Right Now

23.

"Excuse me?" Calum says, waving his hands in front of my face. "Forget about me?" He asks as he sits on the desk in front of me, completely facing me. He slams his hands down on the worksheet I'm trying to do.

"No." I say, trying to pry his hands away.

"Are you sure? I've been talking to you for five minutes but no, you can't see me." He says with a pouty face.

"Now who is the brat?" I ask, crossing my arms.

"Oh, It's still you, baby." He says. "Pay attention to me, dammit!" He whines.

"I am paying attention to you. Good god, I'm trying to do this paper. You know, so I can keep my grades, but apparently that means nothing to you." I say in an exasperated tone and scowl at him.

"Fuck that paper." He says with a defiant tone, pulling his beanie down over his eyes. Something is off about him today. He has been more whiney and more clingy, not that I mind. But wow, okay, I wasn't expecting it.

"You would, you weirdo, now move." I say to him and he smirks.

"I would you, but not paper. I'm not into having cuts on my-" When he hears his name is eyes go wide and he pauses mid sentence, his mouth hanging open.

"Mr. Hood! Please turn around and do your work before I remove you for being a distraction to that girl! Since when do we sit on desks, have you all lost your minds? I leave for five seconds and you loose your mind." The teacher says angrily and Calum groans, jumping down into his seat, laying his head down and I just giggle at him.

Calum:
U R NEGLECTING ME

Emily:
Shut up, I am not.

At the end of class, we have to part ways and he sighs. "Are you gonna survive without me?" He asks.

"I have so far." I say and he frowns.

"Liar. You can't possibly." He scrunches his eyebrows together and takes my hand.

"Oh, but I have. Bye-bye." I give him a side hug and he kisses the too of my head.

"I lo-" he stops himself and frowns. "I lost my charger at your house, do you have one I can borrow?" He asks and looks away from me. I frown but nod.

"Locker." I say and walk to my next class.

Calum

I walk down the hallway after my class, eager to find Emily. Something has been wrong with me lately. I can't seem to function properly if she isn't near me and it's starting to piss me off. And did I really start to say I love her? Please, I don't love anyone but myself. That's all anyone needs, is themselves. I do really, really enjoy her presence though. Something about her is so calming, I couldn't get enough. She made the noise in my head less loud.

I find her standing with Lyle and I know immediately what they are taking about. How could Gorgy do that? Honestly, I'll never admit it, but Lyle is really cool and Emily is too, they are two of the best people I've ever met and she is going to treat them this way? Hell no. It was annoying what these people put up with. They don't seem to be having an all too friendly conversation. She looks up at him with those sad, doe eyes and he is looking down. That isn't good.

I walk over and as I do, she looks up at me and her eyes are shiny and I swear to god, I feel my entire heart break and I almost punch Lyle as he wordlessly turns and walks down the halls. She slams into me, wrapping her arms tightly around my torso. She sniffles quietly and I run my fingers through her hair.