Meet You There | Calum Hood

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Hey Holls!

Hi Cal!

What are you doing tomorrow? You don't have practice Saturday morning right?

We don't! I don't think I have any plans but I could check with Lexi and then cancel if I need to

What do you think about scary movies?

Love them!

Tomorrow is Friday the 13th. I thought we could have a bit of a horror night at my place? Or yours. Whichever is fine with me!

That sounds good! Could we do yours maybe? I think Lexi's "friend" is coming over

Her "friend"

It's her fuck buddy lol and I don't wanna be around for that 😂

😂😂 Noted. My place it is. I'll pick you up by your building after your last class.

I get done at four! See you then!

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Calum rapped his fingers against the steering wheel of his car as he waited for Holland to emerge from the math building.

He'd watched hordes of students pour from the building over the last ten minutes but he had yet to catch sight of the gorgeous blonde who had captured his attention as of late.

He hit the lock button on his phone to reveal no new messages from her. He thought about texting her to make sure the plan hadn't changed but just as he was typing out his message she burst through the doors of the building.

He smiled at first until he saw her reddened face and tear tracked cheeks.

He quickly unbuckled his seatbelt and exited his car meeting her with open arms just as she reached it.

She fell into his embrace, her face buried in his chest and her arms wrapped tightly around him.

"Hey, hey. It's okay. What's wrong?" He murmured against the top of her head.

She didn't reply, unable to get control of her sobs.

"Let's go to mine, okay? We'll talk there." He reached behind himself and opened her door, helping her in and reaching across her to buckle her seatbelt for her.

"You okay?" He asked again, his voice low and full of concern as his eyes met her red rimmed ones.

She nodded and wiped at her eyes but said nothing more.

He offered a tight smile before returning to the drivers side and starting his car. He wanted to know what was bothering her, he hated that she was upset and he hated even more than he had no idea what he could do to fix it.

He turned up the volume on the music that played through the speakers from his Spotify account and hoped that perhaps the music would soothe her as it always seemed to do for him.

He fought with his mind the whole ride to his home, trying to determine what the best course of action was. She was obviously distraught but he didn't have a lot of experience in comforting girls.

He eyed the clock on the dash and groaned with the realization that his sister, half way across the world, was surely asleep by now and would be no help to him though her advice was surely needed at the moment.

He hit the button on the remote in his car to open the gate and pulled through into his garage to park the car.

"My um, my roommate might be home but we can go to my room or if you're not comfortable with that I'm sure he'll go to his and give us the living room." He suddenly felt a bit awkward but he wasn't sure why. He'd spent time with Holland twice now and texted her every free moment he had. He didn't want it to be like this between them, he wanted to know exactly what she needed from him.