Opposites Attract (Calum Hood A.U.)

Chapter 26.5 - I Can

Calum's POV

I kneeled in front of her and started dabbing cloth on her knee. She winced a little but calmed down a bit later.

There was weird silence surrounding us and it was awkward as hell. I've been running from her for the past week but right now, I think I'm running back to her.

I picked up the first aid kit and stood up to go back to the bathroom. I came back moments later and spoke, "You can stay here for the night if you want, my car's in the shop so I wouldn't be able to take you home."

Hell I wouldn't let you out if someone's following you. I just felt the urge to protect her.

I heard her mumble a low 'okay' and I went to my room. I pulled out random clothes from my closet, ones that I know June would be comfortable with.

When I came back outside, June's already watching tv and I handed her the clothes.

"Here, you can wear these for the night, I don't think you would be comfortable sleeping in your uniform." June must probably already be weirded out because of my gestures. I was never this nice to her.

She thanked me for the clothes and I sat at the end of the couch whilst she's sitting on the other end. I heard my stomach growl so I pulled out my phone to order food.

"Do you want pizza for dinner? Or Chinese?" Pizza. "Pizza is okay."

I dialed the number of Pizza Hut and ordered two medium sized pizzas. Well, only two of us will eat that, I actually think it's more than enough. Plus, I know she doesn't like pineapple on a pizza and I do so sharing a pizza will be chaos.

I ended up ordering one Hawaiian and one Pepperoni. I always hear her order Pepperoni when the couple's over at our house.

After the call, I sat back on the couch and saw Spongebob Squarepants on.

The whole time we were watching, it was awkward as hell. Laughing at every joke made in the show but no one was talking.

I heard the doorbell ring and I guess the pizza guy's already here.

We then ate our pizzas and I thought of it as the perfect time to ask questions, but she spoke first, "Thank you, for uh, a while ago."

"Did someone hurt you?" I swear to God if someone hurt her...

"Someone was following me." Following? Like the stalker-ish type? "Who?"

"I'm not really sure."

"How long has this person been following you?" He pressed.

"For a few weeks now."

A few weeks?!

"A few weeks? Why were you walking alone? Wasn't Luke worried that someone was following you for the past few weeks?" I saw June wince at my tone so I muttered a quick 'sorry' to her.

"He was worried but I insisted that it was nothing, so it was kind of my fault." Wow. What a boyfriend. He didn't even do anything about it.

"You should report that to the police."

"I did, but they said I have no proof, that I was just bluffing."

Okay, when someone's following a teenage girl for a few weeks, isn't it the police' job to investigate who?!

Before I get even pissed I changed the subject because I could feel June being uncomfortable with the topic.

I sighed, "You can use the bathroom to change, you can shower if you want, there are towels there."