Wouldn’t Miss A Chance {CH} 5
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SOPHIE HATED CAMPING and hiking and really anything to do with being and sleeping outdoors. She didn’t have to go camping with the guys, but what else was she going to do? Stay home alone all weekend and be bored? Being home alone sounded tempting, it really did, but spending time with Ashton and his friends sounded more fun. Even if it did involve sleeping in the wilderness with no phone service.
“You okay with Calum riding with you?” Sophie halted her actions at the sound of Ashton’s voice behind her. She turned around, seeing Ashton leaning against the doorway with his arms crossed over his chest.
“Why can’t you ride with me?” Sophie went back to packing her small overnight bag with a sigh.
Her and Calum got along, but they were only acquaintances as best, not friends and Sophie wasn’t sure if she wanted to sit in a car for two and a half hours with Calum in her passengers seat. Sophie already felt a small amount of nervousness when Calum was around and she knew it would be magnified if she had to sit, alone, in a car with him.
“I told Luke and Mike I would ride with them.” Ashton sighed and stalked over to his sister. “And plus, it’ll be a good bonding opportunity for you and Cal.”
Sophie let out a breathy laugh. “Yeah, okay.” She zipped her bag and handed it to Ashton so he could load up her car for her. Sophie insisted she would do it herself, but Ashton wouldn’t take no as an answer, always wanting to do everything for his younger sister. “Pretty sure he hates me, Ash.”
“He doesn’t hate you,” Ashton rolled his eyes. “He’s just, kinda hard to get along with once you first meet him, but once you guys are friends you’ll realize he’s actually a pretty nice guy. And funny, too.”
“You makin’ me sound soft, Irwin?” Both Sophie and Ashton looked up at the sound of Calum’s voice coming from the bathroom. Calum was shoving his deodorant and a razor, which he knew he wouldn’t use since he would be in the wilderness, in his small bathroom bag that he took on trips with him.
“You’re as soft as they come, Hood.” Ashton piped back earning a laugh that sounded more like a scoff from Calum. Calum wasn’t soft, he and Ashton both knew that, but there were times where he was soft. Only certain things like his family, friends, and dogs made him seem soft, but other than that? Calum was the complete opposite of soft.
“Me ridin’ with you gonna be a problem?” Calum asked Sophie and she swallowed the small lump in her throat. The way Calum looked at Sophie, the way he sounded when he talked to her, made her nervous and intimidated.
“No,” Sophie shook her head. “No problem at all.”
Sophie’s music played throughout the car and she wanted to sing along, but she knew that Calum would have a snarky remark about her singing voice, so she stayed silent. Stevie Nicks’ voice helped Sophie to forget that she was stuck in a car with Calum, just the two of them, for almost three hours.
“Can I smoke in here?” Calum spoke for the first time after getting into Sophie’s car over an hour ago.
Sophie glanced at Calum seeing the cigarette and lighter already in his hand and she sighed. “Yeah, sure. Just roll the window down.”
Calum did as Sophie said, rolling the window down and blowing the smoke out outside, even though the wind blew it right back in. Sophie didn’t mind when people smoked cigarettes around her, she just didn’t like to smoke them herself, so Calum doing so didn’t bother her. What bothered Sophie, though, was how fucking attractive Calum looked while smoking.
The way he sucked in his cheeks, showing off his amazing jawline and cheekbones, and his lump lips wrapped around the end of the cigarette made Sophie’s insides twist in the best way possible and she hated thinking that way. He was her brother’s best friend, she couldn’t be having those kind of thoughts about him.
“Can we stop somewhere to get food? I’m hungry,” Calum complained. “And I also have to pee.”
“You’re a joy to go on car rides with,” Sophie mused, but she also was hungry and had to pee, she just liked to give Calum shit. Calum scoffed, mumbling something under his breath that Sophie didn’t hear and didn’t care to ask about. “But yeah. We can stop. Where do you want to eat?”
“There’s a rest stop just up the street. Has a Subway in it.”
Sophie pulled into the parking lot, finding a parking spot rather quickly and turned off her car. She followed Calum inside, both of them going their separate ways to relieve themselves in the bathroom, and the meeting at the Subway that was attached to it. After ordering their food, Calum handed the lady at the register his card, and ignored Sophie’s protests to pay for herself.
“Thanks for lunch,” Sophie offered Calum a shy smile as the pair made their way out of Subway after finishing their food and back to Sophie’s car.
Calum shrugged. “No biggie.” They slid into a comfortable silence, Sophie’s phone still playing music, when Calum picked it up off of her leggings clad thigh and clicked the home button, her phone lighting up. Sophie looked at him as he looked at her background that she still hadn’t changed of her and her ex-boyfriend. “Thought you and your dude broke up?”
“We did,” Sophie confirmed. “Just haven’t changed my background yet. I probably should though.”
“Would be smart,” Calum mumbled. “Unlock your phone for me. ‘M gonna be the DJ from now on.”
Sophie leaned over, eyes still on the road, and placed her thumb on the home button to unlock her phone for Calum. Her music app was already up, so Calum simply looked through her music and created a playlist of his own for the car ride, naming it ‘Calum’ and then locked Sophie’s phone and handed it back to her.
Calum and Sophie had similar taste in music, which they bonded over during the duration of the car ride, and Sophie could feel Calum relaxing and talking to her like she was one of his friends, not just his best friend’s sister that moved in with them unexpectedly.
