Permanent Vacation

5

After last night I was worried to leave Bella alone. Michael has already called 3 times to check on her. The first time I explained about what happened around half past midnight. Then he kept calling to see if she was doing well enough to do the final challenge today. Right now I am sitting on the edge of my bed where Arabella is asleep.

"Hey... Bella. Wake up Hun." I say rubbing her shoulder.
She lets out a small whimper.
"Come here." I say giving her a hug. "Are you okay to do today's challenge?"

She just nods and puts her head on my shoulder. I pick her up wrapping her in my comforter. I lay her on the couch to go make her some toast. When I come back she has fallen asleep again. I sit down next to her and flip on the tele. I watch 'Mean Girls' until there is a soft knock at the door. I go and open it to see Michael standing there.

"Is she okay?" He asks seeing Arabella asleep on the sofa.
"Just tired, last night was rough." I explain. "I'll get her up in a bit."
"It's already 10:45 you guys sing at 1:30. The other girls are doing a duet of 'She Looks So Perfect'. What are you singing?" He asks stealing a piece of toast. Arabella sits up and starts nibbling on the other one.
"I think I'm going to... Um... Do 'One Call Away'..." I mutter playing with my thumbs.
"'m doin 'Madness' by Sleeping with Sirens." Arabella says sleepily.
"Sounds good. I'm going to go so you can practice and get ready. Bye." Michael hugs us both.
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After drinking some tea with lemon and running through the song a few times, I'm feeling semi-confident. Arabella is feeling a little better but knows her song by heart and only warms up.

"Are you guys ready?" Michael asks peaking through the door.
"As I'll ever be." I reply under my breath.
Arabella grabs me arm and buries her head into it.
"You gonna be okay?" I ask her. All she does is nod. We go out the door and head to the room where we will sing.
"It will be the duet, then Bella, then you." Michael tells me.
"Kay..." I say quietly.
"Are you okay?" He asks.
"Sure."
"You don't have stage fright, do you?"
"I just don't like people hearing my voice... I suck."
"I'm sure you will do great."
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After a few warm ups the girls are ready to sing.

"We will be singing 'She Looks So Perfect' by 5SOS. Obviously." Juliet says winking at Luke.
"Suck up." Michael coughs making Bella giggle.

When they start singing I noticed something was... Off.
"She looks so perfect standing there in my American Eagle underwear. And I know now that I am so down. Her lipstick stain is work of art. I have got her name tattooed in my nether parts and I know no-" They are cut off by Calum.

"Those aren't the words!"
"I'm pretty sure they are." Alisha snaps back.
"It's our song! I know the words!" Calum yells his face getting red.
"Okay I'm just stop you guys right there. Bella are you okay to sing?" Ashton asks.
"Mhmm. I think it was a migraine last night that made me sick." Arabella whispers getting a coo in response from Michael.
"I'll be right back." I announce walking quickly out of the room. I slump against the wall before starting to cry.
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"Max are you ou- Max!" I glance up to see a shocked Luke standing in front of me.
"H-hi." I let out a shaky breath.
"What's wrong?" Luke asks his eyes filled with worry.
"I-I-I c-can't si-sing." I cry out.
"Hey... Calm down M. I'm sure you will do fine."
"N-not in front of p-people."
"Then just do it for they guys and I."
"That w-wouldn't be fair."
*Luke's POV*

Sitting here comforting Max makes my heart break. She must be terrified of singing in public.

"L-Luke?" She mumbles.
"Yeah?" I reply grabbing ahold of
her hand.
"T-thank you." She says putting her head on my shoulder.

We just sit there for a while listening to Arabella sing. I am playing with her hair and looking at her adorable face. I hear her breath hitch when the music stops.

"I can't do this. Oh g-God. I-I can't." She starts to panic again. Not knowing what to do I grab her face and kiss her. She seems shocked at first, but relaxes into it after a couple seconds. She begins to move her lips in sync with mine and it seems like we are the only people in the world. I was mistaken.
"Lu- Oh..." I hear a surprised Calum say.
We break apart from our kiss and I see Michael and Cal standing there. Michael is smirking.
"Whoops. Didn't mean to be a cock block! Get some!" Michael says laughing.
"No... He... We..." Max tries explaining.
"We... We're just... Coming to say you are on..." Calum says blushing harder than Max.
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She sang her song and sounded great. We have already chosen to take Arabella and Max. Now to tell them. The other girls, Alisha and Juliet are already gone. The boys and I are on our way to tell Max and Bella. I knock on the door and am immediately pulled into the back room by Arabella.

"You listen here. You are going to go and ask Max on a date. If you hurt her. I will rip your balls of and shove your dick in a blender. Got it?" Bella whisper yells startling me.
"Y-yes ma'am." I reply swallowing.
"Thanks!" She hugs me.
"Yeah..."
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*Max's POV*

When the boys told me that Bella and I won I was beyond excited. But I couldn't stop thinking about Luke. His lips felt so perfect against mine. His touch calmed me down immediately, something Dylan could never do. Luke walks back in behind Arabella looking horrified.

"Luke? You okay?" I ask.
"Yeah... Will you go out with me... Like on a date... Or be my girlfriend... Whatever you want... I mean-" I cut him off by kissing him. When I pull away he has an adorable grin on his face.
"Yes, you dork!" I yell.
"Calum kiss me!" Michael screams and grabs his face.
"No... MICHAEL NO!" Calum squeals.
"MALUM AF!" Arabella and I yell in unison.

We all laugh for a long time until Michael spills water all over himself.

"Mikey you klutz!" I yell.
The rest of the night we spend joking and talking about the tour.
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