Arabella | c.h IN EDITING

Vérité - Truth

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Arabella's POV
I sat it my room contemplating whether I should text Calum or not.
I put my IPhone in my docking station and let ' 505 ' by Arctic Monkeys Blair through the speakers.
I picked up my guitar and strummed along with the simple chords of Dm and Em. When it got to the guitar solo I played along, pressing each fret and plucking each string perfectly, making the familiar sound of the song I knew so well ring out from my guitar. I was suddenly snapped out of my trance when my phone buzzed.

I had a text from Calum.
I quickly unlocked my phone and checked the message.

'Hey Arabella, I was wondering if you want to hang out later? I mean, it's fine if you don't. I was just a suggestion.'

I was extremely happy to receive this text but I didn't want to come off too eager.
'Uh yeah, that sounds cool. Where d'you wanna hang out?x'

'Is my house ok with you?'

'Yeah, that's fine x'
I smiled to myself.

'Sweet. I'll text you my address later'

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I walked downstairs ready to leave to meet Calum. I wore a black All time low shirt and ripped skinny jeans, along with black converse.

"Mike, I'm going out now, I should be back in a few hou-" I stopped when I saw Michael wasn't alone.
"Oh-uh, who's this?" I asked

"This is carla" he said motioning to the girl sitting beside him on the couch.
She smiled sweetly. She had dark wavy hair that was dip-dyed pink and blue. She had a lip-ring like mine and a small nose ring.
Honestly, she was beautiful. I don't know why Mike's never mentioned her before.

"hey, you must be Mike's sister Arabella?" She said

"Yeah...Sorry for being blunt, but who are you?" I asked slightly confused

"Oh, I'm Michael's.. Friend" she said smirking.

"Oh right. Well I'd love to stay and chat about my brothers 'friendships' but I'm going out." I stated.

"Where are you going?" Michael asked, looking concerned.
"I'm going to see Calum" I told him
"Calum as in the new guy? The geeky one you like?" Michael asked chuckling.

I rolled my eyes at him. "Yes Michael. Anyway, I'm going now. I'll be back in a few hours" I said bluntly before walking out the front door and slamming it shut behind me.

I walked to Calum's as it wasn't very far.
As I came to the front of his house I found myself getting nervous.
I took a deep breathe before knocking on the door. Waiting for him to answer the door made me pretty nervous. I was about to light up a cigarette to stop me from stressing but a cheery looking Calum answered the door. He wasn't wearing his glasses and he looked very different. He wore a 'The 1975' t shirt with ripped jeans.

"Hi Arabella. It's nice to see you" he said, moving aside from the door and motioning for me to come in.

"It's nice to see you too Cal" I said smirking. I entered his house with him following closely behind me.

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Calum's POV

Arabella looked so beautiful. Even wearing the simplest clothes and a minimal amount of makeup, she looked truly stunning.

"So, uh, shall we go up to my room?" I asked, nervously scratching the back of my neck.

"Um, yeah ok." Arabella replied smiling.

I lead the way up the stairs to my room and Arabella followed behind me.
We entered my room and she seemed very shocked. Probably due to the fact that it wasn't filled with books and homework like you'd expect it to be. It was just a normal teenage boys room. Posters on the walls, XBOX, guitars. Things you wouldn't expect from me.
"You like Mayday Parade?" She asked, referring to the poster of them.
"Yeah, I think they're great" I said grinning.
"I love them" she replied.
We sat down on my bed and talked, for what seemed like hours, about our favourite bands, books and movies.
I decided to put some music on, and I went for one of my favourite songs, 'I wanna be yours' by Arctic Monkeys.

"I love this song" she exclaimed.

"So do I" I said smiling at her.

As we sat and listened to Alex Turners smooth northern accent singing the wonderful lyrics I felt myself moving closer and closer to Arabella. Her eyes flickered from my lips to my eyes, as did mine to hers. She leant in a little and I found myself doing the same until our lips touched. It was a nice kiss. Quick, but soft and sincere. We both pulled away and smiled.
It was so weird. I'd just kissed a beautiful girl, that I've only known for a day or two. This sort of thing doesn't usually happen to me.
Arabella's phone rang and she quickly answered it.
"Hello"
"Yep"
"Ok"
"Yeah"
"Alright. See you in a bit"
Was what I caught from her side of the conversation.
"I'm sorry Cal, I've got to go. My parents want me to go home. Thanks for having me over though. It's been..fun" She said smiling.

"Yeah, it was fun" I agreed, smirking.

"So I'll see you tomorrow at school?" She said.

"Yeah, see you tomorrow." I replied.

And with that, she left.

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Arabella's POV

As I walked back home, I took out a cigarette and lit it, bringing it to my lips to take a long drag.
I decided to ring Luke and tell him about what happened.

"Hello"

"Hey Lucifer"

"Bella, what's up?"
I cringed at that nickname.

"I just wanted to talk. Am I not allowed to talk to my best friend?"

"Yes, of course"

"Anyway. I went over to Calum's house today"

"Calum as in the ner-"

"Yeah, Calum as in the nerd"

"Ok. So?"

"We kissed."

"You what?"

"We kissed. I think I like him luke. But like, I shouldn't. He's not my type at all and I've only known him for like 3 days and I don't even know if he likes me back."

"Don't worry babe. I'll find out if he likes you"

"Thank you lukey"

"No problem A, what are friends for"

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