(a/n: use of the word sex. no extreme details.)
i wake up in a room that smells like flowers. i remember what happened last night. i look over next to me, no clementine.
i put on my pants and walk downstairs to find her eating cereal and watching tv on her couch.
"hey."
"hi."
"when'd you wake up?"
"half an hour ago. you were still asleep."
"why didn't you wake me up?"
"cause you looked happy when you were asleep."
"oh. i'm getting cereal."
"you do that."
i went to her kitchen and grabbed some cereal. i walked over to her couch and sat next to her. she was watching spongebob.
"aren't you a little old to be watching spongebob?"
"fuck you, i watch what i want. and put on a shirt."
"why?"
"cause."
"no."
"whatever."
we're 10 minutes into watching plankton attempt to steal the krabby patty recipe when we hear a knock on the door. she gets up and opens it, leaving me no time to run upstairs. just incase its her parents.
but its not. its michael.
"clementine, why is calum's car-"
he sees me shirtless on her couch eating cereal.
"what are you doing here?"
"he slept over."
"what?! did he touch you?!"
"no, i let him sleep over."
"what?! why?!"
"because he was tired and because he's my bestfriend."
"you guys didn't do anything, right?"
"nope."
"where did he sleep?"
"in my bed."
"what?!"
"what? it gets cold downstairs. and haley's room smells like ass."
"where's curtis?"
"with my parents in new york with haley."
"why didn't you go?"
"i didn't wanna go."
"why?"
"because i don't find new york amusing."
"oh well then uh, why is calum shirtless?"
"it gets hot at night."
"i asked her you asshole."
"shut up michael. it does get hot at night."
"did he touch you in any way at all?"
"no michael! we just shared my bed. no touching. just sleeping. not that kind of sleeping. like just tired sleeping."
"where'd you guys go last night?"
"that's for us to know and you to find out."
"just tell me clementine!"
"we got lost okay?"
"what'd you guys do?"
"talked. hung out."
"you sure?"
"yes now stop interrogating me!"
"okay, i'm sorry babe. just tell him to put on a fucking shirt!"
"cal, go put on a shirt."
"fine."
i went upstairs, put on my shirt, went downstairs to find michael obsessively hugging clementine. the look on her face was unforgettable. she looked frightened.
"michael let go."
"no."
"why?"
"because you're mine. not calum's."
"ahem, i'm right here."
"well she's my girlfriend."
"well she's my bestfriend. bestfriends get to hug each other. so get used to it."
"whatever. just no kissing."
"whatever."
he let go of her and she got up and went to the kitchen.
"michael you should go."
"what?"
"i'll see you later, okay?"
"promise?"
"yes babe, promise."
"okay."
he gave me a look and left.
the second he closed the door clementine ran over to me and hugged me really tight.
"you okay?"
"no."
i hugged her back. she looked up at me and just stared at me for a second.
i stared back.
and then she kissed me. oh no. why is she kissing me. not that its a horrible thing. its an amazing thing. so i'm kissing her back.
but 15 seconds into it she pulls away and runs upstairs.
of course, i chase after her. she runs to her room and so do i. she's crying.
"clementine?"
"i'm sorry."
"about?"
"kissing you."
"why? i'm not sorry."
"its just wrong."
"no its not. if you wanted to kiss me you could. if you wanna do it again go for it-"
she then kisses me again and one thing proceeds into another.
yes my fellow friends, i mean that.
it was about 20 minutes. then after, she ran to the bathroom. and stayed in there.
"clem?"
"this is so wrong. i'm a terrible person. a really really terrible person."
"no you're not. that was amazing."
"i shouldn't have done that."
"i don't regret it."
"because you wanted to. i was tempted from seeing you shirtless."
"well-"
"let's just forget about it, okay?"
"i can't! it was great!"
"well try to. don't tell anyone. anyone."
"don't worry. so does that mean we're-"
"bestfriends? yes. dating? no."
