Paper Thin • Calum Hood |ON HOLD 1-2-17|

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Josie's POV

I lift my head from Calum's bare chest when I hear rustling coming from the back entrance and soon the door shuts. Hushed voices fill the space and I quickly shake Calum awake and throw his clothes at him. I gather my loose clothing from the floor and pull him along with me into the guest bathroom and quietly shut the door.

"What's going on?" Calum asks rubbing his eyes and stretching while I pin my ear up against the door to listen. "Shh..." I whisper and continue to listen even though the conversation is barely audible.

"My father is here and I think he brought the skank who he cheated on my mom with." I say finally turning around and reaching for my clothes to throw on urging Calum to do the same.

"Shit, he's going to kill me... especially since your mom isn't even here." He says looking slightly worried and I shake my head.

"Look I don't think he is in a place where he can be upset considering he hasn't even checked on me in the past couple weeks. Besides I'm the one who should have a problem with him bringing that mistress into this house." I say before unlocking the door and walking out into the hallway and towards the living room.

I look at the clock and see that it is seven-forty, looks like school is out of the question. I was planning on not going anyway but now this just gives me an excuse. My feet pad quietly against the cold tile floor as I make my presence known and my father looks concerned.

"Marina?" I ask completely dumbfounded. I shake my head and let out a displeased laugh.

"Now before you start Josie I just wa-" My father begins but I honestly do not want to hear it.

"Does Justin know about this? That the two of you have been hoeing around together ruining but of your families lives?" I ask folding my arms across my chest and wait patiently for my fathers excuse.

"This isn't your concern sweetheart this has nothing to do with you." My father says and I feel like hitting him with something.

"What do you mean this has nothing to do with me, this does. You ruined your marriage with mom, and your choices are affecting this household." I say becoming more and more aggravated. "Marina, do you not realize how your affecting Justin's and the other ones with this. You both are selfish bastards." I say looking at both of them in disgust.

"Do not talk to me like you are of higher value sweetheart, clearly your father wasn't happy with your sweet mommy dearest so he had the right to leave." She looks at me with demeaning eyes and I want to loose the very small amount of self control that I have at this point on this woman.

"He might have had a right to leave but that didn't mean go fuck some woman like yourself behind my mothers back! She has done so much for you dad and yet you completely drain her of her value." I say and I feel the tears beginning to build up.

I feel a sense of calm wash over my body when I feel a gentle touch on the small of my back. I look up to find Calum sending me a tense smile.

"Who are you?" My father asks now crossing his arms across his chest.

"None of your concern." I say standing my ground ignoring the snobbish stares from Marina.

"I happen to be your father and when was it ok to have boys over, have you turned into a whore now? Spreading your legs for anything and everyone with two legs?" He asks with such devilish sway behind every word.

"You have no right to talk to me this way, you're basically nothing to me. You haven't been around stably for the past eight months." I say with hand gestures due to my frustration and growing aggravation with my father. My fathers expression draws to a vague blank page.

"I think it would be best if you just left." Calum says causing my father to look his way shocked.

"Look at this, a boy who my daughter hardly knows is ordering me out of my own home that I paid for with my own money. It should be the other way around, what do you think Marina?" He asks turning to look at her. The anger that is rising deep inside my body causes my chest to tighten. I've always had respect for Justin's mom but now that our encounter is under different circumstances all that I feel towards her is hatred.

"Just because you hold the title as my father on my birth certificate doesn't mean you hold any ground in my life. Clearly as we can all see, you have been occupied creating another life so maybe you should just stick to what you do best and leave for fucks sake." I say letting the tear that was brought upon by anger slide down my cheek.

Something behind my fathers eyes change and he looks down to the ground chuckling before turning to Marina and shaking his head.

"You act just like your mother." He says turning to walk away.

"In which way?" I ask biting the inside of my cheek as I wait for his response.

"A bitch." As the words roll off his tongue there is not a second that passes before a fist connects with my fathers ignorant self. He takes hold of his nose trying to contain the blood that descends down his face as he lets several profanities escape before looking at Calum and making eye contact with me one last time.

"You shouldn't pulled that kid." He says taking a hold of Marina's wrist and pulling her through the living room making their way to the front door.

I turn to look at Calum not sure of what to say in this moment as my emotions completely overwhelm me. His arms wrap around me letting a wave of comfort overcome my body as I let the tears free fall from my eyes. I pull away to look Calum in the eye, his thumbs swipe across my cheeks wiping away the salty water.

"Thank you." I say in a low whisper not losing eye contact even through my blurred vision.

"I might be a asshole but I would never let anyone do you bad, I care about you Jos." Our lips connect shortly as I realize that this boy might be the 'best-worst' decision I could have ever made.

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I feel like this was all over the place lol

No offense to Jc Caylen's actual mom because I love her lol

S.s