Calum woke up that next day with the sun peeking through his curtain and beaming off his face. He yawned and reached a hand to wipe away the remaining sleep from his eyes.

The boy felt the bed shift from beside him and he sat up to get a better look.

His eyes scanned the dark hair that peeked out of white duevt. The way her brown skin contrasted with the silky pearl material. The peaceful look on her face as light snores escaped her full lips.

You would've never thought she had gotten into a fight some ten hours ago.

The girl stirred in her sleep before slowly opening her eyes and coming in eye contact with the brown boy.

"Buenos dias, papi." The Latina girl said with a small smile before yawning.

"Good morning, babe." Calum replied with a half smile, reaching over to run a hand through her hair. It was one thing he loved about the girl, the fact that she had a full thick head of hair. He found himself sometimes absently playing in her tresses at random times.

The girl hummed in satisfaction, removing the duvet from her face and body then stretching, being extra careful to not disrupt the boy above her. However, it wasn't her movement that caused him to seize his fingers. It was the busted lip and bruised cheek that caught his attention.

He removed that hand from her head and moved it down to her cheek. The girl made a displeasing noise and jerked her head back.

"Nik, what happened in the club?" Calum sighed, shaking his head. He was confused to how it even got started especially since the two seemed normal so far during the trip.

Nicole rolled her eyes and chuckled before sitting up next to the boy.

"Little Mhina got exactly what she deserved. That's what happened." A triumph smirk found her lips as she thought back to the reaction on Mhina's face when she got popped. The mental image helped her sleep that night.

Calum rolled his eyes and shook his head once more because he found the 'I'm going to get you back' act to be a bit childish. And this just had to happen while they were on a serious trip. It could have at least happened when they returned home. Now the trip is going to be full of tension because Muhammad Ali and Rocky couldn't keep the boxing gloves in the ring.

"So, what I'm getting from that is...you started the fight?" The kiwi boy asked, furrowing his brows at the latina.

"No! She started it back in the hallway." Nikki explained, scrunching her face up at the boy. She couldn't believe he was acting in such a way. As if, this was all her fault. Mhina threw the first punch so all she did was balance the scale by returning it.

Calum scoffed which soon turned into a dry chuckle as he sat up straighter, back against the headboard.

"But did you have to do it during the trip?"

"Did she have to put her hands on me in the first place?"

"You've got to be f--" Calum stopped himself and laid his head back on the hard wood, closing his eyes for a moment then sighing as he re-opened them and turned his head in her direction.

"You realize the tension this is going to cause."

Nikki snorted at the boy's words and swung her legs over the side of the bed.

"I couldn't careless." She simply answered, soon standing and headed to their hotel bathroom. Calum furrowed his brows and quickly stood, rushing across the room. He grabbed her arm, which caused her to jerk back a bit, a shocked look on her face as she looked back at Calum.

"You are not making this trip anymore uncomfortable than it already is at the moment. I don't care if you want to get back at Mhina. No more, Nikki." The anger in Calum's voice shook the girl up a bit, half tentalizing her and half scaring her. She's never seen him so angry about something before.

But she figured he'd be this way, seeing as he's a bit more passionate about his future foster sister than he is his actual sister. Nikki was a bit crazy but she was far from dumb. She knew the two had something going on but she wasn't going to speak on it.

So, she decided to agree with him just until she finds out more about Calum and his fake sister.

Nikki smirked and got on her tip-toes to place a kiss to his lips.

"Sure, papi." She answered, pecking his nose before he released her arm. Calum sighed and watched as the half dressed beauty made her way to the door of their bathroom. She paused in her step and looked at him over her shoulder.

"Coming?" She asked, opening the white metal door. The boy waited a few beats before nodding and trailing behind the girl into the bathroom.

After the two showered, they got dressed. As he was throwing on his pants, his mum had texted him to meet her in the dining hall so they could eat brunch, since they all woke up late. He couldn't help but feel nervous as he ran his hands through his hair.

If he read in between the lines of her text correctly, which he's sure he had, then that means everyone is going to be there. Which means this will be the first he's seen Mhina since the night in the alley.

He closed his eyes tightly to rid the flashbacks of events last night. However, it constantly played in his head on repeat, making it even hard to focus.

"You ready to go?" Nikki's voice broke his mental rant and caused him to look in her direction. He put on a smile to rid the confused look on her face, hoping she wouldn't ask if he was okay.

"Yeah, let's go." He said, grabbing his phone from his night stand and heading to the room door. He held it open for the girl, causing a smirk to find her lips.

"Gracias, señor."

"De nada, señorita." Calum replied, bringing a giggle from Nikki's lips. The boy let off a small chuckle as he closed the door behind him.

He placed his arm over her shoulder. As the pair turned to start down the hallway, a door opened and two familiar faces stepped out, causing the two to come to a halt.

Ashton and Mhina.

Calum felt himself tense up and his heart drop as he caught the hard expression on Mhina's face once she looked their way. She sized Nikki then glared at the kiwi boy.

"Guess we all had a good sleep." Ashton joked, referring to them walking out at the same time, snaking an arm around Mhina's waist.

He didn't want another episode like last night to happen again so whenever Nikki was around, he was going to make sure he had somewhat of a grip on his girl.

