Psychotic Girl | C.Hood

P.G.Chapter 3

Calum's POV

I got dressed up and went out of my apartment to cool down from the early chat with Dereck. As soon as I got out of my apartment, Vanessa went out too. I took a big breath and got the balls to talk to her properly this time.

"Hey there, new neighbor." I awkwardly greeted her. She just stood there for a while then she just gave me a small nod then walked pass by me. "Shit." I sweared. I quickly walked after her to make an even better greeting.

"Hey! Wait a minute." She stopped walking and slowly turned to face me. "I'm Calum, I live nextdoor to yours." I smiled while slightly raising my hand to give her a handshake. "Vanessa." She simply said, accepting my handshake. "So, where you heading?" I asked her. "Somewhere." She lowered her head.

"Do you wanna grab some coffee?" I asked her without thinking, it just came out of my mouth. She rose her head up and gave me a small nod. "Sure."

The both of us went out of the building and went to the nearest coffee shop.

Sipn'Relax, the sign says on top of the entrance. We entered the building and walked towards the counter.

"Good morning Sir, what can I get you today?" the barista smiled. "Oh com'n Ash, you know I don't like to be called 'Sir'." I frowned. "Well, I'm sorry Cal but its a part of my job so, deal with it." He whispered. "Oh, who's this lovely lady you're with today, Sir?" Ashton asked, emphasising the word sir.

"This is Vanessa, my new neighbor," I introduced. Vanessa just gave him a small smile and waved. She seems to be casual today. "And this dude here is Ashton." Ash gave her a bow (what princes do) and she giggled softly. Holy shit, her giggle is adorable.

"Okay, now that you two know each other, can we order now?" I asked Vanessa. "Okay," she replied softly. "I'll have a black coffee." she smiled. Oh man, she could really smile all day 'cos damn, it's so cute. "Make that two then."

"Okay, I'll just give you your coffees in a while." Ashton said as he went to a coffee machine.

Vanessa and I took a seat near a window and stayed silent for a while.

"So, what do you do for a living?" I asked. Well shit, that was a stupid question. She started biting her nails and mumbled, "Nothing much." I scrunched my brows together "Like what?"

"Uhm," her eyes started shifting from side to side, up and down. She must be really nervous. Well duh, Cal! Don't be stupid.

"You don't really need to answer that, Van." I told her. She smiled a little and gave me a small nod.

We stayed silent until Ashton walked over to our table and placed our coffees on the table.

"Here are your orders, two black coffees. There's sugar and cream, just in case." Ashton said, patting the two sachets of powdered cream and sugar. "Thanks, man." I said as he went back to the counter.

In the end, we just drank our coffees silently.

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After we finished our coffees, we just took a long walk to the park. We sat on one of the vacant benches and watched at little kids running around, playing, crying and screaming because their ice cream fell on the ground.

"I used to sell ice cream years ago." Vanessa suddenly said out of the blue. I gave her a confused look and said, "What?"

She giggled and said, "You asked me what did I do for a living at the coffee shop. I just gave you an answer to your question."

"Oh, oh yeah right." I chuckled as I scratched the back of my head, remembering what I said at the coffee shop.

"I hope you don't mind but, what's your age?"

"I'm 20." Vanessa replied with a smile. "How about you?"

"4 years older than you." I said. "No way! You're 24?" Vanessa said, not believing me. "Yeah, I'm 24." I chuckled.

"Huh, I thought you were younger before I met you actually." She said. "Because of that cute baby face of yours." She started pinching on my cheek. "Woah! Your cheek is so soft, like a freaking baby!"

"Was that a complement? Because I'm gonna accept that." I grinned. "Anything that rocks your boat, Cal." She sweetly smiled.

Cal

My first nickname from her.

I think I can save her.

I think.

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Heyooooo, sorry for not updating for so long... I had a super writer's block that I didn't have any inspiration and can't write anything at all.

I know that this chapter sucks but I will super try my best to make this a good fanfic...