*this will flip from Maddie's to 3rd person POV*
*phone conversation between Maddie & Cal*
"Maddie? are you ready to unlock your door yet?"
"Callll"
"Maddie? why are you slurring your words? what is that music i can hear?"
"it's the club silly i wanted to go dancing and singing and drinking" giggling away to myself ignoring Cal's attempts to ask me questions
"Cal my head reaaally hurts"
"why does your head hurt? Maddie listen carefully to me i need you to tell me where you are so i can come and get you?"
"Oh my gosh i love this song i want to go and dance"
someone placed their hand on my shoulder and i looked up to see Zoe the lady from the toilets
"oh hiiii Zoe, what are you doing out here? im on the phone right now to my housemate Cal"
"Maddie who is Zoe? who you with? where are you?" Cal was firing questions down the phone
"Maddie pass me the phone" Zoe held out her hand and Maddie placed the phone in her hand
"Hello, my name is Zoe, i'm with Maddie outside Winsor club could you come and pick her up?"
"Zo? is that you, its Cal, i mean Caleb Knight?"
"Cal! yes it is me, listen you should ask Ethan to come and get Maddie i know you are ill"
"no no its fine im feeling a bit better plus Ethan is sleeping, im leaving now can you stay with her and il be there in 5"
"yeah sure oh and Cal you may need patch her up" Maddie shook her head and folded her arms in a strop "no way!"
"is she ok?"
"she is very drunk and im sure she will be glad of that fact right now"
"ok right im in my car now see you in a minute Zoe"
"bye Cal"
Zoe hung up the phone and put it back in my pocket, sitting down beside me
"there you are Zo! been looking for you for ages! oh you mixing work and pleasure?"
"shut up Max, give her your jacket, this is Maddie she is Cal and Ethan's new housemate, im just waiting for Cal to come and get her"
"What why do i have to give her my jacket i look gorgeous tonight why can't you give her yours?"
Zoe gave Max a very stern don't play with me look
"Max"
"alright alright" he started shrugging out of his jacket and passed it to Maddie
"thank you" she pulled it on standing up on the wall a car pulled up in front of the three of them and Cal climbed out holding a hoody of his own, and a bottle of water for Maddie
"you have to admit i rock this jacket way better than you" pretending to do a catwalk along the wall and spinning quickly on her heel and doing a backward somersault off the wall
"Maddie!"
Cal ran towards her dropping everything on the way, she stuck in the landing and put her arms up taking a bow
"too drunk to get on a toilet without hurting herself but she can do that" Zoe said whilst shaking her head in amusement
"Damn girl you know how to make a first impression" Max shouted whilst his mouth hung open which earned him a slight hit on the arm from Zoe
Maddie looked up seeing Cal and ran towards him
"Calebbbb! you came!" flinging her arms round his neck he hugged her back
"of course i came Maddie" he said into her ear releasing her hold on him she took off Max's jacket and tossed it back towards him.
"alright little one let me see"
Cal held Maddie's face in his hands looking over the cut she had to her forehead
"what are you doing Cal? let's go dance!"
she tried pulling away by grabbing his hands, he released his hold on her
"no little one, come on lets head home" putting his hands on her shoulders guiding her towards his car he sat her in the passenger seat before opening his back door and pulling out a bit of gauze
"cheers Zo, Max owe you one"
he got into the drivers seat and pressed the gauze to Maddies bleeding head
"need you to hold that there Mads"
for once she nodded her head in co-operation after a couple of minutes driving Cal started making conversation
*in car conversation*
C- "Maddie what were you thinking?"
M- "i wanted to forget about everything and just have fun for once" she shouted at Cal
C- "what do you need to forget about?"
M- "you wouldn't understand"
C- "oh yeah try me?"
M- "i can't" resting her head against the car window
C- "why not?"
M- "it is just complicated alright!"
