I put on the whole outfit, then make my way out to see Luke finally has clothes on. They all looked like they were deep into playing games and making conversation.
"Uh, hey." I do a little awkward wave.
Their heads all turn towards me.
"Aw, Mason, you look so cute." Michael says, scooting over on the couch, making a place for me to sit in between Luke and him.
I laugh and sit down. "Thanks Mikey." We form a circle: Ashton and Calum sitting on the floor facing us, while Luke and Mikey sit next to me.
"Alright," Ashton says, "What's your birthday?"
"It's Decem-"
"DECEMBER 16!" Michael yells, interrupting me.
"What year?" I ask him, raising my eyebrow.
Calum whispers something into Michael's ear.
"After much debate," he says, "our final answer is 1996."
"Anddddd the million dollar prize goes to Malum!" I cheer, pointing my finger at them. We all laugh. "No, but seriously, should I quiz you on myself or should we just let you guys ask questions."
"Quiz us first." a new voice says next to me.
Blue eyes meet mine. "So you speak?"
Luke chuckles, "There's no secrets between us now. We are closer than all of the rest of these guys. I mean you saw my, you know. Now to make us closer, I'd just have to see a little something." He bites down on his lip. Damn.
"That was not your finest minute, Luke." I laugh, ignoring his other comments. "But I will quiz you on myself. What's my favorite color?"
Luke and Michael raise their hands.
"What are your answers?"
"Green." they say at the same time.
Well, they really did google me...
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"So you've really never slept with anyone or done drugs?" Calum asks. "I mean that's not a bad thing, it's just crazy, I mean you're cute."
I've made a few discoveries in the past two hours of talking: Michael knows a lot about me, Calum enjoys sitting on me and squishing me, they all thought I was like a little cute girl, Ashton thinks we should collaborate on a song, and Luke is seeing someone. The last thing kind of pisses me off. Not sure why, but the idea of them actually like dating is gross.
Stop thinking this.
"What's your favorite song of ours?" Ashton asks.
"Well the new album is amazing, but my favorites are Disconnected, Wherever You Are, English Love Affair, Wrapped Around Your Finger, and like Gotta Get Out."
"Some of those aren't even very good." Calum laughs.
"I like the lyrics and I like the messages in some of them. Like Disconnected makes me wish that I had someone who would stop time or like anything they were doing, just to be with me." I laugh at myself. "Oh and I really like Invisible and oh gosh, I like a lot of your songs."
"Again, I think we should collaborate or something together." Ashton says, crossing his arms.
"Hey do you want to sit by me on the plane?" Michael asks, obviously excited.
I nod my head.
"Mason," Ashton says, "We have to get going soon. Do you wanna grab some food before we go?"
"Sure," I say putting my onesie hood on so that the horn was on top of my head, "Where are we flying by the way?"
"Home." Luke says, sipping from the beer in his hand.
"So Australia, for Christmas?" I don't know anyone in Australia. Maybe Liv will come with me and we can just party in a hotel room.
Michael sees my worry, apparently. "Do you have any family to spend Christmas with? Like, here?"
"No, I mean, I do have family, but my oldest brother is married, Greyson is stuck with me, and my sister is traveling with me. She's on break now. So my family will be with me." I say, putting on my best smile.
"Great!" Calum says, smiling then grabbing his bags and walking out of the room. Michael's eyes stay on mine. He walks towards me, pulling me into a hug.
"Listen," he says, "This is all going to be okay."
"I never thought it wasn't going to be." Okay, this is nice. Michael is hugging me.
"So we head to Australia for break, then Bali, and then Hollywood for Rockin Eve."
"Do not underestimate the power of the dark side. Do not underestimate the power of the dark side."
The boys heads snap in my direction. I blush as I swipe my finger across my phone screen.
"Mason?" Andi calls through the phone.
"Yeah, I'm here."
"Okay we had a meeting, and one of the boys just called us and said that they think you should stay here for Christmas. Basically, you don't have to go to Australia, but we would need to fly you to Bali."
I smile to myself. "Actually it's fine. I think it will be good for me."
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We landed a hour ago or so. Jet lag has taken over my whole body.
"Anybody want coffee?" Calum asks.
"I'd like a beer."
"No one cares, Michael."
"Wanna bet on that?"
"Just shut up Mikey."
"I'm up for a cozy cup of sleep." I say, cracking a grin at the boys.
Michael comes up behind me. "Get ready for the flashing light, baby Mase."
"Since when is that my nickname?"
"Guys, we need a nickname for Mason."
"Masey Wasey." Ashton suggests.
"Unicorn butt."
"Calum, it's more like cutie patootie." Ashton giggles.
I laugh at them, "You guys can call me anything. My brothers have covered just about any embarrassing nicknames."
As I finished my sentence, I was blinded by the lights.
"Calum look over here!"
"Luke, are you dating Arzaylea?"
"Michael do you have a drinking problem?"
A.N
so i'll be updating everything few days (like once a week)
sorry if there are typos (unedited)
- mad xoxo
