Simple Text Message// Michael Clifford [Slow Updates]

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Disclaimer: The guys are on tour in Europe for a week already.

It's so hard. Why is it already difficult to be without Michael for a week. A week?! Now I know how Scarlet feels like. I hated saying goodbye to him. I had to do that the night before he left, because he had some important things to do before he went to the airport. It's currently 10 in the evening here and if I'm right it's noon where Michael is, honestly, the time zone is not really a problem.

Then I get a call from Michael. Finally! I talked to him on the phone already, but I haven't seen him at all. And now he's FaceTiming so he has a lot of time to talk to me. "Hi Mikey." I say happily and yawn, I'm getting tired already. "Hey babe." He says. I'm trying my hardest not to freak out because of the nickname he gave me. "How's Europe?" I ask. "It's nice. But we'll be in Paris in three days and I'm sad you're not with me." He says. Oh Paris, the city of love. "And how's Australia? Has something changed already?" He asks and I chuckle. "No, everything's the same. I never left the flat actually. But I have some food to buy." I say. "You have a food obsession, Ray." He chuckles. "Oh I know, I can't live a day without having some snacks to munch on." I say. "You're a girl to my heart." He smiles. I let out a big yawn and stretch in my bed. "Are you tired? You should sleep." Michael says. "I'm not tired." I say and yawn again. "Just go to sleep, we'll talk again soon." He says. "This sucks." I sigh. "I know. Will you go to sleep now?" He asks and I nod. "Enjoy your day, Mikey." I yawn. "Goodnight, babe. I love you." He says and I smile, I love those three words. "I love you too, Mikey." I say and the screen goes black.

•••

The next day I get a text message from someone, but I don't recognise the number.

From Unknown;
Hi Ray! It's me, Scarlet. Luke gave me your number and I was wondering if you would like to meet up. We seriously have to catch up.

To Scarlet;
Yeah sure! It wasn't like I had something to do. Where do you want to meet?

From Scarlet;
I would say the mall. Then we can shop together.

To Scarlet;
I'll be there soon. See ya later!

•••

I see Scarlet at the front of the mall, when she sees me she waves at me. "It's been so long, Ray. How are you doing?" She asks and gives me a hug, well, that was unexpected. "I'm good. How are you?" I ask. "I'm good too." She says and we walk inside the mall. "I know exactly where we can go to." She says excitedly and I follow her into the first shop, of course, clothes. "This is my favourite clothing store. Maybe you'll find something in here." She says. I look around the place, I like all the clothes that's here, but when I look at the price tag, i can't have them. "You would look perfect in this dress." Scarlet says and holds it in front of me. It's a really beautiful dress, but I can't afford it. "I love this, but..." I say. "No buts, you're going to try this." She says, pushing me into a changing room. I sigh and just put the dress on. I hate my life, this dress is perfect and I can't afford it.

"Are you ready?" Scarlet asks. "Yes." I say, revealing myself and showing her how the dress fits me perfectly. "Oh my god! You should definitely buy it, Ray." She says. "I can't." I say. "Why?" She asks confused. I take a deep breath. "I don't have the money." I say and she looks shocked. "Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know." She says. I can feel the pity, but she has no reason to be. It's all my fault I'm not rich. "I'll buy it for you." She proposes and I shake my head immediately. "I can't let you do that." I say. "It's nothing. I know we don't know each other a lot, but I do know that you're a great friend." She says. She's right, we don't know each other much, but it'll take a while until she'll find out who I am. I never open up to people that easily. "If you really don't mind." I say and she dances in joy, making me chuckle.

•••

It was actually a lot of fun to go out shopping. She bought a lot of clothes and some other things. However, I only have the dress she bought me and, for some reason, we went to Victoria's Secret and I got something from there. I only have it, because Scarlet didn't give me another choice. We now decided to have a coffee together, before we'll say goodbye.

"I had a lot of fun today." Scarlet says as I take a sip of my hot beverage. "Yeah, me too." I say. "It helped me forget how much I miss Luke." She says, making me think about Michael. "I know exactly how you feel." I say. "You and Michael are really close, huh?" She asks and I nod. It's like we've known each other for years. "Honestly, I've never seen Michael so happy before." She says. I couldn't be the only one that made him happy, he must had a long and good relationship with another girl before. "When was the last time Michael was like that?" I ask her. "A few years ago. But I'm not the one to tell you." She says and my heart is aching. "Hey, don't worry about. It's in the past." She says. "Okay." I say, I need to know and I will find out no matter what it takes.

"So tell me how you feel about Michael." She says and I let out a small chuckle. "Oh my god, your eyes are twinkling." She says. "I'm really happy I got him." I say. "He actually told me he loves me." I tell her. "Oh my god! Really? You love him back right?" She asks. "I do, I love him and he knows." I say. "I can tell. So tell me, how did he tell you?" She asks, so I tell her that we went to one of his special places to go and that he showed me a lyrics of a song he wrote, that the world will never see. "And that's the same place where we shared our first kiss." I tell her. "I bet you loved it." She says and I blush. "It went better than I expected. I was so scared to make it awkward." I tell her. "It's always different to kiss someone new." She says. "Well..." I say. "No, you gave him your first kiss?" She asks and I nod.

Scarlet is such a nice person to be around with. Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye, so we both go our separate ways. The first thing I'm going to do is, is to see if I can contact Michael or not.

I'm not really back, but I decided to post this chapter.

I'll end this chapter here. Ray and Michael can't see each other a lot. Let's see now long they have to be separated.

10th Of October 2017