Runaways (discontinued) || c.h

✕ Chapter Seven ✕

I literally almost shit my pants. I looked up and saw a black figure towering over me. Obviously he's tall, and fucking creepy as hell. His figure reminded me of the same figure from the guy that delivered the scary pizzas at Calum's house. Tall and lanky.

My first instinct was to run, but I was in too much shock to even move. My mouth went dry and my feet were glued to the ground. I was too scared and I swear my breathing stopped.

He chuckled coldly and all I wanted to do was punch that smirk off his face and run away.

"That boy Calum, is he uh , your boyfriend?" he asked with a cocky tone in his voice.

It took me a minute to answer him because I was examining the tall figure up and down. He was wearing an all black suit, his hair was pretty long, and a cigarette was hanging from his lips.

I struggled to get words out of my mouth because it was very dehydrated.

"No." I said, collecting myself back together. "I just met the fucking guy."

He huffed and came closer to me, which resulted to me backing up until my back hit the rough wood on one of the trees.

He laughed at the fact that he knew that he can easily snap my neck and I would let him. "Don't believe that everything he says is true, darling."

I smelled the strong aroma of the odd cigars he was smoking and was practically begging for fresh air and for him to step away from me.

I heard the sound of running foot steps and Calum calling my name. He was distant, but not that distant. The guy right in front of me instantly sprinted it off and I sighed in relief.

I calmly collected myself and had my hands on my knees. Soon enough, I started calling Calum's name so he could quit calling mine. I heard him getting closer and saw him in my peripheral vision. He came up panting really hard and he groaned because he was so tired from running and trying to catch up to me. I laughed at the sight of him so vulnerable and tired. Such a wuss.

"You run like a fucking cheetah on steroids." Calum said in between pants.

I laughed dryly at his opinion, "Yeah, I get that a lot." He fell to the ground and I heard the leaves crunch under him as he collided with the cold, hard ground. I chuckled and joined him. We looked up at the dark sky and had a little breather before talking to eachother. It was very relaxing and the cool breeze felt so nice, especially after all the running. Calum and I both had a few sweat droplets that formed on our forehead, but it wasn't like we were drenched in it.

"No, seriously Lina, you should like join the track team or something." He stated, still breathing hard.

I was taken back by the nickname he used, "What did you call me?" I pivoted my head so I could face him. He did the same and when he met my eyes, he had a look of confusion.

"I called you Lina?..." he stated but made it sound like a question. "Why? Do you not want me calling you that?" Now he was fully turned on his side staring at me.

I felt the heat rise to my cheeks, I don't have a problem with Calum calling me Lina at all. I love the way it sounds, coming from him. Mainly everybody calls me Lina, but when he does it, it feels different. It was like a small shock of electricity erupted inside every nerve of my body.

"N-n-nooooo." I stuttered and carried out the 'O'. We both looked at eachother and laughed. He started getting off the ground and a wash of disappointment overcame me. I wanted to stay on the ground, with Calum. Outside, where its calm and nice and away from people.

Wait, what the fuck am I even talking about? This assface is untrustworthy. What? When I puked I also puked out the memory of Calum fucking knowing that creepy guy? I puked out the memory of Calum being a dick and not telling the truth? Why? How could I just fucking forget that piece of information? I felt a pang of disgust and shivered underneath my clothes. Scary guy probably was right. I should never believe anything this jerk says to me.

"You know what? I do have a fucking problem with you calling me 'Lina.'" I said while getting up and wiping off the dirt and little leaf crumbs from my leggings. His face changed and looked more bewildered. "I'm petrified with myself for almost forgetting that you didn't tell me why the fuck you and that mysterious asshole know eachother." I huffed and waited for him to explain.

All Calum fucking did was stare at the ground. I gave him some time, which turned into 10 minutes, and all he did was stand there, frozen still. I bend down to meet his eyes and waved my hand to get his attention back on me.

"Uh yeah, hello, me again. So I was kind of waiting for you to explain everything but it seems to me that you just don't want to cough shit up but its alright. I know how to deal with secret keeping dicks." I snarled and threw my hands up in defeat. I walked away and laughed quietly to myself for actually believing he was something different. I thought I might have actually liked him, but thats just like me though. I fall for guys I barely know, and when I get to know them, I fall for them harder and harder. Thats just like me, typical Malina, always getting close but not to close, but close enough to get hurt.

And what was I thinking? Thinking that he could just cough shit up just like that when I just met the guy? I mean, I thought the trust was mutual, and I think and I think and I never know and I end up getting hurt. Why am I like this? Why do I serve out my trust on a silver platter?

I finally ended up back home and I walked inside to be greeted with the smell of baked brownies and the sound of my girls laughing in the kitchen. Yes, I needed this. I needed the power of my loves to cheer me up and forget my hurt and dishonesty from a guy I barely knew. Why am I even so hurt by it?

I walked into the kitchen with a slight smile placed upon my face. My face was a little red because of the harsh cold outside, as it got later at night, the wind started picking up and made the time I spent walking home a hell of a lot cold.

"Look who's back!" Anna shouted. "The girl who snuck out to fuck an Asian looking Australian guy."

I had to swallow the asshole comment I had just because I didn't want to talk about what happened back there, yet.

"Whatever you girls were thinking, forget it, because I solemnly swear that Calum and I did nothing super intimate, actually barely anything considered intimate at all." I argued.

"Come here Lina, have some brownies and some milk." Brianna said. I happily followed her order and bit into a brownie while chugging down some of the dairy that was handed to me in a clear glass cup. The glass felt cold at my finger tips but the liquid felt satisfying going down my dry throat.

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It was 1 am and I was sitting on Anna's bed and I knew I was gonna regret being up this late when I wake up for college. I wanted to let everything out because I also knew keeping shit in wasn't going to help benefit my life.

After I told Anna everything, I didn't even look her in the eyes but I felt hers burning a hole in the side of my face.

"Honestly Mal, I think you should go see him after your classes end tomorrow and talk it through. I mean, maybe he wasn't ready? I guess." She suggested.

My head shot up because she suggested seeing him again.

"What are you? Mental?" I retorted. "Fuck him, fuck fuckboys." I sighed.

Anna breathed harshly because of my stubbornness. "I understand you're mad as fuck right now Mal, but I know you're also dying to know how Calum knows that guy. Just suck it up and talk to him. Maybe there's a good explanation to everything that went down. And hey, at least you have an excuse to see a hot guy." She smirked.

I instantly dropped my jaw open that crept into a big smile because of her comment, "True, True, You's right." I laughed.

And so it was a official, I was going to see Calum after classes tomorrow.

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A/N

SooooOOOOOOoooooo this was just to make up for being away for like 4 months. I went back to change MOST of my mistakes from previous chapters and i swear those were all written helllllaaaa late.

And so was this chapter. Its like 4 am... oh well.

THIS IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AIGHT. IM WORKING ON IT.