Calum's POV

"So, Summer is really coming?" Ashton asks me as I get ready to pick Summer up.

"Yeah. I begged her to." Answering Ashton's question with those words feel kinda awkward. Maybe because I used the word "begged", which I really did.

"What? Are you serious?" He asked me not hiding how surprised he is. He knows me well enough to know that I don't beg for anything or to anyone.

"Yeah. I don't know." I shrugged.

"Nobody pictured you begging for anything or whatever."

"Shut up, Ash. I'll go ahead. See you later." I tell him as I walk of at the lounge place, leaving him alone.

I called up Summer to tell her that I am on my way to their house. Well, we aren't anything official yet but I agreed to let her introduce me to her parents since that's what I'm gonna do to her later with my parents. And she is coming to a party with me, so I guess this won't be bad. I wore the most decent outfit that I can get from my closet. I don't wanna wear those pre-panted shirts with holes in front of her parents. I usually don't care about what people think of me or say about me, but this time it's a bit different and I am not so sure why.

"You look nervous?" Summer says but more likely asked.

Her Mom and Dad is still in the kitchen doing breakfast. Her parents gave me a warm smile when I entered their humble home. I am not really used to homes like this, maybe because I live in a huge one and the feeling is something new. Their house is simple and decent, I like the way it is.

"Summer! Breakfast is ready!" Donna (Summer's Mom) called from the kitchen.

"Let's go, Cal." She tells me as she reach for my hand that is resting on my lap. She smiled at me and I nod. I feel nervous, okay?

I followed her to their kitchen and my eyes caught the food that are in the table. It's simple and I bet they're cooked well. I am really new into this kind of stuff and I need to be cool at this and avoid my patience to wear thin. I am easily annoyed by stuff, but I don't want to ruin things right now. I sat in the chair with their circular table, I am sitting between Summer and Donna. And I feel awkward so I watch every move I make like I am a robot and like a bomb will explode if I do something wrong.

"So," Kyle (Summer's Dad) finally says, breaking the unbearable silence. "Where are your parents, Calum?" He asks me.

"Oh, uhm, they're in Australia." I spoke a bit fast than I intended to.

"So, who are you with then?" Donna asked, looking at me.

"My brothers." I say, trying to be polite in every way that I can.

"What is your full name again?" Kyle asked. Okay. They're exchanging questions and I'm getting a bit annoyed.

"Calum Wayland, sir." And his eyes went wide in surprise of my answer.

"You're a Wayland?" He asked for confirmation in the thing that I just said. Okay, now I know where Summer got that attitude of repeating stuff you just said. So, I nod my head yes.

Wayland. That surname is known by everyone for being rich and shit. Owner of hotels and restaurants around the world. Big business in import & export stuff. Those are our front business to hide our underground deals. Now I feel awkward of what they are going to think about me. I glanced at Donna and she seems to be surprised too. Maybe because their daughter is dating someone like me, or whatever. Are we even dating? I am confused now.

"Wow." Is the only word that came from Kyle, breaking the other silence and awe.

"Is there something wrong about that?" I ask him and I sounded rude that Summer kicked my foot gently under the table.

"Sorry." I apologized looking at Kyle.

"So, what is the party about?" Donna asked and I started to tremble.

"Oh. Uhm.. It's an anniversary party. You know, uhm-"

"It's the anniversary of their company, Mom." Summer cuts me off, saving my ass from stammering.

Donna looked at me and I nodded.

"What are you gonna wear then, dear? We don't have a dress that will match. But we have some decent dress there." Donna says. I can see how worried she is for Summer's outfit.

"We got it already." I finally said then Summer glared at me as her parents look at me in a confused way. Did I fuck up?

"What do you mean?" Donna asked and I started to get nervous. Fuck.

"I-"

"We bought yesterday." Summer cuts me off again and her parents were surprised, again.

"You bought yesterday?" Donna says but it sounded 99.9% question. Summer nodded.

"I offered. Don't be mad at her, please." I say, trying to be polite.

