Just Got Lucky

CHAPTER 2 - LADS

MILO'S POV

“She belongs to me!”

Automatically, there would be deafening screams of women in big arenas that we have played numerous times after we finish a song. There’d be a big crowd and blinding lights from cameras and smartphones recording every bit of our moves. There’d be a lot of women crying because of happiness, women screaming like there’s no tomorrow and women a little seeming to flirty in the audience which is really getting pretty normal to me now, I guess.

But the audience we just sang to were children and God just these kids hate me because of what I wear, my long hair and my skinny jeans. Some kids said I dressed weird. They just bloody hate me because of my hair and mostly think I am a girl because of it. Lucius tries his best to talk to many kids and play with them, Jasper as usual makes these kids laugh, as for Silas. Well, Silas’ being Silas and for Rowan even if he is not doing anything funny or cute, he’s just immensely loved by the kids because he has always been the good-looking one without even really trying. I mean do you see that perfect jawline and beautiful face?

If you don’t know us, we’re Spitfire Strip.

“Are you damn serious Mill?” Jasper teases me again as we are escorted to our car. “Those kids in there weren’t really that fanatic of you.”

Lucius and Silas joins in with a laughing Jasper. “Well technically I am not a clown like you are Jasper Brady.” I answer as I get inside the van feeling a little bit more disappointed.

Lucius laughs a little bit louder, “At least you tried Milo .”

“Shut up Lucius  . Just, shut it.” I say instantly as I push my hair off my face.

“Shut up Lucius  .” Jasper mimics me and continues to laugh with Silas on the backseat.

Hearing Silas’ laugh just makes my headache worse. “That’s a really good impersonation Jas.”

“It’s okay Mill. You don’t look like a female and you don’t dress weird.” Rowan pats my shoulder while smiling at me. I don’t know if he was being sarcastic or not but he spoke with soft eyes. How comforting Rowan.

“That’s really easy for you to say, Mr. Lovable.” I answered him before facing Jasper, Silas and Lucius who were still laughing at me and poking jokes. “You know what, we didn’t have any competition about who’s going to have more kids to play with anyways.”

“I wish we did. You’d flop, Mill.” Jasper teases again.

I sat straight on my seat and tried to pull on some headphones as we began to leave the orphanage. I have had a long day because we had an interview earlier for a magazine and I am still having this headache since this morning. The lads were obviously talking about where to have dinner and I am already sure we are heading to Nando’s. Without a doubt about it.

As soon as we reached Nando’s, paps were quick to arrive in the area and take photos of us as we rushed inside. I was tired and didn’t really want to be pissed by the paparazzi so I kept my head down low while our security guards led us in. We had dinner together and just tried to enjoy the night while some fans went to our table for a photo. Usually, we’d have dinner in the hotel and order food as much as we want but since the other lads want to eat outside, then the majority wins.

"Oh god I'm so full." Jasper exclaimed inside the car, burping towards Lucius 's.

Lucius pushes Jasper’s shoulder with a disapproving look on his face. Sometimes Jasper’s just a little bit childish and playful which pisses some of us. "You had to burp at my face Jasper! Disgusting."

Jasper' laugh echoes at the backseat after pulling a nasty prank at Lucius after how he teases me a lot after singing for those kids. Good thing he didn't aim at Rowan, he looks really tired right now and goofing around with a moody Rowan isn't such a great idea.

"I missed Nando's." Silas was quick to comment. "I can't even laugh right now cos I'm seriously too full." He exclaimed, rubbing his hand over his bulging stomach.

I chuckle.

"It was obvious. You ate a lot more than the usual." I said while grinning.

We were on our way back to the hotel after we had dinner and man I do feel really tired. I was expecting a quieter dinner back in the hotel like how we usually do on tours after a long day’s work. I glanced at the other lads who were now getting a little less rowdy, obviously they were tired as me except for Jasper, I don’t know how the hell he gets his energy from.

On tours, it’s hard to eat in restaurants because fans will just crowd us so we always eat in the hotel for delivery. Living in hotels wasn’t a new thing to me anymore since we’re all busy with the touring but sometimes I just home-cooked foods that my mum used to make for me. On tours, we don’t usually eat healthy all the time as per Silas, Jasper and Rowan are the ones who always store all the junk-foods and we just can’t help ourselves with it. Lucius and I try to eat healthy but eventually give in to junk.

On busier days, there’s usually pressure on us and how we have to perform our best because we are indeed the world’s famous band. That’s kind of hard to live up to for years now. Tonight the songs we sang and the concert for a cause went smooth sailing, even though the kids didn’t like me as much as I wanted to play with them.

Currently, we've been here in the US for a few days because we had to do interviews for some magazines, radio stations and TV shows. Tons and tons of interviews from left and right and it’s really tiring sometimes to just answer questions one after the other, Sometimes it’s just draining to be actually asked too personal questions. Yesterday, we managed to finish this little concert for a cause for the Little Angels Shelter, a place where cancer patients who were mostly kids live while being treated with cancer. We raised $25,000 from the concert for a cause and each of us also added some. Earlier in the afternoon, we went to Shelter The Kids which was an orphanage run by nuns and the five of us really had a great time there getting to know how their lives had been in the shelter and hearing their stories just made me really sad for them to be left by their parents. Most especially with that girl Dinah, she's such an inspiration to everyone in that shelter.

