northstar - cashton

Chapter 14

"Hey." I spoke softly, surprised that he was FaceTiming me instead of texting.

"Hey Ash, I know this is odd but I was wondering if you could tutor me in chemistry?" he said in almost a whisper, it was still music to my ears.

"Of course I can, we can meet up after school and do the homework together." I spoke barely above a whisper, not wanting to startle him.

"Thank you, do you think you could help me right now?" he ran his hand through his hair, not looking at the screen but around his room.

"Yeah, well I'll be there in about 5 minutes, are Luke and Michael home?" I started to get clothes out.

I think he noticed my shirtlessness now because he blushed looking back at his phone.

"No they went out and said they wouldn't be back for a while." he looked away again, his brown eyes looking anywhere but the phone in front of him.

"Do you want me to come over because you're lonely?" I joked, looking at him for a reaction.

"Maybe. Just get over here and help me." He laughed a bit and hung up.

I chuckled to myself and got dressed in record time. I wore a black and blue flannel and classic black skinny jeans. I grabbed my backpack and yelled to my mom that I was going to see the boys. She simply yelled back "Finally". I got there in about 5 minutes just like I said.

I put my bag over my shoulder and walked up to the door. Before I could even knock it opened to a smiling Calum.

"Hey Cal, are you ready to work?" I smiled walking into the house and taking off my shoes, putting them with the pile by the door.

He didn't say anything, just nodded. He took my hand and basically dragged me upstairs. We went into his room that now had a desk in it facing his only window.

"I like the desk there." he let go of my hand and closed the door behind us. I set down my bag by the desk and layed down on the bed. I closed my eyes as I was absorbed in warmth from the sun coming through his window.

I sat up from my spot but stayed in the sun.

"Are you ready to work?" I smiled at the boy who was looking at me from his spot at his desk.

Once again a nod, "I'm gonna need you to be more vocal," I kept my smile but tilted my head in an almost sarcastic way.

He just blushed and said, "Okay."

That's how I spent the rest of my sunday, laying in Calum's bed as he asked me questions about Chemistry from 6 feet away. He barely even asked me questions. I had to sit up and look at the paper because he just pointed at it and said "Huh?". Once we finished we were both hungry, I was hungry from working in the garden. He was just plain hungry.

"Noodles?" he asked, walking into their pantry.

"Depends on the sauce." I watched as he pulled out a box of penne and alfredo sauce, "Perfect." I smiled.

He put the ingredients on the counter and started looking for the pots and pans. I, of course, already knew where they were since I organized the kitchen when they fully moved in. He was opening and immediately closing a bunch of drawers and cabinets.

I walked up behind him, grabbed him by the waist and turned him towards the cabinet they were in, "You really are clueless." I joked, taking a step back from him.

He just laughed a bit and got the pots out and started boiling some water.

"Well this always takes forever if your just watching it boil." an idea popped into my head, I bow towards him and held out my hand, "May I have this dance?" I looked up to him.

He shook his head like he was saying no but took my hand, "What about the music?" he whispered as I pulled him closer to me.

"Alexa play Gymnopedie Number One on repeat." I yelled out to wherever they placed the Alexa.

"Playing on repeat." she said back.

"Ugh, Alexa, turn the volume up all the way." I rolled my eyes as we could barely hear the song.

Soon the whole room was filled with slow piano. Calum placed his hands around me, locking them around my neck. I put my hands on his hips and brought him closer to me. We swayed in the calming music. This was one of the first songs I learned how to play on the piano and I've loved it ever since. I've always dreamed of a moment like this. Dancing in a kitchen to a slow waltz. I wonder if Calum ever wanted something like this or maybe he isn't a hopeless romantic like me?

"What are you thinking about." He whispered slowly once again, as if he was afraid he was going to say something wrong.

I answered simply, "You." he just blushed but actually kept eye contact with me.

"What about me?" I still can't get over the fact that his voice is just so beautiful.

"I was thinking about how I've always wanted to have a moment like this where I'm dancing with someone I truly care about. I was also thinking about whether you've ever thought about sappy romantic shit like that." I smiled at him, taking in the features of his face now that they were right in front of me.

"You have beautiful eyes Cal." I wasn't even thinking when I said that, it just slipped out.

"Shut up, yours are the literal ocean." once again, blushing Cal. My favorite Cal, personally.

"I still like yours better, they remind me of a puppy." he smiled at me, a cute little goofy smile.

"You're adorable." I mumbled, I looked down at his lips. This would be the perfect time to kiss him. A perfect moment. This would be a kiss to remember.

"Oh shit," he let go of me and turned around to see the water boiling over.

"It's fine just turn down the heat a bit and put the noodles in." I was acting like my mom.

He did what I said and walked back to where we were standing.
"Alexa play Subwoofer Lullaby by C418." I laughed at his choice of song.

"Really? A Minecraft song?" I shook my head at him.

"What else would I play? Some random classical song?" he egged me on.

"Are you making fun of me?" I stepped closer to him, trying to act intimidating.

"As a matter of fact, I am." He took another step and now we were less than a foot apart.

"Watch what you say mister." I spoke almost in a whisper, not wanting to break the tension that I could feel in the space between us.

"Make me." he raised an eyebrow and turned his head, mockingly.