Wednesday.
"Homework?" Luke asked, entering his office, seeing me on my phone.
"Taking a break" I spoke, feeling the headache in my skull from all the math equations I had just finished.
"I want that grade up by Monday" he reminded me.
"I know, Luke" I rolled my eyes slowly.
I heard him exhale
"No eye rolling, I just want what's best for you" he spoke, kissing my head.
"Do you have Midole?" I asked him, wanting to change the subject.
He hummed, knowing what that meant.
"I'll bring your some, don't leave."
Friday night.
I stared at my computer screen, tears swelling in my eyes as I saw the 54 F I had just received on my test.
I was dead.
If anything, this would drop my grade from a D to an F.
And to make everything better- the boys were going out yet again.
Calum opened my door as I fanned my face, trying to spot the tears from pooling over.
"What's wrong?" Panic flew across his face.
"I'm not going to have my grade up" I cried out immediately, making him shut the door quickly.
"It's okay baby-" "no it's not, he's been pushing me so much and I don't want him to be mad at me, but I just don't understand" I cried out as he pulled my head into his stomach, hugging me, making me hold his shirt into my hands.
"Princess, I'll talk to him-" "that's not going to help me" I cried.
"Okay, relax- there's no reason to cry over this, Babygirl" he exhaled, sitting beside me in the bed, holding me into his chest.
"Calum" I cried out into him.
He wrapped both arms around me.
"There's more than just this test princess- what's wrong with you?" He asked me carefully.
"So much" I cried into his shoulder.
"You've gotta talk to me." He mumbled.
"I miss you guys" I cried.
Calum.
My heart broke as those words came out of her mouth.
"We're here princess-" "barely, you all work ten hours a day, then you sleep and on weekends you all go out, the only time I ever even talk to Luke is over school and he's usually chewing my ass out" she cried out, looking to me, the tears rolling down her face.
I wiped them quickly.
"We used to do something every weekend and now all I do is sit here with a stranger, stress over homework and think about my mom" she cried out, making me tuck a few strands of hair behind her ear.
She was mentally exhausted and none of us realized it.
"It's okay baby, let's go talk to the guys-" "I don't want to" she spoke, trying to stop her crying, but failing.
"Why not?" I asked her calmly.
"Because Luke is finally happy, and my mom is the reason he was sad in the first place, I don't want him to be sad again Calum- please don't talk to him, just go" she cried, putting her face into her hands.
"I'm not leaving you like this Vanessa-" "Calum, go!" She yelled and I immediately knew she didn't mean to yell, but there was just too much going on.
"No" I spoke sternly, standing and calling Drew as she cried out.
I told him not to come, knowing I needed to stay with her.
"Calum" she cried out, shoving her face into a pillow as she cried.
Her crying soon caused the door to open- Ashton seeming more than confused.
"Someone is mentally exhausted and denying it" I spoke.
"Stop saying that- I'm fine" she cried out, trying to wipe her tears away.
"You're not fine, Vanessa, but that is okay." I told her, trying to get it through her head that it was okay to not be okay.
"I just want my mom back- everything was okay" she cried- reaching for Ashton, begging for his attention.
"Princess" Ashton exhaled, moving to hug her, which she held him tightly into, tears steady falling out of her eyes.
"I don't want to be the reason Luke stays sad"
"Princess, if anything at all- you're the reason he's happy."