"Well, thank you for being kind to our daughter." Kyle says as he looks at me and his expression looks okay. "I'd love to see that dress. Bring it home, okay Summer?" He adds, looking at her precious girl.

The breakfast continued in a smooth way that I wanted it to be. Summer's parents isn't that bad, I mean, they're kind and they talk to me in a good and polite way. But I still feel awkward and shit in some ways. Do they like me for Summer or what? I don't know what to do so I just stayed quiet to avoid fucking up things. Kyle works at a bank as a manager and Donna is a stay home Mom, Summer is an only child and I see why they're surprised when Summer introduced me to them. They look protective to her, well, every parents are. But not ours, we all know why though.

"Are you going home tonight?" Kyle asked as the breakfast is about to end.

"I'll drive her home, sir." I say and I am surprised of my politeness.

"Take care of our Summer, okay?" Donna smiled at me.

"I will." Now I feel relieved.

We headed at our house after the breakfast. I made a room for Summer in our house where she can prepare. I called some staffs too to help her in makeup and shit. The room that I lent her is big and everything fab for girls.

"Whoa." Summer exclaimed when I opened the door of the room she's going to have.

"Too much?" I ask and I sound disappointed.

She looked at me with a weird expression. Did I fuck up now? "It's too much." She frowned. "But, thank you." Then she smiled a little.

I pulled her to me for a hug, just like what I always do even though she's not hugging me back. She is.. She made me soft and vulnerable when I'm with her. She is like my weakness and soft side. The one thing I know, I'm gonna protect her with all my life.

"Go set yourself up. Party will start at 7pm." I tell her and she nods then I kissed her forehead making her smile.

Summer's POV

I closed the door of the room the moment Calum walk off. The room is huge and well ventilated. The dress we bought yesterday is on the bed with the shoes and some accessories that surprised me. We didn't buy any accessories yesterday. I walked to the bed and picked up the bracelet, diamonds are shining as it hits the light. I run my fingers to the stones, they're beautiful and sparkling, just like every girls like their diamonds. The sound of the door opening made me turn my head at the door. Then a guy in an all black outfit entered with a woman and they look stylish.

"You must be Summer?" The guy ask and I nod.

"Calum said that you are beautiful, he didn't tell us that you are fucking gorgeous." The woman praised and I blush a little.

I sat down in the chair in front of a mirror and they started to fix up my hair and make-up. I feel like a princess, if that is the correct term for it, as they fix me up. They curled my hair and put light shade of colors in my face. They also curled up my eye lashes and trimmed my brows.

"Perfect." Simon (the guy stylist) whispered near to my ear as we both look at the mirror and I smile.

"Thanks." I say as I smile in the mirror.

"It matches your beautiful dress." Kylie (the girl stylist) praised.

I stand up from sitting and looked at the full body mirror. I can't stop smiling at the view of the dress in me. And I owe this outfit to Calum Wayland. I looked back at the bed and took the black purse and placed my phone and some tissues inside.

"Are you ready?" Kylie asked me and I nod. Simon took out his phone and made a call.

"She's ready." He said to he other line who I assume is Calum.

Later on, a knock on the door made us all turn to the door and I started to feel nervous. The thought that we are about to go to the party at the back of their house is making me unstable in all aspect. I can feel my body shaking but I try to gather myself up together.

"Hey." Calum greeted with a smile as he looks at me from head to toe. "You look beautiful."

He walked to me and reached for my hand and he kissed it. Just like in the movies where the prince kisses the princess. Calum is wearing his tuxedo, which I assume costs a hundred or maybe thousand bucks. His hair is different because it is pulled back and not quiffed.

"Shall we?" He ask me as he offered his arm to me. I cling to his arm and nodded yes.

We made our way to their backyard. I am really amazed on the set of the party. It is everything elegant. The interiors, the foods and the people. Everything is.. Rich.. And I feel kind embarrassed that I am here because I am not one of them. The ladies are shining with their jewelries while the men are all formal with their expensive suits.

