moments ↠ hood a.u [s.updates]

nine.

this chapter is dedicated to deidra bc she helped me out with the idea for this chapter and the next one and i love her lots for that 

this chapter is back in isabelle's pov so no one gets confused.

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I hadn't done much this weekend. I visited Luke in hospital a few times to check how he was, he was doing well and he was meant to be discharged some time over the weekend which he was more than happy about. The bollocking he'd gotten off his parents was enough to scare him out of doing a large amount of drugs ever again, although he assured me there would be times when we'd get high together claiming and I quote, "I'd love to see you high Isabelle, I'm sure it's a real treat." I laughed off the statement, thinking about the night at Calum's. I had seen Imber a lot too, when she wasn't too busy with Michael. 

Other than that my week had been pretty lifeless, and as of right now I was lay in my bedroom on a Thursday night at 5:00 dressed and ready, wondering if Calum was even going to show. 

I got up and looked in the mirror, studying my reflection. My black shorts came just under my belly button and my purple frilly top stopped just above, making my tattoo, which no one in my family knew about, just visible. To some people it may of looked like a tacky thing, but to me it meant the world. My hair was in a messy bun, a daisy chain making its way around my head, resting delicately on my hair. 

I sat at my desk, thinking of ways to pass the next hour. Coming up short of many ideas, I grabbed my black nail polish, deciding painting my nails would just have to do. Unfortunately this only took me about 15 minutes, so I returned to my spot on my bed and stared blankly at the ceiling. 

I couldn't stop thinking about what Calum told me that morning, about his parents. It was hard to imagine a life where my parents didn't want me so they just left me. I realized I really didn't know that much about Calum as I first thought, his life was about as perfect as mine was. A crazy thought emerged in my mind, I could try to get to know him, but that was stupid because Calum didn't want to get to know me, it seemed he didn't want anyone to get to know him either. But if that was the case, he wouldn't of told me about his parents. 

I let out a loud sigh, I was completely over thinking all of this. It was just nerves.

But why was I so nervous about this date? It was only Calum. 

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The time went as slow as anything. Occasionally I'd walk down to the fridge to find something to eat, only to return to my room empty handed. 

I unlocked my phone to see the time, 5:50 pm. I let out a loud sigh, wishing the next 10 minutes would go faster than the last 50, although it seemed to of been about 3 years. I began thinking again, about my life back in England and how happy I was before everything changed. How to me, my family was perfect, I had two parents who loved me and a brother who cared about me like nothing else. Now I had one parent who seemed to forget I even existed, and my brother, he may have been my rock, but not so much recently and it bothered me. 

The doorbell ringing pulled me back from my thoughts. The doorbell. Calum was here. 

I jumped off my bed and ran down the steps, almost landing on my arse a few times. I gripped the door handle and yanked the door from it's fixed position to reveal Calum in a black snap-back, a dark grey muscle vest hung loosely around his torso, showing off his sleeve tattoos, black skinny jeans and black vans. I had to give it to him, he looked extremely attractive.

He stepped towards me and placed two fingers under my chin, "Eyes are up here, Izzy." He gave me a quick wink and I felt all the blood run to my cheeks.