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Chapter 5

Elisia's POV
  "Liiisiii! Liiisiii! Eellieeee!" Liana whispered poking me as I was sleeping.
  "Elisia! Wake up!" She shouted suddenly jumping on me after sighing. I   groaned and pushed her off of me then rolled over, mumbling for her to leave me alone.
  "Get up, get up, get up! Come on Ellie!" She pushed.
  "Go back to sleep." I mumbled.
  "I can't! The sky's awake, so i'm awake...and it's time for you to get up so I can pick your outfit and we can go hang with 5sos!" She said, shouting the last part, jumping on me again.
  "Ugh, fine! And you did not just pull a Frozen reference! That is not allowed." I said hitting her with a pillow.
Gosh that girl is too hyper for her own good, I swear she is going to be the death of me, that loser of an evil spawn.
  "Gosh and I thought you were excited to see the guys again. Anyways, just go take a shower and I'll get your outfit ready, okay?" She said with a smirk.
Uh oh, not good, not good! Liana with a smirk means the devil is out to play! I looked at her with an evil glare and turned around heading to the washroom.
  "Yes mother" I mumbled angrily, I didn't exactly want to see or know what she had in store for me.
I quickly hopped in the shower and started my routine trying to take as long as I could before Liana got suspicious. Once I was done, I got out and started to dry my hair with a towel before moving on to the hair dryer.
  "Elisia Marie Fallon you get out of that bathroom or so help me I will back squat you!" Lia shouted over the hair dryer, so I put the setting on high then shouted back to her.
  "What?! I can't hear you! I'm drying my hair!" I mentally laughed, since the only reason why I did that was because I wanted to piss her off.
  "If you are not out in five minutes, I will break down that door and back squat you! I don't care if you're decent or not you piece of lard!" She screamed to me.
Gosh she is such a troubled child, maybe I should call a mental institution. I quickly finished my hair then opened the door and waited for her to hand me the clothes she picked out. Liana handed me the clothes with a smirk so evil I felt my soul die. Once I closed the door, I put the clothes on, but I had troubles with the beanie, I can't seem to get it to sit right.
  "Uh, Liana?" I called out awkwardly.
  "Yes, dear sister?"
  "Can you help me put the beanie on?" I asked feeling a little embarrassed. I heard her chuckle quietly and scoffed, opening the door.
  "What? it's not my fault beanies don't like me!" I complained and she just laughed again.
  "Of course Ellie, that's definitely the problem."
  "Whatever! Just help me so we can get this day over with." I gave her a pouty face, not wanting to face the world. She looked at me with a questioning look as she fixed the beanie. Liana looked at me happy with her choice before sitting me down on the toilet, announcing it was time for make up. I was so not looking forward to it. Knowing her she would do winged eyeliner, and what do you know? I   was right. Luckily she just settled for that instead of cat eyes.
  "Voila! I'm done!" She said happily, proud of her "masterpiece".
  "Lucky for you, I already took a shower and got ready before waking you up, so let's go!" She laughed bouncing out the door. Amused by her hyperness, I shook my head laughing, then grabbed my purse. Before I walked out the door I   took a quick look in the mirror.  I didn't look too bad...for once.
I slung my purse over my shoulder and rushed after Liana. We got on our motorcycles and drove to the 5SOS apartment.

