Unexpected Beginnings {Calum Hood & Luke Hemmings}

Chapter Ten

~Crescent's POV~

I woke up on the floor with a red mark on my cheek. I must've fallen out of bed during the night and hit my face. I have no clue how I didn't wake up.. I walked to my closet and slipped on a pair of spandex, a sports bra, a tight tank top, and my running shoes. Today is Saturday so I have a free day.

I walked through the living room to see that Scarlet was no longer there. I heard shuffling coming from her room. "I'm going to the gym." I yelled. "Okay! Luke will probably be here when you come back." She replied.I'm so happy they made up. She's ten times happier around him. He brings out the best in her.

I sighed as I grabbed a bottle of water from the fridge, recognizing the stabbing pain in my abdomen. After grabbing 'feminine products' I walked out the door. I jogged to the gym and arrived in fifteen minutes. I went to the treadmill first and ran my usual warm up of two and a half miles. Then I went over to the weights. I did seventy upper curls with a fifteen pound dumbbell.

"A little more and you'll be catching up to me." I heard a soft voice from behind me.

No. Not right now.

After I finished my last upper curl on my left arm, I stood up and turned around to face him. Calum just stood there and stared at me. "Hi." I said quietly.

"You're talking to me.." He said with a half smile.

"I am." I nodded.

"I wanted to at least say I'm sorry, Crescent." He shrugged "it was a dumb move. I should've told you."

"Mhmm." I agreed, waiting for more.

"You can't keep shutting me out.." He muttered as he started stepping closer to me. "Please."

He put his forehead to mine. "C-Calum." I stuttered, my mind going fuzzy.

I want to just fall apart into his arms. To let my emotions take over.. I stood there, vacillating for a few minutes before bringing my lips to his. "I've missed you." I whispered before kissing him softly. He brought his hands up and cupped my face. He pulled away and smiled at me with wet eyes.

"I've missed you too, Cress." He smiled before reuniting his lips with mine. We finally pulled away and he kissed my nose. "I won't hide anything from you ever again." He whispered. "I can't lose you."

I just nodded and kissed his cheek before he joined me in finishing my work out. "I bet I can squat more than you!" He teased as I picked up weights to squat with. I squatted two hundred and twelve before literally dropping the weight. Calum reached two hundred and thirty seven.

"Told you." He smirked. "Shut up." I whined playfully punching his arm. We finished in four hours with sit ups, crunches, push ups, wall sits, lunges, back pedaling, and a lot more.

"Pleaseeeee go with me to eat somewhere!" He begged.

"I just wanna go sleep." I whined as we walked back to the apartment. "But you need to eat." He stated "plus, it's only 3pm."

"Ugh." I groaned "yeah I'll go."

"I'll carry you there." He laughed. "You better." I laughed as I almost fell over from the unsteadiness in my legs. Calum had already showered and changed clothes at the gym, so he sat down with Luke and Scar while I went to take a shower. You can always tell how happy I am by how loud I sing in the shower. Today I was belting it. I dried my hair and left it wavy. I brushed on a little bit of make up and threw on denim shorts with a Superman tank top.

"Jeez Cress. Can you sing any louder?" Scar asked as I walked back into the living room. "Yeah. I didn't know you were a fan of Five Seconds of Summer." Calum smirked.

"I'm too tired for your guy's crap." I said although I couldn't keep the laugh hidden.

"Leave her alone, babe." Luke laughed poking Scar's side. "Don't tell me what to do." She laughed.

"Come on Cress." Calum smiled holding the door open for me. I got in his car and he drove us to a Mexican restaurant that I'd never been to before. I ordered fajitas and a Pepsi. "So now that we're talking again.. I wanted to ask you something." He smiled reaching across the table to hold my hand that had been resting by my drink.

"And what is that?" I smiled back at him. "I wanted to know, if I could start calling you my girlfriend." He said shyly, fiddling with my fingers.

"I would love that. As long as I get to call you my boyfriend." I giggled.

"Of course." He smiled meeting my eyes. I had started to take a sip from my Pepsi cup when a large group of teenage girls came bursting through the door.

"Calum Hood!"

"Is that his girlfriend?"

"Can I get a picture?"

"Follow me on Twitter!"

Calum quickly grabbed my arm and pulled me into the kitchen. We walked out the back door and went around to his car. "How'd they find you?" I asked, panting. "No clue." He sighed.

We drove back to the apartment in silence. He dropped me off and picked up Luke. While we were standing in the door he kissed my forehead.

"Goodnight." He smiled.

"Goodnight." I whispered before heading inside.

"Welp, I'm going to bed Cress." Scar yawned.

"Yeah me too. Wait." I said turning around. "What?" She asked confused. "Somehow a bunch of fans know where the boys are. I think someone from school told the media. I got a text from an unknown number a few weeks ago saying something like 'you'll pay for what you did today.' It was when I beat up that blonde. I think she told them." I explained.

"Of course." Scar said rolling her eyes "I'm sure it'll go away. Don't worry."

"Okay." I sighed, not convinced. I walked to my room and flopped down on my bed, suddenly becoming exhausted. I practically passed out.