ASHTON'S POV
Yeah, Girls Like Boys were actually really pretty. The thing is, that they were known as our rivals ever since the start though. It sounds harsh when you put it in a way that we completely despise them, but.. There really is no other way to put it. Even if the whole tension between us was kept to a minumum, there is always something that occasionally comes up on tv or the tabloids that say we are definitely alike in some ways. And honestly? I don't see it.. Just because their guitarist dyes her hair just like Michael doesn't mean anything at all! Everyone dyes their hair, and I'm pretty positive, other bands have guitarists who dye their hair too.
But just as said.. We've hated them ever since the beginning, really.
FLASHBACK - THREE YEARS AGO
"Band name, please?"
"Five Seconds of Summer." Luke smiled, as we all did actually.
"Great! Good luck tonight, boys."
We nodded gratefully. "Thanks." I spoke up.
"Hey, thanks for doing this Ashton. We would've gotten nowhere without a drummer so yeah." Calum nudged me.
"Yeah, this is actually pretty cool for a gig."
"Band name please?" The same question was asked from the person next to us, as this group of four girls were stood there as well.
"Girls Like Boys." The blonde girl smiled, as I cleared my throat.
The red head glanced at me, raising her eyebrows. "What's up?"
"I think you girls are at the wrong place." I chuckled.
"Excuse me? Just because we're girls, doesn't mean we can't compete."
"No, I mean.. Are you punk, because--"
"Yes, yes we are." The red head frowned, her eyebrows furrowing.
"Look here, whatever instrument dude you play." The girl with a darker hair shade stood in front of her friends. "We're here to look for some friendly competition, and you telling us that we--"
"Drop it, Tess. He obviously isn't worth it. Where's your band? I mean it is the battle of the bands." The girl with light pink hair narrowed her eyes.
"What do we have here?" Luke looked confused, glancing at me and then at the four girls.
"A band that can obviously kick ass." Blondie glared at Luke.
"Tell.. Drummer boy, to back off before he tries to pick a fight with other bands." Red head rose her voice, looking at the drumsticks down in my hand.
"Woah! Chill. But wait. Don't tell me you're the drummer of this so called band." I chuckled, looking down at the drumsticks now clenched in her hands from anger.
"Wow. Really, are you being serious right now." She spoke in a monotonous voice, before she attempts to grab me and slap me silly before her friends hold her back.
"Stop stop stop! If you want to be disqualified then be my guests, but this is a music competiton. Take the violence somewhere else, guys." The lady shook her head at us, as Michael groaned.
"I was going to say, I liked your hair." Michael told the pink haired girl, frowning. "But you attack Ashton so I take it back."
The girl rolled her eyes.
"Let's go, guys." Blondie sighed, as they all walked the opposite direction.
The red head lastly glanced at me with narrowed eyes before whipping back around and walking with her friends.
Well.. My bad.
.
"Hi, we're Five Seconds of Summer!" Luke introduced, as the crowd cheered.
Somehow, from my spot behind the drums, I found the girls we had a little tension with when we were checking in, as I looked away quickly. The expressions on their faces weren't the best, they looked like a mix of pissed, and an expression that somewhat said, "Wow, can I crush your skulls with my bare hands."
We all introduced ourselves before Calum began to introduce the song we were about to play, just as rehearsed at Luke's place.
"We are going to be doing a cover of Teenage Dirtbag by Wheatus and we hope you like it." Calum smiled, Michael randomly strumming the guitar as I counted it off before we started.
Everyone was up on their feet jumping around and obviously enjoying it, except the four girls who looked nothing but unamused. Well damn, couldn't they take a joke? I was kidding.. Well, not really. I was just speaking the truth, they looked like a complete and utter joke.
A girl group was actually pretty cool, but all I could really see was an amateur band that tried way too hard to be punk rock.
* FLASHBACK ENDS *
"Hey, you remember Battle of the Bands, right?" I asked Calum, as he shrugged.
"It was fun, why?"
"Do you remember what song the girls sang that got us into a tie?"
"Um, no not really. And I don't want to." Calum mumbled.
"Look it up on youtube." Luke tells Mikey, who is typing away at the laptop.
"Fine." He spoke reluctantly.
The only reason I wanted Michael to look it up, was so we could have something to laugh about.
"This is a disgrace." Luke exaggerated, making me chuckle.
"It's weird watching a girl play drums, what's her name again?.."
"Uhh.. I think it's Rose. Yeah."
"Yeah, you don't usually girls playing drums, so I guess it's different."
"Are you really complimenting them?"
"No.. I mean, no.'' I shook my head.
"Okay good. And Luke, what's the deal with the rumors about you and Cara getting together?"
"No idea how that came up. I guess it's because we both are lead singers for the band."
Calum groaned.
"Why don't we tweet them?" Michael smirked.
"And why would we do that?" I rose my eyebrows.
"To piss them off, obviously." Luke butted in, as Michael nods slowly.
"Well, we won't really tweet them, kind of just indirect them. It's harmless." Calum walks over to where I sat as he sits down next to me.
"Alright, then." I agreed, finding my phone as I quickly pull up the twitter app.
JENNA’S POV
"Jenna.." Cara whined, trying to push me off of her bed as I giggle.
"Just cuddle with me would you!"
"No cuddling! This is the kind of stuff that make our fans ship us romantically."
"Well who cares? It's actually funny." I laughed.
"And those fanfictions, have you read them about us?"
"Nope, not that weird.'' I chuckled. "But our ship name is Jara, right?"
