little sister // calum hood (EDITING)

EIGHT

clara
me and carter were sat on the sofa in my large, spacious living room playing black ops 3 free for all against each other. i grew up with an older brother and his friend playing games like these, so i had them mastered and carter was getting frustrated seeing as i kept killing her.

"fuck! clara!" she whined in frustration, and i giggled.

we had been home from school for at least 3 hours, so the boys should be getting home soon.

we completely forgot about giving michael our things, so he still had them and i was praying he didn't forget them.

me and carter weren't prepared for the reactions we were going to get for the boys. they could honestly react in a few different ways, and we didn't know how they were going to. but as the doorknob jiggles with the sound of keys entering it, me and carter looked at each other and knew we were about to find out.

the three boys made their way inside the house, staring at us. me and carter paused our game, looking up at them.

"what the fuck was that?" luke asked, and i cringed.

"i'm sor-" i started, but was cut off by michael.

"that was fucking awesome holy shit!" he exclaimed, and they all smiled. i ran up to hug my brother and hugged him tighter than i ever have, and he returned it.

"you're fucking great." he mumbled onto the top of my head. he let go of me and looked at carter.

"well? are you coming or not?" he asked with a smile and opened his arms, inviting carter for a hug. she smiled and wrapped her arms around him.

this is what i wanted. everyone was happy. whether i wanted to admit it or not, i wasn't going to avoid calum for long. it was impossible.

"c'mere hemmings." michael said, with his arms open. i attacked him with a hug, my face squished against his chest.

"michael?" i mumbled, and it was silent, telling me to continue.

"do you have our phones and stuff?" i asked, and he laughed, letting go.

"yes, clara." he said, and tossed me my phone, and i kissed it, being without it for 4 hours was complete torture. carter hugged michael as well, and all that was left was calum.

i walked up to him, wrapping my arms around him. i couldn't help but to breathe in his scent, he always smelled incredibly good.

"i need to talk to you." he whispered in my ear so that nobody would hear.

"later." i said, and let go of him.

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a few hours later, we had gone through almost three boxes of pizza and had watched 2 movies.

we all just really spent time with each other, just enjoying each others company, and eventually we all fell asleep, even me. but, that was before i felt tapping on my shoulder, and i opened my eyes to see calum trying to get my attention. i furrowed my eyebrows, and let him pull me up.

he pulled me up the stairs and into my room, shutting the door behind us quietly. i walked over and sat on my bed, looking at him expectantly.

"i'm sorry, clara." he sighed.

"for what?" i asked seriously. "you didn't do anything, calum."

"i was with that girl at the party." he said, looking me straight in the eyes.

"so? what does that have to do with me? we were never dating, so i had no right to be upset." i shrugged, looking to the ground.

"i lead you on. and i didn't do it intentionally, i really do like you, a lot." he said. "that's the whole reason i did it. i like you, and it scares me clara. i've never liked anyone like this, so i tried to distract myself. that just made me feel even worse." he sighed.

my heart fluttered at what he said, and i looked up at him
and into his deep brown eyes.

"it just hurt that you made me feel like we had something, and then you do the same with a completely random girl." i said.

"that's the thing, clara. me and you do have something. me and that girl at the party, didn't." he explained. "i want you, clara. you, and only you."

"i don't know, calum," i sighed. "maybe we shouldn't. its just way to hard to hide from luke and i don't want to get hurt." i confessed.

"we can figure something out, and i promise clara, i won't pull that shit again. it hurts me seeing you so upset and knowing it was my fault makes it even worse and holy shit im so sorry." he explained sadly.

"it's okay, calum." i smiled at him, and he pulled me in for a hug.

"what have you done to me, clara?" he said quietly and left a small kiss at the top of my head.

maybe i went back too fast, or maybe i had no reason to stay away at all. but all i know now, is that me and calum are okay now, and that's all that matters at the moment.

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