Michael's POV
"I have something to tell you guys. Just don't get mad." Calum said to us.
"What is it mate?" I asked.
"I'm a father!" A big smile spread across a face. Calum, a father?! Oh god.
"Calum that's great!" Ash shouted and pulled him into a hug. I joined and so did Luke.
"Let me guess, Alice?" I guessed.
"Well duh." My mind started to wonder off as we all congratulated Cal. I started to wonder what I would be like as a father. I'd probably mess that poor child's life up. I wouldn't mind having a daughter and or son though.
Valerie's POV
"Michael, your Mikaela's father." I say. He puts his head in his hands and starts to cry.
"Why would you do this to me Val?!" He yelled.
"It's not my fault-"
"The bands going to be ruined! You took away my dream from me Val! You and that stupid baby!" Michael screamed. Suddenly time flashed before my eyes and I saw Michael getting older. The first few flashes were of all of their fans leaving, then as Michael got older Ashton, Luke, and Calum started disappearing too.
I woke up from the terrible dream screaming, crying, and sweating. I managed to calm myself down after a few minutes, but couldn't stop thinking of those flashes. I'm going to ruin 5 Seconds Of Summer if I ever tell Michael the truth. I'm also going to ruin the poor guys life. Possibly Mikaela's too.
Meet me at the stadium in 15. A new text popped up from Michael.
No. I texted back.
Please Val :( It would mean the world to me. I sighed and decided to just go with it.
Okay. I changed out of my sweats and into a red polo, ripped black skinny jeans, and black toms.
"Hey Jules, can you watch Mikaela for me?" I asked.
"Course. Where are you going anyways?" I thought of a lie as quick as I could.
"To..uh...feed the squirrels at the park! Yah, those suckers get really hungry!" Ugh, I'm a terrible liar. Julie gave me a questioning look but shrugged it off and said goodbye.
I made it to the stadium in about 7 minutes. There was no concerts tonight, so I literally just had to walk through some barricades and BAM! I was suddenly in the stadium. Michael said to meet him in 15. I wonder if he's here yet.
"Michael?!" I called through the stadium.
"Over here beautiful." Michael's legs dangled from the stage edge. An acoustic guitar sat in his lap. I climbed up the steps and joined him.
"So why were so desperate for me to come here Clifford?" I ask.
"I just wanted to play you a few songs." A smile never reached his face like it usually does.
"Okay. Go ahead." I mumbled. He started strumming the chords to an unfamiliar song.
I can see it coming round full circle my friend.
On the TV they said they had reported you dead.
It was my fault 'cause I could've sworn that you said,
It was easy to find another for your bed.
How does it feel to leave me this way,
When all that you have's been lost in a day?
Everyone knows, but not what to say.
I've been wonderin' now.
I've been staring at the hotel ceiling,
Drinking everything I've found this evening,
Trying to hold on to the sweetest feeling,
So I'll never let you go, don't you leave me lonely.
Start to see this, everyone I know cannot believe this.
I'm trying to hold on to the sweetest feeling,
So I'll never let you go, don't you leave me lonely now.
When my eyes open, morning pulls me into the view, no
I guess I'm only acting in the way that you do.
Just being alone, no.
Only time tells me more than I hoped, all that I know is
I'll be fine in a fortnight, lo and behold,
I knew I shouldn't have let you go.
I've been staring at the hotel ceiling,
Drinking everything I've found this evening,
Trying to hold on to the sweetest feeling,
So I'll never let you go, don't you leave me lonely.
Start to see this, everyone I know cannot believe this.
I'm trying to hold on to the sweetest feeling,
So I'll never let you go, don't you leave me lonely now.
I can see it coming round full circle, my friend.
On the TV they said they had reported you dead.
He strummed the last chords and looked in my eyes. I could feel the tears running down my face but didn't really process the fact that I was crying. He wiped away one of the droplets then went back to strumming. This time I knew what song it was. Same Mistakes by One Direction.
Circles, we’re going in circles
Dizzy’s all it makes us
We know where it takes us
We've been before
Closer, maybe looking closer
There's more to discover
Find out what went wrong without blaming each other
Think that we got more time
When we're falling behind
Gotta make up our minds
Or else we'll play, play, play all the same old games
And we wait, wait, wait for the end to change
And we take, take, take it for granted that we’ll be the same
But we're making all the same mistakes
Wake up, we both need to wake up
Maybe if we face up to this
We can make it through this
Closer, maybe we'll be closer
Stronger than we were before, yeah
Make this something more, yeah
Think that we got more time
When we're falling behind
Gotta make up our minds
Or else we'll play, play, play all the same old games
And we wait, wait, wait for the end to change
And we take, take, take it for granted that we’ll be the same
But we're making all the same mistakes
Yeah, yeah, that's what crazy is
When it's broken, you say there's nothing to fix
And you pray, pray, pray that everything will be okay
While you're making all the same mistakes
Don't look back
But if we don't look back
We’re only learning then
How to make all same mis-, same mistakes again
So we play, play, play all the same old games (same mistakes)
And we wait, wait, wait for the end to change (when nothing's gonna change)
And we take, take, take it for granted that we’ll be the same (well nothing's gonna be the same)
But we're making all the same mistakes
Yeah, yeah, that's what crazy is (crazy is)
When it's broken, you say there's nothing to fix (there's nothing to fix)
And you pray, pray, pray that everything will be okay (everything will be okay)
While you're making all the same mistakes.
"Okay Val, I'm done. You can stop crying now." I let out a small laugh and wiped all the tears from my cheeks.
"Sorry. You just had to make me all emotional!" I playfully laughed. He stood up and offered me a hand.
"Let's dance!" Michael suggested.
"We don't even know how to dance." I stated.
"We'll figure it out." For the next three hours Michael sang quietly into my ear as we slow danced.
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Close As Strangers- 5 Seconds Of Summer
FanfictionSEQUEL TO OUT OF MY LIMIT! MUST READ THAT FIRST! Being able to say that 5 Seconds Of Summer are the fathers to your children seems pretty amazing right? Well it's not. At least not when they don't want anything to do with the kids.
