REMEMBER // Calum Hood

Eighteen // magic

Falling asleep on Monday was odd. After three nights in a row sleeping tangled in Calum's embrace, it felt weird to be lying alone in my bed. Even though I have been doing it for my whole life - including when I was dating Ryan. He never really liked coming to my apartment because he used to say the campus parties could get too crazy and he wanted to rest. Ryan lives out of LA so we would only see each other during the weekends and we would hand out at his parents' house most of the time. So basically it has always been just me in this same single bed. But now I was missing Calum's presence beside me and the weirdest part is that he has never slept with me in here. We crashed on the couch that night after the charity dinner because Joey had already taken over my bed. Funny how I got used to Calum this quickly. It's almost scary if I'm being honest. I was falling for Calum too hard too fast which is incredibly unusual for me. It took me months to really open up to Ryan and I wasn't playing hard to get or anything. That's just who I am. Or was, at least. I've always let the crazy fearful thoughts in my head speak louder making me act cautious. I plan ahead. I overthink every little detail. I study the facts. I like being on control. But apparently Calum casts some kind of spell on me and just like magic I'm being reckless. Spontaneous. Just like that. Magical like his hability to make me smile with as much as a text in the morning.

From: Calum

My bed seemed way too big this night

How did you sleep?

I don't even need to tell you that I spent the day in the most perfect mood ever. My bus took forever to pass in the morning and I got in late. But I got in happy. Things at Plus CO were chaotic and I had to work extra hours. And I happily did. Anne pestered me the whole day about Calum and I didn't care one bit. If so, it only made me miss him even more. I saw him yesterday so you can only imagine how pathetic I sounded but I was pathetically happy. Calum and I have been talking the entire day but since today he had an intense studio session, we wouldn't be seeing each other. I also don't have to say that I wanted to see him because that's just too obvious. I wanted to see him all the time. I got home later than usual and with barely no time to kill before class. I've always liked to take a shower and change from my work clothes before class but today was not going to be possible. But guess what? I was still happy.

"I'm hooome" I announce my arrival

I walk inside the apartment to be greeted by the Moore siblings sitting on the couch. My large smile became even wider at the sight of Jules in our living room.

"Hey Jules, paying us a visit!" I greet her first "How was your date with Ashton yesterday? Tell me everything"

"Hi G. It was good, he is such a sweetheart. We had so much fun together"

I smile genuinely at her. My best friend's sister was going out with Calum's best friend. Do you remember when you were 12 and you and your best friend would dream about dating two other best friends so you could all go out together? That's the next best thing. I look over at Jason but the smile is quickly erased from my face. He wasn't happy which meant that something wasn't right.

"Is everything okay?" I ask looking between him and Jules

Jason is not the jealous overprotective type. He obviously cares about Jules and her happiness but not to the point where the mere mention of her date with a guy would ruin his mood. Jason is too laid back to care that much about this kind of thing. I remember when Jules first started going out with Isac. Aaron had always warned me about Isac's reputation but Jason always said he trusted Jules to make her own decisions. Until we started to notice a few chances in Julie's behavior, Jas would always say it wasn't that big of a deal. Until it became a very big deal.