Don't Cry ➳ a.i

[twenty-five]

Ever since the kiss, I had been confused. Confused about my actions, confused about my feelings. I didn't know if Calum liked me, or if I liked him. After we kissed about 3 days ago, Calum left immediately and I hadn't seen him since. We didn't have any classes together, so it wasn't hard for him to avoid me, but he would usually show up after all of our classes and we would watch Netflix or some movie he had just rented.

I heard a knock on my door. Hoping it was Calum, I got up and answered it. A face I didn't expect to see waited at the other side of the door. "Hey, Michael, how's it goin'?" I asked, letting him into my dorm.

"I just wanted to talk to you." He said, sitting on my bed, acting at home. I didn't mind that he did that, in fact, I actually thought it was nice that he could be so comfortable everywhere he went.

"Oh. Okay. About what?" I asked, really not knowing what he would want to talk to me about.

"About Calum." He said. Oh.

"Sure." I said, casually. "What's up?"

"Calum told me you guys kissed. I think he really likes you, Taylor. I'm not here to tell you that you should go out with him and take him in as your boyfriend. He doesn't even know I'm here right now. What I'm asking is that you talk to him about it. Please." he said stressfully. He looked as though he had put a lot of thought into this, just as I did.

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I decided that I would go and talk to Calum. After Michael left, I put on some make up and slipped on some ripped black skinny jeans and a simple white t-shirt with a red flannel tied around my waist.

I knocked on Calum's door, and Luke answered. He chuckled a little and called for Calum. Soon he turned away, letting Calum take his place at the half-opened door. When Calum saw me, he stepped outside his dorm and closed the door. "Hey." He simply said, as if the past few days of ignoring each other hadn't happened.

"Hi... Calum, I just came to, uh, talk to you about what happened a few days ago." I said.

"Oh yeah." He nodded, grabbing my arm and pulling me away down the long hallway.

"So... I was just kind of wondering what it meant for you, you know?" I asked, hoping he would explain his feelings.

"Oh, it was nothing. It was just a friend helping another friend get over someone, that's all." He said, shrugging.

He turned away and walked back to his dorm. I felt like I had just been hit by a bus. Now I knew that I liked Calum, and here he was, telling me that he didn't feel the same way about me. Great. I tried holding back the tears, as I also headed back towards Calum's dorm; the stairs to get to the first floor were right next to his room.

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When I got settled down in my dorm, I turned on a stupid sappy chic flick on Netflix. Kayla had gone out with her friends just a few minutes ago, and I was thankful that I could have some time alone. The microwave that we had in our room beeped, and I went to get the popcorn out when I heard yet another knock on my door. I went to see who it was. Probably Kayla. I thought. Maybe she forgot her dorm key again.

The person waiting on the other side was not Kayla, it was Calum. For the brief second before he pulled me in for a kiss, I could've sworn I saw tears in his eyes too, just as mine had been before I left his building. I decided to drop the thought and enjoy the kiss, which didn't last long, but it was sweet and short. "I'm so sorry." he whispered, warm breath against my skin.

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A/N:

Sorry the update took so long. I wanted to have it posted a couple days ago, but I didn't have time to write it. Sorry for any spelling mistakes, I'm too lazy to go back over and read it. LOL.

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