Insane||5sos&TLLE a.u.

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Ally's POV

I wake up to big brown eyes dangerously close to my blue ones. I start to scream, my eyes widening, but a hand slaps over my mouth. I grab at it, marveling at how warm his hands are.

Calum bursts out laughing and falls onto the floor next to the couch.

"What the heck!" I exclaim. "You scared me!"

He looks at me before bursting out into laughter again.

"Sorry, Ally. You're just so cute when you sleep." He says in between laughs.

My eyes widen but I quickly recover myself and sit up.

"Where is everyone?" I ask, looking around.

"Well, Luke left at dawn, Kenzie went to work, and Michael went back into hiding in his apartment." He sits down next to me. "It's noon, you know."

I slap my forehead. "Sorry. I totally invaded your apartment."

"No, no, no. It's fine." He smiles. "You need your beauty sleep, right?"

I slowly turn to look at him suspiciously.

"No, I mean, you'd be pretty even if you didn't sleep for days- ah, shit."

I giggle at him.

"Let's start over." He takes a shaky breath. "I think you're very cute, and there's just something about you..." He trails off and smiles. "Anyway, I was wondering if you'd like to get breakfast with me?"

"Wait, really?" I ask, surprised.

He laughs, some of his nervous tension gone. "Really." He replies.

"Oh, Calum, I'd love to!" I exclaim. "But first, I'd have to tame this," I gesture to my wild hair. "and change out of Michael's clothes."

Calum's face flushes. "No, you totally can. That's okay. You can use our shower, if you want, and I'm sure Kenzie wouldn't mind if you use her makeup or whatever." He pauses. "But, for clothes...all she owns is ripped jeans and band tees, pretty much. I don't know if you mind..."

"Oh, I don't mind. I just don't want to take her clothes when we only met last night." I yawn and stretch.

"Well, it's my idea, so she can blame it on me." He says.

For some weird reason, it warms my heart to know that he'd take blame for me.

"No, we'll both tell her if she's mad." I laugh. "I am the one wearing the clothes."

Calum smiles. "Her room's down the hall on the right. The bathroom is just a door in front of that."

I nod. "Thank you." I stand up and almost trip over Calum's foot. I blush and practically run out of the room.

~

After I've showered and forced my frizzy hair into a braid, Calum announces that we're going to IHOP.

"Wait, you like IHOP, right?" Calum asks while climbing into his insanely messy car.

"Are you kidding?" I climb in next to him, moving his running shoes off of the seat. "I love pancakes! Oh! And their hot chocolate is..." I smile and close my eyes. "It's amazing."

Calum throws his head back while he laughs. "So, you're a hot cocoa kind of girl?"

I nod. "I've never really liked coffee or tea, but hot cocoa is so warm and creamy and just overall amazing."

He hums quietly and we sit in silence for a moment before he says, "Sorry about my messy car." He looks at me out of the corner of his eye.

"It's okay. If I had a car, it would probably be about five times this messy." I reply.