Love is an Act of War

I wake up to the bright sunlight shining through the trees and into my eyes. I move over a little bit and notice I'm still lying in Calum's arms. I get up and on the cold wooden bench.

"Calum." I say, shaking his to wake up, "Dude wake up!" I say. He groans and sits up, opening his eyes slowly. When he sees me he smiles.

"Hey." I smile.

"Hi." He says in a raspy morning voice.

"So... Don't you have to go home?" I ask. He shrugs.

"I don't care."

"What's up Calum? Why aren't you going back?" I ask.

He sighs, "Luke... Told me... To not back until I get my act together and stop seeing you."

"Oh." Is all I say. What am I supposed to say? "You should go back." I say, doing my best to not make any eye contact whatsoever with him.

"What?"

"You should go back. I'm going to eventually, so you might as well too. Thanks... though... For staying with me... So I wasn't... Alone." I say, now looking into his deep brown eyes. He nods.

"Of course. Um. So when I leave... We'll be..."

"Nothing." I finish. That one damn word, just broke my heart.He hesitates for a minute.

"Okay.." He squeaks and stands up. "Um. Bye Adria." He mumbles and walks down the street.

I just sigh and walk home, if that's what I can even call it anymore. Once I finally get there, everyone is sleeping besides Alex and Michael, who are sitting at the table. I slowly make my way over to them and look down at them.

"Hey." I mumble.

"Didn't I tell you to leave?" Michael asks, not making eye contact with me. He used to be nice

"What happened... It wasn't my fault." I say slowly.

"I SAW you and Calum behind the school Adria. That kind of slutty-ness isn't allowed here. Especially with my little sister." He says, still not looking at me. I'm HARDLY his sister.

"Uhm. I'm sorry but I didn't do that, HE did all of that, how does that make me a slut?"

"You didn't stop him." Alex mumbles, taking a sip of her coffee. Well, fuck you too.

"Oh yeah? Well a few months ago I heard you and Luke getting PRETTY fond of each other in the janitor's closet if you know what I mean." I say to her, she doesn't look up at me though. Michael's eyes widen and he looks at me.

"Oh, and Mikey, want me to tell everyone about what I saw you doing with-"

"That's enough, Adria. You can come back, but one more slip up and you're out for ever. It's obvious we've all made mistakes here." He says, averting his eyes back to the table. I nod and slowly walk back up to my room, where Ashton lies on my bed. I smile, finally someone nice.

"Hey." I whisper, not to wake up Erika. He sits up a little bit and I sit at the edge of the bed.

"You're back." He smiles. I nod. "So how was the homeless life?"

"Eh. Nothing special." I lie. He can't know about Calum this time.

"Okay. Well. Uhm... A, I'm really sorry for being such an ass the other day."

I shrug, "It's cool."

"And... Well..." He looks up at me, "No never mind."

"Tell me!"

"No, it's fine." He shrugs. He's about to stand up when I pin him down onto the shitty bed.

"Tell me!!" I beg. He laughs and then we both realize I'm sitting on top of him, pinning his arms to the bed. My eyes widen for a second.

"... I like you." He whispers. I get up and sit back down at the edge of the bed.

"Oh." I say. I'd never admit it in a million years, but no, I like Calum.

"Yeah... It's okay if you don't like me, it's a weird situation." He chuckles and scratches the back of his neck. My mind is pounding trying to find a way to change the subject.

“So how was it here without me?” I ask.

“Great. I mean, not because you weren't here, but we got a Shadows member.” He smiles. I swear, all of the color in my face must be gone right now.

“Nice, who?” I ask. Please no.

“Luke.”

“Hemmings?”

“Yep.” Shit.

“Where is he?” I ask.

“In the basement. We didn't know where else to put him.” He shrugs.

“Cool. Can I see?” I ask. He nods and gestures towards my door. I take a deep breath as I walk downstairs, and into the basement. Here we go. When I reach the end of the stairs, I see Luke tied up in a metal folding chair in the middle of the room. Gee, how subtle.

“Hey princess.” Luke chokes. I roll my eyes and walk over to him.

“Hey Luke.” I clear my throat awkwardly, “How are you?” What a stupid question. He just smiles up at me, obviously hurting. Knowing my gang, they probably beat him up a bit before bringing him here. Idiots!

“I'm just dandy princess, you?” He asks sarcastically.

“Eh.” I shrug, pulling up a chair and sitting in front of him.

“Aw, is the queen having a bad day?” He pouts.

“Oh I see I got promoted!” I smile, “Are you hungry?” He nods frantically, and I grab crackers from the shelf on the other side of the basement's brick walls. I put the box on his lap and sit back down. He just laughs.

“Uhm, Adria? Hands?” He laughs. I look down at his hands and remember they are all tied up.

“”Oh, here.” I laugh, placing a cracker in his mouth. When he finishes chewing, he smiles at me.

“I misjudged you, sorry.” He says.

I shrug and plop a cracker in my mouth, “It's okay. It's normal.”

“Can I ask you something?” Luke asks, I nod, “Why do you stay here? I mean, Michael treats you like shit, the only people here who like you are Erika and Ashton, and I mean, you're completely under estimated here.” He says. I put another cracker in his mouth.

“I dunno.” I shrug, “I mean, I guess, it's either the devil you know, or the devil you don't know. Everyone picks the devil they know, because at least they know WHAT they're getting, you know?”

He nods slowly, “You should join our gang.”

“No.”

“Why not? It's obvious you and Calum have something going on, you could finally do something about it, you could stand up to Michael, and you wouldn't be treated like a three year old.” He shrugs. I laugh.

