Safety Pin // CTH *DISCONTINUED*

III

Calum let go of my hand for the first time in seven hours and to be honest I wish he'd take it back. We walked to the security guard at the back door who let us in without question. I followed Calum as we headed to the dressing room.

Inside were three other guys, a girl on her phone, and what looked like a hair dresser. All the guys came over to us but the girl payed us no mind. I figured that was Luke's girl.

"Cal! You're back!" A tall blonde with similar blue eyes threw his arms around Calum. "I'm so sorry I kept pushing about talking to Lucy."

"Luke it's fine, just stop brining it up." So that's Luke.

Didn't Calum say he was the youngest? He's the tallest one here. Like some kind of eight foot breadstick.

"Guys this is Mady. Mady that's Luke, Michael, and Ashton" He pointed to each one of the guys as he said their name.

"Hi! So are you guys all from Australia?" I asked still not knowing much about the band.

The three boys gave me weird looks. It must be because I don't know who they are. Which I guess is to be expected when you think every girl in the whole world drools over you.

"Yeah we are. Um, wouldn't you already know that though?" Ashton asked me clearly confused.

"I actually just found out what 5 Seconds Of Summer was today when I met Calum."

"So you're not a fan?" Luke was still confused.

"I probably will be after today but before now no. I had no clue who you guys were I don't really listen to newer rock bands." All of the guys said oh as if finally understanding I had no clue they existed.

"Arzaylea, babe, come meet Mady." Luke called over to her.

She glanced up from her phone to look at me. A fake smile plastered her face as she walked over and clinged onto Luke. Her eyes raked my body and face in a judgmental way and all I wanted to do was crawl in a hole away from her stare.

"Hi, I'm Mady." She never said anything back but just simply stared.

"Okay, well I'm going to take Mady and show her around." Calum broke the awkward silence.

He grabbed my hand again like it was completely normal to do. All eyes averted to out intertwined hands. Calum said nothing about it as we turned around and left the room.

"She was completely judging me back there." I whispered to Calum when I knew we were far enough away from the room.

"I told you to beware of her." He mumbled.

He showed me all around. I met several of the people who set up the whole show. We stopped by his favorite place which was littered with food for them. Lastly we stopped at the back of the stage.

"Stay here." His hand left mine while he walked on stage.

He went all the way to the front next to the microphone on the left. "This is where I stand during the performance." Calum said into the microphone.

Soon his hand was back in mine as we continued to look out onto the stage. I was in complete awe. The crowd tonight was going to be huge.

"Stand here during the show and you can watch us. Plus Arzaylea stays in the dressing room the whole time so you won't have to deal with her." I just nodded and stared into his beautiful eyes.

We headed back to the dressing room. No one said anything about us holding hands. Arzaylea was once again on her phone, taking selfies while sitting on the couch. The guys all had to go rehearse so I was left alone with her.

"Mary is it?" She actually spoke.

"No, it's Mady." I tried to make minimal talk that I could.

"I'm going to tell you the same thing I told Ariyah," she started.

"Ariyah?" I caught before she could continue.

"Calum's last girlfriend. Anyways you stick to Calum and leave Luke alone got it? And don't expect to become friends with me- Ari may be my best friend but that doesn't mean you will be too." I'm completely confused at this point.

"I'm not even interested in Luke so you don't have to worry about that. Plus I don't think I would want to be friends with you." I didn't mean the last part in a mean way but just I don't think her and I's personalities would mix.

"What does that mean?" Of course she took it rudely.

"It's just we have completely different personalities. For instance since I've been here you're always on your phone, me on the other hand tend to try and stay off mine as much as possible. You seem to always be taking selfies and I hate selfies. When we first got introduced you just stared and judged, also another thing I wouldn't do considering I actually said hello. And lastly I haven't seen you talk with any other guy than Luke and I would enjoy conversing with all the guys. Like I said, you and I just aren't compatible friend wise."

She just simply scoffed and went back to her phone. Great so now I get to sit here for who knows how long waiting for the boys. I could read on my phone but I don't feel like it. There's no games on my phone because like I said I'm not much on phones.

About forty minutes later the boys come back all sweaty and a bottle of water in their hands. Calum plops down next to me on the couch. Michael and Ashton are talking about something weird and laughing about it.

"How was your time with her?" He whispered in my ear so no one else heard.

"Unbearable." I whispered back.

He chuckled causing a weird feeling in my stomach. I'd give anything to hear him laugh or chuckle or anything of that sort more often.

I felt his hand make its way into mine once again. We both smiled at the feeling, saying nothing but watching the others play fight.

What's happening here?