What was is now what isn't ◇ Calum Hood fanfiction ◇

Chapter 5 ◇ Didn't expect to see you here ◇

Calum's perspective:
It's been a few days since I last saw Dandelion. I can't get her out of my mind. I've dreamt of her at least twice since I've last seen her which was four days ago. It's been a while I know. I am hoping I do get to see her before I have to leave. I don't know if I could hide my feelings for her from her for as long as the next time I come here. I have no idea when the next time I'm here is too. Shut up Calum! You're here for a month and only a week has passed meaning you have about 3 weeks to tell her.

Today I'm going to go visit my sister; Mali-Koa. I try to visit her whenever I can when I'm in London. We're really close and we always make an effort to see each other whenever we can. I finally reach our meeting spot. "Hi Mali" I greet her. "Hi Cal" she greets me back. We then hug each other. "I've missed you" I tell her. "I've missed you too" she replies back to me. We let go and take a seat on a bench nearby. "How have you been?" I ask her. "I've been feeling great, what about you?" She replies to me. "I've been feeling fine, there's just been a lot on my mind lately" I tell her. "Like what?" She asks me. "Promise me you won't tell anyone? Ash is the only other person that knows" I tell her. "Alright, I promise" she replies to me.

"I umm I think I umm have a crush on this girl I met recently, and I'm kinda worried that I might not get to tell her how I feel about her and stuff" I tell her. "Aww! Ahh! I'm so excited to hear that! I hope it works out for you!" Mali replies enthaustically. "Shh! Not so loud" I reply back to her. "Sorry, I can't help it" she responds to me. "It's fine, I haven't seen her for a while and I'm kinda confused about what to say to her, do you think you could give me some advice?" I respond back to her and ask her a question. "Sure, I would love to help you" she answers me.

"Thanks, I'm so awkward just thinking about her, I don't know how to talk to her anymore" I tell her. "I think you should try to stop thinking those lovey-dovey thoughts you have about her while you're with her and just talk to her, then once you get to know her bit better tell her how you feel" Mali tells me. "Thanks so much, I'll do my best to do that" I reply to her. "You're welcome, good luck with everything" she replies back to me. "Thankyou" I respond to her. "It's no problem" she responds back. Mali and I talk for a few more hours until it eventually gets dark and we go back to the places we're staying. 

I then do everything I do before sleeping. I then lie on my bed. I hope I don't dream about Dandelion tonight. It's getting a bit much. I just don't want to get my hopes up about dating her while I'm still unsure about us dating. Dreaming about her would make me feel like I'm dating her and I don't want to fall too far for her only to have my heart broken.

I wake up in the morning. It was either a dreamless sleep or I had a dream I can't recall. At least I didn't dream about her. I need to try to stop thinking too much about her. I do my morning routine and then decide that I'll go to a cafe for breakfast.

I text my friends to see if any of them would like to go with me. They all tell me that they already have things to do. I text my sister next and she too tells me she has stuff to do. I guess I'm going alone. I'm alright with that though.

I then finish getting ready. I then call one of our drivers that are free to take me to the cafe. I can't really drive there without someone with me since they'll be crowds people who will probably stalk me. It's one of the downsides of being in a popular band. I'm getting used to it though. I don't think that's something you get used to easily. At times I forget that and I give people weird looks and well it does get awkward. I need to have a bodyguard with me a lot of the time while I'm in public. You know in case someone tries to hurt me or take things too far and then I would end up feeling uncomfortable around them.

I finally reach the cafe. I get out of the car and walk towards the cafe. A team of bodyguards follow behind me. It takes a bit of time but soon people start to recognise me. They start taking pictures of me and everything. I take selfies and greet as many people as possible. Then after it gets a bit too overwhelming the bodyguards get the people away from me.  I then enter the cafe. The bodyguards follow behind me again. They do give me my space but also make sure I'm safe.

I look around my surroundings. I then spot a group of ladies at a table. I freeze. Oh shit! That's Dandelion and her best friends. I then just go to the queue to order. The people in the queue notice me and try to offer let me get in front of them but I politely decline. I then finally reach the front of the queue. I then get my order and seat myself at one of the free tables nearby. I really hope Dandelion doesn't notice me. I'm not ready to face her yet. I keep looking in her direction. I hope she doesn't notice my eyes on her. She suddenly looks back at me. Uh oh! I've been caught. She then approaches my table.

My bodyguards notice her and start to move too. As much as I'm not ready to face her I don't want her to have to face them. I send my bodyguards a signal to tell them everything is fine. They quickly go to their previous position. She finally reaches my table. Remember to stop thinking about those lovey-dovey thoughts about her Calum. "Hi Calum" she greets me. "Hi Dandelion" I greet her back. She takes a seat opposite me. "How are you doing?" She asks me. "I'm doing good, what about you?" I reply and ask her the same thing back. "I'm fine thank you" she replies to me. "It's lovely to see you again, I didn't expect to see you here" I tell her. "Same here" she replies back. "Why were you sitting here all alone?" She adds a question to her reply. "Everyone had other stuff to do and I wanted to get something for breakfast so I decided to just go basically alone, my bodyguards are here too so I'm not completely alone" I tell her. "Oh alright, my friends are going to leave but I could do with another drink, would you mind if I sit with you for a while?" She asks me.  "No, it's no problem at all, besides I could use some company" I reply to her.

What did I get myself into? I hope I don't make this awkward for the two of us. I can't let her know about my feelings for her yet though. I still don't know her too well. At least this is an opportunity to get to know her I guess.