5 seconds of scandals

Chapter 3- Heartbreak Girl

This takes place approximately 3 weeks after Violet walked out on Ashton, who wanted to kiss her.

Ashton, Michael and Luke were all sitting in the kitchen eating food and making plans for the upcoming party they're throwing for Luke. "Alright, we're covered as far as drinks and food but who exactly are we inviting?" Michael asked Luke. Luke shrugged "I think keeping it small is fine. Maybe if you can get a hold of Calum and some family". Ashton was zoning out, thinking about Violet and how she hadn't even texted him back. "Speaking of Calum...where has he been? And what about Violet?" Ashton asked eagerly. "Her and Calum are always busy doing stuff. I'll see what I can do" Michael answered. 

"Mhm. Of course. We'll head over around then" Calum hangs up his phone and plops down next to Violet. "Hey, I know you've been kinda anti-social lately, but tonight is Luke's birthday and Michael says it would mean a lot to the guys if we go." Violet continues to stare at the T.V., then after a bit she sighs "Alright, I guess I can do that". Violet didn't know if she was ready to face Ashton. All she had been thinking about was the butterflies she got when she looked into his eyes. She was scared, but she didn't want that to be obvious to anyone else. Violet heads into her closet and starts searching through her dresses. "Calum? How nice is this party going to be?" Calum walks in with a button up t-shirt on, however it was unbuttoned. He begins to button it "I mean, I wouldn't consider it a black tie event but looking nice is a good idea...not that that's hard for you". Violet laughs from inside her closet. She pulls out a dress that is silver, and has a grey lace covering it and has a white bow tied at the waste. "Does this work?" She walks out holding it up. Calum looks up and smiles "Yea that's perfect". Violet walks back into her closet and quickly slips it on and heads to the bathroom where she finds Calum struggling to tie his bow tie. She laughs at him and reaches up to tie it for him and they make funny poses in the mirror. "Wow aren't we a dynamic duo" Calum jokes. Violet searches for her small bag and puts her phone, wallet, ect. "Yep of course" she says. They head out the door and Violet stops in the doorway. "Do you think that a...all the guys will like my dress?" Calum smiles "I think everyone would like it. You look great". Violet laughs awkwardly and heads to the car.

During the drive to the party, Violet wanted so badly to ask Calum about Ashton, but she didn't know how he would react. "Hey, Calum?" she asked quietly. "What's up Vi?" she was quiet for a moment, trying to find the words. "Well, there's this guy and he kinda seems like he likes me and I don't know what to do. He makes me smile, though. I don't know." Calum felt a jump in his chest, she couldn't possibly be talking about me, could she? Maybe she is. Fuck, what do...what do I say??
Calum sighed "I dunno Violet, in the end do whatever makes you happy just be careful. I know how you get because of what happened in middle school...but honestly do what makes you happy". Violet smiled, she thought that maybe for a second he might not flip about Ashton. She still was undecided, though.

Michael was busy setting out bowls of chips and he asked Ashton to help multiple times but he just sat there, staring at his phone, then the wall, then his phone again. "Ashton I'm serious people are coming in really fast and i just want it to be set up". Ashton got up and started pouring glasses of wine but then Violet and Calum walked in. Ashton had no idea they were even coming, he hadn't seen Violet in three weeks. He dropped the nearly empty wine bottle and his face turned bright red. He ducked down to clean it up and hide his face. 
Violet nonchalantly looked for Ashton. She saw him pop up from behind the kitchen counter but she looked away quickly. She stayed near Calum's side and he introduced her to some people. After some time passed Violet told Calum she was gonna go talk to some of the boys. She said happy birthday to Luke and then sat at the bar in front of the kitchen. Ashton was filling a bowl with chips and he turned around to see Violet sitting there, looking right at him. He spilled some chips onto the floor and sat the bowl on the bar. "Uh, Hey. Hey Violet" Violet smiles "Looks like you made a mess" Ashton's face gets red "Yea. Should've seen it earlier, I broke a bottle of wine" Violet laughs at him "You're clumsy". There was an awkward silence between them. "Is clumsy a bad thing?" He asks. "No, it's kinda cute. Your face gets pretty red and it gives me a reason to laugh at you". Ashton blushes and grabs a bottle of water from the fridge, then sits down with Violet. "This is gross" says Violet. Ashton opens the bottle and takes a sip "What exactly do you mean?" he asks. She sighs and looks around the room at everyone making small talk and laughing with each other. "Social events, socializing, all that" Ashton laughs, "Yea, I noticed you haven't been hanging around a lot lately". Violet shrugs and stays silent, grimacing at everyone in the room. "I have something that will make you feel better" Ashton says, jumping up and heading to the kitchen. 

