runaways (c.h)

3- beside you

I woke up on the foamy material that the park ground was made out of. I felt the warm sun beating down on my exposed skin. my high waisted shorts were barely covering any part of my legs and my crop top was very thin so atleast I wasn't sweating. it's almost summer break which means school will end soon which is enough to put a smile on my face.

I remembered Calum and what happened last night (the meaningful hug we shared). Which made me wonder where he was. It only took me about 5 seconds to realize my head was resting on his chest. I looked up at his face to see him sleeping peacefully. I put my head back down on his chest and listened to his heartbeat.

I traced my finger along his forearm, his wrist and his hand. I heard his heartbeat increase as our skin touched. I brought my hand back next to my head on his abs.

after laying there for awhile and enjoying the peace, I retracted my body from his and sat next to him. I reached up and ran my hand along his jawline and his neck and traced the outline of his bones.
"hi" I whispered, trying to wake him.
his eyes fluttered open and he looked down at me. once his eyes adjusted to the light, he gave me a small smile.

"goodmorning lily." he said quietly.
"hi Cal." I responded.
my hand was still tracing around his neck and collarbones.
"would you like to go out today." he surprised me with that question.
"where to?" I asked.
"on a date, love." he smirked.
"oh u-uh sure I mean ya yes." I started stuttering. fuck this always happens.
he started laughing.
"usually so good with words, what happened? never been asked out before" he said rather rudely.

he was being so nice to me that night and the morning started out well but that ruined it. what he just said stung really bad. tears threatened to come out of my eyes but I looked down, blinking furiously to get rid of them before they ran down my face. he was still laughing at his own "joke" when I realized that a few tears I had tried to keep in, were running down my face. I internally cursed and kept my head down and tried to smoothly bring my hand up to my face to wipe away the tears so he wouldn't see. but of course he noticed.

"hey what's wrong?" he asked.
"oh ah haha n-nothing." I stuttered once again. curse this damn anxiety.
"look at me." cal said softly.
I shook my head, still looking down.
he put his hand under my chin and tried to get me to look at him. as quickly as possible I tried to wipe my tears but it was so obvious. this just made me more frustrated which caused another few tears to fall.

"was it what I said Lily?" Calum said in a worried tone. " I'm sorry babe I didn't mean it." he said while looking into my eyes. tears were still falling down my cheeks and I was so mad at myself for not being able to stop it.
I tried to talk but no words came out. there was a knot in my throat and I couldn't say anything. He looked worried. I cried harder, sprung towards him and buried my face in his neck. he immediately grabbed my hips and started rubbing my lower back soothingly.
"I'm sorry baby I'm so sorry I didn't mean it." he kept whispering sweet nothings in my ear. "we can go anywhere you want on the date today I'm sorry. I didn't know Lil I'm sorry." he spoke so softly that his words alone were enough to calm me down.

I was playing with the little hairs on the back of his neck and the hair on the back of his head.
"I like your hair." I whispered once I could figure out how to talk again.
He pulled me back and looked at my face. he was smiling.
"I just made you cry and you're complimenting me?" he questioned.

"well I really do like your hair. and it wasn't your fault. I stutter when I get nervous. the reason what you said affected me so much is because I was made fun of in middle school for never having dates." I said.

"thank you for the compliment on my hair babe. and I'm sorry they made fun of you, you don't deserve that, but I'm here now so if anyone is mean to you I'll beat the shit out of them in a heartbeat." he said proudly but truthfully.
"really?" I asked.
"I'll do anything for you." he confessed. "it's crazy isn't it? we met last night. I'd do anything for you and we only met last night. damn Lily the things you do to me."
"you're cute." I pointed out.
"thank you." he blushed a little.
"well are we gonna go on that date or what?" I asked playfully.
"let's go." we stood up and started walking away from the magical park which we met in, coincidently at our favorite time of the day; nighttime.

until I remembered.

"I need to stop at my house quickly to talk to my parents."

oh shit what's gonna happen!?? btw my name is Sadie,, ok cool I hope you like my story because I love you :)