My Best Friend, Luke Hemmings.

Chapter 5

LIZZY'S POV

So we arrived at Sidney, Australia and are currently waiting for Calum to get here. We have been sitting on a bench with our luggage for a half an hour waiting for his friend. I want to go back to the US already. "What a good first impression..." I grumbled. Luke pulled me in for a side hug and just shushed me. I frowned.

Ding.

Ding.

Ding.

Luke looked at his phone smiled and picked it up!

"Yo Cal! Okay... Yeah! I'll meet you there! Order 2 double chocolate cookie mocha grandes please. Thanks Cal. You're the best. Ight. Bye."

"Come on Liz. We are meeting them at Starbucks." ooo. Starbucks. I really want Starbucks. We both grabbed our luggage and began walking to the Starbucks in the airport. When we got there Luke called out Calum's name and we walked over to them. Luke handed me my Starbucks and we began walking to the car. I just kind of trailed behind the 4 of them and didn't say anything and they didn't say anything to me either. I felt a little left out because I didn't know what any of them were talking about. I heard the tall dark haired boy ask Luke "so do you want to go right back to my house or yours first?" I don't care what we do, but it's not like Luke will ask me what I want to do or even acknowledge my presence. "Bring me back to my house and then I'll drive my car to your house." Bring me. Yeah, bring me. Not me and Lizzy, just me. Cool. Why is he being such a douchepants now? We got to the car and put our bags in trunk. Luke put his in and then shut the trunk door. "Luke." I glared at him. "Hmm?" I sighed. "Thanks for shutting the trunk in my face when I clearly have bags I need to put in the trunk." What is wrong with him. "Sorry." He popped the trunk and I put my bags in and opened the car door. And of course I would have to squeeze in the middle of 2 long legged boys. Fun.

The rest of the car ride to Luke's house was not fun at all. None of them talked to me. Not even Luke. When we got to Luke's house I quickly jumped out if the car and mumbled thanks. Luke popped the trunk and I grabbed my bags then walked up to the door step of Luke's house. "What's wrong with you?" He seriously just asked that?

"I'm fine." I forced a smile that I didn't really want to force. "You know what. I'm not fine actually. You ignored my presence the entire time when your buddies were around and so did they. If this is how it's going to be in the band then I'm not going to do it Luke. I don't like being ignored." He sighed. "Lizzy. They know who you are. They know that you're a big shot celebrity. They know that I'm inlove with you. They don't want to ruin my chances with you and they don't want to make fools out if themselves meeting you. They thought that since we just got out if the airport you might be a bit crabby from being jet lagged. So I'm sorry. And for me, I just wanted to catch up with my friends. I'm sorry." Wow. I feel like a dick now. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have over reacted." He pulled me into a side hug and kissed my head before opening the door. "Mom! It's Luke! I'm home!" I heard running down the stairs. "LUKE! You're home so soon! I thought you were staying with Lizzy for a while?" I giggled. "Hi Mrs. Hemmings." I stepped in front of Luke and waved. Before I knew it I was engulfed in a hug. "Liz. Sweetheart. How are you?" Luke groaned. "Oh Luke, don't be so rude. But I'm doing fine." I smiled. "Liz. Bring your bag in my room and we have to hurry over to Calum's." He ran up the stair. Yipee. Cal's house. "Don't worry doll, I'll bring your stuff upstairs and Luke's since he went upstairs but didn't bring his bag. That child." I giggled at what she said and Luke walked downstairs with his guitar. "Alright let's roll." I smiled. I have to admit, I am a bit nervous. But I'm sure it'll be fine.

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We were at Calum's house and we walked into the garage to see a full drumset, 3 guitar stands, 2 guitars on them and 4 microphones. Luke walked over to the vacant guitar stand and set his on it. "Hey!" They all said. "Alright guys. This is Lizzy. So yeah. Be yourselves. She won't mind." I giggled. "I apologise, I'm a bit socially awkward but I'll get used to you guys." Their jaws dropped. "Oh my god. You're Lizzy. As in the Lizzy. And your accent. It's so perfect." The curly haired boy said. "And holy shit. Lizzy Giamartino is standing in my mf-ing garage right now." The tall brown haired boy said. The boy with pink hair walked over to me and put his hand on my face. I giggled and so did the rest of the boys. The pink headed boy wrapped his arms around me and I did too. "I'm Michael. And you're really pretty." I laughed. "Thank you." I smiled. He dropped to the ground. "Uhh. Are you okay there, Michael?" The brown haired boy sighed. "Yeah. You're just his idol and he just touched your face and hugged you. So he's a bit out of it right now. He's quiet strange. But I'm Calum, you can call me Cal. We talked on the phone yesterday." He smiled at me. "Oh yeah. We did." I flashed a smile back. I walked over to the boy sitting by the drumset. "So you must be the new drummer." He smiled revealing his adorable dimples. "That's me. I'm Ashton. Nice to meet you Lizzy." He was so nice. They all were. I kind of underestimated them. Luke grabbed his guitar "so let's get this show on the road!" I sat on the ground as I watched all the boys pick up their instruments. "What are you doing Lizzy?" Luke asked me. "Uhh I'm watching. Like I'm suppose to?" They all chuckled. "If you're going to be the lead singer then you have to sing. And you basically tell us what to sing, because we have to go along with it." Forgot about that. "Oops. Sorry. I flew solo before so I have never been in a band! Do you know any Paramore?" Calum smiled widely. "Man, I like her already. You have a good pick mate!" He nudged Luke and his face turned red. I just smiled at Luke and he gave me an adorable shy smile. "Alright, Misery Business by Paramore. So I sing the verses and you guys join in on the chorus? Right?" They all nodded. "Okay. Let's go!" I smiled.