The Daddy Club | 5sos au

Fixing Things

Luke

I wait patiently for Karlie to answer her door. The last time I was at Karlie we called things off. Forever.

Was it a mistake?

Hell yes.

Was I afraid I had ruined everything?

I would be surprised if Karlie didn't even let me in the door.

The door begins to rattle and my heart begins to race. She gave me back all the stuff from our relationship, she didn't want me in the baby's life. She didn't want me in her life. Why was I doing this? Was it because of my mum? Was it all because she found out? If I really wanted to fix things would I not feel a bit different? I should feel happy, not shit scared. I should actually feel like this is my decision. Fuck, it's too late now, I'm here, I have to do this.

I was ready to begin talking before I even saw who was at the door and thank fuck I didn't, it wasn't even Karlie. It was Calum. I almost completely forgot they were living together. It should be me, shouldn't it?

"Calum?" I say with confusion. I wasn't prepared to talk to anyone other thank Karlie.

He blinks at me a couple times before I see his jaw clench. Oh shit. This was definitely a mistake. Car crash, or not, Calum is about to beat the crap out of me. i can see it in his eyes. Oh shit, here we go again.

"Wait, Cal-" I begin to say before Calum can get the chance to kick me out of Karlie's building but his next move throws me off and I all the words get stuck in my throat.

Calum pulls me crashing into him and engulfs me in a hug. At first I don't know what to do, so my arms stay limp at my sides for a good few seconds. Eventually I very hesitantly bring my arms up and around him too. It felt good. It felt nice that I could hug Calum without worrying he might put me in a choke hold. Actually, he still might but right now I don't thing I'm going to think about that. I'm just going to enjoy begin Calum's friend again. But then it's all over and Calum rips away from me.

"What the fuck is wrong with you?" He spits at me.

"Oh," I don't know how to respond. "Hi?" I say un-surely.

"Hi." Calum rolls his eyes. "I can't believe you were..." Calum trails off and looks me up and down. His eyes only staying stationary on my injuries. "You're so stupid."

"I wasn't the one drinking!" I remind him defensively.

"You still went missing and never told anyone where you were going or for how long." Calum scowls at me.

"True." I nod. "I just needed to speak to Ben, for you know, obvious reasons." I say ambiguously and hope he gets it.

"Is that why you are here?" Calum raises an eyebrow.

"Yeah," I sigh.

"Oh." Calum's face drops.

"Are you not happy?" I ask. I'm pretty sure, unless I have been hallucinating, that Calum was ready to kill me for not being there for Karlie. Was he really all of a sudden sad or disappointed I had decided now to help? I thought he would be happy, I thought he, like everyone else, wanted this.

"No,no," He says quickly. "It just seems really sudden." Calum explains. "Are you sure you want this?" He asks me and honestly, I really shouldn't have hesitated. I should've answered his question immediately with a big smile and a convincing tone. I did the opposite.

"Uh..." I say slowly. "Yeah," I shrug with a small smile.

Calum crosses his arms over his chest and leans against the door frame, his lips pursed. "Sure." He rolls his eyes.