𝙼𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚕𝚞𝚘𝚞𝚜|| 𝙲𝚊𝚕𝚞𝚖 𝙷𝚘𝚘𝚍

e i g h t e e n

29th December: England

Calum and the other guys had arrived in England yesterday and right now they were all living with a member of Cows in Space. Calum was obviously stopping with Andrea and it was great. So far, Calum had met Teddy and for some reason, the cat was sceptical about him. Andrea explained that he didn't like new people and Calum had never related more to a cat in his life.

Currently, both of them were sitting at the table eating breakfast. Andrea had made sure that Calum was trying specifically British things and Calum wasn't grumbling as it all tasted good, either that or he was being biased towards Andrea. In all fairness, Andrea was doing a good job at taking care of him and showing him around the house.

For obvious reasons, the house wasn't as big as his and Ashton's but that didn't really matter. It felt very cosy and modern at the same time. Each room was covered in laminate floor and the colours all matched perfectly. Calum was sleeping in the only spare room which was at the end of the corridor upstairs. Calum could see the garden from the kitchen window and it looked very tidy, there was a fish pond and Calum had told Ashton that they needed one of them.

There was also what seemed to be a large paddling pool on the slabs but it had a lid on top. Calum couldn't see exactly what the label said from where he was sitting. "What's that?" he used his fork to point to it.

"Oh, that's a hot tub," Calum stared at her in shock, "what?"

"An inflatable one?"

"No shit sherlock," Andrea carried on eating, "have you never seen an inflatable one before?"

Calum shook his head, "just the ones at hotels that are always weird to go in because so many other people have used the same one and you don't know what they've been doing in there."

Andrea visibly cringed, "I can guarantee this one is perfectly clean."

"In that case, can we go in later?"

"You're not in Australia now," she looked at him in outrage, "it's freezing outside, we could probably freeze the water over and skate on it."

"It's called a hot tub for a reason," Calum rolled his eyes as if it was the most obvious thing in the world, "if we turn it up fully we'll be fine."

"How about when we get out?" Andrea challenged, "in the summer it's bad enough and you're going to have the shock of your life at how cold it is after you've literally just spent Christmas Day on the bloody beach."

"We do experience cold in Australia," he finished his drink and took his plate and cup to the sink, "it's cold in July!"

"I bet you've never had to deal with minus temperatures," Andrea shot back, "it's literally two degrees outside and going from forty to two will be a big shock to the system."

"That's why you have a hot shower!" Calum sat back down, "then after we can watch a Christmas movie or something with a box of milk tray and hot chocolates."

"You sold me at hot chocolate," Calum threw his hand up in victory, he stood up and made his way to the stairs, Andrea sent him a questioning look, "where are you going?"

He pointed at the stairs as if it was obvious, "to get changed."

"We can't go in yet!" Calum looked betrayed and was about to say something, but she quickly cut him off, "it's too cold, I need to warm up the water."