"Jem!"
As I walked into the record shop, that was the first thing I heard.
I smiled as I looked up, seeing the boy that I have called my best friend for multiple years.
His hair was faded green, and I wouldn't be surprised if he went to dye it a new color soon. He was leaning against the counter, a soft smile on his face as he played with the sleeves on his grey sweater.
"Hey Mike." I smiled, walking to him. Once I got close enough he pulled me into a hug for a second or two. We hadn't seen each other in a few days, but we're usually always talking somehow.
Michael hopped up onto the counter, crossing his legs while looking at me. He was smiling, and I wanted to know why he looked like he knew something I didn't.
"What are you looking at?" I huffed, hitting his knee as I joined him on the counter. He shrugged and turned to me, chuckling softly, "I'm looking at an idiot."
I rolled my eyes at him, slipping my phone from the pocket in my bag. I sighed as he leant his head on my shoulder, watching what I was doing.
I wanted to ask him about the boy I met at the pet shop, to know more about him.
Just as I was going to say something, the door to the shop opened, making me huff quietly because it had been starting to become cold outside. Opening the door only let the cold wind in, making the exposed parts of my skin become cold again. I have no clue why the weather changed so quickly around here, but it was quite annoying to me. Though, I found everything annoying.
Michael had gotten up a few seconds after some girl walked in, though she made her way to a certain section right away while Michael walked into the back room.
I stayed at the counter, just incase the girl needed something. I looked back at my phone sighing softly as I checked the few social media apps I had.
After a few minutes, realizing that the girl had left, I got off of the counter and went to fix the cd's and records, knowing that they're basically always mixed up, even if it seemed like no one had put any effort into doing so.
Michael came out a small while after, also helping with the records. I smiled to myself and set an album in it's correct spot before looking at him through the corner of my eye.
"Tell me about Luke." I murmured, smiling as he let out a sigh.
"It's about time."
"What's about time?" I pouted, crossing my arms over my chest while looking at him. He only smiled wider, "He asked about you too."
I blushed, moving to another rack, "And what did you tell him?"
"I told him that he needed to find out about you himself. All I told him was your worst habit."
I huffed at him, "What's my worst habit?" Almost just as I asked, he answered simply, "You make unrealistic expectations of nearly everything."
As much as I hated to admit it, he was right. If something went wrong I would most likely make up some fantasy about how it would be okay again, or I would just think of things happening that were bound to not happen. I never really realized it until he had just said it now, but yeah, he was right.
After a few seconds of silence, I shrugged slightly, "So what are you going to tell me about him?"
Michael hummed, as if deciding if he were to say the same thing or tell me everything I wanted to know about him.
"He picks on himself too much. That's all I'll tell you, now figure him out yourself."
I sighed quietly, nodding slightly as I finished sorting out the records.
After hours of doing absolutely nothing, but being joined doing so with Michael, we both finally got the chance to leave. As we left the shop, I sighed and nudged Michael's arm, "Come over tonight, you fuck ass, you haven't been over in awhile." I mumbled, looking up at him.
Michael just laughed and nodded before noticing the goosebumps rising on my arms from the sudden cold.
"Awh, do you want a jacket, princess?" He smirked, pulling on the sleeves of his hoodie.
"Please?" I pouted, rubbing my biceps for any kind of warmth.
He shrugged, shoving his hands into his jean pockets as he walked, "I'm not going to give you mine. I was just asking if you wanted a jacket; I was definitely not offering to give you mine."
I groaned, crossing my arms as we walked past the shops. I looked at him through the corner of my eye, biting my lip, "You're a dick fuck, y'know that?" I cursed at him, still rubbing my arms.
Michael only shrugged before smiling ahead of him, making me look up too.
I bit my lip at the sight of the tall boy aways down the street, adjusting a leather jacket and running his hand through his hair as he stood outside of the pet shop.
He didn't see us, but he did turn the opposite way so his back was facing us. He began walking, quickly, and I kinda wanted to know if that was how he usually walked or if he was just in a hurry.
I almost groaned to myself, because not knowing the reason or knowing it, it would be a useless piece of information anyways.
"Look at him. he's so tall, like, what the hell? I'm almost mad at him for it, god, does he always walk that fast? Or is just his unusually long legs that is making him walk that fast? I've never really seen him walk much."
I turned quickly to the voice, furrowing my eyebrows at the sight of some boy I'd never seen in my life. Michael was chuckling though, looking at him with a look that says 'I don't know, ask someone else.' with a shrug to his shoulders.
After the boy noticed me, he smiled and halted Michael and I chose to stop too, only out of confusion.
He held his hand out and I glanced at it, frowning slightly before Michael nudged my shoulder and nodded toward the boys hand, as if demanding me to shake his hand. I didn't know him, and I wasn't entirely sure where he came from.
I sighed and shook it anyways, mumbling a 'Hi' under my breath to him.
"I'm Calum, sorry, I saw this lima-bean-looking-fuck and decided to join your walk."
I raised my eyebrows again, surprised that he'd said that without me really even saying anything, and also because I've heard Michael mention a Calum once or twice before.
"Uh, I'm Jem." I murmured softly before actually letting go, glancing at Michael, who was looking like he was trying not to laugh.
Seconds after just standing there quietly, we began walking to my house again, even with Calum with us.
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