Story Of Another Us :||: 5 Seconds of Summer ✔

Chapter 12: 'I'm a better man'

Kara's POV

Adin!? What the fuck is he doing in Sydney!? I need to get out of here ASAP! I thought to myself.

"I... uh... w-we need to get outta here!" I rush. They all gave me concerned looks and I felt myself start panicking. "I... if you guys wanna go talk to him you can... I'll just stay here." I tell them as I nervously rubbed my arm.

"Do you guys know each other?" Cassie asks me. I nodded slowly.

"It's... a complicated relationship, it was a rough past." I reply in a soft voice. I looked down, avoiding eye contact. "I don't wanna get into the details."

"Then we shouldn't g-" Faith says but then she was cut off.

"Kara?" I hear his voice. I turned around to see him.

"Adin... what're you doing here?" I reply.

"What? Can I not come see my girlfriend?" He smirks as he started walking closer to me. I hated that look with all my heart, I'm finally able to convince myself that he was poisonous to me and it only got worse in the past year we dated. I don't know how I managed to stay with him for that long, I guess I was just used to being treated like shit my whole life. I never really knew what love was until I came to Sydney.

"Ex-girlfriend." I snapped, finally finding courage to actually stand up to him. "You accused me of 'cheating on you' when I actually didn't. I had enough of you being drunk and hurting me physically and emotionally!" I tell him, meaning every word of it. He sighed and tried to grab me but I took a step back. "Don't touch me!" I cried.

"Just listen to me! I'm a better man than what you hate. I promise he's gone, I just came out to visit you I-" He goes to say.

"You always say you're better but you're just worse... I don't trust you anymore. Truth is... I didn't know what love was until I came here. I realize you're just poisoning me and making me feel even worse." I yell.

"Babe I-"

"Don't call me that! We're done!" I tell him as I backed away.

"Fine bitch! I never cared about you either, you're the reason I started drinking in the first place! You're gonna have so much fun when you come back to Melbourne!" He replies.

"I'm not coming back, Sydney is my home! I should've been here my whole life." I tell him, without thinking. He flipped me off as he walked away. I ran in the other direction.

"Kara! Wait!" I hear Cassie but ignored her as I ran out of the mall. I started thinking of when he said I was the reason he started drinking and felt tears come to my eyes. I was right, I was the reason he drank so much! But why did he ask me out if he never cared about me either? Guys are so confusing. I ran into the parking lot and luckily Cassie's car was unlocked. I got in her car and sat there for awhile crying. After about 5 minutes later, I heard them get in the car.

"Kara, are you okay? I didn't know that was your Ex... I'm so sorry." I hear Ella say. I sighed and looked up at her.

"It's fine... I didn't know he was even here. It's not your fault." I reply as I attempted to wipe my tears away. I felt someone bring me in their arms and I hugged them. I noticed the long brown hair of Faith. I took a deep breath and we released. "Can I just... go back home? I'm sorry it's just... after that encounter I can't process anything." I sigh.

"Yeah, I completely understand and respect that. We're always here for you sis." Cassie says and I smile slightly as we started heading back to the house.

Michael's POV

I was currently in the living room of Ashton's house playing video games with Calum and Luke. It's just weird that when Kara's here everyone is loud and it's usually me who causes it. Then when she isn't here I'm quiet, I don't understand how she could take this much of my life like this in a matter of only a week.

"Hey Michael do you think pigeons have feelings?" Luke asks as he was sprawled out on the floor, staring up at the ceiling.

"I'm going to give you one more chance to shut the fuck up." I reply causing us all to laugh. All of a sudden the front door burst open and I saw a crying Kara. Kara ran up stairs to her room and I heard her door slam shut. I saw Ella come in and shut the front door. I stood up, Ella came in the living room. "Ella what happened to Kara?" I asked.

"We saw her ex-boyfriend Adin today at the Mall. It didn't end well." Ella sighs. I clenched my hand into a fist. I looked at Ashton and he too looked pretty pissed off.

"Why is he even in Sydney?" Ashton asks, his voice suddenly dark. He looked tense. Ella shrugs.

"He said he came to 'visit' his girlfriend." Ella replies, putting air quotes on 'visit'. "He probably meant by goofing her and then leaving if you know what I mean." Ella told us. I eventually got mad enough and I punched the wall as I ran upstairs to check on Kara. I knocked on her door.

"Leave me alone." I heard her groan which broke my heart.

"Kara please open the door? It's Michael." I say softly. I heard her sigh and heard the bed creak. The door opened and my face just fell, seeing her with her makeup running down her face. "Aww Kara." I say with my voice cracking. My heart completely shattered when I saw her like this. She immediately hugged me and I didn't hesitate to hug her back. She took shaky breaths. I rubbed my hand on her back gently in an attempt to comfort her. I kissed her forehead.

"Mikey, I was right!" She cries.

"About what?" I ask.

"I was the reason he drank so much, he full on said it right to my fucking face." She tells me. I tensed up from anger. How dare he make her feel like this!? She doesn't deserve this, how did she deal with this her whole life? "I'm sorry I'm an emotional wreck." She says as we wiped her tears away as we released. I got her to look up at me and I looked in her Hazel eyes. She looked so broken and lost.

"You don't deserve this, how did you deal with this your whole life?" I ask.

"I guess I was used to being treated like shit." She shrugged. I didn't know how to reply without expressing my feelings towards her so I stayed quiet for a little while thinking of what to say.

"I'm just... happy you're here in Sydney with us." I say honestly.

"Yeah... but what about when you guys leave on tour again?" She looks up at me with a horrified look on her face. She did have a good point. Adin is in Sydney but what if he waits until we leave on tour to do his damage?

"Hey don't over think, he'll leave. Just lay down, you're very stressed out." I tell her. She takes a deep breath and nods. "I'll be downstairs if you ever need me." I say as I turned around. She grabbed my arm, I turned and looked at her.

"Stay with me? Please?" She asks. She looks up at me with her beautiful facial features and I smile. I nodded. We went in her bedroom, I closed the door. I layed on her bed and Kara crawled in beside me. I wrapped my arm around her waist and pulled her close to me. I stayed there for awhile and noticed her breathing steady as she fell asleep. I smile. I buryied my face in her long hair that smelled like strawberries and started drifting off to sleep.