Callies POV

I wake up and check the time on the clock hung opposite my bedroom; I had been out for an hour but it felt like I had slept through the entire day. I can barely hear any noise outside my bedroom which likely meant my parents were likely out.

I sit up in my bed trying my hardest to ignore the constant throbbing of pain In the right side of my face, there was no doubt it had gotten even worse over the time I fell asleep, but I couldn't ignore it as much as I tried I just couldn't.

I rise from my bed and catch my reflection in the mirror, what I look back at revolts me.

I felt disgusting.

Not even because of my appearance, I just felt disgusted with myself.

I was weak. So so weak.

What normal person sustained a bruise from a simple slap at the side of their cheek.Everything about me was sensitive, it just showed that I was too weak for this life.

My skin was sensitive I was sensitive, way over sensitive.

From the corner of my eye my phone lights up on my dresser insinuating I have a notification and I unbotheredly wonder who could be messaging me.

Evan?

I hadn't heard from him in quite a while now so it just had to be him.

God knew I really needed to hear his voice especially now.

I pick up my phone and gasp when I see the contents of it.

45 missed calls.

18 new messages.

They were all from him. All from Evan.

I don't know why but my heart swelled as I stared into the screen of my phone. It just felt really good to know at least one person genuinely cared enough to call me, for whatever reason it made me happy.

How long had he been calling me?. He knew not to come over because I had told him my parents were coming back him this weekend.

Just as I contemplate what to do my phone lights up once again and the screen is filled with Evan's name. He was calling.

My shaky hands glide over before tapping on the button to press answer I bring the phone and press it into my ear taking a deep breath so as to make sure my voice didn't come out as shaky or weak, the last thing I wanted was for Evan to think something was wrong.

Because nothing was wrong. Nothing happened.

"God, Rosie I've been calling you for the past hour, where the hell have you been?!"

I have to distance my ear away from the phone due to the way Evan yells into it. He's tone was a mix of anger and concern and they were all being directed at me.

"I-I'm sorry I was asleep"

I hear him sigh followed by some shuffling " Baby are you okay? You sound like you've been crying"

My face turns to the mirror as I stare into the light purplish bruise that was being displayed on my face.

How did he know?.

My voice wasn't even that shaky, and I usually stuttered so how did he know?.

"What are you talking about I'm fine Evan, I did just wake up so m-my voice is a bit raspy sorry"

My eyes press shut as u listen closely to the silence that follows after my sentence wondering what he was going to say next.

I really hope he fell for it.

"Are you sure you're okay?"

My heart gushes at his response, he cared.

"Yeah I'm fine"

I sigh when he doesn't ask me any further questions, usually he wouldn't let it go that easily so why did he?.

I'm just glad he isn't going to make a fuss about it.

"What are you doing?"

I saunter my way over to my bed and plop down on it allowing my chest to hold my weight as I clutch my pillow gaining interest in Evan's conversation.

"The guys and I are here right now and I called to see if you could come over but you weren't answering. That's why I was worried"

My interests perk upon hearing he wanted me to come over, I barely did anything fun and this surely would be an experience, plus I liked Evan's friends they were nice.

"You want me to come over?"

My voice is unsure for some reason, did his friends even still like me after what happened with Leah?. It seems Evan can sense my hesitance because he quickly speaks up before I can say anything else.

"Of course, but only if you want to. Trey and Chase are here but Leah isn't so don't worry about all that"

My heartbeat accelerates lower on hearing that, and it's not like I didn't want her to be there it was just I didn't feel comfort being around her after what happened and Evan knew that too.

And if I was being completely honest she scared me.

"Okay I'll come over!" My voice comes out a tad bit too excited and Evan chuckles but my mood flattens again when I realize my parents were around and there was no way they were letting me go out.

"Wait, what about my parents I- I'm not-"

"It's okay Rosie I already talked to them and they're okay with you coming over"

"B-but how?"

Evan chuckled into the phone "I'm can be very convincing sweetheart."

His voice makes butterflies flare up in my stomach and I giggle loving the way he made me feel. Even in the worse situations Evan managed to bring a smile to my face.

"I'll be there to pick you up in 30 minutes baby how does that sound?"

