Beside You~a.i.

Ch. 9: Cake

~Calum's POV~:
We finally got to the tour bus. Lucky for Luke and Ashton the girls would be on the same bus as us since we obviously don't have a second bus...They would take two bunks which meant two of us boys would be sharing the bedroom thing at the back of the bus.

"Soooo who's taking the bedroom?" Michael asked with his eyebrows raised. The question remained unanswered for what seemed like hours when it was really only seconds.

"Luke you want to share?" I asked in my flirty tone. I loved Luke and I's bromance to be honest. It was fun to tease Luke who never really reacts to my attempts at 'gaining his affection'.

Luke rolled his eyes and smiled. "Sure." He said.

"Yay Cake has a room to themselves." Michael said playfully, making a weird face towards Luke and I. I just squinted and raised an eyebrow in response.

I started moving my stuff into the new room. My roommate Luke soon joined me. "Calum do you think Ava likes me?" Luke asked softly, I could barely hear him. I looked over at him but he wasn't looking at me. He was busy shuffling things around in his suitcase.

"Um...I'm not sure but I think so. Why? Are you abandoning what we have Lukey?" I finished with my flirty, playful tone again. Luke just laughed a little and once again rolled his eyes.

"I don't know Calum I guess I am leaving you. To be honest I don't know exactly how I feel about her but I just...I don't know." Luke sighed. He was now sitting on the bed we would have to share. Luckily it's a queen sized bed.

"Luke you do realize that even if you like her that it will never work out...right? I mean we're on tour. You won't see her for a long time and you might start doing things with other girls..." I could barely say that last part even though it's true. Groupies are just part of the tour life and if Luke was in a relationship things would get messy.

"You're right Cal. I guess. Groupies..." Good. Luke and I are on the same page here. I sat next to him on the bed and gently patted his back. Why not be a comforting friend right? Luke smiled lightly. "Thanks Cal."

"No problem. I'm sorry. Life sucks sometimes..." I said. I continued to try and comfort Luke. He seemed a little down about the whole Ava thing.

Luke and I got up and finished moving everything into the small room. Then we joined everyone else in the front of the bus. The bus was already on the highway heading to Illinois. To our next show.

We all sat at a table and played Cards Against Humanity. It's a pretty dirty and messed up game to be honest but it's also hilarious. I ended up winning. The six of us played a few more rounds until it got late and we all decided to get some sleep. Luke and I went to the bedroom while the others retreated to their bunks.

"Hey Calum?" Luke asked.

"Yeah?"

"Do you think I would be able to maintain a relationship with Ava? Like do you think I could avoid groupies and talk to her enough to keep us together?" He asked with almost a desperate tone in his voice.

"I dunno Luke...you could give it a try but I think the distance difference will really be an issue even if you avoid groupies..." I replied honestly cause I didn't know if I'd be able to lie to him about this...I didn't want to give him false hope.

Luke didn't say anything else. He just hopped into the bed and so did I. Luke and I are best friends so it isn't awkward for us to be sharing a bed. In fact we can cuddle without it being awkward or weird. It's a strong friendship and I'm happy to consider him one of my best mates. Long live cake!!!

A/N: Hello!!! So it's really late but yeah cake anyone? Hahaha just kidding...thanks for 80 reads I guess I'm getting close to 100 kinda...I just watched Penelope and Sleeping Beauty before writing this. It feels weird to rewatch movies I haven't seen since I was like 8 or younger.

Okay well I love you all goodnight!!! Or good morning depending on where you are in the world!!!

~Anna :)