Neighbours {c.t.h}

two

the night carried on, i kind of forgot that calum was there. he fitted in so well. it was now 1am and everyone had started to leave. ash, luke and michael left leaving me alone with calum.

"thank you for an awesome night." he said to me, a grin forming on his face.
"its okay, we had fun." i said, we only watched the hunger games and ate pizza. but when i am with my bestfriends, everything is fun.
"we should, d-do it more often?" he said looking at me with a confused look. again stuttering on his words.
"yeah we should, i'll see you soon calum!" i agreed as he walked out the door.
"bye may." he said as he glanced at me over his shoulder. i watched him leave and enter his house before i closed and locked the door.

I slowly walked up the stairs back into my room, thinking about the amazing night i had just had, and with a boy i have only just met.

The next morning i woke up early, not that i really had much sleep. Thoughts kept on circling my mind, all of them about calum. Why did he stutter on his words when he was around me? But why was he so happy and confident when the boys where here? I thought he might like me, but we have only just met. I mean, he is extremely hot, and i cant imagine the muscles under his shirt, but why me? Plain old May.

I checked the time on my phone, 8:15. I wanted to get to the rink by nine so i needed to hurry up. I stumble out of bed, grabbed my favourite practise leggings and my jumper. Quickly tied up my hair in a simple pony tail, put on minimal makeup, just concealer, powder and mascara.

Once i had finished getting ready i brushed my teeth, grabbed my skates and bag, and left the house.

As i had another 10 minutes before the bus arrived i went to my favourite cafe and got my usual breakfast. Black coffee and a croissant, before having a slow walk to the bus stop. When i got to the bus stop i saw a young boy stood there, with ice hockey boots. I am usually alone at this time on a sunday morning, but not today. When i got there the boy turned around, it was calum, surprise surprise.

"Hey Calum" i said sending him a weak grin
"Hi," we stood there in an awkward silence until he spoke again "so you skate too?" He said taking a glance down to my bag.
"Yeah, i do. I love it. I noticed you do as well"
"I used to, not as much now."
"Oh, well thats a shame" i replied before realising what i had just said. Did it sound like i like him, or am i just overthinking it?

Before he could reply, the bus pulled up. I got on first and went to the back of the bus, calum followed and sat down next to me.

"You seem interesting" he said, taking me by surprise.
"And why do you say that?" I couldn't see the shy boy i met yesterday anymore, he seemed so much more, well, confident.
"Well to start of with your name is may"
"And.."
"How many people do you know called may?"
"Not many" he gave me a judgmental glare
"Okay, none"
"I rest my case" and with that calum gave me a 'I told you so' grin, before we both sat in a comfortable silence.

The journey to the rink went by fast, calum and i talked about various different things, we got to know each other better. I knew his middle name, just like he knew mine. It was the little things like that that reminded me more and more of Gabriel. He was my ex boyfriend, when he moved away to new Zealand we lost touch. But sitting next to calum going to the rink made me feel like i was with gabe all over again, there was something in his eyes that was familiar.

When we got to the rink i walked to the seating area to put my skates on, calum followed. Once our skates were on we got onto the ice, calum stumbled at first but i held his arm and waited for him to regain his balance.
"Thank you may"
I gave him a reassuring smile before skating off to the centre of the rink. I practised my routine for my competition coming up in a few weeks, i wanted to get it perfect before i get worried about it.