5SOS Preferences

#11 ↣ He Cheats/You Cheat {1/2}

Calum:

Today marked the third month Calum was away on tour, and you sadly checked your phone for any new messages from him - there were none. You couldn't understand why he hasn't tried contacting you these past few days, and you've been feeling really lonely without him. You weren't exactly new to the whole long distance relationship thing, but this is the longest time he's been away from home, and you missed him to bits. Missing him is painful enough, but he also hasn't contacted you for quite some time now, making it twice as painful as it originally was. You glanced towards your nightstand and saw the very first picture you two took as a couple. He had his arm around your waist, pressing a kiss onto your temple as you made a face, doing the peace sign as you did. You absolutely loved this photo - everything about it was perfect, just like the moment. Your ringtone snapped you out of your thoughts and you reached out to pick it up from your nightstand, tapping the button to accept the call and put it to your ear. "Hello?" You asked, fixing your hair and you heard one of your guy friends' voice on the other line. He asked you if you wanted to hang out, and you figured you could do considering you had nothing better to do anyways. You accepted his invitation, and he told you to meet him at Starbucks in an hour. It didn't take you long to freshen up, because you didn't like taking too long in the bathroom. You finished after thirty minutes and walked all the way to Starbucks, leaving you another ten minutes before your meeting time. "Hey," he greeted as you approached him. He gave you a quick hug, before you sat down on the table across him. He ran a hand through your hair and asked what you wanted to order, and you politely refused, "I'm perfectly capable of ordering for myself," you stated, but being the gentleman he was, he still insisted. He took your order and came back with it about ten minutes later, and you two began to talk about the all sorts of things - from music, to movies to actresses. You were always comfortable around him, and he was just so easy to talk to. "I heard about Calum," he suddenly brought up, making you fall silent in your seat. "Shit, I'm sorry." he quickly says upon noticing your reaction. You shook your head, looking up at him with a sad smile, "It's really okay," you said, noticing how he began to scoot closer to you. He was then beside you, wrapping a comforting arm around your shoulder. "Thank-" you turned to look at him, but hips lips suddenly crashed on yours, startling you. "What the fuck," you heard a familiar voice curse behind you, and you pushed your friend away, standing up as you did. You gasped upon seeing your boyfriend, glaring at the two of you with tears in his eyes. Your gaze softened when they saw the flowers in his hand, and he just scoffed, "Forget it. I came home to surprise you and this is what I get? We're through," he says, throwing you the flowers and running off. You couldn't help but feel the guilt bubble in your stomach, and you could feel the tears stinging in your eyes. Calum's gone from your life this time, and all because of a stupid mistake. You could feel the pain seep in, causing your tears to finally fall as you clutched the flowers close to your chest.

Ashton:

"I can't with him!" You yelled as you angrily strode into the room, sitting down next to a concerned looking Calum. You had another fight with your boyfriend today, and over one of the smallest things. He tends to get angry and jealous easily, and this time, he began to yell at you about how he doesn't trust you whenever you were around other guys. You didn't understand why he doesn't trust you because you constantly reminded him that they were all just friends, but your heart belonged to him and only him. "What did you fight about this time?" Calum asked as he wrapped his arm around your shoulder, pulling you into his chest. You recalled all of his words earlier and felt the tears come, as you buried your head into your best friend's chest. "I told him I didn't trust him when it came to girls. I me-mean, he's always away and meeting beautiful fans who are so much better than I-I am and I-I just don't... wanna lose him. I-I feel really bad for yelling at him, he-he doesn't deserve all the names I called him and everything I said to him. I-I just didn't wanna lose him. I can't believe I yelled at him," you managed to choke out in between sobs and hiccups. The guilt and regret crept up on you, and the only thing you wanted was to apologize to Ashton and make up. You absolutely hated these heated arguments because you end up getting torn apart for some time, and you couldn't handle losing him at all. You loved him too much, and now you feel like shit for calling him all those mean names. You were just too afraid to lose him, he's the best thing that's happened to you. "I don't wanna lose him, he's everything to me..." you whispered as Calum used his finger to tilt your chin up. Your eyes met his huge, chocolate colored ones and you felt yourself melt under his warm gaze. A million memories of you and Calum began to flash into your mind, and next thing you knew, your lips was attached on his. You couldn't control it, there was just something enticing about Calum's lips and you just couldn't help yourself. He was kissing you back, which just made the situation even worse, but you just couldn't pull away - it felt wrong yet so right kissing him like this. But upon hearing Ashton's voice in the doorway, your mind finally took control of your actions and you immediately pushed Calum away from you. You turned to see Ashton looking at the both of you, looking hurt and betrayed. "Amazing how you talk to me about trust, when you're actually fucking my best friend behind my back," his voice broke as he turned to leave. You looked up at Calum and he looked as shocked as you did, and the tears began to well up again. "I messed up, what have I done..." you whispered as you began to bawl once more, feeling even shittier than you did before. You didn't want to lose him, but because of one mistake, you just did.