Here's to Teenage Memories

Chapter 5

Skylar

"You ready to go?" Ashton asks right as I open the door.  Today I was gonna meet the guys he might possibly be in a band with.  "Ready as I'll ever be!" I say to him.  We got in his mum's car, which he borrowed since he didn't have his own, and begun driving to Michael's house. 

"You are gonna love them!" Ashton tells me, "And maybe you can even sing with us?"  My eyes widen as I turn to him in shock, him giving me a sly smile.  "Ha!  You're funny! I almost thought you were serious for a second." I laugh.  Ashton's smile turns to a frown, "I am."  My smile also fades when I realize he wasn't joking. 

"Ashton," I say, placing my hand on his shoulder, "You know I don't sing in front of anyone but you."  He stops at the stop sign and looks me in the eye, "You are a great singer, Skye.  Trust me." Ashton takes my hand off of his shoulder and holds it in between his, "If you weren't good, I wouldn't be asking you to sing in front of guys who are in a band."  I look down at our hands, feeling my face heat up.  Our eyes meet again and we just sit there, staring into each other's eyes. 

My eyes trail down to his lips, causing me to bite mine.  I look back up to see his eyes also on my lips.  Our eyes meet for a third time,  but this time we begin to come closer to each other. My eyes fall back on his lips, realizing what was happening.  My eyes close and I continue to move closer, then...

Beep beep

My eyes open to see Ashton turning to look in the rear view mirror. I look back and see three cars beeping their horns behind us.  I turn back to Ashton and see him sticking his middle finger out the window as we drive away.  "Really."  I say to him.  He laughs, making me laugh to. 

What just happened?  One minute Ashton and I are just talking about my singing, then the next we are getting beeped at for almost kissing at a stop sign. If we didn't get beeped at, would Ashton actually have kissed me? Probably not, but that moment though.

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"We're here." Ashton gets out of the car and goes to open the door for me, "My lady." I giggle, "Why, thank you good sir." I rush to knock on the door, being welcomed by the boy I had seen in the video. "Hey, you must be Ashton's friend!  I'm..." he says before I interrupt him.  "Luke! Right?" I giggle, "I saw your videos.  You're really good." 

Luke blushes, scratching his head and chuckling, "Thanks.  Everyone always says that, but I'm not that good." I smile, blushing as well when I realize Ashton's face of surprise that I watched their covers. "I'm sorry to ask, but Ashton never told me your name." he whispers, us both looking at Ashton. I put my hand out for him to shake it, "It's Skylar. It's a pleasure to meet you." Luke shakes my hand and leads us inside.

"Michael's already in the garage waiting for us." I overhear Luke tell Ashton. We walk in the garage to see a boy Luke's age with a blonde fringe playing the guitar on the floor, "Hi, Michael." He stops playing and turns around. His eyes widen, his face turns red, "Uh... Uh." "This is Skylar, Ashton's friend he was talking about yesterday." Luke says, laughing at Michael.

"Uh, hi. Did Ashton tell you about me?" he asks, surprised I knew his name. I laugh along with Luke, "No, I just watch your videos so that's how I knew your name." He was actually kinda cute. "So what song were you playing?" I ask him, sitting down beside him. "American Idiot. It's my favorite song." Michael mumbles, running his fingers down the neck of the guitar. I immediately gasp at the sound of his words, "That's my favorite too!"

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Ashton

I silently watch as Skylar and Michael bond over their music taste.  "Ashton, you okay man?"  Luke asks, pointing at my hand. It was clenched into a fist. What is wrong with me? Yesterday I got mad that Michael thought Skye was hot, now I'm getting mad that they are bonding.

"Come with me." Luke whispers in my ear. I follow him out and into Michael's room. "Did you and Skylar date or something at one point?" he asks me, no longer whispering.  "No." I tell him bluntly.  "Do you like her?" Luke looks me in the eye.

  "I," I mumble, "I don't know.  I mean we had this moment in the car on the way over but that doesn't mean I have feelings for her does it?  I mean we've been friends forever and I've never felt anything for her before. I don't like her, do I? No. Yes?" I continue ranting to Luke for almost five minutes.  "I think you do," he confesses, "but you obviously don't want to admit it to yourself."  Luke walks out of the room, me following like the last time.

Don't waste your time on me.
You're already the voice inside my head.
(I miss you, miss you)

We walk in to see Skylar singing, Michael playing guitar and singing in the background.

Don't waste your time on me.
You're already the voice inside my head.
(I miss you, miss you)

Skylar was singing, just what she told me she wouldn't do.

"Wow Skylar, you're an amazing singer!" Michael tells her, giving her a hug in the process.  Skylar hugs him back, "Thanks, I don't sing in front of many people."  Michael gets out of their hug and takes Skylar's hand.  He smiles at her, looking her straight in the eye,  "Well you should."  I rush out of the room, slamming the door behind me.

I run outside, why would Skylar do that?  She probably doesn't even know what she did.  "Ashton."  When I , her best friend, tells her to sing she doesn't sing, but when Michael, a total stranger, tells her to sing, she sings.  "Ashton!" I turn to answer Skylar's call, "What!"  She comes closer and pushes me slightly.

"What was that?!  I was just singing with Michael, something YOU wanted me to do!" 

"Yeah which you DIDN'T want to do originally, but when MICHAEL asks all of a sudden you're like 'oh yeah sure I'll sing'!"

"It doesn't matter WHY I sang, it just matters that I DID!"

"You know what!" I yell, "I don't care! Do whatever you want! I'm leaving." "What?" Skye mumbles. "You obviously don't care that I'm here, so I'll just leave." I answer, walking to my car. "Wait," she calls grabbing my hand, "I'm sorry." I take her to sit on the curb.

"Me too." I whisper, "I guess... I guess I just got jealous." "Jealous?" Skye smiles, causing me to smile too. "Just seeing you bond with Michael reminded me of us and... And I guess that made me think he could possibly replace me." I sigh. Skylar probably thinks I'm the worst right now. "No one can replace you," she assures me, "but... Right now might not be the best time to tell you... Michael asked me on a date!"

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Hey Everybody! (We don't have to live this way!) sorry, lol. Had to as a 5sos fan. Also sorry about all the drama in one chapter. Hope you enjoyed it though! So, who do you ship more? Skashton or Mylar? (If you have better ship names please comment them). So for the question of the chapter:

Who's your favorite 5sos member?

Mine is Ashton all the way!  Comment your answer and I'll be sure to read it.  Also, just if you were wondering, the song Skylar and Michael were singing was I Miss You by Blink 182.