"Don't be nervous, Summer, it's okay." Calum tells me as he pats my hand.

Not from afar, I saw Michael with a girl. His hand is on the back of her waist.

"Hey, guys." Calum greeted as we stop behind them and they immediately turn after Calum's greeting.

The girl with Michael has a shoulder length hair and white complexion. She has a dirty blonde hair and pretty face. Michael is a bit taller than her.

"Hey!" Michael cheered. "Glad you make it, Summer." He says looking at me and I smiled. "This is my girlfriend, Nicole." He introduced and Nicole smiled at me.

"Hi, I'm Summer." I smiled and reached my hand out for a shake.

"Hi, Summer. Nice to meet you. I'm Nicole." She smiled and shake my hand. "Are you Cal's girlfriend?"

"Oh.." Is the word that came out from me. I have no idea what to answer.

"No, Nicole, I am not her boyfriend." Calum's tone is serious. "Not just yet." Then he chuckled and I am relieved.

We sat in the circular table with a white table cloth with black draping at the side and a flower at the middle. I looked around and see a lot of table, I am also wondering who are they, where are Mr & Mrs. Wayland. Maybe these rich people are their friends and associates.

"You okay?" Calum hits me playfully with his elbow.

"Yeah." I immediately answered, looking at him.

"Just relax. I'm here." He smiled.

Then later on, Luke came in with a girl.

"Hey guys." Luke greeted as the girl smile. "Hey, Summer." I am surprised that he greeted me, I nod as a respond to his greeting. "This is Justine, my girlfriend." Then she smiled.

Okay, the thought of Michael and Luke having their girlfriends tonight is kinda freaking me out and making me feel out of place. Plus, they're pretty and they look rich. They are wearing these simple but elegant dresses with some accessories. Justine's hair is longer than Nicole and she has a blonde hair that is curled at the end. I have to admit that Justine and Nicole is really pretty, then Ashton slips in my mind. I wonder if he have a girlfriend or what. I haven't seen him yet. Luke and Justine sat at the table with us.

"Hey, Cal!" We turned and saw a guys who is as tall as the Waylands, with dark hair and brown eyes. Calum stood up and hi-5d with the guy.

"Long time no see, dude!" Calum says. Then I heard the others greeted him too.

"Excuse us guys, we'll just talk for a while." Calum says. "I'll be back in a while, Summer." He tells me and I nod.

Calum's POV

I walked with Hero to avoid Summer hearing our underground business. I just hope Justine and Nicole would shut their mouths about this, so is Luke and Michael, I hope they can control the situation there. Luke is smart enough to handle stuff.

"So, that's her?" Hero asked me.

"Yeah. It's Summer." I smiled.

"She's pretty."

"I know. So, what's up, dude?"

"Well, the deals are going well enough. Money is coming in and they're big amounts."

"That's good." I smirked.

"Well, I heard you and Ashton got into a fight last time near NYU."

"Yeah, it's with Jay."

"Anyways, Summer.. Does she know?"

"No."

"Why not?"

"I can't tell her. I'm scared." I am surprised with the term that I used.

"Whoa, the great Calum Hood is scared of a girl?" Hero laughs.

"Shut up, dude."

"You should atleast tell her."

"You're just like Ashton." I sighed.

"You know how things go in our world, dude. I'm just concern for the both of you." Then he pats my shoulder.

"I know. I appreciate that, Hero."

"If anything happens, I want you to take care of Summer for me." I tell him. I trust him with all my heart and shit. Aside from my brothers, Hero is the only guy I can fully trust.

"Okay then." He smiled.

I don't know why I said that to Hero, it felt weird. I feel like something bad will happen in this party. Some parties of the mafia before had some troubles from the groups that are our enemy. They attacked in the party that resulted to gun shots and some dead people. I just hope that nothing will happen to the party tonight.

"We should go back at the table." I suggested then he nods.

We walked back at the table and saw that Ashton and Charmaine is already at the group. Hero also sat with us at the table.

