Ashton's P.O.V.

I went home that night in a complete daze. She had kissed me... kind of.

I sighed, flopping down on my bed unsure of what to think. Did this mean she liked me? Or was it just a common thing for her to go around kissing her friends on the cheek. Completely confused I decided to ring Skylar. She would know what to do.

Dialling her number I waited impatiently as it rang.

Once. Twice. Three times. And then-

"Hello?" her familiar voice answered.

"Skylar, hi! Okay I know its probably like a really inconvenient time there or whatever but I'm kinda freaked out here. I mean I think theres a chance something happened with me and Rachel but then again it could have been nothing. I could be completely misreading the situation. I tend to do that. You know there was this one girl once in school that I-"

"Ashton!" She cut off my rambling quickly, laughing.

"Sorry" I mumbled.

"Just slow down" she chuckled. "What exactly happened with Rachel?" she asked.

I sighed.

"Well we were at this carnival, right? A good few of us. But Me, Cal and Rachel were hanging out just the three of us and we were having a tonne of fun. She was being really flirty and we were messing around and stuff and then before I left she kissed me-" I began to explain but she cut me off with a loud shriek.

"She kissed you?!" she demanded eagerly.

I could hear a voice in the background saying 'Who kissed who?'

Oh great, Luke was there with her. I knew there was no way in hell he'd ever let me forget about this. He'd be teasing me non stop when we got back to campus.

"No Skylar, she didn't kiss me kiss me. She kissed me on the cheek. But she kinda froze afterwards and got all awkward.. I didn't really know how to react so I just left" I admitted.

I heard her giggle.

"Your such a twat Ash. Just tell her how you feel" she told me and Luke agreed in the background.

"No, no.. That's not a good idea. I mean I know its been a while but things between her and Louis are still a bit weird. I really don't wanna make things awkward between us by asking her out or something just for her to say no" I explained to them.

Skylar sighed at the other end of the phone.

"Okay.. Well if you don't wanna tell her yet just spend more time with her. The more time you spend with her, the easier it'll be to know whether or not she likes you. Trust me Rachel's not exactly the most difficult person to read" she chuckled at the end and I had to nod in agreement.

"Right, I guess that's all I can do right now" I agreed.

"Thanks Skylar" I added.

"And Luke!" Luke yelled in the background. I smirked in response.

"And Luke" I corrected

And with that I hung up.



Rachel's P.O.V.

Once we got home from the carnival I tied my hair back in a messy plait. I couldn't find any pyjamas of my own so I snuck into Harry's room and stole a pair of football shorts he had and slipped on one of his t-shirts.

I was still feeling a little embarrassed after kissing Ashton like that. Granted I didn't actually kiss him on the lips but I shouldn't have kissed him at all. I really couldn't understand why I had done it.

Once changed I headed down to the kitchen where mum and Harry were talking about the holidays.

"So Rach, what do you think we should do for Christmas? We were thinking of maybe taking a holiday somewhere" Harry asked, turning his attention to me.

I shook my head quickly as I opened the fridge to pull out the bar of chocolate I had in it.

"No way. I like spending Christmas at home" I replied shortly.

Harry rolled his eyes.

"But we spend Christmas at home every year" he reminded me.

I shrugged.

"Exactly. I'm set in my ways" I told them seriously.

Mum burst out laughing at that. I ignored her calling me a 'little old lady' and headed into the living room. I was deadly serious. I liked spending Christmas at home. It was nice, being surrounded by family and friends on Christmas day.

When I walked into the kitchen I found Louis lying across the couch.

I rolled my eyes at how he was taking up the whole thing, stretched out as far as he could be.

"Louis, move" I commanded, meeting his eye.

He smirked.

"Make me" he replied instantly.

"Loouuiiiss!" I whined, wanting to just sit down and eat my Dairy Milk in peace.

His smirk deepened.

"Fine have it your way" I muttered, before plopping myself down on top of his stomach.

"Rachel" he groaned, obviously surprised at the sudden weight.

I ignored him completely, taking a large bite of the chocolate.

"Rachel Styles get your fat ass off of me right now or I swear to god I'll-" he began.

"You'll what Louis?" I cut him, swallowing my chocolate.

When he didn't reply I just smirked.

Louis seemed to have nothing to say for a few seconds before suddenly his eyebrows raised.

"Why are you wearing my t-shirt?" he asked.

"What?" I asked back.

"Why are you wearing my t-shirt?" he repeated, pulling at the hem of the t-shirt I was wearing.

I shrugged.

"I assumed it was Harry's. It was on the floor in his room" I explained.

"What need would you have for stripping in my brothers room?" I asked waggling my eyebrows suggestively.

He chuckled slightly.

"Sorry. I'll take it off if you want" I told him.

"What, like right now? What would your mom think if she walked in on you sitting on top of me with no top on?" he teased.

I rolled my eyes.

"Nah don't worry about it Rach, it looks good on you" he replied.

I grinned happily.

"Good, I wasn't planning on taking it off anyways" I admitted.

He laughed.

"Surprise, surprise" he said.

It was then that my phone started ringing. I glanced at the Called ID quickly and smiled when I saw it was Ashton.

"I gotta take this Lou" I mumbled hopping off of him and clicking answer.

"Ashton, hey" I greeted, walking out of the room, leaving a confused and somewhat annoyed Louis behind.

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