“They were surprisingly awesome,” she admitted.

Chapter Five

Holdin' On To Black Metal

Harper

Callum and I readied for bed in very little time as we were both drained but also because, I suspect, we were eager to talk. This was one thing I loved about Callum. He was actually interested in things I had to say, something I’d never experienced before and made me feel extraordinarily special.

“You take Charlie’s bed. I’ve made a pallet on his couch.”

“Okay,” I conceded without argument. It would’ve been useless.

I’ve learned that he loves to argue, which I believed falls just short of his love for winning an argument. I climbed the bookcase stairs into the elevated loft. It was open to the living room just below and I could see Callum clearly.

“What are our plans for tomorrow?” I asked him, burrowing my legs beneath the soft sheets.

“Oh, I was thinking the docks. The pay is better and we only have to work for half the hours we would have to for the restaurant for the same pay. It’s slightly harder work. Think you’re up to it?”

“I am.”

“Harper?” He asked.

“Yes?”

“Where did you grow up at?”

“Well,” I said, laying on my back, settling in for a long explanation. I tucked my hands behind my head. “It depends on my age at the time. I really don’t remember any of my foster parents before the age of three or four. I do have memories that fall back father than that, though it’s not so much a visual memory as it is a memory of how I felt.”

“Oh, yeah? Like what?” He asked, laying back as I did. The lights from the city cascaded through the window next to his body, creating deep shadows over his muscles, making my fists clench beneath my head.

o;I can see that,” she said. “Older’s cool. Except for Sam, though, right?”

“Yeah, Sam’s our age.”

“Mmm, yes.” She cleared her throat. “I know.”

“What?” I furrowed my brows at her.

“Oh, nothing. It’s just...I think Sam may like you.”

“What! What gave you that idea?”

“Well, when we were talking earlier she sort of gave me the impression that I wasn’t to touch you.”

“You’ve got to be kidding me. That is really weird.”

“Why? You’re kind of a catch,” she teased.

That made my chest swell. “No, it’s just that Charlie and Sam are sort of dating.”

“Are they exclusive?”

“No, I don’t think so.”

“Well, that explains it then.”

I was embarrassingly sort of flattered by that but peeved at the same time because she was dating Charlie and although they probably weren’t exclusive, why would Sam all of a sudden take an interest in me? Unless, she’s one of those ‘I want what I can’t have’ sort of girls which are the worst kind of girls. Nothing is less attractive than that quality.

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