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fifteen

Calum's POV

Doing as Luke had wanted, I had decided to go and talk to Michael and question why he was acting weird because Luke and I both knew that it wasn't like Michael to be quiet or not care about one of us so how he was acting towards Luke was very strange.

Michael and I had lesson together so I decided to go over to him before lesson started to try and get information from him before we had to go to the lesson.

"Hey, Michael." I greeted once I caught up with him in form, Luke and Ashton hadn't come to form which would make the conversation with Michael slightly easier.

"Hi, Cal."

"Can I talk to you?" I questioned.

"Yeah, go ahead."

I sat down in my seat next to Michael and just got straight to the point because we didn't have long to talk, "Why are you being so weird with Luke?"

"I'm not." Michael raised an eyebrow.

"You are, you act like you don't care about this 'x' thing and it's concerning Luke a little bit and he didn't even want to tell you that this guy is actually stalking him because he was worried you wouldn't care."

"He's stalking him?! Of course I care about Luke but I just thought he was admiring him." Michael was quick to say.

"Well, so did I but I at least cared enough to listen to Luke because I know how much it bothered him, you didn't even act phased when he told you 'x' wasn't Ashton."

Michael bit his lip, "I just didn't know how to react, I care so much about him and yes, now I am definitely more worried but I guess I was jealous."

"Jealous of what? Do you like Luke or something?" I was confused.

"I don't like Luke." Michael was quick to clarify.

"Then what is it?"

"I don't know if I should say." Michael looked down at his hands.

"You tell me right now, Michael because I'm confused and slightly worried."

"Ok...I'm jealous." Michael seemed to be embarrassed by admitting this.

"Jealous of what though?"

"Because he has someone out there who likes him enough to give him notes and ok, now I know he's being stalked it's not what it seemed but at first I thought he was being admired and I was jealous because no one has ever shown any interest in me and Luke's got 2 people and so yeah, I was jealous."

A pang of sadness hit me, knowing Michael was sad and thought no one liked him like that because it wasn't true.

"Michael, of course someone likes you, just because they don't leave notes doesn't mean no one likes you." I tried making him feel better.

"Yes it does but I understand, I mean look at Luke, he's practically perfect and then there's me. Of course no one would like me." Michael sighed and closed his eyes.

"But that's not true." I placed my hand on his knee.

"Yeah? How do you know?" Michael said glumly.

"Because I know someone who likes you."

Michael looked up, "Who?"

I guess it was now or never.

"Me."

"Y-you?" Michael seemed a little shocked.

Nodding my head, I said, "Yes, me." It was then my turn to bite my lip because I was scared of how he'd react.

After a few seconds, a smile spread across Michael's face, "I like you too."

"You do??" I sounded shocked.

"Yeah, I have for a while now."

"I have too." I smiled.

Michael then grabbed my hand and asked, "Can I kiss you?"

Nodding, I didn't care that pretty much our whole form was in the room right then and I let Michael lean in and for our lips to touch.

I was kissing Michael Clifford.

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Luke's POV

Trying to act like the note didn't faze me, I placed it back in my locker and left. Not knowing if 'x' was watching, I tried to act as calmly as possible because I didn't want him thinking he had any effect on me, especially after yesterday.

I was going to show 'x' that I was not going to let him bother me now I knew he was stalking me, I was going to show him that Ashton and I are serious and no matter what 'x' does, we were going to stay together and make it through this whole situation. We'd show 'x' that he'd either have to give up or show himself to us and for the sake of me mentally, I hoped he'd do the latter. For all I could act like 'x' wasn't bothering me, receiving notes for months and finding out you're being stalked can have an effect and I would love to know who the man was. 

Walking to Ashton's locker, I saw him there, sometimes I think he's slow at getting his stuff just so we can meet up at lockers. Not that I minded of course.

"I got another note." Was the first thing I said when I got to Ashton.

"What'd it say?" Ashton asked, not bothered that I did say 'hello' or anything.

"Basically, he's not giving up despite me knowing he's stalking me." I sighed.

Ashton smiled at me sympathetically and put one hand on my cheek, "We just gotta get through this, it'll be fine."

Nodding, I smiled and kissed Ashton. "Thanks for being here for me."

"It is what boyfriends are for." Ashton said and smiled properly at me before kissing me again. And in that moment, I hoped 'x' was watching because he'd definitely know that Ashton and I would stay strong through this and 'x' had no chance with me.

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A/N: I kind of sprung Malum upon you all since I was a bad writer and didn't leave hints that they liked each other but I guess things for some on you will become a little clearer in the next chapter as I'm planning on making things a little more interesting.

I know I updated this late in the day but I hope you guys still read this. Thanks if you do.

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