C- "don't pull that one on me Mads, tell me what is going on"
Cal pulled up on the driveway and went round to get Maddie out of the car opening the door and pulling Maddie out gently, she stumbled a bit but Cal's strong arms steadied her as he locked the car
"right come on you lets get you inside and cleaned up"
"no! i need a drink lets go back to the bar come on Cal!" she said whilst spinning round in the garden until she stumbled and fell on her bum.
both of them laughing whilst Cal shook his head and lifted her up like a baby they went inside and he placed Maddie on the sofa going to fetch his medical kit
"woah the room is spinningggg, Cal there is like four of you"
Walking back towards Maddie he grinned
"im not surprised with the amount you drunk"
he looked over her checking for any other visible injuries but it looked like it was just her head
"Mads i'm going to need to clean that up" gesturing towards her forehead
"no no it is fine no need for that stop being so dramatic" batting his hand away he grabbed a mirror from beside him and held it up to Maddie, she gasped as she saw her own face
"oh it's everywhere that is so grosssss"
"yup can't let you get it everywhere, let me clean it Mads"
she looked him straight in the eye
"if i tell you to stop you do straight away and don't you dare even think of going all doctor on me, unless i have agreed it beforehand or i will kick your arse so hard my foot will leave an indent got it?"
"damn Maddie you really are a tough one, but yes i agree if i need to do any of my "doctoring" on you i will ask you before ok, now lets get you cleaned up!"
pulling on a pair of gloves Caleb got the soaked cotton wool and leaned over Maddie gently rubbing the excess blood off her face
"You are kind of beautiful you know Caleb Knight"
Cal looked Maddie in the eye and gave her a side smirk which caused her to blush in return
"only kind of huh? see thing is Maddie..." leaning right into her brushing his cheek against hers and placing his mouth against her ear
"I love catching you stare at me when i don't have my top on, and i love whenever i give you a compliment or get close to you that you blush and what i love the most is that i have that affect on you."
Maddie turned a deeper shade of red than she even thought possible
"you are so full of yourself" Maddie retaliated
"and you love it" Caleb replied
Maddie had nothing to say in return so just fiddled with her hands
Cal placed the cotton wool down after he finished cleaning and had a closer look at Maddie's head
"Mads do you know if you lost consciousness at all?"
wracking her brains of the night she shook her head
"no i don't think so"
"alright i'm just going to have a look at the cut ok? "
Maddie shuffled up to a sitting position folding her arms across her chest
"just look right?"
Caleb sat opposite her and nodded,
"ok" she whispered
he started checking the cut on her head whilst Maddie fiddled with the drawstrings on the hoodie Cal was wearing making Cal smile slightly
"right Mads its deep but not too bad, i need to put steri strips on but you won't need stitches"
"Steri strips just like little bits of tape right?"
Cal nodded in her direction and began patching her up, when he was finished he took of his gloves throwing them away whilst Maddie placed a hand on her head trying to dull the pain she felt
"you ok? you in pain?"
"mmm, it hurts" she replied closing her eyes
"Mads..."
"yes Cal"
"I would feel much better if i could just quickly check you over for a concussion?"
Maddies eyes squeezed shut and then slowly opened
"Calll come on"
"i know i know but better safe than sorry right? i just want to have a feel of your head and have a look at your eyes"
Maddie huffed and put her hands across her eyes
"why Cal i'm fine"
"Please Maddie"
"alright alright ok but then that is it no more poking and prodding me "
"ok just sit forward for me, you can lean on me if you need too"
Maddie sat up placing her hands on Cal's waist for support as Cal reached up and started feeling all around Maddie's head for any abnormalities.
"right that's all good"
he reached over for his pen torch and placed it in his right hand bringing it level with Maddie's eyes
"open your eyes for me little one"
Maddie slowly opened her eyes as Cal shined the torch into each eye
"that looks fine too, good girl Mads im proud of you"
"ugh please don't patronise me Cal"
"i wasn't i meant it"
"feels like your treating me like a baby when you say that" Maddie imitated Cals voice badly "im proud of you"
Cal burst out laughing at Maddies impression. Maddie's phone dinged to signal that she had a message she reached into her pocket grabbing her phone and saw the number that she dreaded
"Maddie? what is it you've gone pale?"
Maddie wracked her brains trying to decide whether to read the message or not, she looked up towards Cal who was looking at her with concern. Someone she could trust, who made her feel safe, it was time to help herself
"Cal i need to tell you something..."