this is what it feels like // calum hood

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"Okay," Aly started once they stood in the kitchen, "You hide in the pantry, I'll go get them, and then I'll say something, I don't know what but then you'll come out and we'll hope they don't kill us!"

"Well...uhm that's a plan, kind of," Calum slowly nodded.

"Oh shut up and stand in the pantry," she pushed him towards the small room.

"Isn't this kind of ironic?" He smirked trying to lighten the mood, thinking about the night they officially met.

"Please shut up," she looked over at him, her nerves were filling her whole body, she had no energy for jokes right now.

"Sorry," he whispered as she walked away.

Aly made her way outside, where most of the party was taking place, there was a DJ, tables of food, the pool had even been covered so it could be transformed into a dance floor.

She scanned the groups of people, all hanging out and talking until she spotted the tall blonde man and the dark haired girl beside him. Aly took one last deep breath, sipping her sweaty palms on her skirt before making her way over to them.

She tapped her sister on the shoulder.

"Hi! Where have you been?" Sierra asked with a smile as she turned away from her current conversation.

"Uhm can I steal you for a second? Both of you," she gestured to Luke.

"Wait! Is he here?" Sierra asked excitedly.

"Yeah," Aly smiled, "Be nice!"

"Luke," Sierra turned to get his attention, "Aly's new boy is here," she explained when he looked over at her.

Luke looked over at Aly, "Really?"

Aly nodded.

Luke and Sierra followed Aly back into the house and into the kitchen.

"Can we at least get a name first?" Sierra asked.

"Oh you'll know," Aly nodded as she rounded the counter. Luke and Sierra stayed on the opposite side from her. They watched her take a deep breath before she opened her mouth.

"Cal?"

Luke and Sierra looked at each other with wide eyes, "No way," Sierra mumbled.

Calum walked out of the pantry, hands behind his back as he nervously came to stand next to Aly.

The married couple across from them slowly looked over at the new couple standing in front of them.

"I..." Sierra tried to search for the right words, she didn't know what to say or
how she felt.

The room filled with silence, everyone trying to process what they were feeling. The only noise was the faint music coming from outside where the party was still going.

"Uhm," Sierra broke the silence, "Since when? How? When? Where? What?"

"Uhm, your wedding kind of," Aly cringed as she spoke, "But officially about three months."