Ill Protect You - Sam Callahan

Chapter Twelve

Esmes POV

I ran off the stage happily, jumping into the closest persons arms for a cuddle. They happened to belong to the one and only Nicholas

I was smiling ear to ear, like the Cheshire Cat because of my great comments

"Congratulations" Nicky smiled, his accent filling my ears

"Gracias amigo!" I sang, pinching his cheek lightly

"We should have a handshake" He decided, holding out one of his hands

"We should" I agreed

We spent the next 10 minutes making up our 'secret' handshake, although most of the people backstage probably knew it off by heart, the amount of times we performed it

"Ready, practice one last time.... 3 ... 2 ... 1" I directed, laughing at his disability to memorise a simple 30 second hand shake

"Ahhhh! I know I can do it'" he whined, his brow crinkling in frustration

I rolled my eyes "Keep practising!" I ordered, before walking over to the spot where my family were stood

"Mum!" I squealed, engulfing her in a hug

"You, were amazing" she said slowly, barley breathing from my tight hug

I smiled, turning to Sophia "Hello baby!" I cooed, watching her giggle as i tickled her sides

"You're hair looks pretty!" I complimented her, touching her two Dutch plaits

"The hair dresser did it didn't she mummy!" She spoke, messing up her words slightly due to her young age

"Brandon!" I sang, pulling him in for a quick hug

"We need a serious catch up!" Mum said, laughing slightly

"Sure" I replied, placing Sophia on my hip

"Starting with this boy you went on a date with" She smirked, I could feel my cheeks burning

"You're so embarrassing!" I giggled, taking a glance at Sam quickly, who was being filmed by Caroline and Matt for a short Xtra Factor clip

"How did you find out anyway!" I questioned

"Firstly, it's in all of the magazines and secondly Brandon told me" I shot a glare at Brandon

"Wait, it's in the magazines?!" I repeated, picking up one of the magazines from the glass table

I flicked through the pages, before finally coming across a page that I dreaded

"SESME, it's official!" The title read, in bold letters

Underneath was a picture printed, of Me and Sam. His arms wrapped were around my waist, I could spot the lake in the background.

Who knew that The Paparazzi had followed us?! It's kind of creepy ....

"Oh my god!" I gasped, once I had finished reading the article

My mum nodded, her earrings swaying as she moved her head

"Wait a second" I said, holding up a finger before running over to Sam who had finished filming

I flicked to the page, holding it in front of his face

"Look at this!"

"Woah, calm down" he said, grabbing the magazine and reading it slowly

"Cute picture" he winked, his quiff moving slightly

"Cute picture?!" I retorted "how does this not bother you?"

"Why would it?" I swear, this boy has some blonde moments

"Uh, it could effect your votes, your fans. They want you to be single!"

"I am single, it was just a date. It hardly meant anything"

Okay, that hurt. But he was right, it's not like I'm his girlfriend or anything ...l

"Right" I sighed, turning away

Sam grabbed my wrist

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean it like tha-"

"Don't worry about it Sam, we're not together. Like you said, our date didn't mean anything" I spoke, shaking my head

What.A.Prick


SAMS POV


"Don't worry about it Sam, we're not together. Like you said, our date didn't mean anything" I watched Esme walk away

What have I done

I ran a hand through my hair

"Alright mate?" Jay questioned, follow by his four other band mates

"I've completely Fu**ed things up with Esme" I sighed, glancing my head towards where she was standing, talking to who I assume where her family

"What'd you do?" I know they're trying to be good friends, but I really didn't want to talk about this right now

"I basically told her that our date, our relationship didn't mean anything to me"

"It's a hard life" Josh commented, I nodded slowly

"What am I going to do, I don't think she's going to talk to me?" I questioned,

Thompson's face lit up, He held a finger in the air

"I have an idea!" He announced


ESMES POV


"Are you looking forwa-" I was cut of mid-sentence by Jay and Matt grabbing my under arms

"Mind if we borrow her for a minute?" Matt asked my mum, who nodded hesitantly

"Wait? What?!" I laughed, slightly alarmed as they lifted me up. Carrying me out from backstage and into an unknown room. It was completely dark, I could here whispers but I could make out what they said

"J Jay? M M Matt?" I stuttered "I'm scared!"

The lights were switched on, in front of me were sat Thompson, Matt, Jay, Josh, Conner and

Sam