Calum had texted Luke to come to pick him up and Luke flipped when he saw the state Calum was in, all bloodied and bruised. He texted Ashton to come help him out while Luke took it upon himself to lift Calum up and carry him to his car.
Seeing Ashton lived extremely close to the school, he just walked and met Luke and Calum at Luke's car. His reaction was very similar to what Luke's had been.
Luke drove them all to Ashton's house (it was closer) and luckily, Ms. Irwin was out so they wouldn't have to answer questions about what happened. Luke and Ashton didn't even know what happened yet, they were just focused on the fact that Calum was hurt.
They helped clean the blood off Calum's nose and mouth, bandaging up the spots that were still bleeding and giving him some ice for his head. Even after all that, both of them kept asking if Calum was ok, if he needed anything and Calum would just shake his head.
After Calum had recovered enough that he was actually able to sit up without feeling light headed, Luke and Ashton thought it would be a great idea to talk and play video games to get Calum's mind off of whatever had happened. It worked, really well, actually. For a little bit, at least.
About ten minutes into the threes intense Sonic racing game, Luke's phone rang and he made Ashton pause it so he wouldn't lose from his phone being a distraction. He picked up his phone and before he even said anything, he was frowning.
"Ok.. O- Ok, calm down. Do you want to come over? I'm at Ashton's. Yeah.. Ok.. See you soon." Luke spoke into the phone then hung up.
Ashton shot him a confused look and Luke just shrugged his shoulders. "It was Michael and he was like... Hysterically crying. I don't know why though, he wouldn't say. But I invited him over."
Calum had a sinking feeling in his gut and the words Jace had said echoed in his mind.
"You think I actually like that attention seeking whore? Please, he's just a good fuck."
"Get ready for a fun couple weeks, mute."
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Michael came barging through the door twenty minutes later. His face was stained with tear tracks and he was panting heavily, like he'd run a mile before coming here.
Ashton was the first person to his feet, stepping cautiously towards the shaking boy. "Mike, are you ok?" He asked slowly.
Michael was wearing a large sweater that went half way down his thighs and gave him sweater paws without any effort. His cheeks were puffy and red, obviously from crying, and his bottom lip looked like it had been mauled but Michael had obviously just been biting on it.
"He broke up with me." Michael whimpered, his voice small and fragile sounding, like if anyone moved then his voice would shatter, if that was even possible. "Jace broke up with me."
He ran up towards Ashton, throwing himself into Ashton's outstretched arms and burying his face into Ashton's chest. Ashton shot a sad look back at Calum and Luke as Michael started to softly sob, staining Ashton's shirt with his tears.
When Michael peeked up, his eyes locked with Calum's and the soft, broken look in his green eyes switched quickly to a hard, angry glare. "Because of you, you little.. little mute!" He suddenly lashed out, shoving Ashton away and storming over to Calum, who cowered back in fear.
"Jace said he was breaking up with me because you told him me and you had a thing. You made him think I was cheating, you... you whore! I hate you!" Michael cried, covering his face with his sweater paws and coughing out wails that sounded strangled. Michael felt like he was being suffocated.
Calum could feel his heart sink in his stomach as he watched Ashton try to comfort Michael again. He flinched when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned and met Luke's questioning eyes, so Calum quickly shook his head to deny what Michael had just said but Luke didn't seem convinced.
"Let's go to the kitchen to calm down, yeah?" Ashton whispered gently, leading an extremely weak and miserable looking Michael to the kitchen.
When they were gone, Luke sat in front of Calum and gave him a serious look. "Why did you do it?"
Calum shook his head again, this time more frantic. He couldn't defend himself in anyway. His notepad was still underneath the dumpster.
Luke sighed. "Calum, if you're lying.." He said slowly, the unsure tone in Luke's voice tearing Calum's heart to pieces slowly. Luke had always trusted him.
Unable to do anything else, Calum continued to shake his head and Luke just sighed. "Well, you should get home. Your mum would be worried, yeah?" He muttered, then got up and started walking towards the kitchen, leaving Calum alone.
Calum tried his hardest to keep them in, but as he left Ashton's house and limped to the school to get his notepad back, he let tears fall down his cheeks.
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omg im so sorry i lied about the update on thursday i think i promised. i was so busy with homework then i was gonna update last night but i had a birthday party to go to and im so sorry :-(
but anyways sorry it's so short, i may update again tonight after i get home from bowling.
love you guyyssss
YOU ARE READING
notepad ; malum
Fanfiction; the one where calum is mute but michael loves him nonetheless.
