Cambridge

Addiction

Rachel's P.O.V.

After Skylar woke up, me and Louis decided to give Harry and Skylar a minute in private. I was becoming increasingly suspicious that there was something going on between the two of them. I wasn't really sure how I'd feel if there was. Really I was in no position to be mad or anything after what was happening with me and Louis. And I don't think I really would be anyways. After all, it was Harry's choice who he dated. Not mine. Of course I'd feel a bit weird but overall I'd be okay with it. I'd support them wither way. The only question was, would Harry return the favour?

I knew for a fact that if Harry knew I had been kissing Louis he would completely freak out. He took the whole 'overprotective brother' thing to a complete new level. He hated the idea of me with any guys at all. Let alone one of his best friends

"Rach! Rachel!" Louis snapped his fingers in my face pulling me out of my train of thought.

"Hmm?" I mumbled back, a little confused.

We were walking along the hall of the boys dorm. Apparently there was no way it was safe for students to be out on campus. It was lucky enough that Liam happened to be over near our room anyways when Harry had texted him so at least Tricia wasn't alone.

Louis smirked slightly at my blank expression and reached out to lace his fingers with mine.

I widened my eyes slightly when he did, instantly tensing up.

Anyone could just walk out of any of these doors at any time.

He rolled his eyes, obviously knowing what I was thinking.

"No one will see us.. Relax" he told me, reassuringly.

I nodded, moving closer to him so that his arm was pressed against mine.

"Lou, have you got any tea in your room?" I asked, suddenly, somewhat taking him off guard.

He shook his head.

"No..Why?"

I sighed loudly.

"I need my morning cuppa" I replied.

He chuckled slightly.

I wasn't joking. I seriously needed my cup of tea every morning or I started to get headaches.
It was pretty unhealthy but I had an extreme addiction to it. I had been drinking tea since I was a child so it was just the norm for me.

"I'm serious you know. I'm gonna get a headache" I continued.

"Well Niall drinks tea so I'm pretty sure there's some in his room" he suggested.

And so we headed to Niall's room, The one he shared with Liam and Zayn.

As we got closer to the door I slipped my hand out of Louis' hand and pressed a quick kiss to his cheek instead before knocking on the door.

The door opened to reveal Zayn shirtless, in just a pair of pyjama bottoms. His hair was all ruffled and he looked like he had only just woken up, making me smirk slightly.

"Looking good Malik" I indicated to his bare chest.

Zayn grinned as he met my eye.

"Try not to stare" he teased back, causing me to roll my eyes.

Louis cleared his throat loudly behind me.

"We came to get some tea" he interjected quickly, before either me or Zayn had a chance to comment.

I nodded.

"Oh right. Well Nialls got all this Irish tea here if you want that" he told us, standing back to let us walk in.

There was three beds in the room, and only the one in the middle had someone in it.

"Niall!" I yelled out.

He sat up quickly, rubbing his eyes.

"What?!" he tried to sound urgent but it came out as more of a mumble.

"I need a cup of tea and I am lead to believe you have some" I explained quickly.

He nodded, climbing out of the bed slowly and walking to the table in the corner.

There was a kettle and a microwave on the small table. We really needed to get one of those.

In the drawer under the table, there was two separate boxes of tea.

"Lyons and Barrys" he nodded to them.

"Mum's always sending them to me" he added, with a shrug.

And so I made myself a cup of Barrys after a long-winded discussion with Niall about which brand was better.

Once I had, I lay across the bed on the left of the room, my back resting against the wall and began sipping it.

"Thank you Niall honey, your a life saver" I told him honestly, relaxing instantly.

Louis began explaining then about the blizzard then, letting the boys know they wouldn't be able to go to any classes today.

"Well hey, since we can't go anywhere, let's just stay here and watch a movie" I decided, making my way over to sit on their couch.

"You always want to watch movies" Zayn complained, rolling his eyes.

"If she wants to watch a movie, we can watch a movie" Louis instantly jumped to my defence, switching the tv on for me.

Niall scoffed.

"Look at that. They're not even a couple and she's got him whipped" he laughed.

I giggled relaxing into Louis side slightly once he had sat next to me.

It was then I noticed what movie he had put on.

'He's just not that into you'

Before he had a chance to hit play however, the door knocked again.

This time it was Harry who came in.

"Hey guys, I just came in to get some tea or something for Skylar" he mumbled, walking in.
I raised an eyebrow.

"Where is she?" I asked, noticing she wasn't with him.

"Emm, she's back in the room, I told Jace to watch her for a few minutes" he explained.
I nodded.

"I really hope she's okay. I feel awful for her, being stuck in this dorm all day.." he began mumbling, heading to Niall's tea drawer.

"Well I'm fine with being stuck here all day. You know, me. Your sister. Thanks for asking" I muttered.

He turned to face me, raising his eyebrows.

"You look fine to me Rach" he said back shortly, before turning back around.

I rolled my eyes.

Okay, there was definitely something there between him and Skylar. He was completely blowing me off.

Almost ten minutes later once he had made her a cup of tea and got her some blankets, he left the room, heading back to Skylar and Jace.

When he was gone, Louis pressed a small kiss on my neck, just underneath my ear when Niall and Zayn weren't paying attention.

"He's just worried about Skylar is all. Don't worry" he murmured.

And with that we started watching the movie as I relaxed against Louis a little more.