A New Turn

Chapter 37

CLAUDIA POV

I was now in Melbourne with Bri, Stef and Lizzie, as well as Luke, Ashton, Michael and of course, Calum. We were all down here for the boys' show at some hall at some university. Us girls had been following the boys around the country on their first and latest tour.

Cal and I had been going strong ever since the party, so were the others. We'd all never been so happy. I was constantly in a good mood.

It was now after the show and we were all just hanging out in Michael and Calum's hotel room. The gig was small and intimate, something that the boys loved, and it was evident why. Some girls got to meet the guys after the show, which wouldn't have been able to happen with a mass of screaming chimps.

Luke, however, was not in the room, leaving Bri as a bit of a loner. Luke had cousins down in Melbourne, people who he didn't see very often. They had come to the show and were now catching up with him, so he tells us.

"So we're going to see 1D perform tomorrow night! They invited us!" Michael spoke cheerily after making out a little with Lizzie, his coloured hair now in a pile of ruffled knots. Lizzie still looked quite tired from their recent heated session.

"Do you girls want to come with us? We have plus ones!" It was very obvious that Calum was extremely excited. He was beginning to sound like a thirteen year old girl. I had intertwined fingers with Calum at this point, a one of my favourite things to do with him. Well that and making out a little...

"OMG WE CAN SEE CAITLIN!" Lizzie almost yelled as she came to a sudden realisation. I knew that she would be there tomorrow night, this was far too exciting.

"So I'm going to take that as a yes?" Ashton asked us with utter confusion laced in his voice, one arm placed around the shoulders of Stef, who was leaning into his toned side.

"Um YEAH!" Lizzie and I delivered in unison. Stef, however still had a befuddled expression placed on her features. It appeared that she was surprised with our sudden outburst, probably because she had no idea who Caitlin was.

"Yeah, I'll be there! But I have no idea who Caitlin is..." Stef finally voiced.

"Trust me, you'll love her!" I reassured Stef and her worries.

Bri, however, still remained quiet. She had rarely made any kind of noise ever since we got back to the room. A look of blasted hurt fixed in her face from the moment that Michael proposed the question.

"Uh yeah I think I'll pass." The soft words fell out of her mouth. The expressions on the boys' faces dropped, puzzlement filling their eyes.

"Um can I ask why?" Calum threw this very big question at her. Bri looked as though she was about to cry. I knew exactly why she didn't want to go to that concert.

"Bri, you don't have to answer that." I spoke before Bri even got the chance to reply to Calum's question. He dashed his face towards mine and gave me a 'what for' expression. I didn't know if I should tell him, he'd probably just blab to Luke, something I know Bri was trying to avoid.

"Um no Claudia it's ok." She took a stepped sigh before continuing, it sounded like she was trying to hold back tears. I think Bri was being pressured into telling the boys. I knew that she wanted to tell them eventually, I just didn't know if she wanted to do it now.

"I kind of um, used to date Niall Horan." Michael performed a spit take with the water that he was once swigging. "YOU WHAT?" He added after the end of his performance.

"Wait, hold up. Does Luke know?" Ashton's arm was now no longer around Stef's gorgeous figure. He was now leaning forward, elbows resting heavily on his knees.