Abducted

Carnival with Cal

Luana's P.O.V.

I was in the car with Calum, we were on our way to the carnival. He looked over at me, concerned.

"Hey, Lu. Are you okay?" Calum spoke softly. I took a deep breath and nodded. If I spoke I feel like the lump in my throat would get in the way and I would burst into tears.

"A-are you sure? You seem... Upset" Calum said, keeping his voice soft and gentle.

I started to take deep breaths in attempt to keep myself from crying. That would be embarrassing to cry in front of Calum. I put my hand to my forehead as I felt my face get hot and my vision started to blur from tears.

Calum said nothing. But he pulled the car over to the side of the road. We sat in silence until I couldn't my sobs in anymore and I just choked out a sob and started crying. That's when Calum knew that I wasn't okay. He wrapped his arms around me and stroked my hair.

"I can't do this anymore. I-I can't. I don't want too." My voice was hoarse and scratchy as I gasped for air in between sobs. Calum held me and tighter and wiped my tears away with his thumb. "You can't do what anymore?" He asked, trying to get answers out of me.

I shook my head and pulled away from his hug, with his hand still caressing my cheek.
"My life. Or whatever this is. My pretend life? A lie? Fake? What is it? It's a joke. Except the joke isn't funny. What's the point?" I sighed and sniffled.  Of course me being upset also had to do with what happened with me and Luke earlier.

Calum looked me in the eyes and I grew a little nervous. "Darling, the point is that after a storm there's always a rainbow. And the storm can take down everything in its way, but it's your job to rebuild a whole new world."

He didn't say much, but in those few words he got through to me more than anyone ever would in a lifetime. I looked at him for a moment before speaking up.

"What if I don't have the supplies to rebuild everything? What if I can't..?" I asked.

"Then you use what you have and make the best of it. Nobody can do it alone, that's why I'm here, that's why we're all here.." Calum smiled just a bit.

I weakly smiled back.
"So... Would you like me to take you home?" He asked. I shook my head. "No that's okay, I'd rather go with you"

He smiled and we drove to the carnival. He paid for our tickets, even though I wanted to pay, he insisted. The first ride we got on was "The Pirate Ship". It was this big ship that rocked up and down. Me and Calum got the end seats, so that we would go up the highest. It rocked just high enough to where we wouldn't be upside down.

We sat down and the bar came down across our laps so we wouldn't fall out. It didn't go all the way down, but it was something to hold onto.

When it finally reached its highest point me and Calum put our hands up. I came out of my seat just a little bit and I squealed. I yanked Calums arm down and held onto it. "I almost fell out!" I yelled.

He chuckled a little bit, "it's not their fault you're so small! But don't worry, I got you.".
He put one arm around my shoulders and the other one reached across to hold my hand.

Let's just say I didn't fall out of the ride, not that I would've anyways but..... Oh well.

While we were there we got on other rides and we took pictures, it was so much fun. It was dark out and windy, I was starting to get a little cold. I crossed my arms over myself and tried to keep myself warm.

I'm guessing Calum noticed because he threw me over his shoulder and started walking to the car. I squealed and laughed.
"Cal what are you doing?"

"You're cold! So we're going to the car!" He laughed. I shook my head and let him carry me.

"Hey, nice ass." I laughed. I had the right to say that considering he was carrying me over his shoulder. Calum chuckled, "I know right?, not to bad yourself." He remarked.

My face went red but I laughed and just replied with "oh." When we got to the car he put me down. "Thank god, I thought I was gonna break your back!" I laughed.

"Pft. You weigh like.... 40 pounds." He laughed as we both got into the car. "Ha- I wish that I weighed 40 pounds, I'm not even close to that." I said. He rolled his eyes, "well you're easy to lift up okay? Okay."

I smiled and shook my head. We started driving but I spoke up, "Calum?"

"Yes?" He said. "Uhm.. Before we left the house today, I got into a fight with Luke and... I said that I missed not having a brother. He was really mad.. And I'm scared to face him alone.. Can you come with me? He got mad because he didn't want me being with any of you...." I confessed.

"You're scared of Luke? He's a giant teddy bear" Calum said. I sighed and shook my head.
"He was a different person, he was really mad and- I.. I'm worried..". When I said that Calum got serious and agreed to go inside with me.

When we walked inside it was about 11:30. Luke came to the door and picked me up, hugging me. I didn't hesitate to hug back,
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean it I swear." I whispered. Luke shook his head, "don't apologize. All I ever want to be is your brother, I just didn't want to lose you again.." He whispered. "You won't lose me..." I nodded. He put me down.

"Well I'm tired so... Goodnight." Luke said, he began to walk up the stairs but stopped mid way and turned around. He looked at Calum and said "thanks for taking care of her." Calum just nodded once in return and smiled. And with that Luke was gone.

"So Uhm... Can I walk you upstairs?" He laughed shyly. "Yeah, of course" I laughed as he took my hand and we walked upstairs to my room. When we got to my room we stood in the doorway and I faced him. "Thank you, not only for tonight, but for understanding... Thank you for not giving up on me... Thank you for pushing me to fight... And as long as you're here, I promise to keep on rebuilding my world." I smiled.

He seemed to appreciate that. Calum smiled and nodded. It grew quiet, it wasn't an awkward silence though, it was suspenseful.
"You promise?" Calum asked and help out his pinky.

"I pinky promise." I smiled and linked my pinky with his. He pulled my hand closer to him and instead of kissing his hand, like you're supposed to in a pinky promise, he kissed me.

(A/N: sorry for the wait. Please comment! I need opinions! xoxo)