Bunking With Boys

Chapter 32: Breakups and Rooftops

Avery's POV

I hopped off the last step on the staircase and was immediately pulled away by Callum into the bedroom closest to us.

"Callum, what are you doing?" I ask looking up to him, my face most likely showing a mix of annoyance and confusion.

"Let's break up." He tells me holding both my shoulders and shaking his head a bit as he looks down at me.

I blink. Once. And then twice. "You are the most random person I've ever met, I swear to god."

It was his turn to roll his eyes at me now and he just slapped one of my shoulders lightly. "I'm not but whatever. And shouldn't you act happier? Cause you look hella excited right now."

I frown at him. "I'm neutral."

"Oh yeah, cause neutral is smiling wider than that creepy ass IT clown and your eyes shining brighter than ever. " He tells me mockingly.

"I'm not smiling," I argue back, crossing my arms over my chest now.

"Would you like a mirror? Because it would say otherwise."

There's suddenly a loud knocking on the door. "You guys better not be fucking or I swear-" Keegan yells and practically falls into the room when I pull open the door.

I smile and kick his shin. "You're gross. Now go sit next to my cousin. She's the only one who can make you reasonable."

Keegan rolls his eyes and I can hear him mocking me in a high pitch voice on his way over to the table.
***
"Where'd you guys go?" Axel asks looking away from Mona and to me and Callum.

"Oh, we broke up." Callum easily lets slip while continuing to munch on his mashed potatoes.

Like I said, most random and the bluntest dude I've ever come across.

He really had a thing for letting big pieces of information like this just slip out and a way of making it so...casual.

Which, sometimes I appreciated, other times, not so much. But hey, it was what made Callum, Callum, and I loved him for that I guess.

I hear Bentley let out a deep sigh and Victor smile. Even Keegan let out a small 'thank fuck', which made me laugh and smile.

"Oh wow, I'm sorry," Elliot says nodding slowly with what I'm sure was meant to be a sympathetic or neutral look on his face but came across more as confusion.

I think he was the one who was definitely the most perplexed by our 'relationship' and his personality was just to be kind and caring all the time so that only added onto how it was totally weird for him.

"How come? If you don't mind me asking..?"

"We just discovered we work better as friends and trying to force this relationship wasn't good. It was a quick decision without much thought and things didn't work out. We're cool though." I say before Callum can come up with some crazy story or accidentally let anything else slip.

Everyone nods, I think trying to hide their smiles a bit.

I see Mona wink at me and give me a not so subtle thumbs up as her eyes went back and forth between me and Dawson.

I think I see her mutter the words 'I ship' but I pretend I didn't see any of that.
***
There was a knocking at Dawson and I's bedroom door and automatically I assume it's Sawyer or someone who was all too polite and wouldn't just bust on in like Mona or Callum.