✎smoothie → l.h.

Twelve //

1 year later

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"Okay babe. I'll see you after the show."

The dark haired boy with blonde highlights nuzzled his face in the crook of my neck, leaving light kisses. I giggled.

"Calum, not here. I love you. Have fun."

Calum grinned and grabbed my hand.

"One minute until 5 Seconds of Summer is on stage!" A stage-man crew member yelled.

Calum looked back at me from the man. "I feel like a nervous reck." He jumped up and down a little bit.

"It's okay, you'll do great. The boys are up there. After this, New York, right?" I grinned. He nodded and sighed.

"Yeah. I--"

"Forty-five seconds!"

"Calum, is your guitar tuned?" Luke yelled. Calum nodded. He walked over to us and smiled.

"Beth."

"Hey. You guys will do great up there. Where's Clarissa?"

"She couldn't make it. But she FaceTimed me a few minutes ago. I miss her."

"Seems like she treats you better, huh?" Ashton came up, fixing his bandanna on his forehead.

"She's still improving, yeah." Luke blushed. "But she does treat me better."

I turned back to Calum and saw his face turned pale. I grabbed both of his hands.

"Hey, look at me."

Calum looked up and he had bitten his bottom lip raw. I looked to the side and saw Luke, Ashton, and Michael talking. I pulled Calum to the side.

"Calum, you're going to do amazing. I've seen your rehearsals, quit fretting. Even if you think you did horrible, I'll still love you, okay?"

Calum rubbed his eyes in frustration. He nodded.

"I love you, Beth."

"I love you too, Cal. Go up there and kick some ass."

Calum smiled and hugged me tightly.

"5 Seconds of Summer, you're up!"

I gave Calum a reassuring look, as he fixed his earphone and walked up to the stage.

That was the exact moment when I knew the boys weren't going to be a little secret anymore to the whole world.