I nodded. “Calum will be here in five.” I looked over at him. Stared blankly. “Ja!” “I’m here…” his message mixed with something else, “to wait for Maze. I mean, I need a reason to be sitting here.” “Oh, ok. Good idea.” He was right. “Tonight, I’ll stay in my room.” His eyebrows lowered. “I’ll ask him to meet me at our spot.” I pictured the first time I saw Calum there. “It’s in the b— “I know. The bench. Calum is softer then people know. He talks about stuff like that. But he’d kill me if I told you that.” Kill! He caught his blunder as I did. Silence. “Hey there! What are you two so gloom and doom for?” Maze was standing over me as Calum walked up to my side and pecked my cheek. We, meaning Lee and I both managed a smile, turned on the joy, and headed to breakfast. I tried to say everything to Calum that I possibly could think of before the day ended. In weapons class I sparred him in swords just to see him laugh and smile. When he walked me all the way to math after chemistry, I made him tell me what his favorite food was, favorite childhood memory, favorite dessert, favorite movie of all time and so on. He finally cut me off with a really deep long, painful I almost forgot my doomsday ending kind of kiss. I walked into class and quickly jotted down his answers so my dizziness didn’t help me forget them.
