english - c.hood 01 | au

twenty

c a l u m

she looked like she was in hell that night.

hemmings had left earlier, and returned with a shit-ton of snacks and drinks from the store and coffee shop.

i hated seeing noelle in such a horrible mood, and wanted nothing more than to make her feel better.

but by the looks of things at the moment, and memories of the store runs my own sister would send me on, i had the feeling i wouldn't have the chance that night, and that was more than fine by me.

"you're boring." nick rolled his eyes at me. "go get your girl and have some fun, would you?"

"tonight isn't a good night." i shook my head.

"why not?" he questions. "she looks hot, you look hot, i don't see a problem here."

"i think the bags of candy and cups of coffee & such speak otherwise, noah." i said, taking another glance at the table across the room.

"you're totally whipped." noah snickered. "dude, i don't care what's going on with your chick, just grab her and go. somewhere, anywhere, just find a way to put a smile on her face."

"you may be a little shit, but sometimes you have randomly good ideas." i sighed.

n o e l l e

"i'm very much ready to go home, can i leave now?"

"noelle, come on, we've barely been here an hour now." ashton whined.

"so stop sitting around with your iced coffee held close to your chest and go dance with your girlfriend, let me leave!" i whined once more.

i wanted to go home and sleep, because sleep sounds really fucking good right now.

"you wanted to do this for your dad and your brother, may i remind you." luke says. "and you made me go on a munchies run."

"and i'm forever grateful." i thank the boy. "but i'm done, i just want to curl up into a little ball and eat my candy in peace."

text message from : calum 🙈

calum 🙈: wanna get out of here? you look miserable :(

noelle: please❣️

calum 🙈: meet me out front ;)

"and that's my cue." i smile, locking my phone and rising from my seat. "i-i'm just going to the washroom, again. if i'm not back in more than five minutes, i went home."

and as i made my way out of the hall, that's when i heard michael.

"the teacher's gone too, dammit noelle."

all i could do was snicker to myself as i ate my gummies and walked towards the front of the building.

"you look stunning, miss carter." i voice spoke from behind. "do those words sound familiar, ellie-bear?"

no.

"come on, you've never said no to having some fun with me before, why stop now?"

no.

"didn't you miss me?"

he stood in front of me, a smirk wide on his face as i slowly backed away while he continued to walk closer.

"get away from me, aiden."

aiden morganstern.

ex boyfriend; abusive, pressurising me to do everything he wanted to do, and all because i believed that he loved me and that i loved him.

it was all a lie.

"come on ellie-bear, you didn't think i wouldn't know anything about your time here, did you?" he questions. "come with me, we can—"

"noelle?"

yes.

yes.

yes!

"hey mate, what's going on here?" calum questioned, glancing down to the strong grip aiden held on my wrist.

"nothing man, leave us alone, would you?" aiden said, clearly annoyed.

"aiden, let go." i tugged. "you're hurting me."

"i said let's go, ellie." he gritted through his teeth.

"i believe the girl said to let go." calum said before shoving aiden back, releasing me from his grip. "mate."

my arms were quickly wrapped around calum's waist as one wrapped around mine, the other pressing my head softly into his chest.

"you know this isn't the end, noelle." aiden said as he straitened himself up. "i will be back."

and then he was gone, it was over.

for now.

because i knew that once he was back, restraining order or not, it was never really over.

just because it's over doesn't mean it's really over, and if i think it over, he'll becoming over again.

i just don't want to do this all over again.

i want to stay in calum's arms, because i know that after tonight, he'll be the one keeping me safe.