"Yeah." Cara snickered, lightly pushing me to scoot over as she plops onto the hotel bed.
I was just about to say something before the door barged open, and there was Tess and Rose who looked angry and shocked at the same time.
Tess had her phone in her hand, her lips parted in surprise.
"What's wrong?" I mumbled, sitting up in my spot as Cara did the same, looking at them questioningly. "Them!" Rose's cheeks were red in anger.
I was scared to see what it was, as we all glance at each other.
"Well let me have a look, then." I breathed out, as they both rush into our hotel room, Tess kicking the door closed as the two sat at the end of the bed.
She sighs, handing Cara the phone first as her bright blue gray eyes, scanned the screen.
I wait a bit before a reaction comes out of her.
Her jaw dropped. "Oh no they did not.."
"Oh believe me, they did." Rose shook her head. "And I'm killing every single one of them!"
"They have no idea what they just started here. What's now drama free, is drama filled." Tess sighed.
I was still confused, yet scared to see what it really was. I mean I'm sure it wasn't that bad.. It couldn't be.
"Let me see it." I groaned, snatching the device from Cara.
It was a tweet. By yes, them. I couldn't even mention it, the thought was already too much.
' @5SOS : what's punk rock? this sure isn't. '
A youtube link was attached to the tweet, and it was of us girls at battle of the bands.. I didn't even know it was recorded and reached the internet.. Battle of the Bands was actually one of our.. Horrid performances. As in, we were so new to everything. I bet we only won because.. We weren't ugly, you could say.
But I still believed we had a better chance at winning then any other band that competed. Well, except Five Seconds of Summer.
.
"Well we'll fight fire with fire." I say, as they look at me like I'm crazy.
"You're going to start drama." Cara shook her head. "You--"
"No! They started it, and they crossed the line. If someone sabotages us, we fight back harder."
"Yeah.. Cara, I think we should get them back.'' Tess tried to be subtle, yet Rose was just straight up pissed.
"Ruin them." The red head frowned, as I sighed.
"Well tweet it on the band account to be more safe." Cara reasoned.
"Aren't you angry?"
"Of course I am! I'm just trying to look out for this band.. I mean tomorrow's the big day and everything." She gushed, obviously in a panic.
@GirlsLikeBoys : Dyeing your hair is pretty punk rock, but you should probably stop before you go bald - Jenna ♡
"Jenna!" Tess was laughing at what I had just tweeted as she high fived me. "Oh my god, this is hilarious."
I was basically calling out one of the members who had constantly dyed his hair over the years and honestly looks like he'll go bald if he dyes it another color.
Rose smirked, as Cara was holding back a laugh.
"This is crazy.." She started off at first. "But they deserve it."
I chuckled, playfully punching her in the arm. "That's the Cara I know!"
LUKE'S POV
"OH NO THEY DID NOT!" I hear Michael freaking out in the lounge as I quickly hurry inside.
"What happened?" I frowned, sitting on the couch right next to him.
"They got us back." Mikey shook his head. "Check their band account."
"What? They couldn't have. They're always too scared to anyway." Ashton replied disbelievingly from the other side of the room.
"Look at this! They were basically calling me out."
Calum decided to sit by the other side of Michael and look at what he was going on about.
"Oh shit." His brown eyes widened, looking over at Ashton and I.
Once I pulled up twitter, I looked for their band account, and it was the first thing that showed up.
"Oh my god." I say in shock, as Ash was looking onto it right now.
"They really want a fight then, they'll get it." Calum shrugged. "Who's the most embarassing member out of all of them?"
"Well not like they're all an embarassment." Mikey emphasized, making all of us laugh at that slightly.
"I think we should go for Cara. She's the most vulnerable out of all of them I think."
"Alright, let's do this."
CARA'S POV
"I wish that I could be like the cool kids," I sang in the mirror as I just got out of the shower.
"You are a cool kid." I hear Rose on the other side of the door making me chuckle.
"It's a song."
Opening the door, she smiled at me. "Are you excited for tomorrow?"
"Definitely.. It's one of the biggest shows we ever put on, or at least opened for.. It's still an honor." I say, Rose nodding in agreement.
"I'm going to miss the 1D boys. They were lots of fun." She sighed.
"Yeah, me too." I mumbled. "I honestly might cry tonight, I mean we've been on tour with them for two months just travelling around the US! Just think about going separate ways, after all of it is over."
She groaned. "They actually kind of helped us get far."
"Yeah, we can't thank them enough actually."
Walking back to the lounge with her, Tess and Jenna were angrily looking at a phone screen as Tess typed away.
"What is it now?" A groan left my lips, as I run a hand through my wet hair.
"They're still calling us out! Since we called out Michael, they decided to call one of us out, and it was you." Jenna sighed.
"Don't take it personally alright? We know how you get with other hate tweets, so don't take this one to the heart.'' Rose pats me on the shoulder as I nod once.
"I can be strong."
That was a lie, I think they all knew that. Even, if I tried to be strong, there would be something that would stop it, because I'm just that soft when it comes to feelings and emotions.
' @5SOS : What kind of lead singer cries over losing a pet turtle? #thatssopunkrock '
"Squirt meant so much to me." I mumbled. "They seriously need to.."
"We aren't done with them until we have the last say." Jenna shakes her head.
I sighed.
''Squirt was awesome. It was okay to cry." Tess sent me a reassuring smile.
"This is war!" Rose meant serious business as she snatches Jenna's phone. ''It's my turn."
' @GirlsLikeBoys : Rule number one of being in a band; after the bassist dates a girl, don't let the lead singer date her too . '