Tampons // PAUSED

T W O

I've made a fool of myself. I really, really have. It didn't help that Nadine and Sapph left me alone with my crush. I'll kill them, and that's a promise. The thing is... If I kill them, Luke will be mad at me for eternity, so that's out of the question.

"I'm back..." I say opening the door of my house.

"Where did you go?" questions Rene, my twin sister, "...And why do you have tampons in your hands?"

"It's for you. Merry Christmas Rene?" I say, handing her the box, then explaining why I happen to have them.

"Are you kidding me, Mikey? You went to the drugstore to see this girl..." she starts.

"Trinity," I correct her.

"Yeah, Trinity... And you took the first thing you could grab, which was a box of tampons, and made a fool of yourself?" she seems unsure.

"Pretty much," I nod, "You're too intelligent to be my sister, you know that?"

"You're not stupid... Just ignorant... But come on! You're Michael Clifford; the popular, confident guy with red hair, and a lot of girls falling at his feet..." Rene tries to reason with me, but it doesn't work.

"I know, but I'm just froze when she's talking to me; I can't do anything!"

"Tessa won't be proud of you, man..." my sister shakes her head disapprovingly

"Yeah, I know," I sigh.

Tessa is my best friend; a small girl who's really protective, supportive, and loud, just like me. She's practically a female version of myself!

_Nadine_

After leaving Michael with Trinity, I bought my tampons, just like Sapph. It was shortly after that that I recognise Kimberly, Ashton's best friend. She and I never had a good relationship. If you were to ask me why, I wouldn't have an answer, but it may be because she's a little bit depressive? Those people always drive me crazy because they cannot seem to see how wonderful life can be...

"Hello Nadine, it's been a while, no?" Kim inquires.

"Hey, Kim. Yeah, I suppose it has... How are you?"

"Better; I'm getting out of this hell worthy depression. Ashton helped me a lot these last few months..."

"That's really great. How is he doing by the way? I know you've best friend since... Well, always!" I ask, genuinely curious.

"Fine, really!" she seems happier than I've seen her.

"It's good to see you again, but I've got to go; Luke's waiting for me. Bye!" I wave her before continuing my way for Bondi Beach.

Well, if she's doing better since the last time I've seen her, maybe I'll be able to tolerate her more!

_Luke_

I left the house, and Sapphire appears at the corner of the street. Where was she?!

"Sapphire Isabella Hemmings! Where were you?!" I scream, worrying about this little shit.

She starts running, yelling a response at the same time: "I was at the drugstore buying myself some tampons! Want some?"

She is not my little sister... Well, not anymore.

_Corrine_

I was lying on my couch watching Spongebob when my phone rang, announcing I had received a text message.

[ From : Sapphire
Just came back from the drugstore and Luke left for Bondi, want to come by? ]

[ From : Corrine
I'm there in ten minutes! ]

Sapphire has been my best friend for now two years. She and I are always together. Both being huge Blink-182 fans, we went to their concert last year; it was amazing!

_Nadine_

"Hey babe," Luke whispers in my ear, wrapping his arms around my waist.

"Hi," I say, turning to face him, "You didn't have to wait too long, did you?"

He shakes his head and smiles, "I'll wait forever for you." He is so cute... It makes me want to cry sometimes.

"Let's get wet Lucas!" I exclaim, throwing my hands above my head.

"You're already wet just seeing me Nad's..." Him and his innuendos...

"True..." I nod, "Let's hit the beach then!"

"Only if you give me a kiss. If you don't, I won't come and will leave you for Calum."

"Then leave," I laugh, kidding.

He smiles, and softly kisses me. A French Kiss; my favourite. I swear I'll never let Luke go away from me, I want him by my side forever.

_Ashton_

Desperate, I throw my hands in the air in frustration, trying to make her understand.

"Listen, Jada, she's Luke little sister. He'd never let me do this. Why can't you understand that?!"

"But Ash, if you love her, why are you stopping yourself from being with the one who may be the love of your life? When you first told me about her, you told me she was the love of your life, and now you want to give up on her?!" Jada's just as frustrated as I am, and as much as I know all of that, I just couldn't do that to my best friend.

"Jada, I can't risk Luke and I's friendship for a girl..." I'm beyond hopeless at this point.

"I'm your cousin Ashton, and I know what's good and what's not for you; I know that you need to tell Luke how you really feel about Sapphire..." I try to imagine what it would be like if Luke were to have asked Jada out, and how I would react to that, but it's nearly impossible; he and Nadine have been together for so long that it's weird to imagine one without the other.

"I'll do my best, but I can't promise anything," I mumble.

"That's my cousin!" Jada jumps up, gives me a hug, and then races out the door.

_Sapphire_

"He's cute... Really cute," Corrine admits, "But, I need to consider the fact that he is older than I am, and way too popular, but it's not impossible... Is it?"

I laugh and look at my best friend, "Corrine, he's a musician, a famous man who doesn't even know of your existence!"

"Yeah I know, but I've got his personal Snapchat right in front of my eyes, and maybe that's my chance to get noticed by him," she reasons.

"Then try. You've got nothing to lose."

"Trust me, I do," Corrine has a distant look in her eye that I hadn't seen before.

"I do, I do..." I whispered, wondering what she meant.