he placed our food on the table, I tipped and thanked the dude before shutting the door. I had ordered two plates of bacon and eggs, a pizza to share, pepperoni of course. Our favourite. Some muffins and juice. She doesn't drink coffee. I'm paying for them so it's none of her worries. She must've smelled something because she turn around. Looking at the food wide-eyed but then remembered that I ordered it.

        "Come and eat. You must be starving because I'm starving and I don't want to finish this pizza alone." I said. She cracked a smile and made her way over. Joining me at the table smiling as she took in the scent of the delicious food before us. We finished our brunch so quickly I didn't even know how much I ate. The plates were all empty and we were now on the bed watching some weird TV show. We didn't speak during the meal and we didn't speak after. It had been silent and I didn't like it.

        I wanted to know what was bothering her. Should I ask? Maybe not. But I don't want her to not talk to me all day. Maybe I should leave. Screw it I'm going to ask her and no matter what, I'm not going to leave. Damn Michael and his games.

        After gathering myself, I finally dropped the question. "So what's up with your family? You don't have to tell me if you don't want to. I'm just worried because you haven't said a single word to me after Michael asked you about them. Are you okay?" I asked as I watched her blank expression turn to a worried one.

        I took her hand in mine, interlocking them. I started rubbing the back of her palm with my thumb hoping it would relax her. It shocked her at first but she slowly held tighter, "It's okay." I said. She looked up at me and our eyes met. I couldn't read them, it just looked like it was filled with so much. Her mouth parted and closed a few times but she finally spoke up.

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Hi! :) So Luke's POV is introduced here! Just to make this clear, the story will always be in Charlotte's POV unless -Luke- is written there. So yeah! Hope you guys like this chapter! Tweet me! :-) @Gelyn_lyn