liar liar ➵ 5sos

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⠀Don't Force Yourself To Love

calum's pov

I was heading to my house to visit my family before the last show-which would start in 5 hours. It's been long since I've last seen them.

I knocked on the door and Mom instantly opened it. "Surprise!" I said, with my jazz hands.

Her mouth formed a smile and she pulled into a hug. "Calum, honey! I missed you so much! How is the tour? Are the boys doing fine? You've grown a bit taller-"

But I wasn't listening anymore. I saw Dad sitting on the couch as he stared at me. My smile fell, remembering what happened before I got famous.

*flashback*

"Oh my God Niall, you dropped the ice-cream!" I laughed, pointing to the ground.

Niall and I had just finished watching a movie at a nearby cinema. We bought ice-creams each and were walking home together.

Niall groaned, "There goes my one dollar ice-cream."

We continued walking when suddenly Niall stopped. "What's wrong?" I turned around and asked him.

"Isn't that your Dad?" He pointed to a car a few feet away.

I turned to see Dad making out with a blonde woman in the backseat of the car.

"Wha?" I stuttered, staring at Dad hungrily kissing the woman.

"You have to tell your Mum, Cal." Niall advised.

Tell my Mum? That's going to break her heart to pieces. I love my parents and I don't want to see them unhappy at all. But why was Dad doing this? How long has he been with that woman? Who was she?

I frowned. "Niall I can't tell my Mum! She's going to be heartbroken if I did!"

"Then when? If you don't tell her, she's going to be more than heartbroken because you know about this!"

Niall does has a point. But I'm not going to tell Mum now... Or ever.

Because why? I'm not going to see my parents divorced.

"I still won't." I stated.

"Fuck you Calum. You have to."

Just then, Dad saw Niall and I watching him. He stopped.

I could read his face like a book. And it said, 'Don't tell Mum.'

Niall looked at me with angry eyes."If you don't tell her, I will."

*end of flashback*

"Cal?"

I blinked my eyes.

"H-huh?"

Mum looked at me with a concerned look.

I suddenly felt really guilty. Dad was playing with her heart and she doesn't realize it. And to think that Dad actually loved her.

What's worse is that I knew about it.

"Calum? Are you okay?" Mum asked, stroking my hair.

"Y-yeah. Just a little sad that the tour's gonna be over soon." I lied.

She smiled. "Don't worry, I know how I can cheer you up!"

She scurried to the kitchen.

I walked in and sat at the couch beside Dad, leaving a bit of distance between us. I didn't say a word to him.

"Look Calum. If it's about the thing again, it's not true. It was 3 years ago!" He whisper shouted.

Not true? Jeez Dad, I saw it with my own pair of eyes. I didn't respond. I just fiddled with my phone, pretending to be busy.But that didn't work.

"Calum you can't stay mad at me, I'm your father."

I groaned.

"Please don't tell Mum-"

"Here you are, fresh from the oven cookies!" Mum interrupted him, walking from behind with a tray on her hands.

I widened my eyes.

"Oh my god, no way!" I said, picking a cookie and biting a piece of it. It was really chewy-just how I liked it.

Mmm.

"Still the best cookies in the world." I smiled at her.

She thrusted the tray towards Dad and he took one of the cookies too. He bit a piece of it and gave a thumbs up.

"I'm so grateful to have you guys here." Mum smiled, sitting in between Dad and I.

Dad and I stared at each other for a few moments and turned away.

Ding.

My phone beeped. I looked at the screen and saw text message from a mixed number of numbers and letters. I tapped 'open' and read the message.

Little did Mommy know that her two favorite people are keeping secrets from her -N

I widened my eyes and immediately turned off my phone. Who's N? And how does N know about this?

Then it hit me-only Niall, Dad and I knew. It couldn't be Dad, he's sitting right here!

But it couldn't be Niall either... He's gone.

So who sent the message?

"How's you and Bethany?"

Bethany Mellark.

It's been 2 years since I ever talked to/seen her. I could only remember that she had brown wavy hair, brown eyes and this really cute smile. Beth had an obsession with bows and that's one thing for sure.

No, Beth wasn't totally one of those bubblegum girls. She'd wear black almost everyday.

She's a fan of All Time Low. She'd dance, sing to their songs and fangirl about them. This was one of the things I loved about her.

Beth can be really mean but really sweet at the same time.

"You're so fucking stupid, but I love you."

I dated her during high school and broke up with her when my career started. Ashton thought I ditched her for fame. I wasn't going to deny that. Call me a dick.

*flashback*

"Don't ever leave."

"I'll come back to see you, I'll call you, text you, asap, I promise." I said, watching Beth cry.

"Promise?" She choked a sob.

"Promise." I smiled before pulling her into a hug.

*end of flashback*

I still haven't called her. I mentally slapped myself. It's been 2 years since I ever talked to her. I gotta call her soon.

"Nah, I gotta go now for the last show of the tour which starts in a few hours so," I got up.

"Alright honey. I love you." Mum hugged me. Then she turned to face Dad. "Well aren't you going to say anything to your son?"

Yeah Dad aren't you gonna say something before you leave both me and Mum?

"Yeah, I love you very much."

I just nodded once and left the house.

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beth = nickname for bethany

bethany mota plays as bethany :) ((or u can just imagine urself as beth bc lol i wanna date caLUM))