Unpredictable: Calum Hood fanfiction

Chapter 15

Calum's P.O.V

"Calum, I'm gonna tell you something, and you're not allowed to reply till I'm finished." Tori says with a nervous tone. I keep quiet, silently begging for her to continue. "I'm here for you." I open my mouth to say something but stop when she continues. "I'm not pitying you, I'm not. I'm here to help you. I'm here because I care about you. I'm here because you need somebody. You've fought for too long by yourself. You have me. You will always have me. We've had a fucked up past, we've said and done some really rude shit to each other, but I don't care. We can't change that but we can work on where we go from here. Please, let me help you. Let me. I know it doesn't seem like it, but I care about you a lot. Hell, I'll probably regret telling you this, but I just need to. I have feelings for you, I think? No, I know. I have feelings for you Calum. I really do. " Her voice is shaky and my heart begins to beat faster by the minute.

"We both know I don't date, Victoria." I tease. I can see her facial expression change so I hurry to finish my sentance. "But that doesn't mean I can't try."

I watch as her eyes go wide and her lips slowly pull into a smile. I need this girl in my life. I need her to be mine and only mine.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry for everything I've done to you. I really am. We can try, you know, us. I'll let you help me. Only you, you and no one else. But, please don't let me become a huge part of your life. I'll fuck it up. I'll fuck us up. I'm too damaged to not. You really don't know what you're getting yourself in to. But, we can try." I say honestly. I know this is gonna end up bad in the end. I just have to try my hardest to avoid the bad ending. I pull her closer to me by the small of her back until her leg is nearly on top of mine. I've never felt this way towards a girl. I never thought I would.

"So, Victoria. How am I supposed to do this? I've never had a real girlfriend, but when I did they meant nothing to me. You do. I should make this special. Do I get on one knee or some sappy shit like that?" I raise an eyebrow and she lets out a light laugh.

"Yes, Calum. I'll be your girlfriend."

"If we're being completely honest, you have no idea how long I've wanted to call you mine." I whisper into her ear and finally do what I've been waiting to do for so long, I kiss her. I cannot believe this. The girl I've been secretly wanting for months now is finally mine. I can call her mine.

She pulls away and presses her forehead to mine again, looking down at our hands. I examine her face, taking in every detail.

Mine I repeat in my head.

She's only actually been in my life for a short amount of time, but she already means more to me than anyone on this whole fucking world. She's the only one who took the time to get to know me, to find out why I am the way I am, to continue to try no matter how hard I tried to push her away.

She pulls her head up and turns her body so we're facing the TV.

"Wanna watch something?" She asks.

"Sure. What are you doing tomorrow?" I grab her hand from her lap again and lace my fingers between hers.

"I told my mom I would spend the day with her. I haven't really talked to her that much ever since... you know..."

"Your fathers death?" I interrupt and slap my empty hand over my mouth. "I'm sorry. I'm so fucking sorry Tori."

"Calum, it's fine. I have to get used to talking about it eventually." She gives me a half-forced half-genuine smile and grabs the remote from the table. I'm such an asshole. I can't believe I said that. Her small, sweet voice knocks me out of my head. "Calum? I swear, it's okay."

She rests her feet on the coffee table in front of the small couch we're sitting on. She pulls my arm up and sets it over her shoulder followed by her laying her head on my chest.

"Tired?" I say with a small laugh.

"Very."

"Take a nap." I say more as a command than a suggestion.

"I will if you do." She loops up at me and I sigh.

"I'll try." I push her head off my chest and lay my body across the couch, pulling her back to me and watching whatever dumb ass show she turned on. "What the fuck is this?"

"Law and Order." She simply states.

"What the fuck is that?"

She giggles and swats my shoulder. "it's a good show, you would like it."

After about 3 episodes, she's already asleep and I'm starting to fall asleep. I'm just hoping I won't have another one of those nightmares.

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Tori's P.O.V

When I wake up I pull my phone out of my pocket and check the time. We've only been asleep for about an hour, it's only 7. I try to get out of Calum's grip without waking him, but I fail miserably.

"Hey babe." He smiles and my heart flutters at the nickname.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to wake you." I sit up and stretch my back before standing up.

"It's fine, even though we've only been asleep for a little that's the best I've slept in days." He grins and I nod. "What's the plan? What're we gonna do the rest of the night?" He asks.

"We can always go back to Ashtons?" I suggest. Calum shrugs and grabs his shoes before sliding them on and handing me my keys. I decide to text my mom and tell her I'll be back home around 10. Calum locks our fingers again and leads me to my car before snatching my keys from me and getting in the drivers seat.

"I want to drive." His smile is hard and his eyes are squinted. I swear he is the most charming boy when he tries, but I know it won't always be like this.

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"Are we gonna tell them about us?" I ask before we walk in to Ashton's.

"I don't see why not, they'll find out eventually." I nod in agreement and take a deep breath. Calum kisses my forehead and smiles before grabbing my hand and walking in to Ashton's.

Abby, Michael, and Ashton are on one couch playing the PS4 and Luke is visible in the kitchen. I pull my hand from Calum's and let him know I'm gonna go talk to Luke for a second. He gives me a weird look and walks to take a seat on the couch opposite from our three friends.

"Hey Luke." Luke jumps from his spot and laughs.

"Tori! I didn't know you were coming back!" He walks across the kitchen and gives me a tight hug. Although I can't see him, I know Calum is watching. Suddenly the living room goes completely silent and I hear Ashton speak hardly over a whisper.

"Dude, Calum, why are you looking at Luke like you want to stab him?"

I instantly pull myself from Luke's grip and turn to walk back to Calum, Luke following behind me and putting his arm over my shoulder.

"Dude, back off." Calum says to Luke before standing up.

"Calum, calm down." I whisper.

"What? I am calm. I just want him to back off my girlfriend." He grabs my arm and pulls me to him. I can feel every pair of eyes on us and I'm extremely uncomfortable. Everyone stays silent, just staring at us.

After what felt like forever of silence, Abby squeals.

"I knew it would happen!" She jumps up from the couch and claps. "I told them all you both would end up dating! Only Ashton believed it too!"

Both mine and Calum's eyes dart to Ashton and he laughs. "It's true. I knew it would happen enventually."

Calum pulls me to sit on the couch by him again, and we're all back to normal. Luke is at the end of the couch laughing at weird videos on his phone, Michael and Abby are making out, and Ashton is actually watching the TV. Calum hasn't said a word since we sat down. I look down at his head in my lap and realize he fell asleep.

I smile at him, although he can't see me.

I can't believe Calum Hood is my boyfriend.

Mine.