Okay guys this is the last chapter. I'm so happy to have finished this story but I'm said because I really enjoyed right Callie and all of her friends. So I might just right some one shots later on if my readers would enjoy that. Just let me know in a review. Anyway I hope you guys enjoy it and please please please review and let me know what you think.
Chapter 18
Knight in Shining Armor
Callie groaned as her alarm clock went off the next morning and light poured from her bedroom window. Dragging herself out of her bed she looked down to find herself still wearing her jeans and t-shirt from yesterday. Feeling gross she headed off to take a shower before school.
And hour later Callie felt refreshed and ready to get the day over with for two reasons; one today was Friday meaning the last day of school for two day and two tomorrow she would get to spend alone time with Dante. Callie smiled to herself as she pulled her shirt over her head. Looking at herself in the mirror she gave herself a nod of approval and made her way downstairs to the kitchen. Her mood was slightly dampened when she saw her dad setting at the kitchen table reading the newspaper while her mom made breakfast.
"Why are you here? Shouldn't you be at work or something?" Callie asked him rudely as she rummaged in one of the top cabinets for a breakfast bar.
"I'm taking the day off. Just won my big case I've been working on so I thought I'd give myself a little break." Her father answered.
"Ohhh." Callie said sarcastically rolling her eyes before hopping onto the counter which as usual earned a strong look of disproval from her mom.
"Is Jessica picking you up Calliope?" Her mom asked.
"Yeah, she should be here soon." She answered munching on her breakfast bar.
"You were out late last night. Did Jessica drive you home?" her mom questioned.
"I wasn't with Jessica last night." Callie told her shifting awkwardly on the counter.
"If you weren't with Jessica then may I ask who were you with then?" Her mother asked her sternly.
"I was um with Dante." She told her mumbling Dante name quietly.
"Dante? I thought you broke up with him. Don't tell me you're with that trouble maker again." Her dad said cutting into the conversation.
"His not a trouble maker and yes I'm hanging out with him. We're actually going bowling tomorrow." Callie told him rudely before jumping down from the counter. Looking out the kitchen window she saw Jessica Aveo pull into the driveway. Saying a quick goodbye to her mom and walking past her dad without a glance she grabbed her bag and made her way to the car.
"You look flustered." Jessica pointed out as she pulled out of the driveway.
"My dad took the day off." Callie told her and Jessica got the point.
Callie looked at the clock for what felt like the thousandth time in the past forty-five minutes. She was setting in English class which was her last class of the day. She was anxious to be free from school for the weekend.
"Come on just fifteen more minutes." Callie grumbled under her breath as she tried to focus on her school work. Fifteen very long minutes later the bell rang for the end of the day and Callie jumped up happily from her seat.
"Well someone sure is happy now. It wouldn't be because tomorrow you get to spend alone time with Dante now would it?" Damien teased as he and the others followed Callie out of the classroom.
"Psh no." Callie answered as she walked as quickly as her short legs would allow her to go towards her locker.
"Yeah, 'cause that answer is so believable." Kyle replied as he stood behind her at her locker. The other three boys sniggered as Callie glared at them.
"If you three don't shut it I'm going to have a surprise Friday band practice." Callie told them. That made the three of them immediately stop laughing.
"You can't do that!" Damien complained.
"I can't? Are you sure? Because I'm the one that formed the band. I'm the one who gets us gigs. If I have a practice and you don't have a good excuse of not coming then you're out of the band. That was the agreement. So I suggest you stop teasing me." Callie told them seriously as she looked at three boys then giving them a large teeth showing smile before turning back around to her locker.
"Why do we put up with her again? She's incredibly mean." Damien asked the other two.
"Because before me the bands you were in didn't make money and your parents were going to force you into having part time jobs." Callie reminded them. Abstract Rainbow was the three boys' way of having their own money. "But if you want to go work fast food after school every day don't let me stop you. I can always find replacements." Callie told them not even bothering to face them yet.
"Well that's reassuring." Kyle muttered.
"Hey guys!" Dante greeted as he walked up to the group. "What's up?"
"Dude, control your woman. She's being mean." Damien told him. Dante gave him a confused look as he looked between the three boys and Callie who was leaning against her closed locker door with an amused look upon her face.
"My woman?" Dante asked.
"Yeah, Callie." Kyle told him pointing towards the pink haired girl accusingly. "She's threating extra practices and telling us that she could replace us easily."
