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Chapter 3- Existing myths

"So, what about this color, it's cute" Calum showed me a pot of pink dye. I didn't say a thing and looked in his eyes, raising my eyebrow. "Oh right, no girly things" He chuckled and we both kept showing each other colors. Finally, we found the perfect pot. It was a bright turquoise color.

We also bought some pots of white dye and paint rollers. I wanted to color just one wall in turquoise, where my bed is, the wall where my wolf hangs. As we stepped in my mom's car, we were talking busily about how I want my room to be. With smelling candles, Christmas lights, just like a Tumblr room. I may not be that kind of girl with tons of makeup, who posts a thousands of selfies on the internet, I still love Tumblr, Instagram and that kind of shit.

As we entered my ugly grey room, Calum walked immediately over to my drawing. "Do you like it?"  I asked, smiling. "Wow" Was all he could bring out. When I was about to take the paper off of my wall, he stopped me, by blocking my way with his arm. "Dude, we can't just paint over it" I chuckled and ripped the tape off of my wall.

"Okay, let's get started!" I exclaimed, after we moved the few pieces of furniture to the hallway, and Calum appeared to be Superman! I didn't even need to help, he did it all on his own, together with his huge muscles. I grabbed two paint rollers and the pot of paint and when I faced Calum again, he was shirtless all of a sudden, revealing a sixpack and huge biceps.

"Hopey? You're drooling" Calum laughed in a baby voice, waving his hands in front of my face. "Oh, sorry" I muttered awkwardly and handed him the second roller. My eyes couldn't leave his muscular body. As he swiped the roller up and down the wall, his arms swelled and reduced over and over again. It's pretty fascinating.

'Okay, focus Hope, you're drooling, you look like a freaking dog who just saw a steak' I thought to myself, trying to focus back on the wall. But once Calum turned his back to me, I noticed a huge scar on his shoulder, making me inhale loudly.

"What's up?" He faced me again, looking worried. 'Should I ask him? Maybe it's a sensitive topic...' "Erhmm, how did you get that scar?" I pointed at his back. "Oh, that one" He turned his back to me again, so I could see it well. "I had a dog... And I guess he was in a bad mood that day" He shrugged.

The four darker lines were spread all over his right shoulder, and the curious bitch I am, I wanted to touch it. I reached out my hand, my fingers almost felt Calum's skin, but I pulled back. Something in me said I shouldn't touch it.

But I really am a curious and stubborn girl, so I touched it anyway. As my fingers followed the four lines, Calum began breathing heavily. "Sorry" I pulled back again. He turned around, looking in my eyes.

Those eyes looked very familiar, not from the previous days I've seen Calum's. But they reminded me of the wolf. I'm probably getting paranoid because of the scar. "Hope?" Calum stopped painting, his body had already some paint stains. "Yeah?"

"I got to talk to you, can we go outside?" He asked. 'Well this sounds like it's pretty serious...' "Erhmm, okay" I shrugged and Calum put his shirt back on before we both went to my garden. But he didn't stop walking, until we were deeper in the woods. We ended up on the place where I've seen the wolf.

"Do you remember this place?" He asked. I didn't know if I could tell him about it. But it's very coincidentally that we were right here. I nodded slightly. "You've seen an animal right here, haven't you?" I was startled by his question. "Erhmm, yes, how did you know?"

"I know that wolf, very well actually" I tilted my head to the side and rose my eyebrow. "Wait, is that your dog who gave you that scar?" 'Does he have a wolf as pet? Actually  that sounds pretty awesome'  "Not exactly, I'm that wolf" He whispered.