"It's Not Love If It Hurts" //5sos

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"Tell me something I don't know about you." Calum said.

They were cuddling on the couch, in the living room where they seemed to spend the most time together. Dinner had been eaten, the plates washed, the candles extinguished. They sat on the couch anyways, the only light coming from the hallway.

Annie snuggles closer into Calum's side. "Well, what do you want to know?"

He smiled, the way he always seemed to do when he was around Annie. A small smile- one made up of pure joy. "I don't know. Just tell me something, anything, about yourself."

She nodded, thinking. "I wasn't a very good influence in high school."

Calum snorted. "I don't see how you could've been."

She laughing, playfully punching him in the arm. "No, but really though. I drove my parents nuts, never trying to get good grades or get in to college."

  The mood was slowly getting serious, and you could tell Annie was very proud. "Then I had a pregnancy scare. I got sick for like a week or two, with lots of bloating and emotions and my period was late-" she sniffled, and wiped her eyes. "And I realized, that if I was pregnant, I wouldn't knew whose baby it was. I didn't really sleep around, just a few people, but I was really scared. My parents noticed, and they got angry."

  Calum was silent. They had never talked about what Annie's life was like before they met, so this was all news. Truth be told, Annie didn't really like remembering it.

  She sighed. "I wasn't pregnant," she spoke to the empty silence, as if trying to justify up her actions. "But it wasn't any good. I just- I wasn't proud of who I was. I ended up dropping out after my junior year."

  Calum nodded. It was hard, hearing about something Annie went through before they ever met. The past in general was a tough subject between them- when Calum was almost as bad as Mikey, throwing Annie around- when Mikey was bad enough on his own- all through the recovery, through the panic attacks, the fits, the rage, the tears. The past wasn't a very good time for them. And before they met- Calum had the pressures of fame, and Annie had the pressures of school. Calum had the leaked snapchat, and Annie had the pregnancy scare. They went through a lot apart from each other.

  But maybe, just maybe, they wouldn't have to anymore. They were together, and had been given Calum's handlers blessing. Maybe, they would make it.

  Maybe, they would work out just fine.