"you left me, cal. after everything you'd said, after every promise, you left me without even saying goodbye," my words knock the wind out of him. he doesn't know what to say, what to do. but even so, he stares into my eyes, reminding me of everything i left behind. my final words leave him breathless and heartbroken, maybe even more heartbroken than I was when I found out what he did to me. "how could you do that to me?" ... old habits die hard.

"long story short, i hated calum hood." (cover by elle)

"There's no way to shut me up unless I get what I want and I get it my way," she stated stubbornly. "Oh really?" Calum challenged. The girl shrugged. He grabbed her hand and pulled her into his chest. He bent down to attach his lips to her ear, sending chills down her spine and adrenaline into her bloodstream. "I could think of better ways. Especially since you want to keep moving that mouth of yours," Their relationship can only be described as full of spite, rage, sarcasm, and pity. Elise finds herself in for a ride when she finds out the new Australian playboy is moving into her neighborhood. She promises herself that she wouldn't fall for his ways. She has too much to focus on: school, work, family, and her father; who was recently involved in a tragic accident. Summer is ending. School has begun. It's no surprise to Elise when she sees a new girl in his bedroom every other night. She plans to think nothing more of it but the playboy planting his seeds. But as a sequence of events forces Elise and Calum to get along, Elise finds herself building a new path, possibly a more beneficial one. And Calum finds within himself something he's never experienced before; feelings.