↠ wild spirit {calum hood au} ↠

08

I strattled his body, lightly hitting his chest repeating the same words, "wake up, wake up." Panic taking over I ran to the phone, tears streaming down my face. I don't know what I was afraid of, he was just some boy who helped me with a solo; and some how turned out to be my partner. I ran back to his unconcious body, still pale and unmoved. My vision was blurry a small voice cam from next to me.

"Scarlett?" It was weak, barely audible. "I need to tell you something before I-I go." The small voice of Calum Hood was breaking, I crawled into his arms and held him; for the last seconds of his life. "Karma is a bitch." He laughed, "that's revenge for playing dead at my soccer practice." He smiled a sick smile.

My heart nearly broke into a million parts, it was just a sick way of getting revenge? He walked into the kitchen grabbing cookies out of food closet, "so when do you want to leave to my house?" He asked while stuffing his face with cookies, crumbs falling onto the floor.

I looked at him and my mouth fell open, "are you shitting me?! You practically 'died'" I used air quotes and walked up to him and inched my face closer to his, so I had to tilt my head to see him properly, "just to get revenge?! You're a sick sick person!" I screamed, the dried mascara started to burn my cheeks. He looked down at me, wrapping his arms around my waist and twirled us around the floor.

"It's all out of my growing love for you, after-all, we do have that essay to right Scar." He twirled me around and walked us upstairs. "Do you want to stay here or go to my house?" He asked as my foot kicked my door open, causing it to swing back and hit the wall, oops I thought to myself and walked in, our hands laced together.

"Your house, like I said, Ashton and Vi are going to more than likely stay here," I sighed and layed on my bed, "my dad is always gone on work trips, so it's just me and Violet sometimes, joined by her friend with benefits." I looked at my ceiling, "what made you want to be friends with benefits with her anyway?" I was hurt, everyone thought Violet was the hot one, when we both look the same; minus our slight differences. Calum sat next to me, then lowered his body onto the bed.

"Scarlett, why is your dad always gone? Where does he work?" He twirled his index finger in my hair, making partial ringlets.

"His work, not quite sure where he works. He just supports his family. My mom left us a few years ago, no one knows what happened to her. Some say she left my father for her co-worker, others think she just got tired of us." I played with his fingers, knotting them and then wrapping our hands together. "Calum, what are we?" My stomach churned at the words he might speak. Losing him would be like losing the yin to the yang; it wouldn't be whole.

"We are partners. Parterns in this project, and partners musically." He smiled, his eyes didn't crinknle, just a slight, meaningless smile.

calum's pov

"Calum what are we?" Scarlett asked, she had my fingers wrapped around hers, that question always confused me, even when I was alone and thinking about her. Her beautiful eyes, her bright red hair she had to dye every few weeks to keep the color vibrant, even though it could destroy her hair. Her callused finger tips, sometimes soft, but hardly ever smooth. Her vibrant smile, recently braces free; all the little things she thought I ignored about her, were my favorite parts.

I want to tell her how much she means to me, how within the month we've spent together, how I have somehow managed to find myself falling into the depths for her. "We are partners. Partners in this project, and partners musically." I forced a smile, her face fell a bit. My stomach felt heavy, with guilt; it doesn't feel like I'm trying to convince her that we're nothing more than friends.

I'm convincing myself that I don't have feelings for her.

scarlett's pov

"Here we are, home sweet home!" Calum exclaimed, opening his arms at his house door, the same small ash brown house, the same multi-colored flowers and bushes outside his home. "Just meet me in my room, I'll get Mila, some food and some clothes for you." He smiled, pushing me in the direction of his room.

I walked into his dark blue room, a few posters hanging around his room, All Time Low, a tiny One Direction poster, then many soccer posters. I walked over to his bed, the black frame of a double bed and the dark blue duvet, he must really like dark blue if his walls and duvet are dark blue. His bed looked so comfortable, well loved I observed. The pillow to the right was turned sideways and the sheets were messily put back into place. "I see you've observed my room." Calum said, slumped up against the frame of his door. He looked perfect, without even trying. "So, my parents and sister went up to my other sisters college this afternoon while we were at school, so I guess it's you and I tonight, babe." He smiled, he pushed his head into the pillow that was messed up when I walked in.

"I'm hungry, be right back." He kissed my forehead and ran out. I sat there, my jaw hanging open, I'm pretty sure I caught flies. I layed down on the left side of his bed, the overwhelming scent of his cologne filling my lungs. I snuggled into the pillow and wrapped myself in the blankets. "Scarlett, you should've waited for me." Calum frowned, throwing a ball of black things at me, "those are your clothes, I presume you'd want to sleep in something comfortable, even though that lovely outfit does flatter your body." He flirted, I threw his pillow at him and walked off to his bathroom.

The mark from my mascara was still on his mirror, I smiled at the memory of him hitting me into the mirror with the door. I changed into the clothes Calum gave me, which I soon found out were too big for me.

"Let's cuddle until time ends and we can't cuddle any longer." Calum smiled, pulling me into his arms and buried me into his warm chest.

Maybe sometimes things will be alright, even in least thought of moments; you'll find out that you've finally found happiness, in his arms.

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