Don't Make This Easy

9: Reminiscing and Confrontations

Ashton POV

I've never seen him this mad before.

I remember when we egged her ex-boyfriends house, but he never set out to hurt someone.

We all thought he was a cute little kitten.

Harmless.

Hollywood Changed him.

This is worse than we thought. We tried to get here as soon as we could, but we had to make up the money for Calum as well because his parents wanted him to play football in Brazil.

I hear Calum walk back in from the porch.

I look around the room and take in everyone's position.

Beck is at the coffee table, quietly chatting with Luke.

I'm at the counter, watching the place.

Mikey is sat at the couch, burning a hole in the floor with his stare.

Calum just sits beside him and grabs the guitar that was on the stand in the corner of the room.

He starts plucking away at some chords, humming quietly.

We all listened to Mikey's demo that he sent us when they first moved here, meaning he told us the whole meaning behind it.

So it's a special song to him.

Him and Jasey go back further than any of us knew him. They were always meant to be together, whether they were dating or just friends.

They were inseparable.

"I don't even like you, why'd you want to go and make me feel this way?" Luke hummed as Calum played around with the chords.

"I don't understand what's happened, I keep saying things I never say." Luke continued, looking at Mikey to carry on the song.

"I can feel you watching even when you know that you'll be seen." He sang with a shaky voice.

I turned my head to the hallway to see Jasey, Jade and Cat standing there.

"I can feel you touch me even when you're far away from me." Mikey sang, a small smile cracking out of the side of his face.

"Tell me where you're hiding your Voodoo Doll cause I can't control myself." Calum sang out, as I started patting on my legs as if they were drums.

"I don't wanna stay I wanna run away but i'm trapped under your spell." Calum and Mikey sang out, bringing Mikey's mood back up.

"And it hurts in my head and my heart and my chest and i'm having trouble catching my breath." Calum sang, as Mikey harmonized.

"Ohh, ohh." We heard Jasey sing.

"Won't you please stop loving me to death." Calum finished, ending the impromptu jam session there.

Cat, Jade and Beck applauded and fake cheered as if they were at a concert.

Me the boys and Jasey just giggled.

Mikey stood up, "Jase?" He asked, apprehensively "Can I talk to you in private?" He continued, voice shaking. I could hear his heart beating from here.

Jase just nodded and walked back into her room, as Mikey followed.

Silence came upon the rest of us, as we sat in the uncomfortable mute room.

"So," Beck started, "You guys are in a band? What instruments do you guys play?"

Well, if we're gonna be living here, we gotta get acquainted with everyone...