Masquerade (Michael Clifford)

Chapter 1

"Come on Scar, you gotta go!" my best friend, Calum, told me. We were on our way to Lunch and he was trying to convince me to go to prom.

"No Cal, I have no one to go with! You have Holly, Collin has Paige, and Kenna has Ashton. I don't have anything to wear either, I'm not going." I snapped at him. Everyone in our group, including my brother Collin, has a boyfriend or girlfriend except me.

"True...but we'll find you someone to go with you!" he said, grabbing an apple and milk.

"Like who? Nobody will go with me. Even if someone does, he'll just leave me when we get there." I said grabbing a milk and apple also.

"You're so complicating! Think positive! I'm sure Logan Anderson will go with you." he said giggling.

"No! He's like, a stalker!" I said, sitting down at our table. Calum sat across from me still giggling.

"He is practically in love with you. Since like, grade one." he laughed some more.

"I'm not going to prom with Logan Anderson. " I said biting into my apple.

"Woah, you're going to prom with Logan Anderson?" my older brother, Collin said sitting down next to me with his girlfriend, Paige, sitting next to him.

"No! I'm not going with anyone. I'm not going at all."

"Awe, why not? it'll be fun!" Paige said.

"You're not going to prom?" Holly joined the table with Ashton and Kenna following after her, they sat next to Calum.

"No she's not going because she doesn't have a date." Paige said.

"What about Logan Anderson, he likes you." Kenna said.

"That's what I said!" Calum exclaimed, throwing his hands up.

"Oh my god, I'm not going to prom with Logan Anderson! He's a total creep!" I snapped.

"We're just trying to help Scar. No need to get all pissy." Collin said, patting my head.

"What about Luke Hemmings?" Ashton suggested.

"The kid barely talks, what makes you think he'll want to go to prom?" I said.

"So, if we can get Luke to take you, you'll go?" Ashton asked.

"Yeah, please! We all know you have a little crush on him." Kenna said with a smirk.

"No, I'm not going. Besides, he'll probably ask Ariana Escalante to go with him. He likes her." I said finishing my apple.

"Yeah, I don't see why he likes her....him and Michael Clifford are like best friends each other, and Ariana is Michael's ex. Isn't that like some kind of guy code? " Holly said.

"And they're still friends? After Ariana cheated?" Kenna asked.

"I guess so. Maybe they were so close that they couldn't let go." Collin stated.

"Who'd she cheat on him with?" I asked

"Beats me." Calum said, wrapping his arm around Holly.

"Wait, what about Michael Clifford?" Holly said.

"No." Calum, Collin and I said.

"Woah, ok not Michael..." Holly trailed off.

"We'll find someone for you to go with Scar, promise. " Kenna said. The bell rang signaling Lunch was over.

"I'm not going. " I said, then walked off to Art, not waiting for Calum to walk me like he usually does. I love Art. It's my last period, and it's my getaway. The only class I have with none of my friends. I love them, I really do, but they can get irritating at times.

   I walked into class, and sat down in the back of the room, my usual spot. There were two other kids in the class but I paid no attention to them. I pulled my sketch pad out and flipped to a blank page waiting for the teacher to arrive. Kids started piling in, but no one sat next to me. No one ever does. As I was about to go sharpen my pencil, someone sat beside me.

Ariana Escalante.

Oh, I didn't know she was in this class. Why is she sitting next to me. No one sits in the back besides me. And no one sits next to me. Well, except Ariana I guess. She pulled her sketchpad out and did the same thing I did. She looked up at me and smiled.

"Hi! I'm Ariana! I always see you in the back all by yourself, and I just decided you'd like some company!" She said. She's so, joyful. Her smile never left her face.

"Oh, hello. I'm Scarlett Evans. Um, sure yeah company is cool." I said mentally slapping myself for being so awkward.

"Collin Evans' little sister?" she asked with an eyebrow raised.

"Yep. That's me." I said nodding.

"Cool, we have P.E. together!" she said, still with a smile. The teacher walked in just then. Ariana turned around in her seat facing the teacher, and I followed her actions and waited for him to give the assignment.

"Hello class, today we'll be doing portraits of a person you admire. It could be your mom, your dad, a celebrity, anyone. I'll be looking for the way you shade your work. They're due in two days, or Thursday. You can start them now, then finish them on your own spare time. Have fun!" Mr. Blackwell, our teacher, said. Everyone began working on there project. I tried to think of who to draw, but no one came to my mind. Who do I admire Alex Gaskarth? Hayley Williams? I have no idea what to do. I looked over to Ariana's paper to see her drawing the outlines of Marilyn Monroe. Huh, she's pretty good. I still don't know who to draw. I can draw Collin? I do admire him...nah, I'll just do Alex Gaskarth.

   As I was shading in his hair, the bell rang signaling class was over. I was happy, because this was last period, but upset that I wouldn't be able to finish my drawing here. I packed my stuff up and began walking towards the door.

"Scarlett! Wait up!" I heard Ariana call from behind me. I stopped and waited for her.

"Did you finish?" she asked.

"No, I just need to do the nose and finish shading the hair." I said to her walking with her down the halls, earning lots of stares.

"Wow, you work fast! I only got the hair done!" She laughed.

"Yeah, I like to draw." I said with a smile. Drawing is my passion, I love it.

"I do too. Who did you do?" she asked.

"Alex Gaskarth, from All Time Low. How about you? " I asked, though I already know the answer.

"You listen to All Time Low? Sick, me too! My friend, Michael, got tickets for 3, but the third person bailed, maybe you can tag along instead! Oh, and Marilyn Monroe. " she said, with a smile.

"No way! Hell yeah I'll go! I wanted tickets but they were sold out!" I said with excitement. Who cares if I only met this girl today, All Time Low concert!

"Cool! I'll let Michael know! It's Thursday. Give me your number so I can text you everything. " she said with her hand out. I gave her my phone and she gave me hers. After we exchanged numbers, she said bye and walked to her locker. We were right by mine so I walked over to it, unlocked it and shoved all of my books in, and took out the ones I needed for homework. After that, I walked out of the building and by the bench Collin always waits for me at. He was there, waiting for me like every other day.

"Hey Scar, you ready?" he asked, pointing to the parking lot with his thumb.

"Yeah I'm ready." I said with a smile. Although the concert is two days away, I was pumped with excitement. I then realized that it wasn't just me and Ariana going, but Michael Clifford too.

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(A/N) Hiiii! So new fanfic!! Y'all chose to just make a new one so here it is! The trailer is at the top made by the lovely @_Ariana5SOS It may seem boring now, but I promise you, it'll get good! I hope you guys will like this, and I hope this was long enough for y'all. You can follow me on Instagram @_.k.a.y.la._ and on twitter @MADASURIE  So, yeah that was the first chapter!  See you next update!

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