A/N: Sorry I haven't updated in the pass few days!Calum recently followed me on twitter (which is @sarahtello12) and I got super emotional, and also it was his birthday yesterday!Which also meant a wave of emotions taking over me. But without further or do here is the update!
The weeks seemed to pass by endlessly and I had seemed to not notice what day it even was. Luke had done the greatest job at acting like he wasn't my boyfriend, because most of the day consisted of awkward tension and exchanges of glares. I know he could feel my hurt through my voice, and my green eyes staring at his. Whenever I tried spending time with him, or talking to him he would always make up an excuse to get out of it. When I would stroll through the crowded hallways he would give girls flirty smirks and an occasional wink here and there. My only real friend who cared what seemed to be happening to me was Calum. Luke would still give Calum an envious look as well as giving the look of lust to Melanie.
Calum's soccer game was today, so I was glad I finally had something to do besides stare blankly into space thinking about what I should do. I sat on the cold, hard bleacher and saw the spirited people around me cheer Calum's name with every move he made. Calum was a big star here at school, and very well known through out the schools. His moves seemed to correlate with the balls, and his timing was almost perfect. I kept my eyes glued on him, and he waved over to me with a smile on his face. I waved back, getting weird looks from the audience observing this small move. The smile stayed on my face as I saw how much pride he had in making every goal he took a chance at shooting. The game lasted a long time, and they had won. I carefully stepped down the bleachers towards Calum who was dripping in sweat, but still managed to look very attractive with every step he took.
"Hey. "I said as he packed his things together.
"Hey!Is it alright if I got a ride home with you?I'll just go home in my soccer stuff. "
"Yeah!Of course. You don't even have to ask. Great job by the way," I stepped closer to him and felt his arms wrap around me. I smiled into his chest, even though he was very sweaty.
"I'm just going to go say goodbye to some friends, and I'll meet you at the car. "
"Sounds great," I saw him walking away, and almost immediately missed his touch. I started walking to the car, smiling at the ground, and gripping my backpack tighter. I heard some strange noises as I passed the bleachers, and slowly made my way back to see what it was. There it was. The image I had worried to see the entire month me and Luke had been dating. The lump growing in my throat, and beats of my heart rising as I saw the two kissing with a lot of movement and frustration. I swallowed hard, and had a puppy like expression on my face. The vision blurred from the water filling my eyes.
"Sarah?" I heard Calum's curious voice behind me. A tear rolled down my cheek, me wiping them off frantically hoping they'd stop.
"What the hell is going on here?" Calum's voice grew louder and angrier with every other word. I closed my eyes, and hoped of a better place to be at the moment. I felt Calum's movement behind me, and put my hand against his chest pushing him back.
"Just stop, they're not worth it. "
"No Sarah, I'm not going to let this go." And with that Calum lunged forward, speeding towards Luke. The twos kiss broke, and Melanie's face looked satisfied with the actions she had done as Calum approached Luke. I rushed forward, wrapping my arms around Calum's torso pulling him back.
"Let's just go Calum, please." He looked down at me and his expression softened.
"This isn't over, Hemming's. " Luke's face looked pained in what he had done, and also very frightened in seeing Calum in this phase. Luke looked down at me, with hurt darkening his blue eyes and his face grew colder as he swallowed.
The walk to the car was silent, and the both of us were shocked out of our minds that words could not seem to flow out of our mouths like they usually did. We got in and he said,"Sarah I'm really sorry. "
"It's not your fault, trust me Calum. Im better off without him anyways. " To be honest, I was actually kind of relieved and surprisingly more joyful we broke up then I should've been. The feelings Luke gave me, never compared to what Calum gave me. I realized who I really wanted, and after all everyone else was right, besides me and Calum.
*Calum's POV
The anger still bubbled inside of me that Luke would even think about doing that to Sarah. Sarah's amazing, and I would pick her over Melanie in a heartbeat. Luke betrayed Sarah, he slashed through her heart. Shattering it, leaving me to pick up the pieces and put them together. I did what I always did, pick up a pencil and start writing things that came to mind.
You call me up,
It's like a broken record
Saying that your heart hurts
That you never get over him getting over you,
And you end up crying
And I end up lying,
'Cause I'm just a sucker for anything that you do,
And when the phone call finally ends,
You say, "Thanks for being a friend,"
And we're going in circles again and again
I dedicate this song to you,
The one who never sees the truth,
That I can take away your hurt, heartbreak girl.
Hold you tight straight through the day light,
I'm right here. When you gonna realise
That I'm your cure, heartbreak girl?
I bite my tongue but I wanna scream out
You could be with me now
But I end up telling you what you wanna hear,
But you're not ready and it's so frustrating
He treats you so bad and I'm so good to you it's not fair.
And when the phone call finally ends
You say, "I'll call you tomorrow at 10,"
And I'm stuck in the friend zone again and again,
I know someday it's gonna happen
And you'll finally forget the day you met him
Sometimes you're so close to your confession,
I gotta get it through your head
That you belong with me instead
The words written on the paper seemed to describe exactly what I was feeling.
I want to be with Sarah. I need to be with her. We both know it, but we're too in denial to get it through our heads. We've known this for years without saying a word, and now it was time to break the silence that was being held within us from not speaking the actual truth that lied beneath us.
I took a quick glance at her window, seeing her light was still on. Sarah never really had trouble sleeping, so this was a new thing. I couldn't sleep myself, so I figured I should go comfort her, and maybe the both of us will manage to get some sleep. The cold air hit me, causing me to shiver and clash my teeth together. I climbed up the side of her window, where she had a mini ladder for me to climb up whenever I wanted. That was a little secret we shared. I climbed inside and she said very startled but lowering her voice so the rest of her family that was asleep wouldn't hear,"What are you doing here Calum?!"
"You can't sleep, and neither can I. Up for some cuddling after recent events?"
"You know me too well," She smiled and patted a space on her bed for me to lay on. I cradled her close, with her head in my chest, and arms wrapped on my torso. I laid my head on top of hers, then I said,"Why did you go out with him in the first place?" I said without thinking.
"Well, I thought he was an amazing guy. He liked me back, and that was wonderful news for me at the time. I loved him a lot. " The words coming out with a crack in it. I felt a wet tear coming down on to my shirt and I kissed the top of her head.
"Meh, I never really liked him anyways." Trying to lighten the mood up. We both laughed at my attempt in comforting her.
"I love you Calum. " She looked up at me with a smile, and I wiped one last tear off of her cheek before saying," I love you too. " Then dozing off into a deep sleep.
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The boy next door (Calum Hood fic)
Фанфик"Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up."
