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NARRATOR'S POV"How in the world did we swap phones?"
Lindy exclaims over the line sounding like it was the end of the world when she does not even have any single idea how many girls would want to be in her shoes right now. Firstly, Milo Beckett called her. Secondly, she is talking to Milo Beckett. Thirdly, she swapped phones with Milo Beckett. And most importantly, she is still going to be talking more often with Milo freaking Beckett.She pulled herself out from her bed rapidly and begins to walk to and fro across her bedroom with her palm pressed against her forehead. She kept on thinking of ways on how the hell they swapped phones but she could only think about Nando’s.
“Nando’s is the root of all evil.” She says over the phone making Milo laugh. “This is seriously not a funny thing to laugh about!”Milo presses his lips together as he push his hair off his forehead, “I’m sorry. It’s just that you sound...” He trailed off.“I sound what?” Lindy quickly asked snappily.“You sound really adorable when you’re panicking.” Milo answers with a smile on his face as he begins to board the plane on his way back to England. Lindy gapes as she didn’t like what she heard from him. “Adorable? Is this some kind of a joke to you? We swapped phones and that is totally not okay.”He groans as he sits over plane seat waiting for the other lads to arrive. “I don’t know how often this situation happens to someone, maybe you just got lucky.”Lindy laughs humorlessly as she placed her hands over her hips, “Just got lucky? Are you being utterly serious right now? What’s the luck in having your phone swapped with some stranger?”Milo pauses while rubbing his chin with his finger, “You’re right.”“Where are you now anyways?” Lindy asks, hoping the man she is talking to is still in Canada. Milo sees Jasper entering the plane looking like he just rolled out from his bed. He chuckles at Jasper, “No sleep Jas?” he asked as he covers the phone with his huge hand.Lindy’s brows creasing, “Hello?” She calls out and hear all muffled words from the man;s background. “Hello???” She calls out again but no answer.Jasper groans as he takes his seat, “I stayed up late because I got busy playing videos games with Silas since we got back the hotel. I just fell asleep an hour ago when Lucius came to my room waking the hell outta me.” Milo chuckles as he glances at Silas who just arrived and looked much more worst than Jasper. “The guy’s dead.” Jasper adds.“Hello! Is anyone still there? Am I still talking to someone?” Lindy keeps calling out but she only hears covered laughter and voices from the other line.Milo pulled the phone back to his ear as he hear the female voice from the phone, “Hey, I’m sorry I was talking to someone.” He said politely as he walks to the lavatory while looking over his shoulders back at Silas and Jasper who are now trying to sleep on their chairs. “Where were we babe?” Milo asks as he enters the lavatory since he didn’t want the others to know what he got himself into.Lindy groans, “You have to be serious with this. I need to get my phone back from you! And will you please? Stop. Calling. Me. Babe!”Milo feels the woman getting annoyed but still can’t help teasing her since she does not know who he really was. “I apologize.” He was quick to say. “I am serious too. I do need to get my phone back as well. What did you ask earlier?”“I asked you where you are. Maybe we can meet up tomorrow and exchange our phones back.”Milo scratches the back of his neck, “Aw geez. I… I don’t think I can tomorrow.”Lindy’s face winced, “What?”“Well babe I am at the airport now heading back to London.”Her mouth forms into a big O, “You’re on a what heading to where?” Milo stops himself from laughing again by pressing his forefinger over the line of his pressed lips. He lowered his head as he stares at his boots. “Yup.” He answers while popping the p. Another annoying thing he’s doing that Lindy’s beginning to hate, “London.” Milo adds.“You can't leave with my phone with you!" She exclaims as she falls to her bed.
"Well I hate to leave my phone with you too but I have no choice." He answers as a matter-of-fact but a part of him kind of liked what he got himself into.
She sighed deeply as she scratched her hair repeatedly on the same spot. Lindy thinks thoroughly on how to get her phone from the man he has no idea who yet she knows heading to London would be too expensive and she does not have a penny for it. She remained silent and covered her face with her fist over her eyes.
"How come I just noticed this now that this isn't even my phone?” She moans sounding like she was about to cry which worries the softhearted Milo Beckett.
“Are you crying?” He asks concernedly. “Don’t worry. I will give your phone back.”Lindy did not answer and so Milo decided to call out, “Have you fallen asleep on me?”“No.” Lindy answers. “I’m just really sad how I didn’t even check the phone as soon as I got it from Nando’s. I would have the time to return it.”Milo nods because he didn’t check the phone too and went to sleep the moment he got back to the hotel. “I thought the lads changed the wallpaper or Lou was pulling some pranks on me but when I saw the contacts, it really wasn't my mine."She didn’t listen to what he was saying and was thinking and worrying about what she’s involved in right now. She’s worried this might be some prank or some trick to get her kidnapped even though it made no sense how she came up with that conclusion.
"When are you coming back?" she asked without minding what he was saying to her.
