Chapter 4

But I was excited to end this day because we are going back to England later, 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 knows 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 porn 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 sex 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 has done it too, meaningless one night stands. I hooked up with a fan before, I invited her over 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 the 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 sex 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 calls out and he sounded as if he had just a brilliant idea.

All of us glanced at him as he adds, "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 has 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 continued 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 continues 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 of ice skating though.

"Up for it Mill?" Jasper asked back.

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

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 .

Sophia has been paranoid over Lucius being faraway all the time and she has every right to be frantic about her beau being miles away. She knows Lucius loves her but Lucius flirts with others.

"What do you say guys?" Silas asked, still eager to let all of us ice skate. Sweet sweet Silas.

Lucius turned his head towards Silas and I know Lucius ’ getting kind of pissed about the whole ice skating thing. “Chill it out Lucy.” I call him out and he just glanced at me.

“I’m cool.” He answers back before texting on his phone again.

"I don't know ice skating mate. But Jasper will surely be interested." Rowan starts teasing again.

We begin to chuckle.

"Imagine him in his figure skater attire. Tight on the ass." Rowan said that out again while laughing loudly and we began to laugh with him again too.

I grinned. "But we have to leave at dawn in a while. We have no time."

"Boo-hoo, we can always have the next flight." Silas says instantly. “Or like I said, we can always have it in London.”

"How about surfing?" Lucius chimed.

"I love surfing! I'm so up for that. Definitely up for that." Jasper said while giving Lucius a high five.

"You go skating alone Silas. I'm joining Lucius and Jasper." Rowan snorted.

We laughed together again, leaving Silas all disappointed but Jasper managed to still cheer him up. We could not hurt Silas. We finally arrived outside the hotel and the car stops in front of the building, we were then accompanied by out security. Lucius went out first waving and smiling to the fans followed by Rowan who kept his head down low then Silas who stopped by a few photos for a group of girls then Jasper who told the paparazzi to scram before waving adorably at the fans and lastly me pushing my hair off my forehead as the wind blows on it. The moment we stepped out of the car, in a quick second the cameras started flashing one after the other at us like the usual. It gets pretty blinding that’s why poor security are here to lead the way for us. There were paparazzi waiting outside and the fans running towards us trying to get a picture as they kept screaming our names. I don't know how they're still here staying so late outside on this cold night.

“You should go home and get something warm. It’s pretty cold out here.” I tell a group of fans before they went screaming like crazy.

“Thank you! We love you Milo!” A girl screams.

I blew a kiss and they literally screamed thunderously.

It's crazy how the fans and paps know where we go and where we are staying. It’s cool how they know our locations every step of the way but sometimes Rowan hates it because he usually wants his time alone when he’s in the hotel to relax and chill. I also hate the fact that some people just loves to trail us wherever we go and how they manage to creep on us while we aren’t looking. The fact that being followed is already creepy and weird enough because it gives you anxiety that probably this person might be mentally unstable and is too obsessed with us who’d be willing to hurt us. I should not have watched those suspense movies, it just drives me nuts sometimes. Aside from the cameras that are placed right in front of our faces blinding us with the flash, people just loves tailing down our asses. Years have gone by and I guess we're getting kind of used to it now.

I smiled and waved, as usual, while our bodyguards were around us, protecting us from getting swarmed by the crowd outside the hotel. I wonder how long they have been waiting here and how they can take the agony of being here this cold. Paps began to throw shady questions to make us want to talk but we already know what to do. Never let it get into your head and just shut the fuck up or else it will ruin your career. Paps know how to turn things around just with a photo.

Getting pictured is like our daily routine now soon after the band was formed, when there are cameras, all you have to do is look good, be good, and smile. Smile even if you're tired or pissed or annoyed by the people who just does not want to give you your desired privacy and wants ever damn photo of you and never ever answer the paps. That's our mantra.

We finally got inside the hotel safe and sound leaving the screaming fans and paps who were not allowed to enter the hotel if they did not have reserved a room in here. We got in the elevator with our bodyguards and I was thankful this hotel had a bigger space for elevators. As soon as the elevator’s door closed, we all sighed together, shoulders low and head pulled up to the ceiling. I massage my temples and felt my headache coming back. I was absolutely completely knackered.

