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Chapter 9

* Chloe's P.O.V *

My night started fun, Austin and his friends made me take my mind of James for a while and I actually had a good time. Until Alex called and ruined it all. I never want to see her again, mostly because this wasn't the first time she did something like this. I felt betrayed. The only problem was that I had to see her every day at school and during the videoshoot. But I'll find a way.

I wasn't really paying attention to the conversation anymore, but I did hear that they weren't to keen on their hotel.

"- Hey, I have an idea: why don't you guys stay at my plae? The house is big enough for all of you and even though I already have Austin by my side, it still feels quite empty. You can join us tonight if you want.

- That would be really cool. Thanks Chlo! We can say Chlo right?" Alex seemed relieved.

"- Of course you can. We're sharing a house now." I smiled.

"- Great!" We finished our desserts and I suggested that they went back to their hotel and started packing and check-out. Austin and I would meet them back at my house in a couple of hours. We split up in two groups and off we went.

Austin helped me get the guest rooms ready an in less than an hour we were ready. His mom would come too. The boys would be sharing a room with two, while Austin's mom had one on her own. I decided to clean up James his room too, so it would be clean and comfy when he would come home. the time we had left, we spent cuddling on the couch, waiting for the boys and Michele to arrive. It was nearly 6PM when my doorbell rang.

Filled with joy they all walked in, giving me a hug first. Mama Mahone was up last.

"- How are you holding up?" She asked me concerned.

"- I'm doing quite okay now. Having all these wonderful people surrounding me helps to take my mind of a bit." I smiled. She gave me another hug before walking into the living room where the guys were. We enjoyed ourselves a bit and a little before dinner time I showed everyone where they were supposed to sleep. Luckily they all agreed with what they got.

Together with Michele I cooked dinner for all of us. A simple meal, but it tasted good. The rest of the night we all seeked a spot in front of the TV and watched some comedies.

Somewhere in the middle of the movie, my phone started beeping multiple times in a row, I couldn't even count. I took it out of my pockets, turned the sound off and unlocked it to see what was going on. For some reason my twitter mentions were going crazy. Over one hundred people followed me in the past five minutes and mentioned me. It just kept coming, so that I didn't had the chance to read all of them. The strange thing was that I had only one DM, which I decided to read first. It was another fake Calum Hood accounts. I saw his icon and immediately knew it couldn't be the real one. So I opened it to read what it had to say.

"- Hey Chloe, finally found you on twitter ;) How are you doing? How did things go with your brother?"

How on earth did this person know about this? No, this couldn't be happening... Would it? I watched the @ name on top of the page and thought I was going to faint. It was Calum Thomas Hood who asked me what was going on. It was Calum Hood who searced for me on twitter, to ask if I was okay. I really believed I was having a heart attack. Okay, Chloe, stay calm, stay cool.

"- Not so well. It probably doesn't interest you, but I'm fine now. Thanks for asking :)" I closed my DMs, clicked away all of my mentions and tried to focus again on the movie.

"- What's wrong? You look like you've seen a ghost." Austin whispered to me to not disturb the others.

"- Calum Hood just followed me and asked me how I was doing through DM.

- Ohhh I see... Your inner fangirl is freaking out." He teased me by poking my sides.

"- Shut up. Okay maybe. But I barely know him. And yet he wants to know how I'm doing.

- That's great. After all you work with him. But don't get too close with him." He winked.

"- Oh, I see... I thought we weren't one of those jealous couples." I groaned at him.

"- Oh, you want to play that game. I see." He started poking me again and I started laughing and grabbing his arms to stop him. Eventually my lips ended upon his.

"- Get a room you two.

- With pleasure."

Austin answered his best friend. I heard his mom coughing on the background, which made me laugh and Austin's cheaks turned red. He almost forgot his mom was also there. After another minute of me laughing like an idiot, I got back to normal and laid my head on his chest, watching what was left of the movie. I couldn't help but check my DMs every now and then. I didn't get any reply and I finaly stopped hoping for one. What was I thinking? Why would Calum freaking Hood even care about me?