Of•The•Stars {H.S AU}

18.

Have you ever been so uncomfortable that you feel like your whole being is about to explode?

That is me right now. Brayton hasn't stopped watching me like a stalker all day. Lily and Georgia want to get involved but I'm not going to let them, they're just gonna make things worse. Thankfully school is over and now we're chilling at Lily's. I keep looking out the window as cars pass by, paranoid that it might be Brayton. I'm overreacting, aren't I? Why would Brayton come here? I should just relax.

"Earth to Asteria?!" Georgia shouts in my face, snapping me back to reality, "You haven't said anything since we greeted Geoff." Geoff is Lily's dad, he's a cool and fun guy, likes making jokes too. "Sorry, I've been kinda distracted." I answer, my voice sounding a bit groggy, seeing as I haven't spoken in a while, *cough* two hours *cough*.

"It's Brayton, right?" Lily asks. I nod slightly, Georgia and Lily both let out an exaggerated groan before putting their homework aside, which hasn't been started. "I wanna kill him, why won't you just let me?" Lily says, looking at me desperately.

"Because it's just going to make things worse!" I explain, both her and Georgia nod and a silence falls over us.

"You girls wanna go shopping tomorrow after school?" Georgia asks, Lily immediately agrees, and I decide to tag along. A great distraction, "Great! It's settled! Now we need to find something to do so that this one isn't overthinking." Lily says, pointing to me as she says this. Georgia and Lily sit thinking of a distraction for me.

"I have an amazing idea!" Lily shouts before whispering something to Georgia. Georgia giggles in response, she then nods her head before they both pull me off of the bed and drag me downstairs, where 3 out of 5 of the boys are sitting.

"We are playing truth or dare!" Lily shouts, and just a few seconds later, Liam and Louis are downstairs.

"I am the eldest, so truth or dare... Asteria!" Louis asks me as a grin appears on his face.

"Truth."

"Great, I dare you to suffocate Liam to death!" Louis says, Liam looks at him with a surprised and shocked expression.

"I said truth!" I say, plus I would much rather do that to somebody else.

"But truth is no fun!" Louis complains.

"Truth." I repeat again, Louis rolls his eyes as he thinks of something to ask.

"Is it true that... You have the hugest crush on me." Louis says with a smug smirk.

"I don't, who even told you that?" I ask him as he lets out a laugh, "The eyes don't lie Asteria. They don't lie." Louis says in a horrible French accent, "Gross, and don't you have a girlfriend?" Louis nods, "Yes I happen to have a girlfriend. Why do you ask?" I roll my eyes before looking around.

"Truth or dare, Harold?"

"Truth..."

"Have you ever been in love?"