The boy next door || a.i.

0.7

I was laying in my bed reading when my phone began to ring. I looked at the caller ID. Calum.

"Hey calum. What's up" I spoke.

"Hey. So, you know how Luke, Ash and me were going to that concert tomorrow night, well seeing as Ashton has a family thing later, he can't go any more, I was wondering if you would like to come?"

"Really?! Yeah I'd love to come, thanks!"

"Oh good, I'll tell luke then"

"Great, see you tomorrow Cal. Bye"

"Bye Emma"

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Calums POV

Any minute now, and Emma would be arriving. "LUKE!!! GET YOUR ASS DOWN HERE. SHES COMING SOON" I screamed

"COMING" He yelled back

I heard the door bell ring a few minutes later, and Emma was standing out the front. I rushed to get it.

"Hi Emma" I said

"Hello. haha cool shirt, getting into that concert spirit eh?" I said, waving to Ashton as he walked behind Calum. "Hey Ashton"

"Hi Emma"

"Well yeah, I like my band shirts. you look nice by the way" Calum blushed

"Thanks. You too. And don't think I couldn't hear you telling luke to get his ass down here. Because I could here from my room" I laughed.

"Yeah, but your room is on the side closest to us" he whined

"Still doesn't mean I should be able to hear your conversations" I said shaking my head at him.

"We can hear your parents talking all the time" Calum defended him self, which left me a bit hurt.

"Calum shut up" Ashton muttered.

"And why hasn't he 'got his ass down here'?" I said, brushing the previous statement off.

"He probably wants the guys on stage to see his hair over everyone else, so he's perfecting the 'art'" he said using his fingers to make quotation marks.

"LUKE" I called

"Wow" calum covered his ears "you call me loud"

She just shrugged, and smiled her pretty little smile.

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Emmas POV

At the end of the concert, Calum and I walked out to the foyer, leaning against the wall, and luke went to the bathroom. There was a lot of awkward silence between calum and I, which had been happening all night for some reason. It was unusual, because calum is very, very loud.

Before I knew what was happening, calum pushed me further against the wall, and kissed me. I pushed him off me as quick - or even quicker - than it started.

"Wow," luke said awkwardly, walking over to us.

"What was that for?!" I questioned, harshly.

"Ya know what, I think I'll just walk home" he muttered, running.

"Calum" I sighed, trying to grab his wrist.

***********

Luke's car stopped outside there house, and we both walked inside, in complete silence. Noticing calum sitting in the chair on his phone. Ashton came and dragged Luke and I aside to talk to us.

"Why did calum call me to come and get him?" He hissed.

"Not our fault, he said he'd walk" I said

"Which brings me back to why" he said

"Um, well. At the concert...there was an... Issue, and he kissed Em." Luke stuttered. I stepped on his toe, as he cringed.

"Luke" I through me gritted teeth.

"WHAT?!" Ashton said, walking over to Calum who was still sitting in the chair.

"Ash don't." I said, but I was too late. Because he had Calum on the floor, continuously punching his jaw, and nose, until blood spilt all over the carpet

"what's going on?...GET THE FUCK OFF HIM ASH" Michael said entering the room. As he and Luke went to break up the fight, but both getting hit. Once the boys all got off eachother, I rushed over to help Calum up, when I heard the door slam.

"Where'd Ash go?" Michael asked

"I'll go find him, I think I might know. Bye boys" I said

As I walked out the door, I saw ashton running down the street. I chased him round the corner, and to the park.

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Ashton!" I called, as I spotted him lying on a park bench.

He didn't say anything. He just lay there, looking at the stars.

"They're pretty aren't they" I said

"Like you, I guess" he croaked, indicating that he had been crying.

Me? I thought, smiling to myself. "Ashton, I'm sorry. It wasn't anything" I said slowly.

"Yeah" he began, as he sat up. "But people don't just kiss people do they?! I really do like you Em, and I didn't mean to hurt Calum, I just got scared."

"Of course I know you didn't mean it" I said "scared of what?"

"I don't know, I just..." he pulled at my hand so I was sitting next to him. "That you would like him better. Because that always happens, and no one ever wants me"

"Well maybe I don't?" I asked, hugging him.

"Yeah" he said, kissing my head

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING AT A PARK AT 3:00 IN THE MORNING?" I heard a voice shout from behind us.

"go away Luke" Ashton yelled, not even looking back

But of course, he didn't, he just came and sandwiched me in between him and Ashton.

"Luke!" Ashton said, slapping him in the head.

"Sorry," he mumbled, walking away and chuckling to himself. Once Luke was far enough so he couldn't hear, Ashton turned around and asked me "would you like to go out with me? As a proper date, not like last time, and not just a date, be my girlfriend and all that. Im sorry I probably wasn't clear enough, and-" He rambled as I cut him off.

"No, don't be silly, I will." I said, lacing my fingers in his, as we got up and walked back to their house.

....

"You can stay again tonight if you wanna."

I nodded, "Thanks".

"Do you want to go in and tell your parents?" He asked.

"No I'll just sent Marc a text later, not that my parents care much".

When we got back, everyone else was asleep, and we were both so tired, so we just went to sleep straight away..