Daylight (Calum Hood fanfic)

Chapter 21

Cami's POV:

"So how was your morning?" Luke asked me as he popped another fry in his mouth.

"Good. Boring. The usual," I shrugged before trying to steal one of his fries.

"Hey! You have your own," Luke protested, pushing my hand away for the fifty-seventh time.

"But yours look better!" I complained. "Why do other people's fries always look better?"

"They don't, you're just weird."

I stuck out my tongue to him, which he ignored.

"How was your weekend?" I asked him instead.

"Good. Boring. The usual," he imitated me in a girlish-voice.

"Hey! I do not sound like that!"

"Sure you do."

"No I don't!"

He rolled his eyes dramatically at me before stealing one of my fries.

"Seriously?"

"You're right. They do look better."

"See! Stop making me feel stupid when you know I'm always right."

"Should we exchange then?" He asked, looking at my plate.

"No way! You have like, four left."

"That's cause you ate them all."

"Ugh, fine," I groaned, pushing my plate towards him. "I'm not even hungry anyway."

He looked at me a few seconds, probably to determine whether something was going on or if I was just being stupid. From the look on his face, I concluded he'd picked option one.

"What's up?" He asked, his blue eyes a bit worried.

"Nothing," I replied innocently.

"Nothing?"

I shrugged and bit my lip, the humor draining from my face.

"I don't know, I'm just feeling tired."

Luke raised an eyebrow, obviously not buying my story.

"Spill."

"Okay, it's um... I kinda feel bad about the whole Calum thing."

He blinked, taken aback.

"Oh? Do you wanna call it off?" I could hear the surprise and slight disappointment in his voice, but I knew he would agree with whatever I wanted to do.

"No! No, it's not that... I know he deserves it, it's just my sister's friends with his sister... And I don't know, I'm not sure I'm the right person to do it. Like, yesterday I kinda hung out with Mike and him because I was visiting my sister's friend. I didn't know he'd be here. And I feel like I've already betrayed this whole plan and Rebecca because, like, I had fun. I enjoyed hanging out with them."

I met Luke's eyes worriedly, afraid that he'd look disgusted or disappointed, but to my surprise, he really didn't.

"Look," he said. "I can't stand those guys because we have a feud. I have never been able to look past the whole player thing, and then I got involved and things got worse. But if you see any good in them, it's okay. I'm sure they're not rotten through and through," he added with the ghost of a smile, "otherwise no girl would ever fall for them. If you have fun, that's good for you. I want you to enjoy this whole thing. Just remember that when it comes to it, it's survival of the fittest. Either you'll break his heart, or he'll break yours. That's what it will come to. But in the meantime," he shrugged, "have all the fun you want."