Your Band, My Band, and Our Band

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Tyler Rose's POV

Suddenly, I couldn't breathe. Ashton just looked into my eyes and leaned forward but I didn't really have time to think about what was happening. All I knew was that nothing has ever felt more right in my life.

At first I was just letting it happen but I quickly made it to where our lips were in sync with each other's. I grabbed the back of his shirt and held it tight, meaning I didn't want him to stop.

Ashton has been one of my best friends ever since we were little kids. I never thought that my feelings for him would develop like this. Ever since the guys left us years ago I knew for a fact that I couldn't be without my best friends but I knew especially that I couldn't live without Ashton. It's always been Ashton. He would always be the one to make me happy when I was sad. I would always be able to tell him anything. All the boyfriends I had in high school where just there so I could Ashton's attention. After ever heartbreak I would go through, he was there to make everything okay. I never thought he would ever feel that way about me.

"Ashton?" I say breaking the kiss.

"What?" He ask.

"What's happening?" I ask, not thinking.

"What do mean? Isn't this what you want?" He ask grabbing my hand.

"Yeah but is it what you want?" I ask and he just looks at me.

"Ty, I've never wanted anything more." He smiles, kissing my nose.

"Well what about the band?" I raise my eyebrows.

"With the exception of the band." He giggles and grabs my arm placing it around his waist.

"Hey, um the hell just happened?" I hear a voice behind us and then I remember.

"Harry."

"Oh Harry, I'm so sorry that this happened. But you just have to understand that I-"

"No worries, love. It was nice meeting you and good catching up with you Ash. You've got yourself a good one here so don't let her go." Harry tells Ashton.

"Never." He says, kissing my cheek.

"So did you come back alone?" Ashton asks.

"No, Charlotte is here too and I- Charlotte!!!!" I pause and begin to worry for I had left Charlotte at the front of the bar and told her I'd be back soon. Hopefully she's okay.

Charlotte's POV

"Where the fuck is she?" I whisper to myself. It's been over fifteen minutes since she said she'd be back. We're supposed to be looking for Joanna or anyone would be good too. Something tells me she found someone and something also tells me it's Ashton.

I get sick of waiting so I head to the bar for a drink. Maybe someone is over there.

Yep, indeed there is. I squint my eyes to see a red speck and I know it's Michael. I roll my eyes because I should've suspected he would be at the bar the minute I walked in. I can already tell he's drunk based on the empty bottles lying next to him but hopefully he isn't to drunk to not recognize me.

"Uh, Michael?" I tap his shoulder and to my surprise he quickly turns around with a very excited expression on his face.

"CHARLOTTE!! You're here! That's fantastic!" He smiles, knocking over the bottle that was next to him causing me to giggle at his clumsiness.

"Michael, I'm looking for Joanna or Tyler have you seen either of them?" I ask, hoping he'll give me a valid answer.

"Well Jo is umm right there." He points to what appears to be her and Calum getting extremely cozy on the couch. I begin to feel nauseous at the sight of it.

"And Tyler?" I ask.

"Nope, haven't seen that one." He says as I let out a loud sigh.

"So why'd you come back? Huh? You just couldn't stay away from all of this, could you?" I try not to smile because I remembered how angry I was the day I left. Yet, he never fails to make me smile.

"No, I just needed to do what was right."

"And you did the right thing by coming back to me, sweetheart. Uh I missed you so much, Charlotte. Please never leave me alone ever again!! I love you!" Michael grabs my shoulder and begins to cry into it.

"Mikey, I-I know you love me, you tell me all the time. I-I love you too. You know that."

"NOOOO!! You don't get it!! You don't love me like I love you!" He begins to run around like a child and eventually runs out the front door.

"What are you taking about?!!?" I chase after him and he stops and looks at me just before crossing the street.

"I LOVE YOU OKAY! But it's pretty obvious that you don't feel that way about me so just forget it!" He mumbles before running into the street.

"Michael, DON'T!!" I yell, as I look to see an oncoming car, going full speed, not stopping. Michael still doesn't seem to notice the car. I begin to panic. My heart is pounding three times as fast as normal.

Suddenly, a burst of energy flows through me and I quickly jump in the street, pushing Michael out of the way. We both land on the side of the road, me on top of him, catching my breath.

I look at him as his looks at me with shock and hope in his eyes. He takes a couple deep breaths, which I can feel on his stomach.

"Would I do that for someone I didn't love?" I slowly breathe out and because of the moment I leaned in and kissed his cold lips that quickly turned warm after touching my own. He didn't seem to be shocked by the kiss but some how expected it.

He grabbed the back of my head and got his fingers tangled in my hair. It was a lot different than I expected, not that I constantly think about kissing Michael, but just that when you've known someone your whole life you wonder if there is something about them you don't know. For instance, I didn't know Michael was such a good kisser until after I did it. Also, I didn't know that the perfect guy for me lived right across the street this whole time.

"W-what was that?" Michael speaks first, still closing his eyes.

"I don't know it just felt right?" I tilt my head and question whether what I was saying was true or not.

"Oh, well I quite enjoyed that." He smiles at me and I smile back as I lean in once again.

"Charlotte??!" I open my eyes from the kiss and hear a faint voice behind me. Michael takes my hand and holds it tight.

"What are you doing here?" Well it wasn't the first question I expected.

I look behind me and see Joanna hand in hand with Calum, coming right toward us.

"Jo!" I try to distract her from what just happened by hugging her and Calum both.

"I told you not to come back for me!" She says, sounding mad but also happy to see me.

"I-I didn't come back for you. I came back because uh because um....TYLER ROSE LOVES ASHTON!!" I think as soon I see Ty and Ash walk out the front door with his arms around her.

"WHAT?!??!" They all say together.

Tyler and Ashton both look shocked when they heard me say that but once we were all together and we all looked at each other and noticed that we all had a hand to hold.

Michael, who was still squeezing my hand meant he wasn't embarrassed to be with me and I shouldn't be either.
Tyler was holding tight onto Ashton which is all they've ever wanted and I can tell by the smiles on Joanna and Calum's face that they've never been happier.

There was only one thing missing. No one knew where Luke was.