I shoot up from my bed and catch my reflection in the mirror now concerned with my appearance, something that rarely ever happened.

"That sounds great I'll see you then bye bye"

"Bye sweetheart"

The line goes dead and I rush to the bathroom carefully washing my face so as to relieve my skin from some of the pressure that had been put upon it. The cold water ran from the tap into my hands and I splashed it on my face waking myself up from my mini slumber.

My eyes dart around and I spot the concealer on my bathroom counter, the one I had used to cover up my ankle injury from a while ago.

I sighed in relief feeling grateful that I would have something to cover up the quite obvious bruise forming on my face.

I take some out and apply it on, and when I'm done I look at my reflection turning to put on a dress, the concealer wasn't very obvious because the bruise was a bit small, I styled my hair in a way it would cover my face and I only hoped no one would notice.

I walk down to the living room and anxiously wait and it's not long before I hear the door bell ring I walk up to it and throw it open, my eyes meeting with Evan's.

I don't put much thought into what I'm doing and my body acts on instinct as I throw my arms around his body pulling him into a hug not realizing how ,much i missed him till now.

Evan is a bit startled and stumbles but quickly regains his balance and embraces me back making my feet float just a few inches avouve the ground due to our height differences.

He chuckles "Someone's excited"

I giggle as I shyly move away from him, my pinks tint a rosy pink coloured I realize we had company, Evan's friend Trey was standing right behind him and witnessing our little show.

I step out and shut the door behind me hand in hand with Evan and we strut towards his car.

"Hi" I wave to Trey while resisting the urge to bob up and down, seeing them all suddenly lifted my spirits.

"Hey kid" Treys hand goes up and ruffles my hair a bit and I smile liking him more because of his friendly gesture.

We all get in the car and it's not long before we're at Evan's house. A dark haired boy stands shirtless outside hosting a goofy grin on his face.

"What took you bitches so long?, Hey Callie"

I wave at him "Hi chase"

"Beautiful as always I see"

Evan smacks Chases head and he rubs it while wincing in pain.

"Dont fucking talk to her like that" Evan growls and I turn to him and swat his chest for being such a meanie, Chase was only being nice.

"Don't hit him he was only being nice" I chastise him but he only wraps an arms around my waist and possessives pulls me closer to him.

"Yeah Evan I was being nice" Chase's tone is mocking and he runs out of the room before Evan can do any more damage to him, before I know it he's coming back in this time with his pants off, he's wearing swimming shorts and he passes on through the slide in door leading to a  pool.

"Get in the pool losers!" He yells and then dives in.

"Fine by me" Trey is the next to head in that direction and Evan told his eyes at his friends clearly annoyed at their animalistic behaviour.

He mumbles something under his breath before facing me "Do you wanna go in the pool baby?"

My face heats up, oh no I didn't think I would have to deal with this. If I got in the pool then my make up would come off and everyone would be able to see the bruise.

I relax when I come up with an idea "um I would but I don't have a swim suit"

I try my best to morph my face into a disappointed one so he can buy it.

"Oh that fine! I'm pretty sure Leah left one behind one time she was over you could borrow hers!" Chase seems to have overheard our conversation because he yells from the pool.

Oh no.

"Oh right, sure Leahs a bit taller than you but you guys kinda would be the same size yeah?"

"Uh I guess so-"

"Great I'll get it for you" Evan runs further into his house and I turn my attention to Trey and Chase who are having a bit of a game fight in the pool, forgetting my current predicament I laugh at them, they reminded me so much of little kids, so manly yet so childish.

Evan comes back in with a swim suit and I take it from him rushing to his bathroom after murmuring a thanks.

I could totally get past this all I needed to do was not put my face in the water then the make up wouldn't come off.

It's only then I realize Leahs swimsuit is a two piece.

It was stunning and she definitely had good taste but I had never shown much skin around boys before.

I had never shown any skin around boys before.

I put on the bikini and look around in the mirror I didn't look bad and hopefully I could get the boys to shift their interest from swimming to watching a movie with me or something.

I walk out to the pool we're Chase and Trey are swimming and Evan's sitting on the side shirtless might I add being distracted and tapping away on his phone.

I fully acknowledge the situation and allow myself to bask in how attractive he looked right now.

