What is Love?

~ Chapter 7 ~

~ Now ~

I don't really remember much from what happened after I left the uber to going to bed. I woke up with a pounding headache. Thanks, tequila. When I wake up I notice that I'm still in the same dress that I was in last night. My heels are on the floor beside my bed. Then I feel the weight of an arm around my waist locking me into the bed.

I turn my head and I let out a sigh of relief that it's only Calum. A shirtless Calum, might I add. I pull his arm off of me and slip out of the bed and make tracks toward the bathroom. It took me a good minute or two to try and walk straight without falling. I strip out of the dress I had on and nearly die when I see the state of my makeup. My mascara is smudged around my eyes and my lipstick looks as if I've kissed the life out of someone.

I quickly take a cloth and wipe off as much as I can, but it's a losing game. I turn on the shower and let it run for a minute. I stand under the hot water for a while and get lost in my thoughts. My clothes were still on this morning so me and Calum definitely did not have sex. It might be a good time to mention that I'm a twenty-two-year-old virgin. Yeah, embarrassing I know.

I hear a knock at the bathroom door and quickly rush to turn the shower off and wrap a towel around myself. I open the door and Calum is still shirtless and looking down on me. ''You finished in the shower? I was hoping I could join you.'' He has his sneaky half-smirk on his ridiculously good-looking face. He walks by me and goes further into the bathroom. I'm still standing in the doorframe of the bathroom. ''Em, yeah I'm done and even if I wasn't I wouldn't have let you join me.''

Calum starts to wash his face in the sink and freezes at my response. ''And why wouldn't you?'' He splashes his face and grabs a towel on the towel rack. He turns to face me waiting for a response. ''There's nothing going on between us. So I will not be kissing you, or having sex with you.'' Calum tilts his head and raises a brow as if he's thinking of a mischievous plan that he wants to put into action. ''Is that a challenge, Nix?'' I smile a little too seductively back at him and walk back toward the shower.

''The first one of us to cave and kiss the other one, has to buy one thing that the other wants.'' I only said this because I really want a dog and I can't afford to buy a dog so when I win Calum can buy me the dog. I stand facing the shower and keep my back turned to Calum. ''Deal. Let the games begin, madam Parker.'' I let the towel around me drop and walk straight into the shower keeping my back toward Calum.

I can see through the glass reflection on the shower how shocked Calum is by my actions. I hear him leave the bathroom and mutter a 'fuck'. Let the games begin, senor Calvin. I was going to make sure that I do everything I can to semi-seduce him and make sure I win.

I needed to make sure I wore somewhat revealing clothes. I picked a floral dress that showed my cleavage off flawlessly. It fell just above my knees so it was still short enough. I curled my hair and put it into a mid ponytail to have my neck on display and I topped off the outfit with a pair of sandals. Before I left the bedroom I sprayed a little bit of vanilla on my wrists and neck, it will drive Calum crazy.

During breakfast, Calum never made an appearance. Naomi never showed up for breakfast as well. I hear a slam of the front door and Naomi walks into the kitchen. I choke on my coffee when I see her state. I jump up and rush over to her. ''Where have you been? Are you alright?'' I direct her toward the table and sit her down. I pour her a glass of water from the jug on the table. ''Ok, wild story Phoenix, so sit down.'' I do as she told me and sat down. ''So I was slightly drunk, maybe between the lines of slightly and completely wasted but the same thing you know. I met this dude called Lorenzo. Holy fuck, Nix. You should have seen him. Big arms and a jawline as sharp it could cut you a slice of bread. So he whisked me away and we got married.''