5SOS - Babysat By Idiots 2

Chapter 69

I went back to Michael's room and he was just finishing up folding his clothes. He looked at me and said, "What happened?"

I told him the truth. "Arzaylea wanted to talk to me on Luke's phone and apologize for everything she did," I said.

"Really? I mean, right after we were talking about her? How convenient," said Michael.

"I know, right? And you know what she did to try and make up for it?" I said.

"What?"

"She tweeted on Twitter something along the lines of, 'Saw Nicole Hood the other day. She's doing well, looking cute af. Honestly. That chick slays'," I said to Michael.

He raised his eyebrows and said, "Well that's good."

"Not really though, 'cause now people are going to be really confused about whether Arzaylea and I are friends or not after her last tweet about me," I said.

"That's true," Michael agreed, "But at least she's trying, Nicole. You got to give her that."

"Meh," I said.

"Hey, do you mind putting this basket back downstairs for me?" Asked Michael hopping off the topic.

"Sure," I answered, as I walked over to Michael and took the basket away from him. Then I went downstairs and put it in the laundry room that I know you probably didn't think we had because I never talked about it but guess what. We have one. So there. 😊

But when I was done, I was about to go back upstairs until Luke
came down and he wasn't on the phone anymore. He said to me, "Hey, Nicole. How'd the phone call go? Arzaylea said it was great."

"Uh, yeah. It was great. We talked about a lot of stuff soooo.... yeah," I replied.

He asked with a smile on his face, "What did you talk about?"

I had to think for a moment. Then I said, "Oh, just... school... and stuff."

"Yeah? And what else?" said Luke.

My goodness. I didn't know what else to say!

"Nothing really," I said.

"But I thought you said you talked about a lot of stuff."

"We did."

"Okayyyy, like what?"

"Nothing much really."

I noticed Calum and Ashton sitting on the couch snickering and trying their hardest not to burst out laughing. And it was pretty clear that they weren't laughing at the TV.

They knew I don't like Arzaylea, so they must be laughing because they know how awkward it must've been on the phone with her. And they were just getting a kick out of seeing me squirm telling Luke about it. They knew I was lying about the conversation being "great".

Luke on the other hand, believed that the conversation was good and was just curious as to why. Although, he did seem pretty happy before when he was thinking me and Arzaylea got along over the phone.

Luke didn't notice Ashton and Calum laughing though, because he had his back facing them.

In the meantime, Luke was looking super confused at my responses. He asked me, "Is there something I don't know about, Nicole?"

"No, I swear. Me and Arzaylea just... didn't talk a lot," I lied.

"But I thought that you said --" I interrupted Luke.

"We talked about you," I said trying to get Luke off my back as fast as I could. But I realized my mistake soon after and noticed that I had only made things worse.

But in the world of Ashton and Calum, it was all satisfaction and enjoyment. Their faces were literally turning red from trying not to laugh out loud. I hope they pass out. 😒🙄 Honestly.

Luke's smile became bigger than before, but I didn't take it as a good thing.

Luke said, "You talked about me?"

I stammered and said, "W-well not much."

Loud snickering of Ashton and Calum made me have the urge to go over to them and slap duct tape over their stupid mouths. 🤐

Luke said with a smile, "Come on, what'd you say about me?"

"It was all good things, I swear," I said defending myself a little too soon.

Luke laughed and replied, "I'm not accusing you of anything. I just wanna know what you said."

"Oh," I said, then stopped talking altogether.

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*Awkward Silence.*

"So?" Luke said.

"Huh?" I blurted out. I really didn't want to say anything I was going to regret. But of course, that was already too late, 'cause I think I regret every single word that's escaped my mouth in this entire conversation.

Luke said, "Come on, Nicole. Tell me what you and Arzaylea said about me."

So to really get Luke off my back, I told him by making some random stuff up.

"We just said that you were really... cool and that -- "

*Ashton and Calum snicker*

... 😑

I sighed. "And that you're a really mature guy and that -- "

*constant giggling*

... 🙄

"And that you're super muscular and --"

*laughing*

I definitely regretted saying that last part.

Luke (finally) heard Ashton and Calum and he turned around. He said, "What are you guys laughing at?"

I randomly said as quick as I could, "I don't know! They're just weird. Well I'm going to go now. Okay, bye." Then I quickly went upstairs to my room before anyone could call me back. Phew.