The Tour

Chapter two

Luke's pov

1 month ago

My eyes were barely capable of staying open, they fluttered shut every few seconds, Leaving me with barely any view of the road.

I was beginning to think I should of gotten a hotel like I had planned. Though I couldn't wait another moment to see her. Fixing things between us was all that was on my mind.

Images of what could happen when I show up were flashing in my head the whole plane ride, or rather rides. It was afternoon by now, but I had gotten no sleep. I was too worried about where this would put the both of us.

I couldn't risk losing her any longer. She was important to me.

By the time I'd reached her house, night was cascading across the sky. I parked the car, and I sat there for a few risky moments.

In my heart, all I really wanted was to walk in, and for her to be happy I was there to make her belated Christmas better. Though, I knew that wasn't a sensible reality. Any common human would still be rationally angry at me.

I was innocent in the act of things, but truthfully I was irrational when it came to our relationship. I was careless, and because of that I lost the person that mattered most.

I looked at the passenger seat beside me, it was nearly empty, except for the small Christmas present I had yet to give her. I reached for it, picking the long box up to examine it. It weighed barely anything, but it was a suitable gift for her.

I stared at the wrapping until I couldn't any longer. With a long heave of a sigh, I tossed the present back over to the other seat, and took the car out of park.

This hadn't been my finest moment. Driving away felt like the hardest thing I'd ever have to do, but in the back of my mind I kept thinking "I'll get there."

I believed it too.

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Michaels pov:

Late January:

Since the disappearance of Josie, things around here had never been the same.

It was weird to say that the tables turned so quickly. I guess you could say that her and I were sort of close. I saw her whenever we had breaks, and willingly had spoken to her. Sometimes even confided in her.

Josie was brilliant to say the least. What I missed most about her was that distant happiness in her eyes. She didn't like to express what she was thinking. She kept to herself pretty well, except for when she became sarcastic. Though her eyes told a story for you.

It's weird how people tend to miss someone more when their gone. I never intended in missing her this much. It seems like a distasteful memory to even think of her. We weren't even that close, yet the feeling still sinks my heart.

And if it sunk mine, you could imagine the condition of the rest of everyone.

If it weren't for the location of our recording studio, I would like to think Ashton would of moved to Idaho. He always went back and forth. There was no spare time anymore, his extra days were scheduled as "Layla days" and there was no in between work and her.

Layla was a wreck.....to say the least. Or so I've been told. I hadn't really been following Ashton down to Idaho. Instead I was trying to keep the band together. 1 month and hell broke loose.

30 days of not knowing where she went. Seemed like a small amount of time, but to Calum, it must of felt like eons.

I'm not sure how to explain the way that Calum was showing his loss. I knew his affection for her was heart breaking. So when she left, there weren't words to explain the way he felt.

He played it off all cool at first. He pretended as if he were okay. Like nothing could bother him. He went to work, and never stopping checking his phone every minute.

Then the distant stare began to show on his face. He did it a lot now. I could have a full conversation with him and all I'd get was "huh?" It was interesting. But painful.

In the last 30 days I had not seen anyone give a genuinely happy smile. I tried to crack a joke, tried to keep the laughter going. It was weird because, the four of us always had a constant happy tone to our lives. We just clicked when together......so for the smiles to suddenly be gone......I felt lonely.

It's a weird thing to complain about, in fact, it feels wrong to do it. Honestly Josie deserves to have the attention and mourning brought out for as long as possible. She deserves to have that long outstretched period of time where everyone thinks of her constantly.

Should I feel selfish for not thinking of her every second of the day? I wasn't sure at this point.

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Calum pov

Should I have been staring at this person for that long, probably not. But they looked so alike. Even the way they both smiled, or walked across the room. The short brown hair, the way they did their makeup. Josie had thinners cheeks, but it still felt like I was staring at her twin.

I shouldn't have been staring, I must confess, but the truth was that I missed her more than anything in the world. That's the problem, I never could of imagined this kind of pain to come over me when she walked out of my life.

When I think about someone, it's never brief. I wish it were easy enough for me to just stop and move on. But her disappearance was so abrupt, I hadn't had enough time to process it. Even a month later.

I begin to get deep in thought, and that's when I stare. It's never in a convenient place either. I've stared at walls, people, soap, it's kept getting worse the longer the time separates us.

The worst part is not knowing why. Did she really leave me there? Did she purposely leave that day? It was hard to tell, her family said she never came home, and they were just as scared as I was.

I had no control over myself anymore. I didn't know I could ever let myself feel so stupid in the world. It had been so long since I had felt the way I felt about Josie, so it seemed almost impossible to move on. I put guilt on my shoulders, as if her disappearance was my fault. We left things on really good terms.

Maybe she returned to that douche ex-boyfriend of hers. Dylan.

That was a possibility. What if she wasn't over him, all that time? What if I was just the rebound?

NO!

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Wow it's been forever! I'm trying not to give up!

Life's got the better end of me right now, I was doing sports and I'm moving and my birthday is in four days, I've literally had this chapter half written for 3 months, I am so sorry.

We are getting so close to 4,000 views on outer space (I know this is the sequel) but it's still a big deal.

I love you guys😍