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The next morning I woke to the gentle tingle of someone’s breath on the back of my neck and the palm of their hand pressed to my stomach keeping me close to their torso. Groaning rolling over thinking it was Ashton being clingy in his sleep again I was faced with no other than Calum Hood. Great.

“Get up” I mumbled shaking him but to response, I remember the last time this happened in the Asylum when he “Slept walked” into my bed. I’m either going to push him off my bed and onto the carpet floor or I can leave him where he is and take a shower. Looking down at his stupid face lightly snoring and drooling onto my pillow I chose to leave him there and got take a shower so I was ready for work.

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A few hours later and I’m clean my, hair is almost dry still a bit damp and I’m at the counter at the Bookshop because Sam is in the back talking to Chloe and Danny is in his spot looking over at Alex serving coffee to strangers.

“Dumb bitch” mumbled Sam coming out of her office looking pissed off ruffling his hair in his fingers. “What happened?” I asked not really caring, he looked over at me and sighed resting his elbows on the counter looking at me. “She just cut my pay check because I apparently do nothing” he said using his fingers as air quotations for the “do nothing” part of his small rant that continued but I blanked out humming the Simpsons tunes to myself in my head.

“Raven! He is coming in!” Danny screamed running over to be stopping Sam mid-sentence and almost knocking him over. “Isn’t that a good thing” Sam asked standing up straight towering over Danny by a good 4 inches.

Danny was about to argue back when the little bell above the door rang singling someone walking into the store, Danny’s eyes grew wide and he ran off to the other side of the store when Alex approached.

“Hi, I’m looking for a book” he started and Sam mumbled “No shit” under his breath making me kick him under the table.

“Oh yes, well my co-worker Danny can help you with that” I said smiling pointing him in the direction of Danny who was pretending to stack books. He nodded and walked over with his hands in his pockets.

“You’re off soon?” asked Sam leaning against the counter, I nodded and fiddled around with the computer looking for random books like I usually did.

“Wanna go get a coffee after this?” he continued drawing small circles into the table looking up at me with a small smile, I looked behind him at the cold weather… a coffee sounds nice.

“Sure” I responded nodding a smile matching his, he nodded and walked around me into the back where Chloe was and signed us both out of work, even though his shift doesn’t end for another hour.

“Danny we’re leaving!” I shouted across the store.

“What?!” he shouted back appearing from behind one of the tall bookshelves Alex trailing behind him.

“We’re gonna get coffee” Sam answered pushing open the front door allowing a cold burst of air to enter the warm book store.

“Oh, yeah sure okay so I’ll just work alone then?” said Danny putting a hand on his hip, Sam mumbled something that I didn’t hear but I wacked his chest anyways. “Yeah” I said biting my lip and waving goodbye to him and Alex.

“God he can be annoying” Sam said adjusting his leather jacket that he always wore that made him look “punk rock” like the tattoos and stretchers weren’t enough.

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(1 hour later)

“You didn’t!” I said in half a laugh half a yell, Sam was telling me about the time he set his grandmothers curtains on fire to prove to his sister that fire can’t spread in less than 5 minutes…

“Yes well… my point was proven” he said smirking taking a sip from his coffee, I covered my mouth laughing and shook my head.

“Oh I’m late” said Sam looking down at his watch and sighing, I turned my head and gave him a questionable look.

“Oh I have night shifts at the children’s hospital” he explained smiling and standing up, I knew that Sam was a qualified nurse but I didn’t know it was at a children’s hospital. “Oh okay, I’ll see you next week then” I said standing up with him and we awkwardly hugged then both left the coffee store and hopped into separate cars.

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“I’m home!” I called through the house, like usual Ashton was on the couch watching T.V and Luke and Calum were on the floor with Cass. “I brought you coffee” I said to Ashton placing it in his hands, he nodded and took a sip before tapping the spot next to him. “Let me get changed” I said turning around and walking back upstairs to get changed.

When I finally got my stupid shirt over my head and my sweat pants on there was a knock at the door. “Come in” I said chucking my work uniform into the washing basket

“How was work?” Asked Calum stepping into my room, shrugged and sat on my bed looking up at him. “How come you were in my bed this morning?” I asked, he looked confused and sat down next to me “You asked me to sleep next to you… don’t you remember?” he asked, I shook my head and tried to remember last night.

“Yeah after you listened to that audio tape 100 times you started shouting for me so I came flying up the stairs and you dragged me into bed next to you… how can you not remember you were screaming?!” he said in an amused tone smiling, I frowned and shook my head.

“Well anyways do you wanna go for a walk?” he asked taking my hand in his and standing up pulling me with him, I looked behind me at the window to see a dark sky and storm clouds forming.

“Calum its almost 6pm and its going to rain” I argued.

“Yeah but I want to talk to you, but not in the house where you can throw stuff at me” he said chuckling, I rolled my eyes and let go of his hand so I could slip on my shoes.

Calum smiled and told me he would meet me at the bottom of the stairs, I groaned and thought to myself “what am I doing?” because… what am I actually doing? This is the guy that ripped your heart out and then you had to go save him and now he wants to chit chat?

I sighed and let my hair out of the high pony tail I had it in letting it fall to my shoulders.

“Raven c’mon!” Calum shouted from down stairs, rolling my eyes again I walked down stairs and out the door waiting for Calum to start talking.

(A:N Boring filler I know and no nothing is going on between Sam and Raven he just doesn't like getting coffee alone... comment and vote means a lot xx )

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