Thank you as always to Hollie, hope you enjoy!
Christmas Day dawned overcast with the threat of snow hanging in the air. Jess got out of bed and walked into the living room, turning on all the Christmas lights. She was going to Sally's for the day where they would be joined by their friends who weren't working- Will, Beth, Callum and Nate. She turned the oven on, flicked the kettle on and headed into the bathroom for a shower. Ten minutes later she was clean, walking through to the kitchen wrapped in her towel. The turkey went in the oven, she made herself a coffee with a slug of Baileys, and went into her bedroom to get ready.
Gold sequin mini dress and her trusty suede black strappy platforms on and Jess was dressed. Her hair was curled and half pinned back. Lashings of mascara, red lipstick, and gold jewellry on and she was ready to go. She checked on the turkey, satisfied that it was cooking nicely, and grabbed the bottle of champagne from her fridge. She left the flat and walked down one flight of stairs before letting herself into Sally's. Sally was dressed in a red jumpsuit that would be the envy of Mrs Claus, with gold heels and her hair pinned up in a loose bun. She too had gone for festive red lips.
"Merry Christmas!" Jess said cheerily, holding up the bottle of champagne and moving to Sally in the kitchen.
"Merry Christmas Jess! Get that bottle open!" Sally said with a laugh, giving Jess a hug.
"Yes ma'am. Right the turkey is in, what do you want me to do?" Jess asked, pouring them both a bucks fizz.
"Start peeling potatoes please! The others will be here about half 10/11 so everything should be well on the way to being cooked by that point." Sally said, consulting her list with all the timings on.
"Alright Mrs Claus, let's get cooking." Jess said with a smile, turning up the Christmas songs.
4pm and everyone was collapsed on the sofa, full of food and booze.
"Well, I think that was possibly the best Christmas dinner I've ever had." Will said, his eyes shut.
"Agreed, you two are wasted as cops I tell ya." Nate agreed, reaching for a chocolate.
"Thank you very much! You two can cook next year." Jess said with a laugh, earning a look of horror from Beth.
"Not if we want to live to the New Year, I wouldn't trust them to boil an egg let alone cook a Christmas dinner!" Beth said, laughing at the look on Will and Nate's faces.
"Does anyone want another drink?" Jess asked, shaking her head with a smile at the conversation.
"Go on then. Coffee with baileys?" Will asked.
"Sure, same for everyone?" Jess asked. There were murmurs of agreement from everyone.
"I'll come and help you." Callum offered. Sally looked at Jess, trying to hide a smile. Jess pointedly ignored her, smiling at Callum and heading into the kitchen.
Callum got the mugs out while Jess got the Bailey's and turned the kettle on. She leaned against the counter, smiling at Callum.
"You look beautiful Jess." Callum said with a smile.
"Thank you! You can never have too many sequins at Christmas." she laughed, "You don't scrub up bad yourself."
He nodded his thanks before moving toward her, filling the mugs with coffee. They stood side by side, their hands moving towards each other, Callum's hand covering Jess', "I'm glad we celebrated Christmas together with this bunch."
"Me too." Jess agreed.
"I got you a little something." Callum said nervously, pulling a long thin box out from a bag on the side.
"Callum you shouldn't have! I haven't got you anything." she said, her face dropping.
"I wanted to Jess. Here, open it." Callum said with a smile, handing Jess the box. She took it from his hands, looking up at him before opening it. Laying on the cream silk was a gold bracelet with a small gold star on it. Callum got it out the box, gently taking Jess' hand in his. He turned her wrist over, doing up the clasp. He took her hands in his and explained, "The stars always come out Jess."
Jess' mouth dropped open. What a beautiful and sincere gift. She reached up, placing a gentle kiss on Calum's lips, "Thank you so much, it's so beautiful and so thoughtful. Thank you Callum."
Callum kissed Jess' hands, "You're welcome. Now we better get these drinks out before they come hunting for us."
It had been two months since Jess had found out about Dan's paralysis, and it was now moving quickly into spring. Both Jess and Dan had pushed the divorce through the courts; the only reason Dan co-operating because he needed the money to get himself a new adapted house. The details had nearly been finalised, but first Jess wanted to go to the house and take some last bits of furniture for her flat. She enlisted the help of Nate and Will, who borrowed his uncle's van, and who she promised to feed in exchange for their heavy work.
