Adopted By Larzaylea

chapter fifty-seven

Vanessa's point of view

"What's it like to be single?" Michael asked as we ate left overs of the ice cream Ashton bought.

"Nothing is the same and I wish... I wish it didn't end in flames." I said as I looked at the spoon. "I guess it's better now than later... right?"

"Depends." Michael said and I shrugged. "Has Calum came back yet?" He asked and I shrugged my shoulders again.

"I don't even know." I told him and he nodded. "Have you called him?"

"He won't pick up."

"Check Twitter, you can find out practically everything there." I mumbled and he checked his phone. "I'm gonna listen to music, if you see where he is, tell him we're worried and he should come back."

He nodded and I put my headphones on before playing a song. Creep by Radiohead played and I looked at the half eaten tub of ice cream.

I closed it and then put the spoon in the sink before putting it back in the freezer. I sat back down and Ashton came out of his bunk. He said something, so I took the headphones off. "Calum isn't back?"

"No." I said bluntly and put the headphones back on before slamming my head against at the table. Someone nudged me and I groaned, taking them off not even a second after putting them on.

Ashton said that we were moving to a hotel room later. "As long as I don't share with Calum... I'm fine."

"About that..."

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"No." Calum said as he saw me laying on the bed. "What the hell is this?"

"I don't want it anymore than you do." I said and rolled my eyes as I read some imagine on Tumblr. "Least you can do is zip it with the complaining."

"Don't talk to me like that."

"I'll talk to you however I want." I said and he narrowed his eyes at me. I looked down at my phone again, reading about Harry making out with Louis.

"What are you doing?"

"Why does it matter?" I asked and he rolled his eyes as he pulled his phone out. I continued reading about two men fucking, because who hasn't? Surely, at one point, gay smut was on your phone or laptop.

"Where were you this morning?"

"Why's it matter to you?"

"It doesn't really, but it does to the band." I said and looked at him. "Although we aren't together, that doesn't mean I don't care for your wellbeing and that the band just suddenly stopped too."

"I was out, there." He said and I nodded, deciding not to push it. An awkward silence followed and he pulled his shirt off.

I set my phone on the bed and then got up, grabbing my suitcase and pulling it towards me. I grabbed my charger from it and then plugged it in on the side of the bed.

"What's with you and gay smut about my friends?"

"What's with you and your inability to not go through my phone?" I asked and took it from him immediately, charging my phone and then exiting out of Tumblr.

"You're very... inappropriate for your age."

"Just feeds your illegal fantasies, doesn't it?" I asked and he rolled his at me as I went through Instagram.

"Shut up, will you?"

"Mhm." I hummed as I liked a couple of photos from Cisco and Keath's account. I knew Calum was watching me and I rolled my eyes as he went on Instagram too.