Who Knew? // 5SOS [ #Wattys 2015 ]

Chapter 17

We were all sat on the couches, Harry, Liam, Niall, Louis, and Zayn all anxious for what we were about to tell them.

"Okay... we actually bought Lauren for certain reasons-" Michael started.

"But we didn't force her into anything!" Calum made sure that was added.

"They honestly are the best people ever. I had an abusive dad and they took me away from him so I can't thank them enough," I smiled. "And did you know that I was put up for sale because I failed a test..." I told everyone. Some looks were horrified and others were shocked.

"Okay, so you're not related to anyone, they bought you for sex, they didn't do anything to you, and now what happens?" Zayn tried to process what was happening.

"Now, well, I just hang around with them kind of like their all my older brothers." I confirmed. They all nodded to tell us they understood. We changed subjects from me and talked more to get to know each other.

. . .

It was later in the night and the five left to go back to their rooms. I was already dressed in my spandex and muscle tee and my messy bun was super crazy on the top of my head. We have decided that Ash will get the couch, I will sleep with Cal in one bed, and Michael and Luke will sleep in the other bed.

I was sitting on mine and Calum's bed when Luke came over and towered over me. I looked up at him and he looked down at me.

"Lauren, I want to talk to you." His voice was soft and just above a whisper. I agreed, reluctantly. He pulled me up off my butt and out into the hallway.

When he closed the door he spoke up, "Look, I'm so fucking sorry for what happened. I was drunk and I wasn't thinking straight. I'm so sorry about everything and it still shocks me that I did, and said, those things. The others yelled at me and that's when it hit me that I probably broke you more than you need to be. It's killing me to not have you look at me with trusting eyes. You can probably never trust me again and I ruined that." Luke took a deep breath, his first actually, since the speech.

"Luke, you're right; you broke me more than I was. I feel like I can't trust you anymore and that was because of a stupid mistake. I'm still shocked myself that you did that. You were always so kind and protective but our trust can never be the same anymore. You took something of mine that I was saving for someone special. I can never get it back." I said the last part in a whisper. I didn't want to cry but I couldn't fight the tears that fell down my face.

"I love you so much, Lauren," Luke's voice was barely audible. I just nodded and wiped a few tears from my face. We were both quiet for a while and I took that as my cue to leave. I walked inside and left Luke outside. I wiped the last few pathetic tears off my face before walking further into the hotel room.

"Babe? You okay?" Calum asked as he walked in front of me.

"Yeah, Cal, I just had a talk with Luke and," I trailed off not wanting to about it anymore. He smiled a cheeky smile and pulled me towards the bed where we both laid down. He pulled me close to him and I rested my head on his chest.

. . .

I woke up to Ashton and Michael singing stupidly.

"Calum and Lauren! You need to get up!" They sang in our faces. I reached my hand up to Ashton's forehead and pushed his head back.

"No, go away," I groaned. He only came closer and started singing louder. I turned over and accidentally ran into Calum. He wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me into him where I dug my face in his chest to minimize the terrible singing in my face. Ashton climbed into the bed and brought his chest up to my back and I'm pretty sure Michael did the same because I heard Calum scream, "Michael get off of me!"

"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" I heard Luke start to say. I turned over and looked up to see him pointing his phone at the four of us in the bed.

"Are you keeking this!?" I asked, my eyes wide. He nodded and smiled slyly. The three boys and me all grabbed the duvet and pulled it over our heads in unison.

"It's not what it looks like! I swear!" Michael acted along.

"Oh my god," Ashton moaned a fake moan.

"Ashton!" I squealed and slapped his arm playfully. I scurried out and saw that Luke was now typing something on his phone.

"Did you get Ashton's moan?" I asked Luke.

Without looking up he answered, "Yep, I got everything including you slapping Ashton." Luke smirked as he hit one last button and then locked his phone. All the sudden the scent from heaven hit my nostrils.

"Did you get food!?" I asked really excited.

"Yeah," Luke laughed. Michael popped out from under the covers with wide eyes. I smiled at him and we both rushed to the kitchen. Sometimes I wonder if Michael and I are related.

Luke had gotten a ton of fruit and pancakes and eggs and bacon and sausages and it really was heaven.

"Did you take the whole damn buffet?" Michael laughed as he and I filled our plates with food. All the others have joined us where we then sat in the living room enjoying our food. I had gotten two pancakes along with a sausage, bacon, watermelon, cantaloupe, and some orange juice to top it all off.

"Mm, food," I groaned as I placed a piece of sausage into my mouth. As I finished chewing that piece I heard a knock on the door. I put my plate on the coffee table and skipped to the door, my messy bun gradually getting more messy with every skip. I swung the door open and there stood five boys.

"Come on in!" I was awfully cheery this morning. The One Direction boys filed in the door and I followed behind the pack and back to eat my food.

"So we're planning to go to the stadium in an hour and a half to practice so can you be ready in time?" Liam asked as they made themselves comfortable on the couches.

"Yeah! I'm so pumped for tonight!" Calum smiled.

"I'm going to jump in the shower," Luke said as he stood up and walked into the bathroom. I finished my food then waited for my turn in the bathroom.