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"Tuesday’s gray,
Wednesday too."
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"Calum, what's wrong?" Michael asked, leaning against the locker next to mine.
I sighed heavily, taking soem books out of my locker. "It's nothing," I lied. Everything was wrong. "C'mon, we're not idiots," Michael said, referring to him and Luke, who had appeared at Michael's side. "We know something's wrong, just tell us." I started to walk away, but they followed me. "Calum," they whined, and I realizied they weren't going to give up until I told them.
"Alright, alright." I gave in, turning to face them. "It's just that, Zara's been ignoring me." I sighed once again, looking at my feet. Michael and Luke glanced at each other, Luke biting his lip.
They stayed silent, just looking at me with worried eyes and once in a while mouthing words I couldn't make out to each other.
"What?" I said a little angry, wanting to know what they weren't letting me in on.
"It's just," Michael sighs, looking at Luke likes he needs him to explain.
"Zara's been a-a little moody lately," Luke continued for him, stuttering a little. "She just needs some time, Cal, don't take it too hard."
"She needs time!?" I exclaimed, running a hand through my hair. "So why can she talk to everyone else except me?" I scoffed, walking away again.
"Please, Calum," Michael grabbed me by my backpack, dragging me back to Luke and him. "She'll be back to normal soon, okay? She's just going through something right now and she's just, uh, really sad." I nodded, trying to understand but somehow I couldn't. She talked to everyone else, had fun with everyone else, hell, she had even told Luke and Michael something since they seemed to everything about Zara all of a sudden.
"Okay, I understand." I lied once again, my eyes staring at the ground. They said goodbye and went off the their classes, both giving me a reassuring pat on the back. As the walked off, I couldn't help but notive they were whispering to each other again, looking back at me once in a while and turning back around quickly.
I told myself they couldn't be keeping anything from me, they're my best friends, other than Zara of course. They wouldn't lie or do anything to hurt my feelings. They know as much about Zara as I do, nothing more..
Everyday this situation with Zara was getting more and more mysterious and I was getting more and more sad.
At lunch I saw her again, at her friend's locker. And she saw me too. She looked directly at me with such sadness in her eyes that I thought she would run over and hug me any minute. But then she snapped out of her trance on me, turned her head and strutted away. In my whole life I would of never thought Zara Young would have ever strutted. She had always made fun of those prissy girls who strutted, yet here she is being one of them. I had to hold back a laugh. Yet I didn't think I had enough strength left in me to laugh.
Later that night my mum realized Zara's absense. "Where's Zara, honey?" she asked, sitting next to me on the couch. Mum had never been too fond of Zara but she knew that she was a sweet girl even if she did have a bad side to her. I sighed, shaking my head. "She's been ignoring me," I said simply, not wanting to go into too much detail. She was my mum, and I didn't want to admit that I was in love with her. That might of been too much to handle. Sure, she knew I had always had a crush on her, but it was more now and I wasn't sure if she would accept it, not yet at least.
"Why?" she asked, looking concerned. "I don't know." I said quietly. Before she could say anything else, I jumped off of the couch and said "It's quite late, don't you think?" I turned off the TV, walking around the couch towards the stairs. "You know, with school tomorrow and everything. Gotta get my sleep. Talk to you tomorrow Mum, love you, goodnight!" And I walked up the stairs leaving a confused expression on my mother's face.
Truthfully, I didn't fall asleep for awhile. I stayed up, listing all the reasons why she could possibly hate me and why maybe she does hate me. Thoughts took over my mind and I was finally able to fall asleep, mumbling a quick "I love you Zara," almost as if she was here next to me.
"But I also hate you too."
what are luke and michael up to
and poor calum baby
