Avery Bradley is a professional dancer from London, but she isn't the only famous one in the family. Her brother Josh is a YouTuber who goes by the name of ZerkaaHD.
What will happen when Avery is forced to stay with one of her brother's close frie...
"JOSH! What do you mean you may have forgotten to leave the key! What am I supposed to do about the convention and my auditions!! It's two hours on the train from my apartment!" I shouted down the phone at my idiot brother. I was currently stood in the hall of his apartment building with two suitcases and an overnight bag. He was on his way to The Maldives with his girlfriend for a month long holiday which they booked a year ago. I was coming to this part of London for a bunch of auditions and a huge dance convention that were happening over the next few weeks and I was supposed to be staying in Josh and Freya's apartment until they got back.
"You can't come back now! You're on a plane you twat!" I sat on top of one of my suitcases and ran my free hand through my hair. "It's fine I'll sort something Josh, enjoy your holiday," I was about to hang up when I heard a voice. "Wait don't hang up Avery, let me talk to Josh." When I turned around I saw one of Josh's friends, Simon. He was tall and blonde with a gorgeous smile. I had had a bit of a thing for him a couple of years ago but I was over it now. As I stood up from the suitcase, I passed him the phone and watched him intently as he spoke to Josh.
"She can stay with me until you get back if that's alright with her," he started, "JJ is in LA for the next 3 weeks and we have a spare room anyway. She'll be fine. And I only live a few minutes in the car away from your apartment block so it won't affect the distance to these events she has to go to." I smiled at Simon and mouthed 'thank you' as he nodded listening to what Josh had to say. As he handed me the phone back, he smiled sweetly. He was cute, like really cute. "Avery, Simon said you can stay with him." Josh said down the phone. "Josh I know I was there." I finalised everything with Josh and Simon and then Simon and I carried my belongings down to his car. "Now to go do what I was in this building for," he laughed, locking his car. "I've just got to grab something from Ethan's , he lives on the floor above Josh." I followed Simon back into the building where we got into the lift to Ethan's floor.
Ethan opened the door after Simon knocked and gave me the warmest welcome. He said he'd missed having me around since I moved to outer London. Once Simon had collected what he came for and I'd explained the whole situation to Ethan, we said our goodbyes to him and headed back to the car and climbed in. On the drive back to Simon's apartment, we talked about the convention and the auditions that I was in this part of London for. I kept looking over at Simon, he was so fricking attractive. The way he licked his lips while speaking, his hand running through his hair, and his eyes.
Simon and I had history a few years ago, though it wasn't really history: a secret holiday romance. Covert kisses in the dead of night beside the pool, discreetly brushing hands as we passed each other and passing notes in the halls. I thought it was over when we returned home and I moved to outer London. I'd had a boyfriend since then and I was over Simon and he was over me but I wasn't so sure anymore.
When we arrived home, Simon ordered McDonald's on UberEats for our dinner. It was around 7pm at this point and we sat and talked while watching tv and eating. After eating, Simon helped me unpack all of my things into the wardrobe in his spare room. It finally got to around 10:30pm and I decided it was time for me to go bed. I said farewell to Simon and grabbed my toiletry bag and went into the bathroom to shower. The water felt amazing over my skin over the stress of today, I needed this relaxing feeling. Climbing out the shower I dried myself down and headed back into the bedroom to put my pyjamas on, braid my hair and do my skin routine. It was now 10:57 and I attempted to get some sleep. I put in my earphones and slowly drifted off to sleep listening to the sound of Jealous by Labyrinth.
Simon's pov
It was late, 2:34 was the time when I checked my phone, but I couldn't sleep because I kept thinking about Avery. The memories of our secret holiday romance a few years ago, kept replaying in my head. I was quickly awoken from my trance-like state when I heard a shrieking scream followed by the sound of crying. Jumping out of bed and running to Avery's room, I burst through the door to see her say hugging her knees and crying. I sat close to her and held her in my arms until she stopped crying. "Hey, you're okay," I whispered causing her to look at me. "Thank you, you can go now Simon I'm okay." I insisted to her that I stay to make sure she's okay but she kept turning me down until finally she said "okay whatever." Grabbing the chair from the corner of the room and moving it closer, I placed myself down and got comfortable, it wasn't easy. "If you're going to stay, don't stay in the chair get in the bed. I don't want you to have a broken back in the morning."she said and I looked at her and climbed into bed beside her. She turned away from me and fell back to sleep. The brush of her skin against mine every now and then brought back memories from the trip. I thought I was over it by now.
Amy's pov
He's coming for me, I know it. I see him behind me, chasing me, getting closer and closer, as time passes. I'm running and running but I don't seem to be going anywhere. He's right behind me I can't escape this he's grabbed my arm. I'm gonna die I'm gonna die. He pulls out a knife and raises it into the air and stabs me.
I quickly awake, dripping in sweat, my breathing shallow. Simon sits up and I do the same looking at him. "You wanna talk about it? It could help." He says and I nod, sitting up fully. I explain the story of my best friend being stabbed by her psychopath boyfriend last year and he puts his arm around me to comfort me. We both lie back down on the bed, this time our bodies facing one another. I peeked down at his lips and back up at his eyes as he did the same. He slowly leaned in as did I. As our lips met, time stopped. The feeling of his lips against mine once more filled a hole in my heart that had been empty the past two years. Our lips moved in sync, and I put my hand through his platinum hair, slightly tugging. His hand rested on my waist and we pulled away. "Thank you," I whispered, resting my head on his chest and starting to fall asleep.
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@averybriar moved in with @miniminter for the month. This should be fun, thanks for leaving me the key to your apartment Josh 😒
@miniminter happy to help @zerkaahd I'm stupid okay -@averybriar you got that right
