Imagines and One-Shots (Book Three)

Can't Help Falling in Love (Calum Hood) - Part 2

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Three months later

"Hey, baby girl," Calum's voice finally filled your ears, "How are you?"

"I hate it here, Cal," you breathed out shakily as you wiped your face, dropping your backpack by your bed and face-planting into your pillow, "I miss my friends and I miss my house and I miss you and, as crazy as it sounds, I even miss Mr. Lewis." You heard Calum chuckle softly, feeling your body relax at the sound of it.

"C'mon, princess," you could just see him shaking his head, "It can't be that bad."

"People are already making fun of me..."

"What could they possibly have to make fun of you about? You've only been there for two weeks!" he exclaimed. You finally giggled, your body relaxing a little more.

"Apparently, the kids here aren't as welcoming when you're not new as a freshman," you sniffled lightly, "I just wish I never had to leave school and my friends and you..."

"You know I wish you were still here too, princess," Calum sighed, "But you also know that you would have felt terrible if your dad turned down his job offer just so you could stay here one more year."

"Can't you just agree with me this one time?" you sighed as well, knowing he was right.

"Only when I actually agree with you, baby girl," you heard his smile, "Just look at the bright side: tomorrow's Friday and you won't have to deal with anyone from school for the whole weekend."

"Is it too late to make the weekend more than two days?" you asked, earning yourself a laugh.

"Think so, princess," he nodded, "But just try to be positive, okay? Things might turn around."

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The next day

You trudged into your house after school, honestly ready to just call it a day right then and go to bed. Though you had gone into the day trying to be positive like Calum told you to, your new fellow classmates were ruthless yet again.

"Hey, sweetheart," your dad said when the front door closed behind you, making you look at the couch where he was sitting, "How was your day?" You simply stared back at him and he exhaled sharply. "That bad, huh?" he said. You simply sighed, slumping your shoulders – you just wanted to go lay down for a while. "Well, something came for you today; It's on your bed," he informed you.

"I didn't order anything," you furrowed your eyebrows as you shook your head.

"I know," he replied, "But I know the move's been hard on you, and wanted to get you something to make it easier."

"You're trying to buy my happiness and I don't appreciate it," you stated, hearing him laugh as you stalked down the hallway to your bedroom, and the next thing your dad heard was your scream – but he didn't jump up to check on you.

The moment you entered your room, you found your boyfriend sitting on your bed, flipping through your junior year yearbook. He looked up when he heard someone at the door, grinning from ear to ear when he saw you. 

And he wasn't at all surprised by your reaction to seeing him.

"Cal!" you cried loudly, throwing your backpack down on your floor and running to your bed. Your knee found the mattress right beside his thigh, pushing yourself up and falling against Calum.

You could feel him smile into the skin of your neck as your arms held him tightly, his own winding around your waist as he fell back, his head hitting the pillow. He pulled you all the way on top of him so you were both comfortable.

"W-What are you doing h-here?" you choked out, feeling him squeeze you gently.

"Missed you," he murmured, kissing the skin where the hem of your shirt collar ended, "And after that call yesterday, sounded like you really needed a hug."

"Only y-your hugs," you mumbled, making him smile again.

"S'what I'm here for," he promised you.

"W-When did you get here?"

"'Bout half an hour ago," he shrugged, "Almost worried I wasn't gonna make it before you got home 'cause the traffic was so bad."

"Guess you're lucky I stayed after school to get help from my math teacher then," you teased, giggling into his ear when he poked your sides playfully. He stopped, rubbing your back again in silence for a moment.

"I've missed you," Calum said, his voice muffling when he kissed the skin beneath your ear.

"Missed you more," you returned, squeezing him tightly.

It got quiet again, both of you just enjoying being in each other's arms. Calum had since slipped his hand under your shirt and was drawing circles on your lower back while you were playing with his hair.

"What're you looking at the yearbook for?" you muttered into Calum's neck after a few more minutes.

You finally climbed off of him, the two of you sitting up and scooting back against the headboard next to each other. You crossed your legs and pulled the book to the empty space in front of you, finding Calum was about halfway through it already.

"Just wanted to look at it," he chuckled, "Never realized how many pictures of me in this thing there were." He looked over at you when you breathed out sharply.

"Well... I was on yearbook committee, you know," you murmured shyly, "I... I took all of those..."

"You took pictures of me?" he asked, placing his hand on your thigh and letting his thumb begin to rub circles into the fabric covering it.

"I mean... You know... You were always alone and I never saw you smile, but you were still part of the school and I thought there should still be pictures of you in the yearbook... And I was going to ask your name after every picture but I just... I couldn't make myself be brave enough to do it... And then, I started getting those playlists on my locker and I was distracted by that and I... I never seemed to see you around as much anymore... And I know it's really weird to take photos of people without them knowing, but I... You photograph really well and I thought you'd like seeing yourself in the yearbook so much because I know you thought people didn't notice you and I wanted you to know that someone did and I'm really sorry I never-"

Your rambling was cut off when Calum put his hand on your cheek, turned your head toward him, and smashed his lips against yours. You breathed out a small sigh, feeling him smile slightly when you crawled onto his lap and started kissing him back.

This wasn't your first kiss with Calum, but it felt like it every single time. He treated you so delicately – like he was afraid he was going to break you somehow – and you absolutely loved that about him. You'd never been with someone who cared as much about you as Calum clearly did, and every time you thought about it, you felt your chest swell up with happiness.

When you finally pulled away to breathe, you rested your forehead on his. You opened your eyes to find Calum already smiling blissfully at you, his arms moving to securely wrap around your waist. One of your own arms wound around his neck while the other found his chest and your fingers brushed his hair out of his eyes.

"Thanks for coming, Cal," you whispered. Calum only smiled in response, pressing a loving kiss to your nose.