"I'll be back a week or two."
"A what?!" She exclaimed.
"I said about a week or--"
"A week is too long enough, you need to be back. ASAP." She instructed him.
“Or a few months.”Lindy leans over her knees with her left hand holding her head. “I think I’m getting a headache thinking about that.” She says to him."I’m sorry dear but I'm a busy man." Milo answers truthfully though he also wants his phone back but he has no choice.
He knows his schedule is ready and all set weeks from the present time and he cant just slip in a little phone exchange in his busy celebrity life which is always fully booked for appointments, shows, pictorials, interviews and promotions. Even if he can ask someone to go back to Canada to get his phone from this lady with a sweet adorable voice, he would not let anyone do it but him. He’s been taught well in the industry that it’s hard to trust someone and that he can only depend on himself because people around him are only after him for his fame and money."I feel like the whole world is crumbling beneath my feet.” She sounded annoying to him now as he exists the lavatory doing nothing but just standing there.
He stands away from the others who have now boarded the plane. Lindy keeps hitting her forehead and feels like she wanted to cry as she remained silent. Milo stands by the lavatory, leaning his back against the wall."Still there babe?" He asked, awkwardly while scratching the back of his head, glancing at the flight attendant who is now giving neck pillows to Jasper.
"I already told you to stop calling me babe! It's annoying. I'm not a pet!" She cries out.
Milo smiles at himself with his head lowered a little bit. He hasn’t found a woman who’s feisty like the woman in the other line. He knows that if it were other ladies being called babe, they would love it and they would fall for it but it didn’t have any effect to her. He found her amusing with how she rants and yells at him so easily just like that, treating him more human and not as a damn celebrity. He was still hesitant that she didn’t know him but he knows well enough that no girl in the world would dare to ever yell at him aside from his own mother or sister.
"No. I hate to say this but I;m afraid I can’t stop calling you that, babe." He grins as he teases as he walks back to his chair to sit down.
“You might need to turn off your phone now sir because we are going to take off now.” The flight attendant tells Milo professionally.He nods, “Alright. I’ll just finish this call. Thanks.”She smiles at Milo before walking away. Lindy overheard it and she knows that she has nothing left to do but let the man she just knew take care of her phone for her sake. Milo covers the phone with his hand as he whispers to Lindy, "I'll call you back when I land babe.""Hey you didn't--"
He ended the call right before she could say anything to him.
"--Even tell me your name." She continued. Sighing at herself.
She glanced at her watch, it was almost 3AM and worried at how she would fall back to sleep knowing that her phone was swapped by a strange who is heading to London.
9"How can I be so careless? I've never been careless! How in the world did I have his phone instead of mine? How can I be in such a bad luck?" She mumbled to herself. She groans as she lays over her bed. "Even the thought of him touching my phone makes me hate him! Even more when he calls me babe!" She pulled her blanket and placed his phone down on the drawer beside her bed and fell back to sleep. On the other hand, Milo grabbed his little notebook out and his pen since he had words that popped into his head out of nowhere that he didn’t want to forget so he wrote it down as fast as he could before it disappears.Making little conversations so long I’ve been waiting so let go of myself and feel aliveAs soon as Lindy heard her alarm clock go crazy, she hurriedly turned it off and pulled herself out from the mattress. It was already six in the morning and she realized that she hasn't had enough sleep because of her constant thoughts on her swapped phones with a male stranger. She s
10Mill: I really like how gutsy you are calling me name. Now be nice babe because it's just a button away ;) Lindy got so pissed at Mill that she didn’t want to respond anymore and ignore him. She had this whole new image of the man that got his phone. She grabbed her bag and walked out of the cafeteria feeling angry at how arrogant and maniacal Mill was. Teasing Milo was still enjoying poking fun and nasty jokes at poo Lindy who was not very much fond of it. Unlike all the other women he got used to jesting around with his nasty jokes, Lindy was not such a fan of it all.Lindy: I already told you to stop giving me pet names!! Can’t you understand English???Mill; I can call you any name I want. You're always this uptight? God Lindy. Loosen up a little. I’m just having fun.Lindy: Well I am not having fun you maniac! And how can I loosen up when I'm texting with a pervert? BTW to complete strangers, I am uptight! ”The names keep coming I see.” Milo says to himself. “Well touche, I