"Hey, you okay?" I ask Summer.

"Yeah. They're cool." She smiled.

I looked around and noticed that the place has a lot of security. I still don't feel safe with them, my heart is racing at some thoughts. This will be a bad time if those gangs crash the party. I held Summer's hand under the table and she held me back. Why do I feel safe in her hold? I feel like I can do anything when I'm with her?

My Dad is about to give his speech or words or whatever you call that shit when a sound of multiple gun shots startled everyone. I immediately glanced at my brothers and Hero and they nod. Then later on, some smoke gases clouded the surroundings. I tightened my grip at Summer so I won't lose her.

"Calum!" She screamed at the same time that I lost grip with her.

"Summer!" I looked around but the smokes are blinding my sight.

"They've got Summer!" I yelled so my brothers could hear me.

I stood up from the ground and reached for the gun that I hid under our table. I made my way to the gate and saw a car moving fast away from our place. I shoot the gun thrice hoping for whatever to hope.

"Dammit!" I shouted as I watch them move further.

Then my brothers came in behind me with their guns too.

"They got her!" I yelled, I feel like I will explode anytime.

Blood is rushing hot through me at the thought that they've got Summer and I wasn't able to do anything to protect and save her. I swear to God if they hurt her, I will not hesitate to kill them in instant. Why take Summer? She doesn't know anything about this underground shit.

"Let's move and find her." Luke said, breaking my thoughts apart.

We headed into our cars and drove as fast as we can to chase the car that took Summer. Hero is with me at my car. I am hitting my car at it's fastest range.

"Cal, we are after Summer, not death." He tells me.

If something happens to her, I feel like I will die or I'll be at my weakest point, for life.

"I can't just slow down, Hero." I tell him, trying not to let any tears fall from me.

Suddenly, my phone rang and the number is unknown.

"Hello?" I picked up.

"Calum Hood." It's Jay.

"Where did you take her?!" I screamed through the phone then he laughed. God, I can kill him right now if he is here.

Then I heard some noises at his side, it's Summer's voice but she can't totally speak. They must have covered her mouth with tape or whatever.

"Don't you dare touch her, Jay." I warned him.

"Or what, Hood?" He taunted, emphasizing my real surname.

"I'll kill you."

"You'll kill me?" He laughed.

Then I heard a gun shot before the call ended.

"Jay?!" I called. "Jay?!" But he's not on the line anymore.

"Fuck it!" I exclaimed as I step on the gas for more speed.

Summer's POV

I got my sight back inside an abandoned warehouse with some guys around me. I am tied up in a chair and there is a light above me, just like in the usual kidnap scenes. Why am I being kidnapped? I am not rich or anything. He shot the gun upward making a bullet hole at the roof, my insides are trembling as the sound echoed in the place.

"W-who are you?" I stammer in fear.

"The name is Jay." The guys in the black shirt answered me.

I looked around and saw the guy from Zara, the one that is looking at me while I pick my dress.

"It's you." I say, looking at him. I took my sight back at the guy named, Jay. "What do you want from me?" I ask. "I am not rich, we don't have big money-"

"We don't care about you." He cuts me off and I shut.

My heart is racing at the happenings right now. I am scared as hell, where is Calum? I need him. The thoughts are spinning in my head and it's making me uneasy.

"You are the one who's gonna bring us who we need." He tells me.

"W-who?"

"The Hood brothers."

Hood? But I don't know any Hood brothers or any one of them. The Hoods are the most wanted criminals of USA, so there is no way that I will be affiliated to them. I don't even know how they look like, so is the authorities. No one knows who they really are or where are they, especially me.

"You'll see later." He tells me then he turned back.

"Let me go!" I yelled as they walk but they just ignored me.

The rope tied in my hands are tight and my hands are starting to feel numb. It feels like there is no blood running in my hands anymore. I was left with a guy, he is not that buff and he has a lot of tattoos. He seems to be nice, but I can't really tell.

"Please let me go." I begged as I turn to him.

