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[iwanttowriteyou]

Something tells me; C.H.

“Is that something that still haunts your mind?” My friend, Juliet, questions as she circles around the kitchen island to take her respectful place next to mine. I shrug my shoulders, still stirring in the pot of spaghetti sauce I was cooking up, waiting for Calum to arrive home.

“I guess so – yeah. Wouldn’t you be? He’s constantly out with these women that he used to date – women that could classify as models, if you have forgotten.” I throw her a look over my shoulder, never stopping my motions of stirring. A tune I recognize softly tumbles from the speakers of the radio and I feel myself start swaying along as I await Juliet’s answer. “Not to kick you off of your pedestal, but one of them is a model.” Juliet sniggers but as soon as she sees me tense up, her sounds falter with each passing second, until it’s completely silent again. “Yeah, that’s exactly what I needed to hear right now. Thanks, Juliet.” My voice resembles a scoff, but I make sure to put a light undertone to it as well. I don’t want my best friend around here to be angry with me.

“But don’t you trust Calum with all your heart? Oh, how many times I heard those words tumbling from your lips.” Juliet sighs dreamily, mockingly also perhaps, but I let it slide. I chuckle heartily as I turn around, leaning against the kitchen cupboards as I see Juliet dunk the last bit of the beer I offered her earlier. “It’s not that – my intuition has been acting crazy lately. I trust Calum, doesn’t mean I have to trust all those other women he rubs shoulders with.” I shrug again, thinking back to all the people he has to – mandatory – hang out with tonight. Something to do with the new up and coming album. I was invited to tag along, but I have never felt more out of place then I felt there, so I usually steered away from such occasions. Otherwise, I tried to support Calum – and the band of course – as much as possible.

The timer for my pasta is ringing throughout Calum’s spacious kitchen and I quickly turn to shut off the heat. “He’s calling you.” I am trying to put on my oven mittens as quickly as I can possibly manage while mumbling my reply to my friend. “He can wait.” I groan as I grasp the boiling pot with both mitten covered hands and rush towards the sink. It’s not that I wanted to ignore him – this really was a bad time.

“Drama queen.” Juliet chuckles as she grasps her jacket from the bar seat she left it on upon entering, fluttering past me again to squeeze my waist and take me in a one-sided hug. “I’ll talk about it with Cal, when I feel the need to talk about it. Don’t worry, nothing going on.” “Other than you being suspicious as fuck and eating yourself alive about this, yeah of course, nothing to worry about.”

“Yes, I love you too. Now scram, I might give Calum a call back and see what he’s up to.” As soon as she’s out the door and I have fixed myself a proper plate – and installed myself in front of the television of course – I scroll through my phone in search of Calum’s contacts.

“Hi babe. You called?” I smile as I shove a bite of pasta past my lips, dropping my fork to skim through the television shows in search for something proper. “Yeah I – can I ask you something?” “What’s so important it couldn’t wait until you got home?” I laugh heartily, mouth still full of food.

“We’re not at the end of our road, are we?” His tone goes into a whisper and the voices in the background fade, implying he has secluded himself from the rest of the company for the evening. I frown but don’t respond immediately, slowly putting my fork back onto my plate. “What makes you think that?” Eventually I respond shortly. “I have been talking to the other boys about us lately – and you’ve been acting distant –“ He starts stammering and my heart almost aches when I feel the pain he appears to be in. I quickly try to cut him off. “Calum – “ But he is quick to do the same. “Please, don’t try and deny it. You have. And well, they thought you’re acting strange because I did something wrong – or multiple things – about because of that, well, I don’t know how to explain this –“

It stays quiet for a long time – maybe I do wait a bit too long before I scrape my throat. As that sound travels through the receiver, I hear Calum let out a breath he had been holding. He might have thought I hung up on him.

“It’s just some insecurities from my side Calum, and a lot of personal issues as well. It hasn’t really got anything to do with you, so stop rambling, and stop worrying.” I change the tone of my voice, trying to sound as soothing as possible – before shoving another bite past my lips. He was receiving caviar, I had to eat too. “I’m coming home.” It’s short, it’s sudden, and it sounds like there is no reasoning with him. Which wouldn’t surprise me. “Why?” I dare to question, although I know it might take a whole other turn if he takes my word the wrong way. “Because I have to see your face while you say that.” He sighs out, sounding defeated for some – to me – unknown reason. I swallow loudly as I discard my meal completely, pulling my legs against my chest for comfort. “Do you think I’m lying?” I’m kind of upset with this choice of words, and as soon as the words leave my lips I know Calum will notice my emotions – rather easily. “Something tells me you’re upset with me and I can see that in your eyes.” I sigh.

