The Concert || Luke Hemmings

6 Invitation

I wake up feeling clammy and with my heart racing. I immediately sit up and try to catch my breath. Calum is lying next to me on the bed. He's fully clothed, on top of the duvet sheets. For the past few days I've been waking up like this. I don't know why, it just happens.

Usually I accidentally wake one of the boys up and I feel really guilty but Calum's still sound asleep. One of them stays with me every night. They take turns. Just to make sure I'm okay. But they won't be able to anymore because they're going on tour in a couple of days.

I creep out of bed and put the kettle on downstairs. I put some bread in the toaster to make some breakfast. I hear Calum getting out of bed and running downstairs. He startles me as he runs into the kitchen.

"I woke up and you weren't there! I worried that you'd done something again." He said, short of breath.

"No I'm fine. I was going to make you breakfast in bed but you've ruined it now!" I say in a joking tone.

"Well sorry! Maybe I'll just go back to bed then!" He's says sarcastically with a smirk.

"You can if you want! The other two usually spend the night on the floor."

"You're beds too comfy though! And it wasn't weird because I kept my clothes on and slept on top of the sheets."

"I noticed! You must've been freezing! You could have at least gone under the covers if you still had your clothes on." I say starting to laugh. It's the first time I've properly laughed in a while.

"I know but it would have felt wrong. Like I was sleeping with my best friends girl... Ex-girlfriend."

"Well I'm sure he wouldn't care if you slept with anyone because he seems to be an expert at that." I snap at him, my smile instantly fading.

"I'm sorry... I don't meant to..."

"No it's fine. What he did wasn't your fault."

We finish preparing breakfast and we sit on the sofa and watch TV together for a while.

I head upstairs to go in the shower. I unwrap the bandage on my arm and step into the shower. It still stings when soap gets into it. I get out and grab some clothes and tie my hair in a messy bun. When I walk back downstairs Calum's already waiting for me with a first aid kit in his hand to re-bandage my arm.

"Is it alright if I head up to have a shower now?" He asks as he finishes wrapping the fabric around my arm.

"Yeah, you need one!" I say laughing.

"Hey! I look and smell amazing all-day, everyday!" He says smirking at me. His hair looks amazing when he's fresh out the shower. His highlights get all messed up in-amongst the rest of his dark hair and it looks so soft.

"You should come to our first show of the tour. It'll be great. We can have you backstage, you don't need to be in the crowd." Calum's says as we sit on the decking outside.

"Thanks for the invite but I'd rather not. If it was to see you, Ashton and Michael then of course I would come but I don't want to see Luke."

"You can't pretend he doesn't exist forever. You'll have to speak to him eventually. It might help you to get over him too."

"I just can't bear to see him right now." I get up to walk back inside when Calum touches my arm to stop me.

"Please come. If not for us then for me. Please?"