I had seen Trey and Chase shirtless a few moments ago and while they were both jacked they didn't seem to have as much as an effect on me not as much as Evan did.

It's too late before I realize they're all staring at me maybe having caught me in the act of drooling all over Evan's shirtless state.

I compose myself and look away from Evan but they're all still staring at me.

Oh no my bruise they're probably staring at my bruise.

I turn to look at my reflection in the mirror and see that my face is still intact with the makeup I had applied this morning.

Oh thank God.

They're all still staring at me though and everywhere is silent apart from some random coughs coming from Treys direction till Chase decides to speak up.

"Damn Callie, if you and Evan weren't together I'd definitely be-"

He doesn't get his chance so finish his sentence before Trey smacks his head and they get into a little fight in the corner as Evan walks up to me.

I swallow as his handsome self gets over to where I am, the butterflies in my stomach swirl around even more and unknowningly I jerk and my thighs clench together.

That was new.

He brushes a strand of hair and tucks it behind my ear "Rosie are you still sure you wanna go in the pool it's kind of cold in"

I tilt my head feeling confused, it was pretty hot outside I doubted the cold would do much "I'm fine come one let's go in"

I pull him along with me and he gets in the water first before carrying me in with him.

His hands are on my waist when I enter, we're pretty close so I giggle.

"You're so fucking beautiful" Evan hands go lower and grip my thighs and I on instinct wrap them around his waist.

I hit his chest at his vulgarity, he really had to stop swearing so much.

"You swear so much, you should stop it's a bad habit"

Evan chuckles almost like what I said was the funniest thing on the planet.

"Fine I'll stop swearing so much I promise" he stars raining kisses around my jaw which tickles a bit. He leads me to the centre of the pool where Trey is in but Chase now stands at the edge of the pool and suddenly jumps in causing a tide of water to splash all over me and Evan.

A wave of panic hits me as I realize my make up could have come off so I excuse myself and rush to Evan bathroom to check.

I lock the door behind me and surely enough the concealer is coming off.

Okay this isn't such a big deal I can still cover it up wi-

The door slams open interrupting me from my thought and I look back to a clearly distraught Trey who doesn't notice me at first but when he does he uses a hand to shield his eyes so as to not pry into my business.

"Oh shit sorry I didn't know you were-"

Treys gaze saunters all over my features before his eyes finally land on the bruise at the side of my face, I duck having known what he saw but doing it subtly anyways.

"Callie what the hell is up with your cheek" He stretches an arm out to lift my chin and softly presses on the bruise and I wince while backing away.

"Woah that's a really nasty bruise you might wanna get that checked out."

I nod and look away from him wanting this conversation to be over as soon as possible "um o-of course thanks"

I go to shut the door and Trey stops me almost like he had an epiphany "How did you even get that?"

"I- I fell and hit my cheek across the counter, I'm clumsy sometimes"

I shrug and internally curse myself for stuttering o sounded unconvincing even to myself, there was no way he was going to believe that.

"I dont think a counter mark can give you a hand printed bruise at the side of your face"

I start to get anxious and Trey notices this because he steps closer to me and shuts the bathroom door.

"You can tell me if someone hurting you okay?"

But could I? What would he say.
This was all my fault if only I hadn't provoked them maybe this wouldn't have happened.

"N-no one's hurting me I'm f-fine"

Trey chuckles "You're not a great liar you know that?"

"Did" he pauses hesitant to fully say his sentence "was it Evan who hit you?"

I'm taken aback by his question. What?!.

"What, no of course not Evan would never do that"

Why would he ever think such a thing, and I knew I sounded as authentic as I could but due to the expression on his face Trey looked like he barely even believed me.

"You believe me right?"

Trey folds his arms and sighs " look Evan can be a bit over the top sometimes when he's angry so if anything does happen you should tell me okay?"

"O-okay"

He doesn't say anything further, he just walk out the bathroom and leaves me alone to my thoughts.

And I only wonder what on earth Evan could have done to make Trey think like that.

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A/n: Sorry for not updating earlier I had a bit of writers block and from this chapter you can tel I still do.

There's also lots of crazy things happening in the states right now with America's unjust system I really encourage anyone reading this to do their research and sign some petitions to save lives that are being unfairly prosecuted.

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