Simon's Rules

9

Hi! Sorry for the lack of updates. I've been really struggling with writing anything. I feel like this book is shit and I don't know what to do. Here is something, I guess. I hope it isn't too awful.

Perrie POV

"Pez. Pez baby. Perrie." A whisper in my ear dragged me out of the darkness. "Come on my Periwinkle. Wakey wakey." That has to be Jade. Only Jade calls me Periwinkle or hers. I am wrapped around her pinky finger though so being called hers is very accurate. For Christmas last year Jonnie got me a joke T-shirt that said "Property of Jade" in big black letters on the chest. We often buy each other joke presents. One year I bought him a pack of fake moustaches after he complained that maintaining his beard was time consuming. Normally we mess around with the present then give it to a charity shop but this time I kept the T-shirt. Of course I won't wear it out of the house but it's soft enough to wear to bed sometimes. Generally I wear it to bed when I'm horny as wearing a top that calls me Jade's property really turns her on for some reason. I'm not wearing it now though, that T-shirt doesn't leave our flat, instead I'm wearing my Hello Kitty pyjama top and plain black shorts.

"Mmmmm." I groan and swat her lips away from my ear, her breath tickling my neck causing my skin to erupt in goosebumps. My body is awake now and tingling like electricity is flowing through my veins. That's what Jade does to me. I never feel more alive than when I am with her.

"Come ON Pez." she teases, flopping onto the pillow next to me so that our heads are touching. With a sigh I sit up and roll over to lean on top of her and connect our lips. A faint taste of alcohol tells me that she hasn't yet cleaned her teeth, but I am used to far worse than this when Jade drinks a lot more. Memories of last night fill my mind and I have to pull out of our kiss as I can't hold my grin back. Jade didn't drink too much! She listened to me and partied responsibly. She took care of herself. That's all I want for her, to be happy and healthy, and last night she didn't give in to her most self destructive habit. In this moment I don't think I have ever felt so proud of someone, not even when my brother graduated university or we won the X Factor. Jade stares up at me with a confused look but smiles anyway, happy that I am happy.

"What's got you so smiley?" she asks cheekily before pushing herself up to a sitting position next to me.

"You. I'm so proud of you J'adore." I reply, cupping her cheek to pull her in for another kiss. When we break apart I continue "How do you feel?"

"Pretty good actually. Quite refreshed. I didn't want to fly all hung over and pukey." she scrunches her nose up at the thought and I cringe in sympathy. Travel sickness is bad enough, having it due to a hangover must be awful. The mention of our flight reminds Jade of why she woke me up, ending our sweet morning in bed. "We need to get up. Sam will be knocking on our door soon if we don't make an appearance."

I groan in annoyance but Jade is right. Sam will be coming to check that everyone is up soon and if we are still in our pyjamas when she gets to us then she will be annoyed. We get out of bed then to get ready for our flight, Jade letting me shower first today. I'm glad that we aren't performing for a couple of days when I notice how much my body is aching. Raising my arms to wash my body almost brings tears to my eyes with how much they hurt, and the rest of me isn't much better. Claud took us through a very thorough warm up before the show yesterday to prevent us from injuring ourselves. Did I still manage to pull something in my upper torso? Seriously, why am I so fucking unlucky at the moment? At this point all I want is one day where I don't feel unwell or in pain. Just one measly day. Is that too much to ask?

I lose all sense of time under the hot water, a frantic knocking bringing me back to reality. "Pez, is everything okay in there? You've been in there for ages." Jade's adorable voice shouts through the door. Quickly I turn the taps off and the loss of the hot water instantly chills me to the bone. I step out of the shower and wrap the free hotel towel around my body before unlocking the door.