Imagine A World (Luke Hemmings a.u.) [in editing]

5 Nickname

Madeline's POV

"W-What?" I gasp. They're kidding. They have to be.

"We want you to come to LA with us to record. We need a female voice for a song or two, and you'd be absolutely perfect," Michael explains, and I feel myself blush.

"When is this happening?" I ask, excitement taking over me.

"Next month, the tour will be over. Probably around the 11th. Do you think you would be able to?" The boys stare me down, silently willing me to agree.

"I'll have to ask my parents. I'm not saying no, but I'm not saying yes, either. I'll sleep on it. Thanks so much for coming here, guys." I stand and pick up my plate, then turn to bring it to the dish return.

As I scrape the last bits of strawberry stems off of my plate, I feel someone come up behind me. I turn around and see it's only Luke.

"Don't do that, you scared me!" I exclaim, lightly slapping his arm. He smirks, then grows a little more serious.

"Would you really be up for it? You'd be coming to LA five days before your -our- birthday. You would be cool with that?"

"I would get to spend the time doing what I love. I don't care what day of the year it is, it could be the end of the world for all I care, if I'm singing, then nothing shakes me," I say to him, and he looks impressed.

"Deep," he comments, placing his plate in the return bin. "So you'll do it?"

I hesitate, then reply, "I already told you, I have to ask my parents. I'm still 17, you know. I'm not legally an adult."

"I know," he replies, and I can hear the slight disappointment in his voice.

"Look, I really need to get home, my mom is probably wondering where I am, and I need to take Helena, too. Call me later, okay?"

"Okay. Drive safe, Madeline." He kisses me gently on top of my head, and I feel my heart flutter.

"Have a great rest of the tour. It was amazing meeting you and the boys. I'll give you an answer by tonight. Thanks for everything."

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Helena and I are halfway home when my phone rings.

"Could you get that please?" I ask, keeping my eyes firmly on the road. "And put it on speaker."

Helena clicks the "answer" button.

"🎶HOW THE HELL'D WE WIND UP LIKE THIS🎶"

I roll my eyes.

"Really, Luke?"

"Sorry, we're in the bus again. We're on our way to Washington. What's up?"

"Luke, it may be legal to talk on the phone while driving in Idaho, but it's still dangerous. I can't concentrate on the road with that much Nickelback."

"Oh, you're driving? I'm so sorry, I'll call you back later, I'll-"

"Calm down, it's on speaker. That reminds me, Helena, say hi."

"Hi, Luke," she says in a small voice.

"Hey, I'm here, too!" I hear Michael say in the background. I laugh.

"Hello, Michael. How are you?"

"I'm wonderful, thank you for asking. I'm also way better than Luke."

Helena bursts out laughing and I chuckle a little bit.

"So, other than blasting music full volume and annoying drivers, what are you all up to?" I ask, still trying to keep my eyes on the road.

"Oh, nothing much. Cal and Ash are trying to write a song in the back, but Mikey and I wanted to bother them because we're bored," Luke says, talking like it's no big deal.

"He forgot to mention that they locked us out," Michael adds in.

"Nice, real nice," I laugh.

"Hey, uh, they're kind of coming out now, and they're looking pretty pissed, so I'm going to hang up, okay?"

"Alright. Talk to you later, Luke."

"And Michael!"

"And Michael," I correct myself, smiling.

"Drive safe, Mad. Bye."

The line goes dead. I see Helena look at me out of the corner of my eye.

"What?"

"'Mad'? Where did that come from?"

I roll my eyes. "Oh, I don't know. That's the first time he called me anything other than Madeline. I kind of like it."

"So, should I be calling you this now instead of Maddie?"

"Ha! No way, unless you want me to start calling you 'Hell'."

She goes beet red and punches me in the arm. The car swerves a little. Luckily, the highway isn't too crowded, which I find a little strange.

"Stop, I don't want us getting into an accident. Just be happy that you just talked to two out of four members of 5 sauce."

She glares at me, then turns on the radio. I smile. Nickelback is playing.

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Hey guys! I probably won't have the chance to update any of my books for the next couple weeks, I'm going to the UK tomorrow! I've already mentioned this in Hashtags, at least, I think I did, but anyways, yeah, I'll try to write another chapter for this book tomorrow morning (we're taking a night flight) so be prepared for that.

Also, I haven't mentioned this, but the book is going to be mostly Madeline's POV. I'm still going to put the POV at the beginning of each chapter though, so it isn't confusing.

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