Musically Problematic

Chapter 11: Late Night Walks

Luke walks off and I go inside.

"And you're still grounded young lady!"

"Whatever."

I grumpily go upstairs for a shower.

Michael's POV:

My phone starts ringing in my pocket, I put down my pizza and a pull out my Samsung. Luke's name flashes on the screen, I press the green answer icon.

"Hey Mikey."

"Hey Luke."

"I dropped Sophie off at home because she wasn't supposed to be out, she had a fight with her parents this morning and is grounded. She doesn't want to be there though."

"Ok, you can still come over if you want. We can record a couple covers for YouTube..."

"Sure. See you soon."

The line goes quiet so I put my phone back in my pocket and look around the house, to see what mess we have. I hear a car door shut, Mum's home.

"We have to clean up, Cal."

"Yeah."

We close the lid of the pizza box and pack up the DVD cases and put them back on the shelf. We then fold the blankets and put them in the cupboard neatly. Mum walks inside and we fall back down on the couches. Another car door shuts, dad's home.

"Hey boys. How are you?"

Mum walks over to us and sits down beside me.

"We're okay. Luke's coming over soon by the way. We're gonna film a cover in the office."

"Ok, I'm going to go for a shower, and then I'm taking your father out to dinner. It's a late anniversary gift."

"Ok, have fun."

Dad walks in and goes straight upstairs, along with mum.

"Let's go set up the camera, Cal."

Luke walks into the office and slaps his hands down on Cal's shoulders while Roaring. Calum falls down to the floor after screaming. I fall back onto the desk chair laughing at Cal.

"I hate you Luke!"

I continue laughing hysterically, my phone starts ringing. I pull out my phone and it says unknown number so I contemplate hanging up. Of course my curiosity takes over and press answer instead.

"Hello?"

"Hey Michael."

"Sophie? Hey!

"Yeah, hey, I'm so bored. Think you could keep me occupied."

"Well my parents are out for the night...but Luke says you're grounded."

"Yeah, they're over reacting. It was just a small accident, I'm fine now."

"It wasn't small...you scared the hell out of me...I honestly think you should stay home."

"Please Michael..."

"No...I don't want you to get hurt."

"Then get me out of my house. It it mentally hurting me to be here."

"I'm busy, at the moment...Luke's over and my parents are going out soon. I promise I will call you back later."

"Ok, thank you...for nothing."

I sigh and hang up.

Luke: "So, Sophie is begging to get out of the house...like she did with me."

Michael: "Yeah..."

Calum: "So, what song are we going to sing?"

Luke: "How about I Miss You by Blink 182?"

Michael: "Yeah, sounds good." (and feels good! Hehe)

***

We finish filming the song and upload it to YouTube. I grab the house keys and walk outside to take Cal and Luke home, I was still trying to decide on visiting Sophie on the way back home.

Luke: "You know you don't have to do this..."

Michael: "Yeah, I know but I don't wanna be home alone."

Calum: "You're crazy. I'd do anything to get Mali out of the house. You are lucky you have no siblings."

Michael: "Yeah, but I wanna hang out with you guys."

***

We arrive at Cal's house and he goes inside, leaving me and Luke. We continue towards Luke's house with lots of small conversation.

***

We get to Luke's house.

"Are you gonna be okay to walk all the way home alone? My parents can give you a lift back."

"Nah, it's alright."

"Okay, if anything strange happens like in a horror movie...call me straight away."

"Alright. Will do."

  Luke walks inside and I keep walking towards Sophie's house. Once I get there, I look at the windows trying to work out which one is hers. I see pink and black curtains with a faint light shining through them. I bend down and pick up a small pebble and aim it at the wall beside the window, and through it. It makes a small click sound and falls back down to me. I pick it back up and throw it at the wall again. As I'm about to throw it a third time the curtains rustle and then open. I see Sophie looking around trying to find out what is making the noises. I wave up at her, and she gives me a confused look and opens her window.

"Come down here!"

She shakes her head and points to her ears. I give her the come here motion with my hands, realising that she can't hear me. She nods and turns her gaze towards a close by tree. She pushes her butt onto the window sill and leans her arms and upper torso towards a sturdy looking branch. I jog over and stand directly below the branch, as she pulls her weight onto it.

"I'll catch you."

She nods and slides her window almost closed. She lowers herself down onto a lower branch, she continues doing this until she is just a jump away from me.

"Jump, I promise I'll catch you."

"Okay, I trust you."

She jumps down into my arms and I catch her in a bear hug. She wraps her hands tightly around my neck and leans her head in my neck.

"Let's go before we're caught..."

"Where to?"

"My house...my parents are out for the night. We should have till midnightish."

She lifts her head from my neck and takes her legs off my hips and puts her feet on the ground. She takes my hand in hers no we walk to my house. Somewhere along the journey I moved my hand from hers and around her waist, pulling her in close. Her head rests on my shoulder and I lightly rest mine on her head as we reach my front door. I unlock it and we walk inside, locking the door behind me.