Wherever You Are (Calum Hood)

Chapter 9

Holly's POV:

The next morning is chaotic as we all hustle around trying to get the boys ready for the day. It's actually a lot harder to wake them up then what we thought possible. After everyone is up, we all head down to breakfast. We take up the biggest table they have, and of course Calum sits beside me. He sits on my right side, with his left hand firmly holding on to my inner thigh. Him touching me makes my mind flood with thoughts of last night. That was so thrilling, mostly because it was a public place and we could easily have been caught and kicked out.

"After breakfast, we are heading over to the venue." Luke's mom announces as we wait for our food to come. Calum's hand plays with the hem of my shorts, obviously bored. His other hand has his phone in it as he is intently staring at it. I sneak a few looks at him, taking in how attractive he really is, and not just attractive but a complete goof ball.

"Stop looking at me :p" a text from Calum reads. I look over at him, he is already smiling at me. I text him back, "Make me." He gives me the look, the look that says you're going to wish you didn't say that. I bite my lip, unaware of his next actions. His left hand grazes over my shorts, as he plays with the button. I keep my eye contact with him and try not to freak out.

"No wondering hands Calum." Luke's dad says half jokingly and scolding. I bite my lip, stifling a laugh as everyone else laughs at him. He drops his hand. I feel weird not touching him so I grab his hand and lace his fingers with mine as our food arrives.

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At the venue, everyone runs around like a chicken without their heads attached. The boys are goofing off and getting orders barked at them, which they seem to ignore. Calum has his arm around my shoulder as we sit on the couch and relax. They just returned from sound check and are more hyper than when they left to go to it. I watch Michael and Luke flip over the other furniture as they sing along to Bohemian Rhapsody. It takes everything in my being to not jump up and dance around with them. Finally, I give in and jump to my feet and start dancing around with them and yelling the lyrics. Calum starts to video all of us goofing off, so I run out of shot so it's just the boys. I don't understand these boys, but they are so fun to be around. I sit back down beside Calum. He puffs out his cheeks out at me, making him look adorable.

"You look like a lil guppy." I smile at him.

"Is that a good thing?" He questions, putting his arm around my shoulder.

"Of course! You're a cute lil guppy." I wrap my arms around his side in a side hug. "My guppy." I tell him. He laughs lightly and says okay.

"You sound so adorable when you say that." He plays with some strands of my hair. Our eyes lock on to each other's, we just stare at each other as I feel myself lean in to kiss him.

"Get a room you two!" Michael calls to us, making everyone else in the room laugh.

"Mmm, nah. We are gonna have sex right here in front of all of you." Calum says teasingly. He looks over at me and winks. In response, I blush and cover my face.

"Ya lil nasties." Kyra says next, I uncover my face and flip her off. She laughs. I rest my head against Calum, listening to his calming heart beat as he holds me.

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I've never seen them a play a show before, but damn they are good at it. My eyes are mesmerized by Cal's every movement. The way he jumps around the stage, the way he smiles at Luke and the crowd, he's all that consumes my mind and vision. I can't take my eyes off him. They play a bunch of songs I've never listened to, but that's okay, they were very catchy so I'd end up listening to them inevitably.