Soccer stars

nine

I woke up the next morning, my head pounding. There was no way I was going to soccer with this kind of pain so I texted the girls in group chat telling them practice was cancelled.

Most of them replied in a matter of seconds, sounding pretty happy that we weren't practicing today.

I put my phone down and thought about yesterday. I thought about that little freckle on Calum's right cheek and how it almost seemed to blend with his tan skin. When he got closer to me, there was a burning sensation in my stomach, butterflies almost.

No. I don't like Calum, I don't like the fact he got close to me, I don't like his plump pink lips. I groaned, throwing myself onto my pillow, thoughts of Calum filling my mind. Why all of a sudden was I thinking like this?

I grabbed my phone from the nightstand and dialed Marcie's number, waiting for her to pick up.

"Hello?"

"Thank god you answered." I almost shouted into the phone.

"What do you want?"

"So lovely to talk to you too."

She giggled into the phone, "what do you need princess Riley?"

"Much better. Okay so something may or may not have happened with Calum yesterday and I-"

"Tell me!" She screamed loudly, almost making me drop my phone.

"First, inside voice Marcie. I know you're a young one but you must learn to be quiet." I joked, using the fact she was junior and I was a senior against her.

"Second, we were at his car laughing and messing around but then he got really close to be and called me pretty so I kind of just ran away."

Marcie squealed, "he so so likes you! And you like him too! I knew it, Jordan owes me like ten dollars!"

I ignored the fact that my two best friends made bets against me and continued. "Who said I liked Calum?"

"That's why you're calling, to ask me about you're feelings and stuff."

She knows me to well. She told me that my feelings were normal. Since I haven't liked anyone since sophomore year, I guess I was rusty.

"Also Calum Hood is a gorgeous boy Ri, anyone would have those kinds of feelings for him."

Marcie said she had to leave to go pick her brother up from baseball so I let her go. I continued laying in bed, thinking of how I could never like Calum, that I wouldn't allow myself to.

He would end up hurting me, using me, like he does everyone else.

I don't like Calum Hood.