The others all understood the mishap with the oregano from last night and we were all past it, thank god.
"Summer" I felt his finger poke my cheek "Summer" he whispered louder this time, I opened my eyes barely enough to see, then when he tried to poke me again I turned my head and caught his finger between my teeth.
He yelped as he pulled his hand away, and I laughed at his reaction. He pushed the sheets over my face before moving to his dresser
"the fuck are you waking me up for at" I clicked the button on my phone "six am"
"We have to go to an interview on the news station later today and I promised you a coffee" he was slipping on a pair of skinny jeans. This had become nothing new as he gets dressed with me in the room every day.
"C'mon let's go before they try to follow us with cameras" he pulled all the sheets off of me, exposing my 'dat ass' booty shorts and tank top. I curled up into a ball in an attempt to shield myself from the freezing room.
"Noooooo, at least give me clothes first" he threw the first thing he saw at me since that's what I usually do any way, I've already mistaken our clothes more than once.
I threw on a Green Day shirt that was obviously not mine, and the exact same skinny jeans as Michael with a beanie
"Are we twinning it today?" I asked
"We have similar personalities, we will be twinning it every day without trying"
"We should do it on purpose" I told him
He started giggling before turning away from me and saying "that's what she said" barely audible to me
"Michael" I scolded before running after him, he lead me down the stairs and right out the door, I reached out for our jackets hanging by the front door and managed to grab him by the shoulders on the front lawn and swipe his legs out from under him. Not in a mean way I took his arms and pinned them above his head before scolding him again, both of us coated in a thin layer of light fluffy snow
"Say that again, I dare you" he just looked up to me with a sly grin
"That's wha-" I shoved the beanie that was on my head in his mouth before he could finish the sentence
I wish I had thought that through just a little bit more so that I would not have given him the chance to take control back with the hand I let loose, sadly I lost that battle after two minutes of constant tackling each other and laughing every time he attempted to tickle me and was immediately frustrated since
"I'm not ticklish" I told him through my laughter
"You have to be and I swear to god I will find it"
"Good luck with that" I picked the beanie off the ground and tossed it onto my head
"So you admit that there is a tickle spot on you"
"I admit nothing" I took the hand he stretched out for me to take a hold of and allowed him to pull me to my feet.
"Ready to go?" He asked, I nodded in responseWe were half way there, which wasn't far since there was barely half a mile between the house and the nearest shopping center and he still had not let go of my hand, not that I minded at all
"Hello and welcome to Starbucks how may I help you?" The barista asked
"I'll just have a hot chocolate please" I looked over to see that he had shoved all his white hair in his beanie and threw on a pair of sunglasses that covered most of his face
"What would you like?" He asked me in a low voice
"Medium ice coffee, extra cream, a shot of pumpkin spice and a shot of fudge please" they both gave me a look as if I was insane, I loved the reaction I got every time I ordered that.
"What" I said innocently
"What ever possessed you to make you order that in the first place?" Michael asked me as we waited for my drink
"I got the idea from my mother and it actually tasted amazing" the girl slid the coffee across the counter before telling us our total.
I hate it when people pay for me, so out of habit I reached into my jacket pocket for my wallet
"Don't you dare" Michael warned, still searching through his pockets for his money
"It's five pounds I'm pretty sure I can afford it"
"I'm the one that asked you out"
"And I agreed" I pulled out the thin metal box that was my wallet
"I'm the gentleman I should pay"
"Gentleman, you?" He was more frantically searching through his pocket
"I take offense to that" I clicked the button to show my only debit card and some cash
At the last second he found his card in his back pocket and slammed it on the counter, I sighed in defeat
we were sat in the front of the deserted cafe, looking out the wall completely made of windows in a somewhat awkward silence that consisted in avoiding eye contact with each other
“what does that even taste like?” He asked me
“take a sip, see for yourself” I handed he half full cup of an oddly dark brown substance to him
He was hesitant to ingest it at first so he sniffed the end of the straw, nipped at the remains of what was sitting on top of the cup then made a face before nibbling at the end of the straw.
I watched the routine with amusement as I patiently waited for my drink back
He looked me in the eyes as he took one large sip, I watched as his expression changed from one of disgust to one of amazement before he commenced drinking almost the entirety of what was left.
"Hey dude no thats mine" I reached across the table to get my drink before it disappeared
"That actually tasted great" he said
"I never would have guessed" I laughed at him
"We should probably head back" he suggested
"Alright" I was somewhat disappointed in his suggestion until I noticed which way he had taken me
"We have the time, might as we'll take the long way home" I mentally face palmed at his word choice
"I'm perfectly fine with that" I smiled up to him
We walked until we found the same park I had been to with Ashton, the only difference now was the layer of untouched snow covering everything in sight.