“About time you guys made it,” Ashton scolded them as Sophie and Calum got out of her parked car. Michael, Luke, and Ashton hadn’t stopped once and since Michael is a way too fast driver, they made it there an hour before Sophie and Calum did. “We got a bit of a problem.”
“We only brought four tents, not five, so you’re going to have to sleep in your car, Soph.”
“What?” Sophie exclaimed. “I’m not sleeping in my car! Why can’t I sleep in yours with you?”
“It’s too small,” Ashton pouted. “I don’t want to share.”
“Seriously? You’re really going to make me sleep in my car?”
“You can sleep in mine with me,” Luke offered with a smirk on his face and Calum wanted to wipe the shit off. He loved Luke like a brother and considered him one of his closest friends, but he hated the idea of Sophie sharing a tent with him.
“Yours is too small, Luke,” Calum looked down at Sophie. “Mine’s bigger. You can share with me.” Calum offered, surprising both Sophie and himself.
“Really?” Sophie’s eyes lit up.
“If it gets you to stop complaining, then yes.” Calum gave her a pointed look before unpacking her car that consisted of his bag, her bag, a few blankets and pillows, and a cooler full of booze. If he was going to share a tent with Sophie, Calum definitely needed some alcohol in his system.
The night went on with lots of laughter and lots of alcohol being consumed. The group sat in a circle, all in their own respective camping chairs, around the fire that Michael had expertly built and started, as they passed joints back and forth.
Sophie’s head was light from the weed and heavy from the countless bottles of beer she had consumed. She leaned back in her chair, wrapped in a blanket, and rested her head and let her eyes flutter shut. She was tired, but not enough to go to sleep, so she sat there with her eyes closed, her half full beer in hand, and listened to the guys talk about whatever it was they were talking about.
“You good, Soph?” Michael asked with a laugh following.
Sophie opened one eye and offered a sleepy smile to the guys. “I’m great.” Sophie brought her bottle up to her lips and took a swig. Calum reached over, holding out the joint for her to take, but she was already too stoned to smoke anymore. “‘M good.”
Instead, Sophie finished her beer and opened another one, as did Ashton. “Let’s play a game!” He suggested.
“What kinda game?” Luke spoke up for the first time in a while.
Sophie exhaled a laugh. “What are we? In high school?”
“Fuck off!” Ashton exclaimed. “Okay, I’ll go first,” Ashton cleared his throat. “Never have I ever kissed a dude.”
Sophie took a drink, and reluctantly, so did Michael and Calum. “What?” Luke laughed. “Since when?”
“We were drunk and playing truth or dare, and someone dared us to kiss.” Calum shrugged, as if it was no big deal, which he didn’t think it was. None of them did, really, they were just surprised. “Never have I ever… “ Calum tapped his chin in thought. “Had sex in a car.”
Sophie bit her lip, not sure if she should drink because her brother was right there and he definitely did not want to hear about her sex life, but she wasn’t a liar, so she quickly sipped her drink, hoping Ashton didn’t see. But, of course, he did. “When did that happen?” Ashton scrunched his nose up at the thought of his younger sister doing somebody in a car.
“A few months ago,” Sophie shrugged.
“Why a car?” Michael asked curiously, even though Ashton really wished there was a change in subject.
“Jack, my ex, and I were super… ya know, horny, and we just couldn’t wait until we got home.” Sophie laughed at the memory of her and her ex-boyfriend being so needy and turned on by each other that they had to pull their car over and have a quickie on the side of the road.
“Gross,” Ashton fake gagged. “Really don’t wanna hear about my baby sister having sex.”
Calum stifled his laughter, because honestly all he could think about was Sophie and her sex life. Weird, yeah, but once he heard the word horny come out of her mouth he felt his pants tighten and pictured her pressed up against him, his hand wrapped around her throat, and Sophie moaning his name.
“New topic of discussion, please.” Ashton all but begged and the guys jumped right into a conversation about their own sex lives, safe for Calum, who stayed quiet and listened, too preoccupied with his thoughts about what Sophie would look like naked.
“Okay,” Sophie stood up after checking the time on her phone to see it was nearing three in the morning, stumbling slightly from sitting down for so long, and stretched her body, a few bones cracking in the process. “I’m going to sleep. Goodnight all.”
The boys bid their goodnights and after Sophie changed into more comfortable clothes and laid down, the boys also went to sleep, which meant Calum was unzipping the tent and quietly stepping inside the small space. He stripped himself of his shirt, already wearing sweatpants, and laid down on he and Sophie’s makeshift bed.
He could hear Sophie’s teeth chattering and her body shaking slightly from the cold and he frowned. “You cold?” He whispered.
“Come here,” Calum patted his chest and Sophie raised an eyebrow at him. Did he want to cuddle with her? “What?” Calum exhaled a laugh.
“You seriously want to cuddle?” Sophie asked, but she was already shifting her body so she was facing Calum and her head was on his chest. She wasn’t complaining, she couldn’t complain, really, for Calum was so fucking warm and smelled so good.
“What? You don’t cuddle with your friends?”
Sophie’s lips lifted up into a tired smirk as she teased tiredly, “Since when are we friends?”
Calum exhaled a breathy laugh and rolled his eyes at the girl. “Shut up.” He mumbled, although his words were muffled since his lips were resting against the top of Sophie’s head.
Calum didn’t cuddle much, not with girls that he knew or had sex with and it was a foreign thing to him, so he wasn’t sure why in God’s name he suggested cuddling with Sophie, but he didn’t mind it. With her body pressed against his- in the most nonsexual way possible, he slept better than he had in months.
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