Jess had taken the desk for her computer, her big squashy green cuddle chair, the washing machine and tumble dryer, and then extra suitcases filled with the rest of her own belongings. All of it fitted into the van perfectly, with Will and Nate spending ages umming and ahhing about the best way to fit all the furniture in. Jess came out of her marital house with their tea, and shouted up to them.
"Look you two, as long as it all goes in safely, I'm not bothered about the most ergonomic way for it to fit. Come on, tea. And then we can get this back to my flat, drop the old furniture down the charity shop and I'll cook you dinner. I'll invite Sally up as well." Jess said, saying the last bit more to Nate.
"Oh yeah, Sally and Nate." Will said, with a knowing nod and a nudge to his friend.
"Shut up you two. You're both jealous." he said back, not able to think of anything better.
"Ah, you're wrong there though young Nate." Jess said with a wink as she walked back into the house before the boys could question her. She heard them loudly discussing it and laughed. While she was rummaging through the bookcase for anything she may have missed, she heard footsteps come into the room and then stop. She swivelled round on the floor until she was facing Will. He had a troubled look on his face. She raised her eyebrows, questioning him.
"You know you said you got a new fella?" Will asked.
"Mmm, so what if I do?" Jess asked.
"You'll tell us if he starts beating you won't you? Because we all felt terrible after not knowing about Dan and not being able to help you, and I'm not gonna make that same mistake twice." Will said in a rush, his mouth set in a hard line.
Jess stood up, feeling a rush of affection for this man who was like her big brother, "Will, thank you. I would definitely tell you in a heartbeat if he beat me up. But do you know what, he won't. I know it." Jess said, nodding with conviction.
"No offence but you said that about Dan." Will said.
"I know, I know. But I promise you Will, he's nothing like that. And when the time is right, you can meet him. Ok?" Jess asked, standing right in front of Will and looking into his eyes. He nodded, and smiled that cheeky smile that all the ladies loved, before sweeping Jess into a hug.
"I'm glad you left Dan." Will said happily, walking back out the room.
That night, after everyone had left her flat to go home, well Nate had gone back to Sally's which meant that much teasing would ensue tomorrow, Jess finally settled into bed after she had tidied up. The flat felt more like her own now that she had her cuddle chair in there, as well as her desk to put her laptop on and to work at, and the last bits of her belongings. She settled down between the cool sheets, luxuriating in them after the hard work of the day. Before she knew it, she had slid into a deep sleep.
Jess was walking down a pale cream corridor with white wooden flooring. She looked down at herself, seeing herself wearing a simple white dress. She moved down the corridor, not seeing anything or anyone for ages. And then she heard it. A child crying. But it wasn't any child crying; oh no. This child was her child, her Luke.
She raced down the seemingly never ending corridor, searching for Luke. She could hear his crying getting louder, and finally she stopped, scooping her son up in her arms. In this world he was real, he was warm, he was heavy, his heart was beating strong, his hair was messy as usual, and his big green eyes sparkled with tears.
"Mummy!" he said simply, wrapping his little arms tightly around her neck, never wanting to let her go. Jess sank to the floor, her son cradled against her body. Her chest felt tight, so so tight, where she was trying not to cry.
"Oh my baby boy! Why are you crying baby?" she murmured into his hair.
"I miss you mama. It's so sad up here." he whispered in the hollow of her neck.
"Where's your bear? We made sure he was with you so you wouldn't be lonely!" Jess asked, looking around the area, searching for Luke's bear.
"I couldn't bring him with me. The big man said I could have him though, once I'd helped my mama, and that I could have some friends as well. So mama, I gotta help you." Luke said with a proud smile remembering his instructions.
"The big man?" Jess asked, stroking Luke's dark hair.
"Yeah, he said he was my granddaddy, but grandad is still alive!" Luke said, a confused expression on his face. Jess realised he must have been talking about Dan's dad who had died while Jess was pregnant with Luke.
"Oh baby, that's daddy's dad. He'll look after you." Jess said with a smile, knowing that George, Dan's dad, was a lovely man who would look after his grandson, "So honey, why have you got to help me?"
"Granddaddy said you had to make your choice now, that once it was made you couldn't break it." Luke said seriously. Jess was surprised at how good his speech was, unlike his near three years.
"What choice? I don't understand." Jess asked, very confused.
