"Okay your room is 227, Cora and Arabella", Luke said handing Cora a card. "278, Hadley", He said handing her the other card in his hand. "Wait, why does she get her own room, that's bullshit", Cora said, looking at Luke angrily. "Okay, well get a boyfriend and you can have your own room", He shot back, crossing his arms. "Okay dad, I will get a boyfriend", She replied before looking at Michael. "Be my boyfriend so I can get my own room", She said getting down on her knees, grabbing his hand. "I do", Michael replied, faking a gasp. She looked at Luke smugly, holding her hands up. "Guess you know what that means", She said as she held her hand out. "That's not how it works, Cora, go away", He replied, rolling his eyes. "Whatever, I hate you anyways, Lucas", She said before grabbing her suitcase, hitting the up button on the elevator. "Come on Michael, let's go have loud sex while Arabella is in the room because Luke won't give me the other card", She said grabbing him by his arm pulling him in the elevator with her as the rest of the group followed in.
"Maybe we should've went separately in this elevator", Ashton said. "Agreed", Arabella said in the corner of the cramped elevator. "Cora, your ass is literally all up on me, chill", Michael said as he put his hands between them. "I can't help it, it's crowded", She says backing up against him. He closed his eyes trying to think of things that grossed him out. No way in hell was he going to get a boner in the elevator in front of them all.
"Why are you closing your eyes, Michael", Calum said laughing. "Shh, I'm trying to concentrate on something", He replied. "Boner", Arabella mouthed to Calum, giggling. He scrunched his nose up looking her before looking away, laughing to himself. The elevator dinged as they all tried to walk out at the same time. Hadley struggled to pull her suitcase out as they all crammed into the hallway. Calum went to grab her suitcase only to find Ashton already pulling it. "Thanks", Hadley said as she took it from him, her eyes meeting Calum's giving him a light smile. "Dude this hallway is so long", Arabella moaned. "Just like my dick", Michael said, laughing at his own joke. "Shut the hell up", Cora said, rolling her eyes at him giving him a shove. "If you race me down this hallway and I win, I get a blowjob but if you win then I'll buy you a bag of chips", Michael said to Cora. "What the hell, that's not even remotely fair", She replied to him as she sat her purse down. "Deal or no deal?", He said as he raised his eyebrow at her. "There's no point in getting your hopes up on a blowjob because I'll win", She said dropping her phone on the floor before she started running. "Hey, no fair!", He exclaimed as he chased after her.
"I love being friends with 12 year olds", Calum said as he watching them race each other down the hall. Arabella bent down to grab Cora's things as Luke grabbed Michael's. "Best thing ever", Ashton replied, sarcastically. They all watched them run down the hall, Cora winning. "He's going to throw a fit when he realizes he lost", Luke said his eyes on them. "Yep", Arabella said as Cora made it to the end first. Cora turned around jumping as Michael fell to the ground throwing his arms up. "Why, God, why", He said looking up at the ceiling. "I want cheetos, thanks pal", Cora said as she passed him, giving him a pat on his head. She walked back to the group, smiling and breathing heavily. She grabbed her things from Arabella as she turned back around looking at Michael who had curled up in a ball on the floor. "Mikey, get off that floor, you don't know what's been on it", Arabella called after him. "Leave me be", He yelled back her.
Arabella rolled her eyes before looking at the group. "Anyways..where are our rooms?", She asked making Cora look down at their room number. "Our room number is 227 so we are down the hall", She replied, leading the group down the hallway. They stopped at the door that Michael was in front of. Cora stepped over him, inserting the card in the door, making it beep. She opened it as she grabbed her suitcase. "Someone pull Michael in", Ashton replied as he stepped over him. Calum grabbed Michael's leg pulling him inside the room with him. They all walked into the huge hotel room that overlooked the city. "I'm going to go and put my stuff in my room", Hadley said finally speaking up since talking to Arabella at Luke's mom's house. She quickly walked out leaving the group to awkwardly stare at each other. "Well then", Cora said dragging her suitcase to a bed.
"We should go out and do something", Arabella said trying to avoid conflict. "Oh yes, we could go to the Moonlight cinema", Calum spoke up. "Is that like a movie theater because lame", Cora said as she fell backwards onto the bed. "No, it's better it's like a drive in", He explained, going on his phone to google it. "I'm down", Michael said, getting off the floor. "Actually, I think I'm going to go visit my family tonight", Ashton said, looking down at his phone at a text he received. "I'll go ask Hadley if she wants to come then", Calum said before he rushed out the room. He walked over to the room beside the door, quickly knocking on the door. "Who is it?", he heard her say. "Your boyfriend", he replied, smiling. He heard the door click to be greeted by her in a robe her chest area being exposed a little. He looked her up and down. She snapped her fingers in his face. "Hello my face is up here", She said. He blinked a couple of times before glancing back up to her face. "Oh, I was going to ask if you wanted to come with us to a drive in theater type thing", He said resting his arm on the door frame. "I'm not really in the mood and I was just going to take a bath", She explained, biting her lip. Nervous habit. "Go without me though, don't let me hold you back", She said, giving him a small smile. "Well, okay", He said unsure of what to reply with. She started to close the door before he stopped her. "Can I get a kiss at least?", He asked licking his lips. She stood on her tiptoes giving him a quick kiss. "Bye Calum, have fun", She said before closing the door on him.
He walked back to Arabella and Cora's hotel. The door was unlocked so he let himself in. "Hadley wants to stay in and relax", he said looking down. He was hurt. Even though he knew he shouldn't feel that way. She said she wanted to relax for the night.
"When's the next showing", Luke asked, looking at Calum. "I don't know google it", Calum snipped at Luke. "Someone is being a Mr. Grumpy Pants", Luke mumbled as he unlocked his phone to look at the showings. "If we go now we can watch the new scary movie that came out", Luke said, tapping on his phone. "Then lets go", Arabella replied already walking towards the door. Cora shrugged going along with it as Michael followed behind her like a lost puppy. Ashton followed them as they walked down the hallway to the elevator. "I'll take the next elevator, I have to call an Uber", Ashton explained, as he waved goodbye to them. "See you tomorrow?", Luke said pouting as the elevator door closed on them.
Ashton spun on his heels walking back down the hallway. He walked up to Hadley's door giving it a quick knock. "It's Ashton", He said.
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Opia
FanfictionOpia; The ambiguous intensity of looking someone in the eye, which can feel simultaneously invasive and vulnerable.