Golden Link || Calum Hood

Chapter 2: You can't be serious

"I'm so surprised you didn't agree, Paige" said my best friend, Elena.

Elena and I became friend in high school. We went to an international high school which meant that people of many nationalities were there, learning in the same classes. It had many pros as there were only ten Poles in our class and ten students were from all over the world. Mostly the UK or our neighbour countries, though. It made me more open – minded than I was before, as my parents weren't really tolerant.

Elena was one of two Spanish girls we had in our class and I became very fond of her as she turned out to be a very sweet and kind person. Sometimes people took advantage of her because he was too kind to refuse. After graduating high school she took up psychological studies as I started my gap year. She was good in helping people so why not develop further in that direction.

"You know him, he just wanted to bribe me" I sighed, putting another fry into my mouth. Fries were one of this dishes that made potatoes tasty, in my opinion.

We went to McDonald's the other day to celebrate the end of the exam session she had.

"Ooooor maybe he thought things through" she said and took a bite of her cheeseburger." And he is truly sorry"

She had a weird obsession when it came to cheeseburgers.

"I don't think that's the case"

"Well a meet and greet wouldn't hurt, would it? And you'd finally meet your 'Australian sex gods' "

I blushed furiously, when Elena mentioned my nickname for 5 seconds of summer, and coughed awkwardly.

"Oh, sorry, I think I should say 'hella handsome band that will be the fathers of your babies and-' "

I almost chocked on my drink as I gasped in protest.

"Oh no, you didn't"

"Oh, I just did"

"I couldn't have my children with all of them" I protested, resting my elbow on the table and picking up a nugget out of the container. "Just one of them" I muttered under my breath, my face still red as a tomato.

Elena laughed as I wiggled uncomfortably in my seat. I felt like everyone were looking at me.

"Okay, I admit, the drummer is pretty cute but when it comes to their music... not the one I'd listen" she shrugged her shoulders. "What was his name, though? Andy?"

"Ashton" I replied quickly.

"You are so obsessed with them" Elena giggled, looking at her phone screen that went bright when the text message arrived.

"I am so not" I tried to remain calm but everybody who had been in a fandom at least once knew that it wasn't so easy as it seemed. I didn't own any update account or wasn't an insider. It would consume too much of my time, so I stayed an observer rather than an active stalker.

"Tell me... I don't know, maybe the names of siblings they have" she challenged me with a sparkle in her eyes.

Well that wasn't too hard.

"Calum's got a sister, Mali – koa, Michael is the only child, Ashton sibling's names are Harry and Lauren and Luke's brothers are Jack and Ben" the feeling of pride grew and my chest as suddenly as Elena's surprised face.

"Wow I didn't expect you to really know them all, Ms stalker" she finally checked her phone and she furrowed her brows when she read the message. "My roommates are going to burn out flat. With their luck it will be sooner than later" she sighed loudly.