"Between daddy and Mr Stone." Luke said with a small nod. He pointed at the two doors that had suddenly materialised by them.
"Baby, I've made my choice. I choose Callum." Jess said quietly, planting a kiss on Luke's head.
"But mama, you haven't! You need to let daddy go. Come with me mama, I'm gonna show you something." Luke said, standing up and tugging on Jess' arm.
"Ok popeye, come on then." Jess said with a laugh as her son led her through the first door. A series of images flashed round Jess' head, all of them of Jess with Dan in his wheelchair. "What is this?"
"This is you if you stay with daddy. What can you see?" Luke asked innocently.
She saw herself being beaten by Dan, beaten by a man in a wheelchair. She saw herself following all of Dan's orders, not allowed to see her friends, not allowed to work, slowly wasting away. "I don't want to see anymore." she said quietly. Luke held Jess' hand tighter, leading them out the room.
"Come on mama, next door!" Luke said happily. He took Jess through the second door, and this time Jess saw herself with Callum. The images had slowed down so that she could see them properly, and they were brighter than the ones with Dan. She couldn't help the smile that pricked the corners of her lips. In here she saw herself as confident with a gorgeous partner. Jess glanced at her left hand, and then Callum's, seeing them both wearing wedding bands. Then in another one, Callum was talking to Jess' stomach; she must be pregnant.
"Ok honey, I've seen what I need to see." Jess said, allowing Luke to jump into her arms.
"Mama, Callum loves you." Luke said with a giggle as Jess tickled him.
"Does he now?" Jess asked with a beam. And then a thought struck her, and she just had to ask. "Hey baby, did your grandad George have a baby with him?"
Luke laughed and nodded, "Of course mama, Ellie stays with granddaddy so he can look after her. She's my sister!"
Jess' face crumpled; so she would have had a girl. Her daughter was safe, the one that Dan had wanted her to abort was safe here with her father-in-law, "Good, that's good. Now when you see granddaddy, you give him a big kiss from me, and look after him. Give Ellie a kiss as well, and you have to be a good boy, ok?"
"I don't want you to go mama, I'm scared." Luke said, and once again he was Jess' two year old child again, all pouty lips and puppy dog eyes.
"It's ok baby, I'll be here all the way. Come on, let's sit over here." Jess said with a smile for her son, leading him to a bed that had appeared, just like Luke's in the house.
"Stay with me mama?" he begged, laying down.
"Of course." she said. She pulled the covers over him, arranging herself around him so they were curled together, inseparable. "I love you baby."
"Love you mama."
Jess came to with a start, tears streaming down her face, drenching her pillow. She turned to look at the picture of Luke on the bedside cabinet, and she lightly stroked it with her finger. Her son had come to her, he had helped her. He was ok, he was safe. And suddenly, Jess felt ten times lighter, like a burden had been lifted. And she knew what it was. It was the guilt leaving her; the guilt for not being there for him when she had to work, the guilt for not being able to say goodbye to him properly before he had died. She knew now that she had to let go of Dan completely. She would do it for Luke and Ellie. She shut her eyes and went back to sleep.
Jess awoke a few hours later, feeling hot. Throwing off the covers, she opened the window, letting in the spring air. She walked through the flat, and it took a while before she remembered her dream. She went through to the bathroom, taking a cold shower to cool her body down, and to help wake her up to remember the dream better. She couldn't recall all the images she'd seen, but she knew that the ones with her and Dan were bad, and that the ones with her and Callum were good. Jess was contemplating this as she dried her hair, and then she heard the soft thump of an envelope landing on the mat.
She walked through the hall with the towel wrapped around her, picking up the official looking envelope. She headed back through to the kitchen, flicking the kettle on and opening the envelope. As she scanned the contents, a delighted squeal left her. She quickly covered her mouth, realising that some people were most likely still asleep. But she couldn't help it; she did a little happy dance in the kitchen that she would never do again, but the occasion needed it. There was a frantic pounding on her door, and Jess hurried to answer it, looking through the peephole and seeing Sally.
"What's wrong? I heard a scream!" Sally said frantically, her hair sticking up everywhere, scanning the flat for intruders.
Jess beamed and then hugged Sally, "I'm free! I'm single! I'm officially Miss Hunter again! He can't control me anymore!"
