12:15 AM ➤ cth & lrh

Chapter 1

I sat on my bed listening to the rain beat down on my window.

I love it when it rains.

I feel like its a way for things to be cleansed; to be pure of mistake once again.

Of course this is only how I see it. If other people were to be asked,
"How do you feel about rain?" they would would respond with the most basic and predictable answers,

"Oh its alright I guess"

or "I don't like it, it always ruins my plans to go out."

But this isn't how I see the world. No, not at all. I love the sky and whatever it brings with it. Whether it be snow, rain, sunlight or hail, I love it all. The reason for my deep love for the sky is because I know that the love of my life and I are both under it.

The only problem is that he is 9,818 miles away , getting ready to perform to a sold out show.

I remained on my bed which was illuminated only by the light of the moon outside. The stars are nowhere in sight though. The rain was causing to much of a mess to be able to see them through its violent drops of ice cold water.

I looked around my room. I saw the familiar photo frames containing a glimpse of a moment frozen in time of me and my best friend Luke laughing at a joke that was now just a distant memory.

I missed him after I moved to Chicago two years ago and I still miss him now, but I never bothered to stay in touch with him because I knew it would just cause a greater pain that I probably wouldn't be able to bare.
I love him and I had to leave him behind. That hurt me , but not as much as falling in love with his best friend Calum did.
I knew it wasn't right but I had just gotten into a fight with Luke ,and Calum and I had met up to go out for some fresh air down at the playground around our houses and we ended up in my bed, bodies close together the next morning.

"Calum..." I whispered, starting to recall last night's events. "Mmm, what ?" he asked groggily still half asleep. " Calum wake up," I said a little louder but not loud enough for my parents to hear.

"Is something wrong ?" he asked, now fully awake and his voice filled with concern.

"Um I'm leaving today," I said looking around my empty room.

Then I looked up at him. He was already looking at me, his eyes filled with tears threatening to spill at any given moment.

"Yeah I know," he said taking my hand in his.

"No, please don't cry. Don't make it harder than it already is," I thought.

"I hope you know that I'm gonna miss you a lot." he said when I only looked down at our intertwined hands.

"Yeah, I'm gonna miss you too," I said in a voice so quiet , I wasn't even sure that Calum had heard me and he was right next to me.

" But baby girl, don't you ever forget about me. And don't you ever ever forget that I love you."

"What did I just get myself into,"

I thought to myself while looking at Calum and simply saying, " I won't," with a half real, half fake smile looking over at my alarm clock that was on my bedside table.

The time reading 12:15 am. It was way to early for Calum Hood to be confessing his love for me.