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guy code

as soon as mel walked out onto the street she realized she hadn't gotten calum's number.

this meant that he would have to call her. she would have to wait on him. not that if she had gotten his number she would have called, because she would be convinced he wouldn't answer anyway but still it's nice to have the option of making the first move.

she spent the walk home trying to convince herself that she totally would have the balls to call him first.

later that night, while she was looking up some facts for her background of her essay on the root of the cause of world war I, calum called.

he had been sitting in front of his best friend debating whether or not it was too soon to hit call.

"isn't it kind of like breaking some sort of guy code?"

"guy code is such bullshit. if you like her and want to see her as soon as possible then you should call her as soon as possible," luke had said in response.

"you're right," he affirmed and quickly hit the small phone icon before he could chicken out. a few rings.

"hello?"

"hey!" he looked at luke with wide eyes and mouthed 'she answered' to which luke replied with 'obviously now fucking talk.'

"is this calum?"

"yeah! sorry my friend was- anyway. how are you?"

"well considering i'm writing a paper that has to be 2,500 words and i've only written roughly 379, i am doing less than magnificent. how are you?"

"i'm okay, me and luke were talking about going to it's a grind for some coffee and probably the bagel things they have, does that sound like something you would be interested in?"

"tonight?"

"well, i mean if you're too busy we can just try for some other time."

"no, no. i need a break. i'm too cooped up. um, are we meeting at the one on brighton or smithspoon?"

"brighton. is that closer to you?"

"yes, it's not too far for you, is it?

"nah, that's the closest to us too. we can meet you there in a half hour."

"okay, sounds good.  i'll see you then. bye."

"bye, mel."  it took every ounce of will he had not to start laughing from excitement. luke saw right through him and already started to go get their coats and gloves so he could leave him to be filled with joy by himself.

mel smiled and finished up the sentence she would most definitely delete from her paper later. "and then everyone started fuckin killing each other and fighting for who was superior bc they dumb bye." then she put her coat, scarf and boots on and walked out onto her street.

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a/n: this sucks im sorry for the disappointment but i'll update again in a day or two and that will be back to being super cute.