F*cking cliché

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'Thanks darling.'

I just drove Levi to a parking lot where he will be picked up by someone else to get to work and I'll need to pick him up again tonight.
I don't know for how long this is going to continue, but I'm not a great liar.

He leans in and presses a quick kiss on my forehead.

'I'll text you how late to be here.'

I keep my mouth shut staring at the surroundings.

'Cal?' 'Hm?' I turn to face him.
'Are you okay?'
'Yeah.. it's just.. is this a bad thing to do?'

He sighs and lays his hand down on top of mine.

'Sacrifices darling.'
'I just don't know if I can keep this up for long.'
'You have to.' 'I know.. but it just doesn't feel right,' I mumble.
'Come over here.'

I walk around the car to step in on the other side since I'm to afraid to hit something climbing over and ruining the car.

I sit down on his lap since there's no way we're going to be able to sit on the same seat.

He pushes me against his body and leans the chair back.

'Calum you don't want to lose me right?'

I feel his breath tickling behind my ear.

'Of course not, it's just.. this is way to risky.' 'Love,' he murmurs in my ear, 'you can't keep playing it safe forever. Besides all you have to do is drive, it isn't that risky.'
'What if someone's tracking my car's location and they find out I go to the same place twice everyday?'
'Give me a few minutes.'

He grabs an old cellphone looking device, types something in and it starts beeping.

'Here,' he holds the screen in front of me, 'that one dot shows who's tracking the location.'
'Shouldn't there be none dots at all?'
'Great time to tell you we track it.'
'Why?'

He snuggles up against me.

'I did it after your tracker was removed, I still want to know where you're at.' 'I don't always take my car.'
'I know, but I do know when you're going back home.'

'Anyway.. I need to go now and you need to make sure you aren't late as well. See you tonight Cal.'

'

'You're late Calum.'

I slowly make my way over to my office chair and sink down into it.

'I know.' 'Felix let me talk to him, alone, your screaming isn't going to help. Come Calum.'

Rose leads me to the roof and saves me a yelling Felix.

We had a new building it wasn't as big as the old one, but it was at least something.

'Calum I'm just going to say it right away, I know Levi is at your house.'
'He isn't?' 'Calum I saw him when I dropped you off yesterday, the door behind you was opened and I saw him inside. So I stayed nearby to see if he left, but he didn't.'
'I'm sure you are mistaken,' I reply.
'Besides I found the syringe in the freezer and he has used this serum before and it took a while until they were better. You shouldn't be able to speak or walk at this stage, so he must have given you some type of antidote.'

I go quiet as I can't think of another excuse.

'Calum what's going on between you and Levi, be honest this time.'

I keep my lips tightly closed.

'Calum tell me!' 'I can't.'
'Are you working for him?' She accuses me. 'No of course not!'
'Then tell me what the fuck is going in between you two! Please,' her voice thickens, 'Please Calum I don't want to let them lock you up for betrayal.'
'We're together alright!'

The sentence leaves my mouth while I clearly didn't want to spill that fact.

She takes a step backwards.

'You guys are together?' 'I..'
'You're together,' she repeats in disbelief. 'Rose I.. you don't understand!'
'I don't understand? Of course I understand,' she lowers her voice, 'I understand it all way to well,' she pulls me into a hug, 'you get pulled in by his lies and sweet words and for you it's the feeling of love making him get what he wants.'

'What he wants?' I stumble over the words to say. 'You Calum, rich parents, great family name and to top it all of easy to manipulate. I'm sure he doesn't even like males.' 'I..'

Her words fly around in my head.
He isn't using me right?
He knows he won't get any money out of my dad and.. everything feels so real.. you can't fake something like this right? You can't fake this type of feeling.. right?

'No.' 'What do you mean no?'
'I'm sure this is real,' I state.
'Find out for yourself, I won't tell on you. I expect you to do the right thing when you do.'

With that our conversation is over and we get back to work, but the conversation sticks around.

'

'Hey, you got me worried for a second. Thought you were just going to leave me behind.' 'I was thinking about it.'
'Why?' 'I'll explain once we're home.'

'

'Spill.' 'Hm?' 'Why did you want to leave me?'
'You should get your stuff and leave,' I mumble leaving his question unanswered. 'Excuse you?'
'Get your stuff,' I repeat louder.
'Are you drunk or something?'
'No, you just need to leave, I'll drive you where ever you need to go, but you can't stay here.' 'And why is that?'
'Rose told me th..'

My body crashes against the wall.

'Stop listing to Rose!'

My hands move to my back in hope to make it feel at least a bit better.

'Levi you don't.. kss.. understand.'
'Are you hurt?'

He makes his way over to me and rubs up and down my back.

'What did she tell you?' He whispers.
'That you're using me and..'
'How many times do I have to tell you I'm not manipulating you!'
'I.. I told her no.'
'Why do you want me to leave then?'
'She spotted you and even though she said she won't do anything until I find out that things between us aren't real and I turn you in myself, I can't trust that.. I want you to be safe.'
'At the moment this is the safest place I can be Calum, you're the only one who can ruin that.'

He pulls me into an embrace and place a few soft kisses on top of my head.

'I'm not here to hurt you in any way Calum, I love you and I'm not planning on let you go.'
I sigh. 'Shut it and just kiss me.'
'Are you demanding things darling?'

He takes a step forward pressing me against the wall, hands pinned above my head with one of his hands while the other leaned down on my waist.

'You know.. for someone with rich parents you look very petite.'
'I was very ill as a child and that caused a delay in my development.. I just never grew as big as I was supposed to.' 'Poor thing come here.'

His lips meets mine as he releases me from the wall.