Shooting Between Us: 3 years on COMPLETE

Chapter Thirteen

Hi everyone! Three months have passed by now, everything is going great! Calum and Luke love their jobs but have no idea how confusing things are going to get for them....I hope you're all enjoying the story, but it's about to get more wild!
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Calum's POV:

I'm loving it. Really loving my job, the first couple of days were tough, but once I got into it...everything is doing so well. I've met all my colleagues and I really get on with them, I'm selling an awful lot of product, more and more as the days go by. And then Clementine bleach is STILL the favourite! Chuck...I had really warmed to Chuck. He had really got me out of my shell recently, and I gained trust for him  that I didn't have before. Another good thing, Lukes work was getting better too. He loved the staff, started to really like the kids and Dave had become one of his best friends. He's on better terms with Meredith, which is a little harder for me but I'm not the only one who thinks that. Dougie is her "gay best friend" but Frank is really weary of her, and is only friends with her for Dougie's sake. I guess I just need to accept that she's changed also.

I was in the staff room on my lunch break sat with Chuck, it was a Friday afternoon and we were just on the edge of experiencing another fantastic weekend. "I have sold 57 bottles of bleach this morning, 52 of them been Clementine bleach." I bragged to Chuck as we ate our sandwiches. "atta man! I do love the Clementine one, I use it every day!" He giggled. "Also last minute but I'm throwing a party tonight! You fancy coming? Would be great having you there" Chuck sipped his coffee. Hmmm...i wasn't sure what to say really. It would be fun...but... I wanted to spend time with Luke this weekend. "erm...I'll have to ask Luke. Cause I think he was wanting to do something with Frank and Dougie. Dougie will probably bring Meredith anyway, she's his new best friend." I broke the news to him, I was thinking maybe this would put him off but no it didn't at all. "Oh? Ah well hey, fuck it. It's about time I cleared the air with her too." He shrugged as we continued to eat our dinner. "Um...yeah...I'll let you know if I can. Who else is going? Anyone else I know? I have to be friends with Meredith for Luke's sake so it shouldn't be too hard." "A few people from work are going! Ah yeah I forgot they made up. I swear that girl never gives up pfft" he raised an eyebrow. "Pfft tell me about it. In all honesty though, she's actually been alright with me." I looked on the brighter side. Chuck looked at me with a slight bit of confusion. "Has she? That's good! Maybe she is changing for the better!" He smiled positively. "Hmm maybe. I'd like to think so but I'm much more bothered about protecting Luke." I admitted.

Before I knew it, Chuck placed his hand on my shoulder in a reassuring way. "See, Lukes got a great lil gem right here, how have you guys been? I feel I haven't asked in a little while.." he smiled then brushed his hand away. I smiled at the thought of me and Luke. We were great, we hadn't argued in months. We've been having amazing cuddles, we've been communicating better than ever before, we've been going out on weekends and doing spontaneous activities. Besides, these past few months we've been earning a shit tonne more than we did at the anchor so we've been able to buy each other gifts and whatnot. "We have honestly never been so great and so strong as a couple. I just hope he feels the same." I told Chuck. "Awh that's great Cal! I'm sure he does, he'd be a fool not too." Chuck smiles and took a sip of his coffee. Black coffee, who would've thought that Chuck would have gotten into such a thing.  "Thanks man, I'm glad you have been there for me. Who would've thought huh?" I chuckled at how far me and Chuck have come with our friendship. I never thought that I'd actually respect Chuck, but I do. I really do. "Of course! I meant it when I said that I have changed Cal. I really did." He smiled and finished his coffee. Jesus how could he have become so nice? It seems like only yesterday he was bursting into mine and Lukes dorm screaming "FAGGOTS" and then weirdly he attempted to have sex with us half an hour later. Now he was more open, he no longer used homophobic language, in fact he was actually bisexual. It's something I've learned about him over time and maybe he just acted that way because he was insecure, in the closet, or ashamed of who he was. And I've been there and done that, it's not a nice thing to go through at all. "And I'm glad" I smiled as I stood up. "Right, I better get back to the office." I added as I went to make a coffee to take into my office, I only had half of the day left to go until I can see my perfect boyfriend. "If I don't see you before I finish I'll text you about tonight yeah?" I told Chuck, I mean maybe it wasn't such a horrible idea. Maybe it would actually be nice for us all to do something as a group. Plus me and Luke haven't even drank in weeks. We had decided to take a break from booze whilst our relationship was healing. "Yeah bro sounds good! I'll let you get back to it." Chuck went back to his own office as I left the staff room and made my own way to mine.

The rest of the day also went really well, I sold more bottles of bleach than I did this morning (mainly the Clementine one as you would've probably guessed) and I received an adorable text from Luke telling me he loved me. My life could not be anymore perfect right now. The day went by and I remembered I had to pick Luke up from work. I wonder what he was going to think about this idea of going to a party at Chucks house?

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I know, I know, this chapter is really short and I'm sorry about that. I usually aim to get at least  2500 words in but with Calum's POV ending in this scene it just makes sense to start Lukes straight away. I hope you all enjoyed it regardless!