'Holy frack! Is this place even real?" Lyndsey asked as she stepped foot inside the huge mansion and looked around in amazement.
"Pretty sure the bathrooms in here are bigger than my house." I commented honestly, looking up, down, and all around the huge structure I'd be calling home for a few days.
"Welcome to the casa of 5sos." Ashton smiled and then snaked one arm around my shoulder and the other around Lyndseys.
"You mean el casa de 5sos?" I corrected him, trying to show off the little I did learn from those 2 and a half years in Spanish 2.
"No one asked you." Ashton answered, looking at me with a straight face causing my face to turn red in embarrassment.
"Just kiidddinnnggg, I'm sorry." Ashton laughed and gave my shoulder a little squeeze before dropping his hand from my shoulder, but surprisingly keeping his grip on Lyndsey strong, I can only imagine what that girl must be thinking.
"Follow me, I'll show you guys to your rooms." Luke said.
We all grabbed our bags and followed Luke up the stairs to a stunning 2 bed guest room. The beds were both king sized, the walls were covered in pictures of bands and cased records from the 70s and 80s, and to top it all off, we had our own bathroom with a Jacuzzi in it!
I made a unhuman noise, dropped my bags, and jumped on to one of the beds, feeling myself sink into it's mattress slightly.
"What a time to be alive." I said as I rolled over and looked up at the ceiling to see a huge chandelier, holy crap.
"I don't want to share a room with you guys again, I want my own room." My mom pouted like a 5 year old.
I rolled my eyes and Luke laughed, "No problem, there's another bedroom right down the hall." he said pointing to his right.
"Thank god, see you tomorrow." My mom muttered and then dragged her sleepy self and her bags to her room.
"I apologize in advance for my mother's actions between now and the time we leave." I said as I felt Lyndsey and Jeremy's bodies crash on the bed next to mine, still leaving a little more than half of the bed still unoccupied.
"It's no problem, really." Luke assured me with that little smile he does, frick.
"GUUYYYSSSSSS, LETS DO SOMETHING." I heard Ashton whine from down the hall.
"LETS GO SWIMMING WITH KETCHUP!!" Calum hollered and I heard Michael groan loudly in the background.
"What do you guys say?" Luke asked, looking at Lyndsey, and then Jeremy, and then focusing on me.
I looked at my two friends and they shrugged, I hate when people give me the final say.
"Yeah sure, why not." I answered with smirk.
"WEEEWWWWWWWWW/!!" I heard Ashton yodel from down the hall and we all laughed.
"Meet you guys by the pool." Luke said with a wave and then ran out of sight to get changed.
I walked over to my bag and picked out a regular black bikini of mine and then a black shirt. I have always been rather insecure about my body and there's no way I was about to show it off to four gods nope, not today.
My friends and I all went our separate ways to get changed. After changing and combing through my hair quickly, I threw my clothes back in my bag and then met with Lyndsey and Jeremy in the living room.
Like me, Lyndsey wore a bikini and a big shirt except hers was gray, and then Jeremy wore a pair of green swim trunks, no shirt for him, and tbh he didn't need it.
"I'm kind of nervous." I whispered to the two of them.
"You just gotta strut like you mean it." Lyndsey replied fiercly.
"Did you really quote the Cheetah Girls?" I asked, holding back my laughter.
"Shshshshsh, gottA SPLIT!" she said and started racing towards the pool deck, Jeremy and I following her lead.
As soon as we reached it, we had to keep our jaws from hitting the concrete, along with our bodies.
In front of us were 4 very attractive band members that we loved more than life itself, shirtless, and in a pool waiting just for us.
Calum was floating on Ketchup, Ashton kept running back and forth doing weird jumps in the pool, Michael sat on the edge with only his feet in the water, and then Luke sat in that dumb but cute floaty of his looking up at us in anticipation.
We all gulped simultaneously and looked at each other, wondering who dared to join them first.
Jeremy and I quickly glanced at each other, knowing it wasn't going to be us. And before we knew it, we had Lyndsey by her hands and feet and we flew her into the pool.
"I actually HATE YOU GUYS SO MU HC." Lyndsey said as she popped her head out from under the water.
"Haha." Michael snickered at her.
Ashton frowned a little and then before you knew it, he had pulled Michael in the water unexpectedly and he was flopping around like a fish, causing Lyndsey to inhale a gallon of chlorine.
I almost fell backwards in laughter with Jeremy watching all of that go down.
Next, Jeremy did a cannonball in the water, but after the water calmed, I realized I couldn't see Luke.
I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion before I felt a pair of hands scoop me off the ground swiftly and then jump into the pool still holding me.
We both sank into the water and then quickly swam up for air. I coughed violently and then looked straight at the culprit, Luke Hemmings.
My eyes grew wide as I realized he had his arms around my waist.
I didn't think he realized either until he saw my expression and then removed them quickly, blushing up a storm.
We stayed in that damn pool for hours, splashing water at each other, singing into pool noodles to random songs on the radio, and teasing Calum by taking Ketchup when he wasn't looking and hiding him in a bush.
Finally, when the sun started to go down, Michael and Lyndsey headed inside, they've had enough light for the day. Ashton followed behind Lyndsey quickly as if he were her guard dog while Calum made Jeremy go fetch Ketchup for him where we hid him.
This left only me and Luke in the pool, and quite frankly, I couldn't breathe.
"Ohhhh, so you don't live here in California?" Luke asked, leaning his elbow on the side of the pool and holding his head in his hand looking at me.
"Unfortunately, no. I'm from Florida." I sighed.
"Florida was nice, I liked Florida. I never got teased for wearing my thongs there." Luke replied causing me to giggle.
"Yeah, Lyndsey constantly complains about those things." I said, remembering all the references she would make to them.
"A lot of people don't like them but they're comfy so they can deal with it." Luke said proudly with a hint of sassiness.
"That's right." I smiled with a nod and then looked ahead of me to see a huge sunset appearing over the house.
"Holy crap, isn't that the most beautiful thing you've ever seen?" I asked, looking up at the sky.
"No, I've seen better." Luke replied.
"Okay I understand on tour you've seen a lot of amazing things but I mean what can beat that?" I questioned, gesturing to the sky and then looking at him.
Luke opened his mouth to respond, but we were rudely interrupted by Michael saying:
"LUKE! SHANNON! COME INSIDE, WE HAVE A TUB OF ICE CREAM THAT'S NOT GOING TO EAT ITSELF. ACTUALLY, IT WILL IF YOU DON'T HURRY UP."
As much as I wanted to know the answer to Luke's question, I lost my chance now, and besides, there was a tub of ice cream calling my name.
"lAST ONE IN ISN'T PUNK ROCK!" I yelled at him as we both quickly flew out of the pool, grabbed our towels, and raced inside.
