We Haven't Forgotten

I wake up alone on the floor and it reminds me of the day that I left for college.

“Morning” a voice says and I gasp softly and turn around quickly to find Calum looking out the window.

“Hey.” I say with a hoarse voice. I wipe my eyes and stretch. I slowly get up and slip my pants, put my shirt on and try opening the door again. Locked.

“Shit.” as I sigh with frustration I pull my sleeves up and try opening the door again.

“Guys stop! Please! I need to pee!” I yell. I hear a faint ‘pee in the bottle’ and Calum snorts. I lace my fingers behind my head and Calum stares at me.

“What.” I say and I realize that he’s staring at my arms. I quickly let my arms down and pull my sleeves down.

“It’s nothing.” I whisper and face the wall.

“Janice, how long have you been doing this?” Calum asks as tears fall down my face.

“A, you mother fucker you better open the mother fucking door before I punch a hole in the wall! This is your mother fucking wall!” I yell and I hear Anissa yell back no.

“Janice, answer me. How long have you been doing this?” he asks

“Since Ashton kissed me.” I whisper and Calum sighs

“Oh Janice.”

“Don’t ‘oh Janice’ me! I’m sick and tired of people feeling pity on me!” I yell and Calum flinches. My face softens and I sigh.

“Sorry, sorry. I just, I don’t have anyone anymore.” I sigh and Calum surprises me by wrapping me in a hug.

“You have us now.” he whispers in my ear and tear softly roll down my face.

(Ashton POV)

I admit it, I still think about Janice everyday. I just wish I could apologize to her. Janice doesn’t even look at me, let alone think of me as a human being. I’m sitting on the couch when I hear Janice yelling in the room. Not to Anissa or to us, to Calum. A small smirk breaks my face and I scroll through Instagram.
Luke and Michael sit next to me on the couch and turn on the T.V.

“We have to open that door.” Michael says.

“Why?” I question

“Management just texted him that we have an interview in two days and that we have to record something.” Luke states.

There’s a knock on the door then the doorbell goes off.

“I’ll get it.” I yell. I walk over to the front door and open it.

“Hello?” I ask and see that it’s Janice’s neighbor

“Hey, can I talk to Janice?”

“No.”

“Why?”

“She’s busy.”

“Doing?”

“Something.”

“Look, just let me inside. Please.” he says. I realize it’s the only way to open the door and get Calum out of there and to get him away from Janice.

“Fine.” I say and let him inside. We walk over to the empty room and I open the door quietly. Janice is sitting on the floor on the opposite side than Calum. She sprints over to the door and hugs the guy.

“OMIGOSH THE DOOR FINALLY OPENED!!” she yells while laughing. Calum gets up and pats me on the shoulder as he walks out. Janice and the other guy are talking to the side when Anissa walks in.

“Why did you open the door?” she asks me.

“Um, that dude needed to talk to Janice s I let him and we have an interview in two day so we need to get Calum out of there.” I say and she sighs.

(Janice)

Someone knocks on the door and I open it to find the one and only Mia.

“Janice! What a surprise! Does that mean that Calum’s here? Oh, wait, that’s right you guys broke up!” by the time she’s finished running her mouth Michael is behind me to stop me from swinging at her perfect face. She lets herself inside and hugs Anissa. Her eyes land on Calum- who is still shirtless - and she nearly has a heart attack.

“Calum! Long time no see! I’ve missed you since we broke up! Ever you cheated on me with that blonde fake thing. You know, the one that the gay ones and Ashy lived with!” she yells at the top of her lungs

“That blonde fake thing has a name that is Janice and she is most definitely not fake. I’m sure you’re more fake than Janice is.” Sam says and Luke chokes on some water and Ash laughs.

“Please Anissa, get her off of me.” he says and Anissa has to practically peel her off of Calum. Rage builds up in me and my nails are digging into the palm of my hand. I race up to the bathroom and close the door behind me. I breathe and tears spill out of my eyes.

“Janice?” Sam asks and I open the door for him.

“Hey, don’t cry, don’t take it personally. I doubt what she said was true.” he says hugging me and petting my hair.

“I’m not a pet Sam.” I say and we both laugh softly. “It’s everything that she said to Calum was untrue.”

“There’s always a little bit of truth behind a lie.” he says.

“Okay, so maybe they did sleep together once and I did live with those dorks. They’re my best friends. But they most definitely did not date and he didn’t cheat on her with me.” I say in a breath.

“I told most of the truth. Now you owe me a secret.” I grin looking in his face.

“I’m in love with you.”

Notes

Heyyyy!!! I'm back!I left for vacation and my wifi was off for a couple of days. I'm so sorry and i hope you enjoy my crappy writing!

-invisiblemichael