CHAPTER SIX
calum stood up, looking in the wicker basket near the t.v for some blankets. it seemed to be his lucky day, for he found three large blankets. only taking out one, he goes back to sit on the sofa. olive was still fiddling with the dVd player, so calum just admired her - her butt, her hair, her dimples.
everything seemed so perfect about her, calum couldn't understand why she would like to hurt herself. before he could really think about it, olive had managed to play the dvd.
she came over and jumped onto the sofa, not meaning to be so close to calum. "oh, sorry." she says, once she realises that their arms are touching ,and moves away. calum frowns - he liked her so close.
"no, don't worry. here." he says, wrapping the blanket over so that it covered both of them, pulling her head onto his chest. she sucks in a breath. "is this okay?" as much as calum wanted to be near olive, he would never want to make her uncomfortable.
she nodded, but moved around so that it was more comfortable for her, with her head still on his chest but now he rested his head on hers.
the adverts ended soon after that, and the movie started playing. as soon as the real part of the movie started (spoiler: when she gets to england) ,calum seemed into it. everytime there was a joke he would laugh,which of course made olive laugh, which made calum laugh more. it was a vicious cycle.
now, the girls were getting ready for the dance. "see, this is what i don't understand about girls. why do you need to be all dressed up?" he says.
olive pulls her head away from calum's chest and kneels up on the sofa beside him. "okay so you see this?",she says gesturing towards her face. calum nods "yeah."
"well,calum, girls don't feel confident like this - no makeup, not a nice outfit or anything. especially if you're not naturally beautiful." calum shrugs.
"but you are naturally beautiful,olive." she blushes, but moves on. "no i am not. anyway, so yeah people like to feel confident, i guess" finishing the conversation from earlier.
she lays back on the sofa, but not in her previous position on calum. "hey where'd you go?" he says from beside her with a pout, stretching his arms out. she rolls her eyes and goes back to calum.
olive would never admit it, but being there with calum ,in his arms felt like she was the safest she had been in years. she was dreading the end of the movie, for she knows that she will most likely have to leave calum's arms and return to being lonely and cold.
don't worry,olive she thought after tonight, you won't have to worry about anything ever again.
-unedited