“It felt like ages getting to the hotel.” Lucius begins to talk.

Silas nods, “Well you had to stop by for those fans who had nice knockers.”

“Lucius , Lucius , Lucius .” Jasper calls out while shaking his head. “You never really learn from your mistakes in the past.” Jasper meant that time when Sophia caught him cheating on her when she surprised Lucius when we were in South Africa for a concert.

“I was just being nice to those ladies.” Lucius defended.

Rowan chuckles softly as he leans his left shoulder on the wall. “This elevator ride feels like ages too.” He commented.

Jasper cracks a laugh as he agrees with Rowan.

"Lads aren’t you really up for the ice skating?" Silas asks out of the blue.

"You really wanna go ice skating so badly." I chuckled, he's not dropping it. I pity him.

"Do you even know how to ice skate Silas?" Rowan asked.

"Well..." Silas pouts.

"Forget it Silas." Jasper shove his hand in front of Silas's face. "We'll go find some nice beach with perfect waves when come back here again. Surfing is for the big guys." Him and Lucius begins to act as if they were on top of a surfboard.

Silas’s brows creasing, “You’re not a big guy Jasper.”

I instantly laughed at Silas’s comeback and Jasper was quick enough to stare at me when I was not the only one who was laughing in here. “I’m 5’10.” Jasper says.

“Since when did nine become a ten?” Silas asks.

We laughed again.

“Well you can get all the laugh you want to have Mr. Cohen because Lucy Jones and I are going surfing without you.” Jasper tells Silas before he gave a high five to Lucius .

"Don't worry Silas. I'll go skating with you. I'll take you someday." I tell him while I lace my arm around his neck with a sweet smile on my face.

Silas smiles. “Thanks big guy.” He says to me, teasing Jasper.

Jasper squint his eyes at Silas. “I’m watching you Cohen.”

The elevator finally opens and we reached our floor. We began walking along the hallway heading to our own suites when suddenly, "Hey Milo , where's your iPhone?" Lucius asked.

My brows creasing. “And why?”

Lucius groans under his throat, "Sophia has been bugging me to FaceTime her. She doesn't believe me I'm with you guys. My phone just died on me and now she is probably thinking I am with another woman." He narrates.

Silas cracks a laugh. "Because you're a lying cheater." He copies Sophia's tone.

They laughed together as I smirk at Lucius who always gets mad when we bring that topic up. “I got you Lucius .” I say as I was about to pull my phone out from where I inserted it. “It’s just in my--” I stopped myself with what I was going to say when I was not able to find my phone inside the pocket where I usually put my phone in. It’s not here.

"Dude I really need to make a phone call now? Sophia's probably blasting mad." Lucius pleads hastily as he eyes me with his brows shooting up.

I continued touching the other pockets of my trousers as their eyes were now staring at me. We stopped right in front of Rowan’s room as I watch him enter while standing by the doorway staring at me. “What’s up Mill?” Rowan asks curiously.

I kept touching my jeans and my phone was really not with me. . I remember that I took it out to take a photo of the food I ordered at Nando's and sent a reply to Kendall who invited me to a party in three days. I couldn't remember if I took it out when I was inside the car or I left it there.

"Can you use their phones instead?" I ask, referring to Jasper, Silas and Rowan while I was still busy remembering where I must have left my phone because I am sure I brought it with me.

"I left mine in my room." Silas answers.

"My battery is dead too." Jasper adds.

We all moved our heads to Rowan and he pulls his hands up. "I'm not an iPhone user. My phone can't FaceTime."

“Guys.” I call out and they were now looking at me. “No shit Sherlock but I think it fell off on my seat and I left it in the car."

They froze from making fun of Lucius and looked at me worriedly.

“Are you sure Milo ?” Rowan asks concernedly.

“I think so, yeah.” I answer reluctantly.

"I don’t think you left it in the car because I didn’t see it inside your pocket after dinner.” Silas says and it makes me feel more antsier.

“If it fell, you must have heard a thud. Did you hear it? You were the last one who got off the van, right?” Lucius asks.

