Over and Over (On Hold)

Chapter 9

"So you guys are more popular than I thought you were." My voice sounded unfamiliar to myself. I was still in shock from what just happened and I could tell the boys were too, even Liz and Anne Marie were speechless.

"I didn't think we were." Michael spoke. I looked at him and saw a dreamy look in his eyes. His eyes met mine and he leaned down to kiss me. I kissed him back a little but remembered we were in public and Ashton was watching. I leaned away after a couple of seconds but felt an arm wrap around my waist, pulling me to lean into Michael's shoulder. We went over who would share rooms and some of the boys schedule. They wouldn't be writing with anyone for a couple of days so that they could get used to the new time zone. After about 30 minutes we reached the boy's house.

The house the boys had rented was great, empty, but great. There were four bedrooms, two bathrooms, a kitchen, and a lovely lounge. There was also a section in the living room set up as a mini studio. I had to share a room with Michael and Calum but that was alright. I mean Michael is my boyfriend and Calum is my best friend. Our room was across from Luke and Ashton's which had a sign on the door with the word 'LASHTON' written in all capital letters, our door said 'MICALLEY'. Coming up with our three-way ship name took a solid 15 minutes of the car ride.

I launched myself on to my bed. Our room fit three beds and I was glad I got to share with Michael and Calum. I don't think I could handle just Michael, I wasn't ready for that in our relationship If I was with Ashton still then I would be fine, I mean we dated for 9 months and I'd fallen asleep in his arms countless times. I couldn't imagine falling asleep in anyone else's arms unless they were Ashton's. There was never any funny business involved, I was 16 and he was 17 while we were together and he didn't try anything I wasn't ready for.

I sat up on my bed and grabbed one of my bags. I unzipped the side pocket and reached in, feeling around for the silver chain. When I felt the cool metal I immediately wrapped it around my fingers. I slipped my hand out and admired the pendant Ashton gave me months ago. The drumsticks shined brightly under the lamp light. I heard footsteps coming towards the room and slide the necklace back into the bag. There was a knock on the door.

"Come in." The door slowly opened and a head popped in. Anne Marie. I motioned with my hand for her to come in. She stepped inside, closing the door behind her, and came to sit on the bed next to me.

"Hey sweetie." Her voice was so loving.

"Hi." I felt my eyes trail from her to my bag. I wanted to tell her everything. My feelings for Ashton, the feelings I was trying to make for Michael, the night Ash came to my house, the necklace that I still hung on too. I felt guilty that I was holding this all to myself. Well Arielle and Jamie knew everything but they didn't count. I should tell her.

"I just wanted to let you know that if the boys ever get overbearing that there is always space in my room for another bed. I know you're not with Ashton but I've still known you since you were in Year 5." She smiled at me and I couldn't help but smile back at her. I remembered that, Ash was in Year 6 at the time. We had a common enemy, Head Administrator Taylor. God that man hated us both, we ended up meeting in his office. You'd think we would have been bad kids, but we weren't. We both seemed to just get blamed for fights. We always explained that we did nothing wrong but he never believed us. Soon we began to hang out at school and each other's houses. Some people said inseparable, some said joined at the hip.

I smiled at the memory. "That sounds lovely. Thank you for the offer, I may take you up on it somewhere down the line." She smiled back at me and opened her arms, I immediately hugged her.

She pulled away, I criss crossed my legs and completely faced her. "I think I'm going to need to find some friends while I'm here. Female ones. I love the boys, and you and Liz, but I'm gonna need to make some girl friends here."