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Luke

"Rise and shine!" Luke announces, opening up the windows to reveal the bright and shining sun. 

He received groans and complaints from Michael, Calum, and Ashton. Luke was almost ready for the day. He just needed to pack up the remains of his stuff.

"Luuuuke," Calum groans and sits up, "do we have to go this early?" 

Luke checked the time on his phone.

7:00 am

The tour bus had to leave at 8 am because the tour wasn't actually starting in Florence. They had to drive about an hour or more to Bologna: their first stop. Luke made sure that the boys were awake and prepared to go.

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After an hour of rushing around, stuffing clothes in luggages, and a lot of shouting, the boys were all ready to go. They were told that their tour guide would meet them at the lobby. They go down to the lobby and see a man with a small blue flag.

"Hi! Are you Flavio Vianni?" Luke asks the man in a grey blazer, holding his flag as if it were a baby. "Hello, yes! I'm Flavio. Are you the 5 Seconds Of Summer boys?" he asked.

Luke was quite surprised with the way Flavio spoke. He sounded fluent in English and he didn't have an accent peeking out of his words. The three other boys were shocked as well. When they were talking about their expectations of the trip, they mentioned not being able to understand the tour guide properly.

"Yes, we are." Luke said, introducing each of the boys, including himself, to Flavio. 

Flavio leads them to the bus that was practically empty, just the driver and an elderly couple were sat in the front row. "Go ahead, pick your seats." Flavio smiled at the boys. 

Michael and Calum ran to the middle row of the bus. And soon enough, they fought over who would be sitting by the window. Luke and Ashton decided to take the seats across Mike and Cal. 

"Michael and Calum just won't stop fighting like kids." Ashton said to Luke, shaking his head as they both looked at the two adults fighting like toddlers. 

"How are you and Meg?" Luke asked him.

Ashton bowed his head and sighed, "I haven't talked to her since we arrived. I just need space." 

"Okay!" Flavio said, standing in the front of the rows of chairs, clasping his hands together, "We are now on our way to Bologna, but we will be stopping for another 2 hotels to pick up the rest of our passengers." 

Michael raised his hand as if he were a student and Flavio was the teacher. "How long will the trip be to Bo- Bol- the place?" 

Flavio chuckled at his struggle, "About 2 or 3 hours." 

The boys internally groaned after hearing the longevity of the trip. 

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2 and a half hours later, they finally stopped at the last hotel to pick up the last passenger of the tour. Luke woke up from the sudden stop of the bus and saw that they were parked in front of a small hostel.

"Welcome aboard, Malaya." Flavio greets the newcomer. She walks on to the bus and Luke's eyes widen. 

Her tanned skin, long dark hair, and exceptional beauty caught his ocean eyes. He couldn't stop staring at her until she walked to the end of the bus where she decided to sit on her own. "Did you see that?" Luke nudged Ashton, waking him up from his nap. 

"What?" Ashton grumbled, swatting Luke's arm away from him. Luke's eyes never came off her. She had her headphones in as she looked at the sights outside of the window. He only stopped staring when Ashton slapped the back of his head and telling him that staring was rude.

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