"Well, I could. If need be I could always ask Dante." Callie told them. "But I'll give you guys credit you some very find musicians. I could replace you but I don't want to, okay?"
"Fair enough, princess." Damien said. "Well, we'll leave you and your lover boy alone now. Come on guys."
"Um that's was weird." Dante said after a moment.
"Yeah."
"You want to come with me to Bayer's? The other's will probably be there." Dante asked hopeful.
"Yeah sure."
Saturday finally came and Callie wasn't sure if she was happy or not. She tugged nervously at her shirt as she sat on her leaving room couch waiting for Dante. She hoped that everything would go well. Callie admitted that she hoped this not date would actually turn out to be a real date. Callie jumped as a knock echoed from her front door. Taking a calming breath she opened it to reveal Dante with his signature goofy smile on his face.
"Hey, you look great." He told her.
"Thanks, so do you." Callie told him as she grabbed her purse. He moved over to let her step out and so she could close her front door.
"Ready to go?" He asked her.
"Uh huh." She replied and with that the two teenagers walked off towards the bowling alley together.
"So um you forgot to mention that you're a not so great bowler." Dante commented as the two had finished a game against each other. Dante won easily. Now the two were drinking sodas and eating French fries at one of the tables.
"Yeah, I know I totally suck at bowling. The guys tease me about it too." Callie told him.
"Well, I was going to you say you suck but…" Dante told her with a laugh which Callie soon joined in with him.
"Okay, enough laughing at my expense. I'm going to go get candy!" Callie said happily jumping up from her seat.
"Feeling gummy bear withdraws?" Dante joked.
"You know it. Be back in a minute." She told him before skipping off to the concession stand. Dante watched her go with a smile plastered on his face.
He couldn't believe how well the evening was going. He hopes by the end of the evening him and Callie would be a couple again. Dante was snapped from his thoughts by his cell phone vibrating in his pocket. The caller I.D. read 'Wyatt'. Dane frowned as he answered.
"What's up, Wyatt?" Dante asked.
"We have a leak problem." Wyatt told him.
"Dude seriously, now? I'm with Callie." Dante told him.
"Yeah, I know. But we really need you on this one. Meet us at HQ." Wyatt told him and before Dante could protest anymore he hung up.
"Great." Dante said putting is phone back into his jeans pocket.
"I'm back." Callie said announcing her return as she held a large bag of gummy bears in front of her. She already had them opened and eating them. "You want some?" Callie offered holding the bag in front of his face.
"No, I'm good." He answered her.
"You're turning down offered food. What's wrong?" Callie asked. "Did I do something wrong?"
"No, it's not you it's just… Wyatt called." Dante told her avoiding her gaze.
"Was it about a," Callie began then stopping to look around to make sure no one was listening to them before whispering, "leek?"
"Yeah, I have to meet them at HQ." He told her. "I'm sorry but I got to go or Wyatt will kill me. Sorry it kind of ruined our date."
"So this was a date?" Callie asked him with a smile.
"Um, well no. I mean it's not unless I guess if you wanted it to be a date. If you wanted it to be a date then I'm cool with it being a date."
Callie smiled and let out a small giggle.
"Dante, yeah this is a date and it's not over yet." Dante looked at her confused.
"What do you mean?" he asked her.
"I'm coming with." She told him simply as she grabbed her coat and purse so they could leave.
"What do you mean you're coming? You can't come." Dante told her as he quickly followed her as she walked to the exit.
"Um yeah I am. Dante I know your guys secret. I'm not just going to stand by and not do anything about it." She explained to him.
"Wyatt's not going to like this." Dante told her. Callie shrugged as they made their way quickly to headquarters.
"I'm here!" Dante annoyed as he and Callie walked through the door.
"Finally, I thought you were never going to get here. We have ghouls." Wyatt told him as he walked over to him to give him his weapon The Skullcracker, which basically looked like a blue and orange oversized bat. He stopped when he noticed Callie behind him. "Um what's she doing here?"
"I'm here to help." She spoke up.
"Help?" Wyatt asked confused.
"Yeah you know to fight the uh ghouls you were talking about."
"Callie, I don't think that such a good idea." Lyle said trying to talk her out of it. "I mean we've been fighting leaks for a while now but you haven't."
"Oh so you think you guys are the only ones who can take down leaks, is that what you're saying?" Callie asked them starting to get angry.
"Of course we're not saying that." Dante told her looking at the other in a panic. Callie always scared him when she was mad. "That's not what we're saying at all. Right guys, that not what you were saying?" He asked them.
