Crooked Young.

•twelve//josh•

{Simon: Alpha
Jide: Beta
Josh: Delta
Tobi: Echo
Vikk: Gamma
Ethan: Zeta
Harry: Theta
Chris: Eta.}

A comfortable silence settled over the room after Vikk left us alone. Simon had his hand resting on my knee, his other hand running though his hair. On any other day I would be looking at Simon as he did that action but Vikk's last statement clouded my thoughts. "Simon is good at keeping secrets." What did he mean? Did I risk asking Simon since he's becoming more of his old self?

"You okay Josh?" I turned to face Simon, his eyes bright and smile lazy. This is the Simon I fell for. I smiled weakly and nodded yes. "Josh I want to try something, something that I've wanted to do for a while now." I furrowed my eyebrows confused. Not even a second had passed since the words left his mouth, his lips were pressed against mine. So soft. I felt my eyes flutter shut as I moved my lips against his, lifting my hands up and wrapping them around his neck, his hands still cupping my face. I shuddered at the sensation of his thumbs slowly tracing circles on my cheek. Simon pulled back abruptly as the door swung open, the guys piling in and filling the seats around the large table. Simon simply winked as he stood and walked to the board that sat at the head of the room, I looked down, my face flushed.

"Hey, you okay? You look a little flustered?" Tobi asked as he sat in the chair Simon occupied moments ago.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Just nervous about this meeting." Tobi nodded at this, his anxiety present in the way he sat. Hands folded in his lap, he was perched on the end of the seat rather to being slouched in it like he usually was. I lifted my head up to see Vikk giving me a small smile, which I returned quickly and turned to face Simon again, who looked a little angry, but his attention was pulled away from me and too Vikk who began talking.

"So why are we all here? Did someone die?" Vikk raised an eyebrow as the room hushed and fell silent again, this is exactly how Simon had told us that Cal had passed away from blood loss. "Sorry." Vikk mumbled and sat back in his seat.

"No Vikk. We're moving." Simon spoke confidently, this statement earned a lot of what's and whys from the boys. "Listen, I know that we've built a home for ourselves here but it's not safe anymore. They've found us. There will be no arguing against this, unless you want to be sent back to London to be with Cal and Lewis." Simon shouted above the chatter that had fell between us.

"Who found us? Last time I checked we weren't being hunted?" I asked as the noise died down. Is this one of his secrets? Simon's eyes bored into mine but after a few moments they softened and he sighed.

"The people that took Josh are the people trying to get to us. They're after me. I'm putting you all in danger." Simon sat slumped in his chair, his hand absentmindedly running through his hair.

"But we chose to do this with you Simon, we could leave if we wanted. Stop blaming yourself." Chris spoke up, all eyes shifted towards him. "So when do we move?"

"In a few days, pack all your things, we leave no trace of us here. They won't find us again." Simon declared, the rest of us nodding. "That's all I wanted to say, you're all dismissed to start packing. There will be people in the house after us who will wipe all trace of us ever being here." Simon nodded and turned his back on us all. The chatter picked up again as all the boys began to leave.

"You coming up Josh?" Tobi asked, Vikk standing near the door.

"Yeah I'll be up in a sec, just wanna fully comprehend what's happening." I smiled up at my best mate, he just nodded and walked over to Vikk who pushed the door open. "Tobi, I need to speak to you later, meet me in my room in half an hour."

"No problem man, will do." With one last smile Tobi followed Vikk up to the main house, leaving me and Simon alone again.

A/N: I know it's short and really crap but I wanted to get this out, I'm packing for uni in the next couple of days then I move on Saturday! I'm absolutely crapping myself but it should be alright. So there may be even slower updates while I settle and try not to die through freshers. Anyone else going uni soon??? As always leave me comments and stuff. ~ Z.