off limits || m.c

3: welcome home

today we're going back home to visit for a while. i'm so excited for 3 reasons:

1. ashton can't boss me around when we're at home.

2. i've missed mum's cooking.

3. there may or may not be this boy i was talking to before we left. we may or may not have started dating last week, and his name may or may not be ben.

but yeah. once we got home, *inhale* home sweet home.

"sydney! ashton!"

"mum!"

me and ashton ran to her and gave her a big ole hug. we haven't seen her in months.

"mum you remember the guys, right?"

"of course i do! c'mere!"

she embraced all 3 of them.

"come in! it's freezing!"

we went inside and mum had made us some hot chocolate. yessss.

"so tell me, how's it been?"

"fine and dandy."

"syd, how's it feel being 18?"

"boring. i feel the same."

"speaking of which, this boy called today. ben. he asked if you were here yet."

"oh no."

"oh yes. and he told me everything."

"what happened?"

"sydney has a boyfriend!"

michael started choking on his hot chocolate.

"you have a boyfriend?!"

"who's ben?"

"my uh. boyfriend?"

"you had a boyfriend...and didn't tell me about it?!"

"pretty much, yeah."

"why?!"

"cause i like him, and he likes me back."

the phone rang and mum went to go answer it.

"you can't just-"

"syd, its ben."

"oh."

i went to go get the phone.

"hi ben."

"hey sydney! so you're back?"

"yep."

"for how long?"

"about 2 weeks."

"aw, thats not long enough for me to hug you, and kiss you, and-"

"then come over!"

"to your mum's house?"

"yeah. so you can meet the band."

"um, sure okay. i'll be there in an hour."

"see ya."

and i hung up. and everyone was staring at me.

"what?"

"he's coming over right now?"

"yeah."

"great, i wanna meet this little fucker."

"ashton!"

"i mean bud."

"don't swear."

i was sitting across from michael and he kept glaring at me.

about an hour later, ben showed up.

*knock knock*

*i answer door*

"sydney!"

"ben!"

i jumped into his arms and we gave each other a really tight hug.

and we let go, i held his hand and we went into the living room where everyone else was.

he sat down beside me.

"so you're the famous ben?"

"i guess i am, haha."

"he's cute, sydney."

"he is, huh."

"he's not that cute," michael blurted out.

i mugged michael at what he said. ben was beyond cute.

"well thanks?"

"so ben, how'd you meet sydney?"

"we had 3 classes together last year, um we worked on alot of projects together so thats how we started talking, and then we kinda lost touch after graduating, until we started talking again about a month ago."

"psh, so you waited a month to ask her to be your girlfriend?"

"yeah, i didn't ask her right away, even though i've had a crush on her since i first laid eyes on her."

michael burst out laughing.

"michael, politely shut the fuck up."

"don't swear, sydney!"

"haha, now i see where ashton gets it from."

"yeah."

"so ben, tell us about yourself. why is your hair black? why are your eyes green? why do you have freckles? why are your teeth so perfectly straight? have you heard our songs before? do you like us ben? do you like sydney? why are you so thin? and what can you say to impress us?" ashton said all of that in under a minute.

"uhhhhh, genes, genes, genes, braces back in 9th grade, yes, yes i do, yes i like her alot, i don't know i'm just like that, annnnnd i think i'm in love with your sister?"

that made me choke. and michael. and calum. and luke. and ashton. but my mum just awwwed him.

the guys started whispering to each other, then went to to normal.

"you're okay to me ben, but to these guys, they don't think you're good enough for my sister."

"i completely understand."

"and by these guys, i mean calum and michael. me and luke like you."

"that means so much, thank you. and i'm sorry if i said anything disrespectful, guys."

"ugh, he talks like that," calum groaned.

"calum shut up."

later that day, the guys somehow convinced my mum not to let me go out tonight, since we all just got back and we're all jelagged as fuck. no just no.

so i had to go to my only other option, sneaking out.

but the second i was just about out mu window, michael walked in.

he came inside and pulled me back in.

"you can do so much better than him."

"like who, you?"

"yes, me."

and then he started leaning closer, and closer.

"tell me when to stop."

and he kept leaning in, until he was about 5 inches away from my face.

"stop."

and i pushed him out of my room, locked the door, and snuck out.