devotion // mgc au

two

"How about pizza?" June's asked while I searched through my giant box of movies. It had been 2 weeks since school started and we decided to have a movie night with the boys. The boys being Ashton, Luke, Calum and Michael. We'd all stuck together since school started and have became really good friends fairly quickly.
"We can't have a movie night without pizza June!" I told her matter of factly. She nodded and called to order the pizzas.

"Get extra pepperoni!" I shouted waking out of the living room and into the kitchen to get the drinks. We were having our little get together at June's. Her mom was out of town on vacation with her boyfriend and I definitely didn't want anybody at my house. I layed out all the bottles and cans of soda pop and water.

"They're here!" June yelled, obviously excited while my stomach turned completely upside down. I straightened my black tablet and my navy blue shorts. I stayed place in the kitchen and listened as the boys all greeted June. Then I heard Michaels voice. Me and Michael had gotten closer than me and the other boys. He made me nervous and I didn't understand why. I can't let myself catch feelings for him. He'll just get sick of me too.

"Where's Ronnie?" He asked and I involuntarily smiled down at my feet.

"VERONICA?!" June literally screamed for me. I grabbed a water and pushed the kitchen door open into the living room.

"Don't call me that Juniper." I joked.
"Your name is Juniper?" Ashton looked down at his girlfriend. They made it official yesterday.

"Yeah. I hate it." She blushed. He pulled her closer to him and smiled.
"Well I love it." He kissed her lightly. I tore my eyes from them to mask my jealousy. I looked away and made eye contact with Michael.

He squinted his eyes at me as if noticing i was uncomfortable. I just shrugged and he nodded.

"Aaanyways!" Luke cut in and Calum chuckled. "Let's get this movie night started." He said as he jumped over the back of the couch. I laughed and sat in the floor in front of the tv.
"Okay what do you all want to watch first?" I asked holding up 21 Jump Street and Scream.
"Jump street!" All the boys yelled. I put the movie in and moved to sit somewhere when I realized every seat was taken.  Ashton and June sat on one of the the 2 person love seats and Calum and Luke stretched out on the couch. Michael was in the other 2 person chair. I didn't want him to feel weird about me sitting beside him so I walked back over to sit on the floor. I felt everyone's eyes on me but I ignored it.
"What are you doing?" Michael asked.
"Uh sitting down to watch the movie." I said looking at him. He sat up and patted the seat beside him.
"I don't bite yanno." He smirked. I looked st the spot and back at him for a moment before walking over and plopping down. I caught June giving me a funny look as I directed my eyes to the TV.
"Thanks." I told Michael who was only like 4 inches from me. He looked down at me. He was taller than me even when we were sitting down.
"No problem. You okay? You seen off tonight." He said still looking at me. I finally met my eyes with his. God he was attractive.
"I'm just tired I guess." I shrugged.

   We basically talked through the entire movie. He told me about how he became friends with each of the boys and how Ashton does nothing but talk about June. He told me about how his dad works out of town so he sends Michael money to live on.

"So you live by yourself?" I asked. He nodded.
"Yeah. The boys stay over 90 percent of the time though so it's basically like I have roommates." We talked through the rest of the movie and June put in the next movie.
We talked through the second movie too. Nobody was paying attention to us. June was asleep and so was Ashton. Luke and Calum were really into the movie. I told Michael about my job at the music store downtown and he suddenly was really excited.
"The one beside the pizza place?" He asked.
"That's the one."
"I've been meaning to go in there forever. It looks awesome." He said excitedly. I smiled and so did he.
"How do you like your coworkers?" He asked.
"Eh they're okay. I don't really talk to them. It's usually just me and this other guy." I noticed him tense when I said guy.
"He's kind of annoying." I added.
"Looks like I'm gonna have to come visit you." He smirked down at me. I blushed and this time he noticed.
"You're cute when you blush." He said and I nearly choked. He chuckled.
"You can only visit me if you bring me food." I joked trying to cover my embarrassment.
"Deal." He agreed and I couldn't tell if he was being serious or not. We didn't talk much after that because the next thing I remember is waking up with Michaels arms around me.

"Ronnie." Michaels raspy voice said. My eyes fluttered open, still heavy and tired. I looked up at him and realized I was laying on his chest. I sat up quickly and patted down my fly away hairs. Michael chuckled beside me.

"What?" I asked. He raised his brow at me.
"I didn't- I didn't mean to fall asleep on you I'm sorry." I stuttered. He smirked and layed his hand on my leg.
"It's okay. I was pretty comfy." He shrugged sitting up. I looked away pretending to fix my shorts and smiled.

A few hours later, everyone woke up and the boys left. I went upstairs into June's bedroom and got dressed for work. When I got out of the shower, I heard June talking on the phone to Ashton.

"Why can't I tell her?"
"Ashton! Please!"
"Thank you." She said in the voice that shows she got her way. I listened patiently wondering if 'she' was me. When I heard her say bye and then footsteps coming up the stairs, I acted like I didn't hear anything.

"RONNIE GUESS WHAT?" She screamed when she walked in the room.
"Why must you yell?" I asked her laughing.

"Michael totally has a thing for you." She rambled. I turned towards he and little too fast.
"He what?" She smiled widely.
"And apparently you have a thing for him too!" I rolled my eyes.

"No I don't and I guarantee he doesn't either." I said and pulled my jeans on. June huffed behind me.

"June you have to let someone in eventually you know." She told me as kind as she could without telling me I needed to stop being so fucking stubborn.
"It's not that easy. Besides, why do you think that anyways?" She followed me into the bathroom where I started curling my hair.

"Ashton called to tell me he keeps asking about you. Also, don't think I didn't notice you cuddling last night." She smirked at me in the mirror. I didn't say anything.
"Anyways, Ashton is going to give him your number so you're welcome, I love you and I'm going to the mall to look for a new bathing suit bye." She quickly said then walked out.

I stared at myself in the mirror. There's no way Michael has a thing for me. Even if he did it wouldn't last long. He's eventually get tired of me and find another girl. I shrugged it off and finished my hair. As much as I wanted to ignore it, I was catching feelings for Michael. Just as I came to the realization, my phone rang with a text.