Welcome to My World

Chapter 4 Callum's POV {I'm Probably Going to Die...}

I'm changing by myself in the boys' locker room when I hear a scream coming from the girls' room. I stop dead. Rayla. Genelyn. Oh man, I'm such an idiot!

I dash to the other side, but I can't exactly go in. 'Cause you know.

"Rayla?" I call. "Rayla Lunarson, you come out right now!"

Rayla stumbles out. Her nose is bleeding again, and she has her backpack slung over one shoulder. "That's it." She growls. "I'm going home. Pretty sure Runaan would understand."

Runaan isn't Rayla's birth dad. He's her adopted dad, which is why she calls him Runaan. It's a strange name. A vision flashes across my mind. A version of Runaan, with horns and purple streaks across his nose. I dismiss it quickly. Runaan? Horns? Ha. That would be like Rayla learning how to fly.

"But you can't go home!" I protest. "What about m- the rest of school?" Oops. I nearly said me. Would that sound self-centered? Maybe it would seem like I have a crush on her?

Author's Note: You will most likely see some Rayllum and Elran fluff. I'm a hardcore shipper of Rayllum and Elran. Get over it.

"What about them?" Rayla challenged.

"I mean, it's first day." I argue. "Just first. Give it a try."

She pauses. "Ugh! You're impossible, Callum Harrowson. Just today."

I cheer, earning myself some weird looks from the other boys. She tries to keep frowning, but she ends up smiling. Me, stupid idiot Callum Harrowson me, threw my arms around her in a hug. At first she tenses up, surprised, but then she hugs me back.

I'm in total bliss, because holy frick the girl I like is hugging me, but then a shriek sounds behind me. It's Genelyn, and she looks most displeased. The word 'Bait' comes to mind, for some reason. Rayla and I pull apart, her eyes blazing with defiant fire.

"Heeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyyy! Freak, get away from my future husband!" Genelyn shrieks, her voice rising in pitch with every word.

Rayla's gaze darts to the mirror, and she moves away from the mirror, closer to me. My heart skips a beat. "I'm sorry, I didn't realize you were engaged to the mirror." She says sweetly, her voice dripping with sarcastic honey.

Genelyn growls, but I'm pretty sure she's learned her lesson about attacking Rayla head-on. Which makes me nervous. I don't say so to Rayla. That might make me seem overprotective, or worse, like I'm in love with her. Because I'm totally not, right?

RIght?

Me and Rayla smile mischievously at each other and head off into the gym. She's holding my hand to drag me, and I barely remember my intense hatred of anything physical.

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Five minutes later, we're all lined up in our gym uniforms, red shorts and T-shirts with a vertical gold stripe. What's even worse than the fact that I absolutely despise anything physical, is that I end up lined next to Genelyn, who keeps inching closer. I keep inching away until I'm practically Rayla's Siamese twin. She looks slightly uncomfortable with me being this close but she knows it's be her Siamese twin or Genelyn.

Our of the goodness of her heart, she lets me choose her.

The coach stops in front of Rayla and I, eyeing us. "Getting a little cuddly, now are we?" He notes. The whole class laughs as my cheeks flush bright red, the same color as my uniform. I step away from Rayla. Her cheeks are burning, same as her eyes.

As soon as I approach her, Genelyn wraps herself around my arm, purring nonsense. I shake her off. Being near girls other than Rayla is weird for me. I mean, we grew up together, so I'm used to her.

Author's Note: Viren gave Rayla and Callum fake memories. Now, pretend this never happened. I do not exist.

The coach grunts and continues. "So today, cupcakes, we'll be doing something very easy."

I sigh in relief.

"An overhead obstacle course."

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