Ashton returns with a small bowl filled with peanut butter and an entire container of Oreos. "I keep these on hand for bad days" he hands her the bowl and Oreos, she smiles. "This is exactly what I need! Oh my god thank you". She gives him a quick hug and excitedly opens the package. She begins eating them and Ashton steals one. "Hey! These are mine now" she jokes. "Oh are they?" he asks her. "What're you gonna do about it?" he steals another one. "Nothing. You want peanut butter with that right?" she asks him sweetly. He nods and she gets peanut butter on her finger then drags it across his cheek. He gasps and just scrapes it off and eats it. Violet laughs a lot. This was the happiest she'd been in three weeks. 

Meanwhile on the other side of the room, Calum was watching them mess around. His heart sank and he realized that Violet wasn't talking about him earlier, she was talking about Ashton. He began shaking with anger and walked over to Violet. "Can I talk to you Violet?" he glances over at Ashton "Alone. Now." he walks down the hallway to the guest room. "Calum...What's wrong?" Violet stands at the door, but closes it behind her. "What's wrong? Really Violet?" He raises his voice but then lowers it before speaking again. "What's wrong is that you have been ignoring me all night. I brought you here with me and you just ditch me!" Violet is taken aback, "Calum you know I didn't really want to come in the first place...I told you I was gonna talk to other people." They're both shaking now, Violet almost in tears and Calum angrier than she's ever seen. "Well I don't appreciate being ignored. If I did that to you, you'd get upset too!" Calum is pacing around the room, kicking small objects around. "Calum this isn't new, I'm anti-social. I always do this at parties." Violet's voice shakes. "The least you could do is act like you care! It's Lukes birthday" Calum searches for things to say. "I said happy birthday what ore do you want Calum? He's not that close with me. I came here because the guys wanted me too." Violet leans against the door with her head in her hands. "Yea, I'm sure that's what the guys wanted" he scoffs. Violet looks up at him "What is this even about? This isn't like you." Calum kicks the leg of a dresser and a vase smashes to the floor, he takes a deep breath and says calmly "Oh come on, are you that stupid? Go enjoy your night with mr 'he makes me smile'. Please move out of my way." Violet moves to the side and Calum storms out. Violet follows after him and yells at him "Whatever happen to 'do what makes you happy'?". Everyone's attention turned to them and Calum stopped dead in the hallway. Violets face turned bright red and she looked past him into the living room and saw Ashton, holding his water standing next to Luke. She stomps past Calum, slightly bumping into him and walks right over to Ashton. She looks up at him and pulls his head down to her and kisses him. He drops his water and pulls her closer and kisses her back. Small oo's come from people around them.

"Really, Ashton? You're fucking doing this to me?" Calum yells from the hallway. Violet pulls away from him and Calum starts walking toward them both. "Dude this is between you and Vio-" Calum cuts Ashton off "No! It's about you. You're supposed to be my best fucking friend" Calum gets in his face. "Stop. Back off" Michael says to Calum. "Dude you are over stepping your boundaries right now". Calum glares at both Michael and Ashton "You know what? Forget it. Fuck this" Calum storms out the door and drives off. Most of the party had already left and Violet stood at the foot of the stairs in complete shock. "What the fuck was that about?" Luke asked, turning to Violet. Violet tried to speak but her voice broke and she ran up the stairs crying, locking herself in the bathroom. 

"Wow, good fucking job Luke" Ashton says, following Violet up the stairs.