Rachel's P.O.V.

I giggled loudly as Ashton pulled me into his room.

I had already text Louis saying that I wasn't able to meet him in the theatre since it had been so late when we had gotten back to the boys place. I told him I was sleeping over at a friends and thankfully he hadn't asked which friend, cause I really wasn't n the mood to argue with him.

"I have some clothes you can borrow if you want? I assume you didn't bring anything? Or maybe you did. That'd be weird cause it's not like we planned this.. " Ashton trailed off, as he began shuffling through his drawers, looking for clothes.

Laughing, I rolled my eyes.

"I didn't bring any" I told him, chuckling.

He nodded to himself, finally pulling something out.

"Okay, these are gonna be pretty big.." he mumbled, tossing me a ball of clothing.

I shrugged.

"I'm sure I'll manage" I told him.

He just nodded.

I headed off to the bathroom then to get ready. Once I had locked the door I got changed quickly into the clothes Ashton gave me. He was right - they were huge on me. He had given me a large blue t-shirt with some witty catch-phrase written on it which hung halfway down my thighs. He had also given me a pair of white football shorts which were hanging off me. Though they were big, they showed off quite a lot of my legs, with made me somewhat uncomfortable.

It was strange that I would feel that way, because I normally wasn't too bothered about it. But for some reason I felt a little worried of what Ashton would think. I ran a hand through my hair quickly, knowing I was being stupid. It was only Ashton.

Using the hair-tie I had on my wrist to tie my hair up into a messy ponytail, I washed my face with a clean towel the boys had. I knew I pretty much looked like shit at this point, but there was no sense in just staying in the bathroom. And so I walked out, heading to the living room.

I could hear chatting but once I walked into the room, there was silence.

Both Skylar and Ashton turned to face me from where they were sitting on the couch.

"Hey guys, what's going on?" I asked, raising an eyebrow in confusion.

"Ohh nothing!" Ashton called out quickly, looking a little flustered.

I frowned but felt my cheeks redden as he scanned over my body. I subconsciously pulled the shorts lower down on my leg.

"Okay look I know I look really bad-" I began, feeling unusually nervous.

He shook his head quickly, frowning.

"No, no. You look great. You always look great" he cut me off quickly.

I felt my blush deepen at that.

"Er, thanks" I mumbled awkwardly, as he looked down, cursing himself under his breath.

Skylar just giggled at us.

Before I had a chance to think much further into the situation, Luke came out of his room, plopping down on the couch beside Skylar. Michael walked out of his room too, heading towards the kitchen.

"Hey Ash?" he shouted from the kitchen.

"Yeah?" Ashton called back.

Michael appeared in the doorway then, smirking.

"Didn't you say you were going to teach Skylar to play the drums?" he asked, glancing innocently at me and then back at Ashton.

I raised an eyebrow.

He had never offered to teach me to play the drums before. You know, not that that mattered.

"Oh yeah! When do you wanna do that Sky?" he asked her, leaning over to ruffle her hair.

She grinned widely, while Luke just folded his arms not saying anything.

"How about now?" she suggested.

I bit my lip.

"Well - Em- Calum's asleep right now so maybe it's not such a good idea..?" I told them, for some reason not liking the idea.

Michael smirked again.

"Cal won't mind" he shrugged.

Skylar grinned.

"Great! C'mon!" she giggled, hopping off of the couch, pulling Ashton with her.

I sighed, walking into the kitchen where Michael was as they got set up on the small drum stool, Skylar basically sitting on Ashton's lap.

"What's wrong?" Michael asked, following me, as the sound of the drums filled the apartment.

"Nothing" I replied, shrugging, opening their fridge.

I pulled out a Mars bar, opening it quickly.

"That's Ashtons" he told me, when I turned back around to face him.

I took a large bite of it, raising an eyebrow.

"Although you know, I doubt he'd mind sharing with you" Michael winked.

I narrowed my eyes.

"Shut up" I mumbled.

He just chuckled as I walked past him back out to the sitting room.

Ashton and Skylar were still on the drumkit in the corner. She was holding the drum sticks, while his hands were over hers, guiding her to bang the drums in an amazing rhythm.

Luke was still sitting on the couch, trying not to watch them, though he couldn't help it.

Neither could I.

They looked so cute and coupley. It gave me a sick feeling in my stomach. Honestly, what right did I have to get jealous? I mean I had Louis. It wasn't like I was with Ashton or anything.

