Chapter 12: Reflection

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by gxpositive

by gxpositive

Calum's POV:

"You like?", Michael questioned anxiously as he stared into the mirror over the sink on my bathroom wall. A boy with hair glowing a light turquoise blue stared right back at him.

"Yeah, she'll like it.", I laughed at Michael. He likes this girl so much. It's kind of funny seeing him fluster over her like this. He's never cared so much about how he looks until he met her.

Don't get me wrong, I feel kind of weird telling him he looks fine when he asks me if he 'looks ok'. The fact that he's dyed his hair her favourite colour is just a tad bit much...but, who am I to judge? I've been single since Kathy. Kathy was a trouble maker. She would steal cans of beer and we would drive around all night to find the right spot to spend together. Sometimes I drive by all the places we used to hang out getting wasted just to remember the feeling she gave me.

The adrenaline that would pump through me when we were together. The colour of her golden blonde hair that would follow the winds direction. Maybe you're wondering...what happened? What happened to the love of my life?

It's a dark story.

"You are coming with us right?"

"What, so I can third wheel you guys for the entire afternoon?"

"No, no, no. Luke, Ash, Charlie, and Valentine will be there too.", a pause. "I think you're forgetting that Val and I are not dating...yet."

"Just ask her out already! You keep talking to me about your current teenage romance. Like, please save me the torture, be a little sympathetic here. I've been single for almost a full year now..."

"Stop by the tattoo parlor, plenty of girls come by to get inked up or get a couple of holes into their faces."

"Maybe I'll stop by next week or something, but I'm behind on homework so don't expect me."

"But...we're on summer holidays?", Michael questioned sounding a little confused.

"Yeah yeah I know. But I need to 'catch up', apparently. None of the teachers are giving me pity treatment anymore. It's like they expect me to get over my girlfriend in a couple weeks."

The room falls silent. Whenever I talk about Kathy, Mike goes all silent on me. I know what he's thinking. He's thinking that I need to get over her. I think that too, but it's easier said than done. I think Luke, Ash and Mike liked her. But they didn't like her habits. I wasn't too happy with her habits either but they didn't really matter to me when I was with her. I kind of forgot about them entirely. But the needle marks on her arms would remind me every time.

Sorry for not updating in a long time! I'm on summer holidays now so I'll try to update more often. But my friend just got me into Orange is the new black and I'm addicted. (On season 2 at the moment). It's really good. Watch it.

X,
Gabby