#he played it really cool there with nyra. oh.... she thought that was said in jest... haha yeah just cheering you up babe

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1.03 Second of His Name || 1.09 The Green Council

[5sos-ruined-us]

History C.H

Summary: “Let’s take a history lesson on our lives” 

Word count: 1.4k

Rating: All

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A/n: I’ve decided to put this ^ up now because I feel like it’ll be easier for you guys if my masterlist links flunk (which happens a lot for some reason). Enjoy!! 

Chapter 7

"This is the where I jam with Michael, Luke and Ash." He opened the garage door and walked in. Amplifiers were everywhere, a drum kit sat in the middle and a few guitars were lying around. "We hang out every Saturday." He turned to me and smiled. I looked around the garage before turning to him,

"You don't happen to have a bass lying around, do you?" I asked shyly. He smiled, walking over to a black case and opening it. He took out a black fender bass and held it in front of me,

"This is my baby. You can use it if you want." I gingerly took the bass in my hands,

"It's beautiful." I whispered, taking the cable Cal was holding out and plugging it into the bass.

"It sounds even better than it looks." He sat on a black couch and watched as I strummed it before letting out  a squeal,

"It sounds amazing!" I smiled, looking at Calum, "I have an idea. Plug in the mint green guitar." I instructed. He got off the couch and did as I said, "Give it to me." He came to me, switching with the guitar so that he was holding the bass and I was holding the guitar, "Ever played Lullabies by All Time Low?" I asked. He raised an eyebrow at me before playing.

The garage door opened, making Cal and I turn around to see Luke and Michael walking in.

"Hey Cal, hey Nyra." Michael waved at us as he plopped onto the couch. Luke sat beside him, eyeing the guitar in my hands,

"You play?" He questioned. I nodded shyly.

"Play something for us. Ash said you were talented." Michael sat upright.

"Adriana told him I guess." I shrugged, looking down at the guitar and plucking a random riff as I sat on the floor. Calum sat next to me,

"Where is Ash?" He asked.

"He said he was chilling with Adriana." Luke said.

"I think he said he wouldn't be here the entire day since Cal was busy." Michael shrugged before turning to me, "Play something." He smiled.

"I-uh, I, don't know. Give a song." I turned away, going over to the amp.

"Play anything that comes to mind." Luke suggested. I kept my back to them as I adjusted the sound. I looked down at the bass in my hands before playing the familiar sound of jazz.

"I don't know what it's called, but it's really nice to play." I turned back around to them and said over the sound of the bass. I look at my fingers as they glided over the fret board as my other hand plucked the strings. I bobbed my head to the beat as I played. The sound of a guitar plucking made me look up and see Michael plucking lines on the guitar. I smiled as we started playing together, Michael starting to find the right lines to pluck. Luke stood up and picked up the other guitar before strumming a few chords. The sound of a cajon made us turn to Calum who was randomly hitting it, making us laugh and stop. He pouted at us,

"I'm not good at making a beat with drums." He crossed his arms.

"It's okay, you tried." I giggled, putting the bass down on it's stand. He smiled.

"You're actually pretty good." Michael said.

"Yeah, maybe you could help us with some stuff." Luke suggested.

"Like what?" I asked.

"We write songs because we wanna be a real band." He said.

"I could help you with basslines maybe, but lyrics I'm not so good at." I shook my head.

"Still good help. C'mon, let's get to the studio. Maybe we can start now." Calum grabbed my wrist and dragged me out of the garage.

-

We reached a studio that they said was owned by one of Ashton's friend's dad. I looked around the room,

"Wow, it's a legit studio." I said.

"Yeah, we do our writings and jamming here usually if the garage isn't availabe." Michael plopped himself down at the chair in front of the controls. I sat down at one of the chairs beside him as Cal sat beside me and Luke beside Mikey.

"We're writing a song right now," Calum pulled a sheet of paper from his backpack and handed it to me. "So far it's only the first verse and the chorus." He said. I read the lyrics and placed it on the table. I put my hand into Michael's backpack and rummaged through before pulling out his battered pencil box and taking a pencil out. I started writing down whatever that came to mind before handing it back to Calum.

"Here," I said, picking up the nearest bass to me and turned to Michael and Luke, "Grab your guitars. I have an idea." I said to them. They nodded and pulled up two acoustic guitars. They started putting in their own parts of the song until it came together.

"Now we just need drums." Luke said.

"We should get Ashton in one day." Mikey nodded.

"There's a good thing we pulled you in here, Nyra. I hope this turns out well." Calum looked at the updated sheet of paper and was about to put it into his bag.

"Wait!" I stopped him, "You guys haven't even named it yet." I pointed out. The three of them exchanged glances before nodding,

"Beside You."

-

"Why are we eating ice cream in in the cold again?" Calum asked as he stuck his spoon of ice cream in his mouth. We were sitting in the park, eating ice cream because I suggested the idea.

"Because it calms me down." I smiled, enjoying the way it melted on my tongue despite the cold winter temperature.

"You got that habit from Eli, didn't you?" Michael cocked an eyebrow.

"Yeah," I nodded, "I didn't do it at first, but I tried it after a while and it's nicer than I thought." I shrugged and tossed the empty cup into the bin. "She does weird things that's oddly calming."

"I've never tried the thing she does." He admitted, "I noticed her do it but I just never tried it." He tossed his own cup in the bin.

"You people are weird." Luke shook his head as he took a sip of his hot tea.

"You're the weird one, Lucas. We're all eating ice cream while you're not." Michael poked his arm. Luke whined and stuck his tongue out at him.

"You two are like children fighting." I pointed out.

"You get used to it since they've been doing it since last year and Michael almost killed him once." Calum chuckled as the two started to argue.

"It's funny to me." I laughed as Michael pushed Luke onto the ground.

"Once Michael gets too annoyed, he becomes physical and Luke starts screaming," As soon as he spoke, Luke started to yell and squeal, "Then Michael gets annoyed with his screaming and leaves him alone." We watched as they continued to fight until Michael got off of him,

"Nerd." He laughed.

"Shut up, Michael. At least my hair isn't shit!" Luke pointed to his hair.

"Oh!" I covered my mouth with my hands. Michael stared at him, his hand subconsciously raising to his hair before he got up and stormed off.

"Luke, you really pushed the button on that one." Calum shook his head.

"He was the one acting like a dick." Luke huffed out.

"He'll be fine. He just needs to cool off some steam." I said. "What a way to end the day."

"Let's get you home before it gets dark." Cal stood up and took my hand.

"I'll head home first them. See you guys at school." Luke waved off as he walked in the other direction.

By the time we reached my house the sun was almost down.

"That was fun." I smiled as we stood out on my porch. "Next time you need some help with your songs, ring me up. I'd be happy to help." I said.

"We will." He smiled, "I'll see you soon." He waved off and walked in the direction of his house. I walked into my house and Eli was sitting on my couch watching TV. She looked up from the TV and jumped to me,

"How was the date? Tell me everything!"