Loser [Cashton AU]

Chapter 3

It was the night of the sleepover, Calum was grumpily stuffing his clothes in his bookbag along with his phone charger, comb, tooth brush and deodorant. He glanced at the time, seeing he was suppose to be heading over to Luke's in a few minutes and zipped up his back.

He wasn't in a good mood, you could say. Usually he's excited to go to Luke's since it's just him , Luke and Michael most of the time but of course that won't work now. He didn't understand why he agreed to this dumb bet. It was going to be a waste of time and now he can't be with Zack.

The stupidest part is that Michael and Luke have this crazy theory that him and Ashton are secretly in love but don't want to admit it. That's dumb. He doesn't love Ashton at all. He can't stand him if anything. The overly-smart nerd is so annoying and irritating with his useless facts and girly romance novels.

Calum sighed, glancing at his phone and noticing Luke texted him to pack some video games and breath mints. He grimaced, reluctantly doing as told and wondered why he needed breath mints. There's no way he's kissing Ashton, so that ain't gonna happen. He'd rather cut his arm off before putting his lips anywhere on the nerd's body.

He lifted his bag on his back, grabbing his keys and heading downstairs. His house is relatively nice. Nothing to out there, a simply two story home with three bedrooms and one and a half baths. It was cozy and he was content with it despite having to move a lot as a kid for his dad's job. Now they're settled and his dad found a new, more stable job.

When he went to tell his mum he's heading over to Luke's, he smiled and saw his sister was home. She goes to a University not too far away, so she still lives at home but usually spends her time at her friends or staying in there dorm if she has a late class and is too tired to drive home.

He also recalled she stayed at her boyfriend's dorm, but he wasn't going to blab that to their mum. Unlike a lot of siblings, him and Mali are quite close and like friends rather than siblings. They get on well, don't argue much and get mischievous together rather than at each other.

He rolled his eyes when seeing Mali sneaking a cookie from the batch their mum just made. She noticed him, winking and snuck another one and tossed it to him while their mum was on the phone. Calum winced when catching it considering it was hot, it also crumbled slightly and he kicked the crumbs away then smiled and ate it.

Mali walked over and asked curiously,"What's with the bag?"

"Staying at Luke's for the night," He mumble while chewing on the white chocolate chip goodness. He is infatuated with white chocolate, it's amusing to most people.

Considering she knew all his friends and vice versa, she just nodded,"Cool. Who else is going with?"

"Michael and Ashton," He mentally cringed at the last name.

A look of confusion showed on Mali's face and she raised an eyebrow,"Oh, so you and Ashton don't hate each other anymore?"

"We still do."

"Figured."

Everyone knows that Calum and Ashton hate one another. That's why when Calum is invited somewhere, Ashton doesn't go and when Ashton is invited somewhere, Calum doesn't go. It's rare Ashton is invited anywhere, but sometimes it happens since he's friends with Luke, who is decently popular.

You could say they were acquantences before they were enemies. Not friends or anything, they just knew each other and sometimes said hi. But then things happened, fights were brought up and no one knew why, but they became enemies soon enough and now they're forced to date and act in love.

When his mum was off the phone, he sighed and finished his cookie quickly. She turned around and put her phone away and Calum said,"Mum, I'm going to Luke's now. I should be back tomorrow around noon."