I shake my head sideways, “ I didn’t hear a thud or anything.”

“Didn’t you use it while we were at Nando’s?" Jasper asks.

I paused, “I did. Bloody hell I must have left it there.”

Rowan shakes his head at me, “You’re doomed Milo . You have to get it back and find it before--”

"Fuck!" I cut off Rowan from talking as they stared at me eagerly. "I did leave it at Nando's!" I chimed loudly, realizing that I really did leave it on top of the table where we were having dinner a while ago. Oh fucking Christ!

“Well, I hope you’ll find it. I’m going in first. Goodnight lads.” Rowan shuts his door.

Silas pats my shoulder, "You better hurry up and get it Milo. Before anyone steals it."

"Will you be okay alone?" Jasper asked.

"Yeah. I'll be back right away." I answered him but I'm already panicking.

"I'll go with you Milo ." My bodyguard said to me.

I got back inside the elevator with clammy hands as I begin to think negatively of what could have happened to my phone if someone else found it. God, I haven't even put a pass code on it!

I walked my way out of the hotel and the paps were still there. I can't believe they're still here and I wonder what they are waiting for out here. Unbelievable people. I was with my bodyguard as soon as I left the hotel riding the same car we used a while ago.

Actually, I have two phones but that one is my most precious. That phone has all of the contacts of the important people I need to call day by day especially when I am away. It doesn't really have my selfies or photos of the lads on it but the phone’s gallery is full of scenic pictures that I personally took. It’s more of like a photo journal for me since we went to so many countries and that phone has all of the pictures of those memories I had on each country that we've been to. I can't lose that phone, I must find it.

"Do you have nudes on that?" My bodyguard asked.

I gave soft laugh, "No. Not really. None that I remember."

I grin to play it cool even though I'm already having cold hands and a fast beating heart against my chest. I don't remember having a nude there. OK maybe, one. Shit! I think I do have one nude on that phone! Fuck! Relax Milo , whether you have a dick photo in there or not they will never know it’s you. Unless they check the contacts. Darn it Mill Beckett, why did you have to fuck up just now?

As soon as I got to Nando's I hurriedly barged inside making the waitress surprise to see me again, thanking that I got here before the paps. I walked to the cashier who had a beautiful smile.

"Hi sir. Welcome back." She greeted, politely.

"Hi. Um, did someone find an iPhone around?" I asked hesitantly.

"iPhone?"

"It's an iPhone and it's color black. It's actually mine."

"Just a moment sir." She said.

She got busy looking at the stuff under her desk while I was inwardly praying that it's there. If it was not there then I would not know what on Earth I would do if it has been taken by another person. I stand here and fans came up to me begging for a photo, so I had to smile to be courteous even though I'm already worried as fuck and nervous of my phone being there or not.

God what's taking her so long. I wish it's there. I inwardly thought.

Finally, she moved her head up and extended my phone back to me with a happy smile on her face. I massively felt relieved that I hugged her. I exhaled heavily as I pulled myself away, “Thank you.”

Thank goodness!

"This is the only iPhone found in here sir. So I'm guessing this is yours Mr. Milo Beckett." She said, smiling politely.

I grabbed it and kissed the screen, noticing that she was laughing at me. I hurriedly placed it inside my pocket, shy. "Thank you so much!" I said again, happily.

"Can I take a picture with you?" She asks while pushing her hair off her face.

"Sure." I answered.

She took out her phone from her pocket and quickly walked beside me. She holds it in front of us while I placed my hand on her back, rubbing it since I could feel her tensed muscle. She finally took the picture where I pulled out a peace sign with a wide smile since I found my phone.

"Oh my god thank you." She giggled.

I pulled myself away from her and waved goodbye. I hurriedly got inside my car being escorted by my bodyguard as he congratulated me. I can't even explain how happy I am that I found my phone. How was I being so careless a while ago leaving my personal stuff just like that in public? Some fans won't even return it if they'll know it was mine. It'll probably be used or either sold on eBay by now if I didn't come back right away.

I thought I lost my phone. Phew!

My eyes moved to the girl with brown hair and eyeglasses who was running towards Nando’s.

She’s pretty. I thought to myself before the car speeds away.