Mr Hood (Calum Hood AU)

Part Twenty Two - Weirdness and Guilt All Over

My laptop lives!  And the story was all saved on there.  Thank the Lord!!

So here is the next part.  And I am so sorry for the wait.  

Enjoy...

I stopped the car outside her house. We walked up to the door in silence. She was really vacant looking and I didn't know what to do. She looked helpless and deep in thought but empty. As in, her thoughts were taking her so far into her own brain that she wasn't really aware. I wanted to just bring her back, I wanted her to smile and feel better. I didn't want her spending her time worrying so much about what happened and feeling guilty. I don't know why it happened but I know it isn't her fault at all.

We walked into the house and she goes straight to her room, leaving me standing in the foyer of her rather large house at the bottom of her stairs waiting for her to come back. I had no idea what she was doing, probably changing into different clothes. She didn't say anything to me just walked up the stairs and I wasn't going to follow her. I also didn't want to snoop around her house so I just stood there awkwardly.

As I look around at my surroundings and see a few pictures scattered on the walls of people looking happy and cosy with each other. I hear steps on the stairs and I turn to look at the source. Summer. She walked down the stairs and gave me a confused look. I smiled timidly at her. "Sorry. I don't know where anything is." I tell her awkwardly. Why am I so nervous? She chuckles a little as she looks at me. I smile at her because I managed to make her smile, even if it was because I am an awkward idiot, I did it. "It is fine. You could have explored a little." She tells me and I just shrug. "I suppose." I tell her even though I didn't want to come across anything she didn't want me to see. That is also why I'm not mentioning the pictures because I am pretty sure it is her family. And I don't want her to get upset again.

She looks at me intently. "Are you hungry?" She asks and that perks me up. "I kinda am. Are you?" I would be fine if she wasn't hungry. I wouldn't make her make me something to eat if she didn't want it. "Sure. Follow me." She gives me a small smile before walking off into what I assume is the kitchen.

We walk into the kitchen, as I guessed, and she goes to the cupboards. "What kind of thing are you hungry for?" Pizza. I know straight away. But I want to be polite. "What do you have?" I ask curiously. I need to see if she has pizza. "I have cereal, bread, pasta, pizza, ice cream and fruit." Se says. "Pizza?" I say questioningly, if she didn't want pizza she wouldn't have said she had it. "Good choice. Hawaiian or Pepperoni." I like pepperoni but... "What do you like?" I ask her. "I like both but I prefer Hawaiian." She shrugs, that's the one she wants. "Then that's what it is." I smile and her and she smiles back. She puts on the oven and we sit as we wait for it to heat up.

We sit in silence and I try my hardest not to stare at her. After a while she turns to me and I turn away so I don't seem creepy. I don't think she noticed. "Do you want a drink?" She asks me and I nod. "Can I get tea?" I ask her. "Old man." She laughs and I smile but gasp at the same time. "What? I am not old!" I shout in defence with the smirk still on my face. "Only old people like tea. Unless you're British." She laughs again and I smile. "Well what do you drink? Coffee?" I ask her. "Ew no. I just drink soda or juice." "What hot drinks do you have?" I ask her interested. "I don't like hot drinks. They just burn me." She says with a grimace. "They heat you up on a cold day though." "Nah. I hate being warm." She says to me. Then she wouldn't be a snuggler would she? Shut the hell up brain. "Weird." I say to myself quietly. She chuckles softly and shakes her head at me, she must have heard. She makes me my tea nonetheless though.