"dee-dee!" an over excited baby joey shook the arm of his bigger sister, the bigger sister let out an inhuman noise at the sudden contact.
"joey, five more minutes please."
baby joey lifted his fingers to his index finger, shoving his palm to indie's face. "five! it's five! wake up! wake up!"
indie groaned when she felt weight on her back, little squeals by her ear. "joey, please get off, you're crushing me."
she heard the sound of her door open, hoping it wasn't georgia coming in to wake her up. instead, she was startled by a deep voice. "hey buddy, don't disturb your sister." his voice trailed off to a giggle, indie rolled onto her back and pulled the blanket over her face, she thought she was imagining it but when baby joey ran to the figure standing by the door, it woke her almost instantly. "sup?"
"sup?" indie mocked him, rubbing at her eyes harshly. "what the hell are you doing here at nine thirty in the morning?"
calum giggled, stepping in to pick up baby joey and cradle him in his muscular arms. "your mum and dad is out, luke had some important discussion to go to and your parents called my parents to babysit this lil' monster over here but my parents have their doctor and dentist appointments so they made me do it. ashton came along as well."
the tiredness hit her again, the buzzing from baby joey's attempt of waking her up coming back into view. "give me five more minutes please." she mumbled before collapsing back into her slumber.
x x x
"good morning," indie yawned, stretching her arms over head. she walked into the kitchen and took her place on one of the island stools, she felt better than just now, her hair was all wet from the shower and her glasses were placed on the slope of her nose.
calum poured the hot coffee into a cup, sliding the substance towards indie. "good afternoon to you too. it's actually one o'clock, princess."
indie coughed out her coffee. "are you for real? why didn't you wake me?"
"eh," calum shrugged. "you looked way too tired. you were pretty much frowning in your sleep. you were literally stress sleeping."
"still!" indie argued. "i'm sorry you had to take care of joey by yourself. if you woke me up i could've babysat with you."
"dude, its fine. plus, joey is with ashton walking around the neighbourhood. its insane how much he treats him like a son."
indie wiggled her eyebrows. "i told you ashton was daddy as fúck."
calum made a gagging noise, "please don't. anything but that." indie laughed, "so, do you have any plans for today?"
indie pursed her lips. "nathan wants to go to dinner so i think we're going to dinner. you?"
"can't you ditch him?" calum wondered aloud.
indie squinted. "calum, he's my boyfriend."
"that you said you were going to break up with," he reminded her, watching as she bit her lip, the sign not being the one he was hoping to see. "right?"
a deep breath left her lungs, "i don't know calum, i really like him and he really likes me and we were the past, he's my present, ashley's your present. you don't see me asking you to dump ashley, do you?"
"that's because you don't need to," calum retorted. "i'm going to do it myself, plus, do you really like nathan enough to cheat on him with me?"
calum wasn't playing fair, he was guilt tripping her and she knew it, even he knew it. he didn't know why she just couldn't admit that she still loved him too, it would've been so easy, he literally did not know why she was so scared of going back to him. nathan was a great guy but calum knew he was better than him. he knew he could make indie feel ten times better than nathan can, there was no hesitation in that, she just needed to trust him again.
"i don't want to talk about this." indie changed the subject quickly, hopping out of the stool and leaving the kitchen entirely, calum stood there a little dumbfounded and hurt, he followed indie out the kitchen seeing as she was by the front door, her cup of coffee still in her hands as she stared into the distance. calum walked over and wrapped his arms around her waist, noticing her tense up for a second before relaxing again, his chin was placed on her shoulder, their cheeks brushing. the slightest touch making indie tingle inside.
the sudden sound of the back door slamming made them both jump, indie spilling a little stain of coffee onto her jumper, calum stumbled back, turning around to see luke tossing his car keys onto the little table they had next to the staircase. "yo dude, did you have to slam the door?" luke looked up, seeing the two and eyeing them suspiciously.
"didn't mean to, bro. sorry." luke put his hands up in surrender, he then turned to indie. "where's joey?"
"with ashton." indie shrugged, "ashton pretty much kidnapped him."
luke nodded, ignoring the power couple and their looks of embarrassment. "well i'm headed upstairs, don't fück each other."
before anyone else could say anything else, luke made his way upstairs leaving indie and calum flustered and not knowing what to do. "well this is awkward."
"it's only awkward if you make it awkward," indie retorted, "well, i'm going to go upstairs and take a shower, so, make yourself at home."
calum nodded, watching as indie was about to walk up the stairs, before she could get to the fourth step, calum grabbed her by the wrist and pulled her down, she shrieked but calum caught her in his arms and pressed his lips to hers catching indie off guard she froze for a few seconds before realizing what was happening.
"what the fück?!" the pitching scream broke the two apart again, there luke was, standing at the top of the stairs, his mouth agape. he couldn't believe what the hell he was seeing. "what the hell are you both fücking doing?! again?"
"luke, we can explain-"
luke scoffed. "i think i don't need an explanation. you guys are dating other people! you're cheating! what is wrong with you guys?! you guys kissed once, why would you do it again?"
"it's my fault, bro." calum piped in, indie appreciated the gesture but she knew she was at fault as well.
"and mine," indie cut in ignoring the look calum was giving her. "he kissed me but i went along with it."
luke's eyes widened, "i don't know what the hell is happening but i can't fücking believe you guys! calum, ashley is going to bury you alive if she finds out! dee, nathan is going to be so heartbroken, i actually liked the dude."
"technically you only like him because he got you a black sabbath t-shirt." indie had to just add in, luke glared at her in response to her remark.
"that doesn't matter! what matters is that you're cheating on him! don't you have any respect for yourself?!" luke was yelling now, not realizing that ashton sneaked himself through the back door with a sleeping baby joey cradled into his arms.
luke was right, what mattered was that they were cheating. no one should get cheated on, no one. she knew she would never want someone to cheat on her so how did she have the balls to do it in the first place?
ashton cleared his throat, the dense tension releasing a little as he motioned towards the child in his arms, "he fell asleep on the slide." all of them looked at him, indie trying to convey the message that it wasn't the right time by her eyes. ashton seemed to notice it after a few seconds, "oh okay so this isn't the right time. i'll just put him back in his crib then." he proceeded to make his way upstairs, allowing luke to start yelling and lecturing the two again.
"luke, i can explain alright?" calum tried again, hoping luke would listen. "i kissed indie, i started it, she just fell into it but it's all my fault. it's all my fault that i still love her even though i'm dating ashley, i'm sorry okay? i love her too much and i honestly can't let her go."
the unpleasant expression on luke's face never changed, instead it just turned into a look of disappointment and disgust. "wow, i can't wait until your actual boyfriend and actual girlfriend find out. something i'd pay to see." was the sentence that came out luke's mouth, each word spat out like venom.
"they're not," indie butted in, earning confused looks from both boys, "we're going to tell them."
"just let us handle this, alright?" calum looked at luke, his eyes pleading.
it took luke a few good minutes, him just staring both them down. he didn't know what to think. indie was the last person on his list he would ever call a cheater but i guess that's what happens when so called 'love' gets in the way. even though luke only liked nathan because of the black sabbath t-shirt he was given ( but he couldn't admit that in the argument), nathan was a nice dude and he could tell nathan really cared about his sister. now he was only going to get his heart crushed.
with a stern sigh and look, luke finally made his discussion. "if you don't tell them by the next two weeks, i will."
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