after school :: cth

chapter 6: hugs and happily

Addison's P.O.V.

Wednesday, May 5th, 2015

It's been 3 days since my two nights with Calum. School stills sucks, and Violet won't shut up about dress shopping. We're going after school on Friday and I'm still happy for her. It's her second week here and she's already scored a hot date.

Calum's had soccer practice all week so I haven't seen him for what feels like forever. The 4th period bell rang and I sprinted to lunch to meet Violet at our table.

"Hey Vi," I said, grabbing her Coke from her tray and taking a sip.

"Hey Addie," She replied, stealing her drink back. "I was thinking what if we scored you a hot date for prom?"

"Yeah...Good luck with that." I chuckled.

"Hey, I'm being serious. There's lots of guys out there, maybe one from the soccer team?"

I cringed. Oh god, if she mentions Calum will I be able to lie?

"What about Luke's friend? Calum?" She asked.

Great.

"Uh, no thanks Vi. I'm better off by myself." I answered.

As if on cue, Calum walked past our table right that second. I knew he had heard us. His always bright smile, turned into a frown as he passed us. I wish we could go to Prom together. Like how Violet and Luke are, cute promposal, all her excitement about dress shopping; I wish I could have it too.

After 20 more minutes of random conversation, the 5th period bell rang. we hugged goodbye and parted ways to 5th period. Once more I listened to Calum's mixtape, which made the classes go by so much faster. Soon enough, school was over.  Violet and I are looking up Prom dresses online so we have an idea of what she likes. We'll schedule a hair appointment and get her nails done. It's a big night for her.

New iMessage from cal :)- hey cutie, I'm ditching practice today bc I miss you too much. Taco bell? Movie night? text me xx cal

I giggled at my phone.

iMessage to cal :)- sure thing, I'll download scream on my iPad ;)

I put my phone on the desk to charge and heard my stomach growl.

"Want any food Vi?" I asked.

"Tortilla chips?" She answered.

"Ok I'll be right back." I laughed.

My arms were stuffed full of bags of tortilla chips, one bag of kettle corn, one bag of popcorn, and two water bottles. I walked up the stairs and down the hall to my room, struggling to hold all the food. All the food dropped to the floor when I saw Violet, mouth wide open, holding my phone.

"Shitshitshitshitshitshit." I cried grabbing the phone from her.

"What did i just read?" She asked.

I looked down at my feet. There's no getting out of this one.

"Calum Hood? The soccer player? Luke's best friend?" She questioned again.

Once again, no answer.

"How could you not tell me? I felt so bad for you, you said that you had no friends, no one likes you. But here you are dating the school's hottest guy, Addie." She cried.

"Look Vi, it's a lot to explain but if you could please just try to understand because it's a lot to handle." I reasoned.

"Fine."She said, sitting on my bed. "Explain."

I explained everything about the nightly treehouse visits, the mixtape, the two nights we had the week before, his scholarship, the championship game, and everything in between.