Only God knows how much I meant every word I said...

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I sigh and turn around again.
It's 3 in the morning and I can't sleep.
Thinking about Christmas.
I mean, with who am I gonna celebrate it? Charlie is with Ashton. The rest doesn't celebrate it. Kenzie hates me... And Calum... Well.. It's complicated.


Suddenly my phone rings.
3am. My phone rings. This better be urgent.
"L?" I hear Charlie.
"What's wrong?" I grumble.
"Did I wake you?"
"No, I wasn't asleep yet. What's wrong?"
"Ashton and I are at the forest nearby... But I hear Dean and the rest coming this way... They're still pretty far away, but there coming our way. We don't know where to go. If they find us, they'll kill Ashton and probably me for being not loyal."
"Tell Ashton to call Calum, I'm on my way."
"But Cal-"
"He knows."
I hang up and run out of the house.


I run all the way through the forest until I hear Dean.
I hear him grumble something and hear Dylan and Emily agree.
"Hello?!" I yell and they're quiet.
Those son of a bitches.
"Dean! I can hear you!" I roll my eyes.
I run in the way the talking came from and see them standing not so far from where Charlie and Ashton are.
"Hey!" I pretend to be surprised.
"Lana, what are you doing here?" Dean frowns.
"I'll take her home." Dylan lays a hand on my back and kisses my forehead.
"No, I'm here with Charlie." I smile.
"With Charlie?"
"Yeah, night hunting."
"Where is Charlie?" Dean asks.
I spot Calum behind a tree, nearby the place where Ashton and Charlie are still waiting.
"Uhh, this way.. I'll take you there." I go the other way.
"Not necessary, you go home, we'll find Charlie."
Dean stands with his back to Calum while he makes his way over to Ashton.
"I'm not going home without Charlie. Who do you think I am?" I roll my eyes.
"Go. Home."
"No. No."
"C'mon princess, I'll take you home." Dylan carefully places another kiss against the side of my head.
"No, I wanna stay." I whine.
"Princess..." He sighs.
"Please?" I pout.
He looks at Dean.
Dean shakes his head and Dylan sighs.
He kisses me softly and I rest my arms on his shoulder.
When I let go I can just see how Calum looks at me before taking Ashton away. I swear that I saw a flash of disgust and jealousy cross his eyes, but that could also be my way too imaginary brain.
"C'mon, I'll take you to Charlie." I smile and take Dylan's hand.
We walk to Charlie.
"You see. Night hunting." I say and wink at Charlie.
Dean's eyes scan the surroundings.
"Yeah, maybe it's better if we go home. We don't want them to worry about us." Charlie mumbles more to me.
I nod my head but Dean shakes his head.
"Nah, you stay here and do whatever you want. It's okay, we know where to find you know." He says and turns around.
"I'll be home soon." I smile softly at Dylan and he smiles back.
I kiss him softly.
"You got me a little worried when you rejected me at school." He smirks before placing another kiss on my lips.
"I have no idea what you're talking about." I smirk back.


When they're gone I sigh.
"I guess Dylan still doesn't know about Calum." Charlie guesses.
"He doesn't need to know."
She sighs.
"There's no convincing you, is there?"
"Nope, he doesn't need to know. He won't know."
She nods her head.
"If you say so."


