Story Of Another Us [C.H.]

Permanent Vacation

  'I can't sleep 'cause my mind keeps racing
My chest hurts 'cause my heart keeps breaking
I'm so numb and I can't stop shaking
And we all fall down'  

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It's been two weeks and the band just finished up with a talk show, that I believe went extremely well, they had us do a cover of a song I already forgot about. Haha oops. Now Ashton is driving us back to my flat, they're all chatting up a storm while I fall asleep staring out the window. It's an hour and a half drive, I'm sure I can get at least 45 minutes in.

"Calum, you wouldn't believe this fucking guy man, he's such a jerk!" Luke fumed and I shifted my tired gaze to him.

"Who?"

"Her boyfriend!" 

"What's wrong with him?" There shouldn't be anything wrong, Luna seemed extremely happy yesterday after her fourth date with him. I mean, I guess it is a bit odd that they see each other so little, but I'm sure it's because of Hailey.

"He's an egotistical asshole, I mean, of all the jerks I've met, he really hits top bar,"

"Does he treat her that way?" 

"He treats her like it's the 1950s! She doesn't even complain! She just lets him walk all over her!" Ashton chimed in. 

"He's so arrogant too, he doesn't want her hanging out with us anymore, especially you for some odd reason,"

"Is that why I only saw her about three times over the past two weeks?" My heart was breaking at this news. This guy was tearing away Luna and Hailey away from me, and not just me our friends as well. Who the hell does he think he is?

"You know what Mikey and I did last night?" Luke suddenly grinned, a bit scarily if I may add.

"We did spy work, and guess what we fucking saw?" Mikey said grabbing my arm and shaking it a bit violently. Do I dare ask, or are they going to say it before I open my mouth?

"She paid for dinner! At a nice ass restaurant too! The fucking Ezard!"

"And get this! He doesn't even know about Hailey!" 

My jaw dropped at this news. Why hasn't she told him if they've been dating for over a month? Does he not like children? If not, then why is she still dating the asshole? Why didn't he pay for the food? Why choose a nice place to treat a girl and make her pay?  Dammit, why did she fucking choose him?

"To be honest, we were totally rooting for you, mate," Michael gave me a sideways smile and patted my shoulder.

"It's not like she would've wanted me anyways," I mumbled before returning my gaze to the window. They collectively sighed at my response and went back to complaining about this guy, I didn't want to hear any more of it, I didn't want to hear how she chose someone that was far below what she deserved. I couldn't even fall asleep because my head is so deep into my stupid thoughts of wishing that he wasn't in the picture.

"Calum, you haven't been to a party in a while, why don't you come with us to Logan's birthday bash tonight? It'll be fun," Ashton asked as he pulled into my driveway. Shit, that was a lot faster than I thought it would be. I guess time flies when your mind keeps racing.

"Yeah, alright," I responded, booze would certainly help me, I'm feeling a bit too much frustration and desperation. 

"Awesome! This will be the perfect medication for you!" he beamed before exiting the car. I sighed and followed with my head down, colliding into Luke who stopped dead in his tracks.