He looked at me and his expression is a bit soft, I can say that he is kind but I am not sure.

"I can't. They will kill me if I do." He tells me and his voice sounds concern.

"What do they want from me? I have nothing. I am not rich." Tears are starting to fall from my eyes. I am fucking scared.

"They want the Hood brothers."

"I have no connection to them." I cried.

"Yes, yes you do." Then he turns his back to me.

I looked around and there is nothing. This place is really abandoned. Sweat is falling fast in back as my heart race. I feel like I could die any minute because of trauma and heart attack. Where is Calum? Is he looking for me? I am crying at the thought that something bad may happen if Calum encounters this bad guys, they might hurt him and I don't want that to happen. I like Calum, I really do.

"Look what we have here, the Hood brothers." I heard from the outside. Jay's voice is loud, or did he intended to to that?

I am surrounded by the world's most wanted criminals. The Hoods are the hardest criminals to be caught. And the thought of them and me being under in the same roof is making me tremble. What if they kill me? What if they hurt me? Tears are falling fast at the thoughts of being dead.

Calum's POV

"Where is she?" I ask Jay. My brothers and Hero are behind me and we all have guns. The warehouse is not that huge and it's not that clean, it's dusty and irritating.

"Behind that door." Jay answered.

"Why did you take her?" I am trying to keep myself from shouting.

"To get you here of course." He smirked and I pointed a gun at him and he stepped back a little.

"Shoot me, and she's dead." He taunted.

I didn't put my gun down. I am so mad right now that I will explode anytime.

"Cal, put your gun down." Luke tells me in a low voice.

It took me a few seconds before I put my gun down. "Get to your point." My patience is wearing thin and I am annoyed as hell.

"I just want you alone. Tell your brothers to get out of my warehouse."

"We are not doing that." Hero says.

"Do it or that girl is dead." Jay taunted.

"Why are you using Summer against us?" Michael asked.

"If you want us, don't include her. She doesn't know anything about this." Luke defends.

"Get out of my warehouse!" Jay yelled.

"Let's go, we can't risk Summer's life." Ashton said. "We'll be outside. Be careful." Then he pats my shoulder.

"Now what?" I ask Jay as my brothers make their ways out of the place.

"Put your gun down and kick it away." He tells me and I oblige.

I have no choice, Summer's life is in danger and I can't risk it.

"You have been stealing all our deals, causing our gang to lose money." Jay started.

"It's not my fault that your gang can't give what they want."

Jay is the leader of our rival mafia. These past few months, some of their deals transferred to us causing their group to fall. It's not our fault that we are doing better jobs than them, that's how underground society works. If you give them better deals, they will choose you. And Luke being the smart ass think of the best deals and we owned it. We had our big deals before, so these new deals are just additional and not that big.

"Our group fell because of you and your brothers!" He yelled.

"Think of better deals, fucker! Now give me Summer back!"

"You stole my deals. I'll steal her from you."

That's when I snapped and attacked him. I threw punches that perfectly landed on his jaw, but his henchmen pulled me from him and held me tight. The next thing I feel, my body is hurting from the punches and kicks that they gave me. I fell to the floor and tried to catch my breath. My mouth is bleeding and my everything is hurting. One against a lot is too much, but I can't give up. My vision is blurry as I see Jay walk to the door, I am praying that he won't hurt Summer or take her away from me. Later on, he came out of the door and he's holding Summer by her arm.

"Calum!" Summer screamed then she ran to me.

"Summer." I weakly said as she sits in the ground with her hands at her back.

"Let's go." Jay said then he walked back at the door and his henchmen followed.

I crawled to reach Summer's face that is streaming with tears. "Don't cry, it's okay." I tell her as my hand reach her cheeks. I am still on the floor with my body, I am using my elbow to lift up my upper body. I placed my head on her lap to rest my body and tears are falling at the back of my head.

"Help! Anyone help us!" She yells.

Then later on, I heard some running footsteps. I bet it's my brothers.

"Calum!" Someone yelled before my vision turned black.

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