“I’ll see you in a few then.” I dismiss him, not very happy with him because he shouldn’t ditch some party – or get together as he called – for something that could’ve been talked about in the morning as well.

I decide to change into my night gown, something Calum had gifted me for my birthday and glide back onto the sofa, waiting for my boyfriend’s return. A few minutes pass, and then, I hear the door click. His loud, stomping footsteps resonate through the otherwise silent house.

“Y/n? Y/n?” I raise to my feet and slowly walk towards him, leaning up to press my lips briefly to his cheek. “So you saw me now. Everything alright?” I joke, walking away, back towards the sofa.

“I can concentrate while you’re standing here naked.” Calum just murmurs, slowly trailing behind me. His words make me stop in my tracks. “If you so desperately want to talk, I’ll get dressed then.” I turn around to walk down the hall, but Calum’s voice stops me in my tracks – momentarily. “No, no. I thought about everything in the car, and I trust that what you say to me, is how you really feel. I’m constantly busy, no wonder you might be upset with me. But I am completely honest when I tell you I have never experienced love as I did in this relationship.”

“You’re such a sap. I think I might cry.” I laugh brightly in his direction, toying with the hem of my dress as I bite my bottom lip. “So want to hang out on the sofa and watch some Netflix?” I offer, taking a few steps down the corridor to the bedroom.

“I’m sure I can think of something more fun.” Calum grins evilly before he quickly jogs after me. A shriek flows past my lips as he lifts me into the air and carries me off towards our bedroom.

[iwanttowriteyou]

All I Wanted; C.H. 30

part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7, part 8, part 9, part 10**, part 11*, part 12*, part 13, part 14, part 15**, part 16, part 17, part 18, part 19, part 20, part 21, part 22, part 23, part 24, part 25, part 26, part 27**, part 28, part 29

A/N: Hello lovely people,

This is the last part of All I Wanted. I had a blast writing this and I want to thank you all for the kind words regarding this story (or any other of course). It’s been a fun way for me to make fun of my disastrous love life and I’m glad you’ve accepted me with such open arms.

Enjoy the last part,

Lots of love,  L. xox

“I’ll see you later love.” I smile into the receiver as I bid Calum goodbye. Calum didn’t want to end things, but that didn’t mean that Meredith had let things go. Two, almost three weeks had passed and I hadn’t heard from my best friend since. I would feel betrayed too, but I would appreciate it if she could at least try to be happy for me. She said so herself – Calum had changed since we started hooking up, and it had only gotten better now that I was his girl.

“Of course, babe. I’ll phone you later.” Calum answers before I hear the click and the annoying tune, indicating our telephone conversation had ended. I slide my phone back into my pocket as I let my gaze wander back to the make-up articles in front of me. I had decided to treat myself with a little shopping spree and my first stop was new eyeshadow and lipstick.

“Y/n…”

I freeze in my spot when I hear her voice, clutching the eyeshadow I had taken off of the rack in my fist. I slowly turn my head and raise my eyebrows when I see a nervous Meredith staring at me with the tiniest of smiles of her lips. “Uh, hi?”

“Hi. Uh – it’s been a while.” She mumbles and I refrain myself just in time from scoffing as I avert my gaze from hers. It hadn’t been my choice to let it ‘have been a while’. I wouldn’t go all out and say I wasn’t in the wrong because I clearly was, and I was aware of that, but Meredith not answering any of my calls or texts was a ball that was in her court.

“Yeah, I guess.” I mutter back, dropping the eyeshadow back in its original place while I focus on another part of the aisle, hoping to get away soon before we’d starting fighting again.

“Do you – uh, do you have time for a chat?” I turn completely, my whole body facing hers as I watch her rather tentative posture. Normally Meredith was filled with confidence – a bit too much if you asked me, it leaned more towards arrogance sometimes – but now she was a trembling mess. I guess it had done her worse than it had done me. On the other hand, I had Calum supporting me whenever I had a mental breakdown about this friendship.