As understanding dawned on Sally's face, she too started jumping up and down, "Congratulations sweetie! Oh this is so good! We have to celebrate tonight for sure!" Sally said with frantic nodding.
"Oh Sal, I'm going broke with the amount of time we've been out recently! Let's wait until my next paycheck definitely!" Jess said with a huge smile, her eyes shining.
"Ok, agreed. Right, I need to finish getting ready for work, let yourself in once you're ready to go. See you in a minute!" Sally waved as she walked back down the hall and down the stairs.
Jess knocked twice on the door to the Sergeants office.
"Come in!" someone shouted from inside. She opened the door, a smile on her face, seeing Callum sat at his desk, concentrating hard on something. He looked up, and when he saw it was her, his smile matched hers. "To what do I owe this pleasure?" he asked, leaning back in his chair.
She perched on the edge of his desk, handing him the manila envelope that had fallen through her door that morning, "Open it."
Callum looked at her quizzically but nonetheless pulled the documents out. He skimmed the first one, then the next, and when he understood what he was holding, he couldn't stop smiling, "You're finally free Miss Hunter."
Jess nodded happily, "Oh it feels so good! I'm just surprised that he actually let us get divorced without kicking up more of a fuss."
"Well no need to worry about that now, it's over." Callum said, handing the envelope back to Jess.
"Yeah it is. Thanks Callum, for all your support." Jess said sincerely, kissing him on the cheek.
"Oh, Jess." Callum called, before she walked out the door.
"Yeah?" she asked, pausing in the doorway.
"You're partnered with me today." he said, concealing his smile.
Jess laughed as she exited the office, going to find Inspector Gold.
Jess was sitting doing paperwork when Callum found her.
"Jess, we've got a shout at the hospital. There's a guy on the roof of the building, saying he's going to throw himself off. Come on." Callum signalled, hurrying down the corridor with Jess close behind.
"Do we know anything about the guy? And how the hell did he manage to get on the roof?" Jess asked, pulling on her stab proof vest and hurrying out to the yard, into the waiting squad car.
"No idea, but apparently he's serious about it, it's not a cry for help." Callum replied, signalling out of the station.
"Well, don't they have counsellors and psychiatrists at the hospital? Won't they be able to talk to him, convince him to come down?" Jess queried, flicking on the lights and siren.
"They've tried, he's just not listening. And where he's going to throw himself off is building works, so there's loads of metal and bricks, and a big skip full of broken pipes. If he throws himself off..." Callum left the sentence hanging, and Jess took a sharp breath in as she realised the man would be impaled if he jumped.
"What if we can't convince him?" Jess asked quietly.
Callum's mouth was set in a hard line, "We will convince him."
The squad car squealed to a stop outside the front of the hospital. They grabbed their hats and ran in. They approached the receptionist.
"You here for the man on the roof?" the receptionist asked.
"Yes, can you take us to him?" Callum asked urgently.
"I can't, but he can." the man said, indicating a security guard.
"Come on mate, someone's life is on the line." Callum urged, hurrying the guard on. They ran up what seemed like endless flights of stairs until they reached the door to the roof. "Cheers, we'll take it from here."
"I'll wait here, in case you need me." the guard said with a nod, out of breath.
"Jess, stay behind me ok? Don't move too quickly, speak with a steady voice. But let me talk to him first, ok?" Callum clarified with his officer.
"Yes Sarge." Jess confirmed.
"Right then." Callum said with a nod. He walked slowly onto the roof, spying a group of three people just left to where they were, and then on the ledge they saw a man sitting on the edge of the roof, a discarded wheelchair by his side. Callum and Jess approached the three people, "What's going on?"
"He went missing from his bed a few hours ago, we finally found him up here. He recently found out he was paralysed; he became very depressed very quickly. He's been undergoing physio but his legs are just not functioning. Something happened today to trigger this off, but he wouldn't tell anyone what it was." a nurse quickly filled the officers in.
"If he's in a wheelchair, how did he get up here?" Jess asked, looking past them to the slumped figure of the man.
"He used the service lift, it brings you right to the roof." an older man filled in.
"And you say he's not listening to you at all?" Callum checked.
"Nope, he's ignoring us." the final person said quietly.
"Ok then. Can you tell us his name please?" Jess asked.
"Dan, Dan Waite." the nurse said. Jess and Callum froze, and Jess looked closely at the figure on the ledge of the building. "Is there something wrong?"
