REMEMBER // Calum Hood

Ten // bark

From: Calum

Are you home?

Can you come down for a sec?

"Pause the movie" I ask Jason "Calum is here"

"In campus?" Jason is as confused as I am

I'm paralyzed not knowing what to do or think. What is he doing here?

"He brought my car back" Jason tells me by the balcony "You know G, when I lent you my car, I expected you to bring it back the same day"

Calum and I lost track of time talking yesterday, and by the time I said I had to go, he said it was too late for me to be out alone. And I was also a little tipsy with the amount of wine I had. So Calum drove me home.

"Aren't you going downstairs?" Jason asks me when I don't move

I run to the bathroom to brush my teeth and tame my hair. I splash some perfume and pinch my cheeks to look at least decent. I run down the steps to avoid him from waiting any longer. He is wearing a snapback again and sunglasses. Plain white T-shirt and black Adidas shorts. Leaning casually against Jason's car and looking good as usual.

"Hey" I greet him with a kiss on the cheek

"Hi"

We smile at each other. I look around afraid that someone might recognize him. I would die if he got mobbed because of me. 

"It's a nice car you have" He praises "A classic"

My smile widens. Jason would be really proud if he heard Calum right now. He hates when I say his car is old.

"I had it polished" Calum adds making me look at him kindly

Can Calum stop being so perfect?

"That's so sweet" I say "But... That's not my car"

"What?" He is confused

"It's Jason's" I make a sad face "I'm still saving to buy my own"

Calum chuckles running his hand through his hair. His hair is looking specially soft today.

"I just had another guy's car polished" He says more to himself

"You're such a nice guy" I mock making him roll his eyes "I'm sure Jason will be very pleased"

"Yeah" He lets out a small laugh "That's exactly what I wanted. To please Jason"

I smile at his frustration. He was trying to please me. He thought he was having my car polished.

"That was cute" I say with a silly smile

"Shut up" He rolls his eyes at me but also smiles

"It was" I insist "I'll let you know when I get to buy my own car and you can have it polished too"

He laughs and I bet with myself that under the sunglasses the sides of his eyes are wrinkled. It happens when he laughs.

"You mean... You use public transportation?" Calum jokes making a fake disgusted face and drawing a good laugh from me

"I'm surprised you even know what it is" I tease him "Thanks for bringing the car and for pol-"

"Let's not talk about it" He cuts me off clearly frustrated

"Jason will love it!"

"Right" He scoffs

"Do you need a ride home?" I ask since he drove Jason's car here