"Snow angels!" I yelled as I flopped down onto my back before waving my limbs along the frozen ground, Michael followed my lead and seconds later we both had our angels imprinted into the snow
"Wait a second yours isn't done" I told him
"what are you doing to my angel?" He sounded panicked as I pranced around to the head of his angel to put two horns on its head
He gasped at how I had just deformed his perfect angel, then went ahead and drew a devils tail on mine.
“Awhhh thank you” I placed a hand on my heart, he laughed before dragging me toward the tree line next to the small pathway we were walking on.
“where are we going?” I asked
“what time is it?” He asked
“What?” I asked confused as to why he answered me with a totally irrelevant question
“Adventure time” He raised a fist to the air
“C’mon grab your friends” I continued the beginning credits of my favorite cartoon
“We’re going to very distant lands” He went on, we continued as we ventured further into the woods.
“Woah” I looked around at the vast pool of water in front of me at the beginning of freezing over with the leaves fallen off the trees, shriveled up and laying dried out on the ground, and a slim layer of snow covering everything in sight. His hand was warming mine yet again as he pulled me to a tree with branches low enough for me to step up onto.
“Stare at my ass and I’ll shove your head up yours” I threatened him as I continued to reach above my head and steady myself on each uneasy branch. the only sounds to be heard for the next few moments were our heavy breaths and grunts as we pull ourselves to the top where an open section of the pine tree showed us the entire scenery of the white mountain tops.
“woah” I breathed out
“so beautiful” I could feel Michaels hot breath on the back of my neck, he had his hands on either side of me resting on a branch as he is pressed against my back.
“We should probably head out, its been ten minutes and we need to leave soon” I suggested
“Yeah, good point” He seemed hesitant but headed out anyway
Michaels POV.
I took my chance while I had it to get as physically close to her as I could, a lot was on my mind but I decided to push it all aside when I was with her.
My life is busier than it ever has been and there is no way in hell I have time for anything but working but technically she is a part of it now. The impulse to be with her is growing stronger with every day and every word she says to me.
“so beautiful” I said, not taking in the view in front of me but looking at her
Summers POV.
“So, you guys have a new show coming out in a month can you guys give us a little sneak peak?” The woman asked as I watched from behind the cameras of the news station.
“No, I’m sorry I don't think we are allowed to speak about the dirty little details yet” Ashton replied
“What about this lucky winner that gets to join you on tour?”
“What about her?” Calum asked
“Is she here?”
“yes” Calum said, they all sat there as if they were clueless as there was a few seconds of silence
“well, uh would you mind if we ask her to come out here?”
“go ahead, ask her shes the one that looks like me” Mike pointed in my direction
“Summah” Mike said
“what” I snapped at him jokingly
“Come here” he whined to me, I allowed the man that walked up to me to clip a microphone to the front of my shirt before walking out onto the platform with them Michael and Calum crushed Ashton and Luke to the sides of the couch for me to squish my fat ass in between them. I laughed as Michael and Calum threw their arms around me
“Summer, we want to know what its like living with one of the biggest bands to exist currently”
“They’re just normal kids really”
“not kids any more obviously but,” She tried to say
“No I mean kids. Michael has the mindset of a five year old and the rest of them are around nineish” Laughter followed almost every comment I had made the entire time
“When you go back home what do you do, are you still considered rock stars or is seeing you surfing, going to movies, and just being a normal kid in general an everyday thing
Luke was about to answer but I beat him to it
“Okay first of all they might be Australian and I know the stereotype but the only surfing I’ve ever seen these guys do is surf the internet and secondly what part of being in a successful band makes them not like a normal human? Last time I checked they all have a pulse and feelings so treating them as objects to stare at and adore behind a glass case is not the appropriate way to act toward them” The boys gasped but had smiles on their faces
“Preach it gurl” Michael raised his hand for me to hit back and I did so
The crowd from outside the glass wall of the station looking in on us started going ballistic, I assumed it was because they were watching from outside on a large screen setup for them.
“Stay tuned for 5 Seconds of Summer’s preformance after this” She looked into the camera and the man off to the side yelled over everyone that we had two minutes.
“I dont appreciate being sassed on my own show” She snapped at me
“I dont appreciate people treating my friends as objects” I retorted
“Thank you” Calum whispered to me
I smiled and waved to them all as they were pulled to the small stage to preform.
Im pretty sure I’m the one who cheered loudest that day.