"but-"
"that was the first and last time."
"*sigh* if you say so. can you come out of the bathroom now?"
"only if you look away."
"okay."
i was staring out her window when i heard the bathroom door unlock. i heard footsteps. running. jumping. and then i turned around. she was sitting on her bed with her face in her hands.
i walked over to her and wrapped my arm around her.
"its okay clementine."
"whatever calum. lets just go back to normal okay?"
"if you say so."
"you should go now."
"but-"
"i'll see you later at the house okay?"
"okay. see you."
i left her house and went back to the house to find all the guys just watching tv and eating pizza.
"hey guys."
"hey cal."
"what you guys watching?"
"a show about backstabbing mates who lie."
i gulped.
"just kidding. we're watching a movie."
"oh haha."
i grabbed a slice of pizza and sat down next to ashton.
"you smell like flowers."
"that's cuz he slept at clem's last night."
"really?! what'd you guys do?!"
"n-nothing. we were just sleeping. and then we just had breakfast this morning and h-hung out."
"oh okay. good. if you guys slept together, we would've murdered you."
"*gulp* good to k-know."
"yeah."
the rest of the evening was awkward as fuck. then it was 5 and clementine came over.
"hey guys!"
"hey clem."
"what are we doing tonight?"
"you."
"what?"
"kidding kidding."
michael kissed her on the lips and took her over to the couch. he placed her on his lap and he just stayed there. hugging her.
i hadn't noticed i was staring at them until ashton snapped his fingers in my face.
"hello? earth to calum."
"huh? oh hey."
"hey yourself. why are you staring at them?"
"i just dozed off, my bad."
"yeah, your bad."
we walked over to them and sat around them. we grabbed the pizza box and put it on the center table. we each grabbed a slice and just chilled.
"so, clementine, how you been?"
"i've been okay."
"what did you and calum do today?"
"n-nothing. just hung out and stuff."
"what stuff?"
"we watched tv. and ate breakfast. then we talked and then he l-left."
"oh okay."
"yeah."
"you guys wanna do something tomorrow?"
"like what?"
"let's gooooooo tooooo thhhheee movvviiiieeesss?"
"nah."
"then let's goooooo tooooo-"
"calum's house!"
"what? why my house?"
"you're mum is the best cook in the city."
"you got me there."
"we're going to you're house tomorrow. haven't seen your mum in weeks!"
"alright i guess."
"clementine you're coming too right?"
"of course. i miss joy."
"she misses you too."
"i hope she does."
"don't worry, you're her favorite. *wink*"
she gave me a glare and blinked alot. another sign of when she gets nervous. ugh. why is she so nervous around me now?
➳
we're heading to mum's house right now. i hadn't seen her in a couple days, but i call her every night.
*knock knock*
*door opens to find me, clementine, and michael there*
"calum!"
"hello mum."
"its been days! hello michael."
"hello joy."
"is that clementine rogers?"
"yes mum."
"hello joy."
"oh clementine! its so good to see you!"
"you too joy."
"haven't seen you in months!"
"yeah, its great to see you again."
"same to you. come in!"
we walked inside, to find ashton and luke already there. they love my mum.
"finally you guys get here!"
"calm down."
"what were you guys having a threesome?"
"ashton! don't use such language in this house!"
"sorry joy."
"and no, we were not doing that, we were waiting for calum. he took forever."
"what were you doing?"
"doing my hair."
actually, i was thinking of things that would impress clementine.
"mali! david! the rest of them are here!"
mali came running into me, giving me a really big hug. then she saw michael and hugged him too, then she saw clementine. oh my god she adored clementine.
"clementine!"
"mali!"
they hugged each other really tight. and then went aside to talk. mali-koa knows all about my crush on clementine. i tell her everything.
"hello son."
"hey dad."
he greeted michael and then hugged clementine. he loved clementine also.
"mum, what are you making for dinner?"