It has been a busy week for us, even with the entire crew, from the dozens of interviews and the radio station visits from here to there, a few photo shoots for some American magazines, and they even squeezed in a few fan signing events as well. We were drained but America is much different compared to London and there’s something about this place that keeps me coming back. We haven't gotten a bit of rest since we came here as much as we want to relax and chill, but it's our job to entertain our fans. I know they've been wanting us to visit the U.S again and we have been always in other parts of the world. Though we were crazily busy and massively tired, seeing our fans' happy faces as they scream our names just makes everything worth it all.

But I was excited to end this day because we are going back to England later, the problem was we had to leave at dawn. At least I get to be home for a while, I get to see my family really quick and some friends and get to sleep on my bed. I miss my bed no matter how small it is back in Cheshire. I miss it. One fact about me that a few close friends only know is that I really hate having flights after midnight. Waking up late in the night and falling back asleep is a problem for me. I couldn't go back to sleep inside the plane anymore and it's difficult for me to be able to get back to sleep since Lucius  snores when he sleeps. That's why I eventually watch p**n inside the plane which is horrible because the other guys would catch me a couple of times, but then they would join in and watch with me.

Inside the car, I was seated next to Lucius who was busy on his phone obviously talking to Sophia, probably sweet talking to her. I'm happy that they're sill together though Lucius 's been having casual s*x with a few other women that he's been hiding from her. Lucius 's good at hiding and lying. I don’t know how the hell he does that but he’s really good at it. The rest of us have done it too, meaningless one night stands. I hooked up with a fan before, I invited her over to my hotel room and did the dirty but that was a long time ago. Rowan’s usually the one bringing women over his hotel room and so does Silas. As for Jasper, he’s always out drinking bars with John and Damian.

Well you can't blame us though. No, I think you should blame us.

We're just guys who are always far away from our loved ones. We’re busy with work, always tired from all the flying, having lovely women throw themselves at us and it’s every man’s weakness. Aside from stress eating, as grown up lads, we need s*x to relieve ourselves from all forms of stress. That is why we meet some women, have one night stands with them and act as if nothing happened the next day. Trust me, we aren’t as innocent as we used to look when we were younger. We do it, not only me but the five of us have done it. Don't hate us.

"Hey lads." Silas called out and he sounded as if he had just a brilliant idea.

All of us glanced at him as he added, "Let's all go skating. Paul said he knows a good place to skate." Rowan’s face was quick to show disagreement with Silas’s suggestion and I don’t think Lucius  liked his idea too but Jasper’ just busy texting on his phone.

I do want to skate. “I’d skate with you Silas.”

He smiles, “That’s really sweet of you Milo .”

I smiled back.

"Well..” Rowan interrupts. “Hate to break it to you Mill but Jasper is a professional figure skater. Aren't you Jas?" He smirks at Jasper.

"I am?" Jasper asked curiously with his brows creasing together as he stopped himself from typing on his phone. “I don’t skate Rowan. If you’re forgetting, I am bad with shoes that have wheels.”

All of us know Jasper don't skate and would never try to skate. He can't even balance himself well on roller blades, what more if it’s on ice.

I laugh softly.

"You are.” Rowan insisted. “I mean have you seen Jasper wearing the attire for a figure skater? I bet you haven't. Tights and all. Shove up in the bum." He jokes with a grin then laughs while glancing at Jasper. Silas joins in with Rowan as they continue to poke fun at Jasper.

Thank God he's okay now. Nobody wants a moody Rowan around.

"Very very funny Rowan. Ha-ha." Jasper sarcastically answered as he continued texting again.

All of us began to laugh when Rowan continued to make fun of Jasper and the figure skater attire.  But Jasper kept on firing at Rowan with some great comebacks which made us laugh even louder too. Sometimes, when the bad is really tired from all the hard work, it’s really good to have a good laugh with these guys and joke around as often as we want.

"When do we skate?" I asked, curious. I am a huge fan of ice skating though.

"Up for it Mill?" Jasper asked back.

"I'm up for it, yeah." I responded quickly.

Silas looks at me with wide happy eyes. "Cool! How about tomorrow we all go ice skating. I know a place in London." Silas chimes cheerfully. "We're all dead tired today and I really wanna go skating. It's something we haven't done together just yet.” Silas said, smiling and eager.

He’s always been the vacation setter of the band. He loves to do things together and have fun too, not as band-mates but also brothers. I think Silas can't live without the four of us. He's always the one planning things to do together. He's the ultimate fanboy. But we love him dearly. I may be the youngest but we think of Silas as the youngest and we will do everything to protect him. It’s not that he can’t protect himself but it’s just that we are his brothers.

"Okay bye, I'll call you later. Yes Sophia, I am with the boys.” Lucius rolls his eyes at no one which makes me laugh softly. “Yes, dear. I love you very much too." He hangs up.

Lucius  groans, “Seriously why doesn’t she trust me at all? Jesus.”

“Because she knows you invite women over for sex.” Rowan pointed it out.

Lucius stares at Rowan with pursed lips, “I think you’re forgetting you invite women over too, engaged man.” He snapped back.

“Touche.” Rowan points his finger at Lucius  .