Calum's P.O.V
''Ohmygod and that one time in year 7 when Calum hit Sam in the forehead with a tennis racket, in P.E'' Luke yells, laughing hysterically along with the others. I cover my face with one of my hands at the memory. I remember I felt so bad about it at the time, seeing Sam lying on the floor crying. Even though it was pretty bad, I laugh about it now.
''Oh yeah! And you had to get 6 stitches!'' Annie adds, pointing at Sam who is sitting across from her in our restaurant booth. Sam sticks her tongue out at her.
''Ha ha very funny!'' She sings to everyone, taking a big spoon of her ice-cream and bringing her fingers up to touch the tiny scar on the side of her head. I laugh along with the others and Sam looks back at me, smiling a little. I laugh again, shaking my head and looking down at my ice-cream. This was the first time since Summer that our whole group got to hang out all together. With Shane, Annie and Rylie being in a different school to me, Luke, Molly and Sam, it's difficult to make time for us all to hang out so we were making the most of catching up.
''So Cal, Luke... any girls you got your eye on?'' Shane asks as if it's the most casual thing in the world, finishing his tub of ice-cream and tipping it back into his mouth to get the last drops. I shrug, mixing mine around with my spoon.
''That's not like you, Cal.'' Shane chuckles, giving me a funny look ''You usually have some fun at the beginning of the year.'' I raise my head, forcing a smile onto my face.
''Nah, nothing special'' I say in reply to Shane, shoving my the plastic spoon into my mouth. I hear everyone at the table let out a few 'ooh's and 'aha's as my gaze flashes over Sam. She juts her jaw out, as if she's grinding her teeth, and pushes her half empty tub away from her. I don't really have a reason to feel bad but I do. I swallow hard, hoping nobody can hear it, and fix my snapback.
''What about you, Luke?'' Shane carries on. I turn to look at Luke, trying to stop thinking about Sam. Luke raises his eyebrows and turns the corners on his mouth down, shrugging. ''Man, you've hardly even talked about girls since summer, don't tell me you're gay'' All of us laugh and Rylie chokes on her Coke a bit.
''Don't worry Shane, I'm definitely not'' Luke says between laughs. Luke's eyes land on Rylie for about half a second, so fast that I don't think anyone apart from me saw. I hide my smile and pretend I saw nothing. I'm happy that Luke's got someone he obviously really likes. He's my best friend and I want him to be happy.
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Sam's P.O.V
We all exchange hugs and promise to meet up soon as we all go our seperate ways. I sit on the bench, waiting for the number 9 bus to arrive to take me home.
''Hey'' I look up to see Calum walking infront of me and sitting down beside me. I give him a faint smile, rubbing my hands together because of the cold air surrounding us. Calum shoves his hands in his jacket pockets and I keep my eyes facing straight ahead, not really in the mood to talk to him at all. What he said in the restaurant did offend me a little even though it probably wasn't meant to. Calum was probably just saying that as a cover up... hopefully.
I sit forward as Calum stretches his arm out along the back of the bench behind me. I pull my beanie down over my forehead and ears, trying to keep my face as warm as possible. I don't want to be mad at Calum but I just can't help it. I feel my heart beat faster with anger as I replay his words, that he said to all of our friends, in my head. I know they don't know it was about me and but why did he have to say it infront of me? He could have just said nothing instead. I rest my chin in my hands, sighing loudly.
''Sorry about uhm...what I said earlier'' Calum speaks, probably sensing my discomfort. ''I didn't mean it I just... I couldn't think of anything else to say.'' Ouch. That stung like a slap in the face. So basically he couldn't think of any other words to describe messing around with me other than 'Nothing special'. Not that I expected it to be special or anything but a bit of respect would have been appreciated.
I turn to face him, my eyebrows furrowed as he shuts his eyes, realising what he's just said. Calum lets out a long breath, scratching the back of his neck.
''No, that's not what I meant... I just mean that I wasn't really talking about you. I was just making it up altogether.'' I face forward again, pushing my hat up my forehead a bit because it's itching. ''Sam I-''
''I'm not mad'' I interrupt him before he can say anymore. Calum doesn't look convinced but he sighs quietly, letting it go. ''Why would I be mad anyway.'' I laugh. I'm so mad.
Calum laughs, nervously saying 'yeh' a few times before we fall back into an awkward silence.
''Hey, Sam I just wanna say that-'' Calum starts but is uninterrupted by my bus pulling to a stop directly infront of us. I point at the bus with my thumb, shrugging.
''My bus is here'' I say, wanting to get out of the cold as soon as possible. I grab by bag off the floor, standing up.
''Right...'' Calum mutters, sighing. I wave back at him as I step into the bus and the door close behind me. I can't help but smile as Calum waves in the window at me with both hands, smiling like a three year old. He's cute.
