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Wishing On The Stars {c.h}

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"Hey," Calum says. "How 'bout we go... Paintballing." I stare at him through my puffy eyes, the tears make him blurry, but I can tell by his voice that he is serious.
"Really, it'll cheer you up."

"I-I really don't know how to, like, paintball."

"I'll teach you. It'll be a.. boyfriend-girlfriend thing." Hold up. Did he just confirm that we're dating? I've never really had a boyfriend before, of course I had some during middle school, but, I mean real relationships. Calum raises his eyebrows up and down, and to be honest, that's just a bit seductive.

For some reason, I forget all about Jenna and Ashton. I push myself up and wipe my tears with my dress. "Okay."

Calum smiles and gets up to his closet. My heart skips a beat when I see him begin to pull off his shirt. Oh fuck.. His white NASA shirt comes off, revealing some tattoos. He is quite fit for someone his age, but not, like, wrestler size. Calum throws his shirt into his closet, not bothering to hang it up before turning around.

He catches me staring at him. I try to look away but can't, I've never seen him shirtless before. I wonder why he never has been.

"Do you always stare at Jenna when she changes?" He questions.

I feel my cheeks turn hot. "No.." Well, she doesn't turn me on. I pull my eyes away from the sight, but I can still see him put on a maroon colored shirt from the corner of my eye. A part of my really wanted him to take off his pants as well, but he didn't. Unfortunately. "Well, I can't wear this to go paintballing." I stare down at the dress I borrowed from Jenna.

"You can borrow my clothes." He says as he digs into his closet and picks out some sweats and T-shirt, oversize for me. At least I wore Keds instead of flats.

I pick up the clothes off the bed and look around the room for a private place. I was about to head over to the bathroom when Calum said, "Don't go in there!" He chokes a bit. "It-it has -- boxes in it." He hesitates. "I just moved in so I still need to unpack. There are some bathrooms right outside the hallway, so, I can go there." I want to ask where he takes a shower then, but I didn't feel like continuing and argument again. If he doesn't want me in the bathroom, than whatever.

"Umm.." I mumble, looking around again. "Can you unzip me?"

"Yeah." He reaches over and pulls my hair around to my side. His fingers are not so cold actually against my back. The dress' zipper goes right down to above where my underwear is. His fingers run down my spine, along with the zipper, sending goosebumps all over my body. After he does that, he turns around giving me privacy.

I slid it down my sides and quickly pull on his sweats. They are a bit big, but they fit well. I stare down at my bra. Which is white with black birds on them. Very Tris Prior-y, don't you think?

"You done?" Calum calls out. I snap back to reality and quickly pull on the shirt. "Yeah!"

Calum turns around. "Damn." He comments. "My shirt looks really hot on you. Let's go." He exits first, with me dragging behind.

"Captain America? Really?" I joke, staring at the shirt.

"Hey, don't judge my style, Little Miss Tumblr-Queen." He smiles before running out to the parking lot. Okay, let's do this.