"It's Calum Hood?"
"Oh my God."
"Who is the girl with him?"
"Wait, it's the girl in the picture that I saw on twitter.."
"Her name is Haley!"
I put a hand over my forehead and turned around, confused. Because there was so much light? Who the hell was talking?
When i opened my eyes and saw that I was lying in a public place, surrounded by a group of teenagers, I got scared. I sat up with all the strength I had and Calum finally he opened his eyes, noticing what was happening.
"Shit." He mumbled under his breath and grabbed all our belongings as quickly as possible.
I looked at him and whispered, "I'm going to go find a cab, you stay here and take some pictures, okay?", hoping that this would be enough. I just finished collecting the last things, smiling at the teenagers before walking away as quickly as I could, hoping not to be call in on anything this time. Fortunately Calum was distracting enough.
After reaching the parking lot and have talked to the cab company, I took a deep breath and sat down on the sidewalk. My head was bursting at the seams and we even had a plane to catch to the, wherever the next concert was, and not to mention I had school.
Calum and the taxi arrived at the same time. Calum was almost breathless for trying to get away from it all; Apparently, the crowd had gotten bigger and bigger. After we had climbed in the cab, we just looked at each other for a few seconds, not knowing what to say.
"How the hell did they find us?" He asked eventually.
"Just takes one person and then they Tweet everyone about it. They have these things called update profiles and ... behold, I show you." One of my friends actually had one of these profiles, not that I wouldn't tell Calum. I hated to lie to him.
Calum swore as he looked at the profile. "They posted our pictures while we sleep, Haley, shit. I'm sorry. " Calum looked towards me and turned the phone so that I could see the image. We looked so cute, embraced on the blanket.
"It's okay, Cal." I shrugged, like it wasn't a big issue. I wanted to go on twitter and see what people were saying about me, but I didn't want to let him know how much I cared. My cell phone, then, started playing up reporting the arrival of a new message.
Call me right now!
MEDRA. My mother. Would I call her or ignore it?
I looked at my phone and then Calum, nervous. I didn't know if I was checking out or if she knew about any of this.
I decided to call her. "Ready?"
Calum looked at me in confusion, wondering who I was talking about.
"Where are you?" she asked immediately and with this i realized that she had discovered something.
"Um, why?"
"Haley, answer me now and tell me the truth."
"I'm in New York ..." I froze, scared of how she would answer.
"What the hell are you doing doing there?! And because I'm looking at a picture of you on the beach, while you're sleeping with the guy from that band you like? "I prayed to God that he was screaming so much to be heard by Calum.
"Mom, I can explain everything later, please wait until tonight?" I begged her, but she wouldn't listen.
"No Haley, you gotta tell me now--" But before she said anything more I then shut the phone, because I couldn't explain anything, not in front of Calum.
"You're in trouble?" he asked me, worried.
I bit my bottom lip, thinking about my answer. "Yes." I admitted.
"The band that you like?" He said my mom's words. Obviously he had heard, never a bit of luck.
"Yes, I have tried a few things on you after those days together to see if you were really good." I tried to lie, hoping that it would work. "We're always together, so she knows who you are."
"Oh." he replied.
"Why, would you have liked it if I had been a fan?" I asked, pretending not to know the answer.
"It's not like I'd like it, but apparently we are not allowed to go out with fans, we never know if it's only because we're famous or for the money."
"How long is the trip back?" I decided to change the subject, because I didn't want to think about how everything could have been spoil.
"A couple of hours." He shrugged, glancing at his phone. "Are you sure you're okay with all the fans that hate you? I mean, I can always tell them to leave you alone-"
"Calum, no. Its Okay, I swear. " I felt a surging of reassurance.
"Okay." He smiled.
"That's it? I've only got to tell you that once?" I asked again.
"Haley, I trust you. It's not that you're a crazy fan that would lie just to be with me. " It took us a minute for Calum to start laughing and I laughed, back, family, with him because what he had said was exactly my case. He seized my hand and looked me in the eye. "If you need me to talk with your mom--" he began to say, but I froze instantly.
"No!" I almost yelled. I didn't need him to come to my house and saw all the posters and products., it's okay, I can handle it myself. "I said, a little more calm.
"Okay." He shrugged and settled down better on the seat, as if he wanted to sleep a little longer. My hand was still between untwined with his and I was thankful that he had decided to take a NAP because I honestly couldn't hide the blame from my face. I had a chance to tell him the truth and instead we'd laughed about it with him.
I would expect a slap in the face when he finds out..
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