Calum 🐶: he must have confused our numbers
Me: are your numbers similar?
Calum 🐶: no..
Calum 🐶: okay so I may have asked for michael to give you my number
Me: lol why? you could've just asked
Calum 🐶: well i didn't know that an hour ago
Me: awe you're adorable
Calum: i know, you know what else is adorable?
Calum: your freckles around your cheeks
Me: well shit tahnks, how old are you?
Calum 🐶: 19, you? (tahnks)
Me: 18 (i am flustered shut uP)
Calum: impossible, you're like a sophomore in college (you're cute lol)
Me: I graduated early (fUcK)
Calum 🐶: that's so cool. I didn't graduate at all (sure)
Me: why? (GO AWAY)
Calum 🐶: i had dreams and graduating wasn't necessary for them (never <3)
Me: that's interesting. you're an interesting person, Calum (you're a flirty mess)
Calum 🐶: i like to think so (only for you)
I chuckle, then remember something very important and essential when making a friend.
Me: what kind of music are you into?
Calum 🐶: green day, blink-182, all time low, mcfly
Me: i have no idea who those people are
Calum 🐶: *sigh* they're bands
Me: I'm just kidding, I love blink and atl.
Calum 🐶: oh. yay! wyd
Me: watching shows with my best friend
Me: she thinks you're irrelevant
Calum 🐶: you talk about me to your friends?
Me: so what's your favorite song?
Calum 🐶: awe, you talk about me to your friends <3
I fell asleep while talking to Calum yesterday, and surprisingly woke up early this morning. I actually had time to eat my breakfast and take the fifteen minute drive to the studio without rushing. Things were lighter today, I clocked in on time and started on my tasks for the day. When it was my lunch break, I made my way to the elevator, but was stopped on the way by the cutest thing ever.
"Hey!" Calum calls out to me, holding Leah in his arms.
"Hey" I coo as he nears, "there's my little ball of cuteness." Leah reaches her arms out for me, a cheeky smile gracing her small face.
"I'd like to think so" Calum boasts, but I take Leah from his arms to emphasize that I wasn't talking about him. I look up at him for a few seconds and blink a couple times, "I'm sorry...do I know you?"
"Funny" he says, snidely and I wink at him.
"He's a bit rough looking, isn't he, Leah?" She nods to confirm, then exclaims: "and he's mean. He wasn't listening to me!"
"What a jerk" I agree, shaking my head at Calum, who just chuckles and makes a face at me. I stick my tongue out at him and Leah follows, making both Calum and I burst into a fit of giggles.
"So where are you heading?" he asks, as I put Leah down.
"Lunch actually. I think I'm gonna explore some shops too" I shrug, putting my hands into my back pockets.
He nods and pauses before saying, "you could do that or you could come see what I do for a living."
//
"I can't change the world. I know that I can't change the world, but maybe I'll change your mind" Luke sings and then all of the boys (Luke, Michael, Ashton, and Calum) sing the last line. I press the button that allows them to hear me from outside of the recording booth.
"So you're a part of the shit band?" I ask to clarify. They all laugh at my phrasing, but I don't know any other way to say it. Apparently, Calum plays the bass, Michael is lead guitarist, Ashton (the boy with the hazel eyes) plays the drums, and Luke is the lead singer.
"Gosh, were we that bad?" Ashton asks, with a giggle.
I shake my head, "no not at all."
"So you've really never heard of us? 5 seconds of summer?" Michael asks, raising an eyebrow.
"Oh my God, that's who you are! I knew you guys looked familiar" I jump, remembering my cousin would always talk about them and show me quick glances of what they looked like before pulling it back, "my cousin is obsessed with you guys. I hate you guys."
Luke chuckles, "there's something we hear often." I smirk at him, then catch Calum's eye who doesn't even bother to look away. So I do.
"You guys aren't complete shit. I don't know, maybe I'll buy your album" I joke, and they all chuckle.
"That's the spirit, Grace" Calum enthuses, placing his instrument down before leaving the booth. "So, um. I was wondering if-I don't know-maybe we can-" Calum says, before I cut him off.
"I'm sorry, Calum. Hold that thought, I have to get back to work. I'll talk to you later!" I say, gathering my things and rushing out of the studio. I barely have a minute to get back to my cubicle. And I feel terrible for not letting Calum finish, but this job is more important to me.
The last thing I hear before I'm completely out of earshot is Calum yelling: "shit!"
he is the loml :(( <3
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work together // cth
Fanfiction"This is wrong. I could lose my job." "That's what makes this fun." "What the fuck no." © infatuatecalum 2015
