Chapter 8

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(Isabella's POV)

There's a gentle knock at my door to which I tell the person to come in. I see all seven of the boys glaring at me.

I quickly shut my music notebook and smile at them.

"Hey," The boys say as they walk in. "What's wrong?" I say as I see that the boys either look worn out, or that they have a frown on their face.

"We're worried about you." Regulus admits quietly as he rubs his eyes.

"Why?" I say softly, "I'm fine."

"No, you're not. The girls told us about the little song you wrote." Tom said. "Oh...well that is just my way of coping. That's why you were worried?"

"Not all of it. We're worried about you when you go back home for break, but not that this is something that'll put you in danger, but we're concerned that you felt the need to apologize to us for crying." Theo pointed out.

"You're always comfortable around us, and that was kind of bugging us." Draco shrugs.

"Is that why you all look exhausted? Because you were worrying about me?" I say in disbelief. The boys all nod at me as if they're disappointed. I sigh while trying to hide a smile that was creeping up on my lips.

I got up from my bed and looked at the boys. "Come on." I wave them to follow me. They all get up and walk behind me.

I lead them to their dorm and sit on one of the boys bed. I jerk my head and hint for them to lie down on their beds.

The boys do as I want and lay on their beds. Apparently I chose Tom's bed because he simply sat next to me.

"Isa, what are we doing here?" Enzo sighs. "You guys are going to rest. You've spent too much energy just worrying." "And you?" Mattheo starts. "I'll be here to show you that you don't have to worry about me."

I start to play with Tom's hair as he takes a deep inhale and closes his eyes.

I look around and see that most of the boys immediately fell into a deep sleep.

"Not tired, Five?" I say silently. "Just thinking." He says from the bed next to Tom's. "About what?" "You." He replied, sending a shiver down my spine. "Can you sing me your little song later on?" He asks sweetly. "Sure, why not?" I smile at him as he nods before shutting his eyes.

I end up falling asleep next to Tom as all the others slept. I wasn't that tired, so I woke up almost immediately.

I quietly got up and helped myself to the bathroom that the boys share. I'm kind of used to it. The boys shower rather quickly while the girls take forever, so instead of showering with cold water, I go to their room.

I pick a random bottle of soap that happened to be Theodore's and start to wash myself. I dry myself with the towel that the boys left in a cupboard for me. I slip back into my clothes and see Regulus, Draco, Mattheo, and Tom awake.

"Hey, you guys feeling better?" I smile. "We weren't sick." Mattheo smirks. "You looked sick." I snarled back playfully. "Whatever" he says as he takes off his shirt and heads to the bathroom.

"What about you guys?" I ask turning to the other three boys. "We're feeling better. The nap definitely helped." Draco smiled.

"Good, I'm glad." "I see that you also fell asleep. Just tired, or were you stressed?" Tom asked rather playfully. "Both? I mean, I slept well and all, but I used up a lot of energy."

"Wanted to hold us to your word and stayed instead of leaving and sleeping in your own dorm?" Regulus teased.

"I like sleeping here with you guys. It makes me feel safe and relaxed." "Probably because there's seven boys here." Theo says as he gets up from the bed.

"Yeah, but you guys are harmless." I joke. "We'll see about that." Mattheo smirked as he stepped out of the bathroom.

I raise my chin up in a challenge.

"Oh yeah? What are you going to do?"

Mattheo looks up at all the boys before he picks me up and throws me on the bed.

He and the boys that were currently awake start to tickle me.

I laugh and beg them to stop until I finally manage to kick them off.

"Great, now you woke everyone up, and still didn't prove that you're as tough as you say." I smirk.

Mattheo rolls his eyes at me, then smirks. "I'm tougher than you."

I could feel the boys looking at us with amusement.

"Really? How're you going to put it to the test? You wanna fight me?"

"No, I don't want to hurt you. And it has to be fair." "And fighting wouldn't be fair?" I ask. "Exactly" He smirks.

I grab his arm and throw him to the ground.

"Not so unfair now, is it?" I smile as I help him up.

The boys all look at me in shock.

"What the fuck was that?!" Five exclaims.

"Where did you learn to do that?" Enzo interrogated.

"I did BJJ and Muay Thai when I was younger." I say nonchalantly.

"How come you never told us that?!" Theodore freaked.

"I don't know, I was waiting for it to come out as a shock."

"You did a damn good job at that!" Mattheo cried as he cracked his back.

Me and the boys continue to talk before we head to dinner. And with that, we head back to our dorms. I start heading back to my room when I hear footsteps behind me.

"What's up, Five?" I ask. "You promised me a little song earlier today." He smirked. "Oh, are you sure? I don't really sing well." I say modestly. "I don't believe you. Let's go, I want to hear it."

I take him to my room where I shyly sing the little verse that I wrote.

Five looks at me with shock when I finish.

"That was excellent, Bella." "Really? Thanks!" I grin. Me and Five talk a little bit before we head to sleep.

Sure, today wasn't exactly the best birthday ever, but I couldn't have wished to spend it with anyone else.

The boys had a grip on me for some reason. I admire all of them for their qualities.

It wouldn't be possible if I liked them, would it?

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