fasten your seat belts kids
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calum/nate
"She's here," Calum nearly screamed to his bandmates.
"Chill," Michael said.
Calum couldn't chill. He had been pacing the room and he had nearly tried to pull all his hair out.
"So what are you going to say to her? 'Oh hi Noelle, I'm Nate.'" Luke said, trying to imitate Calum's voice.
"I don't know." Calum had thought continuously about what to say but now his mind had gone blank.
from noelle :)
i'm around the corner from 5sos but i'm too nervous to even move
to noelle :)
i'm at the m&g right now so just come here
from noelle :)
okay i'll see you in a minute then
"She's coming," Calum announced, frantically putting his phone in the pocket of his jeans and going over to his band.
"Can I say I'm Nate?" Luke asked with the smirk, that Calum loathed, stitched to his face.
"Fuck no."
noelle
Was this really it? She was about to meet Nate and 5sos. It didn't feel real.
When she turned the corner that was when she saw them. She only saw 5sos but no Nate. They were just as perfect in real life. They weren't looking at her though and she was thankful because she felt like she would melt if she made eye contact.
"We're looking in the wrong direction!" Luke laughed and he moved his head and looked straight at Noelle. Shortly followed by the rest of the band which made Noelle feel like she had just forgotten how to breathe. She froze. She looked at Calum and he had a wide smile on his face.
She was about to ask if they had seen Nate but Calum started waking towards her. There wasn't a smile on his face anymore but a look of admiration and relief.
(A/N WHY AM I SO NERVOUS FOR THIS?)
calum
She was the most unconventionally beautiful girl Calum had ever seen in his life. This was her. The girl that Calum was fairly certain he had fallen hopelessly in love with. She was there. A palpable human being who Calum wanted to pull into his arms and kiss until his lips went numb.
He could tell that Noelle was nervous and definitely confused so he took the first step towards her. He had initially planned to explain everything to her but he couldn't help himself. He wanted to be close to her.
So without another second of hesitation, he carried on walking towards her and when he reached her, he wrapped his arms around her body.
Relief flooded through him as she hugged him back.
"It's me, Noelle," He whispered to her as he rested his head on her shoulder. "It's always been me."
"W-what are you talking about?" She said bewilderedly as she pulled out of the embrace.
"I'm Nate." Those two words that Calum had been dreading to say to this girl for a long time and now the truth was out.
"I'm such an idiot," She laughed weakly to herself, burying her head in her hands.
"No. You couldn't have known."
"That's the thing though. I suspected it. But obviously I didn't believe it because why would you do that?"
"So I could get to know the real you and that you wouldn't change what you say because you were speaking to me." He realised that is was hypocritical of him to do that.
"You lied to me! You don't want people to lie about who they are but it's fine if you do it," Noelle said, her words laced with anger.
Now this was why Calum had never experienced love before. The words Noelle had just spoke to him were cutting him in half.
noelle
Noelle felt like her heart was breaking into tiny pieces right in front of her. Of course she suspected that he was actually Calum. His tweet about gossip girl and how you can't buy meet and greet 5sos tickets. She dismissed it though because it was so unrealistic.
"I'm sorry, okay. I really fucking love you and I'm sorry." His voice broke at the last word and Noelle felt like her heart was breaking again. She was trying to take everything in and understand everything but it was overwhelming.
"You don't even know me."
Noelle knew that wasn't true. She just hated the fact she had been lied to. She knew that she had been falling in love with Nate but maybe this would change things.
"I do know you! I know your favourite movie is Love Actually and your favourite colour is blue. I know your favourite song is It Must Be Love and-" Calum paused and gave Noelle a small smile. "I know that I love you."
She didn't know what to say to that. She wanted to tell him that she felt the same the way but she was utterly terrified of admitting it.
calum
"You don't feel the same way, do you?" Calum asked that question and hoped, with every fibre of his being, that she would tell him that she loved him.
Calum didn't care that his friends were stood behind him, probably mocking him. At that moment, all cared about was her.
"I do though." The sadness and anger in her eyes was gone. "I love you," She said.
"Noelle," He breathed. She looked up at him with a soft expression and the way she was looking at him made his heart stop.
"Yes," She said softly. Calum stepped even closer to Noelle so that their bodies were nearly touching.
"Can I kiss you?"
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i'm so emo rn
