muke

05

05

a warm sensation went through carter's stomach as she observed the three boy's faces. They definitely missed her, and they wouldn't hesitate to let them stay. but she also knew that their managers were strict and would never tolerate some lady and a little girl to ruin their boy's careers.

     calum's face toughened when he looked around and saw no little girl running around. he then heard giggling from their bunks and a huge smile erupted onto his face. calum ran towards their bunk area. everyone knew what came next.

     hide and seek.

     ---

     a crease slowly formed on carter's forehead once she heard coughing and gasps. she quickly stood up and speed walked in the direction of the coughs and found calum and michael freaking out in front of mikey. ashton and luke ran into the scene as well.

     "luke grab my bag!"

     luke nodded and ran to go look for carter's purse while she rocked mikey back and fourth in her arms. mikey's breathing was shallow and fast.

     "luke!"

    luke rummaged through carter's purse and found a puffer. he swiftly put it to mikey's lips and counted to three to make sure she was ready before he pushed the button. mikey closed her eyes and breathed in. carter nodded at luke, so he did it again, and once more. nervous sweat rolled down luke's forehead as he stared down at mikey. her breathing was going back to normal so carter put her down on the couch.

     "i'm going to get you some water in your sippy cup, ok? uncle ash and michael will watch you."

     mikey coughed, but nodded obediently.

     luke lead carter to the kitchen. they stood in front of the sink in silence, except for the sound of tap water filling mikey's sippy cup. carter finally looked up at luke.

     "thank you"

     her voice sounded strained and tired, like she hadn't gotten any sleep in a  while.

     luke shrugged and said,

     "asthma attacks?"

     carter nodded and turned the sink off.

     "whenever she gets exhausted or scared"

     "do you have asthma?"

     "no"

     "oh.. weird. mike never had asthma either."

     carter twisted the cover of the sippy cup until it was sealed completely and left luke in the mini kitchen without another word. luke wiped the sweat from his face and followed after.

---

     calum still felt terrible for what he had done even though carter and mikey insisted that it was no big deal and that they forgave him, but the poor boy still felt awful.

     "you're sure that you aren't hurt?"

     "i'm otay, i'm otay"

     calum almost laughed, but his eyes stayed guilty.

     "good"

     michael's eyes had been glued to his nintendo for about two hours; maybe more and mikey was just itching to spend time with him. she knew that the tour bus was not her home, which meant that they wouldn't be staying there forever. mikey knew that she had to spend time with her dad while she could. 'live, mikey. life is just too short for anything else' mikey's grandmother once told her.

     mikey lingered around michael for a while, watching him play and quietly hissing whenever he lost against one of his opponents in his game. she was fascinated by how the game worked and all the colours and movement she saw on the screen. slowly, without even realizing it, mikey was already sitting on michael's lap with the nintendo in her small hands. they both sighed as they lost another match.

     the two played the game for the rest of the afternoon. soon enough though, they got tired of the game and fell asleep. it was cute; really. mikey enveloped in michael's arms, matching hair and all.

     meanwhile, carter bit her nails nervously as ashton talked on the phone with their manager. she couldn't properly understand the conversation which made her even more nervous as she waited in the kitchen. ashton walked into the small room, slightly startling carter.

     "what did geo say?"

     carter's fingers were sore. ashton stared at the ground and for a second carter knew that the answer was no, but slowly, ashton's head lifted up and there was a tremendous grin slapped across his face. it was like a neon sign with lights flashing on and off that said "yes" because thats what it looked like. but of course, carter still wanted to be sure so she asked. 

     "what did they say?"

     ashton laughed like a little girl and put his thumbs up, earning a small mumble of 'nerd' from luke.

     "hell yes!"

     ashton screamed again, dancing around the small space with luke on his right and carter on his left. mikey and michael (both startled by all the commotion) woke up and ventured off into the kitchen. when they were done their mini celebration, ashton announced that they should have a little party when mikey was tucked in. luke, being the only considerate one, considered the idea. as long as there was no alcohol involved. calum came out of nowhere, (probably done wanking off) and groaned when he heard that there was no alcohol involved. he hadn't gotten drunk in a long time and he wanted to do so before their next show.  'for mikey's sake' he whispered under his breath which got everyone to shut up.

     ---

     "guys shut up mikey is trying to sleep"

     luke muttered as he slid the cloth to his bunk so that mikey could sleep properly. calum, (who broke his promise as soon as he saw that there was some left over liquor in the back of the fridge) sat slumped against michael who was uninterested in drinking (surprisingly) because he was too busy staring at carter. (who was a little bit tipsy as well)

     luke's fingers tapped swiftly on his phone and he let out a loud laugh. michael looked up.

     "shut up luke"

     luke shook his head rapidly.

     "no mike, look!"

     luke handed his phone to michael who let out a crusty laugh as well, doubling over an dropping luke's phone onto the ground.

     "my mom is awesomesauce"

     michael's eyes widened suddenly.

      "i'm gonna tweet that!"

     luke laughed again as he favourited his mothers tweet that said

     @acaciabrinley please stop sending my son nudes

     he does not appreciate your crusty vagina

     and with that, the whole fandom went wild

     luke opened his mouth to speak again but michael narrowed his eyes at him.

     "shut up luke"