Innocence {M.C.}

Chapter 2

*After Lunch*

     I was sitting in my class waiting for the teacher to get to class when I saw Calum walk into class. I immediately looked away, I didn'nt know if anything had really changed after this morning but I'm guessing nothing did. Why would it. But I felt someone sit beside me which is weird because no one usually likes to sit by me. I looked beside me to find Calum smiling at me. And not the creepy smile he usually gives me, it was a genuine smile that just happened to be contagious. I shyly smiled back at him.

"Hey, I just wanted to say thank you for this morning. It was really stupid of me to force you to kiss me like that. It's just that I've always had a little crush on you, and when Michael said that you were off limits I got really sad. So I guess I just couldn't contain myself any longer." He said as I felt his hand slowly make it's way to my thigh. I stiffened, but as he continued to talk I began to relax slightly. But when I felt him slowly begin to move his thumb up and down I stiffened once again.

"Um, it's no big deal. I know how Michael can be sometimes." He just gave me a confused look, then I realized that nobody knew that Michael and I used to be friends. He made sure of that. "I mean I can guess what he can be like." I quickly corrected myself. He nodded his head in understanding then just starred at me while I sat there extremely uncomfortable.

"Do you want to go out with me tonight?" He asked out of the blue. My face turned into one of shock as I sat there not answering. I was so confused. But as I saw Calum's face start to drop I snapped out of as quickly as I could.

"Uh, sure" I replied to him finally. His face lit up as he gave me the biggest smile I had ever seen. I gave him one equally as big in return.  I could still feel his thumb moving along my skin but I tried to ignore it as Calum began talking about how happy he was for our date tonight. I told him my address as well as exchanging numbers with him. The bell to begin class rang and Calum stood up to go sit with his other friends but before he left he turned to me and gave me a cheeky wink.

"See you tonight." He said smiling. I just nodded awkwardly back and smiled at him. We had 5 minutes until class officially started so I continued to sit in my seat and doodle on the paper in front of me. I again felt someone sit next to me.

'Wow two people in one class. That's a record for me.' I said to myself. I, again, looked to the side of me to find Michael. I immediately shot my head back down and fiddled with my hands hoping that class would start soon. 

"What was Calum talking to you about?" He asked angrily. I looked up at him through my eyelashes as some of my hair fell in front of my face. I heard his breath catch as I shrugged my shoulders while still looking up at him. I heard him let out a small grunt as he moved my hair out of my eyes. Shocked I quickly looked down and saw something strange in his pants. I looked up into his eyes to ask him a question.

"What's in your pocket? There is something protruding in your pants." I questioned. He looked down to his lap and groaned a little louder this time and looked back up at me while biting his lip. I raised my eyebrow at him.

"Nothing" he said rushed as he got out of the chair and made his way to the back of the classroom with the rest of his friends, just as the bell rang. I watched him as he sat down and began talking and laughing with his friends. But suddenly another thing caught my eye. It was Calum and he was glaring between me and Michael. With that I turned around and listened to the lesson.

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     Once Calum had text me earlier to remind me about the date in 2 hours, I had immediately hopped in the shower. Now I was stood in front of my wardrobe trying to figure out what to wear. I wanted to look different so I could make an impression on him. This was the first date I had ever been on so I wanted to look nice, and almost like a different person. With that in mind I again went into my closet to search for an outfit. I found something that was nice and slightly looked my style but also didn't. It was creamy skirt with white stripes at the bottom. I pulled it on and up so that it was hiked farther up than my waist. I then put on a white crop top that I had never worn in my life. I don't even know why I have it, but it'll come in handy tonight. Then on top of that I pulled on a beige chunky sweater.

     I looked at myself and realized that I liked my outfit. I glanced at the clock to see I only had a hour left to get ready. I quickly ran to the bathroom connected to my bedroom. I grabbed foundation and put only a little bit onto my skin since my face was clear I didn't need to cover up anything. Next I put on some blush and mascara and moved onto my hair. I decided to put my hair down for the date which is very different compared to my everyday look of a high ponytail with my fringe out. My hair is quite long, down to my waist, so when I leave it down I like to do something special with it. I pulled out my wand curler and sectioned my hair off to work with smaller sections. I went through and curled my long, red hair as quickly as I could. Once I was finished with curling it I quickly ran my finger through it and hair sprayed it.

     After that, I sectioned two of the front pieces of my hair and brought them to the back and tied them off with a ribbon. As I was putting the finishing touches on myself I heard the doorbell ring. I finished putting my contacts in and ran to the front door to meet Calum. As I stood with the door open I took the time to look him over. He was wearing a pair of ripped black skinny jeans and a green day t-shirt that had holes near the collar of the shirt. He looked good. I finally made it up to his face and saw him looking at my body with his mouth hanging open slightly and his eyes wide. I guess that's what happens when you normally wear baggy sweaters, and decide to wear a crop top one day. I mean I knew I was skinny because there was this point in time when I was anorexic for awhile. And I guess it just all hasn't came back yet.

"Wow. Yo-Hol- Wow. You look great Annette." He stuttered out. 

"Thanks. You look nice too" I said blushing and looking down. He cleared his throat and snapped out of the trance he was in.

"Well do you wanna get going?" 

"Yea." I said grabbing my keys and yelling good bye to my grandmother as we made our way to his car. He opened to door for me and made his way to his side and got in. And with that we were off.

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     Me and Calum were both giggling as we made our way to my front door. The date was so much fun and I was actually able to relax. As we both stepped onto my front porch while letting out our last little puffs of giggles,  Calum turned to me. He tilted his head and looked at me for a second. I raised my eyebrows at him questionably. Then he grabbed both my hands and looked into my eyes.

"I have a question for you." He said. I nodded my head at him to continue. He looked down shyly and mumbled something that I couldn't quite make out. 

"What?" I asked. He let out a big sigh and looked up at me again.

"Will you go out with me?" he asked. I looked at him with a confused expression.

"What do you mean? I just went out with you." I said still extremely confused. He looked up at me with a weird expression then busted out laughing. I pulled away suddenly embarrassed and pulled my arms around myself. He looked up and stopped laughing one he saw my stance. He pulled my arms from around myself and put them on his shoulders. Then he wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me to him so we were a lot closer together. I started blushing and looked down. He pulled my chin up so we met eyes again.

"I'm sorry. I meant will you be my girlfriends?" he said quietly. I started blushing madly but a small smile made its way onto my lips as I looked up at him through my eyelashes. I nodded my head and a huge grin broke out on his face and he lowered his face to mine.

      It was then that my breathing started picking up and I started freaking out. His lips toughed mine softly. Nothing like how he kissed me this morning. I didn't want to be rude so I puckered my lips to kiss him back which made him smile into the kiss. I didn't close my eyes though. I still wasn't comfortable. He finally pulled away and smiled at me. He gave me another quick peck then pulled away from me.  He started to walk back to his car while still facing me and I him. He waved to me and I giggled and waved back. He opened his car door and got in. 

     It wasn't until he was already down the road, that I let myself into my house still blushing. As i got into the shower I was still blushing. As I got into bed I was still blushing. It wasn't until I started going to sleep that I finally stopped blushing. But by then I was smiling at the night I had. It was the first night in a long time that I went to bed with a smile on my face.