Fixing Our Problems || m.c. au

\xvii/

"I don't see how I'm supposed to -" Liane starts but is cut off by someone knocking on their door. Her and Ashlyn had been working on assignments their professors had given them for the past hour and Liane was sick of it. "I got it," she cheers, happy for a reason not to do her work. She rolls of her bed, landing on the floor with a loud thud before scrambling towards the door. "Hi?" She greets unsurely at the blonde boy standing in the doorway. "Are you Luke?"

"Uh, yeah," he mumbles, rubbing at the back of his neck.

"Well, hi, Luke. What, uh, are you doing here?" By now, Ashlyn had come to the door, curious of who it was.

"Is Elena here?" Ashlyn rolls her eyes and goes back in the room, obviously annoyed.

"No ..." Liane trails. "She said she had to go see someone or something," she shrugs.

"Oh," he murmurs disappointedly. Liane actually feels a little bad for him, he obviously really liked Elena. She decided she would try to talk to her about him. "I'm sorry for bothering you, I'll get going."

"Wait, Luke," she grabs his wrist gently. "I'll try to talk to her, yeah?" Luke smiles at her before nodding. She lets his wrist go and makes her way back inside the dorm.

"Why are you helping him? He's such an ass," Ashlyn snorts, scrunching her face.

"He is not an ass," Liane laughs quietly. "Do you wanna take me to Michael's?" She grins cheekily at her best friend.

"Not really, but I don't feel like doing this, so why not?" She shrugs, pushing her book off of her lap and grabbing her keys and phone. "Let's go," she chirps.

...

"This song is awful, please turn it off," Liane groans while Ashlyn sings obnoxiously loud to Boom Clap by Charlie XCX.

"It is not awful," she defends.

"You're right, your singing is just ruining it, I guess," Liane shrugs, fighting a grin. Ashlyn gapes at her, gently shoving her towards the window.

"We're here, get out," she grumbles, trying to keep her face straight.

"You love me," Liane sings. "Come in with me."

"Why? I don't wanna get up," Ashlyn whines.

"So you can become friends with Calum and Michael," she smiles cutely and Ashlyn can't seem to say no to her.

"Fine," she huffs, pushing open her door and following Liane. Once again, Calum is the one to answer the door.

"Hey Callie," Liane grins, ruffling his dark hair.

"Stop," he pouts, "and don't call me Callie."

"You know it's not happening, give up," she giggles.

"Michael's in his room," he mumbles, nodding behind him.

"Oh, and this is Ashlyn, she's my roommate," she introduces.

"And designated driver," Ashlyn adds sarcastically.

"No, Michael drives me places too," Liane points out, sticking her tongue out.

"Can we just go see the boyfriend?" Ashlyn tries to make it seem like she's annoyed with Liane, when really, she was highly amused.

"Stop being a negative nancy, come on," she rolls her eyes with a light smile. She makes her way to Michael's room, Ashlyn following. "Knock, knock," she sings, pushing the door open. Her mouth falls open and tears spring in her eyes at the sight of Elena shirtless and on top of Michael with their lips attached. He quickly pushes Elena off, shooting her a glare and sitting up straight. Ashlyn gently takes a hold of Liane's wrist, holding her closer to her body.

"Liane, I swear she -" Michael starts but he's cut off by Elena.

"That was really nice, right Mikey?" She smirks, flipping her bright, red hair over her bare shoulder.

"You're a bitch," Ashlyn spits at her stepsister.

"Michael," Liane whimpers, taking a step backwards and hitting Ashlyn's chest with her back.

"Baby, I promise you, I didn't -"

"I don't want your bullshit, and don't 'baby, I promise' me, okay?" She chokes out angrily. "I really should've known that once Elena was back, you'd want her back, but you didn't have to tell me this way, you asshole! I hope you two are very fucking happy together, but you and I are done," she snarls before turning on her heel and leaving the room, angrily wiping her tears away.

"Liane, seriously, let me explain!" He calls after her, gently pushing Ashlyn out of the way so he could follow her.

"I just said, I don't want your bullshit, Michael, it's over!" She screams, turning to face him. His heart breaks at the sight of her with angry tears streaming down her red cheeks.

"It's not bullshit, baby, -"

"Don't fucking call me that!" Ashlyn quickly, but gently, grabs her arm and takes her towards the door. Calum comes out of the kitchen, a confused look plastered on his face.

"We're gonna get going, thanks for having us," Ashlyn smiles lightly at Calum before glaring at Michael and tugging her out of the flat.

*.*.*

what the fuck just happened

why is daylight not available for download in america that's just wrong

but i downloaded it from tumblr so suck my ass itunes

i had this planned but not like this oops. next chap is mikey's pov [but not actually his pov you feel] before liane showed up and after she left xx