Negative Space (Calum Hood A.U.)

Chapter 5 - The Suspect

June's POV

Calum's been ignoring me. Well not total ignoring, just that he only talks to me about important stuff, like packing, New York, and such. He stopped being affectionate. He also stopped sleeping over. Although it's only been two days, I can't help but to feel down.

Today we're all going to take Malia to the airport and seeing her off. For the past week, neither Hannah nor Ethan came out according to Ashton and that's a relief considering Malia's the one suffering when they're out.

The gang's all already on their way and Malia said she's going to meet her mom there. Speaking of her mom, she had been here for almost a week and yet today's the only day we'll get to meet her.

Ashton met her before in Minnesota but he hasn't seen him now that she's in LA, she stayed at a hotel and spent most of her time rekindling with friends.

When I told Ashton I'll be late and will just be meeting him at the airport, he told me he's already with Luke and Calum and they're just eating waiting for Malia.

Calum didn't even call or text me. Well it's kinda my fault. I was the one who pushed him to Malia yet I get all anxious when he's not texting me??? Ugh I hate being a girl and being emotional and shit.

Well of course I expected him to be the same Calum because he said he wasn't going to do it and all, but now I guess he's mad because I actually told him to do it.

I thought I wasn't being selfish, in fact, I thought I was being the complete opposite. If Luke hadn't walked in between them, Calum could've kissed her and by the look on Calum's eyes, I'm a hundred percent sure he's still not over her.

I can't blame him, though, Malia is his first love and first love never dies just like my love to Calum.

This has always been my issue and we've fought about this a lot already and before I believed him when he said he's over her but seeing them together now explains the opposite.

"I thought you have plans? Are you not going?" The sound of my father's voice snapped me out of my thoughts.

After all the adoption revelation, nothing has changed between my dad and I, if so, it actually made us closer. I badly want to ask him everything but I'm afraid it'll lead to those episodes.

Those episodes have been painful for me, mentally and almost physically, it's like I was reliving those moments not just in my head.

"Uh, yeah, but I'll just finish around here." I responded pertaining to the uncleaned tables.

"No, you go, I'll finish those. I'm not going to let your last day before you leave for New York be cleaning tables here at the store. Go." He lightly demanded. This is the kind of father anyone would want. One who loves you and cares for you even if he's not your biological father.

I thanked my dad and fixed myself, pulling the apron away. I gave him a hug and called myself an Uber.

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Calum's POV

"Is June coming?" Luke asked as the four of us were waiting at the airport for Malia's mom.

This will be the first time we'll be meeting her mom and if my hunch is correct, June would be able to recognize her maybe not as her mother but as her stalker.

If the stalker was really her mom, that just means that she's been following June since last year. She's the only person who would be able to know the truth, the only person who could confirm all of our theories.

"Uh I think so? Ashton talked to her earlier." I shrugged, not really knowing if she's coming. I haven't talked to her since yesterday and I know you're all thinking I'm ignoring her but I'm not.