Unpredictable

Chapter 8

*Calum's POV*
We were at the concert. I had waited for what seemed like years. Karma would be in the front row, and I could sing the song I wrote for her. I was beyond ecstatic, but I was also extremely nervous. Biting my lip and leaving the dressing room, I slowly walked up to the rest of the guys. Ash looked at me and smiled fondly. "You got this Cal." Luke nodded in agreement, and Michael gave a reassuring smile. I wasn't ready for it, but I don't think I ever would be. The stage manager walked by, saying, "5 minutes till show guys." We stood in a comfortable silence. Suddenly Luke screeched, "GUYS WE FORGOT TO BRUSH OUR TEETH." I burst out laughing. Michael shook his head, smiling. We all kept laughing at Luke , still looking dumbfounded. Luke held out his arms and twisted his nose in disgust. "WHAT DO YOU GUYS JUST NOT CARE. ARE WE JUST GOING TO BREAK TRADITION. OKAY. THATS WHAT KILLED THE INDIANS BUT OKAY." I threw my head back and laughed hysterically. I flicked him on the forehead and laughed out, "The Indians aren't dead, you twit." Luke crossed his arms and huffed , "You know what I mean." I laughed. Ash's voice squeaked when he said (he could barely speak bc his stomach was so sore from laughing) , "What's funny is we did it 10 minutes ago." We exchanged glances and laughed as Luke face palmed.

*Karma's POV*
Bruns and I found our way to our seats on the front row marked "VIF-KARMA" and "VIF - BRUNS". I chuckled, extremely amused at the gesture. "What does VIF mean?" Bruns shook her head laughing, reading the piece of paper left in her seat. "Apparently it means "very important friend" for you, and "very important fuck buddy" for me, okay Luke." I chuckled. "Wow. Just wow," were the only words I could get out. Bruns nudged me and whispered, "Look my very important fuck buddy is starting." I grinned and looked, my eyes falling on Calum as he began to play. He was wearing his Santa Cruz shirt with skinnies. His arms looked so sculpted. I wanted to melt.

*Calum's POV*
The only thing I saw were her eyes, her beautiful hazel eyes. The whole audience seemed to disappear and all I saw were her eyes. I took the mic. "Hey guys." The audience broke out in cheers and multiple screams saying, "WE LOVE YOU CALUM!" I laughed. "I love you guys too! Which is why I decided to include you tonight in helping me do something for someone very special." An awwwwww came from the crowd. I smiled. "Okay. The first song we're gonna sing is She Looks So Perfect. Karma this is basically how I felt about you when I first met you in 2nd grade.Except you know you weren't wearing my American Apparel underwear." The audience erupted in laughter. I drifted my eyes to her, and I couldn't help but smile at seeing her giggle.

*Karma's POV*
My cheeks were red hot and I could barely feel my feet. Calum dedicated every song to me. I was losing my balance, and I was so caught up in his voice it felt like I was losing me. I didn't know what he did to me. It was like I was there, but I wasn't. Like it was all just a dream.

*Calum's POV*
Luke handed me the mic. I breathed in deeply, forgetting the mic was there. Oops. The audience laughed. I smiled nervously and said, "So now that you know how I thought you were perfect in 2nd grade, and how much it annoyed me when you dated that jerk, and how I wanted to punch every guy who ever made you cry and just make you be mine, and how lost I was without you, and how all I could think about was you even though I had no idea where you were, and how you were drifting away from me while I was on tour and you wouldn't speak to me and it felt like we were strangers, and now I'm just rambling, there are so many more, but now I just want to share with you what I felt that night that we kissed. I wrote this the other day. Here it is." The boys put down their instruments, and stood on the side of the stage grinning at me. This was going to be special, just Karma and me. Well Karma, me, and 50,000 fans. I put so much emotion in my playing, and I sang every bit for her. My lips eased the words out and I saw her smile continue to grow. It was like everything was still, and I felt safe for the first time even though the future was unknown.

*Karma's POV*
Calum's voice filled my ears, and the words permeated in my brain. Each lyric brought a new memory, and each memory widened the smile on my face.

"She sits at home with the lights out, seeing life in different colors. I think it's time that we wake up so let me take you away."

I thought of us dancing in my living room with my "dance machine" (speaker that radiates multicolored disco lights) on all those nights, and how I'd dance so much I'd just fall asleep, and he'd carry me off to bed.

"We can run down the streets with the stars in our eyes. We can tear down this town in the dark of the night. Just open the door. We got time on our side. We can make it out alive."

The happiness of that day filled my mind, and I reminded myself of the drops of moonlight on my skin.

"Today we're taking on the world. I'll take you where you want to go. Pick you up when you fall to pieces. Let me be the one to save you. Break the plans we had before. Let's be unpredictable. Pick you up when you fall to pieces. Let me be the one to save you."

I remembered all the pain I felt from the breakup with Blaine, and I remember crying and calling him, and him leaving Luke's house just to hold me. I remembered him wiping tears from my eyes, and saying he'd always love me.

"It took so long to convince you. I knew I had to show my colors. You never wanted to be rescued, but now we're drifting away."

7th grade. I remember my dad beating me that morning, all the pain, and hopping on the bus, hiding everything. It had been going on for a long time, but I hid it. I thought no one would love me. Calum lived down the street, and was walking to the bus stop when he heard my screams. So that morning when he sat beside me like always, he didn't say a word and pulled up my shirt to reveal my side. I remember him glaring at it, his jaw clenched in disgust. I remember the intensity of his eyes, and I remember him holding me close. But most of all I remember him whispering into my ear, "No one. No one will ever hurt you again." He sounded raspy and there was an edge to his words. I remember listening to his heartbeat and crying in his chest. He kept his promise. He told his parents, and they called the police. There was a trial where he was found guilty, and my father was put in jail for 5 years, meaning he'd get out the day I graduated high school.

The chorus replayed, and I was so wrapped up in the memories I could almost feel his embrace.

"Earthquakes won't wait for another day. Don't say I know I never said it. I never said it, oh. One day we can make it out alive."

All of my hardships. All of my struggles. I don't know how it started but whenever I was sad but couldn't cry, he'd look at me and say, "The earthquake won't wait for another day,"
and the tears would rush out, and he'd wipe them from my face and dry his fingers on his shirt.

Back to the chorus.

"So let go till we lost control, we'll stumble thought it all. Let's do something new and unpredictable."

The last verse hit me in my gut, and my breath was out when I tried to speak. I ran from the front row onto the stage. Security tried to stop me, but Calum laughed into the microphone and said, "That's her guys. Trust me, she's not crazy." I rolled my eyes and ran towards him. He picked me up into a hug and twirled me around, then putting me down and placing me beside him. He grinned. "So can we be cliche and kiss?" I looked up to see his puppy dog eyes, and I wanted to be with him so bad, but I was worried about what would happen once he went on world tour, which would only be a week, and what would happen to our friendship if we broke up. He must of sensed my nervousness because he bent down and whispered in my ear, "Forget about tomorrow. We have today."

Okay well that seems like a good place to stop don't you think? Can you say cliff hangerrrrrrr. Sorry I was gonna finish this scene today but my friends just got here so oh whale. Love you guys!! (Don't hate me!)