Shy // Calum Hood

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Bailey's P.O.V.
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I followed him as he left the building in a rush, he went all the way to the iron gate at the bottom of his front garden before I gave up and yelled out to him once I was certain nobody was around, they were all inside.
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"Calum, wait!"
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He turned around and watched me run over to him.
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"I just don't get it Bailey, what's so great about him?" He questioned once I was close enough.
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"I, I . . ." I fumbled around with my words, staring down at my feet feeling ashamed.
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"He's a dick! I can tell you know that he is too, so why? Why are you still with him?"
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His voice sounded pained and dry, he must be upset because he really hates Eden, and it's stopping us from doing many things that we normally would do together. It's even coming between us at school break times.
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I realised he was still expecting an answer but I didn't know what to do, I couldn't tell him the truth, but I really didn't want to lie to him . . .
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At that moment I heard footsteps behind me and turned to see Eden as he stood proudly beside me.
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"She's mine Calum, just back off." Eden lazily placed an arm around me, I wanted to push it away badly, however I knew it wasn't worth the punishment I would receive.
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Calum just waited for me to answer, completely ignoring Eden. All his attention was focused on what I had to say. When I didn't reply his eyes grew darker with rage and I could tell he was really mad.
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"You shouldn't be with him! You have nothing in common, I don't want you to be with him!" He yelled, clearly frustrated.
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Just as I was about to tell him everything, I felt Eden's fingernails digging into me, reminding me of all he had threatened.
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"Because . . . Because I love him." I pushed out dryly, my eyes glazing over and my throat closing up.
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My own vile words made me want to throw up, I hated Eden and I hated him more now that he was coming between me and my only friend. My closest friend. The person I truly did really, really like.
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Calum appeared speechless and his eyes became glossy, I watched as his fists clenched and unclenched, matching his jaw line.
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". . . L . . . love?" He pushed slowly out, slightly above a whisper.
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I simply nodded, unsure of why he seemed so upset. He must really hate the pig that stood next to me with a huge smirk on his face, I didn't blame him.
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"Love? You love him? . . . Him? You've known him for four weeks! He's not right for you Bailey, I don't want you to see him anymore!" Calum's voice raised scarily, a side of him rarely seen.
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I began to grow frustrated with Calum. Who was he to tell me who to date? My entire life I had spent allowing people to push me around because I was shy, not anymore.
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"I can date whoever I want!" I snapped at him for the first time in our relationship.
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"Not him you can't!"
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"You can't tell me what to do Calum!" I was completely livid right now.
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"He's an idiot Bailey!"
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"I don't care, I love him!" I repeated.
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A bleach blond haired girl shouted down from a window to Eden, interrupting our little argument.
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"Eden baby, you're missing your own party!"
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"She's right, later losers." He waved us off, leaving me there in an awkward silence with Calum.
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"You can just go home tonight, arse hole." I glared up at him.
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He coughed awkwardly and scratched the back if his neck.
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"I um, actually do kind of need to stay over. My parents have gone out and I don't have a key." He clashed his teeth against each other nervously.
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I rolled my eyes and began walking home, not ready to endure the night with someone I was currently so angry at.
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Calum's P.O.V.
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We walked the entire way home in silence, until we got to hers and she told me to wait downstairs. She stormed up the stairs and stomped back down moments later, gripping my belongings. She chucked them mindlessly onto her sofa and looked up at me, her blue eyes a mixture of anger and sadness.
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"You can sleep down here." She mumbled, turning to leave.
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I should of just apologised right there, I knew I shouldn't of yelled at her like that, I knew that it was my fault she was with him in the first place. I knew it was only vicious jealousy that had caused me to treat her that way, but I just couldn't apologise, I'd always been bad at admitting I was wrong, a bad habit I'd always possessed.
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Instead I let her walk away and silently prayed neither of her parents would come down and find me on their sofa, and thankfully neither of them did. It was an uncomfortable night and I didn't get much sleep, partly because of the discomfort, and partly because I couldn't stop getting upset about Bailey being in love with somebody else . . . I mean, Love.
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The morning at long last came round and Bailey seemed as though she'd had suffered as awful of a night as I.
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"My parents are going to wake up soon, so I suggest we have breakfast quickly now." She grumbled, barley making eye contact.
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Unfortunately the awkward tension hadn't faded overnight like I had hoped it would, she was still just as mad and I was still just as distraught about her and Eden.
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We didn't share a single word until we'd finished, I stood up and took mine and her empty plates to the sink.
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"Thanks." She mumbled shortly.
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"Look I'm sorry, but he's not right for you Bailey. You shouldn't be with him." I spun round to face her, unable to forget the topic.
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"Don't be ridiculous Calum! I can date whoever I want, you don't have a say in that department."
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"You can't be in love with him though, you've known him four weeks!"
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"I guess when you know, you know." she shrugged.
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She wasn't shouting like last night, her voice was just on an edge, too frustrated, it seemed, to shout.
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I sighed in aggravation, not wanting to completely yell at her all over again.
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"I'm just going to go home, I'll wait for my parents to get back in the garden."
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"Fine." She muttered, still refusing to look at me.
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I rolled my eyes, grabbing my things and exiting her household, still in my stripy pyjamas.
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"Fine." I grumbled to myself as I stormed home.