beside you • c.h

seven

Calum and I sat in Michael's garage talking about everything...except her.

"Favorite song by blink 182?" He asked, pointing to the tattoo on my forearm.

"Too many. It's a toss up between 'I Miss You', 'Adam's Song', and 'All The Small Things'." I replied.

"Nice." He replied with a smile. I nodded.

"Yo! It's late. You guys are staying. Mum insists." Michael said. We didn't even here the garage door open. I looked at Calum and then to Michael and nodded.

Calum and I stood, looking at one another. We walked inside the house and smiled at Ashton, who was starting to make his way up the stairs.

"You guys can have the other spare room upstairs. Luke claimed the couch and Ash has the other spare room. I've got my room of course." Michael said with a smile. He quickly raised his eyebrows at Calum and I and we all erupted in a fit of laughter.

"Ok. Well, good night Mikey. Night Lucas." I said as I started walking up the stairs. I looked back at Calum and he gestured that he'd be up in a minute.

I continued up the stairs and looked for the room that we would be sharing.

*CALUM*

"You really like her, huh?" Luke said when I had explained my feelings for Taylor. I nodded and cleared my throat.

"It's a feeling that I've had since we met earlier. She makes me feel better than Jes-she did." I replied, almost frowning.

Jessica was someone I grew up with. We were really close. We ended up dating for two years, until we broke up 6 months ago. She showed me what it was to really live, or what she thought was living. Her idea of living, was going out, partying, doing drugs. I would attend because I would have fun, but I never did the drugs.

"Then do something about it. Don't let her fall through your fingers." Michael said as I stood up. He was right.

I waved them off and made my way up the stairs to go to bed.

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Once I had found the room, I closed the door and flopped down on the bed. I kicked my shoes off and started undoing my jeans when I heard Calum coming up the stairs.

"Shit. I'm so sorry." He said as he walked in.

"It's fine. Help me up?" I asked, pulling the fabric of my jeans from my legs.

He helped me stand and I turned my back towards him and reached behind me and unhooked my bra. I pulled it off and sighed.

"Much better!" I said, throwing the fabric at Calum, hitting his chest.

"I never understood how girls were able to do that." He said.

I crawled across the bed towards the pillows, his eyes watching me. I flopped onto my stomach and sighed.

"Come on, mate. It's cold and I'm tired." I said with a yawn. It was 2:47am and we may have had tomorrow off from school, but I wanted to sleep as much as possible.

He removed his shirt and jeans, leaving himself only in his tight boxer briefs. He then, trudged his way towards the pillows and climbed under the covers.

"You know, I appreciate that you liked our rehearsal." He said as he looked at me.

"No prob. Can't wait for Thursday." I said as I fell asleep.

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I awoke the next afternoon, my head and hand on Calum's bare chest. I looked at the clock on the table next to him and sighed. It read 5:47pm.

"15 hours of sleep and I can't keep my eyes open." I said to myself.

I cocked my head and looked up at Calum. He was so beautiful, so at peace when he slept. His eyes gently closed, not causing any obstructions to the smooth skin. His chest rising and falling as he breathed. His breath was steady and so was his heartbeat.

I closed my eyes and drifted back into the deep sleep that I was in.

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After what felt like days, I was awoken to the sound of Michael shouting.

"Michael! You are yelling!" I angrily whispered at the dirty blonde boy standing down in the doorway.

"My house!" He yelled again. Calum didn't move a muscle.

"Excuse me, young man?!" His parents shouted in unison from downstairs. He rolled his eyes and closed the door.

I looked up at Calum and smiled. He was still perfectly sound asleep. He slept like a baby that had been sedated. As I propped myself up on my elbow, he shifted onto his side.

"Cal. We've been asleep for nearly a full day. You've gotta wake up." I said, gently running my hand through his thick, curly hair.

"What?" He said, blinking a few times to adjust his eyes.

"Yeah. We slept for 20 hours." I said smiling. He sat up and his back was hunched over. He rubbed his eyes and groaned.

"I want to sleep. It was so nice." He said as he looked over at me.

"I know. But we have school tomorrow." I replied, earning yet another grown from him.

This was going to take forever.

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