Safe And Sound.

Chapter 3- Truth telling.
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"He what!?" gasped Rose clasping her hands to her cheeks,
"He kissed me.." I whisper for the 5th time.
"Callum Gould.... Kissed you!" screams Iris to loud for comfort, I lunge across the circle table and clamp my hand to her mouth,
"Ok ok sorry." she mumbles tickling my palm. I let go slowly and glared at her for a second before bursting into a laugh.
"So are you to, like, a serious couple. Like." chimes in Iz,
"Well I don't know... I mean, we kissed but does that make us a couple?"
"Crescent, he said he loved you then snogged you! Nope your just strangers." says Ella sarcastically,
"Oh haha. I need to talk to him don't I?"
"Yep" they all nod in agreement,
"Ok. We both have free period after lunch then art so.... We cab talk then."
"Ok, we'll leave you to yourself now then. See you later, in town maybe?" Iz asks, I nod and they all stand up and leave just as the bell rings in the far side of the cafeteria. Now to face Callum!

"Hey beautiful." says Callum's velvet voice behind me making me jump. I lean backwards into Callum's arms, he leans down and kisses me gently on my forehead.
"Hi, ready for an art lesson?" I ask him as he sits down next to me getting his art book out,
"Do I really need one? I mean you were pretty impressed with my portrait of you?"
"That was beginners luck!" I tease, he opens his book at a fresh page,
"Ok so what's the homework?"
"Umm... Draw a memory I think?"
"Oh yeah, I know what I'm doing" he winks at me, obviously he's doing the moment at the cove,
"Whoa hold up a sec mister! People would find out" I fumble worried,
"And what if they did? It's our life, we're not gonna change for them, if we did. Then we will fight together for our rights again"
"Very poetic. Come on let's start, your right who cares? It's out life!" I smile and start showing him different techniques, after awhile Callum's pick up the general gist.
I start to sketch out mine.
"What are you doing?" Callum asks peering over my shoulder,
"A year ago, I had a pet snowy owl. Legal don't worry. Mum and Dad gave it to me for my 17 birthday. They died 3 months after. Her name was Ripple, she got shot sadly. We were out flying, farmer mistook her for a wild one."
I remember that day clearly, how I watched her fall limply to the ground.
"Oh, Crescent sorry to hear that."
"It's ok. I'm hoping I can save up for a new owl, it's my birthday in.... 3 months!" I exclaim excited,
"I know, solstice baby. 21st December"
"Stalker.." I laugh at him, he eventually joins in getting that it was a joke. I look deep into his eyes, it feels like I'm lost it the deep black bottoms of the sea. He's perfect in every way, I just hope that he loves me as much as I do him.
"I can't believe this. " says Callum still locked with my eyes.
"Hmm?"
"Me and you, I've never had the courage to talk to you."
"Well, one of us had to say something sooner or later" I shrug not letting our eyes slipping away from each other. We both lean in and our lips meet, for the second time. Our arms wrap around each other. I smile against Callum's lips which he picks up on and smiles back. I've been waiting for this, for what seems like a lifetime.
"Go get a room you two!" shouts a voice, we jolt away from each other and see my maths teacher, Mr Bird. Smiling at us and laughing.
"Come on" Callum picks up my book for me and carries it all the way to our art class. We're there early and Miss says that we can finish our homework. I go and sit in my little place in the corner of the room.
"Miss, can I sit next to Crescent. She's helping me with my art work. James won't mind sitting next to Maddie" asks Callum,
"Of course! Anything for art!" Callum mouths something to me with I think is cyco.... Talking about Miss.
He comes and sits next to me, his art is half finished, it looks like a picture of the moment when we had our first kiss. My hair's wrapped around my neck and Callum's cheek. His arms are placed gently against my hips while mine are desperately folded into his hair. We look like we've just seen the live of our life, and done that movie thing where they run to each other and don't let go until the end. I hope that it can stay like that with us?
"That's amazing." I comment lost in swirling memories.
"Yours ain't that bad either"
"Thanks. No where near finished though" I look down at mine,
I'm sat face away with a large owl perched gently on my shoulder. I'm over looking the deep sea, I'm sitting on a small hill edge which is covered with small white flowers.
I feel like I'm at the moment in time looking at myself looking at the future in front of me.
"It's finished though." says Callum breaking my train of thought,
"Oh I know. Nothing could match that moment exactly though, I can't twist it. Memories don't change."
"True. Well I'm gonna show Maddie my masterpiece!"
"Hmm... Prepare to loose all your friends."
"I only need you. Your my friend." this brung a deep warmth in the pit of my stomach,
"Thanks, but you need friends. But I'm sure they'll respect your decision..."
"I hope so."
Maddie walks in with a babble of girls, she spots Callum sitting next to me when she gets to her chair (alone now)
"Why are you sitting next that weirdo?"
"She's not weird" snaps back Callum, under the table my hand grasps to his tightly,
"What? Your sticking up for her?"
"Yeah got a problem with that?" Maddie composes herself with a slightly offended expression.
"No.." she whispers,
"What do you think of my artwork?" he passes it to Maddie who reluctantly takes it, she scans it carefully,
"Yeah it's good! Wait-who's this?" she looks over at Callum and then at me, I look into her eyes and she gasps dramatically,
"Better believe it. Crescent and me." Callum places his arm around my shoulder gently,
"You- your going out with Crescent!?" she practically screams, all of the class looks up and looks straight at us.
"Yeah, it's my life." Miss looks up and smile at us two.
"You can leave now! As long as you hand in your work." Miss says. As we're doing GCSE's we can leave as soon as we're finished. I sling my bag over my shoulder, hand my work to Miss and literally run out the class. I know that Callum's probably right behind me, with Maddie right behind him.
Well that was humiliating.