The Voice (Luke Hemmings)

31. Twitter

Last night, when I got home from the battle, I received an email with names of people who were through to the live shows. And some information about the next rehearsals and the live shows. The ones who were through to the live shows were Stefan, Jenna, Tom and me for Team Hayley, and I didn't really remember the people from the rest of the teams. The first live shows were in a couple of weeks, but I already knew what I wanted to sing. And because Team Hayley had only four members now, Hayley had more time for me, to prepare and stuff, what I really needed. The song I chose was a slow song, but I really wanted to turn it into my own style. And I really hope that Hayley likes it. So tomorrow we're going to talk about song choice and all that, so I'll ask her then. I took my breakfast what I just made into my bedroom and sat down on my bed. I opened my laptop and went to Twitter. What changed? First of all, fucking hell, 6 thousand followers...? What the hell... Before the show I had like... 300. I looked through the trends and saw #5sosandSkyler trending. What the...? WHY?! I clicked on it and there it was. The video Ashton made about me scaring Michael. And he said he'd put it on Keek. And I guess he did.

@LarryLuvver4: One of the guys is def dating her. What if it's Luke? They'll get kicked off the show. If that happens I'm gonna kill her. #5sosandSkyler

@GiveThemPizza: I SHIP HER AND MICHAEL #5sosandSkyler #Skychael

@CalumMadHatter: OMGG YAASS SHE'S AWESOME #5sosandSkyler

@ThemMalikGenes: WHAT THE FUCK?!?!?!?! I hope she's dating Calum bc Luke is mine. BACK OFF BlTCH.

Eeh.... Okey? Fucking hell, I really need to talk with Luke about this.

Me: What's trending on Twitter
Luke: ??
Me: GO TO TWITTER AND LOOK WHAT'S TRENDING
Luke: OKEY NO NEED TO OVERREACT

It was silent for a while.

Luke: Shit man...
Me: Same
Luke: Ah, fuck. Management is calling me 0.o gtg x
Me: You better tell me what they said.

And he didn't reply after that. I sighed and put some music on to calm me down. This 'being a secret' thing doesn't really work out well for us. I finished my breakfast and rolled myself up in a little ball with the blankets around me tightly. And the music still on. I only needed hot chocolate, rain and thunder and it would be perfect. And this whole secret thingy needs to be gone. But unfortunately it isn't that simple...

Luke: You're home right?
Me: Jup. What did they say?

He didn't reply. Again. At that moment the doorbell rang. I sighed, climbed out of bed and walked towards the door. When I opened it I saw 4 guys smiling innocently at me. "The fuck?" I said before they dragged me to the elevator. "What the fuck guys?" I said frustrated. "Management wants to talk to us and told us to pick you up on the way." Calum explained. "So you decided to kidnap me from my apartment." I said. They all nodded. "Pretty much." Luke said before pecking me on the lips. Luckily the door closed itself. I had no idea how I was going to get back into the apartment without my keys, but I'd call Anna. So here I sat in an very expensive car, next to 2 boys bickering, in my casual clothing and blue fluffy socks. "You could've at least told me that I had to bring some shoes." I said grumpily. "Why? I like these." Michael said with a wink and I slapped him playfully. "Ass." I muttered under my breath and looked out of the window. We were riding through Sydney, to their management. I really hope they aren't strict. Because strict people are scary. Calum began singing along to the cd, which was Feel by Sleeping With Sirens. I'll Take You There was on and I began singing along too. And soon Ashton joined. And then Michael. And then Luke. And we were jamming the whole ride, singing along to every song. Ashton parked the car into a full parking lot and we all stepped out the car, laughing. We all walked in, laughing and joking until they all stopped in front of a door. Fuck. "How many people are in there?" I whispered. "Around 3 I think." Michael answered before opening the door. Weren't they going to tell me what to say? How to be polite? Gosh. Like they're throwing me into the deep end of the pool. We walked inside and the boys took a seat on the right side of the table. There were 2 people on the left of the table. I sat next to the boys and waved. "Hi, I'm Skyler." I said, introducing myself. "Yes, we heard all about you." One of the men said. I looked to the boys questionably and they smiled cheekily. I shook my head and turned to the men again. "So... Basically, you 4 were friends with Skyler and her friend Anna before going on tour, you're back again, are friends again... Correct?" The boys and me nodded. "And a judge can't date a contestant or else they'll both be kicked off the show yea?" He asked and we all nodded again. Did they know? Fuck, I should've asked Luke what to say if they asked up if we're dating. "Luke, I need you to be honest with me. Are you dating Skyler?" We all looked at Luke. The boys knew it already. "Not exactly...?" Luke tried. The man rolled his eyes. "Let me ask you this differently. Are you two romantically involved?" Luke was silent for a while and then he nodded slowly. "Yes." He replied. The man sat back in his seat and nodded. "Great." He said sarcastically. "Even though you'll both be kicked off the show?" Luke nodded again. The man sighed. "After the Keek Ashton made, the whole world knows you're friends. And it won't take long before the media comes up with a story about Skyler dating one of you. And of course they'll think it's you Luke, because it will be an interesting story because you'll both get kicked off the show!" The man raised his voice. "Well, what do you want me to do? I'm not going to stop seeing her like I did 2 years ago." Luke defended himself. "I'm not asking you to do that. But what I'm saying, is that you all can be seen, but it will have to be with all of you. Not just you and Skyler. And just to be sure... Skyler, you need to fake date another guy." The man said and my eyes widened. Eww no. "And the best option is Michael, Ashton or Calum." He continued. I looked at them wide-eyed. I think they didn't know this either, if I saw the look on their faces. "Umm, not me. I'm kinda... unavailable." Michael said and I smiled. Annaaaaaaaa. The man sighed deep. "Any more girlfriends I should know about?" He asked frustrated. Ashton and Calum shook their heads. "Good. Now will you choose, will Skyler choose or am I going to choose? What will it be?" He asked. I looked at the boys and they looked at me. What the fuck? What was I going to do? I sure as hell am not going to choose. "Can't I have them both?" I joked. The man looked at me with a neutral expression. Not funny? Okey then. "I really don't know." I said. Why am I doing this to them? This was all my fault. Now they need to watch what they're doing all the time because of me. But I guess I had no choice. "I don't really care to be honest." Ashton said while shrugging. "Me either." Calum said. Well, I guess that makes this much easier. Not. "Eenie meenie minie moe, catch a tiger by it's toe." The man suddenly said bored. He didn't even sing it! He ended up pointing at Calum. Calum smiled and nodded. "Guess you'll be stuck with me." He said. "I'm sorry. I get it if you don't want this, and I know this is all my fault, and-" I began. "Hey, it's okay. I get it. I'm sure Luke would've done the same for me." He said and I nodded. "Okay." I said. "Very emotional." The man said bored. "Now. Luke, Skyler and you can see each other, blablabla, but you can't be seen with each other okay? And take at least one of the guys with you if you want to go outside together." He said and we all nodded. "You can go now." He said. We all stood up and walked out the door. The first thing I did was hugging Luke. There wasn't anybody in the hallway anyways. "I'm sorry." I said. "S'okay. This isn't your fault." He said. "At least the chance of us being caught is much smaller." Luke said and grinned. I pecked his lips and turned around to the other boys, who casually had their eyes closed and their hands over their ears. "Ugh, PDA." Michael said. "Well, you didn't mind when you had Anna pinned against the wall in our kitchen a couple days ago." I said and his cheeks turned red. The other boys ooh'ed and whistled. I chuckled and walked after them out of the building. So... Calum and me?