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Chapter .05

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"Hi guys!" i breathe excitedly taking a seat between Calum and Ashton.
"Why are you so happy today?" Calum laughs scrunching his nose at me. His perfect smile and beautiful laugher was contagious and before i knew it, i was laughing with him.

"I don't know...just happened i guess. You have a beautiful smile." as soon as i speak the words i immediately regret saying it. i look away from Calum and i can feel my heart race. Calum reaches over and tilts my face towards him.

"Aw are you shy baby?" Calum says rubbing small circles on my cheek with the pad of his thumb. My stomach erupts in butterflies and i can feel my face burn up. His eyes stare intently in mine and i savor every second of it. I never ever had a feeling like this before, or had a boy touch me at all for that matter.

"Oh my god she's going to explode!" Ashton screams. i realize now that all the boys at the table were looking at me. Michael and Luke are sitting across from me and they are staring at me. Luke turns to Michael with an evil smirk on his pierced lips. Michael is still staring at me though, his pale white complexion beaming like he was ill. He looked a bit nervous. when Calum removed his hand from my cheek, Michael's ill looking face seemed to return to it's normal color. I looked up at Michael giving him a questioning look, he shook his head and picked at his food. i shrugged at Luke who was desperately trying to stifle back his laughter.

After a few minutes of silent glances at one another, Ashton clears his throat.

"So uh Jade...you want to come hang out with us after school?"

"uh-" i think to myself pretending to check if i have plans. "-yeah sure. Love to."

"Great." Ashton's smile brightens the room. He looks almost angelic when he smiles. His curly mop of hair sticks out in certain places and dangles over his face.

"Excuse me." Michael says standing and exiting the cafeteria, hands in his pockets, head lowered.

"What's up with him?" i say leaning with my elbows towards Luke on the opposite side of the table. Calum and Ashton switch to sit on opposite sides of Luke so i can see all their faces. Having three hot guys all
looking at you at once is intense!

"Isn't it obvious!"
I loved how Ashton's accent made the word
"obvious" sound.

"What?" at this point i'm already confused

"He likes you." they all say in unison.
"I think you boys are forgetting who i am. I'm a loser."

"No! You're cool!" Calum says in a not-so-insuring tone.

"Well thanks cal. But if he liked me-which isn't true-why would he not want me to hang out with you guys?"

"one; it's true, two; because we could embarrass him in front of you." Ashton says with a smug smile. I am not really sure what they have against Michael, but part of me wants to know and the other part of me tells me not to pry.

"hmm" i hum to myself thinking of what i should say next.

"what are we going to do when we hang out?"

"So you're in?" Luke beams. He has a beautiful smile.

"That's why i asked." i remark

"We're in a band..." Calum informs me

"Really? That's kinda hot." i surprise myself when the words leave my lips. All three boys smirk and Ashton winks at me reinforcing how much of a flirt he is.

"Do you know where Michael ran off to?"
i ask.

"Probably in front of the school." Calum explains.

"excuse me." i whisper and stand from the table.

I exit the cafeteria and step into the hallway. The terrible paint job peeling from the brick walls. A paint strip curls under and i reach out and peel it from the wall. Continuing my journey through the hall, i rub the paint sample between my fingers and pick at the rough, dinged, edges. When i reach the front entrance to the school, i push open the door to see a boy sitting on the front stone wall. I walk up to the boy hoping it was actually Michael. I tap his shoulder and he turns around.

"Jade..." he says surprised. a cigarette bounces on his lower lip as he speaks.
"Hey." i say coughing. He immediately crushes the cigarette on the wall. and flicks it away. A small ring of ashes lie on the wall next to him.

"That stuff's no good for you..." i tell him. He sighs and lets out the remainder of smoke poisoning his lungs.

"I know."

"Then why do you do it?"

"Why shouldn't I?"

"What, cancer isn't a good enough reason."

"Nope." he laughs at my clear annoyance. He turns to look at me finally.

"I smoke because no one has given me a good enough reason not to."

"Glad to know you're not concerned about getting fatal disease." i mock handing him a piece of gum. I unwrap a piece for myself as well and roll the wrapper into a ball. The minty taste cools my irritated throat. I take a long, deep breath of the cool air and close my eyes.

"shall we?" Michael extends his hand to me.

"I'm not touching you!" i say to him teasing him with my inner five-year-old. I take the gum wrapper and toss it at his head. He lets out a laugh and i run into the school. Michael chases me down the hall until we reach the cafeteria. i stop at the entrance and Michael wraps his arms over my short shoulders. I look up at him and he is automatically embarrassed. i let out a giggle and we walk to the table. I secretly hope the guys didn't see what just happened.

"I found him." i say out of breath.

"hmmm why are you both so out of breath." Ashton says slyly.

"NO. That did not happen! no!" i say embarrassed picking up on Ashton's little hint. He rolls his eyes and gives a big thumbs up to Michael. It's a bit funny because Michael shows as much embarrassment as i do.

"So...you're in a band i've heard?" i say asking Michael.

"Yeah...Luke's band sucks." he says laughing

"You're in my band jackass." Luke hollers.
i shake my head laughing at these guys. i reach into my lunch bag to get my cupcake. When i realize there is nothing in my bag, i look at Luke, Calum, and Ashton.

"Who took it? Who ate my cupcake?" i ask the least bit amused with their childish behavior even though i had displayed childish behavior no more than five minutes earlier.

Calum and Luke both point to Ashton and in unison tell me "He did it!". I turn to Ashton, lone and behold there he is frosting on his nose and he was licking his fingers.

"Were you gonna eat that?" he asks. I roll my eyes at his ignorance and swipe the frosting off of his nose and lick my finger.
Minutes later the bell rings ending lunch. i throw away my bag and meet back with the guys.

"I've got my car so we can all practice at my place." Michael tells us.

"Okay." we all say

"See you in an hour." i shout over the noise and they all wave goodbye.