Society's Casualty

chapter 1 part 2

"It's not much of a celebration dinner when you two are biting each other's faces away." Ashton sighed as he set down his menu, currently staring at Kylie and Michael's anger boiling argument. "It doesn't help when she's constantly complaining." Michael practically growled as he narrowed his eyes Kylie who childishly stuck her tongue out and blue a raspberry. "Can you two please stop acting like children?" Taylor sighed as she had her head stuck in a menu. Michael and Kylie kept babbling on and on and on. "Guys! Taylor's right. Stop acting like children, don't you realise what this celebration means to the band?" Mallory asked as Luke next to her nodded, not liking the fact of arguments. It was never a hobby getting involved in them. Michael grumbled and slammed his menu down on the table, sitting back. "Real mature." Ashton rolled her eyes at Michael, sighing as she sat back.

"Hello welcome to TGIFriday's, are you ready to order?" A far to cheery lady asked, with the cheesy grin plastered to her lips.

Everyone placed their typical orders in, sitting in the most awkward filled silence, the restaurant bombing around them. Once the food was in front of them, Calum kept his head buried in his phone. "Cal?" Taylor muttered under her breath, waving her hand between his eyes and the phone, nothing happening as he rudely point blank ignore her. "Calum!" Ash snapped him out of it by clicking his fingers right at his face, the boy finally snapping out of his trace.

"God what is all with you tonight?" Luke finally spoke up and sighed, looking around the table "This is gonna change our lives, not just the band but all of us. And it seems as if none of us know that yet, but it is." He stated and shook his head at them all. "You're all looking so sulky and tired to death of each other."

Michael's POV

{time skip, next day.}

"This is your tour manager, Kennedy."

We were currently in a studio in Central London, or something like that. We were currently jetlagged to the extent we didn't even know what year it was. You see, our manager, decided it was an amazing idea to call us straight after our celebration dinner last night informing us that we were going to London. For promotion, so long and so forth. Promotion of what I have no idea, we hadn't released a new song in months. So it wouldn't be single, or music video. Wait, tour manager?

"Tour manager? But..." Ashton attempted to speak but was over taken by a large yawn, her hand covering her mouth as she closed her eyes over, leaning her head against my shoulder as I chuckled. "We literally only got signed yesterday, and then our crazy manager decided to send us over here on a 23 hour flight with no stop what so ever. So why in the hell are we talking about a tour?" Calum asked curiously, asking the woman who was introducing the new tour manager.

"Well, you are no doubt going to be having a tour at some point, right? So we decided it was time to introduce you to one." The girl smiled widely and held out her hand "Oh, and by the way, I'm your publicist, Sarah." She muttered as we shook hands one by one. "So, I know you all look a little... Tired. But, it's time for a meeting." She stated and pointed to another room. "That is the conference room. I want all you guys in there, minus the girls. Sorry girly's, a little private time."

She was far to cheery for my liking. I could read the anger in each girls expression, already wanting to crush the middle aged woman in their hands. They all obliged soon enough though, causing no trouble as they left the room and headed to a cafe downstairs, considering it was practically lunch time. Currently we didn't know what time it was.

We all slowly entered the room one by one and sat in a chair, looking at the two woman sat across from us, all not knowing what to expect. All scared, really.