Meant to Be... l.h.

3

"Shit!" I heard someone mutter under their breathe, waking me up. I look around and notice that I'm still on the couch with Ashton and Michael and Calum who are all still sleeping. I sit up and look at the time which read 4:02 am. I stand up and walk into the kitchen where the talking was coming from. I see an angry looking Luke sitting spat the table with his head in his hands.

"Luke?" I whisper quietly causing his head to snap in my direction.

"Oh, Skylar. I'm sorry for waking up you up." He says before putting his head back in his hands. I shake my head and walk to the table and take a seat across from him.

"It's no problem, are you okay?" Why am I being so nice when I barely even know this guy. He sighs.

"Y-Yeah I'm fine." Now it's my turn to sigh.

"Don't lie."

"What?"

"I've said those same words too many times to know that they mean shit." I say in a monotone voice.

"It's whatever." He says writing something down in a journal like book. I roll my eyes.

"Yeah, whatever." I scoff walking back over to the couch. As I sit down Ashton stirs. His eyes open slightly and look at me.

"What's up Lar?" He asks sleepily. I shake my head.

"Nothing let's just sleep." I say cuddling back into his open arms. I missed this.

A few hours later I woke up to the sounds of quiet arguing. I sit up and realize that Ashton is no longer on the couch with me. I try to listen on the arguing from the other room. I recognize the voices as Luke and Ashton but can't make out what they are saying. A few moments later, a pissed off looking Ashton walks into the room. His angry expression changes into a soft one when he sees me awake.

"Hey. How did you sleep?" He asks waving me over to him. I do so.

"Good what about you?"

"Good." I nod. We continue talking about random things when Luke walks out of the same room Ashton walked out of. He looks at Ashton then at me.

"Skylar can I talk to you?" He says. I nod my head and walk with him to the empty room.
"I'm sorry I snapped last night, I know you were only trying to be nice." He says apologetically. I roll my eyes. Great we are back to me being a bitch.

"Fine. Can I leave now." Luke seems taken a back by my sudden rudeness but nods and I turn on my heel and back to the kitchen where Ashton is looking at me with a disapproving glare. Before I could ask him about it he stands up and drags me to my apartment.

"What happened?" He asks.

"What do you mean?"

"Last night. You were nice to Luke. That's not normal for you. But then now you were being mean to him." He says with a sad look on his face.

"I know. But you know I can't control it. I want to be nice and I want to be their friend but I'm to terrified to actually open up to them." I said my voice a little shaky. Ashton just nods and pulls me into a hug.

"I know Lar, but you need to try. These guys have been through hell and back too. They know what it's like to be afraid to open up to someone. You just need to give them a chance." He says rubbing my back as tears fall down my cheeks. I nod as we pull apart and walk back to Ashton's apartment where everyone is now awake and sitting in the kitchen. Calum and Michael smile at me when they see me walk in but frown when they notice I was crying.

"What happened Skylar?"

"Are you Okay Sky?"

"I'm fine." I say in a low monotone voice as I sit down at the opposite end of the table. Ashton sits down next to me.

"So what shall we do today?" He asks everyone trying to change the attention off of me and on to him. Everyone shrugged until Luke spoke up.

"Well I have to go to the mall to get new shoes so why don't we go there?" Everyone agreed and Ashton looked at me and I nodded. We all got up and walked to our apartments to get dressed and ready for the day. I picked out my outfit and changed out of my pajamas. I chose to where a red shirt with black shorts with fishnet tights under them and my black converse. I quickly brush my teeth and hair before applying minimal makeup and grabbing my purse and phone before walking out the door of my apartment and into the hallway. When I arrive outside Michael is the only one ready and he flashes me a smile before typing away on his phone. I do the same as everyone else comes out side. Calum comes up to me and loops our arms together.

"Looks like we are matching best friend." I lol down at our outfits to see that the colors are indeed matching. I roll my eyes as we all walk out of the building and to Michaels car that can fit all of us. We piled in and began our journey to the mall.