Your Band, My Band, and Our Band

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Calum's POV

I was suddenly interrupted by a pair of  lips against mine. I was caught off guard but once I realized what was happening I relaxed and so did she. It was aggressive but at the same time sentimental.

"W-What was that?" I say sounding surprised.

"I-I don't know......but I kinda wanna do it again." She smirks at me and I do the same to her as I lean in, this time being more prepared.

"So Calum who's at the doo– OH MY GOD!" Michael opens the front door to find us lip locked.

"MY EYES!" He jokes covering his eyes as Jo and I look at each other laughing.

"Hey, calm down Clifford. It's just me." Jo says to Michael, removing his hand from his face.

"Joanna?! Ohhhhh....YOU TWO YOUNGSTERS GET YOUR ASSES INSIDE!" Michael grabbed both of our wrist and pulled us inside where Luke and Ashton were sitting on the couch.

"Looks like I found a couple lovebirds outside." Michael says causing my cheeks to heat up.

"Joanna!" Luke and Ashton say in sync and come running to hug her.

"So I'm guessing you saw Calum on TV?" Luke asks, raising his eyebrows.

"Umm yeah and I actually wanted to talk to you about that." She tells me and the guys seem to understand what she meant and the left us alone.

"So what'd you think?" I ask.

"What did I think? Umm I think your fucking crazy that's what I think. I can't believe you did that. No one has ever done anything like that for me. But why'd you do it?" She asks while pacing.

"I thought I made it pretty clear why I did it. I-I love you." I've never said it to her face before and for some reason it was a lot harder than saying it on TV.

"Calum," she sighs and sits next to me, grabbing my hand," I-I already knew that."

"No I know but you've always loved me like a friend I meant that I–"

"No Calum, I knew you were in love me because......because you already told me." She closes her eyes and opens them while I just have a look of confusion on my face.

"Umm no I don't think so. I definitely think I would remember telling you something like that."

"Exactly, you don't remember because you were drunk. Remember that night we uh ya know, you told me you loved me. Calum, I've known that all along." As soon as she said those words it all started coming back to me. The only thing I remember from that night was Joanna telling me that she's known all along. It all makes since now.

"You mean to tell me that you've know since the day we met?! And that I didn't have to tell the whole fucking world?! Why didn't you say anything?!" I ask raising my whisper to an event louder whisper.

"I-I don't know. I didn't want anything weird to happen between us. You were my first friend here, Calum, and I wasn't going to let you go that easy." She smiles, bringing me into a hug. I couldn't resist so I hugged her back.

"So why'd you change your mind?" I ask.

"Who said I ever thought any different?" She grins.

"So then why'd you come back now?"

"You sure ask a lot of questions. But yes I know I came back at a bad time because we're were just about to start the tour, but what you did kinda just was I guess I sign telling me to come back." She looks down at her shoes and then up at me because I'm so much taller than her.