I Can Change...I Think//Calum Hood

Chapter 3: He's Not That Bad

Iris's POV

Luke slammed me against the wall of mine and Emma's house, and started kissing me. As much as I loved it, it wasn't right. I hated hiding this from her, but yet I refuse to tell her. I wouldn't. I couldn't. "Wait, Luke stop" I said pulling away, while breathing heavily. "Why what's wrong?" He said concerned. "I hate hiding this from Emma. She thinks I hate your guts and I know she'll get mad when she finds out, especially knowing that I didn't tell her." I said, suddenly feeling even more guilty, "Look babe, everything is fi-" He said but was cut off by my phone ringing. It was Emma. "Hang on a sec, it's Em. Be quiet." I said sternly, he raised his hands up in defense, and didn't say a word. "Hello?" I answered. "Hey, can you come pick me up from Calum's? I don't have a car and I really don't feel like asking him for a ride. Please?" She asked. She sounded like she was begging, I wonder what happened. "Of course Em, I'm on my way" as soon as Luke heard 'I'm on my way' he sighed, knowing we couldn't continue on with what we were doing and he had to leave. "Alright, thanks Iris, see you soon" she said. "See you soon" I replied. I hung up and turned to Luke, "I'm sorry Lukey, I promise I'll tell her, I just don't know when." "Okay well do it as soon as possible. It sucks not being able to show you off and be with you in public." He said pouting. He was so adorable when he did that, God I love him so much. "I know baby, but make sure you tell the guys aswell. They deserve to know too." I said putting my hand on his cheek pulling him closer. "I will princess, I promise" He said. Leaning his forehead against mine, wrapping his arms around my waist.

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Emma's POV

I've been waiting for her for the past 20 minutes, what's taking her so long? I walked back into Calum's room to take one final lool at the project. Everything seemed good. I looked up on the bed to see Calum sleeping there peacefully. Light snores coming out of him, body sprawled out on the bed, his stong arms hugging the pillow, he looked adorable- "so I look adorable huh?" A voice said snapping me out of my thoughts. Did I say that out loud? I looked down to see Calum, who fluttered his eyes open, and looked up at me. "I'm adorable?" He said smirking lightly, "Only when you're asleep." I said rolling my eyes. "Fair enough, I'll still take it" He said winking then sitting up. "So what do you just pretend to be sleeping and adore your prey so you could just trap and seduce them?" I said questioning him. "Hmm, I should've thought of that, that's smart" He said. I raised an eyebrow at him, trying to figure out if I should argue with him. My thoughts got cut off by my phone. "Who is it?" Calum asked. As if HE out of all people, had a right to know about my personal life. Instead of arguing with him, I just simply told him. Avoiding a whole other headache. "Iris" I simply said. 'I'm about 5 minutes away.' the text read. "Alright, Iris is almost here. I'm gonna head out, bye Calum" I said, somewhat nice. "Bye, Emma." He half smiled, "wait let me walk you out" He rushed, "Calum I-" I started to argue, "please" He begged. Goddammit why was he so damn cute. I sighed. "Alright, fine." He grabbed my hand, and we went downstairs, then outside. We then sat down on his porch, waiting for Iris. "Sooo," he said, trying to make conversation and awkwardly looking down. "Sooo," I said repeating what he said. "Do you live alone?" I asked curiously. It's a big ass house, and plus, what parents would let HIM live alone. "No, actually. I live with Ava." He stated. "What, is she your girlfriend or something?" I questioned. These kids don't do strings attached, I'd feel pity for the poor girl, knowing what dating Calum Hood will get her into. "No, she's my sister" he politely replied. "Oh, how old is she?" "Our age" "How come she wasn't here today?" I asked nicely. Why am I being nice to this kid? Maybe it's because he might not be as bad as I think? We'll just have to see. "I don't know, she hasn't been home a lot recently, and anytime she's home, she's always on her phone, and whenever she gets a phone call she starts giggling and has to leave the room. I don't know, she's a big girl, I don't think much of it." He said back to me. "That's good that you give her privacy, girls need that." I said. "Yeah, I know, but she's my little sister, I know I'm only a few months older than her but I always feel like I need to protect her. As if I were years older than her, or as if I was even a parent." He said blushing a bit. He always puts out this whole bad boy act but, maybe he's not as bad as we think he is. We both looked up, to see the sun going down. The beautiful pink, purple, and blue surrounding the yellow son. "Wow, it's so beautiful" I said aloud. "Not as beautiful as you" He mumbled, looking down, blushing again. "W-What?" I said, turning to him. "You-You think I'm beautiful?" I whispered. "Of course," he said, blushing even more. Damn it, I started blushing too. He looked at me, and started leaning in. I was leaning in too, but before anything could happen, I heard a horn honk. "*beep *beep* EM, HURRY THE HELL UP!" I heard Iris yell. From across the street. She probably didn't see what was going on because if she did, she would've waited until we were "finished" with what we were doing. Me and Calum both sighed. "We'll continue this another time" I reassured him. He half smiled at me, then nodded. "Bye Cal," I smiled. "Bye, Em" He smiled back at me. We hugged, and I walked towards Iris's car. "So, how'd the project go?" She asked. "Uhh-good." I said smiling. She smiled back, and we drove home, talking about random shit. I wasn't listening half the time, I was just smiling and nodding. Having the thoughts of Calum filling my mind. Do I really like Calum Hood? Does Calum Hood really like me? Or is he just playing me? The worst possible thoughts filled my mind. But c'mon, is he really as bad as we think he is?

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