sex lessons ~ mgc

chapter 44

LAURENS POV
when I wake up in Michaels bed he is out of sight. I begin calling his phone only to discover it is off.

I call Calum to ask if he has heard from him.

"hello?" Calum answers tiredly.

"hey cal, you don't know where Michael is do you?" I reply merrily.

"why?" he asks and I sigh.

"I stayed at his last night," I begin and Calum huffs. "it wasn't like that, I got
really drunk so he came and helped me." I lie. "but now I don't know where he's gone." I finish.

"you're probably better off asking Ashton or Luke, I barely speak to the boy." Calum sighs.

"okay." I reply. "also, what was wrong last night?"

"don't worry." he says hastily.

"grab a coffee with me in a few hours and we can talk about it?" I half ask and half demand.

"okay." he says and we say goodbye.

I drop Ashton a text saying "you don't know where Michael is do you?" and he replies moments later saying 'yeah'

I frown at my phone before replying 'okay... soo where is he again?' and place my phone on the bedside table as I sit up, my headache hitting.

'he's on his way back' Ashton replies and I lay back down, pulling the duvet high over my head and shutting my eyes groggily.

a few minutes later, I hear the door shut and hear rustling, Michael is carrying a plastic bag.

I hear him place something in the kitchen before coming into the bedroom to check on me.

"feeling alright?" he chuckled and I groan. "want a sick bowl?" he says and I nod.

he goes and collects one and I notice how weird it is that he's up and dressed already, he didn't used to wake up until 5pm.

"there you go." he smiles and I thank him.

"where did you go?" I ask.

"to get my business started." he replies.

what fucking business, I think to myself.

"what is it?" I ask and he looks at me for a moment.

"a secret." he replies.

I beg him to tell me for the next 15 minutes but he doesn't give in. I eventually give up and lay down, too exhausted to even move.

"I have business to do at around 4pm, mind if I drop you back then?" he asks and I shake my head. "was gonna go for a coffee with Calum around that time anyway, somethings up with him." I sigh.

a majority of my day is spent throwing up and showering, as well as watching netflix. I text Calum a bit throughout the day and promise to go and see him when I'm back on campus later.

Michael makes me get up at 3:30 and I wear a t shirt of his and a pair of his black jeans - which are actually a little tight for me because his legs resemble twigs.

he drops me off to campus and a majority of the car ride is spent with him making and receiving phone calls on a shitty nokia phone.

"it's my work phone." he tells me as I look at it in a confused manner.

when we reach campus, we say our goodbyes and I go straight to Calum's dorm to see what's up.

"cal." I say against the door as I knock. "it's me."

he answers the door a long while afterwards, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes.

he looks at me for a moment before letting me in without saying a word.

"cal, what's wrong?" I ask, slightly worried about him as he never appears to be upset.

"life without any friends is starting to affect me." he says. "me and Stephanie are no longer together. I don't have Michael, Luke or Ashton anymore either. I'm lonely." he says.

"talk to the boys! they'll understand." I comfort. "plus, you have me." I say, trying to make light of the situation.

"they won't. we drifted because we became so different. I don't do drugs, I don't drink all the time, I don't like sleeping with various girls. I don't fit in with them anymore."

"what happened with you and Stephanie?" I ask.

"dunno, I said some shit that I shouldn't have. and it just wasn't the same anymore. we stopped loving eachother, stopped having sex, even looking at eachother really" he sighs.

we sit in silence for a moment, it's half awkward half comfortable.

"talk to them. please." I say to Calum.
after a moment he hesitates before texting Michael.

"coffee?" I ask.

"can we go to the pub instead?" he chuckles and I nod.

we walk off campus together to a small pub around the corner.

we sit at the bar and he drinks a beer whilst I drink a glass of water.

"I've told the boys that I'm here. hopefully they'll come down." Calum says, sipping his beer.

we make casual conversation for the next half an hour before Michael, Ashton and Calum turn up.

they make a lot of noise as they walk through the bar, laughing and shouting.

they all sit on the bar stools beside us and start to make casual conversation. Michael drinks beer while he sits next to me.

"thought you had business to attend to?" I ask and he chuckles.

"done it already." he says. "my new business is all up and running." Luke and Ashton chuckle at his words and shake their heads.

"can't believe what you're getting yourself into Clifford." Luke chuckles.

"what's this business then?" I ask, sipping my drink.

"ah, I can't tell you that." he smirks. "just know that I have a stable job. the degree really helped."