Runaways (discontinued) || c.h

✕ Chapter Three ✕

Kimberly slowly sat up and I giggled at her bed-hair.

"Do me a favor?" she asked.

I coughed trying to cover up my childish act, "What is it?"

"Get me a glass of water and an advil."

I ran down the stairs and the smell of coffee hit me. I ran into the kitchen and Anna held out a cup of coffee towards me while I made my way to the medicine cabinet. I took it gracefully and drank some of it while looking for the advil Kim wanted. I finally found it and set my cup of coffee down on the counter while plopping two of the pills out of the bottle. I walked fastly out of the kitchen and took the glass of water Anna held out to me while she was reading some magazine.

Thats how it usually is everytime Kim had a hungover, but usually i would be carrying two glasses for her and Brianna. Anna and I just kind of got the hang of how things would be like and took turns taking care of them, of course sometimes it would be the other way around.

I got upstairs and gave the water and pills to Kim when Michael showed up in her room moments later, out of breath.

He laughed at the sight of Kim, just teasing of course, "Aw look at you, babe!" he exclaimed, trying to catch his breath but was still laughing hysterically.

She put on a fake pout while taking a sip out of her water. Michael pouted back and went to go give her a hug and kiss. I left him to take care of her himself .

It was the cutest thing ever, their relationship I mean. They would play video games together, and sometimes I would wake up late at night to the sound of Kimberly yelling into her damn headset when she played online with him. They always eat pizza on Fridays together, and are totally comfortable around eachother. They love eachother a lot, I can tell.

I made my way downstairs while I waited on Michael to get done.

Anna and I just had a small conversation of nothing really important, then suddenly we got interrupted by a cheerful Mikey and a bad-ass looking Kim with sunglasses.

"Lets go!" Michael yelled on purpose and which resulted in Kimberly making a growling noise while putting her fingers up to her temples.

Anna and I exchanged amusing looks and followed behind the two love birds.

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We arrived at a medium-sized house that was only a few minutes away from our home and it looked quite nice.

I followed behind Michael, Kim, and Anna while we were walking up the driveway and sidewalk. Michael just walked straight through the front door which shocked me a little but I guess the guys must be really close to this "friend."

I walked in and saw a bunch of big brown boxes and only a little bit of furniture. The walls were painted white and the stairs were carpeted.

I looked to my far left to which looked like the living room, there was a T.V and a couch; which seated Luke, Ashton, and the back of a head that belonged to some tan guy.

Once Michael got their attention by greeting them, I saw that tan guy's face and then I was hit with memories from the woods and sitting on the rock with him.

"Calum..." I said breathlessly and my eyes wide open.

He looked at me and I could tell that he knew who I was and wasn't expecting to see me here.

"Malina? What are you doing here?" Calum said. Now that Im awake, I noticed his accent a lot more than when I was basically half-asleep.

Luke butted in, "Wait, you guys know eachother?" he asked while raising an eyebrow.

Calum gave me a look that basically said 'don't tell them the real story' .

"W- Well I uh, uhm... I was being mugged yesterday morning after Brianna left for the airport for cheer and your friend Calum h-here helped me out and I treated him with coffee." I stuttered, but played it off with a smile.

"Ohhh, so thats why you weren't in the house." Anna said.

I nodded my head nervously and glanced at Calum.

" Wait so where were you getting mugged at? " Luke questioned.

I was trying to think of an answer, "When I was taking a walk into downtown, whats with all the questions Luke? I thought I was here to help un-pack boxes." I placed a hand onto my hip.

He held his hands up in defense and we all laughed shortly and then instantly heard a groan from Kim.

"I need an aspirin." she simply said. "Again."

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Calum and I were un-packing the boxes upstairs, in his room.

While I was folding some of the clothes that I got out of the box , I took in what surrounded me.

His room was all white, his bed had navy sheets and a blanket that matched with it. Most of his furniture in here was dark wooden brown. His room
was very rustic and I loved how much sunlight shown through his window.

I looked up and saw Calum putting together his desk. All of the tools and screws were put out all over the hardwood floor and the white desk was flipped over while he was screwing on another table leg.

He looked back up at me and caught my gaze. I blushed and instantly looked my down at the shirt in my hand.

"Can I ask something?" he said.

I stopped what I was doing and sat on the floor; across from him.

"Whats up?" I asked .

"Whats the worst thing thats ever happened to you?"

I looked at him confused. I was a little bit taken back by his question.

I shakily let out a breath, "Nothing yet, why?"

He dropped the screw driver in his hand , "Im curious." Calum shrugged.

I nodded awkwardly and got back on my feet, walking around the room aimlessly.

Until, something caught my eye. I walked over to the box that had something shining out of it. It shined because of the sun reflecting off of it .

I picked up the cool, silver picture frame at the very top of one of the large cardboard boxes.

"Cal, who are these people in the photo with you?" I questioned.

He looked up from what he was doing and his eyes instantly went sad once he figured out what i was talking about.

Calum walked over to where I was and grabbed the frame out of my hand. He smiled weakly at the picture, grazing his hand lightly over 2 of the girls in it.

I stood there awkwardly, not sure what to do. I was biting my tongue so hard because I just wanted to know what was going on in his head.

"My mum and my sister." he said, his voice sounding more dull and hurt.

"And where are they at?" I questioned more.

He looked up to me and I felt uncomfortable, I looked around the room, trying to avoid eye contact with him .

He started walking closer, but something else looked different about the way he was looking at me. It almost looked like he wanted to punch the shit out of me.

Calum was literally an inch away from me, I felt heat rise to my cheeks and I cleared my throat awkwardly.

"They're dead." he stated.

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This is so boring i swear.

I really regret deleting the first one and starting over but its straight lmao.

I cant have it back )-:

ANYWAYS I WLL TRY TO MAKE IT MORE INTERESTING

And THIS WHOLE THING IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION MY GRAMMAR MISTAKES SHALL BE EXCUSED BECAUSE I USUALLY WRITE REALLY FUCKING LATE OK