How You Meet

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Calum: “There’s nothing to do here,” You complained as you lay down on the couch.  “Sure there is.  It’s a whole new place, go explore,” You mom laughed.  “Can’t I just sleep?”  “No, now go get some Sydney vitamin D,” You mom said, pushing you out.  “There’s no difference in vitamin here and back home, Mom!”  You yelled through the door.  You got no response so you turned and walked to the elevator.  You knew it’d be a while before your mom called telling you to come back.  Luckily, you also had your credit card with you so you wouldn’t starve.  For this trip, your mom decided to give you a temporary card with enough money for the week you’re here.  After wondering around for a while you finally found what you were looking for; TGI Fridays.  Even though you were by yourself you didn’t mind, you walked in, ordered a table, received some weird looks, and sat down in the waiting room.  “Are you all alone?”  You heard someone ask.  You turned your head a bit to look at the four boys how just happened to catch your eye earlier.  Especially the one talking to you.  He had dark hair and looked like he was Asian, or maybe Hawaiian.  “Yeah, parents kind of locked me out,” You said, giving off a small laugh.  “You’re no from here are you?”  He asked you.  You shook your head, “I’m here on vacation.”  “Well, I’m Calum and here’s Ashton, Luke and Michael,” he said pointing to each boy.  “Y/N,” You smiled.  “Do you wanna join us to eat, I’m sure they wouldn’t mind,” He said, imitating your smile.  “Sure.”  You changed the seating and soon enough your table was ready.  Near the end of the dinner, Ashton, who’s sitting next to you whispers in your ear, “Calum likes you, if it wasn’t already obvious.”  You smile and whisper back, “Feeling’s mutual.”  “Calum, Y/N likes you back!”  Ashton exclaims as you stare wide-eyed.  Calum looks at you and gives you a cure wink, “We’re going to have to do something about that, aren’t we?”  He laughs.

Luke: Today was the day you were going to treat yourself.  Buy clothes, useless things you don’t need, just to have fun and feel good.  You walked into a music shop and looked around at the CD’s.  You grabbed one, but were suddenly knocked into.  “Oh, I’m sorry!”  You heard.  You grabbed your things and stood up.  You looked into the dark eyes of the person who knocked into you.  “It’s alright,” You mumbled.  He smiled, “I’m Calum.”  “Y/N.”  “Calum, you need to be more careful,” You heard.  You watched as a tall blonde boy patted Calum on the back, letting out a nervous laugh.  Not exactly nervous, more fake, like it was pushed out to make him seem normal.  “Sorry about my friend here,” The boy mumbled, his confidence descending since he looked at you again.  “No harm no fowl,” You smiled.  “Good.  I’m Luke by the way.”  “Y/N,” You smiled to the boy who, you had to admit, was attractive as hell.  You looked between the two and noticed Calum glaring slightly at Luke.  You looked down at the CD in your hand, “I should pay for this,” You explained as you walked to the cashier.  The album read Motion City Soundtrack, a band you’d heard of, but never listened to.  Now or never, you thought.  “Bye,” You heard Calum say.  You sighed when you realized Luke wasn’t going to say bye.  You paid for the music and left the store going to the food court; it was passed noon and about time to get something to eat.  “Y/N!”  You heard, the voice sounding excited.  You turned and saw Luke and Calum looking at you.  You put down you sandwich and smiled at them, “Hi.”  “Small world, huh?”  Luke asked as he sat down at the table.  “Well, we are just in the mall.  It can’t be that big,” you laughed.  “R-right,” Luke said as he let the fake laugh out again.  “Oh, by the way.  I forgot to ask you guys, are you from Australia?”  You asked once you finished chewing your last bite.  “Yeah,” Luke says as he smiles.  “Cool, never met a foreign guy before,” You laugh.  “Well, you met two today.  So I’d call that an accomplishment,” Calum commented.  “True,” You noted.  You looked over at Luke as he glared at Calum, “Hey, Mr. Grumpy Pants, what’s with the glaring?”  You asked, thinking nothing of it.  “Well, you see, Luke here has a giant crush on you and he pushed me into you so he could talk to you,” Calum stated.  At first you were surprised, but you calmed down and looked at the blushing Luke, “Is that true?”  “Y-yeah.”  You smile at him, “Well, that was a good idea, because it worked.”

