ALL I NEED

Chapter 15.

CALUM'S POV!

I felt Kam's head fall gently on my shoulder and I knew she fell asleep. She looked so peaceful and beautiful, it was hard not to just stare at her. If angels were real, she was living proof.

Today was the epitome of perfect. Even when I started getting flashbacks about my parents and the accident she was right there bringing me back reality. For the first time since they've died, I didn't have a panic attack when I thought about them. When she bought me that cake, it took everything I had in me not to just breakdown.

I gently lift her head and place it on the pillow beside me, then get up and lay the blanket across her tiny body. I turn off the movie and shut the light off before making my way out of the room.

"Calum." I jump when I hear the sound of Luke's voice. Scaring the shit out of me.

"Luke...Gabby." I stand there awkwardly.

"What're you doing?" He asks with a smirk.

"I'm going home, what are you doing?"

"How was your date?" He ignores my previous question.

"We had a lot of fun." I tell him, knowing if I didn't I'd never hear the end of it.

"So it was a date...I told her." Gabby grins, acting like she just found out this big secret.

"Wait, did she not think it was a date?" My heart drops. I knew she could never like me.

"No. She said that you guys were just hanging out?"

"I guess it was just a miscommunication." I run my hands through my hair, frustrated.

"Wait...did you want this to be a date?" Gabby looks at me intently, waiting for my response.

"No..I mean yeah...maybe...fuck I don't know." I stutter, not wanting to say something stupid and her go tell Kam.

"You like her." She smirks.

"Yes he does." Luke answers before I could say anything.

"Luke." I glare at him.

"What she was gonna find out anyways, you kinda suck at hiding it. I knew the moment you came into my apartment."

"Jesus Christ." I mumble.

"Does she know? Because I'm pretty sure she thinks you still hate her."

"I don't hate her. I never did."

"Don't tell me that, tell her." She urges.

"You think she'd like me back?" I nervously ask.

"Calum, I can't speak for her, but when she was with you today, she smiled more then I've ever seen her smile before."

"Really? Wait...how did you see her with me?" I ask raising an eyebrow.

"Oh about that..." Gabby trails off giving luke a funny look.

"We weren't asleep on the couch." He says.

"Yeah, we heard everything." She finishes.

"Oh god...everything?" I feel my face go red.

"Yeah, but don't worry, were taking it as a compliment that we make you sick with our love." She giggles.

"Our "heart stopping, fairytale type shit." love." He quotes with a smirk on his face.

"Shut up." I roll my eyes as they both laugh.

"Serious though, let her know how you feel, you never know, she just might like you back." Gabby gives me a genuine smile.

"Yeah?"

"Yeah...but if you hurt her, I promise I will hunt you down and chop off your penis."

"Ooook." I step back.

"She's serious." Luke looks at me with wide eyes.

"I can tell." I chuckle.

I tell them both goodbye before going back to my place. The whole drive felt like a daze. She might like me. Might. That would probably bum most people out but honestly, that's all I needed. Just a sliver of hope. Now all I have to do is prove I'm worth it to her. Show her i'm worth taking a risk.

"How was your date?" Mali asks as soon as I walk through the door.

"Good." I say simply.

"You really like her don't you?" She grins.

"Yeah, I think I do." I tell her honestly.

"I'm happy for you. She's a great girl, Cal." She walks over and hugs me.

"She is." I agree.

"Uncle Cally is Kammy gonna be your friend?" Roland comes into the room and tugs on my pants to get my attention.

"She is my friend." I pick him up in my arms.

"Are you guys gonna start doing icky stuff like kissing?" He looks up at me with a disgusted look on his face making me laugh.

"I don't think so buddy...at least not yet." I wink and put him down.

I grab my songbook and go to my room so I can start writing. We had our very first gig coming up soon and I wanted to at least have one more song done.

I was working on something special, something I wasn't going to show anyone until the show.

"Pick you up if you fall to pieces. Let me be the one to save you."