Simple Text Message// Michael Clifford [Slow Updates]

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I'm really scared, the paparazzi are probably going to make up something that's not true about me. I don't want that. "Are you better now?" Michael asks and I nod. "There's something you need to look at." He says as he gives me his phone. I take a deep breath before looking at the screen. Wait! I have to read twice, I can't believe it. "Michael, this is great." I say. "Yeah, look at this one. 'Ray is one of us guys. She has problems she's struggling with. Just like we are.' They care about you." He says. A lot of the fans don't hate me. Apparently, someone saw Michael and I at the mall and saw what happened to me. She put it all on twitter, telling everyone that I'm someone that has problems, just like most of the fans have, and that Michael took care of me. At that moment, she knew that Michael really cares about me and is helping me with everything that's going on in my life. Finally, everything is getting better.

"The girl's right, you know. I'll always help you with your problems, the guys too." Michael says, he explained to them what's wrong with me. They felt sorry for me, but told me they'll help me too. I'm so happy to have them all around me and I'm glad I decided to go with them on their tour. "And one day, you'll play guitar with me on stage while we have a concert." He says. "Michael." I say. "I want to show them how talented you are." He says and I smile. "Thank you, Michael." I say and he plants a kiss on my forehead.

Luke is looking so happy right now. He has a reason to be. He's going to see his girlfriend he missed for a long time. "Luke, I wouldn't jump up and down, only when you want to hit your head." I chuckle, he's lucky the bus is heigh enough for him to stand. Oh right, I forgot, he's a giant compared to me. I'm just 5 foot 2 which is freakishly small. "I can't believe I'll see Scarlet again, it's been ages." He says. I asked Michael how she looks like, but he won't tell me. I also asked Luke that and he said it'll be a surprise for me. So the only thing I know is that she's a girl and kinda how her voice sounds like. That's not a lot.

The manager hasn't changed his mind, which is weird considering the fact the fans don't really hate me anymore. I just hope that'll change soon, maybe when Scarlet is here, which will be in two hours. We convinced Steve to go there, so he looked for a car and he'll take Luke to the airport. Luke already tweeted out that someone special is going to visit him on tour and that he cannot wait.

Then Steve walks in and Luke immediately walks his way. "I have the car. You're lucky I don't really like the manager." Steve says and I chuckle. The manager doesn't care about anyone's emotions. I wonder why.

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"They're here!" Calum shouts and runs out of the bus, Ashton follows him. "Are you coming?" Michael asks and I nod. I don't know why but I'm so nervous, I mean, I know why, cause I've never met her before, but I heard a lot of good things about here. So there's no reason to be nervous. "Don't worry, she'll love you." Michael says, he takes my hand in his and we leave the bus. The door opens and Luke walks out, he looks so happy. "Scarlet!" Calum shouts and he hugs a petite figure, that's Scarlet. Luke explained to me Calum introduced Luke to Scarlet, so Calum knows Scarlet longer than any of the boys.

When she gets out of Calum's arms, I can have a better look at her. She has beautiful long wavy black hair, she is taller than I am, she has dark brown almond shaped eyes that is accentuated by a smokey eye and winged eyeliner. She's wearing a dark red lipstick and she's a bit tanned, but not a lot. She's very beautiful and I'm actually jealous of her. I see her hug Ashton and when she sees Michael she walks up to him and gives him a hug too. Then she looks at me and smiles. "You must be Ray." She says. "Nice to meet you." I say, this is going fine. "You're even more beautiful than Michael told me." She says and I blush, Michael thinks I'm beautiful. "Thank you." I tell her, although I still think I'm not. "You're lucky to have her Michael." She says. "Oh I know." He says and puts his arms around me.

Then the manager has to ruin this perfect moment. "What's going on?" He asks, he's clearly pissed. "Who's she?" He asks, Luke gets really protective now. "This is Scarlet, my girlfriend." Luke says. "Why is she here?" The manager asks. "To see me, she's allowed to. I missed her." Luke says. "You know she can't be here, the same goes for Ray." He says. "You gave her permission to come with us." Michael says. "I shouldn't have, she's only trouble." The manager says. Why does he something against me? "No! You're so emotionless!" Michael yells, making me flustered. "You are all too young to know what's love like. You think you're in love and you found your soulmate, but in reality, you found someone who rips your heart out and ditches you for someone else!" The manager, we are all speechless. Then Scarlet interferes.

"I know I may be going to personal now, but I'll just do it." She says. "I understand that you loved a woman a lot and you always thought she was going to be the woman you'll spend your life with. However, when you thought everything was great between you two, she left for another man and you told yourself you would ban everything in your life that has something to do with love." She says, by now the manager starts crying. How did she know that? But then again, I was never capable of understanding people. Michael and I exchange glances and then look at the manager who is still crying. Even Steve is getting emotional. I always knew bodyguards have a heart.

That took a turn. Let's see what the manager will do.

And just a reminder, Scarlet isn't inspired by someone real. She's just someone I made up.

2nd of August 2017