Neighbors

Chapter 7

From: Calum
That wasn't nice, you know.

To: Calum
I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about.

Of course I knew what he was talking about. The boys tell each other everything, there was no reason for Luke to not tell him that he got his balls wrecked by a shoe throwing girl. Except that it makes him sound like a weak, prissy.

From: Calum
Did you, or did you not throw your shoes at Luke?

To: Calum
Trick question. There were no shoes.

From: Calum
?

To: Calum
Feet killing, demons? Maybe. But shoes? I threw no shoes.

I put aside my history textbook. Even though it was only the first day of school, I had to study like crazy for this subject. Having never taken an Australian history class before, and starting it in year 12, I had a lot of work to do.

From: Calum
As funny as that is, you're too mean to him. Give him a chance?

To: Calum
You're distracting me from my homework. Gotta go bye.

Perfect way to evade a promise that I surely would not keep. Usually I would be a man and face my problems, but I do not want to associate with Luke, so I will not make a promise saying I will do so. I hate breaking promises.

From: Calum
Don't you dare run away from this, missy.

No response from me.

From: Calum
I doubt you're even doing your homework. I'm so intriguing, you have to keep reading your messages.

I roll my eyes, and open back up the first page. This boy cannot keep distracting me. I need my beauty sleep, and I will not stay up all night studying because some attractive dork kept texting me.

From: Calum
I see how it is. I can see that you've read all of these Andy.

From: Calum
I know where you live. And I will force you to go make friends with Luke.

From: Calum
Fine. You leave me no choice.

I frown a little bit at that last message. He wasn't serious about showing up at my house was he? I sure hope not, because my Dad would go all overprotective on me, and probably scare him away. Calums a hottie, and hes quite charismatic. Even a grown man could see that. But from a Dads perspective, he'd look like a complete player.

I sigh, and decide to push Calum out of mind. He was probably just messing with me, and I've got more important things to do than to obsess over some boy. I let out a frustrated groan when I realized that I read through half the chapter without paying attention to what I was reading. Now I had to re-read it.

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"Oh, hello there. You must be a friend of Andy's. Come on in." My ears immediately focus in on my Moms voice. I'm detecting high pitch, ultra sweet, and inviting. Yep. She's definitely in suspicious Mom mode.

"She's up in her room studying, I'll call her down."

I hear a hot, Australian voice answer. God damn it Calum. Never show up at a girls house if their parents aren't expecting you. Never.

"Andy! Get down here, there's a boy here to see you."

I close my book, and climb off my bed. My body was struggling with fighting the laziness. I avoided various unpacked boxes as I made my way through my room, and down the stairs.