off limits || m.c

17: just saying

(a/n: this is a preference to their song "just saying" listen to it, if you haven't.)

i'm in australia right now. with mum. she has the flu. right now she's taking a nap, and i'm in my room staring at my ceiling. my painted ceiling that i've been missing for a while. that ashton helped me paint. and boy was it hard.

since mum's taking a nap in her room. and i have nothing else to do, and right now its 7 pm where ashton is, why not facetime him?

calling ashton :))

once he answered, all i saw was his face really close to the camera.

"sydney!"

"hi ash."

"haven't seen your face in..."

"a week?"

"yeah! i miss it!"

"haha. so, how are you?"

"its been weird without you around. calum couldn't stop moping around for 3 days straight until you called him. michael isn't being himself, luke is still...luke. i'm still me, just a little bit sad because my little sister isn't around."

"aw. that's so sweet. where are the guys?"

"righttt here!"

i saw luke and calum run up to ashton's phone.

"babe!"

"bestfriend!"

"no, luke. she's my bestfriend."

"haha, very funny. but as i recall, me and her have been bestfriends since year 10."

"well she's my girlfriend which also means shes my bestfriend."

"well remember when we first saw her?! well i helped her with her books, while you and michael just laughed!"

"well--"

"can you guys stop!"

"oh, sorry sydney."

"so, babe, how've you been?"

"fine. mum's still really sick."

"that sucks. luke hates you."

"do not!"

"hi lucas."

"no."

"michael, get your ass over here!"

"why?"

"sydney is facetiming us!"

i heard something drop, and then i heard running then i saw michael's bright ass hair.

"heeeeey."

"h-hi mike."

he winked and stood back up. he rapidly texted someone then my phone buzzed.

i saw at the top of my screen:

new message from: michael *eggplant emoji*

i put the guys on pause and went to my messages.

you and me. facetime later. i'll call you.

i went back to facetime.

"what was that about?"

"w-what?"

"why'd you pause us?"

"i thought i heard mum."

"oh okay."

we talked for just a little bit longer, then i lied and said i needed to check on mum and that i'll call them again sometime later this week.