Chapter 13: The Photo

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“Can we have more sake here please?  Thank you.” Ashton said to the waitress near us.

“Right away, sir.”

“Michael, honey. No! Don’t put too much wasabi in your food.” I scolded him.

We were in a sushi place located in London.  I had the boys with me and it was fun. But then again it’s always fun when I’m with the guys.

Then suddenly Michael coughed uncontrollably with apparent tears in his eyes.

I know we shouldn’t have but it was funny as hell. Ashton, Luke, Calum and I burst out laughing while I was rubbing poor Michael’s back.

“I told you not too put too much.” I said as I handed him a glass of water to soothe his throat.

“That’s enough sushi for today.” Michael declared as soon as he stopped coughing.

“Aw come on, Michael. That was entertaining!” Ashton said.

“Fuck you, Ashton!” Michael retaliated.

“Hey! Boys, stop!” I said.

“Here’s your sake, sir. Enjoy.” The waitress said as she put down a small tray with a bottle of sake. I might have seen a wink in Ashton’s direction and a charming smile back from him.

“Woah, Ashton. If I didn’t know better, I’d say that girl is checking you out.” I nodded at the waitress’ direction. “And you seem to be doing the same to her.”

Luke and Calum laughed and whooped.

“Oh yeah! Ashton’s getting some tonight!”

Calum high-fived Luke. Ashton didn’t even bother to hide his emotions as he blushed and giggled with us. We stayed for about half an hour more before going back to my place. (They’re staying with me again by the way.)

For the last 2 days since they’ve been in London with me, Calum, Ashton, Michael and Luke has been doing minimal work (which means a few interviews here and there) and more time for us to bond. We’ve visited Charlotte, too, and it seems like her university work is coming to an end. All that’s left for her to do is wait for the results.

I also gave each boy a duplicate key to my flat. It’s brave and quite reckless of me to do, I know. But I trust them. It’s fine.

And as for me and Calum, it’s like nothing at all happened. Just friends.

Although, he never fails to have my heart skip a beat whenever I see him smile at me. Or when his skin touches mine.

Sometimes I catch myself staring at his lips when he talks. I just hope he doesn’t notice.

You should’ve seen Charlotte when we all visited her. She was furious.

She clearly showed hostility towards Calum but she never said anything about the incident. And it died down eventually. That was just Charlotte being over-protective of me.

When we got home, it was already dark outside. Ashton put on some movies as Luke and Calum joined him in front of the tv.

“Robbie, do you have any ice cream?” Michael asked as he walked towards the kitchen.

“It’s in the freezer.” I told him as I removed my jacket and dropped my keys in the trinket bowl beside the door.

I joined the guys on the couch as Michael came in with a tub of ice cream and 2 spoons. As we watch the movie, we all took turns on the spoons and ice cream. By the climax of the movie, the tub of frozen and creamy goodness was empty and Michael, Luke and Ashton were asleep. Calum, on the other hand showed signs of sleepiness and droopy eyes but he seemed like fighting the urge to sleep. Poor babies. They are so tired. From doing almost nothing.

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