Jace

{18}

"Oi!" Niall shouted, speeding up as he and Maddi came back to the buses to end their jog. "Youre playing without me!" Niall chugged a water bottle he left out before quickly jumping into the game. Madison rolled her eyes, yet smiled at our energy as we played. She wiped sweat from her forehead, bringing a layer of makeup with it. Who wears makeup when running?

Her eyes widened and she turned beat red when she realized we all saw the missing streak of makeup on her face. She wore so much. "I-I'm going to shower,' she stuttered and hurried into her bus.

As I was staring after her, the ball hit me in the head. "Hey!" I shouted. It bounced off my temple, leaving a red mark, and Niall was on the ground laughing. He struggled to breath in his burst of giggles and rolled around on the ground. I tried my best to look mad at him, but the other boys dropped off one by one to succumb to his infectious laughter and I was not immune.

The buses were parked in their usual semi circle, the dancer's being in the middle, the crew's to its left, and ours to its right. The venue was huge but nobody wanted to go inside quite yet. It's was beautiful outside and- besides the screaming from fans outside the gates- peaceful. We continued playing soccer, laughing as Harry tripped over the ball after he lost focus. Louis smiled as it came towards him, but when he looked up, he stopped it with his foot and stared with an open mouth at what was before him. We all followed his gaze.

Preston huffed as he stopped walking and stared back at us. He had a scowl on his face and did not look very happy. "Will somebody please get her off of me?"

I burst out laughing. Jace clung to his left hip, her legs wrapped around his torso and her arms around his neck. Her face was buried in his shoulder and she was holding herself up even though Preston wasn't touching her at all.

"Jace!" Zayn laughed.

"She's been like this for twenty minutes! Get her off of me!"

I regained myself and Harry and I walked over. "C'mon babe," I cooed, placing my hands on her hips and trying to pull her off.

"No!"

I pulled and her body was separated from Preston's slightly, but she snapped right back like a rubber band once I lost my grip, her legs and arms never letting go of him.

Harry and I exchanged looks. "Jace," he tried. "Lets go! You have to get off of Preston!"

"No!"

He pulled with all his might but she still couldn't be pulled off of him.

"Jacelyn Rae Rock," Niall said a little sterner, walking over. "Let go of him."

All three of us tried to pull her but she was stuck fast. Madison looked confused as she walked past us towards the venue. She carried her dance bag and I assumed she was going to rehearse with Katherine.

"Noooo!" Jace yelled, snapping me back to the current situation.

"Babe release him," Louis and Zayn frowned, coming over and trying as well.

"Nooooooo!"

"Jace!" They screamed. We all had hands on Jacelyn and with one strong pull, we detached her and Preston made a run for it.

She laughed, finally calming and letting us all lift her high in the air as if she was crowd surfing over us. "I told him I was going to annoy him." She laughed some more and then reached down and tapped Zayn's shoulder. "Ok ok put me down now."

Zayn smiled mischievously and the rest of us soon caught on.

"Guys let me down now!"

We all released her at once, causing her to drop quickly and suddenly. She screamed, flailing, terrified she was going to hit the pavement. But at the last second I swooped under her and caught her smoothly. Jace clung to my chest for a second, catching her breath, and then glared at me. "Not funny boys."