close as strangers | calum hood

thirty two

Jaden

After a few months passed, it was already December and I was leaving for New York City! I got a window seat on the plane, and I admired the view of the world. The cotton candy clouds were breezing by the plane, and I watched as the sun set. I capture the moment on my phone, saving it for later as I wanted to paint it.

This time, I was my turn to step off the plane to be greeted by the boys. When I met the chilly air in the New York airport, I saw the four boys sitting at my terminal, awaiting my arrival.

"Jaden!" They called in unison as they stood. I giggled and ran up to them, becoming surrounded by the tall Aussie boys.

"How are you guys!?" I exclaimed as I stood back to look at my boys.

"We're so happy now that you're here!" Luke almost yelled as he pulled me into his chest and squeezed me tight.

I giggled as I pulled away from the hug. "This is so exciting!"

Calum smiled softly at me, "We have a big day of sight seeing planned."

I smiled back and walked up to him. I held onto his shoulders for support as I climbed onto my tip-toes and connected my lips with his. Calum's arms snaked around my waist as he kissed back.

"Okay, guys, break it up! You can fuck tonight but we have to get to our schedule!" Ashton exclaimed.

We all laughed as I pulled away from Calum. We began walking out to begin our New York adventures, and I latched onto Calum the entire time. After an entire day of sight seeing, I was taken back to the hotel. Calum had gotten us our own room, for obvious reasons.

I was laying on the bed after Calum and I had some personal fun, and I was looking through polaroid photos I had taken today.

I got a group photo of the boys and I on the top of the Empire State Building, Calum and I kissing in front of the Statute of Liberty, and another group photo of us in Times Square. A couple fans came and asked for pictures as well, but there weren't much.

I smiled and placed the photos on my side table and looked down at the boy that had fallen asleep on top of me. His head was on my chest, between my breasts, and he was hugging my waist. I gently ran my fingers through his brown curls and hummed softly.

"I love you so much."

-

The next day was my awards ceremony at Apollo Magazine. Calum and I had woken up a little late because we had brunch with the boys at noon, so we had no reason to wake up early. After brunch, we quickly got ready for the awards ceremony that started at 18.

Calum and I took a shower together because we thought it would be hot to have sex in different places. We were right. After we took a shower, we started getting dressed.

"Jaden, did you bring a dress for tonight?" Calum asked.

"Of course."

"I hope you don't mind, but I saw this dress in a store and I thought you would look amazing in it. Can you try it on?" He asked as he grabbed a hanger from the closet. The dress was in a cover, so I didn't see it immediately.

"Sure babe, thank you." I beamed as I unzipped the dress cover, revealing the satin red spaghetti strap gown. It was form fitting down to the waist, then became flowy the rest of the way. As I tried on the dress, I saw that it had a high slit from the thigh.

"Wow." Calum breathed as he watched me.

"I love it." I smiled at him.

"Good, because I got a matching tie." He chuckled. I watched as Calum got dressed in his suit, and I tied his matching satin red tie.

"You look hot." I said as I scanned him up and down.

"Oh my god, you're gorgeous." Calum shook his head as he grabbed me by the waist and pulled my body to his. He swiftly pecked my lips and I giggled.

Then we were on our way to my awards ceremony. We took a taxi because none of us could drive in America, also to avoid the stress of New York traffic. Once we finally got to the venue, we signed in with the bouncers and entered. Before going into the actual room, we had to walk down a red carpet first. There were cameras everywhere, and Calum was a natural as he smiled and posed. I tried acting natural and began posing with him.

"That was so stressful." I sighed as we walked into the main room.

Calum chuckled, "I guess you'll get used to it."

Then we entered the large room. It was decorated with plants and fairy lights, with a stage at the front. There were tables scattered across the room, and waiters were serving o'dourves.

"Mmm, smoked salmon." Calum beamed as he grabbed a plate from the waiters tray. I smiled at the boy before finding our seats, near the front.

Soon, the room became full, and we were introduced to the other people at our table. They were all journalists and editors for Apollo Magazine.

"Good evening, everyone." A voice called over the speaker. We all looked to the stage to see an older gentleman, dressed in a lovely tuxedo.

"Thank you all for coming tonight. My name is Andrew Neil, Chairman of Apollo Magazine."

We all cheered.

He was the announcer of the awards that night. I went by quickly because there weren't many categories for awards. Artist of the Year was first.

As my name was called as a list of nominations, Calum grabbed my hand and squeezed it reassuringly.

"And the winner for Artist of the Year goes to...." He announced as he began opening an envelope.

"Veronica Holmes!"

-

We got to the hotel room, and Calum immediately pulled me in for a hug once we were alone.

"It's okay that you didn't win. You're an amazing artist, Jaden." He hummed into my hair.

I raised an eyebrow, "Cal, I'm not upset. This was only my first year of being a big name artist. Being nominated was an honour as it was. There will be more awards." I said as I pulled back to look at him.

"Besides, you're the best award a girl could have."

That night, I didn't win the award. But I went to bed a winner, because the only prize I needed was the boy right beside me.