maybe someday // c.h

"calm down, sweetheart"

*Two years prior*

"Cal what do you mean you're going home to Aus, I thought you were happy here." I'm clutching a pillow in my room while I watch my best friend stand in front of me with a bouquet of sunflowers.

"My moms moving back and wants me to go with her, I'm really sorry Paris." He sits down on my bed and pulls me into a tight hug. "I don't want to leave you."

"I know you don't. We're still going to talk right? Like we can write each other letters until we both get phones and skype, it'll be like a long vacation." A loud honk is heard from outside and he looks at me frantic. He grabs my face and kisses me before running outside. I must have cried for the whole summer that year.

*Present day*

Senior year, the most exciting year of highschool and it's off to a terrible start. My schedule sucks, most of my friends suck, I guess I now have an ex boyfriend roaming the halls and my worst nightmare came true. After making it through the day I storm into the music room and thank god Ashtons there sitting at the piano.

"I can't believe him! This whole summer he's been playing me and my dumb ass really thought we had something good going. How could I be this stupid? Did you know that Calum was coming home? Did anyone know? Probably someone but why did no one tell me?. Why does today have to suck?" I'm so heated that I'm pacing up around the room screaming at my poor friend sitting just trying to practice.

"Paris you need to calm down. Someones going to hear you screaming and thinking something actually terrible is happening to you."

"Did you really just say 'something actually terrible'? Are you serious Ashton? This is something terrible. God why does he have to be like this?" Coming down from my rage, I slump down on the bench next to him, resting my head on his shoulder.

"Which one, Calum or Luke?" I punched him lightly on the shoulder and he fakes it hurting by dramatically throwing himself to the ground. Picking himself he looks at me and sighs.

"Not funny Ash, I'm really hurt by all of this. It's too much."

"I know love, I'm sorry. But you're going to learn from this, and everything is going to be okay. Luke is an absolute dipshit for messing this up with you and Calum is a whole different kind of idiot for what he did." He leaned over and kissed my forehead as he continued to play the song he has been working on.

After sitting together for what feels like hours just singing melodies and joking around I've finally calm down and decide I should start heading home.

"Thanks for letting me hang out for a bit Ash. I really appreciate it."

"Anytime hun, are you sure you don't want me to come over after the concert tonight? I could bring you pizza."

"Not tonight definitely, this weekend. I'll text you when I'm home."

"Sounds good, drive safe." Quickly nodding, I pick up my bag and make my way through the now empty halls because schools been long over at this point. Getting into my car, From Eden by Hoizer starts blaring and I begin my drive screaming the lyrics. About half way home I remember I have to go pick up some groceries for my mom and pull into the nearest Walmart. Pulling into a spot, I close my eyes for a second and let my body feel the seat pushing into my back as I breath. A few tears escaping from my eyes while I decompress. I'm taken out of my daze from a loud knock on my window. Quickly wiping my tears and turning my music down I roll down the window for my eyes to meet Calums gaze.

"Do you normally knock on random girls car windows?"

"Darling you say that like this isn't the same shitty yellow beater that Shannons has had since we were seven." he flashes me his classic smirk.

"What do you want Hood?" I bite angrily. He's the last person I want to see right now.

"I just wanted to check in on an old friend. I heard about what happened between you and Luke. Bloody tragic ain't it mate?" He really lets his accent slip through on the last part of the sentence.

"Since when do you give a shit about tragic endings Calum."

He leans in closer to me, resting his forearms on the edge of the door, letting his arms hang lazily into the car. "Bitter doesn't sound good on you kitten, you know that." He cracks a bigger smirk as I frown. I try to push the door open but his body weight keeps it in place.

"Calum, let me get out of the car please." I saw defeated.

"Whatever you say princess." He pushes up from his position, waits for me to roll up the window and opens the door for me. I mumble out a small thank you and start to walk away from him. Locking the door after I hear it shut. Unfortunately he follows me as I walk into the store.

"Can I help you with something?"

"I'm just here to catch up, see how my best friend has been up to while I've been gone."

"Best friend? You gotta be kidding me." Rolling my eyes, I scan the isles for almond milk.

"What do you mean love?"

"Cal do I have to remind you, it was you that threw away our friendship when you decided to move back to Australia for two years and didn't contact me once while you were there. Or did you forget about that?" I try to walk quickly but his long legs make it easy for him to keep pace with me.

"Never gonna let that go huh?" He says as he throws a bag of doritos into my basket. "That was years ago Paris, I figured you would have forgiven me by now."

"Because it's so easy to forgive the boy who shattered your heart into a million pieces. You really haven't changed have you?"

"Calm down, sweetheart. You're going to work yourself into a panic attack and I don't think you keep your cat in your backpack with you to calm you down.

Stopping dead in my tracks I turn on my heels to face his smug face. At this point I'm fuming, he doesn't get to have fond memories of who we were before he left. Who gives him the right to walk back in and treat me like nothing has changed.

"How dare you! How dare you walk back into my life and expect me to fall at your feet like I use to! You left! You kissed me and left me hanging for two years and right when I think I'm okay again you walts back in and try and insert yourself where you don't belong." I never thought my life would come to screaming at him in the chip section of Walmart.

He starts walking towards me till I'm snug between him and the shelves, leaning down he whispers to me, "Is that really how you feel Paris? Did you stop to consider how much it hurt me to leave you, or that I didn't want to but I had to."

"But why couldn't you talk to me? Why leave me in the dark?" I choke out looking into his eyes.

"It wasn't fair to love you from the other side of the world. It would have killed both of us."

"You love me?" I begin to shake subtly against him. He pulls me into a hug as I drop the basket onto the floor.

"Of course I do." He just held me as we whispered hushed 'I love yous' as I broke down for what felt like forever.

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