Nice To Meet You Again || Calum Hood

Chapter 14 ~ Who is that?

Jessica

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The small crowd in front of us cheers as we finish the song. It was Imagine by John Lennon. So far, we've done Amnesia, Radioactive, and Imagine.

"Any requests?" I ask the crowd. A couple hands shoot up. "You with the green hair," I point to a boy.

"Thanks for doing Amnesia, do you know any other songs by 5 Seconds of Summer?" He asks. People stare at him and little whispers riffle through the crowd.

"What's 5 Seconds of Summer?" I cock my head a bit and look at him.

"A band.. You sang a song by them and I assumed you knew them," he shrugs.

"Do you wanna come up and sing a song by them then?" I ask. "You can play my brother's guitar if you know how." Reece shoots me a glare and hugs his guitar tightly. "Please." I give him my puppy eyes while the boy I called on arrives to the front of the crowd. Reece lets out a long sigh and hands it to the green haired boy.

"I'm Michael by the way, if you don't remember." He holds out his hand. I grab it and shake it.

"I'm Jessica, nice to meet you." What did he mean by if I didn't remember? So apparently I knew him before?

"Anyways, this song is called Good Girls," he grins. The girls and some guys in the criwd cheers. Michael starts strumming and starts singing. People sing along.

She's a good girl
She's Daddy's favorite
He's saved for Harvard
He know she'll make it
She's good at school
She's never truant
She can speak French
I think she's fluent

Interesting song..

'Cause every night she studies hard in her room
At least that's what her parents assume
But she sneaks out the window to meet with her boyfriend
Here's what she told me the time that I caught her

She said to me,
"Forget what you thought
'Cause good girls are bad girls that haven't been caught.
So just turn around and forget what you saw
'Cause good girls are bad girls that haven't been caught."

I like this song. I really do.

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Michael finishes and bows. He hands Reece the guitar back.

"I got to go, but that was fun! Thanks!" He smiles and heads off.

"Well.." I look at the crowd. "Who was that?" I ask to them. The girls open their mouths in shock.

"How- what- are-" the girls stutter.

"I know his name's Michael.. But is he well known? You all look shocked."

"THAT WAS MICHAEL CLIFFORD FROM 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER!" Someone screams. That's the band I sang the song from.

"Oh," I say. "cool." Most of the crowd is freaking out but I'm not sure why. Is it because that Michael just did a song for them? I guess so. "That was the last song, so I hope all of you liked it!" I yell. The crowd disperse and Reece packs up his guitar. He hasn't really said anything.

"Ready to go home?" He asks. I nod and we head to his car. He puts his guitar in the trunk and gets in the driver's seat to start the engines. The car drives off, taking us home.

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"How was it?" Mom asks as I enter the door.

"What?" I question.

"Your little gig thing." She chuckles.

"Oh, great! People crowded around us and it was really fun to do. Also, this kid named Michael came up to sing a song by his band, 5 Seconds of Summer. And apprently he knew me before." I shrug.

"Probably just joking.." her voice trails. I look at her, confused.

"Okay then, I'm gonna go up to my room. Oh hey, Reece, can I have my phone?" I say as I take my first step on the stairs.

"Yeah, wait." He takes my phone out of his pocket. "What's your password?" he asks.

"Why?"

"Because."

"Why?" I shoot him a glare.

"Jess!" I cross my arms. He throws his hands up in frustration.

"Fine, 2781." I mumble. He unlocks my phone and does some things before handing the phone back to me.

"There you go." I roll my eyes and head upstairs. My phone buzzes.

Rylie: Hey! heard u performed with michael or something? amazing. why didnt u invite me omg

Wow, that band must be popular. 5 Seconds of Summer. Interesting. I start typing a response.

Me: i didnt know he was that famous, and that u liked him?

I hit send. 3 bubbles show up, indicating that she was typing. The bubbles disappear and reappear. A message from her pops up on my screen.

Riley: oh yeah, i just liked their music. they're a good band, but yeah i guess.

She was just asking why I didn't invite her. Why is everyone being so weird? I just respond with an 'Oh, okay' and close my phone. I look outside the window and observe the trees, people, cars, houses, sky, everything.

My eyes grow heavy, and I drift off to sleep.

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"Jessie wake up! Time for dinner!" Jake shakes me.

"Go away." I mumble, turning away from him.

"It's dinner!" His high pitched voice cheers.

"Later, okay." I hear the footsteps run down the stairs. A yell comes afterwards.

"JESSICA WAKE UP!" I kick off my covers and lay in bed for a minute, before pushing my body up and out of the bed. I trudge downstairs.

"Morning." I yawn. Mom holds in a giggle. "Okay then." I walk to my seat at the dinner table and start to eat.

"How was your nap?" Dad asks.

"Peaceful, until I was woken up." I jokingly stick my tongue out at Jake. He sticks his tongue out back at me.

"Immature kids." Reece shakes his head with a grin plastered on his face.

"Says you!" I lightly punch his arm.

"Jess, it isn't nice to hit people." He says seriously.

"Whatever." I mumble. I continue eating my dinner, finishing before everyone else. "K bye." I put my dish away and run back upstairs. I grab my phone and get comfortable in my blankets.

One new message.

Unknown: mikey told me u were great at performing today, good job :)

Me: Who is this?

Unknown: Calum?

Me: .. Do I know you?

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Author's Note: i havent updated in a million years and i am sorry.

the last time i updated was November 2nd and now it's December 27th omg

so.. here ya go! Hope you like it. sory it's so short :(
-M xx