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Callie

Chapter 12

"Hey man, you been here long?" John said with a smile as he walked into the gym and walked over to where Mike was lifting weights.

Mike smiled back as he curled the weights up. "Nah, like ten minutes. Where'd you get off to last night? I went to get a drink and you disappeared." Mike said curiously. "Ryder said you told him to get lost though, you find a girl?"

John laughed at his nosy friend. "Sorry buddy, I don't kiss and tell."

Mike laughed back. "Shit man, I thought you were still hung up on Melina, then last week you have a girl waiting upstairs in your bedroom and now your bringing girls back from the club?" He said, amused. "JoMo's back in the game."

"Well, I don't know about that but I can tell you I have been over Mel for a while now," John answered as he set up his own weights to lift.

"Well that's good because I saw her cozying up to Barrett last night,"

John nodded. "Yeah, I think I saw them too. Unexpected pairing but Mel has never been one to care what other people think." He commented. The men were silent for a couple minutes as they focused on their workout. "So what are you doing tonight? Want to grab a bite to eat?"

Mike grinned and stopped his curls momentarily. "Can't tonight my friend, I've got myself a date."

John's heart immediately sunk, knowing without a doubt there was only one girl who Mike was interested in at the moment. "Oh? Who's the unlucky girl?"

"Ha ha! The lucky girl," He said emphasis on the lucky. "is the one and only Callie Grimm."

John's fear was confirmed. How could she not have told him? "That's great man." He stood up, instantly feeling sick. "Hey, I just remembered I've got a signing in a little," He lied. "I better go get ready. Have a good date tonight."

"Thanks man, I'll hit you up after," Mike promised as he went back to his workout.

A couple hours later, Callie sent off a quick text to John, asking if it would be ok for her to come over to his room. Later tonight was her date with Mike and she knew she had to tell John about it. The minute after John sent a reply, telling her Zack was at a signing, she made her way over to his room. It took a couple knocks to get him to open the door but when he did she realized he had obviously just gotten out of the shower.

"Hey," She said with a small smile as she walked into the room.

"Hi," He said emotionless as he used a towel to dry his hair.

She frowned. She had been getting used to him greeting her with hungry kisses. "So what have you been up to today?"

He shrugged. "Just got back from the gym," He said as he slumped down on the couch. "What about you?" He asked trying not to show how upset he was. He didn't want to mention what Mike had told him; he wanted to see if she would come forward and tell him herself. But damn it was hard for him to not reach out and kiss those lips like he wanted to.

She sat down on the couch next to him, sensing that he wasn't in the best of moods. She wished she could put this off but she needed to tell him. "Not much, just hung out with Melina a little bit." She wrung her hands in her lap and turned to him. "Listen, there's something I need to tell you," She waited for him to say something, but he just stared at her, waiting for her to continue. "I, um, I have a date with Mike tonight."

She held her breath, waiting for some sort of reaction but all she got was a shrug. "Yeah, I know."

She wrinkled her brow. "You know?"

He nodded. "Yeah, Mike just informed me down in the gym." He saw her gulp. "I wished you would have been the one to tell me."

She frowned. "I'm sorry, we only made the date last night-"

"You know," He interrupted, his anger coming to the surface. "I find it funny that someone who has no feelings for Mike, like you claim, has no problem going out of two dates with him."

She let out a sigh. "John, I…listen, he asked me out last night but I already had plans to go to the club and he just looked so disappointed, and before I even knew what I was doing, I was asking if we could do tonight instead."

John rolled his eyes. "I think it's pretty shitty that you're leading him on like this when you obviously have no feelings for him. I don't want to see you hurt my friend." And on that thought, he didn't want her to hurt him either.

She lifted an eyebrow in response. "Um, excuse me? Suddenly you're worried about Mike's feelings?"

He glared at her. "I'd never want to hurt him, or stand by and watch someone hurt him."

She spread her arms wide in frustration. "Well how the hell do you think he's going to feel when he finds out about this?" She gestured between the two of them.

"You know that's been my problem all along. I only just decided to put that aside for you!" He countered back, his voice rising.

Her shoulders fell at the words. "I don't want to fight about this." She stood up. "I came over here to tell you about my date tonight, I'm sorry you found out before I had a chance to tell you." She turned to leave and stopped in the middle of the room. "Melina's heading home in a few hours so if you maybe want to do something after my date, you can come over." She said and then paused, immediately feeling stupid for the suggestion. "But, if you are having second thoughts about this…I understand how important your friendship is with Mike, so if you want to stop things…I'd understand." She said, her back still to him though her head was turned a bit so he could hear her words. She waited a few seconds but when she didn't hear him say anything, she walked to the door.

Callie was in the bathroom wearing a little black dress, straightening her hair, when Melina walked in the door. "Whoa," She commented as she passed the door, walking backwards a few steps to stand in front of the doorway. "You got a date or something?" She asked with a smile.

Callie turned to face her friend and nodded. "Yeah,"

She lifted an interested eyebrow. "With who?"

Callie set down her flat iron. "Actually, that's kind of what I need to talk to you about." She gestured for her friend to follow her over to the bedroom.

"Alright what's going on?" Mel asked confused.

Callie let out a sigh. "I've got a date with…Mike."

Her friend's eyebrows shot way up in surprise. "Mike…Mizanin?"

She nodded and ran a hand over her face. "Yeah, and it's actually not our first date."

Mel smiled evilly. "What? You've gone out before?"

She nodded. "A couple weeks ago. I didn't really want to tell anyone because I didn't want to get your hopes up because I didn't intend to go on another date with him." She went on, telling the story of how she got to the point of going on another date. "I mean, Mike's great, it's just only as a friend. I don't see him as anything more and I think I'm gonna tell him tonight, once and for all."

"Wow, that's a big deal." Mel commented. "Well, I'm glad you told me, it makes me happy you trust me."

Cal smiled, "Of course, just try not to tell anyone."

She nodded. "All right well first thing's first," Mel pointed to her dress. "If you're going to dump him tonight you gotta change. That dress says, 'undress me'" Cal laughed as her friend walked over to the closet. "You need something that is cute not sexy. Something that says, 'hey, let's be friends'," She searched the closet for a while before pulling out a pair of jeans and flowy rust-colored shirt. "This with some sandals,"

Callie smiled as she stood up. "I knew we were friends for a reason."

Mel laughed. "Well put this on and have a good date. I have to get going to catch my flight but good luck!"

"Thank you, you are the best."

A/N: Trouble, trouble, trouble lol. Glad you guys are liking this story, hope you liked this chapter too even though it's kind of like a little teaser for the next one. :)