Unpredictable (Calum Hood)

Chapter 6

Chapter 6

Calum and I were sat on my living room sofa doing literally nothing. “Calum come on! I’m so bored!” I complained for what felt like the millionth time. He had turned on some black and white film and had been trying to get me to watch it for the past hour. I had finally given up on trying to steal the TV remote from him and now I was trying to persuade him to do something else. “Calum!” I dragged ‘u’ in his name and shook his knee. The only response that I got was his hand shoving mine off his leg. I sat back in defeat and he smirked at me.

I watched Calum as his eyes were focused on the TV in front of us. His dark hair and chocolate brown eyes complimented his olive skin nicely. His collarbones poked out of the neckline of his black t-shirt and he had a black tattoo lining his left collarbone. I had to admit that he definitely was attractive and my friends back home would be all over him. I pushed the thought of Calum and one of my friends together out of my mind as he turned towards me.

“What?” he asked. My eyes darted back to the TV. I shook my head. “Nothing.” I said. Calum narrowed his eyes. “What were you looking at?” he questioned. “Nothing.” I repeated. He didn’t look convinced but turned back to the movie. It ended soon after and I jumped up from the couch.

“Finally,” I groaned “Now we can do something!” Calum got up and walked in to the kitchen. He grabbed a bottle of water out of the fridge before leaning against the countertop. “And what exactly do you want to do?” He glanced over to the clock. “It’s almost 1:00. Do you want to go grab something to eat?” I nodded. “Let’s go.”

We walked a few blocks down the street until we reached a little diner. I had been here a few times before with my Aunt, but that was a long time ago. Calum held the door open and the door chimes rang as we entered. A middle aged woman with an apron on came out of the back kitchen and made her way towards us. I watched as her eyes light up when she saw us.

“Calum!” she held her arms open towards him. “I haven’t seen you in ages, how have you been dear?” Calum walked into her embrace before answering her question. “I’ve been good!” he said. They both stepped back before the woman noticed me. “And who’ve you brought with you?” she asked. I stepped forward and shook the hand she had outstretched towards me. “This is my friend Reilly.” Calum said. “Well, I’m Maria.” she smiled. “You two are probably starving! Let me get you a table.”

Maria brought us to a booth in the corner of the diner. It faced a window that looked out to the ocean. She set out two menus and some silverware. Calum and I sat on either side of the booth. “I’ll give you two a minute to order.” Maria smiled before walking back to the kitchen. “A few of my friends and I used to come here every day for lunch. Maria would always be our waitress and we’d always sit here.” Calum said after a moment. “Do you not come anymore?” I asked. “Not as much.” He replied.

“You remember Luke, from the ice cream shop?” I nodded. “Well, it was me, Luke, and two of our other friends, Ashton and Michael. But Ashton’s been out of town for a while so we haven’t really seen much of each other.” He explained, taking a sip of water. I nodded. Maria came back with a pad of paper and took our orders, promising to have them back as soon as possible.

“You know, she probably thinks we’re dating.” Calum chuckled. I laughed.

“Do you bring a lot of girls here?” I asked.

“No, not really,” He replied. “But then again, most people don’t stay for the whole summer like you do.”

“Why did you come down here? I mean, I come down here because of my aunt and uncle, but why did you and your mom choose to move here?”

He thought about my question for a moment before answering. “Honestly, I don’t really know why. I know that we moved to a small town because my mom had always lived in big cities and she wanted to try something different, but I have no idea why she chose to live here.”

 “Well good thing she did because if she didn’t, I’d be spending my summer alone like a loser.” I laughed.

Maria came back faster than I expected with our food and set it down in front of us. Calum and I both said thank you before starting to eat.

After we had both finished, Maria set the check down. I snatched it up before Calum could and he shook his head in protest. “Reilly,” he argued.

“Nope.” I tucked some cash in to the sleeve of the bill holder and set it on the end of the table. “You paid for my ice cream, I pay for lunch.”

“You do realize the ice cream cost like $2, right? Besides I’m the guy, I’m supposed to pay.”

“This isn’t a date, Calum. Guys pay on dates.” I laughed.

“Who said this wasn’t a date?”