The Jerk and a Half c.h

Chapter 5

*Calum's POV*

The bell sounding lunch blared loud and clear signally the time to gather your stuff and run. Ellie and I had been talking all through class, I was really starting to enjoy her company and I think maybe just maybe, she was feeling the same way in return.

"Why are you still walking with me?" I laughed. Ellie never stayed with me after class. As much as I've always wanted her not to, she had always insisted on leaving me to go sit by herself at lunch. She wasn't really the type of person you bargained with so I never really challenged it.

"I coming to sit with you and Luke and the rest of your group today. Luke invited me to this morning." She smiled up at me cheekily through her lashes. Butterflies exploded in my stomach. It was the first time it had ever happened and caused me to almost melt right then and there. There was something about Ellie that made her so different from any other girl I had ever met. Usually I just went for a quickie and dumped girls but Ellie bought out this whole new side of me that I hadn't seen for a while. And now this new feeing if a need to be closer to her was sweeping uncontrollably over me.

"You serious." I stopped dead in my tracks I could barley contain myself.

"Yeah..?" She said giggling.

"Took you long enough! Your sitting next to me."

"Like I don't sit next to you enough." She rolled her eyes but didn't object.

I laughed villainously which got me a big laugh from Ellie. I cracked a huge smile and stared down at her. She looked back up at me. I really wanted to kiss her then and there but I stopped myself. In this moment I needed her so much that I had to pretend I didn't and it was eating me from the inside out. For a split second I thought I saw my own thoughts reflected in Ellie's own, but I wasn't about to risk everything I had with her already. I sighed lightly and kept walking, I could my smile slipping from my face but I plastered it back on as best I could. She tailed me close behind. I'd get there eventually I guess I just had to be patient.

*Ellie's POV*

"Like I don't sit next to you enough." I said rolling my eyes. Honestly, I didn't mind sitting next to Calum all day everyday. He was good company now that we had both gotten over the events of our first encounter.

Calum laughed his villainous laugh sending me into a fit of laughter. He could really make me laugh, he just had a knack for it. I turned to look back up at him and caught him staring me down with a wide grin on his face. I stared right back at him, caught up in his brown eyes. It only happened for a second but something else flowed through me. It wasn't something I usually felt when I hung out with Calum. It was different, warming. It was, really nice. But then he looked away and his smile slipped a little as he started to walk away. My heart fell. I don't know why, because I had never thought if Calum then more then a friend but then again I hadn't had much time to. It was only my third week here. I quickly gathered my bearings and followed hurriedly after him.

Calum lead me over to the table and plopped down on the bench. In typical fashion, I tripped as I slid into the bench landing me directly into Calum's lap. Smooth Ellie, smooth. Instinctively it seemed, Calum grabbed my waist to stop me from falling any further.

"Good one El." He laughed at me, his hands were still securely on my waist. I didn't mind him holding me like that, so I took my time getting off him.

"Yes, I always liked making an entrance." I laughed. "Sorry 'bout that." I hit his cheek lightly twice as I continued to look ahead. As I slid off his lap so I was sitting beside him, hip to hip, I whistle came from behind us. A good looking boy with a mop of curly brown hair and a bandanna tied around his wrist walked towards us.