If He Only Knew

gig.

this is most likely rushed because I only write when I'm nervous-ish and I'm panicking like batshit crazy right now so I apologise :(.

Luke woke up in the exact same position he was when he fell asleep, right on Michael's chest. He didn't want to move, but he could smell chocolate chip pancakes, and that was his weakness. He carefully stood up trying not to wake Michael, but he sleeps like a log, so that wasn't hard.

He waltzed into the kitchen only to see Calum and Ashton look at him with massive smirks on their faces. Luke had a sudden realisation that they might've seen him and Michael. He decided to play it off. He walked across the kitchen, grabbed the chocolate-chip pancake Ashton was about to eat out of his hands, and walked back across the kitchen.

He stood at the wall, legs crossed, and took an innocent bite, eyeing Ashton and Calum, who were staring at him - mouths gaping wide open. Then the silence was broken by the three boys bursting into a huge laughing fit, with Ashton playfully wrestling Luke for stealing his pancake.

Michael emerged from the living room, yawning. He walked into the kitchen, saw the chocolate chip pancakes and grabbed a plate and got about five in less than a second. Ashton knew him well. "Morning everybody" he yawned. Ashton and Calum were doing that thing again. Luke's cheeks flushed red. He gave them a pleading look as if to say, please don't say it. Calum seemed to read his mind and nudged Ashton and shook his head. Ashton shrugged back taking another bite of his pancake. "So boys, another practice of one of the song off our EP today?" Calum suggested. Luke jumped up and down with his pancake flailing around in his hand. He nodded frantically.

No one understood how much he loved their EP right now. They'd worked so hard on it. Put covers on YouTube. Everything. He was so proud of them. The last song they'd covered was Teenage Dirtbag by One Direction. Luke had watched them on the XFactor and admired them. Michael was a little less impressed but he knew Luke liked watching them so he let them keep the TV every Saturday night.

They all agreed on practicing their EP, and sat in silence, eating their pancakes. It wasn't an awkward silence, it was almost an awed silence. They had come so far. They were a band now.

Calum's phone buzzed in his pocket. He stood up and answered it, still holding his plate of unfinished pancakes.

"hello? is this Calum Hood? Member of the band 5 Seconds Of Summer?"

Calum answered

"Yeah, speaking? How can I help?"

"Well, I'm Lacey Carpenter, publicist for One Direction..."

Calum's eyes widened drastically.

"...and do you know about the band's upcoming tour Where We Are?"

"Yes...I believe I do."

"well that's fantastic. because the boys have watched all your covers on YouTube, and they love your style. They would like you to open for them on their Debut US Headline Tour."

Calum dropped his plate of pancakes on the floor. He stuttered into the phone.

"Could you give me one second to ask the rest of the band please?"

"Of course, take as long as you need. It's a big decision I know"

"Thank you"

Calum pressed the mute button on the phone. He slowly put it down on the kitchen counter. "Who was that?!" Ashton breathed. "Guys," Calum started, "That was Lacey Carpenter, publicist for One Direction. She wants us to....well...the boys want us to...open for them on the Where We Are Tour." Calum rushed the ending and practically ran around the kitchen screaming. Luke was smiling like an idiot and laughing hysterically. Michael was stunned but a massive Cheshire Cat grin on his face. Ashton was up with Calum dancing around the kitchen. "So is that a yes guys!!?!?!" Calum yelled. "YES!" The other three members practically screamed.
Calum pressed a finger to his lips as he picked up the phone again, and the room went dead silent.
He took a deep breath.

"We'd love to. Thank you for this oppurtunity."

"why you're very welcome. now, all expenses are paid for you, so it won't cost you a dime, or an Australian dollar, whatever you call it. *laughs* your plane to Canada takes off in exactly one month. You can play whatever you like, but now would be the time to promote yourselves! Thank you for joining the boys on tour, I'm sure they'll be very happy."

"Thank YOU. We are extremely grateful for this. I assume you'll email the details? Or fax them or something?"

"My my aren't you professional! We'll email them to your official email. We'll send bodyguards, a temporary tour manager, everything you could possibly need. You'll have the email with all details by midnight your time. Thank you."

"Thank you again, goodbye!" Calum finally said. He shut off the phone and began screaming again. Ashton joining him. Luke walked out of the room and into his room. He didn't want them to have to see this. He shut the door behind him and sat on his bed, crumbling into a thousand pieces. He couldn't breathe. He felt like he was underwater, being dragged down and down and down. He gripped his hair rocking back and forth.

You can't do this.
"shut up" luke whispered
You can't. You're too scared. You'll freak out, you'll mess up, you'll fall, you'll forget, you'll...you'll..."