“Says the guy who calls me princess.”

“I just think you deserve to be treated like a princess. But not like here, more like a princess with dirt smears on her pink dress. Like a super badass princess.” I lauh and roll my eyes.

“Luke, did you seriously just call me a bad ass princess?”

“Yes, yes I did.” He laughs.

“Well, it isn't like I'm the ONLY one having an affair with the enemy. You and Alex?”

“”Hey, that was STRICTLY a one time thing!”

“Uh huh, sure.” I laugh.

“Why did you come down here?” He asks, attempting at changing the subject. I shrug and stuff another cracker in his mouth.

“I mean, you're Calum's best friend. I don't even get WHY you're here.”

“They're testing you.” He mumbles. I raise an eyebrow. “You know, Michael only knows that Calum got you wet in the back of the school, but Ashton knows everything. You're like a risk. Then you run away, come back, so I think I'm a test. Like to see if you're willing to get dirty with everyone or just Calum specifically.” Oh shit he's RIGHT. Ashton would've never let me down here alone! And normally, someone would be guarding the basement door!

I stand up, “You know how to get out of that rope?” I ask. He shakes his head. I walk up the stairs and stop.

“You have to break your thumbs.” I smirk and walk upstairs to my bed room, where Ashton is sitting on my bed still.

“I can't believe you.” I say, plopping down on the bed with my arms crossed.

“What did I do?” He asks.

“You were testing me!” I yell, throwing my arms to my sides dramatically. His face goes pale. BUSTED.

“A, we were really just trying to make sure-”

“Make sure what?! Make sure that I won't get wet for any male who glances at me?! Make sure I'm not a fucking slut?! Jesus Ashton! I thought you were my friend!” I scream, walking out the door and outside. I'm just so SICK of everyone in this gang.

When I reach the parking lot I usually go to to get high, Calum and two of his gang members come walking over to me. I assume his friends don't know about what we did.

“Hey pretty girl.” Calum smiles and walks further while his friends stay behind. I guess we're supposed to act like... Well, Adria and Calum. I hold onto my knife.

“Hey asswipe.” I say.

“Aw, come on, nothing better than that?” He asks, five inches away from me now.

“Oh, but I saved that one just for you.” I tease. He inches closer.

“So, I think you know what I want.” Calum says.

“Luke?”

“Yep.”

“And why would I give him to YOU?” I ask.

“Because, Adria, you've been a very...” He pulls me in really close so our bodies are touching, “Bad girl.” He whispers hot air into my ear, sending shivers down my spine.

“What're you gonna do about it?” I ask softly. He smirks.

“You have you're knife?”

“Of course I do, Calum.” I say. He smiles and slides his fingers into my ripped skinny jeans. He slides his fingers all along my hips, looking for the knife, before he looks down at my hand.

“Ah.” He whispers, taking the knife from me, and intertwining our fingers. He the cool blade all along my bare arm.

“You wanted to know what I'm going to do about it?” He asks quietly, almost a whisper, making his voice raspy. Fuuuck. I slightly nod. He smirks and then turns back to his friends.

“You can go now.” They nod and walk in separate directions. Weirdos. He turns back to me, grabs my arm, and pulls me into the woods.

He then slams me up against a tree. Hard. I love it. “I want my friend back.” He says seriously, pinning my arms to the tree.

“Hm.” I think for a moment, “No.” I say. He pushes me further into the tree. I laugh. “Calum, you can slam me into a tree all you like, it has no damn effect on me.”

He looks all around my body, “I guess I'll have to try something else then.”

“Guess so.” I smile. He brushes his lips over mine, making me want more. I fucking hate it when he taunts me like that. He pulls back and looks at me, obviously wanting more too, but he's on a mission.

“So?”

I laugh, and lean in as far as I can, with my arms pinned onto the tree.

“Not. Even. Close.” I whisper. Calum shoves me back into the tree again, smashing his lips into mine, which catches me off guard. He slides his tongue all along my lips, making them open. He tongue his tongue all around my mouth, driving me crazy. I moan, badly wanting him to do more, but he just pulls away.

“So, about my friend?” He asks. I smile.

“Nope.”

“Adria, give me Luke back, NOW.” He demands. I smirk.

I lean in as far as I possibly can, “Why, afraid we're going to do something...” I whisper, looking him up and down, and fuck I like what I see, “Dirty?” His eyes widen and he wastes absolutely no time to shove me back into the tree with his lips, removing his hands from my wrists, and wrapping his arms around my waist, keeping me as close to him as possible. By far the best kiss we've ever had. I tug at his hair as he runs a hand up my shirt, I slide my tongue into his mouth, and he moves his hand out of my shirt and onto my hip. I smile against his lips and pull back, desperately not wanting to.

“I win.” I smile, and start walking away. I feel him grab my hand, making me flinch. He places a soft kiss on my lips, “I'll see what I can do about Luke.” I say. He nods and kisses me again.

“At least feed him okay? And talk to him?” He asks, his eyes becoming sad. I've never seen him like this.

“I didn't know Luke was dog.” I laugh.

“Adria... Please. He's my best friend. We're like brothers.” He pleads. I smile.

“Calum, of course I will. I already did earlier today, he's not that bad. I'll take care of him.” He smiles and lets go of my arm, but I grab his arm as he tries walking away. I stare directly into his eyes.

“Calum... Was all of that 'just business'?” I ask. He looks at the ground, and then back at me, with his sorrowful deep brown eyes, filling up my heart.

“... No.”

Notes

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