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"Okay," Louis says cheekily. "I didn't do it."

"You saucy little minx," she smirks at him.

"How old are you?" He asks taken aback by her language.

"Louis, my birthday was yesterday. How could you forget?!" She grabs his hand. "It meant so much to us."

She looks at me and winks, letting me know she is just messing around.

"What the hell are you talking about?" He says but keeps his hand in her's. "Who says saucy little minx? It makes you sound like your 100!"

"I say it because it's fun- wait. Say it again."

"Say what?" Louis asks her confused.

"You know what!" She squeezes his hand. "Say it again."

"Saucy little minx," he says and she cracks a smile.

"Again," she instructs. He repeats himself and she giggles. He keeps saying it and she giggles harder. "Wait say something else."

"What shall I say?" he asks, staring at the game he and Harry are playing on the Xbox.

"Girl," she smirks at him.

"Girl," he repeats in his Yorkshire accent so it doesn't even sound like the word girl. This goes on for about an hour, she tells him what to say then repeats it in his accent. When she is tired of Louis she moves on to Liam.

"Liam say golf," she instructs and her phone starts to ring. "Ni will you get that please?"

I nod and walk over to her cell phone as she continues to copy the boys accents. It's a weird number from Reno. Wait, didn't she say her dad lives in Reno.

"Hello?" I answer trying to sound tough and very Irish so hopefully he will stop calling.

"Hi, um I'm looking for Auden," a girl's voice comes through the phone.

"Mm, hold on," I push mute and walk over to the couch. "Aud it's a girl. The number said Reno."

Her head snaps up to look at me, her eyes are wide.

"What did Mike say Harry?" She asks.

"He just asked for you," Harry says quickly. "I said you weren't there and he asked where you were. I said I don't know can I take a message and he said this is Mike, her father, just tell her I called."

"Did you tell him where I live?" She turns on him.

"I'm 100% positive I did not mention you live in London," Harry says.

"Okay," she takes and deep breath and takes the phone from me, un-muting it and answering the waiting girl.

"Hello?" She asks curiously. Everyone is holding their breath, waiting for what will happen next. "Um hi."

She glances at me then turns her eyes to Zayn. "I'm sorry I didn't catch your name."

"I think we have a bad connection, did you say your last name was Black?" she asks after a minute.

"Uh-oh," Harry mumbles and I watch Auden's hands ball in fists as she listens.

"Oh, I get it," she says in a annoyed voice. "The bloody wanker can't take a hint so he sent the wifie to fix his problems."

"Why is she talking in an English accent?" Louis whispers to Harry.

"Her voice goes like that when she is really angry," he shrugs. "Dunno why."

"Ha," she fake laughs. "I don't care about him and I don't care about you. If you'll excuse me, I live in Russia now. So f*ck off."

Auden hangs up the phone and throws it at the wall.

"Does anyone have a pen?" she asks the room cooly. Zayn grabs a pen from the shelf and hands it to her.

"Note to self," she says as she starts to write on her hand. "Get new phone, change number, fix hole in wall."

She huffs and slides off the couch and onto the floor.

"Auden you can't wear a dress if you're going to lie on the floor like that," Harry says, trying to break the tension. I look over the couch and her dress has rode up so you can almost see her underwear.

"Bloody hell," she sits up and storms into her room. "You're not my mother and neither is that bitch. Who does he think he is getting his whore to call me to make amends?"

"Probably your father," Harry says. This riles her up even more than she already is.

"Ha," she shouts from her room. "He's not my father! I don't have a father but who needs one. What are they good for? Opening jars and teaching you to fix things and how to fight and play video games."

She walks out of her room in jeans and a t-shirt, jumps over the back of the couch, landing where she was sat before and steals the controller from Harry.

"Well guess what, I already know how to do all those things," she say starting the game up.

"What can you fix?" Louis asks cheekily to lighten her mood.

"Everything," she answers with a smile. "I can break everything too, so that's a bonus right there."

She is starting to sound more herself. I walk over to look at her phone while she jokes around with Louis.

"That's like indestructible," Zayn says walking over to have a look. Her iPhone is perfectly fine, not even a scratch.

"This bloody case she has on it musta saved it," I say looking up at the dent in the wall.

+

"Auden are you sure you're alright?" I ask as we are climbing into her bed later that night. I've been worried about her all day but she doesn't like sympathy.

"I'm sure babe," she smiles at me and scoots over to lay her head on my chest. I turn off the lamp and after a minute she climbs on top of me, laying her head on my chest.

"Are you scared?" I giggle as she settles her weight on me.

"No," she says sassily. "I just want to be close to you."

"Hmm," I hum and start to play with her hair.

"Because I love you with my whole entire being," she says crossing her arms over my chest, resting her chin on them so she can look at my face. "You make me feel things I've never felt before. I never want it to stop, you surprise me in the most delightful way. It's you I want all the time. The only one I ever want. I crave you, a passionate fire burning inside of me. I really believe you are the greatest thing to ever happen to me."

My heart is racing and she smiles because she can hear it, but I don't mind. I want her to know what she does to me. How she drives me insane in the most terrific way.

"Are you gonna be a poet when you grow up?" I ask her softly. She giggles and kisses my bare chest before laying her head back down. I want to tell her what she means to me but I can't find the words. Another day at the studio is what I need.

"I find it curious how two strangers can suddenly mean so much to each other," I say and she looks up at me, her eyes connecting with mine for a loving gaze. She lifts herself off me and moves up, connecting our lips before going back to her previous position.

"I love you," I say as she is falling asleep in my arms.
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