Unlikely // c.h

2.6 Gem

7th August

-Perrie's Point of View-

"Hi, I'm so angry at you but I missed you so give me a hug," She said pulling me into her arms,

"I missed you too, what are you doing here? How did you know we were here?"

"I'm here to see you and finally meet baby Hood and I know you are here because my boyfriend called me obviously,"

"Boyfriend?"

"Michael?"

"You and Michael?"

"We've been together for nearly 4 years Perrie,"

"Are you guys public? Because I've never read about you,"

"We keep it under wraps, I wanted to finish school first,"

"Have you finished?" I asked,

"Yeah I graduated about 3 weeks ago, I have a degree in English now,"

"English? Really?"

"I've always been good at English Perrie, you know that," She said walking into the hallway,

"I know you have I just didn't think you'd go all the way with it," I said laughing and shutting the door,

"You know I was worried that I wasn't going to be able to find your house but that is definitely not a problem," She said laughing,

"Yeah it's pretty big,"

"It's very big,"

"Michael is in the garden if you wanna go see him," I said, she smiled and ran away. When I imagined meeting Gemma again I imagined her screaming at me for leaving her but she's acting like I've been on holiday for 2 weeks. I don't know whether to be relieved or kind of hurt that me leaving wasn't such a big deal to her.

"Hey," Calum said when I walked into the kitchen,

"Gemma,"

"I know, I think Michael text her,"

"She got here fast,"

"She was in France celebrating," Calum told me,

"Fancy,"

"Indeed," He said smiling,

"Is saying I love you taking it too fast?" I asked Calum as we played with each other hands,

"I know we said we were taking it slow but come on Pez, when have we ever taken it slow?"

"True, I just don't want to jump straight into it. Like I don't want your fans knowing,"

"My fans don't need to know anything and besides Michael and Gemma have been dating for nearly 4 years and it hasn't came out and we're much more careful," He said,

"We're careful?" I asked, he laughed,

"When sober,"

"When sober," I said giggling and kissing him,

"Whoa, we're taking it slow remember,"

"I hate you sometimes," I said laughing and stepping away from him,

"No you don't, you love me all the time,"

"Maybe," I said picking up my watermelon and walking back outside, he laughed and followed me out the back. Jen and Gemma were hugging each other tightly and Michael was smiling, clearly happy that his girlfriend was here with him.

"Mummy," Parker said pulling at my shorts,

"Yeah buddy?" I asked crouching down so I was eye level with him,

"Who's that lady?"

"She's mummy's best friend from home, Gemma,"

"Uncle Michael was talking about her before,"

"Uncle Michael?" I questioned, Calum crouched down so he was also eye level and smiled at us,

"Uncle Michael and Gemma are together so technically she's Aunt Gemma," Calum explained, Parker smiled and ran over to Gemma and Jen,

"Reunited," I sighed falling onto the grass, Calum followed my action and grabbed my hand,

"This could have been a daily occurrence if you hadn't had left,"

"If I hadn't have left you wouldn't be doing what you love,"

"I'd be doing something alright," He said, I groaned and rolled my eyes,

"That's not what I meant,"

"I know it's not,"

"You would have grown attached to Parker and I and you wouldn't have gone with the boys to London,"

"I'm already attached to you and Parker," He said, I smiled and looked at him,

"We're attached to you too so you best not fuck it up,"

"I wouldn't dream of it,"

"Good," I said,

"Do you still live in Australia?" I asked after silence had taken over,

"We travel a lot so we don't really have a home, more of a tour bus, a plane or a hotel room,"

"That sucks," I said,

"Not when you're with your 3 best friends,"

"I suppose, when are you moving on next?"

"We are recording our new album so about 2 weeks we have to go back to London. We were going to go home but there's just no point," He said,

"There's always a point to go home,"

"The flight,"

"Pussy," I said, he laughed,

"I wanted to find you and Parker so I was gonna stay by myself but the boys said they would help, the Jen walked in,"

"Fate,"

"I like to think so," He said smiling at me, I smiled back and we looked back at our friends.

Gemma was holding Parker and talking to him while Michael listened. Jen and Ashton were holding hands and occasionally bending each other's hands back until the other complained. Luke was just staring around because he's the only single guy,

"Poor Luke,"

"I know," Calum said sighing,

"Parker should sit and talk to him,"

"Gemma isn't letting go," Calum said laughing, I giggled and tried to catch Parker's attention. When Parker eventually looked at me I pointed towards Luke, immediately Parker jumped up and sat on Luke's knee. I've never seen Luke smile so much.

Things were perfect.

But not everything stays perfect.