Negative Space (Calum Hood A.U.)

Chapter 20 - The House is Not the Only One Getting Warmed Up

Calum's POV

"You don't like Tom, do you?" Jackson spoke the moment it was the just the two of us. Luke got swallowed in a conversation with Malia so that left us two.

It's not that I don't like Tom, I mean, he's been my rival since high school, and he hit on my girlfriend the first time they met so you can't blame me for being anxious about him.

Well, he's not ugly, he's also really smart. What if June chooses him over me? I know I'm not perfect and so is Tom. It's just a matter of choosing an Australian over a British.

"I never said that." I briefly stated, sipping on the bottle of beer in my hand.

"You don't need to. It's obvious. Tom's not bad, why wouldn't you like him?" Jackson pressed a little further and I'm not sure if I should be pissed that he's dragging this or not.

There's no choice in lying to him because well, in the first place, I have nothing to hide. I sighed, "Tom and I are similar, too similar. To the point that-"

"That June might see that and she chooses him over you." Jackson finished my sentence for me. He continued, "Are you out of your mind? Have you see how June looks at you? She's madly in love with you. It'll take a thousand Toms to drag her away. I mean, yeah, Tom's my friend but what June have with you is different."

"Yeah, she's not going to leave me for Tom, but she will when she finds out that I've been hiding her identity from her all this time." Trust had been a big issue between June and I, and after we talked about not hiding things from each other ever again, here I am, keeping the biggest secret anyone could ever have.

"Hey, that's different. Plus, we're not entirely sure about it, remember?" I want to be a hundred percent sure first before I tell her but how would she react if she knew? Will she be mad at me for keeping it from her? Definitely.

Before I was able to talk, Luke came into view and interrupted our conversation. "You two looked serious, what are we talking about?"

"June." Jackson sneered at me only to receive a finger from me.

"Calum here is whipped, right? Did you know he told her he loves her less than a month in their relationship?!" Luke blurted out and I instantly glared at him. This son of a bitch.

Jackson looked at me amused and out of irritation, I stood up and started walking away but Luke stopped me. "Hey, where are you going? We're going to play." Play what? If this is another suck and blow game, I'm out.

"Luke, if this is-"

"Trust me, you'll love it."

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"Never have I ever. Everybody knows that game right?" Luke had us all sitting on the living room floor in a circle, shot glasses in front of us.

I was sitting between Luke and Jackson and June was sitting between Cassie and Tom. Okay, how the fuck did British guy get there?

"Okay, just to refresh your memories, someone says something they haven't done and if any of you did it, you'll have to take a shot." Luke placed a bottle of Jameson at the center and continued, "I'll go first. Never have I ever had sex in a car." Oh shit.

"Bullshit Luke. You? You've never done it in a car?" Ashton asked Luke and Luke insisted that he never did. He never tells me any of his sexual endeavors so I don't know what to believe.

Luke shrugged, "I don't want to ruin my car." Huh. Of course. He loves his precious car.

I subtly eyed June and saw that she's not looking at anybody. Her cheeks obviously flustered and she was holding the shot in her hands, playing the on it with her fingers.