Melancholy // C.H

Chapter 7

I'm not gonna write the Point of View unless it changes, so for now assume it's Natalies <3

Calum kissed me.

Calum Hood kissed me.

Calum Thomas Hood kissed me.

I thought I would be able to perform brain surgery before that would ever happen. I hate the fact that I liked it. I want more. What am I saying? I'm acting as if Calum's a drug. I've lost it. I guess I'm in denial....

Luke kept asking questions even after we got home. Hell, we got home 14 minutes ago. Nobody ever said anything about it, but Luke was suspicious. He's always suspicious though, if somebody said something even remotely out of the ordinary like "Oh hey look, it's a bunny." he'd be all suspicious probably asking if it was a real bunny or something.

"Natalie, come down to the basement. Your brother's orders." Calum said chuckling.

I'm so happy they've decided to get along, but it's weird how fast it happened.

I walked down the stairs and then walked down another flight of stairs.

"Ugh, how many stairs are there?" I groaned taking my final step off the stairs.

I walked into Luke's room, and Calum and Luke were just sitting there.

"So, are you guys gonna tell me why i'm down here? Or is this just going to be weird as fuck.."

"It's gonna be weird as fuck even if we tell you why I have summoned you to my lair." Luke said stroking his chin.

"You're damn right." I said

I went to sit on his bed but Luke stopped me.

"Sit on the floor, my dearest sister." He said

"We have an issue. This boy to the right of me whose name shall not be mentioned has kissed you."

I turned red. "And what's the issue with that?" I said sheepishly.

"The troubling factor is, he apologized when I confronted him about it. Calum, if you're gonna kiss my sister, don't apologize. And Nat, if you're going to kiss someone and keep it a secret, DO A BETTER JOB HIDING IT."

"That's it?" Calum and I said.

"Jinx." I said.

"No, that's not it. I wanted to play truth or dare. With alcohol. Who's in?" he said.

"Mom's gonna kill us if she finds out... But okay." I said.
I never honestly cared about what my mother thought, and a bit of alcohol would be nice.

"What does everyone want? Mom's outside doing whatever she's doing with that stuff we had to get her. Oh, and Natalie. I presume these are yours?" He said holding up my cigarettes.

"Yeah..." I said looking down. "But I haven't smoked in 3 days and I think I'm getting better. I'll have Vodka. The good kind, not mom's."

He shook his head and gave them to me. This is why I love my brother, he respects me 100% no matter what even if it's not a good thing. He may not like it, but he respects it. I don't agree with the way he likes to drink beer in excess, but I respect him. He'll try to stop my smoking, but he probably will give up after the first time I tell him no.

He went upstairs and I sat on his bed with Calum. We looked at each other for awhile and didn't say anything. I lied down on Luke's bed, starting to feel tired. I have to stay awake.

Calum lied down across from me on the bed propped up on his elbow and looked in my eyes. Nothing changed from when we were sitting.

"I like your shirt." he said awkwardly.

I looked down at my floral tank top.

"Thanks."

And then he kissed me. He didn't really kiss me, he pecked me on the lips. It still left my lips tingling from the contact though.

Luke came down after with a whole moving box full of whatever he had brought down. It must have been the stuff stored in the garage. Mom would've noticed if it was from the kitchen.

"I brought a lot of stuff, just pick out what you like."

Calum and Luke picked out their beer and I decided i'd have one beer.

"We're sharing the vodka, okay? There's only one bottle for the three of us, so drink it wisely." Luke said.

"LIES. There's three in here, do you think I'm dumb? I call two, y'all can share the other one, and here's an extra beer." I said, suddenly uninterested in the beverage the boys loved.

Everyone opened the bottles. All of them. I knew we would drink it all, but I didn't know they thought so too. At this time, I was glad we had moved out of the states to Australia. In Florida you have to be 21, but here 18 is okay. I'm 18. Hallelujah.

"Luke, did you forget to bring cups?" Calum said. He's been so quiet tonight.

Luke nodded.

"I'll go get some." he said getting up and leaving.

"Are you okay? I mean, I've been gone sooo long. Is everything okay?" Luke said.

"Yeah, I'm fine."

It's like as humans, that's our first answer to that question. It's our first resort. We don't want people to know. Heck, we don't want it in the first place.

"Are you sure? Summer break starts after school  on Monday. I was thinking I could at least stay 'til the end." he said.

"That would be great!" I said squealing and going to hug him.

"I brought a lot of cups. 73 to be exact. I was in a hurry." Calum said.

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Hey! Thank you for reading this, sorry I took 14 days to upload, I had writer's block.
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Today, I'm going to double update, so yay.

just remember that everything you've read so far is in italics