"He's...he's my ex-husband. The divorce came through today. Oh my god." Jess cried, backing away slightly from Dan.
The three people exchanged glances, before the older man said, "Maybe you shouldn't be here then."
"PC Hunter, I want you to call another unit to come and take over, and I want you to wait back in the entrance to the roof. You don't need to be out here." Callum said, placing both hands on Jess' shoulders, trying to get her to make eye contact. But she couldn't take her eyes off Dan.
"He's punishing me Sarge." she said quietly, just staring at Dan.
"No-one is punishing you, you haven't done anything wrong. Now come on, go back to the entrance." Callum said with a nod, bending until he met Jess' startled eyes. She looked like she was about to say something, but nodded. "Good girl."
As she turned to walk back away from Dan, his voice called out, "Jess? Is that you?"Jess paused and turned around, Dan's eyes meeting hers. Callum took a step forward, half shielding her from his view. He laughed bitterly as he clocked Callum too. "I cannot believe, of all the police officers in Sun Hill, it's you two who turn up. That just made this shitty day even better. I don't want to talk to either of you."
"Dan, we don't particularly want to talk to you either, but here we are. Other units are being sent to take over from us. So while we wait, do you want to tell me what's going on?" Callum asked, raising his voice so Dan could hear him. They both saw him visibly stiffen. He turned round so he could see them better, a look of pure hate on his face.
"Just go away, let me die." Dan said spitefully, turning back around to look over the edge of the building, "That's what you want isn't it."
"That's not going to happen. We're here to help you." Callum called.
"You can help me by going away and taking those prats with you." Dan shouted.
"Why are you doing this?" Callum repeated.
"Sorry Sergeant Stone, have you not realised that my life isn't worth living? My wife, well I should say ex-wife as of today, divorced me and sold our marital home, even though she claims it was so she could give me half the money to put towards a specially adapted house. But before that, someone cut the brakes on my car, causing me to first crash into my ex-wife and killing her passenger, and then I crashed, fracturing my spine. My fractured spine means I'll never walk again or have any sensation below the waist. And before that happened, I got taken to court by my ex-wife for beating her up. And even before that, my son died. So Sergeant Stone, can you tell me why my life is so good that I should live?" Dan called.
"You have so much to live for. Loads of people live a normal life in a wheelchair, it just takes time to get used to." Callum replied.
"Well why don't you spend the rest of your life in a wheelchair then?" Dan shouted.
"Come on, this isn't the way to fix things is it?" Callum said loudly, inching closer, Jess a step behind.
"Dan, please don't do this." Jess said quietly.
But Dan still heard her. He turned back to them, and Jess was shocked to see tears in his grey eyes, "I loved you Jess. I would have done anything for you and Luke, but you turned me away."
Jess was going to retort that it didn't matter how much he loved her, because he still beat her up and didnt treat her as a loving husband should, but she held her tongue, "And I loved you Dan. Please, don't do this."
"I have nothing Jess, absolutely nothing." Dan shouted, his voice magnified by the sudden silence on the roof.
Jess didn't know what to say, but then something struck her, "Dan, I dreamt of Luke last night."
Dan froze, turning slowly to face Jess, "Luke?"
Jess nodded, "Yeah. He's with your dad, and he's fine. He's safe. I held him, I kissed him. He misses us, but he watches over us."
"He's with my dad? Does he know that it's his grandad?" Dan asked, his face awash with hope.
Jess nodded, a smile on her face, "He calls him granddaddy George."
Dan laughed, but it was a sad laugh, "I can be with him Jess, with him and my dad. I can look after him forever."
"No Dan, he wouldn't want that." Jess said honestly.
Something in Dan's eyes changed, and both Callum and Jess noticed it, taking an instinctive step forward, "He hasn't been in my dreams." Jess realised that he was haunted; haunted by the memories of their dead son. Jess didn't know what to say, neither did Callum.
"Dan, if you come back over here with us, we can take you back into the hospital. Luke will come to you." Callum said, moving steadily closer.
"No he won't. He didn't love me half as much as he loved Jess. I didn't deserve him. I didn't deserve Jess, but I got them. And then I ruined it. This is the only way my guilt will go." Dan said with a resolute tone in his voice.
"No it's not! I forgive you Dan! I do, I forgive you! And if you let us pull you back over the edge, I can take you to see Luke; we can visit him together." Jess said desperately.