Michael's POV
    Liana and Elisia had just arrived, and the only reason I knew this was because I   could heard two motorcycles stop nearby. I   was in my room, writing some music. UGH! She's here. I knew that I was pissing Luke and Calum off with my attitude towards Elisia, so I got up after finishing my idea. I pulled on a fresh shirt, since I had just woken up not to long ago and didn't have a chance to shower.
    I walked out of my room, seeing Calum and Luke holding the two short girls in a hug. Ashton was standing off to the side, watching with amusement.
Elisia looked at me, looking like she was warning me from starting more shit.
She turned to the three other boys with a smile, "Video games?" I actually smiled at the idea, because videogames are awesome and it was something that I   could use to piss her off. Before you get it in your head that I like her, I don't, not like that. I have my reasons for these actions.
We decided to do pairs, since it was easiest to just play one system and rotate. Ashton and Calum were one team, Luke and Liana were another, and lucky me, I got Ellie as my partner. We didn't have enough PS4s for each of us to get on the same Call Of Duty. I set up one controlled while Ashton set up the other, signing into our own accounts and starting an online game, waiting for other players to join.
Calum, Luke, Elisia, and Liana were getting food and started to put it down on the coffee table. There was plenty of food for a few hours, if we were normal people. But all of us were big eaters, so someone would probably have to run out for more snacks later.
Luke and Liana went first. They did pretty well, but Lia was getting distracted by trying to eat. Ellie was trying to help her out by putting chips in her face, but this caused laughter. Next was Elisia and I. I didn't want to be on the same team, but obviously it was my lucky day because I was. We started playing and we split up right away, because who the hell actually forms an army in COD? Well, every time I went to shoot an enemy, they would die right before my eyes, before I had a chance to even aim.
  "What the hell?" I muttered, not knowing why people were dying. I had only gotten one or two kills and the match was almost over.
I heard a sadistic giggle from beside me. Elisia!
  "What's the problem Clifford the Big Red Dog?" I glared at her, putting together that she was taking my kills.
  "Stop taking my kills, dude!"
  "I don't know what you're talking about, Kiddo," she laughed again.
I turned and shot her, watching her character fall before running off. I heard the words "Friendly fire" ring out out as I   killed quite a few other players, ones that I was supposed to actually kill. While I was aiming at someone, I dropped dead, seeing Ellie running by my character's body and steal my kill. Then the match ended before I could respond.
  "You suck dude. Only five kills?" Elisia smirked, handing the controller to Ashton.
I groaned in frustration, not knowing what to say back. There was no reason to start a fight over one match. But then again, I'm petty.
  "That was SO unfair," I called out after handing Calum my controller.
  "Life's not fair!" Ellie laughed, taking a seat and watching the game.
  "Suck it up buttercup. You'll get her next time Mikey!" Liana shouted out, sounding out of character. Generally she would have been sarcastic but she sounded like she genuinely believed in me. It was weird.
  "Hey, you're supposed to be on my side!"  Ellie complained making a pouty face.
After another hour or so, we decided to change up what we were doing. So we decided to go to the beach. The guys and I put on our swim shorts and a shirt, before putting flip flops on and grabbing a towel each. We drove to the girls' place next, so they could get ready.
Liana was ready, but didn't look like she was as hyped up as she was earlier. I merely chalked it up to her getting tired. Ellie only took an extra minute and we all headed out of their hotel.
We drove to the nearest beach which wasn't too far and noticed that it wasn't all that busy. Everyone must still be in school. I checked the time on my phone and noticed that it was barely past noon. We all walked down the sand, getting to an area that no one was hanging out at. The guys and I just wanted to chill without cameras showing up and the best way to be successful was by avoiding people. Genius.
We put our stuff down, leaving it with Liana, since apparently she wanted to write and message her mum or something. She sat under a large umbrella, that made her look tiny and shaded her poor pale skin.
After a half an hour or so, I got really thirsty so I started to make my way back to the stuff.
   "Did we grab the waters?" I asked Liana, who closed her notebook as I   walked up.
She looked through her bag and shook her head no. I groaned, feeling too lazy to head up to the car, but I had to. The pavement was hot, even though it wasn't too warm out, so I had to hurry. I   grabbed a few waters and headed back towards our area. Liana had her notebook open again and I decided to be noisy and take a peek. Between the wind and the ocean, she hadn't heard me coming up, so I   was able to read something she was writing.
Blue
Blue eyes can make you feel
Like you're drowning in a blue sea
And be your strength and your Achilles heel
Forcing you to drop your minds key

All memories, theories and thoughts
Will be revealed by his blue tinted iris
As deep as falling down off the docks
You'll feel infected by a heartfelt virus

The ocean floor never seemed so inviting
Until I looked past the black and white world
I could feel the anger subsiding
Never knowing how color could change a girl

    "Whoa..." I muttered to myself. I   didn't want her to know that I had read her lyric poem thing, so I just sat beside her, watching the group swim and relax at the water. Liana closed her notebook again and looked up, keeping her eye's locked in one direction.
    I handed her a water, put the rest in her bag and then drank my own bottle.
    "Why aren't you out there?" I asked Liana, knowing what her eyes were focused on.
    She shrugged her shoulders too quickly, as if she expected my question. She was definitely hiding something. I   turned to her and gave her a sassy look.
    "Gurl! Tell me what's wrong," I   stated, trying to sound both casual and stern, because I didn't want her to feel uncomfortable, but I wanted her to know that she wasn't kidding me. I know when something is wrong, sometimes I just ignore it.
    She shook her head, wearing a sour look, "It's nothing. Really."
    "Bullshit. Tell me, your favorite sister."
    "You may be a girl, but even my sister doesn't know," Liana laughed, trying to avoid the conversation.
    I kept looking at her and she finally sighed. Lia threw her head back and then lifted her shirt just a bit and stretched her swim shorts down just enough that I   could see stretch marks.
    "I've had a lot of weight and medical issues in the past and now my stretch marks seem to always be beet red. I don't want anyone to take pictures of us at the beach and post them and say something about my stretch marks. I know that all girls have them, and so do a lot of guys, but I don't want to be judged because of them, because I do enough judging of myself. I know everyone should just love themselves, but I just... can't," Liana wouldn't look me in the eyes, but I could see little tears forming.
    I pulled her into a side hug before pulling away and saying, "Hey. Self-love isn't easy and that's okay because no matter what, you're loved. I love you, Ellie loves you, Ashton loves you, Luke loves you, and Calum loves you. Plus there are a lot of people that I don't know that you do who I'm sure loves you. If anyone judges you on the Internet or in an article, me and the boys will back you up because fuck hate man. You should be able to love yourself, or at the very least, enjoy your life without worrying about what others think. You're a cool kid, and you're going to realize one day that with fame comes hardships, just like any other career. There are people who make up rumours and lie about who you are, because that's their job. But by the end of the day, you'll have us," I finished, looking out to the four others who were still in the water. Ellie noticed Luke looking at the two of us with concern, so she did the same thing. Lia took a drink of her water, trying to disguise the fact that we were talking about something more serious.
    "Thank you, Mikey." Liana gave me a weak smile.
    "No problem, little dude."
    I stood up and headed back to the ocean, knowing that Liana wasn't going to be following me, but I knew that what I   said did get through to her.