Michael: You grabbed the blue nail polish and put it into the basket.  You were at the local drug store for your very own spa day.  Otherwise known as ‘I have nothing better to do and I am a loner’ day.  After you grabbed the last thing you needed you exited the aisle.  There you saw a boy with exotic hair looking at condoms.  He was looking between two so you tried to slip passed him to get the register.  Sadly, he backed up right when you went passed him.  You two dumped into each other, you dropping the basket and him dropping the condoms.  “Oh, I’m sorry,” You blushed as you picked up your basket and his condoms.  Extra-large, nice.  “Oh, it was my fault.  Sorry,” He mumbled as he took the boxes.  You could see the blush on his cheeks that imitated the ones on yours.  “Busy night?”  You asked, pointing slightly to the items in his hand.  “Kinda, there’s a party going on and I just want to be prepared I guess.  I mean, it’s not a very high chance I’ll get laid, but…”He said trailing off. “Better safe than sorry,” You finished.  “Yeah,” He said as he let out a nervous laugh.  A small silence filled the store, but the boy quickly covered it up, “Seems like you have a busy night too.”  You laughed, “Not really.  It’s sort of an ‘I have nothing to do’ night, so…” You trailed off.  “Sounds a lot better than mine,” He laughed.  “I guess,” You sighed, “There’s always room for two if you’d like,” You smiled.  “Yes, because I need a green tea lavender face mask,” He laughed.  “They have some for guys,” You noted.  “Well then, I’ll go get some and we’ll head over to your place,” He smiled as he walked into the aisle with face wash.  Stunned, you followed him, watching him look through guy face washes.  He finally picked one with a man on it and smiled at you.  You two paid for the things and went back to your apartment for a night of laziness and fun.

Ashton: For your senior year your band was invited to fly/drive to Disneyland to play and record there.  You would be there for 1 week, most of it being for band, but there was enough time for fun.  On the first day of fun you and your friends set out to go on some rides.  All day you goofed around.  For your songs you’d be doing Disney tunes, Lion King, Little Mermaid.  You joked around by loudly singing the notes, “Y/N, will you shut up!”  “Sorry, it’s stuck in my head,” You laughed.  “Alright, next group.”  “I’ll go by myself,” You told you friends since the rollercoaster fit 2 people.  You got into your cart, and hoped no one else would join you.  “Miss, would you mind if this gentleman joined you.  He’s in the same predicament as you are, too many people,” The lady asked you.  You looked at the boy behind you and your heart fluttered.  This guy was drop-dead gorgeous.  You smiled at him, which he returned, “No, I wouldn’t.”  “Thank you,” The woman said as she left.  ‘Thanks,” The guy mumbled as he got in.  “You’re not form here are you?”  “I’m Australian,” He noted.  “Ah, I’m Y/N by the way.”  “Ashton.”  The ride started and you two screamed laughed the whole ride.  At the end your friends and his met up with you two.  “I see you got a riding buddy,” Your friend whispered, nudging you.   “So, why are you guys in California when you’re from Australia?”  You asked, ignoring your friend.  “Just for fun,” Ashton shrugged, “Why are you here?”  “Oh, I’m in the marching band and we’re here to preform and record,” You said nonchalantly.  “Oh, I play some band instruments too!”  Ashton said excitedly.  For the rest of the day you and Aston hung out discovering more and more things you had in common.  After a while both of your friends left, leaving you to yourselves.  “Wait, where is everyone?”  You asked turning around.  “I don’t know, I guess we got annoying,” Ashton guessed.  You smiled, “No, we were too cool.”  Ashton laughed, “Of course, come on, let’s go here.”  Ashton grabbed your hand and dragged you to a love ride.  “Um, Ash, this is a couple’s ride,” You mumbled, blushing.  “I know, now you have a choice. Go in as a couple, or go in as friends, which one?”  He asked.  You smiled and kissed him on the cheek, “Couple.”

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