Dan's shoulders slumped, and he was still before he started to nod. He began to twist on the ledge, ready to come back and be taken into the hospital. Jess moved forward with a smile on her face. She held out her hands for Dan to take them so she could pull him back to safety, but Dan's hands were moving away from her, not towards her. His eyes widened in fear and shock as he realised what was happening. His lower body was falling off the ledge, and he couldn't control it. He desperately tried to grab onto anything that would stop him from falling, but his hands couldn't gain purchase.
"Help me!" he screamed, the last words that left his mouth. Jess dived forwards, trying to catch his hands, but Callum had grabbed her round the middle, pulling her back, both of them falling backwards.
"No no no, let me save him!" Jess screamed, writhing in Callum's arms. She stopped fighting him once she heard the thud of Dan's body. Her mouth was open in a silent scream, and her knees gave way as the image of Dan's shocked face played on loop in her head.
"Daniel Waite is dead ma'am." Callum said soberly once they were back at the station. Jess was locked in one of the small interview rooms, and had been for the past half an hour.
"How did he die?" the Inspector asked, her eyes meeting Callum's.
"He was going to commit suicide by throwing himself off the top of the hospital building. Jess managed to convince him to let us take him back in the hospital, but he slipped. He was impaled on a metal pole in the skip below. He died instantly." Callum said, repeating what had happened with seemingly no emotion.
"And Jess?" Gina asked.
"She's locked herself in an interview room. She's upset, obviously." Callum said with a nod.
"And you?" Gina asked, scrutinising Callum's face.
"I'm ok ma'am. I need to go and fill in the paperwork." Callum said curtly.
"Callum, come and talk to me if you need me." Gina said sincerely.
"Ma'am." Callum said, letting himself out of the office, retreating into his own.
An hour later there was a soft knock at the office door.
"Come in." Callum called wearily. Jess walked in, her face red, her eyes puffy from the crying. She shut the door behind her, not knowing what to say to Callum, but knowing that she needed to see him. "I'm sorry about Dan." he said abruptly, and then looked back down at his paperwork.
Jess looked shocked at his abruptness, "Sarge, I..."
"I can't, I can't talk to you about it, I'm sorry Jess." Callum said, cutting her off.
Jess' chest heaved with the effort of containing her tears, "Please, you were the only other one there."
Callum looked up, and Jess saw fear and grief in his eyes. He shook his head, "PC Hunter, you need to go and talk to the Inspector, I've got all the paperwork to do and I need to let his mum know."
Jess' eyes widened. She approached his desk, stood directly in front of him, "Callum, are you ok?" she asked quietly.
"Not really. I've just seen a man who didn't really want to die fall off a building and impale himself on a pole. So no, I'm not ok." Callum snapped. He avoided looking at Jess, knowing if he did he would blurt out everything.
"No, it's something else. What is it?" Jess asked, wiping her eyes, not letting it go.
"Nothing PC Hunter, now I really have to do this paperwork..." he was cut off when he felt Jess covering his hand with her own, stopping him from writing.
"Callum, please, you can tell me." Jess promised.
Callum shut his eyes, rubbing his temples furiously. He looked up at her, and everything spilled out, "When I was seventeen, my dad's business went broke. He became depressed, started drinking to numb the pain. My mum couldn't cope with him anymore, couldn't cope with not having any money, and she left us. One night, dad didn't come home from the pub and he wouldn't answer his mobile. I was woken the next morning by the police, telling me my dad had thrown himself under a train." There was silence in the room, and Callum looked up, thinking Jess had left. But no, she was still stood next to him. She pulled him to his feet, and he automatically pulled her as close as she would get.
"I am so sorry. I shouldn't have pushed you, I can't even imagine how you must have felt. I'm sorry Callum. Thank you for telling me." Jess murmured against his chest.
Callum rested his cheek on Jess' hair, "I've never told anyone that before. I'm sorry I was sharp with you. It's just, well, it brought back memories of my dad which I wanted to keep buried."
"I understand." Jess said simply. She leaned back from him, then reached up on tiptoe to press her lips against his. All their grief for their lost ones came pouring into that kiss, leaving them breathless when they pulled apart. "Come over tonight?" Jess asked.
"Sure." Callum replied, his lips brushing her forehead.