We stayed hugging each other on the way towards the mini golf course. The whole ride was silent but I was okay with it. When we arrived to the course, I saw Ashton and Calum running to the ticket booth. Luke was walking next to Michael and I.
"I suck at golf, but this is gonna be so much fun!" Said Ashton with a big smile.
We all got a golf club and started making our way to where the start sign was. Ashton of course went first. He made it in on the first try.
"YES!" He yelled
We were all pretty decent but I'd say the good one was Luke. He made it in on the first try almost all the time. The guys and I were a little more than halfway done, when I noticed that Ashton was recording a video with his phone, trying to get all the guys in it.
"So we are playing some mini golf. Pretty intense if you ask me, right Calum?!"
"Right!"
"I'm winning though!"
"Yeah...Luke is beating us. But that's okay"
I looked over at Michael.
"It's probably an Instagram video" he said.
"He does them a lot?" I asked
"It's either he does a lot of them or none at all. There's no in-between"
I nodded my head. We finished the game with the result being that Luke had been the winner. It was getting a bit warmer and we all agreed to go get some water ice to cool us off.
We got in the cars again and went to a local water ice shop that was a couple of minutes away. Michael opened the door and out we went. We all ordered a different flavor. Ashton got a mango one, Calum got blueberry, Luke got strawberry, I got cherry, and Michael got lemon. We were sitting on a picnic table, when suddenly these three girls did a small squeal and started to approach the table.
"Oh my! Hi guys!" A girl with brown hair said.
"Hello" the guys said
"Can we take a picture? If it's not too much to ask?" Another brown haired girl said.
The guys agreed and got up from the table. Then suddenly more girls started to arrive to the spot. They all got pictures with them, some did cute little videos.
I watched the guys interact with the girls and the few guys that were there too. All being fans. I noticed this one girl give Michael a kiss on the cheek. Michael looked towards me but I just smiled. Then all the girls looked in my direction.
"Wait! Are you Michael's girlfriend?!" A tan girl asked.
"Yeah, she was in Ashton's Instagram video!" Another one said
"Oh my god! You're so lucky!" Said others
I wasn't sure how to handle it. Some were giving me complements and others simply ignored me, in a jealousy type of way.
I just smiled and said thank you at their complements. I noticed Michael was blushing.
"Okay the guys have to leave now" said one of the bodyguards
The bodyguards lead the guys and I towards the cars. We got in and headed back to the hotel.
"They think you're my girlfriend" Michael said.
"Yeah" I said followed by a nervous laugh.
He wrapped his arms around my waist and I instantly felt safe again. I snuggled next to him, falling asleep.
I woke up realizing we were already in the parking lot.
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Michael's POV:
The lads had a good time and I noticed that Erika did too. I decided I was going to ask her to be my girlfriend today. I googled a park that would be near our hotel and thought that would be a good spot to ask. I did feel a bit uncomfortable when the girl gave me a kiss on the cheek. I know she just wanted to be nice and stuff, but still. Erika seemed a bit unsure about it but her smiled made me know that she didn't mind. I hope she doesn't reject me because of the whole touring and band thing. I honestly think it might actually work. I don't know, with her I feel like everything will be okay.
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Erika's POV:
Hey, do you mind if we take a walk?" Michael asked
"Uhm, sure!"
"Awesome! There's a small park that I found a few blocks away!"
We walked to the park. The sun was starting to go down, creating a beautiful scene of oranges, yellows, and reds in the sky. We took a few loops around, talking about different things. About our family, friends, special events that happened, etc.
Michael wanted to go on the swings and so did I. We were laughing and goofing around.
"Hey...so..." Michael said
"Yeah?"
"So...uhm.."
He seemed nervous for some reason. And I had no idea what was going on.
"Are you okay?" I asked
"Yeah! I just wanted to...say that..I kind of really like you"
My eyes grew wide.
"Wait no..I mean not kind of..but like I do like you. I know I do"
My face was blushing and a smile was growing big on my face.
"And I wanted to know if you wanted to be my girlfriend?!"
"Oh.." I said
"I know it's too early, we've only been talking for like..I don't know..a day? But I really like you and I think you're an amazingly awesome person. You're beautiful inside and out. You're so down to earth and the guys like being around you. I like being around you. I like you. The way you are. Everything. I think it can work, you know if we date and I'm on tour, and stuff."
I couldn't stop smiling.
"I really like you too. I love being around you. But I don't know. I want to date you but the fact that you're in a pretty famous band and you're touring everywhere makes me a bit insecure. It's not that I don't trust you but just the fact that we won't be seeing each other as much as we would want to makes me unsure. I start school in a few days too. I'm not used to the whole "famous" thing and I don't know how I would be handling it."
Michael looked at his feet that were touching the ground.
"Do you think we can make it work?" I asked breaking the silence.
"I think we can. If we like each other and we want to be together, I think anything can be possible." He said
"Okay" I said smiling
"So will you go out with me?"
"Yes Michael, I will go out with you"
He smiled really big and got up from the swing. He pulled me up from the swing and gave me a big warm hug.
We were walking back to the hotel, when Michael stopped in front of a big tree that was covered in green leaves, he pulled me towards him holding my hands. He was still smiling.
"You make me really happy you know?" He said
"And you make me really happy" I said smiling.
He looked me in the eyes. He gently put his hands behind my neck and leaned in. Our lips touched and sparks seemed to be going through our bodies. We separated and he kissed my forehead. We made our way back to the hotel.
