Over (Luke Hemmings)

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Chatters and voices filled the whole restaurant, mixing in with the sounds of plastic plates and forks clicking. In front of me sat Calum and beside me sat Michael.

Calum took a humongous bite out of his pizza. "So, you mean, Tim like, promised you he'll be a better brother?" He managed to speak through his full mouth that he spat some of the pizza and it landed right on my plate. Thank God I was holding my last pizza piece or else it should've been stained with Calum's pizza. "Whoops, sorry there." He stretched his finger out and dabbed away the little thing before eating it.

I pursed my lips and ignored Calum's rather barbaric way of eating. "Uh, yeah," I coughed. "I mean, I needed Tim. I've been causing way too much for you to come over and take his place as my brother." I looked at Calum, leaving aside the barbaric acts of his.

Though he was messy and at times, Neanderthal-like, he acted like my brother and took care of me. He was very caring. He stopped his chewing and focused his eyes on me before smiling. "Em, I volunteered to go act as your brother. You didn't even ask me for help. I wanted to help. You don't have to feel guilty for something you didn't even do!"

He continued biting on his pizza like he hadn't eaten in days. I smiled back at him. He'd helped me through a lot and his helping methods got me through the bullshit I was getting. "Thanks, mate."

"You're very welcome," He smiled, showing a tooth of his stained with pizza dough. I couldn't help but giggle a tad bit by the sight. I looked at Michael who seemed to notice it, too. When I knew it, we were both trying to stop our laughs. "What?" Calum asked, eyeing us both.

Michael and I burst into laughter. "You've got a-," Michael spoke but barely finished his sentence because a laugh of his came in the way.

"You've got a thing," I tried finishing Michael's sentence but also failed.

"Yeah, I know. I've got a penis. Michael has one, too!" Calum said. He didn't even laugh, which made both Michael and I look at each other, abruptly pausing our laughter before laughing again.

"You guys are impossible! I'll go piss now," Calum stated before standing up from his seat and walking over to the men's restroom.

Our laughter came to a halt and we were panting. "My stomach hurts," I commented, putting my hand above my stomach.

"We're gonna have abs by tomorrow." Michael responded, patting his abdomen.

"What a workout that was, then!" I replied. I caught Calum on the phone walking towards us and he was smiling.

"Someone's turned into a tomato!" Michael looked at Calum while Calum sat in his usual position. Michael received a glare from Calum and he flashed a small smile.

"Yeah, alright. Bye!" Calum smiled and put his phone beside his empty plate. He faced Michael and I. "What?"

"Who was that, Robin?" I asked him. It seemed sort of like an interrogation.

"It was mum, uh, she asked where I was." Calum replied before shrugging and fixing his Emo hair.

I arched a brow at him. "Your mum barely asks where you are!" Michael spoke for me.

It's like, our friendship was too tight that we knew how our brains functioned.

Calum sighed and clasped his hands together. "Em, can I talk to you privately?" He asked, apologetically looking at Michael. He whispered he'd be at the restroom and I nodded.

As soon as Michael disappeared from our sights and into the restroom, I ran a hand through my hair. "So, what's up?"

"I know Mikey might get mad at me but Luke's coming over later tonight to hang out," Calum whispered. Although Michael was away, he was still whispering. He was probably too afraid of what Michael would think that he was acting this way.

A smile formed in my face. "Good for you, Cal. Just don't forget that you like girls, alright?" I teased him.

He nodded. It took him three seconds to figure out what I just said and his eyes widened. "Gosh, Em! I will always like girls!" He beamed. I scoffed at him. "Don't you scoff at me!"

"I was kidding, I was kidding. Take a joke once in a while, man." I shook my head at him. "If that's all you wanted to say, go get Mikey from the restroom!"

"Aye aye, captain!"

This was short but I'm writing the other one longerrrr. x