Luckily I make it through the rest of the concert without freaking out any more, and when the crowd is slowly making his way towards the exit, I make my way through to the back door with my sister. Even though I'm here for Ashton I want to talk to Calum, and Eva promised she'd tell Ashton what I'm going to do. I push the door open, my whole body trembling by now. I know that Ashton, Michael and Luke are in Ashton's dressing room. And since Calum and Michael share a room it means that Calum is all alone in there.
I take a deep breath and stand in front of the door for another couple of minutes. Then I knock on the door and I hear a soft 'Come in' on the other side of the door. Then I hear the sound of a nose being blown and when I open the door I see Calum sitting in front of the mirror. In the reflection I can see that his eyes are all red and puffy. He has been crying, even though he recovered a little during the last part of the concert. I probably look like I've been crying too, despite the effort I made tryingto cover up my puffy eyes with some makeup.
"Hi." Calum awkwardly says and I respond with the same word. I just stand in the doorway until Calum says, "Sit down if you want to..."
I do as he says and sit down on a chair on the other side of the room. Calum still hasn't looked at me, but then he spins his chair around and runs his hand through his hair. He's all sweaty and even though I'm still mad at him I think he's attractive. Like always.
Calum grabs something from under his desks and slowly walks over to me. He, like myself, doesn't know what to do with himself. He hands a little package to me and that's the first time I get the chance to look into his eyes.
"It's been your birthday, hasn't it? I thought I'd give you a little present. But I get it if you don't want it..."
"Thank you, Calum." I say with a small smile. I now feel awkward because I have his sweater with me and I was planning on giving it back. But I'll feel bad if I give it back now. Even though he hasn't been nice to me he remembered my birthday and he even took the effort to give me a present. Something I would never guessed he would do.
I realize that he's still standing in front of me and I set the package down beside me.
"I want to say sorry," he says, "For the past months I have been nothing but distant to you and that never was my intention. My intention was to give you the world, to be with you. I was so incredibily stupid. I can't believe I slept with someone else than you and I would do anything to make things right with you. I mean it, I would be nothing but faithful to you and I hope you don't hate me. Because I really would give you the world if you asked me to."
"To be honest I hated you for the past months," I say, "I really did. How could you do that if you said you liked me? I really thought you meant that. I get it, you were drunk, but to be honest I would never ever do that if I liked someone. Do you know how I felt? Like crap, all because of you. But I'll tell you this. When I found out what you did in my hotel room I was pretty pissed. But when I saw you on stage I knew why I liked you again. You were crying, Calum. I was too because I knew you were broken like me and I know you regret it. You don't have to tell me that."
Calum sighs in relief and puts his hands in his pockets, looking at the ground. "Does that mean you want to give me a second chance?"
I nod. "I will try. It will take both of us a lot of effort, but seeing you like this made me realise that I never actually hated you. I just missed you."
That makes Calum look up and he wraps his arms around me. I do the same to him, and for this one time I don't care he's sweaty. This is a sign that none of us has ever wanted to let go. After we both let go of the hug I walk over to the chair I was sitting on and grab the present Calum gave me. I tear the paper apart and find a little box inside. I open it and pull out a necklace.
It's not just a necklace. It has a little globe on it.
A world.