"I guess so." Calum replied, debating whether he should remove himself from the Latina or not. But once Mhina rolled her eyes, indicating that she was clearly annoyed, he decided it was too late.

Ashton didn't reply right away, leaving the area silent, uncomfortable, and awkward. And it couldn't be anything but because of what happened some hours ago.

The curly headed boy didn't know whether to greet the Latina girl simply because he didn't know if she'd even say anything back. Also, he didn't want to anger his girl and have her mad at him.

Nikki obviously wasn't going to speak to either one of the two infront of her because she couldn't stand them. She thought the curly headed boy was cute but very annoying. And she clearly didn't like Mhina so doing anything other than breathing in her direction was out of the picture.

Mhina felt like a boiling pot on the stove and she was boiling over with every second that passed.

It made her sick to her stomach to see Nikki clinging to Calum.

What made it worse was her stupid future foster brother seemed to be comfortable with his arm around the loud mouth girl. And not even Ashton's reassuring squeezes on her waist could cool her down.

Calum didn't know how to feel.

In his mind he kept telling himself that this trip happened for a reason, to get closer to Nikki. This trip showed him that what he wanted with Mhina couldn't be and whether he liked it or not, that was the way it was. So whatever happened those hours ago between him and Mhina would have to be something that was and never would be, again.

"Yeah, well uh you can lead us off." Ashton finally said once he felt the quietness was longer than he could bare. Calum nodded and began leading the way, Ashton and Mhina in tow.

"You alright, babe?" The golden headed boy asked, reaching for her hand and interlocking their fingers. Mhina put on a tight smile up at the boy then nodded before bringing her attention back to the boy infront of her, bringing the initial hard expression back on her face.

She watched as Calum engaged in conversation with the Latina, causing her to annoyingly giggle. Mhina's couldn't help but roll her eyes. She hated how she allowed her walls to come down completely to have her feeling like this.

Of course, she felt that way for a while but it was never so blatant or open. Well, at least to the one's that knew how she felt. Which she hoped were only her and Calum.

Little does she know...

Calum felt eyes on him as he walked and he had a feeling he knew who they belonged to. The boy pretended to examine something in the back of Nikki's head to steal a glance at the girl behind him. And not too surprisingly, it was Mad Mhina glaring his way. He furrowed his brows but quickly faced forward to avoid any suspicion.

They reached the elevators and Nikki clicked the upside down arrow. Once the doors open, the two in the front began entering the lift. That's until Mhina rushed past Calum, bumping his arm in the process and taking her spot in the elevator.

Calum knotted his brows together as he looked at the girl in disbelief.

He knew she was mad but...that mad?

To the point where she has to pull childish stunts.

And for what? To get attention?

To display how angry she may be?

Calum had a hard time understanding the girl.

"Mhin-"

"Let's go, Ash." Mhina interrupted her soon to be legal brother and called out to the olive skinned boy behind them. Ashton gave Calum an apologetic smile and passed by the couple to stand next to his girl.

Nikki dry chuckled to herself as Calum rolled his eyes and guided her to a corner to stand infront of him.

"So, apparently Luke brought some chick from the club to his room." Ashton said, breaking the silence. The metal doors closed as Calum turned to face his friend.

"How?"

"Dude, I asked the same thing. But Mike told me he invited her into their room and he was forced to witness them go at it. Says he didn't get any sleep." The curly boy chuckled and Calum let off one himself.

"He's so dramatic. I bet he had no problem with it. Probably tried to film it." Calum's response caused Ashton to laugh a bit louder, adding to Mhina's annoyance.

She didn't want to hear them chuckling.

Well, she didn't want to hear Calum chuckling. How could he? She looked his way, to find he was already staring at her, then rolled her eyes.

He mouthed 'please stop' at the girl and she made a disgusted face at him. Calum checked to see if either Ash or Nikki were paying attention but they were busy in their phones.

It gave him a idea as he took another glance over at the girl and caught the saddened look on her face.

His mouth opened to possibly say something but the bell to the elevator dinged and the doors opened.

"You guys are terrible with time." Mike's voice sounded from the end of the hallway. He waved them over and told them to hurry up.

Ashton grabbed Mhina's hand and led them out the elevator, followed by Nikki, who didn't mind leaving Cal behind because she got a glimpse of Luke down the hall as he stood next to Mike.

Calum took out his phone and scrolled until he found the number he was looking for. He clicked it and opened iMessage.

pls meet with me after brunch...pls mhina

SO THIS TOOK ME WAY TOO LONG TO WRITE OMG I'M SORRY YALL LOL BUT NONETHELESS HERE IT IS! SO THERE'S A GRAY AREA TO WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THE KISS HUH? GUESS YOU'LL HAVE TO STAY TUNED TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED..LET'S JUST HOPE MHINA'S DOWN TO TALK.

PLS COMMENT AND VOTE! LET ME KNOW HOW Y'ALL FEEL BOUT EVERYTHING SO FAR AND SUCH. I'M HYPE TO WRITE THE REST BECAUSE I THOUGHT OF MORE TO DO WITH THIS STORY SO YEAH. ..THERE'S THAT LOL ANYWAY LOVE YOU ALL AND THANK YOU! ALSO TTYL :]