Although, sometimes, my body couldn't fully understand logic.

I finished off the Mars bar quickly and then headed to the bathroom to wash my mouth out with mouthwash, I couldn't fall asleep with the taste of chocolate in my mouth.

Once out of the bathroom, I headed back to the sitting room. Skylar and Ashton were still messing around on the drums and honestly I couldn't watch anymore.

"Guys, I'm gonna go to bed" I called out over the loud sound of the drums.

They cut off quickly.

"Your going to bed? Are you sure?" Ashton asked, looking a little disappointed.

I nodded.

"Yeah, I'm pretty tired" I gave him a small smile.

"Night" I added, glancing at the other three.

I walked into Ashtons room, closing the door behind me. I suddenly felt a little awkward. Was I sleeping in Ashtons bed? And if so, was he sleeping in it to?

I sighed loudly.

It wasn't like anything was going to happen.

I slipped into bed quickly, making sure to stay as close to the edge of the bed as possible and tried to get to sleep.



Ashton's P.O.V.

I sighed loudly as the door closed.

"Well that went well" I muttered sarcastically.

Skylar sat up off of my lap quickly, turning to face me.

"Trust me Ash, I know her. And she definitely likes you.. Maybe she's just not ready to admit it quite yet" she shrugged.

Luke wrapped his arms around her from behind.

"Exactly, man. Honestly, she seems pretty confused to me" he added.

I just nodded.

Luke kissed Skylars shoulder before nuzzling his face in her neck, making her giggle loudly. I bit my lip at the image. Why did they get to be so happy? While the girls I had feelings for was lying in my bed right now and I could do nothing about it because she was taken. Maybe I was just being silly thinking that she'd end up liking me back. She had Tomlinson after all. He was older, smarter and much more popular than me. Really, what was I thinking? She would never like me better than she liked him.

"You two are sickeningly adorable" I muttered, leaving my drum sticks on the ground before walking over and collapsing onto the couch.

Skylar sighed, pulling away from Luke to walk over to me.

"C'mon Ash, don't be so gloomy. We'll think of something to do to make her realise how she feels about you" she told me.

I scoffed.

"To make her realise?" I mumbled, dubiously.

"Dude, stop being such a drama queen.. " Michael muttered, plopping down on the couch next to me.

I sighed.

"Believe me, I'm trying. I just don't know what it is about her.. She's just different" I replied.




Rachel's P.O.V.

I opened my eyes slowly, not really sure where I was. I tried to roll over to get a better view but was restrained by arms around my torso. I managed to turn awkwardly in his arms, to be faced with a sleeping Ashton.

He looked so cute when he slept, so blissfully innocent and young that I couldn't help but laugh slightly.

It took me a while but I finally managed to wriggle out of his grip, landing on the floor with a soft thud.

I checked he was still asleep and then quickly snuck out of the room, closing the door behind me.

I wasn't too surprised to find Calum in the kitchen, cooking breakfast. He had after all gone to bed earlier that the rest so it wasn't unexpected that he'd be up.

"Good Morning" I greeted warmly, picking up my phone from where it was sitting on the counter from last night.

"Morning Rachel! How'd you sleep?" he asked, his tone friendly.

I grinned.

"Well, and you?" I replied, checking my messages on my phone. I instantly noticed one from Louis and one from Harry.



Louis: 'Hey Rach. The boys and I are going to a party tonight. You guys should come? You can invite Irwin and those other three boys if you want. I really do want a chance to apologise. Let me know soon and I'll text you the address :) x'

Harry: 'Are you going to the party tonight? You and your roommates?'



I was confused at Harrys message. What did he care if my roommates were going or not? However at Louis message I felt nothing but guilty. He was obviously feeling bad about the fight with Ashton if he was willing to invite him too. And where was I? Only off sleeping at Ashton. How horrible was I?

I sighed, locking my phone.

"Hey Calum, how'd you think the boys would feel about going to a party tonight?" I asked him cautiously.

He shrugged.

"I'm sure they'd be up for it" he replied.

I grinned.

"Awesome. I'll let Louis know" I replied quickly.

At that Calum turned around.

"Louis? As in Louis Tomlinson?" he raised an eyebrow.

I nodded.

"As in the Louis who nearly broke Ashton's nose?" he added.

"Look, he really is sorry about that! Can you please just try and get them to come? They'll listen to you more than they'd listen to me" I pleaded.

He sighed but then nodded.

"Sure, why not"

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