bad boy next door ↠ c.t.h

chapter 12

calum hood

i walked around the house, feeling myself getting sober again, trying to find the others after they ditched me. i found michael sitting on the couch, drunk out of his mind and sat next to him.

"cal-pal!" he screamed grabbing me and brought me closer to him. i made a mistake coming here to him.

"mikey let go" i said trying to release his grip from me but he shook his head and only hugged me tighter.

i mean, me and michael do this as a daily thing, but it's worse if one of us is drunk, since we seriously don't let go.

after ages, michael finally let go of me and i walked around trying to find another familiar face and saw layla by the stairs.

as i made my way over to her, i saw a guy grabbing her hand, not letting her go.

i clenched my fists and grabbed the guy's collar and threw him on the floor. i started throwing punches, completely out of control.

i heard layla screaming at me to stop, but i ignored her and kept punching the guy.

when i stopped, the guy started coughing up blood and got up holding his bloody nose. i glared at him the whole time as he left.

luke and ashton found me and dragged me out of the house to the backyard, layla and chloe following.

"now, tell me what the hell just  happened" ashton said letting go of me.

"i-"

"this guy came up to me and grabbed my arm not letting go, so calum came and grabbed him off of me, but beating him up was really unnecessary" layla said cutting me off.

i stood there looking down at my bloody knuckles.

ashton sighed and looked over to layla. "are you okay lay?"

"yeah i'm fine. you guys can go back i'll take a taxi and go home" she said.

"do you want me to come with you" chloe asked her hugging her from the side. "no it's fine. go have fun"

chloe still wasn't conviced but layla gave her a reassuring smile.

chloe went back inside with luke, ashton following her.

"i'm coming with you" i told layla.

she tried to argue but i stopped her from saying anything else.

"i need to clean myself up anyways" i said and she nodded.

"we'll take my car. they're gonna take a taxi anyways" i said taking my car keys out.

she nodded and we walked over to my car and got inside.

once we reached, layla opened the car door walking to her house.

"i'm coming over after 10 minutes" i told her and walked inside my house.

i walked in to find no one home. i ran upstairs and went inside my bathroom.

i looked at myself in the mirror and splashed water on my face. i rubbed my hands trying to remove the blood off of them.

i didn't know why i suddenly lost control. seeing that guy hurting layla just made me furious and i lost all control over myself.

i went back downstairs and locked my door, walking over to layla's place.

i rang her doorbell and heard her running down the stairs. she opened the door and let me in.

before i can speak, she pulled me in for a hug. "thank you so much. i forgot to say it" she said burying her face into my chest. i hugged her even tighter.