"food. what else?"
clementine giggled. aw i missed her giggle. she hasn't giggled or barely even chuckled in the past weeks.
when the food was ready, we all sat around the living room. my mum and dad talked more to clementine then to me. they wanted to catch up.
"so, clementine, how've you been sweetie?"
"i've been fine, thank you."
"how's school been?"
"oh, i already graduated. i'm taking online courses."
"oh thats great."
"yeah, so now i don't actually have to go to school."
"even better, haha."
everything was going fine, until michael popped in.
"you know, me and clementine are dating at the moment."
"really?" said my parents.
"really?" said mali-koa.
what she had just heard shocked her ears. she always thought i would've been the one she dated in the band. not michael.
"y-yeah. i guess we are."
"well good for you then. hope you two are happy."
"oh we are." replied michael.
he kissed her on the cheek and clementine turned red as hell.
after we finished eating and catching up, i saw mali pull clementine aside. i could hear them, very clearly.
"you're dating michael?!"
"yeah, i g-guess."
"you guess?! are you or aren't you?"
"i am."
"but i thought you liked-"
"mali! come help me with the dishes!"
"coming mum! i'm texting you later, and we're talking about this."
"fine."
damn it! i could've found out who she liked! ah! now i will never know! what if she was talking about me? oh, i'm going to find out from mali one way or another.
everyone left except me. i decided to stay over at my parent's house. i need to know who clementine likes.
➳
its late at night. i'm about to go wake up mali.
i go to mali's room. she's still awake and on her phone.
"mali!" i whisper-shout.
"calum! fuck you scared me!"
"sorry."
"what do you want?"
"i uh-"
"you okay?"
"no."
i walk into her room and start tearing up. i don't know why, i guess i'm really fucked up from today. i sit on her bed and she puts an arm around me.
"what's wrong?"
"you know what's wrong."
"i thought you didn't like her anymore?"
"of course i still like her! you don't just get over a girl like that!"
"okay okay. but why are you crying?"
"promise you won't tell? not even clementine herself?"
"hello? who kept your secret of you liking her all these years?"
"true. promise not to tell the guys? not even michael?"
"of course not."
"well...i had sex with clementine and she wants to act like it never happened and i can't just forget about it and i'm in love with her mali and she's with the wrong guy she belongs with me not michael."
i say that in seconds and it leaves her with her jaw dropped.
"mali?"
"let me process that for a second."
she stopped and rubble her temples for some seconds.
"okay, so you had sex with clementine. and when was that?"
"y-yesterday..."
"okay and how long has she been dating michael?"
"3 weeks to the least."
"oh god."
"and she wants to act like nothing happened and i can't act like that all i wanna do is kiss her and hug her like michael does anytime that i want. but i can't because then-"
"you'd ruin your friendship with her and michael?"
"y-yeah."
"fucking shit calum. what have you done?"
"mali.."
"just forget about it, okay?"
"but i can't."
"just try. control yourself around her, until she breaks up with michael, make your move, but until they're still together, you and clementine never even touched each other, okay?"
"i guess i can do that."
"good. don't tell anybody about this, or you'll be in some deep shit little brother."
"great. that makes me feel good."
"now, stop crying, go to sleep, and dream about clementine being your girlfriend."
"but wait, there's one more thing i gotta ask."
"what is it?"
"i uh, overheard you and clementine talking today. who...who does she like?"
"you mean did. she doesn't like him anymore."
"i get that but, who was it?"
"it was...*deep sigh* you."
"me?!"
"just kidding. it was luke. she liked luke for a long time. until you had sex with her, now she likes michael. you must've stunk."
"i did great thank you very much."
"ew. too much details. now go to sleep."
"fine. thank you for the advice."
"anytime."
"goodnight."
"night."
i slowly walked back to my room. she liked luke? what a surprise. but she liked me. or she still does. i know it.
mali's right. i'll wait. i'll wait until they break up. then i'll make my smooth move, and we'll be together. yeah. that's going to happen.