Amanda's POV.
Amy and I walked to school together in the morning, just as we normally did. We usually picked lou, Liam or Zayn up on the way, but they had class earlier. For once, it wasn't raining, a fact that I was extremely grateful for. This must be the only outfit I own which isn't soaked, and I'm not going to even mention my hair, I'm not really known as the vain one but my hair is important to me. Amy thinks it's ridiculous that I'm so obsessive about my hair, but not everyone can pull off the just-got-out-of-bed look. Besides, I wanted Calum to see me looking perfect.
Calum. There he was again. Pretty much the only thing I could think about these past few days. I'd told Amy some of the vague details of my night out, but I know she doesn't like me being with Calum, so we didn't speak about it much. I don't really see what her and Lou's problem is with me going out with him. He's been nothing but nice to me. I know he's cheated on a few girls, fucked around with a few girls... but who's to say he'll do it with me? I know They're just worried for me, but they haven't got a reason to be. I know what I'm doing.
You see them two have always been kind of overprotective of me. We've known each other for a long time, and I've always been the youngest, only by a few months, so they look at me as kind of a little sister. I remember being younger, if I fell over or something, they'd both be there straight away, pulling me up and checking I was okay. Now, it's more like 'We don't like that boy', 'Be careful'. They sound like my parents. To be honest, I'm not the one that needs looking after, that would be Amy. But no, they think they have to be all overprotective of me. Because I obviously do so many dangerous and wild things. It's kind of cute, to be honest. They are my best friends, and I do love them for it... even if it can get a little annoying.
"Amanda, are you even listening to what I'm saying?" I snapped out of it when Amy poked me in the arm. "Oh, yeah! Sorry, zoned out a bit." She rolled her eyes and grinned at me. "I asked if you wanted anything from the Co-Op." I followed her inside the shop, where she picked out a Crunchie for her and a bag of Haribo for Lou. "Want anything?" she asked, before heading to the queue. I shook my head. "Diet." I replied, resting a hand on my stomach. She frowned, handing the sweets to the checkout girl. "Mandy, you don't need to diet. It's ridiculous. You're skinny." I shook my head. "Ams, I'm not. Besides, just a few more pounds won't hurt." Another thing she and Lou are always going on at me about. My weight is my main insecurity, and I have plenty of them. I'm one of those curvier girls, not slim and straight up and down, so it's a lot harder for me to keep weight off. I have to work out and really watch what I eat, no chocolate or sweets for me. Amy linked her arm through mine as we left the shop. "I wish you wouldn't though, Beb. You really don't need to." I shrugged. I'm not going to stop until I lose a bit more weight.
"You have that Spanish exam today, right?" asked Amy. I nodded, relieved that she'd changed the subject. "It's a test. Counts as coursework, I think. Here." I swung my bag round and got out my Spanish book, handing it to Amy. She helped me go over some of the stuff I'd tried to memorize last night, not that it'd done much good. Spanish isn't my best subject, but my Mum insists that I do it. It was an oral exam, which would basically consist of answering and asking questions in Spanish, so you couldn't really study for that anyway.
Once we were at school, I headed off to Spanish whilst Amy went upstairs to Music. The test went okay, and I was one of the first people chosen to do it, so that left me plenty of time to daydream for the rest of the hour. Daydreaming is by far my favourite pastime. Daydreaming about anything, anyone, anywhere. Sometimes it's dreams of becoming famous, sometimes if dreams of scenarios that will never happen... but most of the time it's just daydreaming about Calum.
In my opinion, our sort-of date to the party had been perfect. Calum had picked me up in his Dad's BMW and we'd driven to Marcus'. At first, I'd been kind of shy and nervous, not really knowing what to say. He is way out of my league, I know. Calum had chatted away to me easily, making me feel more comfortable. The party was good, but I still couldn't help noticing that there were about twenty other girls there, prettier than me, skinnier than me, taller than me. He obviously knew some of them, because he waved and I think he winked at a few of them. He hardly left my side all night, making sure I had plenty of drink and that I was okay. I was pretty drunk by about an hour and a half into the party. Chris did leave me once, to go with these two girls that he obviously knew from somewhere. I guess he was just saying hi to them, though. We'd kissed a few times at the party, but the best part had been when he'd dropped me back at home. We'd had a pretty heated make-out session in his car, but I'd left before it could go any further, not wanting to seem easy.
I couldn't help but smile to myself as I remembered the night. He'd said that it was fun and that we should do it again sometime. He really is such a nice guy. Maybe I should invite him out with my friends or something, so that they'd finally see how sweet he actually is? No, that's probably a bad idea. Lou and Amy will never change their minds on him and even Zayn, who is one of the most easy going people I know, doesn't really like him.
Just as I was leaving Spanish, someone put their hand on my shoulder. I turned round, half-hoping it would be Calum. "Oh, hey Zayn!" I said, smiling at him as we walked down the hallways. "Hey. Heard you were with that Calum guy at Marcus' party the other night?" I had to stop myself from sighing. Not this again. I nodded. "Yeah, I was." I was curious to see what he'd have to say about it. The others had made their opinions clear on the subject, niall would just call him a 'wanker'. Zayn nodded thoughtfully. "What, are you going to tell me he's bad news, too? Calum is nice to me, he's not like everyone makes out!" He shook his head, smiling easily at me. "No, I'm not anyone to tell you to stay away from him. If you like him, so be it. But, just so you know, you could do ten times better." He smiled at me once more before heading off into a classroom, leaving me standing along by the lockers. Well, that was random. And also a load of bullshit. How could anyone do better than Calum hood? I know plenty of girls that would agree with me, such as pretty much the entire female population of the school. Still, I suppose it was sweet of Zayn to say that, even if it had confused me.
The rest of the morning passed in a boring blur of lessons and classes, until lunch. I saw Harry and Niall in the canteen, sitting down at our usual table. The guys both had massive plates of food, whilst I just had my little pot of salad. "How the fuck can you even eat that, Amanda? Rabbit food." Said Niall, stuffing forkful after forkful of ketchup-covered pasta into his mouth. I rolled my eyes at him, having to laugh. The amount of food that boy could put away was unreal, he deserved to be the size of an elephant. Still, he worked out enough, so I guess he needed all the energy.
Amy, Lou and Liam appeared, their usual cheerful selves. Whilst we all ate, Niall began to talk. "You guys, Harry and I were saying the other day that it'd be cool to go camping. There's this little forest about an hour's drive away, we could go there for the weekend or a few days. It's the holidays in a few weeks, we thought we could go then?" Everyone started nodding, looking excited. "Yeah! That sounds great!" Lou was saying, his eyes looking excitedly from one person to the next. "Yeah, we should do it." Amy said. I noticed she was looking at Harry when she spoke, not at Niall. She really doesn't like him, and I sort of understand why. He can be a cocky little prick at times, and he enjoys taking the piss out of her. Can't really blame her, to be honest. "Amy?" Zayn asked, smiling at me. He is always smiling. His smile is lovely, the nicest smile I've ever seen. It somehow makes you feel comfortable and happy. I shrugged. "I dunno, camping isn't really my thing..." "Aw, c'mon Lou, it'll be fun!" Amy butted in. "Yeah, and I'll protect you from all those wild wolves and bears out in the woods." Said Niall, winking at me. I rolled my eyes at my friends, but nodded. "Okay, you win. I'll go." It would be fun.... I hope.
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Filler chapter for the next paragraph :)
