Pretty Girls Lie

It's half past ten. Ashton, Calum, Michael, Luke, King and Blue were sitting in the boys' living room, Cody and Hope were the only ones missing. They were talking loudly and messing around, as usual, when Hope walked downstairs.

- I'm sorry for making you wait. - She said once she walked into the living room.

The second she came into their sight, the boys stopped what they were doing to look at her, but Calum's look was different from the other guys'.

- What? - Hope didn't realize why they were staring. - Is something wrong?

Hope looked down at her clothes, trying to figure out why their eyes couldn't leave her body. She was wearing a white corset with thin straps, covered in lace, a little bit of her stomach visible but her maxi skirt covered most of it. The skirt was dusty pink with a side slit all up to her hip, and on her feet she has simple nude heels with thin straps. She also had a small nude bag hanging from her shoulder. Her small curls were perfect as usual and she had a little bit of mascara on and a nude matte lipstick. Her cheekbones and jawline were perfectly countured on their own and didn't need any help from makeup.

Even tough she didn't know why they were staring, she did notice one thing. All of the guys were looking at her clothes and the way she was dressed, but not Calum, he was looking at her face, studying her features with a small smile on his lucious lips.

- There's nothing wrong. - Ashton spoke. - You look great.

- More like stunning. - Michael added, with a half smile.

- You're overreacting. - She said.

- No, they're not. - Another voice suddendly said.

Cody was standing a few steps behind Hope.

- How did you get in, Romeo? - Luke asked him.

- The door was unlocked. - Cody said casually and took a seat on the couch, not minding the nickname.

- You ever hear of ringing the doorbell? - Asthon asked him.

- I did. Twice. - Cody said. - I guess you were too busy admiring the masterpiece.

Cody said looking at Hope and winking, to which she just rolled her eyes.

- Shall we go? - Blue asked.

- We shall. - Ashton said and they all got up and headed for the door.

Calum and Hope were the last ones to exit the apartment.

- You look beautiful. - Calum said quietly.

Hope looked up at him and smiled slightly before exiting.

They were in a small, laid back, club. Calum, Hope and Blue were sitting on barstools in front of the bar, while the others were leaning agains the bar. They had a great view of the stage that was in front of them. The only lights that weren't dim were the ones around the stage. They all had drinks in their hands and all that was left was for Jesse to come on stage.

After putting her drink down Hope pulled out a cigarette pack from her bag and took one for herself. She kept the cigarette in between her fingers while offering the pack to Calum. The pack was the same brand he smoked the other night and it was also half empty. For a few seconds Calum didn't do anything but stare at the pack.

- Go ahead, I won't judge. - Hope said, her voice almost a whisper, and half smiled.

- I've been thinking about quitting. - Calum said.

- Is that what you want or what your fans want? - Hope asked him, still holding the cigarette pack in front of him.

He didn't answer.

- Why do you smoke? - She asked him.

- It calms me down... Makes me feel...something. - He said. - You?

- It distracts me. - She said quietly.

Calum looked at her questionably but didn't ask anything, he just took one cigarette. Hope lighted both of their cigarettes and put both the pack and the lighter on the bar next to her drink.

Finally Jesse was up on the stage. He noticed Hope in the crowd and smiled widely at her before speaking into the mic. He was sitting on a barstool in front of a mic with a guitar in his lap.

He was wearing a black sweater, black skinny jeans with the knees ripped and Timberland shoes. His messy, dirty blonde hair was secured under his snapback, which was turned backwards. He had an ear piercing. His jawline looked like it could cut if you touched it. If he had any tattoos, he wasn't showing them tonight. His cloudy gray eyes may have seemed happy all the time, but that boy sure looked like his middle name was Trouble.

He was a little nervious. - Hi, I'm Jesse... This song is called ''Pain Never Felt So Good''.

The song was romantic. His sweet and pure voice sang about the love he felt for a certain girl while he was sick. Hope heard his voice before and knew he was good, but the guys didn't and they were very impressed now that they did.

After a few more of Jesse's original songs, he was done and joined Hope and the guys.

- You were amazing. - Hope said before hugging Jesse.

- Thank you. - Jesse said and smiled humbly at the ground. - I see you brought friends.

- Yeah... - She said. - This is Blue, King, Cody, Luke, Michael, and you've met Calum and Ashton.

After Jesse introduced himself to everyone, Hope stood next to him.

- So what do you think? - She asked the guys, resting her arm on Jesse's shoulder, cigarette still in her hand.

Jesse was confused.

After the boys all said yes in their own manner Hope turned to Jesse.

- Ashton, Calum, Michael and Luke want to sign King, Blue and Cody to their label and want me to be their lead singer...and I will only do it if you do it with me, like you always wanted to. - Hope told him. - So, what do you say?

- Hell yeah! - Jesse said and hugged Hope in excitment, picking her up from the ground.

- Well, one thing's for sure...We're gonna be the wierdest looking band. - Blue said and everyone laughed in agreement.

- Alright, we need to celebrate this. - King said.

- Not tonight, I have plans. - Cody said. - If you know what I mean.

The guys all chuckled.

- Sorry, love. - Cody said to Hope. - Maybe next time.

He kissed Hope on the cheek, relatively close to her lips.

- Seriously, if you do that one more time without my permission I will hit you. - Hope warned Cody.

- Whoa, guess who's not an angel anymore. - King said.

- Sorry. - Cody said apologetically.

- We've been a band for less than five minutes and there's already drama. - Blue added. - Nice.

- There's no drama, I just don't like people I just met kissing me without my permission, or anyone kissing me without my permission. - Hope said.

Calum smiled to himself, his Hope was a warrior, and he liked that. He knew that even tough she left last night, she let him kiss her and she wanted him to kiss her.

- Once again I apologize... - Cody said. - But I have to say I'm surprised you were the one that threatened me, and not Calum.

After noticing the looks everyone, and not just Hope, was giving him, he once again regreted his decision.

- Okay... I'm gonna go before I get beat up. - Cody said.

- That's a good idea. - Blue said trough a small laughter.

- But before I leave, when are we celebrating? - He asked. - You know, if you all still wanna be in the band and you guys still wanna sign us.

- How about same time tomorrow? - Ashton proposed.

- Same time tomorrow... Alright. - Cody said and left.

Notes

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Thank you for reading!