"Look just give me a weapon and I'll come with you. I'll even stay close to Dante if that makes you guys feels better. I come with or without your permission... this stupid leak interrupted my date." Callie told them.
"Date? With Dante?" Lyle asked looking between the two of them. "Dude you didn't tell me you guys were back together."
"Well, we aren't really back together. Wyatt's phone call interrupted." Callie answered him. "So um about that weapon." She said facing Wyatt.
"Right weapon, well your weapon in the game is The Skullcracker and if we get that Dante can show you how to handle it in the real world." Wyatt said as he went over to type in some code on his laptop to get Callie her weapon.
"Sounds good." Callie told him with a bright smile. "Where's Angie? Doesn't she usually fight leak with you guys?" She asked suddenly realizing the brunette was missing.
"She had to work at Bayer's tonight so she couldn't come." Wyatt explained. A moment later he was done with the coding and a large game portal opened before spitting out her weapon on the floor. Callie quickly ran and snatched off the ground. She couldn't believe she was holding an actual real Skullcraker in her hand.
"Wow," Callie whispered.
"Yeah, just be really careful. The weapons are super powerful." Wyatt advised. "Okay we've wasted enough time. It's time to go leak hunting. Let's move out."
The ghouls were inside the school according to Wyatt's tracker. The four teenagers quickly snuck in and started searching. They found the ghouls roaming inside the gym.
"Okay here we go guys. Remember to stay near Dante okay Callie." Wyatt said and Callie nodded her head in agreement.
"Tulta Munelli!" The four shouted as they ran into the gym weapons raised ready for battle.
An hour later the four of them had managed to send all the ghouls back to the game. Callie couldn't believe how amazing it was. It was so much better than the actual video game. She smiled as she twirled her Skullcracker around in her hand and faced the boys.
"So did I pass your boys test?" Callie asked them. The three of them looked at each other speechless. Callie had done very well especially better than they did first starting out.
"You were wonderful." Dante told her slinging a shoulder around her waist happily. Callie smiled up at him.
"Guys, we should probably get out of here. We don't want to get caught." Lyle told them.
"Yeah we should go put our weapons back at HQ." Wyatt agreed.
After the weapons had been put away they all separated to go home for the night. Dante happily offered to take Callie home so he would have a chance to talk to her along.
"Tonight was really fun." Callie told them as they walked down the street towards her house.
"Yeah, I'm glad you enjoyed your first leak hunt." Dante said.
"Yeah, that was fun but I kind of meant before that. You know at the bowling ally." Callie told him as they climbed up the stair of her porch.
"Oh uh yeah that was really fun. Maybe we could do it some other time… maybe without the leak interruption." Dante hinted.
"I would like that." Callie told him.
"Awesome, so next weekend?" Dante asked hopeful as he ran a hand through his hair making it stick up.
"Yeah, sounds like a plan."
Dante taking all of his courage leaned towards tilting his head and lightly brushed he lips against Callie's surprised ones. It only took her a moment before she responded to him by leaning closer to him and moving her lips against his. Callie sighed happily into his mouth and she felt his fingers run through her pink hair. All to soon the two broke apart with flushed faces and heavy breathing.
"I forgot how much I liked your kisses." Callie mumbled into his chest. Dante smiled as he buried his face into her hair and placing a kiss on the top of her head.
"Callie," Dante said quietly but loud enough to get her attention.
"Yeah?" She said into his chest.
"Will you be my lady again?" Dante asked her and Callie felt him shift his wait nervously. She pulled out of his arms so she could look up at him. Dante looked at her uncertain.
"It depends do you promise to always be my knight in shining armor?" Callie asked him.
"Yeah always," Dante answered immediately.
"Then yes I'll be your lady again." Callie answered him with a smile before giving him a light peck on his lips. Dante let a sigh of relief pass his lips.
"Awesome! So um I'll call you tomorrow and we can hang out. I mean if you want and if you don't have any other plans." Dante said.
"Yeah, I'll see you tomorrow. Good night Dante." She told and with one more final kiss she made her way into her house leaving a very happy Dante behind. Callie closed her front and leaned against it with smile. Finally things were back to normal. She and Dante were back together and this time there would be no secrets between them. Callie was finally content with how everything was turning out.
The end! I hope you all liked it and thank you so much for reading and leaving reviews. All I ask is that you review me and let know if you liked how everything turned out! Tulta Munelli!