11"MOM!" Lindy exclaimed intentionally. "Why do you seem so frantic? Is everything alright?" "I'm really really going to kill you if I'll see you Mill." She thought to herself. "Mom? Whoa, hey babe. It's--" "I-I-I'm in the middle of the class right now, MOM." She cuts Mill off. "I am taking my physics exam." Milo laughs. "Ohh! “ She exclaims. “So you are in the middle of trouble right now? And you're acting your way out of it? You should be nominated for Grammy’s. Your acting is so smooth. I really didn't know you could act babe." Milo said while grinning, taking a bite on the banana. "Do you want my phone to get confiscated...MOM?" She mocked. Milo gapes. "Oh shit.”“Yeah, oh shit. I’m going to sent to detention later because of you!” Lindy mentally answers Milo .“Talk to you later.” Milo was quick to add. “Good luck on your acting. Please don't let my phone get confiscated or I will really send nudes." Lindy sighed. "I won't. Bye mom." Lindy hangs up. She slips her phone
12Milo sits over his chair and stares at the lyrics which he wrote down on his notebook while they were on the plane heading back to England. They were words that popped out into his head and now he’s stuck with these words and wants to put more in it.He poured himself a glass of wine as he puts his notebook down while grabbing his phone from the counter. He’s noticed that Lindy has texted yet and he has been wondering how she might look like after hearing her adorable sweet voice over the phone the first time he called her.“Let’s snoop a little. A little won’t hurt.” Milo convinces himself as he goes through Lindy’s gallery for the first time after swapping phones.He goes through a few images of Lindy’s pet dog Barker that had a collar around its neck which was a huge German Shepherd. Lindy had photos of beautiful cloud formation, sunsets from her bedroom window and photos of a few animated socks that she bought months ago. Milo smirks as he stares at the random photos on the gal
13"Nope." She said popping the letter p while she was changing the channel and decided to watch National Geographic instead.“What?!” Milo exclaims aloud which surprised Lindy. He clears his throat, “I mean, why not?”"I just don't like those guys." "Really? Why?" Mill asked her again, almost in shock to hear that she does not like them. “You must have a reason why you don’t like them. You don’t like the way they dress? Their music? Or their faces? Are they too ugly for you? Not your type? What? Why don’t you like them?”Lindy paused and found it weird to be asked by a man why she does not like Spitfire Strip. "I'm just not a fan. It has nothing to do with their clothes or faces." "Exactly why you're not a fan? I mean, most teenage girls like you are suppose to be crazy about them. They’re like the biggest band of all time!" Milo stands from his couch and walks to and fro waiting for her response. Lindy laughs humorlessly. "Just because I'm a teenager doesn't mean I need to be fan
14“Lucius , can I ask you something?” Milo asks.“Of course, what’s up man?”“How do you… How do you try to befriend a woman who got mad at you for your jokes?”Lucius looks back at me with furrowed brows, “Was it personal jokes?”Milo shakes his head, “No, it’s nothing like that.”“Bloody hell was it your dirty joke again?” Lucius chimes.“No!” Milo insists but Lucius had already figured out a lie.“Ah, ah, ah.” Lucius runs moves his forefinger in front of Milo’s face. “You cannot lie to me. You told a woman a dirty joke and she got pissed at you, didn’t she?” Lucius smiles evilly.Milo rolls his eyes while Lucius laughs. “I knew it!”“Can you just tell me how to befriend a woman please?” Milo sounded pissed and demanding for an answer. “I mean you’re good in patching things up with Sophia.” “I send her flowers. Sweet talk to her. Blast her phones with calls and messages until she talks to me. Stuff like that.” Lucius answers honestly. “Wait, is this for your new lady bug?”“Luciu
15"You know, you are really good at doing that. You could've been a psychologist, Luce." Milo told him sarcastically while rolling his eyes."Oh no Mill, it's just that you're so easy to figure out." Jasper answered with a smile on his face, “And didn’t you ask Lucius about love advice earlier for women problems?”Jasper and Lucius fist bumped each other.“I am never asking you two for anything.” Milo says.They walked inside the backstage of a studio and saw Rowan and Silas sitting down on the couch."Are you boys ready for this interview?" Lou asked while placing her bags on the table."We're always ready for interviews Lou." Silas answered."Hey Lou, could you do my hair first? I really need to give Perrie a call in thirty since she's doing a recording right now." Rowan pleaded while standing from the couch."Sure thing love. C'mon here lets get started." Lou said.Caroline Watson, their stylist, got inside and pulled along some racks of clothes while entering. "Boys we need to s
16“What should I name you?” Lindy asks the dog as she pets her head.The dog barks at Lindy and she was really surprised that Mill had to do all this to forgive him. No one has given her flowers before so she managed to put them in a vase and displayed them in her bedroom. Lindy grabs her phone and texted Milo , he deserved a thank you, she thought to herself because Lindy loved the dog.LINDY: I can’t believe you actually bought a dog and had delivered these roses. You had gone a little too much but I am keeping the Bichon. How did you know my address??? The flowers were lovely by the way, thank you. And the dog is super adorable!!!Lindy took a photo of the dog and sent it to Milo . He has not opened her message and she wondered if what happened to him, yet she was still unsure what to name the dog.“Should we go for Pippa?” Lindy asks but the dog was just sticking its tongue out.Lindy pouts, “Snow?”“Hmm, how about Daisy?”Lindy wanted the dog to bark but it didn’t.“Milky?”Lind