A Match Made in Hell

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I jump suddenly when I feel a hand running down my bare back. Turning around, I find Cassidy behind me, staring up and down at me. "Cassie." I mutter.

"Aiden." She smiles, staring into my eyes and not looking away.

"Is there anything you need?" I brush her hand off my shoulder, pretending to not be affected.

"No." She takes a few steps closer to me. "No, not really. I was just going to ask you something."

"Hm? And what would that be?" I continue to walk, not turning back to glance at her. He suddenly takes my arm and wraps her own around it.

"I was just wondering if you'd like to go out to lunch tomorrow." She looks down, a blush spreading across her cheeks. "Just you and I."

"I'll think about it." I push her away slightly, taking a step back. "Goodnight, Cassidy."

"Let me know tomorrow morning." She walks off with a smirk as I push the door open, walking into one of the rooms.

Cleo is sitting on the chair with her head resting on Asher's lap, who's sitting on the table. Ela is laying on the floor, throwing and catching a ball as the others discuss something. There's another boy there, I think his name is viktor.

"Hey guys," I say quietly as I shut the door behind myself.

"Hey Aiden." The girls chant slowly like I'm their teacher walking into class.

"The fuck was that?" I hear zak's voice behind me as he enters the room and shuts the door, taking his seat on the bed.

"Yes! Finally! We can get to discuss who shares their rooms." Asher puts his hands on his hips. I can't vaguely hear his voice, but I'm not listening to him. I pull my phone out to text zak.

And that's when I'm realising, the last time we talked before me introducing him to nick was over 3 days ago.

I missed him. I really did.

'We need to talk,' I type in and send, hearing his phone ding as he pulls it out of his pocket. 'Stay later so we can talk this out? Please?'

I Watch him as he rolls his eyes and begins to type. 'You'll have 5 minutes.'

I look up at him and place my phone carefully on a table, mouthing a 'thank you'

"I'll share with Cleo." Ela shrugs.

"Oh, babe," Cleo pouts her lips and laughs, ela does the same jokingly, their lips almost touching. Zak giggles at their acts and Asher rolls his eyes playfully.

"I can share with anyone, I don't mind." I interrupt.

"Same." Asher adds calmly. "I don't mind sharing with anyone."

"Aiden and zak could share." Cleo glances at all of us one by one. "They always share a room when were stuck in these situations."

Zachary opens his mouth to protest, but immediately gives in and changes his mind. I just shrug in response as he sits in silence. The girls share an awkward glance, ela furrowing her eyebrows in confusion but Asher interrupts all of us once again.

"It's been a long day. We should all go to bed, eh?" He nods towards the door.

Ela gets up, helping Cleo up too. "Aiden and Zak can have this room, all of Zak's stuff is here."

Viktor stands up to, smiling at the two of us before muttering a goodnight and leaving with the other three.

Zachary groans out loud and collapses onto the bed, facing the wall.