The Intern // 5 Seconds of Summer

Mean By Taylor Swift

I sit in the lounge of the hotel, eating an orange. All the boys are talking among each other and I just sighed.

"They're such good friends." Lou smiles, pointing at Gifted but Twisted and 5 Seconds of Summer.

But I could feel the tense air between the bands.

"... kissed Ryan." Izack says, smiling.

"What?" I say, snapping my head and turning back "huh?"

I see Ashton face me a moment, his normal face but behind it i could taste that there was a tang of hurt.

"Mateeeeee!" Calum said, oblivious to Ashton.

"Dudeee." Izack's band mate said, patting his back.

I saw Ashton get up and walk out, nonchalantly. He was never a one to put on a show. Unlike me.

I make a scene.

I get up, and storm out after him but I can tell that once he left the room, he broke into a jog because he isn't in sight.

"Ashton..." I say down the hallway until I feel someone pushing me onto the wall, not hard though.

"Why do you have to be like this?" Luke said to me.  "D-Don't pretend like nothing ever hurts you." He shouts in frustration, grabbing my wrist.

"What's got your panties in twist, Hemmings?" I say, trying to keep from screaming.

"I know you like Ashton. But you just toy with his heart like this!" He points his chin towards the direction Ashton went in. "He's my mate and you're.. you're fucking around with his heart!"

"Maybe I don't want to get hurt. He needs to learn not to get close." I say, heading back down the hall.

"But isnt it too late? Cause i know you're hurt and you've been hurt. I know this cause I see the way you flinch whenever someone raises their hand and I can hear your little cries when you leave the room and I notice how you forever fall asleep, curled up in a ball in the corner of your bunk. Don't pretend like you don't feel anything, ever. Cause everyone feels something and Ashton is sure as hell feeling a lot of something." He takes a hold of my hands tightly.

"Oh? Like what?" I shout. I'm taking aback so i and try to pull away but his grip is tight and his knuckles are going white. "Luke, you're hurting me.

"He loves you!" He says in a small voice as he let's go of my hand. "Don't you see it? Every time you say something, or do something, it effects him. Because he can FEEL. And he's not ashamed of that. Because every time you say something rude to him, he gets sad. And Ashton used to be sad a lot and now he's going back there."

"What am I supposed to say?" I say a bit in a quiet voice.

"That you love him too and just because someone hurt you, doesn't mean you should do that to someone else." And with that, he stormed from the room.

I make my way to my dorm quickly and sit on my bed, my head in my hands.

I hear a silent knock on the door and sit up. Its not Lou cause she has the door pass.

"Fuck off Ashton or Luke." I say, standing up.

"You were expecting Ashton?" I hear Michael say.

"What the fuck do you want, Clifford? Here to give a lecture as well?" I say through the door, using the peephole to look at him.

"I think that's what they expect from me." He sighs and shakes his head. "But really, stop being a bitch to everyone."