Permanent Vacation ~ MGC

Part 34

(This is the last chapter before the epilogue)

Y/N's POV

"You're moving out?" Mum looked at me wistfully, as Michael stood with his arm protectively around me. I nodded, not wanting to speak yet; we had been back for around 6 hours now, but I had only just managed to tell Mum I was moving out.
"Oh." She said, looking around the room in what looked like sadness and confusion, "Have you told Ashton yet?" She asked, and on queue, Ashton walked through the door with Summer directly beside him.
"Told me what?" Ashton said, pulling off his jacket and slouching on the couch with his arm around Summer. Michael and Mum looked at me expectantly, but as I began to speak, the door opened again; Luke and Calum walked in, with the Melbourne-recording-studio-girl beside them.
"Are we early for practice?" Luke said, also pulling off his jacket, and leading the girl to a position leaning against the counter. Calum stood beside them, scrolling aimlessy through his phone as the room stayed still and silent for a moment.
"Yeah..." Michael said, running his hand through his hair and biting his lip in nervousness. Luke nodded and walked towards the spare room next door to the one we were in; they used it for band practice. The girl, and Calum followed Luke, as did Summer and Ashton after a few seconds.
"Oh, and this is Jade by the way." Luke smiled, putting his arm around the girl - or Jade - as she hid her face in his chest. Michael raised his eyebrows, and Luke nodded, as if to say 'I'll explain later', before wandering into the room with the others, and shutting the door behind him.
"So you haven't told Ash?" Mum said, and I jumped, forgetting she was there.
"Not yet..." I said, slouching on the sofa beside Michael, who instantaneously put his arm around me.
"Oh... so when are you leaving?" She asked, grabbing a mug from the counter and sitting opposite us in an arm chair; she sipped from her mug and awaited my answer.
"All of my stuff is mostly still in suitcases... and I only need to pack a few things. So, tomorrow or in 2 days I guess." I mumbled, leaning my head on Michael's shoulder sleepily. Mum looked at the contents of her mug with a blank expression plastered accross her face; I had expected her to be sad, but not this much.
"Mum?" I questioned, and she lifted ber head whilst smiling weakly.
"Yes, Y/N?"
"Do you want me to move in with Michael?" I asked, crossing my legs gently, as a dorr behind us opened.
"You're moving in with Michael?" Ashton asked, closing the door softly behind him, as quiet muttering echoed softly through the thin walls; he leaned against the wall, with an unreadable expression on his face.

"Yes, I am."

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"What about today's band practice?" Michael asked Ashton, as he put the last box in the back of my car, and closed the trunk.
"Dude, calm down." Ashton said, smiling at me as I stood beside Michael, his arm loosely around my waist. Michael nodded, his arm falling from around me, as he made his way to the passenger seat.
"I'll wait for you." He said, climbing in and closing the door, leaving only Ash, and now Mum, and I alone together.
"So..." Ashton said, putting his hands in his pockets as he shuffled his feet, "You're moving in with my best friend...This is weird." He said, and I laughed, looking at Mum who smiled happily at me.
"I'm going to miss you." She sighed, and I laughed again, hugging her tightly.
"I'm only moving ten minutes away Mum; and I'll see you almost every day anyway. Ash and Mikey are in a band together, remember?" I pulled away from our hug, and Mum smiled widly, as Ash stepped closer to me.
"I need to show you something; I've been trying to for a while but things kept getting in the way." Ashton said, pulling a hand out of his pocket, and handing me a small piece of white paper; it was the same one I'd seen Sunmer and him holding tirelessly for the last few days.
I looked at it closely, before turning it over, where a black and white picture was printed; in the centre, there was a small white shape, that resembled a foetus. It was then that I realised, that the photo I was holding was of my brother's daughter or son; my niece or nephew. I smiled, looking at the picture for a moment longer before handing it gently back to Ash.
Summer now stood beside him, grinning as Ashton's arm was slung around her shoulder. I grinned back, before I heard a car window rolling down, and a deep voice shouting my name.
"Y/N? Did you change your mind?" Michael shouted from the car, his head sticking out of the open window, and a worried look in his eyes.
"No, I'm still coming." I laughed, turning back around so that I could see Mum, Ash and Summer. Michael put his head back in the car and rolled up the window as he waited for me.
"So--I'd better go." I said, hugging Mum; she smiled, before pulling back, and looking at Ashton and Summer.
"We'll see you..."
"Tomorrow for band practice?" Ashton finished, causing Mum and Summer to chuckle simultaneously.
"Tomorrow for band practice." I confirmed, hugging Ashton; he kept hugging me for a while, before making sure I had everything of mine packed in my car.
I wandered to the driver's side, slouching in my seat and clicking on my belt, before I shut the door behind me; I started the car, rolling down the window, and sticking my head out as Michael had.
"Bye!" I shouted, and Summer, Ash, and Mum smiled and waved at me, as I pulled myself back inside of the car.
"You're moving in with me." Michael said, placing his hand on mine as I drove slowly out of the street.
"I'm moving in with you." I said, interlocking our fingers tightly, one hand on the steering wheel as I smiled out of the front window.
"Hey, Y/N?" Michael mumbled, squeezing my hand as I turned a corner. I hummed in response, wanting to concentrate on getting to Michael's house so I could unpack quickly.
"I love you." Michael said, turning on the radio, as "Missing You" by All Time Low played in the background. I smiled, warmth filling me despite the simplicity of my boyfriend's sentence.
"I love you too Mikey."