Irresistible

Chapter 5

“So Reese, what are you majoring in?”, Michael all of a sudden asks me.

“Uhm.. Fashion Design”, I reply totally startled.

“Really? I actually would have guessed that!”, he starts laughing.

And again, my cheeks start to heat up. I lower my head to hide the redness that has probably spread all over my face by now.

“uhh.. What are you guys majoring in?”, I ask them back.

“Design & Technology”, Michael tells me.

“And I’m majoring in Graphic Design”, Ashton adds.

Once we enter the elevator, I’m immediately squeezed next to Luke. He’s so tall, that he towers over me and I have to look up to meet his eyes. The blue irises that are watching me now make my stomach turn. But in a good way. I quickly look away and stare at my feet. As the elevator doors open, I excuse myself and rush to my room.

Luke’s P.O.V.

All four of us are seated at the same table, we’ve been sitting for the past week. So far, this college really seems to be cool. After our parents decided to send us to New York, basically to the other end of the world, to study, we weren’t thrilled. However, now that we were actually all sharing a room, it was extremely fun. Living alone in such a big city was intimidating, but with my three best friends by my side it was a new adventure.

Yesterday, when that girl came into the laundry room, I just couldn’t stop staring at her. She was pretty cute, and I am actually glad that the boys told me to run after her, after they probably noticed how I was looking at her. She said her name was Reese. When they all returned from the laundry room, the first thing they did was bombard me with questions. I told them about our short conversation and when we all went to bed that whole night I had to think about her, her hair, her eyes, and how she seemed to be  different from all the other girls. We just arrived and there were already so many girls that literally threw themselves on us.

Suddenly I’m pulled out of my thoughts by Ashton nudging my shoulder. “Hey Luke. There’s the girl from yesterday.”, “Yeah, what was her name again?”, Calum joins Ashton. “Uhm.. Reese.” I watch her as she scans the crowd. She looks kinda lost. “Maybe, you should call her and ask if she wants to sit with us?”, Michael speaks out my thoughts. That is one of the points, why we all get along so well. We always seem to think the same.

I do what he said and call her. The second time she finally sees me and walks towards our table with a confused, shocked and irritated look. She must have been surprised to see me calling her.

“Uhm.. hi”, she says with a small smile.

I immediately move closer to Michael, so she could sit next to me. With a pat on the spot next to me I suggest to her to take a seat.

“You can sit here, with us. I mean if you want to. You just looked so lost.”, I nervously add.

Maybe she doesn’t want to sit here? I start to worry. But tear away this thought when she takes the seat.

“Thank you. You really saved me there.”, she laughs and all of us join in.

Suddenly I remember that she hasn’t really met the others, so I start to introduce them to her.

“Reese, this is Michael, Michael this is Reese”,

“Hi, nice to meet you Reese!”, Michael beams at her.

“This is Calum.”, I point at him.

“Hey, nice to meet you as well”, he answers with a little smile.

“And this is Ashton”, I tell her.

“Hey, nice to have you here at our table. We are all really nice guys. Especially Luke here.”, and with that said he winks at Reese.

What the fuck is he thinking? Ugh sometimes I really hate that Ashton is so talkative. During our little talk yesterday, I told him that I find her cute and he immediately threatened to spill it all to her. However, he added that he was just joking, so i believed him, because we all could always trust him. I show him my middle finger and mouth Fuck You, so Reese wouldn’t hear it. I don’t want to come over as rude. But my attempt to hide it seems to have failed, since she starts laughing, as well as Michael, Calum and Ashton himself. The rest of the breakfast the boys kept on teasing me. I hope that she didn’t notice yet, that I’m interested in her.

The boys and I have a conversation going on, when I notice that Reese can’t really talk with us, since she probably doesn’t know what we are talking about. I decide to ask her if she wants to join us today, however she seems to have zoned out.

“Hey, Reese? Are you listening?” I ask her again, with a chuckle following.

“Uhm.. yeah. Sorry”, she laughs as well

. “Would you like to spend the day with us? We were thinking about maybe going to Central Park or just explore the city”, I suggest with a smile.

“Sure, why not”, she tells us and crazy as we are, we pull her into a group hug.

The hug seems to be tight because she suddenly chokes and yells

“Guys! I need air”,

“Oh, yeah. Sorry Reese, you’re just so small.”, Ashton laughs and pats her on her head.

She laughs as well and together we all walk to the elevator. It’s annoying me that Ashton charms her so much. But there’s no need to be jealous either, because Reese and I haven’t really talked much yet anyways.

“Hey Calum, let’s see who’s the first one at the elevator!”, I whisper into his ear and start running as fast as I can.

I break out into laughter and Calum mimics me. I end up being the first, due to my lead.

In the elevator, Reese suddenly stands really close to me. It is so tight in here, so we are all pressed against each other. I have to look down to look at her, since she is probably only 5’1” and I in comparison am 6’1” tall. When she also looks at me I can’t stop staring at her beautiful blue eyes.  However, this doesn’t last long, because she quickly looks at her feet. By the time the door opens, Reese dismisses her self and sprints to her room to get ready.

I’m happy she agreed, but I would also prefer spending time with her alone. I can’t help but think Ashton likes her as well.