closed doors // l.h.

Chapter 3: Movie Night (pt.1)

 Hey guys! There will be a normal AN at the end here but I'm saying that this is mostly how Michael looks in the story. His hair just changes colors :) btw sorry I'm really bad at updating. I had the worst writer's block ever. I'm good now :D (might still be slow updates cause I am now babysitting 7 hours a day till school starts in September :( sorry)

                                 Dedicated to RElizabethYeager

   The guys walked up to me at the end of the day at school.
    "Hey guys, what's up?"
    "Well, since you're now part of the group, we were wondering if you were coming to movie night tomorrow?" Ashton asked leaning against the locker next to me.
    "Um, sure! Where is it and should I bring any snacks or anything?"
    "Nah, Michael's buying drinks and snacks for us and Troye is gonna bring the movies cause he had a ton of movies. It's at my place this week so I'll text you the address."
    "Did you say Michael? As in Michael Clifford? Like scary bad ass Michael Clifford?"
    "Yeah, he's my brother. I don't like people knowing that though. He doesn't either. We pretend the other doesn't exist."
   "Then why do you have different last names?"
   "He has a different mom. She's waaaay more lenient than mine. That's why he is a disgusting asshole and I'm not."
   "Okay then. I gotta get to class, I'll be there on Saturday!" I promised as I quickly turned and walked down the hall to my class.
   The rest of the day passed without much commotion and I was soon on my walk home. I felt a tap on my shoulder after I had been walking for about 5 minutes. I turned to see Calum walking beside me.
    "Hello" I spelled out, trying hard to remember the letters of the alphabet in sign.
    "Hi, why do you walk home even though you have a car?"
   "I'm gonna be honest dude, i have no clue what you just said except hi." I laughed a little.
   Calum pulled out his phone and typed out his question.
   "I like the fresh air. Plus helps keep me a little in shape. I don't wanna become a blob of fat."
   Calum let out a quiet chuckle and then topped out more.
   Can I stay at your place for a while? My parents are arguing and I hate feeling the walls vibrate with yelling.
   I looked at Calum sadly and he looked back at me. "Of course. My house will always be a safe place you can come to, plus you can teach me more sign language." I grinned.
   We walked the rest of the way home in silence and once we got home I heard my mother in the back room.
   "Darcy? Is that you? Where were you a- oh, who is this?" Mum said as she spotted Calum standing next to me.
   "Mum, this is Calum, he is a friend from school."
   Mum quickly held out her hand for him to shake and he did so quietly. As mum was turning around to go back to the kitchen, she asked, "So Calum, do you live around here?" Calum kept staring blankly at the painting on the wall.
  "Oh mum, I almost didn't tell you, Calum is deaf. You have to make sure he can see your lips so he can read them."
   Mum quickly smiled at Calum and he toes on his phone that he was four streets down the road from us.

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   The next day rolled around quicker than I thought was possible and I woke up the next morning to a dog barking two houses down. I groaned as I looked at the clock that read '7:23 AM' and furiously stuffed my head under the pillow in a feeble attempt to block out the noise.
   I woke up for the final time at around 10:49 and realized I had one hour to be across town to Ashton and Michael's place. I immediately rushed to the shower and took the fastest shower in the history of showers. Afterward, I pulled my hair into four tight braids and took my flat iron to them so they would dry faster. I took the braids out and my hair was nice and wavy. I quickly applied a light layer of foundation and contour to my face and some light peachy lipgloss. Last minute I decided to add some mascara and then my phone buzzed.

From: Ashton 😈✌
Btw I forgot to text you, but our address is 3498 Jackson St. See you soon! Xx😝

To: Ashton 😈✌
Be there in about 20 min 😋 xx see you then!

   As I was finally walking out I glanced at my outfit. I had decided to go casual and had with a black sweater with holes at the collar and was slightly too long at the sleeves. I had paired it with a pair of grey skinny jeans with holes in the knees and some little tears in the thighs.
   I quickly slipped into my purple and green ombré Converse (because the colors reminded me of a mermaid) and grabbed my keys and phone.
   "Bye mum! I'm headed to a sleepover at a friend's! I'll be back tomorrow at noon! Love you!" I called as I opened the door. I heard a faint "love you too" and then I was in my car.
   Not even 15 minutes later I was pulling into Ashton's driveway and next to an extremely nice yellow Hummer.
   I knocked on the door and it was immediately opened by non other than Ashton himself. "Hey, what's up?" Ashton grinned from ear to ear and I walked in and took off my shoes on the mat.
   "So did you do the three questions for Mr. Berklen's class?" Brendon asked as soon as I walked in.
   "Yes of course." I chuckled and walked over to help him out.
   "Are you coming tonight or not?" Michael walked into the living room talking on the phone with someone. I heard a muffled response and Michael groaned. "Ugh, fine. Didn't want you here anyway asshole." Michael slammed the hang up button on his phone and stormed outside with a cigarette already in his hand.
   "What was that about?" I asked lowly to Brendon.
   "Michael usually brings one of his punk-ass friends over on Saturdays so he won't feel the pull to annoy the shit out of us. I guess this week's loser couldn't make it. Now he'll be grumpy all night."
   "Oh." Was all I could muster out of my mouth as I thought to myself about Michael spending an entire night with my friend and I. I cringed a little but went back to helping Brendon.
   Sooner than I could imagine, it was somehow 6PM and we all had a bet or two in our stomachs, not enough to get us drink though. Just as we were about to start the first movie, there was a knock on the door.
   "Darcy can you grab that? You're closest." Troye asked.
   "Sure you lazy asses." I was in a great mood when I was with the boys.
   My good mood disappeared the second I opened the door though.

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Hello y'all! How are you doing? This was 1215 words. I'm pretty happy :)

So who do you think is at the door? I bet you can guess, it isn't hard lmao I tried for a cliffhanger.

Hope you all have a great day/night wherever you are 💖 stay cute sugars 😘 love ya!