never letting go || lrh

Sulking for nothing.

I refused to look at her. I knew she would start asking questions, and I wasn't sure I had an answer. Sure Luke was fun, and an happy person to be around, and it seemed like he didn't hate me. But he is a very famous person, and his career is just getting started. I mean, he's only 18. I know for now, nothing is happening, so I should just keep it at that. We stayed silent for most of the train ride. I got bored, so I checked my phone, and went sraight to the Twitter app. I stared at my screen when I saw I had 163 notifications. 

@LukesPenguin : How did you get them to follow you?

@HemmoClifford : Who are you?

@5SOSaremine : Follow me pleaaaaaase?

And so on and so on... 

I checked my mentions : 

@Luke5SOS : fun meeting her last night at our concert @MaddieGoneCrazy :D xx

Wow, he hadn't wasted any time. Ay checked her phone, and seing the confused look on her face, I saw she had been on Twitter. 

"What the hell?" She asked me.

"What?" I defended myself, not sure where this was going.

"You sleep with fucking Luke Hemmings, after knowing him for what, a couple hours, and you flirt as if he wasn't fucking famous!" She shouted. It was getting awkward, people were staring.

"Hey hey hey, Aylin, first off, I didn't sleep with him, we were just in the same bed, you and Mikey were to! Secondly, we weren't flirting. I mean, okay, maybe just a bit, but nothing happened. As you say, he's 'fucking famous' and I know I don't stand a chance. It was just fun while it lasted." I said calmly, trying to get the attention away from us.

"I just fucking hope you're right." She snapped, and turned to face the window and put her headphones on. I heard She Looks So Perfect blasting through. When we got to our stop, I looked at her and smiled, but she ignored me. She walked off, and I followed her, and grabbed her hand. I ripped off her headphones.

"Okay, will you please tell me what the fuck is your problem?" I snapped. I was getting sick of her, sulking for nothing.

"My problem is you and Luke!" She yelled back. That's when I remembered she had told me Luke was her favourite, and she would do anything to get him to notice her. 

"Fuck." I mumbled.

"What was that?" She answered, giving me a dirty look.

"I'm so sorry, Ay, I completely forgot you liked him. I'll back off, I promise. But try and get close to the other ones to, you know? And not just because they're famous, and they are fucking "5 Seconds Of Summer", but because they are human beings and they are fun to be around. I realised that last night, and I think you should too." I paused to let the information sink in. "As soon as, or if  they text or call, I swear we'll meet up with them again, and you can get all lovey-dovey with Luke if you like." I winked. She laughed, and hugged me.

"You are truly the best friend ever. Thanks for coming to the concert with me." She whispered in my ear.

"Fuck off you bitch I'm gonna start crying." I said laughing. She grinned and pretended to pout. "By the way, I'm glad I came, I had the time of my life." Once I had said it, it was to late, she was off. 

"Now I've, had, the time of my life, I never felt this way before, yes I swear, it's the truth, and I owe it all to youuuuuuuuuuuu" 

She had started singing the goddamn song, in public, and I had to stop her someway. I was laughing my head off, as I approached her, trying not to get noticed. As I creeped up behind her, she was getting to the chorus, and I flew my hand to her mouth, making her moan out the melody, no actual words coming out. She stopped and turned around, pouting once again. I laughed and pulled her into a hug. My phone vibrated in my pocket, and she felt it too. She told me to check who it was.

What I was dreading happened. 

Hey babe, wanna hang out tomorrow? We have a day off. Luke x

Aylin peeped over my shoulder and looked at the text. I felt her body tense against mine. I instantly felt bad, and I typed a quick answer and hid my phone, concentrating on my time with Aylin. 

Sure, we'll meet at Nando's around 11? Maddie. x

I felt the phone vibrate, but didn't look at the text this time. 

"Where are we seeing them?" Ay asked me, a slight frown on her face.

"Nando's, tomorrow, 11." I said, smiling at her.

"Look I'm not trying to be complicated or anything, but where does that 'babe' comme from?" She asked me awkwardly.

"I don't know, he only called me it once or twice. For what I know he probably says it to every girl he meets." I answered choosing my words carefully. If I played my cards right, I could be off the hook. 

"Okay." She said, a smile creeping up on her. 

"That's my girl!" I teased her, tickling her waist. She yelped and ran away. So we started running around, until we reached her front porch. I looked at her, a sorry look on my face. I could see she didn't want to go in there. I remembered the worried voice her mum had on the phone the week before. I hoped nothing had or would happen. I hugged her tightly.

"If there's a problem, come over to my house, I'll be there." I promised her.

"Thanks Mad, I love you." She said looking sad.

"I love you too Ay." I kissed her cheek and walked away.

******

When I got home, as usual Ben was lying on the couch, playing video games. As soon as I walked in, he sat up.

"Sooooo, getting close to Lukey-Wukey?" He teased. I was genuinely shocked that he would know that I even met him.

"What the fuck are you talking about, you weirdo?" I defended myself.

"Hey, don't play stupid, it's all over Twitter, go check." He said, lying back down and turning his game back on.

Mum and dad hadn't come home yet, so I went to my room, slipped on my bikini, and headed outside, my laptop in my hand. As I got near the pool, my phone vibrated yet again, and as I lay on the chair, I checked it, I had 4 messages from Luke.

Sure, sounds like fun, we love Nando's. :D

Hey, you there?

Maddie, I miss you, answer your phone! 

Maddiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiie pleaaaaaaaaaaaase? *insert pouty face here".

I laughed to myself at the last text, and answered, hoping I wasn't too late.

Yeah I'm here, sorry, I had to walk Ay back to her house.

As my brother had suggested it, I went on Twitter, and holy, Mother of Jesus, I had a lot of notifications. Girls were harrassing me trying to know how I got the boys to follow me. I just ignored them, and moved over to the mentions. Most of them were quite mean and rude, like this one.

@5SOSmarryme : @MaddieGoneCrazy is such an ugly bitch, how could the boys follow her?

I know it's just useless hate mail, but it got to me. I smiled, as I saw one of the comments appear on my screen.

@Luke5SOS : @5SOSmarryme @ MaddieGoneCrazy Maddie is not ugly, and she is not a bitch.

It said simply. But that was enough to put the smile back on my face. I sat up, and dived in the pool.