Shy // Calum Hood

*•Leaving•*

Bailey's P.O.V.
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When I arrived home I was met by something even worse than my parents fighting . . . them getting along.
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If they fight long enough my mother begins to take what I say into consideration, yet every time this happens, he swoops in and plays Mr nice guy all of a sudden.
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I attempted to sneak past them cuddled up on the sofa and failed miserably as the first step on the stair case yelped the moment I placed my body weight onto it.
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I winced as my mother yelled out for me to come and say hello, silently cursing myself for not remembering that damn step.
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I huffed as I stood before them, refusing to look directly at either of them since they didn't even seem to care I had just disappeared the entire weekend.
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"We have excellent news!" Her lips forced up from the usual straight line.
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"I'm staying here. No more army!" My father grinned.
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"Isn't that great honey?"
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Great? Honey? Since when did she call me nicknames, and since when was the worlds most awful man quitting the only thing that made him bearable as a person?
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"Hmph." I grunted, not wishing to act along in their happy charade.
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My mothers pupils thinned as she frowned, unimpressed.
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"Didn't I tell you not to come back anyway?" She hissed, her personality drastically changing.
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"You can't just kick me out, I'm not eighteen yet."
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"Fine, if you won't leave, at least stay out of my way. Go to your bedroom or something, we're having people over tonight to celebrate. I don't need you to be making a surprise appearance and embarrassing this family."
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I rolled my eyes and found my way back to the staircase, trying to ignore the fact that she never seemed to want me.
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I don't want her to want me. I'm glad she doesn't want me. I hate her, I wouldn't want to have to pretend otherwise.
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The classic words I was so used to telling myself swirled around my head and I slowly chose to focus on something else.
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What happened with Klara and Cal?
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I decided upon catching up on some homework like Calum had suggested whilst listening to music to block out the annoying chatter from downstairs.
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When I'd finished, the information about my dad staying hit me properly. When it was just me and my mother she would often not be home and we would only see each other briefly after school and when she told me to shut up in the early hours of the morning.
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With him here, she will stop pretending to be even busier than she already is to avoid me and be here too. I wasn't prepared to see him every day, I hated him with every inch of me and wished that he wasn't my father.
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I despised being related to someone so foul. Someone who is so aggressive and mean. Someone who often reminded me of those who bullied me at school.
A plain and simple jerk.
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My mother on the other hand, I hate that I feel sorry for her, but I do. I hate that I always try so hard to help and she only ever throws it back in my face.
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I don't know what to do anymore. It isn't right for him to treat her that way. And she won't leave him, yet there's nothing I can do.
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Calum's P.O.V.
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My phone was freezing against my warm skin, she picked up on the fourth ring.
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"Who is this?"
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"You slept with my best friend?" I spat.
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I could almost her her smirk through the receiver.
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"Aaa, Calum, Calum, Calum. I wandered when you'd call."
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"I thought everything was over, you won. Everyone hates me and you won, what more do you want from me?"
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"I want you to be miserable. Whenever Bailey's around you just aren't. I tried doing business with certain people to get her out the picture but that failed hopelessly so I'm making you miserable another way."
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"Eden." I clenched my fists,
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"Yes well, that didn't work so I have to take action myself." She giggled through the phone obnoxiously as I took a sigh of relief.
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At least he won't be bothering us anymore.
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"Don't pretend like you've changed Hood, you're still the same ass hole you were back then."
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"And you're still the same manipulating bitch." I snapped, hanging up.
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Jesus Christ I thought this had ended three years ago.