A little later we hear people walking our way.
We stand up and I see Calum and Ashton walking our way.
My first reaction is to reach for my gun, but I stop. They're not here to hurt us.
Ashton is beaten up. Blue eye, bleeding lip and nose, bruises and redness all over his face.
Charlie runs to him and he falls down. She stops when Calum points a gun at her.
I jump in front of her.
"Don't you dare." I growl.
"Apologise." Calum turns to Ashton.
"I'm sorry.." Ashton manages to get out.
"For?" Calum grabs his hair, making him look up to me.
"For bringing you in danger.." His eyes shut from the pain.
I sigh and sit down in front of Ashton.
"Hey.. It's okay.." I carefully look at his wounds.
"Ashton.." Charlie breathes as she sits next to him and pets his hair.
"It's worth it.." He mumbles and he shots her a smile.
Tears appear in her eyes.
I stand up and glare at Calum.
"Did you have to do that?" I sigh.
"What?" He lifts his shoulders.
"Beat him up like that!"
"He deserved it."
"I don't know what's your definition of deserved then."
Calum sighs.
"He brought you, Charlie, himself and me in danger. He deserved it."
"No, he didn't. I brought myself in danger and so did you. They didn't command us to come here, they asked. We had a choice. And for himself and Charlie.. They choose to come here, taking all the risks with them."
He looks at me and then to Ashton who's now snuggled up against Charlie's chest. Then he sighs again and shakes his head.
"So if there's someone who needs to apologise, then it's you." I finish.
"He didn't told me." Calum mumbles, knowing he's losing but trying anyway.
"Because they were afraid of your reaction. You told me that yourself and that you didn't had any trouble with that or with their relationship."
He sighs again.
"Can you just stop making me feel guilty?" He whispers in my ear.
"You should feel guilty."
He looks at Ashton.
"Ash..." He begins.
Ashton looks up to him.
"I- I'm... I'm uhh..." He looks at me for help and I just nod my head.
"I'm... I'm sorry... For beating you up.... You didn't... You didn't deserve that." He stutters.
"Awh, I knew you could apologise." I smile and kiss him on his cheek.
When I realise what I did, I quickly take a step back.
"Apology accepted." Ashton smiles.
"So, what are you gonna do for Christmas?" Ashton asks to me.
"Nothing. Charlie is with you so..." I shrug.
"But you can come too."
"Hey hey hey.." Calum comes between us.
"I only will accept your apology if they can come." Ashton says to Calum.
Calum glares at Ashton.
"Fine. They can come." He grumbles.


I'm standing in front of the mirror, giving my outfit a second thought.
"You look beautiful." Charlie comes into my room.
"So do you, all dressed up for Ashton." I tease.
She smirks back.
"Can't wait to see Calum's reaction on your dress." She teases.
"Like I care." I roll my eyes and grab my phone.
"Well, I'm happy that I could dress you again."
"And I'm happy that you took decent colours this time."
She smirks and I grab my purse.
"Ready?" She asks.
"Let's sneak out." I smirk.



Along the way to the front door I grab my gun, just in case.
Charlie lifts her eyebrows.
"Only in case. You won't see it for the whole evening." I say, putting it under my petticoat.


We walk to their house and I knock.
"Sweaty hands?" She smirks.
"We're about to have dinner with our rivals. Not at all." I smirk back.
Ashton opens and he smiles when he sees us.
"You're here." He smiles and let's us in.
"Barely." I whisper to Charlie and she giggle as she kisses Ashton.
"Dinner is almost ready." Ashton smirks.
"You actually cook?" I lift my eyebrows.
"Of course, what did you thought?"
"Uhh.. I don't know... Always ordering pizza?"
"Well you think of us so low.." He teases.
"You're rivals, we're supposed to be thinking low of you."
He smirks and we walk into the living room.


Calum is sitting with his phone in his hands and Michael and Luke are playing a video game.
I see Ashton whispering something in Calum's ear, making him look up to glare at Ashton and then turning his gaze to me. I see that his eyes go up and down my body several times, but I focus on the game that the other two are playing.
Ashton smirks and winks at me before disappearing into the, what I think is the kitchen.
I'm trying to figure out what that means when Charlie whispers.
"Thank you for coming with me, I wouldn't know what I needed to do without you."
"Then you should be grateful that I'm here with you." I smirk and sit down on the couch.
She sits down next to me. We watch the game until Ashton announces that dinner can be served.
"I'll just go to the bathroom." I whisper to Charlie, leaving to the bathroom.
She nods her head and makes her way to the kitchen with the others.


When I come back I see that the only chair left is next to Calum.
Of course.
I pretend like I didn't notice and sit down next to him.
"So, how's life at hell?" Ashton begins.
"Like we're gonna tell you." I roll my eyes.
Charlie nudges me and I look up.
"What? This is great and all, the food is wonderful, but they're still the rival gang." I say.
"Then why are you here?" Ashton asks.
"Because..." I stop realising why I'm here.
I sigh.
"Because I want to find a reason to trust you." I mumble.
"And Calum having a crush on you isn't good enough?" He lets it slip and cover his mouth the next second.
Calum's head shoots up and glares at Ashton.
"I didn't-... I didn't mean to...." Ashton begins but Calum stands up and walks away.
I slowly lay down my fork and look at Charlie who looks back at me.
"I'm sorry.. I didn't mean to.. I didn't want to.. I'll go talk to him." Ashton stands up and Charlie holds his arm.
"Are you crazy?! Do you want him to beat you up again? If he wants to talk then I'm sure that he'll come to you." She says.
"But-" he protests but gets cut off.
"No." Charlie says.
He looks at me.
I sigh and stand up.
"I'll go talk to him." I walk away.


