lost and found // calum hood

13 | Elizabeth

It had been two months after I've met Calum.

He was touring in Europe right now, being somewhere in England.

And we're still texting.

I think that was the most surprising thing, after two months of touring, Calum and I were still texting, calling and even facetime. I started to see a side of Calum that he didn't show that often in public. We had deep conversations about life and the universe.

That sounds sappy.

Let's just say we had some good conversations about everything and nothing. From my deepest fears to his guilty pleasure. I was seeing him as one of my best friends and so did he. The whole 'I'm a fan and you're this famous god from 5SOS' vibe we had, in the beginning, was gone. Sometimes I'd even forget about the famous bassist part.

It was weird that two months ago I was this huge fan who just wanted to return his ring and now we'd facetime daily.

No one except Amy knew about us talking constantly. I wasn't even sure if the rest of the boys knew who I was. I didn't care. I didn't want to be known for being friends with Calum. I hated being in the public eye.

And Calum was so busy touring that he didn't have time to see me in real life, and I wasn't sure what they planned after the tour, but there were rumors for an even bigger world tour or another hiatus to write an album like Youngblood.

Or maybe both.

Amy, of course, was jealous. But she'd accepted it a while ago. Every now and again Calum would facetime me when Amy was at my house and I would let them talk for a few, but Amy still didn't know how to stop fangirling when she saw him. It was fine, Calum didn't mind.

I often wondered what life would be like if I toured with the boys.

A bell rang and it woke me from my daydreaming. "Alright class, enjoy your day," the professor said as everyone packed up their bags. "Are you ready?" Amy asked as she nudged my shoulder. I nodded. "Yea, sorry. Lost in my own thoughts."

I grabbed my bag and swung it over my shoulder, quickly following Amy to the campus park and towards our dorm houses.

We both had different dorm houses, Amy was sharing hers with this girl who studied law and mine, Aurelie, studied meds. Aurelie was always busy with her internships at hospitals and studying. I only saw her when she was dead asleep in her bed.

"So listen," Amy said when walking back to our dorms. "I asked my parents and they are okay with us going to the beach house!"

Amy had this genius plan of going to their parents' beach house in Rhode Island during school break in two weeks, and I told her I'd come with her.

"Really? Fantastic!" I said excitedly. "I can ask my brother if we can lean his car? He never uses his, only his girlfriend's" I told Amy and she nodded. "That'd be great!"

"I'm so exciteeed! Our first holiday away from home together!" she said and a huge smiled formed on my face. "This is gonna be awesome," I said, agreeing.

I said my goodbyes after we arrived at Amy's dorm and told her I'd call my brother.

After that, I walked to my own dorm and dropped on my bed, kicking my shoes off and unhooking my bra. Freedom.

I grabbed my phone to see that I had a text from Calum.

I have a surprise for you.