difficult | calum hood

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Calum exhales and pulls me into his chest, his eyes still closed like he's sleeping.  His fingers wrap around my waist and he buries his head into my shoulder. I can't help myself from smiling as he does, my cheeks heating up. 

"Zoe..." He whispers, wrapping his arms completely around my waist. I notice his biceps and swoon slightly, before returning my attention to him. I turn around so I'm facing him and press a light kiss to his nose. "I've been thinking, a lot, about me and you - and how I f-feel." 

He sounds nervous, and I want to assure him that it's okay, and I would if I knew what he was going to say. 

"And, um, I really really like you. A lot. Like, I really really like you. It's weird because we haven't been together too long, but what I feel for you is more than what I've ever felt for anyone and..." He trails off and breaks eye contact. "Zoe, I think I might be in love with you." 

My breath catches in my throat as my heart misses a beat, this can't be real. It just isn't something that I ever thought would happen, and especially not in the perfect way it just did. 

"Calum, I love you too." I whisper, and he lets our eyes meet. 

"Really?" He says, his eyes lighting up and a smile spreading across his face. His eyes crinkle up in the corners and his cheeks go all cute and dimply. "No you don't." He says, like he can't believe it. 

"I love you Calum." I sigh, rolling my eyes at him and giggling. He smiles and looks down, before I kiss him softly. He kisses back instantly but has to break our kiss because of how big his smile is. I'm so happy to be the one who makes him feel like that, and when he smiles, I mirror his smile. 

"Zoe, everyday you make me so happy." His words fall out of his wide smile and he continues to blush. I find myself grinning and nodding along to him, before placing another kiss on him. 

"None of this feels real." I mumble, drawing circles on his chest. "When I think back to the first time we kissed, it feels like a dream, and now this..." 

"One thing I have leaned, is that dreams can come true. I know it's incredibly cheesy, but they honestly do come true." 

"I love you."

"I love you as well." 

Once me and Calum finally haul ourselves out of bed, and force ourselves to get dressed, we find ourselves as the first ones downstairs for breakfast, soon followed by Luke. 

Calum has me on the kitchen counter, his arms around my waist, my hands holding each side of his face. We're kissing, and Luke is trying to eat, as he keeps telling us. 

"Hey, listen, just because I know about you doesn't mean I want to watch a live sex show." 

Calum sticks his middle finger up and continues to kiss me, but I giggle into his lips. "Shut up Luke." I whine, trying to focus on my boyfriend again. 

"But I'm trying to eat my breakfast!" 

"Who said I wasn't doing the same thing?" I don't even think about the words, they just slip from me automatically, causing Calum to burst into laughter. "Oh, sorry." I blush, covering my face with my hands. Calum shakes his head and moves away my hands, placing a soft kiss on my lips. 

"Hold on. There's something different between you two. Something happened last night, didn't it?" 

I look at Calum, blushing, and he looks at me with a grin on his face. "You know my brothers gonna kill you, right?" 

"But Zoe, I'd die for you."

***

"We are having a party, tomorrow!" Ashton claims, crashing on the couch and laughing. "We're inviting everyone. Zoe, call all of your old friends from school, including Hollie because she's always been fun at a party."

I shoot Calum a look but he shrugs as if to say it'll be fine. 

"Michael, you call every Australian celebrity that we've ever met who's actually liked us, Luke you call all your friends from school, and you too Calum." 

"But Ash- do you really think all your famous friends will want to party with random people from school?" 

"Zoe... Unlike Calum and Michael - not all famous people are dîcks." 

"Hey!" Calum and Mikey shout at the same time.  I grin at Calum. 

"Anyway Zoe, it's fine -  there won't really be anyone that famous here, no one likes us." Luke shrugs, laughing and throwing his arm around Calum. 

"Yep. These three dudes are my only friends." Calum chuckles, wiping away a fake tear and giggling. 

"It's a staple 5sos diet." Ashton says. 

"Woah! Calum's not eating us!" Michael laughs loudly, and everyone else laughs too. 

Calum's eyes meet mine and I can't stop myself from smiling and laughing as well. I'm proud of me and Calum, we managed to put aside our problems and reasons for not being togetehr, like Hollie and Ashton, and we managed to be a couple. 

And I love him so much. 

Author: this the end of part 1 :)) Part 2 is less about Hollie and more about other things going on in Calum and Zoe's lives, I don't want to give anything away. I love the first chapter of Part 2 ok I can't wait for you all to read it. I don't normally ask this but could everyone please vote and possibly comment? It would mean a lot thank you xxx