I find him upstairs in his room, laying on his bed, facing down.
I see that books are ripped apart and laying all around the room. A chair is thrown aside.
"Calum?" I mumble.
I can see that he listen but doesn't answer. I slowly walk forward.
"Hey..." I sit down on his bed.
"Is it... Is it true..? Do-... Do you have a crush on me?" I whisper.
For a few seconds he doesn't do anything and I sigh. I stand up, making my way to the door when I suddenly get turned around and he smashes his lips onto mine.
I instinctively lay my arms around his neck, pulling him closer.
I feel him sigh in relief and lay his hands on my lower back.
He pulls back to catch his breath but keeps me close.
"Does that... Does that answer your question?" He asks.
I nod my head and smile.
"Does this mean that you feel the same?" He smiles.
I nod my head again.
He kisses me again.
"We should probably get back." I mumble.
"After I walked away like that and Ashton said that in front of everyone? Can't we just run away?" He asks.
I shake my head and take his hand a little hesitantly.
"C'mon." I walk out of his room with him following me.


We walk into the kitchen and a silence falls.
I had let go of Calum's hand before we walked in, but I ached for it badly right now.
Calum sighs at the silence and kisses me softly, letting everyone know what happened.
"Finally." I hear Ashton.
We sit down and eat the now cold food.


After we ate the food we walk into the living room.
"Are you staying for the night?" Ashton asks.
"Can't, we don't want Dean to worry about us." I smirk.
"Just call him." Calum shrugs.
"And then what? What do I need to say?"
"Tell him you're staying at McKenzie's for the night."
"He would never approve that."
"You're with Charlie."
I sigh and see Charlie hopefully nodding her head up and down.
I grab my phone and call him.
"Hello?" He picks up.
"Hey Dean. I just thought that I let you know that Charlie and I are staying at Kenzie's for the night."
"Guns with you?"
"Of course."
"Watch out."
"Always."
I hear him sigh.
"Fine then. You can stay."
"Okay, thanks Dean. Goodnight."
"Night."
I hang up and put my phone away.
"That went... Surprisingly easy." I smirk.
"Good." Calum smirks and pulls me close.
He kisses me softly.
"Well, let's call it a night." Ashton yawns.
"Oh, no no no no no, it's Christmas Eve! We're gonna stay up all night." I smirk.
They all look at me and Charlie and I nod our heads.
"It's tradition!" We yell.


So after spending the evening playing several games, Calum and I walk to his room.
"Where do I sleep?" I ask.
"Where do you think?" He chuckles as we walk into his bedroom.
"Unless you got a problem with sleeping in the same bed." He mumbles against my neck and shoulder as he wraps his arms around me.
"Not at all." I smile.
"Good, you can borrow one of my shirts to wear." He walks to his closet.
I nod my head and carefully begin to slip out of my dress, revealing my black lace underwear.
I slip out my heels and see Calum staring at me.
I begin to blush fiercely before my sass returns.
"Like what you see?" I smirk.
He nods his head without thinking and hands me the shirt.
I unfold it and he suddenly takes it back.
"Hey." I protest.
"I don't think that I want you to wear that tonight." He mumbles as he pulls me close.
"What am I supposed to wear then?"
"What about nothing?" He lifts me up and lays me down onto the bed.
I giggle as he climbs on top of me.
He kisses me softly as his hands run up and down my body.
"Calum... Let's just take it slow." I push him back a little.
He looks at me and then nods his head. He hands me his shirt again and I gladly take it.
"Whatever you feel the most comfortable with." He smiles and kisses my forehead.
I smile and snuggle up to him.
Here I lay, in Calum Hood's arms. The leader of my rival gang and now also my boyfriend.
Fucking Fantastic.

Notes

HEHO.

SO I HOPE YOU LIKED THIS LONGER KIND OF CHRISTMAS SPECIAL CHAPTER THINGY ^-^.

AND MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE ❤️❤️ OR HANUKKAH (IDK WHAT YOU CELEBRATE)
I CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS (I'm a freakking Christmas fanatic so..)
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