Like it or not (5sos fanfiction)

Chapter 23 - The mess I made

Niki's POV

Me and Calum were good so far and his parents were really nice, his sister was gone on vacation so I never saw her. It was Friday and we leave Saturday and I was very disappointed, I liked hanging out with Calum's family. Plus when he is in the shower I can hear him singing and it is something, let me tell you. I was constantly texting Jess and Ally and Zola. What, they are my bandmates and my best friends. "Get off the phone, babe." Calum softly jokes so I wouldn't get mad. I giggle cause it's cute how he is trying to avoid hurting my feelings. "But my phone is where my friends and I communicate." I pout knowing he will just laugh at me. "But, I'm right here, who else do you need than me?" he pouts back with a hint of a grin on his face. He grabs my phone and runs away as I chase him down the hall. "Hood, give me back my phone, I need my bandmates." I yell after him. He stops turns around at me and looks hurt. He hands me back my phone and runs to his room. I run to his room after him and look inside to discover Calum laying on his bed on his phone. "Hood, what's wrong?" I ask gently. "You care about texting your friends more than hanging out with me." Calum says his voice cracking because he was on the verge of tears, and no one ever sees Calum cry, EVER. "Babe," I say softly, "I love hanging out with you, I just need sometime with my girls also." I whisper the last part hoping he wasn't about to cry on me, I can't deal with people crying in front of me. He sighed and looked at me with those pretty brown eyes tearing up. He was going to make me cry soon and I never want to cry in front of a boy, never. "Your right, babe, I'm sorry I shouldn't have accused you of that. It just makes me feel bad when you are always talking to the girls and not me, Niki." Calum sighed. I love that boy, but he would never find that out until he said it first, or would I make the same mistake again and say it too soon.

Calum's POV

"Your right, babe, I'm sorry I shouldn't have accused you of that. It just makes me feel bad when you are always talking to the girls and not me, Niki." I sighed. I loved her, but it really did sting that she was always on the phone with the girls. "Well I am sorry I'm such a girl Calum, but I just never had a boyfriend that didn't abuse his position of being my boyfriend and I'm scared that will happen to us." Niki immediately brought her hand to her mouth, she clearly didn't mean to say that out loud. "When is the last time you had a boyfriend?" I asked hoping I wasn't about to hear- "Before the tour." Niki teared up. "Babe" I said softly, "come here." I said cuddling her in my arms. Zola had told me what she knew and I had to ask but I didn't want to, well here goes nothing. "Babe?" I asked. "Yea." Niki replied. "Uh you remember when we went to get pizza at the beginning of the tour?" I asked cautiously. "Yea." Niki said with a little hint of confused. She's cute when she is confused. I started playing with her hair and just go for it. "T-t-the uh cuts uh on your uh wrist, was that uh um you or your ex-boyfriend?" I managed to stutter. She looked shocked at the question, but she knew it was coming. She started to grin and I got really confused. "Your finally figured it out, Hood, your smarter than I thought." She started to giggle. I was really confused now. What did I figure out, and what was the answer to my question? "Um what?" I ask Niki with a very confused, probably dorky, face. "It was my boyfriend, he was kinda abusive." she said all of this really calmly, how did she do it? "Why are you laughing Niki that's serious?" I ask with a little more force than I wanted. "Because I have you, you haven't hit me once or said a single mean thing to me. Honestly Calum." she said giggling. I laughed at how cute she was being. "Can we cuddle?" She asks while twirling her hair around her finger and subconsciously biting her lip, which is the cutest thing I've ever seen. "Sure." I laugh at how adorable she is being without even noticing it. She lays beside me and she cuddles into my chest. She is so cute, how could anyone harm such an adorable human being? She falls asleep and I am still awake. I hear a ding and see Niki's phone turn on. I knew I shouldn't but I looked at the text.

From Jess: HOnEstLY hE is sO sWeet yoU Are tHe CuTest cOUple I haVe eveR seen

I think she's drunk but ok.

From Zola: He is really sweet caring about that and all, but it is our job to protect you from your past, not calum

They were talking about me. I read the last text.

From Micheal:

what??? Micheal is texting Niki. Wow? So i'm surprised I updated this soon. huh maybe I just wanted to write. anyway I love you guys Stay magical.