The Only Reason || Calum Hood

Chapter 7

"I heard that they have Finding Nemo in 3D..." Aleah trails of.

"I know you want to see it. So we'll go see it." I say and she makes a very happy sound.

"Yay." Is the last thing to be said before we enter the loud theater. I keep my head hidden so no fans will spot me. It's already pretty dark in here, so I should be fine.

"Two tickets for Finding Nemo in 3D please." Aleah says as we reach the head of the que.

"Anything else?" The girl behind the counter asks and looks up at me. Her eyes widen.

"Shhh." I say and she nods silently.

"You're Calum Hood. The Calum Hood from 5 Seconds of Summer."

"Yep. And can we have a large popcorn, two Mountain Dews and...a packet of Maltesers?" I ask, knowing they're Aleah's favourite.

"S-sure. Im a huge fan by the way." She says and gets our food.

"Twenty five dollars please." Aleah takes out her credit card, but I beat her to it.

"Oi, you can't pay for that."

"Watch me." I smirk at her and swipe my card.

"Hope you enjoy your movie. And could I get a picture?" The girl from behind the counter asks, becoming shy.

"Sure!" I say and she smiles widely. She takes her phone out and takes a picture.

"With Aleah too!" She says and Aleah looks at me, confused.

"Ah...yea sure." She says and smiles as the phone takes the camera.

"Thank you!" She smiles and waves goodbye as we walk of to our theater.

"Why did she want a picture with me?" Aleah asks as we sit down and wait for the movie to start.

"I think there's lots of rumors going around saying that we're official." He explains and I laugh.

"We haven't even gone on a date!"

"Tonight, that'll change."

"Shut up Hood. The movie's starting."

***

"THAT WAS AWESOME!" I yell as the theater empties.

"Yea, you where crying when Nemo found his dad."

"Was not!" I complain and he just rolls his eyes.

"Whatever. Now, Im hungry. Lets go get lunch!"

"Food!" We walk out of the movies, laughing at some bad joke Calum said.

We quickly stop at a cute little café for lunch.

"So, what's new?" I ask and he smiles.

"Well...I got a new bass the other day, I called her Betty." I laugh.

"That's an interesting bass name Calum."

"I think it's hot."

"Yep, sure. Why not." We continue talking, eating and laughing.

The normal.

***

"Calum, crap, I can't-shit, ice-skate." I struggle as he glides across, smirking.

"You need any help?"

"Duh." He smirks and places his hands around my waist.

"I think this will help." He whispers into my ear, giving me goose-bumps. In a good way.

"O-ok." I stutter and we start to skate around the rink. "I think Im getting the hang of it!"

"That's great! Lets play tag." He skates away.

"Calum! Lil' shit." I mutter and somehow manage to skate around the rink.

"Aleah's it!" Calum screams, earning glares from people around him.

"Calum," I whine. "I can't catch you."

"You sure?" He asks from behind me, making me jump slightly in shock.

"You're annoying Hood."

"Thanks, I try." He says, his warm brown eyes looking right at me.

"You do really well then." I whisper.

He leans in and our lips meet. I I tense up from shock but that melts when I start to kiss him back. I lock my arms around his waist as his hands meet my waist.

I almost slip, but his hold keeps me from falling. I giggle into the kiss.

"Am I really that bad?" He asks as we part.

"No, that was nice." I mentally scream at myself for saying just nice. What about perfect, amazing?

"Good," He says and kisses me again.

He goes from soft to more passionate, like he was sharing all of his emotions through one kiss.

In the pit of my stomach, something felt right for once.

And the ice around my heart melted.