“Now?” I am kind of perplexed to run into her here – although the city wasn’t that large, you never ran across someone around here. And I know Meredith had purposely been avoiding me these past days. I cross my arms across my chest, still not quite sure what she desires of me – and right now I wish I could call Calum and ask for his advice.

“Okay look, I’m sorry Y/n. I overreacted I know that and if you decide to not be friend anymore that’s fine by me, seems a bit impossible though with all the –“ I scrape my throat to stop her rambling. She takes a few seconds to recollect herself before she speaks again. “Let’s talk this out, please? Over a cup of coffee?”

“Okay, fine.” The nerves have slowly dissipated knowing that she isn’t here to yell furiously at me some more, but rather to talk it out among friends. That doesn’t mean all of the nerves are gone yet though, seeing as how this could easily turn out into a complete disaster – something that had happened multiple times in our friendship over the years.

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I had laid my cards out on the table, telling her everything that had happened in the past three months, skipping on some of the passionate details but emphasizing how I felt about Calum from the start. I wanted her to know that this wouldn’t be some fling that would tear our friendship apart. If Calum and I ever decided to part ways, I wasn’t planning on staying away from the Hood residence all together. Meredith was still my best friend and I wasn’t planning on changing that anytime soon.

“So… It was you Calum asked me advice about?” Meredith questions for the second time since our first cup of coffee and this conversation started. It had gotten a lot better than I expected and I weren’t one to complain.

“I guess so, that I don’t know. If it were anyone else he wouldn’t have gotten a second chance, let alone a third one.” I laugh wickedly, finishing off with an awkward ‘ah’ at the end as our conversation falls back to silence. “Well, if we’re being honest with one another…” Meredith starts off and I feel my eyes widening as I bite my bottom lip.

“I think if Luke and I didn’t talk, I wouldn’t have spoken to you ever again.” Meredith starts stirring her cup absentmindedly as she tries to avoid my gaze. “Luke caught us, I didn’t plan on him knowing.” I start defending myself, but Meredith shuts me up with a sigh.

“I know. He told me. He also told me you both seemed smitten about each other and I would be a bad friend and a bad sister if I at least didn’t support two of such important people in my life.” I smile when I realize it’s the first time she has voiced her approval of me dating Calum.

“I’m glad you’re not pissed at me anymore. I really need my best friend to gossip with.” I laugh as I grasp Meredith’s hand and give it a firm squeeze. “I missed you too.”

“Are you seeing Calum today?” Meredith asks as she waves at the waiter for our check. I still feel kind of awkward answering any question about her brother but she really seems like she wants to keep being my best friend, so I have to be honest with her like I was before.

“Yeah, I was supposed to meet him later.” I push a few coins towards Meredith to cover my drinks and get up to put on my coat. “Oh, we should hang out later, I’ll ask Michael too.” I am reluctant to agree, but if I want to keep these charades up there is nothing else I can say besides “Oh, okay. That sounds great.” My smile is not genuine and I think she notices, but her smile is even more forced that I imagine mine displays. “I’ll see you later then.” I press my lips against her cheek and walk out of the bar.

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“What a surprise to see you here so soon.” Calum grins at me, clad in only his boxer shorts as he leans down to greet me with a kiss. The kiss is shortened as I pull away and push past Calum to be indoors. “I ran into Meredith right after I spoke to you. We talked.”

“Oh?” Calum smiles as he closes the door and lets his arm snake around my waist. “You don’t seem surprised.” I state, absentmindedly dragging my fingers along Calum’s exposed arm, pressing my back against his solid chest. “Not really, no.”

I hum, turning around in his arms as he starts kissing my neck again. “Calum…”

“I saw her in the morning. We talked things through. It would be a nick of time before she spoke to you too.” Calum hums contently as he pushes me backwards, towards the stairs, while I struggle against him. “Why didn’t you say anything?”

“Because I wanted to talk to you about this personally, not over the phone. Now…” Calum grins as he presses his lips against mine feverishly, my eyelids immediately fluttering closed. I enjoy the moment, Calum’s hand roaming along my back before they rest on my bum, which they give a firm squeeze.

“Calum?” Our make-out stops when we hear Meredith’s voice from the kitchen. We part ways and step aside when the kitchen door opens and reveals Meredith, Michael behind her.

