unpredictable : mgc

Chapter 29.

*Michaels POV*

Today's the day. The day of our first gig. The day I sing 'The Only Reason' to Brooke. The day I (hopefully) get her back as a friend. And the day I tell her I love her.

Today's the goddamn day.

I'm nervous. To face Brooke again. To face my first ever crowd. To play my guitar and sing to other people than the boys, my dad and Brooke.

Brooke. The girl I loved.

Ashton would be here in half an hour to pick me up from my house. I reread the lyrics to 'The Only Reason' and hopped downstairs as soon as I heard my doorbell ring. My dad was coming too but in a bit because apparently, he was waiting for a package in the mail.

"Hey Mike! Ready for the gig?" Ashton grinned.

"As ready as I'll ever be." I grinned.

I followed him into the car. Calum and Luke were already sat in the backseat of the 6 seater car, which left me to sit in shotgun. There were 3 seats in the back and 3 seats in the front. Calum patted my back, but Luke didn't even acknowledge my presence, he was grinning stupidly and looking at his phone screen.

"Oh hey, can we pick up Charlene?" Luke asked.

"Sure." Ashton said.

"Who the hell is Charlene?" I said.

Ashton wiggled his eyebrows at Luke.

"Well, she's a girl that Brooke met on Tuesday, she says that Charlene is her sister separated at birth, and she's her new best friend." Calum said. My heart dropped. She has a new best friend?

"Not to mention Luke has the hots for her." Ashton teased.

"Is that so?" I wiggled my eyebrows at him. He just looked up at us and smirked.

"Who knows, maybe she's his girlfriend." Ashton teased further.

Luke didn't say anything but blush, grinning sheepishly.

"Doesn't even deny it." Ashton said.

Luke continued grinning.

"Wait, is she your girlfriend?" Ashton asked, the tone of tease left his voice, but replaced by bewilderment.

"Uhm..." he mumbled. Oh my god.

"WAIT YOU NEVER TOLD US WHAT HAPPENED WHEN YOU WALKED HER HOME!" Calum yelled.

"HOLY SHIT. SHE'S YOUR GIRLFRIEND ISN'T SHE?" Ashton said.

"I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO SHE IS!" I followed.

"OKAY OKAY! Fine." He sighed. "That night, I told her I liked her, she said she liked me back, and suddenly, we started making out, intensely, and then, I asked her to be mine, and she's now my girlfriend."

"WHOOOOOOOOO!!!" We all cheered.

"I wanna meet her." I said.

"You will, in 5 minutes." Luke said, he then recited an address to Ashton, and Ashton drove to it saying he knew it fine.

And just like Luke said, 5 minutes later, we pulled up outside of a house. Ashton beeped the horn and out came a teenage girl...with pink hair. Cool. She looked excited and smiley. She wore long black skinny jeans and a pink flannel, and I noticed she had her nails painted black. She looked pretty cool.

She hopped in the car and climbed in next to Luke.

"Hey babe!" She said to him, pecking his lips. "Thanks Ash! Hey Calum and- oh. We haven't met." She smiled. "I'm Charlene. Call me Char."