Imagines and One-Shots (Book Three)

Prompt Blurb #1: Calum Hood (Part 1)

prompt: "i used your pics to catfish someone, and since they bought me a laptop... you have a date with them tomorrow."

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The text you'd received from your cousin – 'Please call me right now!! It's an emergency!!" – wasn't one you were expecting, to be honest. You and Maisie were incredibly close all throughout growing up, and you didn't really get to see each other as often as you'd like to these days. So when you got that message, you understandably thought something terrible had happened.

"What's wrong?" you asked the moment her phone stopped ringing once she'd answered your call, "Is everyone okay? Did something happen?"

"No, we're all fine," Maisie assured you, causing you to sigh in relief.

"Then what's with the 911?" you shook your head despite the fact that she couldn't see you.

"Well... You know that guy I've been talking to? The one I met on Twitter?"

"Calum?" you asked.

"Yeah, him," she confirmed, "Uh... He wants to Skype with me..."

"Okay..." you trailed off, "Well, you've been talking to him for like, six months – it's only natural that he'd wanna see you."

"Yeah... There's a bit of a problem with that though..."

"Like...?"

"Well... The first time he asked me to Skype with him, I told him that I didn't have a webcam – which wasn't entirely untrue because mine was broken – but um... He... He bought me a new laptop..."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa," you breathed out in surprise, "He did what?"

"Yeah..." you could hear her shy smile, "I told him not to, but he insisted... Bought it for me anyway... I just got it in the mail this morning..."

"Whoa," you repeated, otherwise speechless.

"But that's not the problem..."

"What do you mean?"

"I haven't exactly been honest with him..."

"Maisie, what are you-"

"I've been using your pictures instead of mine..." she admitted, "And since I used yours to catfish someone, and since he bought me a laptop... You have a date with him tomorrow..."

"Absolutely not," you stated dryly, causing Maisie to whine.

"Y/N, please?!" she pouted into her phone, "I need your help!"

"Why would you use my photos?!" you exclaimed, "Didn't you think he was going to want to Skype at some point?!"

"Yeah, I just... I thought I'd confess by now or I'd just stop talking to him..." she started chewing on her inner cheek.

"So confess now!"

"But then he'll hate me forever!"

"Well, that's your own fault, Mais!" you shook your head, "Once he Skypes this one time, he's going to want to do it more, and I won't always be able to cover for you!"

"I know!" she whined again, "But I'll just tell him I'm busy!

"Maisie-"

"Please, Y/N?!" she begged, "I really like him!" You let out a deep sigh, putting your free hand on your face for a moment.

"Fine, I'll do it," you caved, "But you owe me big time for this."

"Thank you!" she squealed happily, "I promise I'll do whatever you ask me to! You're a lifesaver!"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah," you grumbled, unable to shake the feeling that you were going to regret this.

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The next day, you sat in front of your computer – Maisie's Skype log-in information all ready so you were on her account – and bounced your leg in anticipation. Maisie had given you the run-down on who Calum was – how old he was, what day his birthday was, that she always calls him 'Cal' instead of 'Calum', what his likes and dislikes were, what he liked to talk about, what topics to avoid, his sister's and parents' names, where he lived; everything – so you weren't going in blind.

Your heart honestly ached for this man though.

Calum thought he was going to be talking to someone who already knew all of these things about him and who he shared all his secrets with, but you had no idea who he was or even something as simple as his middle name before Maisie told you. From hearing her talk about him during phone calls with her, Calum seemed like such a sweet guy, and it made you feel physically ill that Maisie could just lie to him like this.

Your heart felt like it was going to leap out from your throat when the Skype ringtone started playing, Calum's username popping up on the screen. You took a deep breath, letting it ring a couple more times before finally accepting the call.

"Mais!" Calum beamed, "You look even more stunning on Skype than you do in pictures!"

"Still look like me though," you chuckled shyly, "Hi, Cal. How are you?"

"Had a bit of a rough day," he admitted, "But I'm better now that I get to actually see you." You let out a soft breath. "How are you?" he returned the question.

"I'm good," you nodded, "Happy to finally be able to do this – even though I told you not to buy me a laptop for it."

"Come on – I told you it was no problem," he grinned, "But I hope we get to see each other in person soon."

You gave him a weaker smile, "Me too, Cal."

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prompt used from this list: http://memesandthings.tumblr.com/post/150074519132/text-message-starters-send-one-of-the-prompts

i dont really like my other calum catfish au so i decided to write the first prompt for him!!!! this was a lot longer than i was hoping for, but i actually really like the way it turned out. 

i hope you all liked the first installment of the prompt series!!!! i decided that instead of writing every prompt on one list, i'm just going to write a prompt i see that i really like, so it could be all from one or only one or a few!!!!

also, i'm not sure what to title these things (i don't really want to come up with titles like i usually do for full-length imagines tbh) so if you have something in mind, let me know!!!!