“Oh hey. Didn’t know you would be here.” Meredith smiles awkwardly, a grin we reciprocate. It’s quiet for just the longest second and I breathe a sigh of relief as Michael speaks up. “Hey, wanna hangout? I brought my guitar.” He motions to the large pack on his back and I know it’s more towards Calum but I’m thankful he decides to break the tension. I wouldn’t be surprised if he had no clue what was going on and how badly he had helped us out just now.

“Yeah, of course, I’ll get some pants on.” Calum grins at me before he jogs up the stairs and leaves me there to awkwardly smile at Meredith as Michael disappears from sight. Meredith turns around and motions for me to follow her and I do so without a word.

“Want anything?” She motions to the fridge and I shrug my shoulders, indicating I didn’t mind whatever she gave me. I’m handed a beer and follow her outside, Michael already soaking up the cool spring sun.

Calum joins us soon after and takes a seat beside me. He doubted at first, clearly contemplating if it were okay to sit beside me with his sister around. He settles for his hand on my knee, a completely ignorant gesture but something so huge to where we came from.

It’s awkward, and even that’s an understatement, but I have absolutely nothing to talk about. The last few weeks had been revolving around the guy beside me, and I wasn’t going to tell my dirty little secret to Meredith – in hopes of reconciling, of course – with the male of said stories right beside me.

“I’ve invited Luke as well; hope you don’t mind.” Michael states absentmindedly, tweaking the strings of is guitar. My eyes are glued to the neck of the musical instrument but inside I’m grinning brightly. I could talk to Luke, my new found friend, and this awkwardness would all go away.

It were a few quiet, very quiet six minutes. As I hear the fence click, indicating Luke’s arrival, I almost want to fly out of my seat and go greet him up front – almost. Calum’s hand on my knee is the only thing stopping me right now. It would look quite weird if I were so giddy to meet my boyfriend – it still tastes sweet on my tongue – his best mate.

“Hi guys, what’s up!” Luke yells as he appears in sight, stopping in his tracks as he feels the tension. The air is thick and I won’t deny it. I really want this to work though so I hope Luke plans on being my glue.

“Why are you looking like that Luke? I know.” Meredith smiles coyly as she gazes from Calum’s outstretched arm to Luke’s I-am-trying-to-be-stoic-features. I jump as I hear her voice and hold in my breath as Luke gazes from me to Meredith and back to me before his mouth opens.

“I know that you know. You thought this hiding shit from everyone was bad for you? How do you think it was for me? I am such a blabber mouth; my cat knows everything!” Luke stammers hysterically, pointing at Calum and I, drawing laughs out of all of our mouths.

Thank you for being my glue. I mentally thank Luke, smiling brightly at him as he winks at me. “Glad it worked out for you, little one,” Luke ruffles my hair and drops down beside me, “Although I am disappointed in you two. You could show some more love, I know you have it in you!”

You would think Luke would make things awkward again, but Meredith grins brightly – genuinely, not forced this time – as Calum gazes from her to me. Calum leans over to press his lips against my cheek and Luke ‘ooh’s like a little girl, clapping his hands like a retarded seal.

“I am so happy we’re done from keeping shit from our friends.” Luke sighs as he takes a swig from my beer, a loud scoff passing my lips as he does so. He is right. I’m elated as well.

“You’re right.” Meredith grins and lifts her glass, ushering us to toast. I look around and see Luke smugly grin as he holds my beer up to the middle of the table, a pout present on my lips. “Well I don’t have a drink to toast with, not anymore at least.”

Calum’s arm winds around my waist and easily slides me from my seat at the table onto his lap, pushing his beer into my hands as his hands rest on my waist. “Use mine.” “One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life; friendship.” Luke grins, probably amazingly proud that he came up with such a sophisticated quote.

“Isn’t that love instead of friendship?” Meredith grins as she raises an eyebrow at a non-suspecting Luke who starts chuckling loudly after. “Laughter is the shortest distance between people.”  

I slap his shoulder lightly as I shake my head, “Stop it!”, rolling my eyes before I let them scan over my friends. He had a point there, though. Laughter brings people together and maybe without knowing, maybe not, Luke had glued one of the first little pieces of this back together. A nice set of friends, a loving boyfriend and my best friend back at my side. I guess I got all I wanted.

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