Party Harder

Chapter 15:Five Seconds of Fangirling

Alice's POV

We walk backstage and see Five Seconds of Summer sitting there. I slap my hand to  my mouth and look at Atlanta with my eyes bulged before running outside and fan-girling like maniac. I squeal and bounce around "AAAH OH MY GOOOOD!!" I yell.

After a few more minutes of fangirling I walk back in and give them a slight nod while walking to the mini fridge for something to drink 

"Hey can you grab me a beer?" Michael asks

"Sure." I say grabbing a beer for Michael and a Dr Pepper for myself.

I walk over to him and hand him the beer "Thanks." He says, I just give him another quick nod; holding back my squeals. I sit next to Michael and he glances at me. "What?" Michel finally asks and looks at me. I noticed I was staring at him the way a dog stares at meat "What? Oh, sorry nothing." I say looking straight.

I can feel his eyes on me and can't help but glance over. The second I look over he looks away from me and back to the T.V. 

Atlanta walks out of her dressing room and sees me sitting next to Michael. Hey's are passed around as she sits on Cole's lap. Suddenly I feel a strong arm snake around my waist. I look down and trace the arm back to Michael. He gives me a smirk before taking another sip of his beer and looking back at the T.V.

Jason, Jeniveve and Rachel walk in the room and 'Hello's' get passed around again. Jason spots Michael's arm around my waist and his jaw clenches. Jason lets out of puff of air through his nostril before plopping himself down in a recliner.

I feel Michael's hand make its way up my thigh making me jump a little and spill soda on his lap. "Oh my god! I'm so sorry!" I apologize. I grab a hand towel from the bathroom and start patting the wet spot on his lap where I spilled my soda. 

I notice what I'm doing and look at Michael. I feel my cheeks heat up and he just smirks, I hand him the towel (and say sorry one last time) before sitting back down.

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We all decided to go out after the show so we went to Applebee's. I'm sitting next to Luke near the door waiting to be seated when Luke nudges me. I look at him and nudge him back "Stop." He whines nudging me back "You stop." I say nudging him harder. Eventually it turns into slap fight. We're looking away and just smacking each others hands "Eek! My nail!" Luke squeals after a few minutes. I put my hands down and look at him "Haha, bitch." I say in the most basic voice I can manage. "Uhm... Follow me to your table." The waitress says giving me and Luke a look.

We follow her to our table and sit down. The waitress walks away quickly like she was dying to get away from us which to be honest, she probably was. I look at Jason and smile but he just glances at me, which to be completely honest hurt a little bit.

After we got our food Michael decided to go up to the bar. I gave him a small wave goodbye but he sent a kiss when no one was looking and winked. Atlanta looks at me and notices my red cheeks "What? What happened?" She asks taking a sip of her drink "Nothing." I respond eating my food. I'm sure I looked like a pig but you know what? I sexually IDENTIFY as a pig! YOU PIGAPHOBIC!

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Hanging out with them has been SO much fun and I decided I would like to have a small slumber party with them before I have to go. I got my clothes and am currently watching a movie with the boys. Michael's head is in my lap and I'm running my fingers through his hair mindlessly while watching the movie. A commercial comes on, I look around and notice the other boys are asleep, I look down to Michael expecting him to be asleep to but I see him still on his side staring at the T.V with his hand down his pants. I would call him a sick fuck if it weren't for the fact that he was slightly drunk. 

The movie started back up after a few commercials ran through and I could see Michael glance up at me out of the bottom of my eye. I looked down at him and saw him looking around like a child. His dorky smile was contagious and eventually he noticed me smiling down at him. 

"What?" Michael asked "What? Nothing." I say looking back up to the T.V.
"This movie sucks balls" I hear Michael pipe up a couple minutes later making me laugh a little "Uhm, fuck you. Polar Express is one of my favorite movies ever." "Makes sense considering you suck balls too." I let out a offended gasp as I smack his arm playfully making him laugh like a child as he sits up. I stare into his eyes and slightly lean in "Woah." He says as he backs away slightly. I blush in embarrassment "I-I don't like you like that... I'm sorry if I gave you the wrong idea but..." "No, no it's my fault, I just thought-" "Yea, yea I get it... sorry." "It's fine." I shyly rub my arm as an awkward silence surrounds us.

After a few minutes Michael tells me he's going to bed and I decide I probably should too. I stand and notice Michael and I are going to have to share a bed. Great. Just great.

I get in bed next to Michael and turn so we're facing different directions. There's nothing but sheets inbetween us and my mind wonders off to what just happened only moments earlier. Why would he like you, He has way hotter girls with way better bodies that he could go out with so why on earth did you think he liked you. I think as a tear rolls down my cheek.

A few minutes later a few more, and by a few more I mean a lot more, tears have rolled down my cheeks as I mentally bully myself. I let out a slight whimper and put a hand on my mouth hoping Michael didn't hear me "Alice?" Dammit.

"Yea?" I respond, trying to sound like I wasn't crying "Are you okay?" "Yea. I'll be right back." I say walking into the bathroom and crying into a towel.

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I woke up the next morning back in bed with Michael's arm wrapped around me. I turned towards him and smile slightly looking at how peaceful he looked when he was asleep. "It's rude, and creepy, to stare at people when they're trying to sleep." Michael mumbles after a few minutes "Sorry, you just looked so peaceful." I say smiling. Michael flops onto his side before standing up and stretching. I noticed he was just in his underwear and couldn't help but stare.

Ashton walked in and smiled at me "Hey!" He says in his normal cheery voice "Hey." I respond "Wanna come watch Luke and Calum play FIFA?" "Sure." I stand up and walk into the other room sitting down beside Luke who gave me a sideway glance.

Michael walked in and sat next to me after he finished getting dressed and laid his head on my shoulder. There was a knock on the door and Ashton stood up to get it. Atlanta walked in and told me we had to go so I gave the guys hugs, when I got to Michael he pulled me into the other room and kissed me. Butterflies came alive as our lips moved perfectly in sync.

After a few minutes Michael pulled away and just stared at me "I thought you didn't like me like that?" I questioned "Yea, but I heard you crying last night and it's amazing that one of my kisses meant that much to you." He said. My cheeks are literally warmer than the state of California and probably redder than a fire truck. 

There was a silence surrounding us but it wasn't awkward, it was peaceful. I slightly suck on my lip as Michael stares down at me. Atlanta walks in the room "Whats going- Oh..Am I interrupting something?" She asks "Uh, no." I say taking my arms from around Michael's neck. I walk out and grab my stuff before giving Michael a quick hug and walking out the door with Atlanta and Cole.

The second I walk out the back doors of the building I get a text from Michael saying "I miss you." I smile at the text and message him back with a crying emoji. I get in to the limo with Atlanta and we head back to the tour bus.