Risk it for the biscuit || Roadtrip

Chapter 33

'Ahh' Belle sighed as she lifted her head up, leaning back on her chair. It's been nearly a month since she became Roadtrip's manager and it was tougher than she expected. Before she left the boys, she had a long conversation with Blair about how everything would work. No matter how much her boss convinced her that having her college & Roadtrip work together would be too much, she didn't give up. Furthermore, she took additional school project that. But now, as she was surrounded by piles of documents, she wasn't sure whether it was good idea. She wasn't able to attend school everyday, therefore she spoke with her teachers to change her education to online so she could stay at the flat for most of the days.

"Guess who was nice enough to make you toffee" she heard a voice and after a while Rye's silhouette appeared in front of her eyes. From the look in his eyes, she already knew he had some stupid idea planned.

"Awh, thanks Rye. I really need it" she thanked, making a place for her friend to sit on. When Blair wasn't at the house, he allowed Annabelle to stay in his room so she can do her work in silence. "What's up?"

"Just came here looking for a bit of silence. The boys are pain in the ass today" he joked at the same time as the sound of chair falling pierced the air - Jack must have done something stupid again.

"Oh really?" Annabelle knew it was a lie. She heard him singing Macarena about 2 minutes ago - he loved this craziness.

"Okay, that's a complete lie" he gave up, seeing Belle doesn't believe him anyway. "I came because you promised me something" he smirked. Belle only frowned, having no idea what her friend was talking about.  "Remember last day in LA - we had a bet" he said as the girl just rolled her eyes, completely forgetting about the stupid trampolining lessons.

"Rye. I hate trampolining" she said slowly, trying to convince him to change his mind one more time.

"You promised me. If you won't like it, it's fine. But I want to see you trying" he said with a sweet voice and puppy eyes.

"Yeah, trying not to kill myself" Belle said sarcastically, getting a wide smile from Rye who not seeing her lack of enthusiasm, just screamed "exactly", leaving the room.

"Why do I like those boys?" the girl asked herself, hearing Brooklyn singing some Christmas songs at the end of September. She stood up and walked into the kitchen, seeing Andy making himself some toasts.

"How are you doing Mr Fowler?" she asked, going to the fridge to get some food as well.

"I still don't get how you're eating it" he replied, seeing she's making tuna with cottage cheese again. She convinced him to try it once and even though he managed to swallow it, he's definitely not eating it again. Belle just laughed, hearing his comment. She sat down by the table near him, ready to have a conversation.

"How are things with Amanda going?" She asked curiously, waiting for gossips.

"You know everything already, you FaceTime her once a week for good 4 hours" he laughed

"Yes, but your point of view may be different" she smirked and Andy, convinced by this argument, started telling her the stories. After she became their permanent manager, her relations with him increased rapidly. It was almost as if he started trusting her more after she joined the family. Belle was amazed by it, as even though she loved tea talks with Rye, Andy had completely different views on many things - he was also really intelligent and mature, always telling her little facts she never knew.

"... I really miss her though. FaceTime and real-life are completely different aspects" he finished as Belle realised she daydreamed a bit.

"Don't worry Fovs. I don't know how yet, but both, Amanda and Rose will definitely visit our flat soon" she said while smiling. At the beginning, she really doubted the survival of those 2 relationships, but she was completely wrong. She was sure boys won't keep regular contact with the girls, but both of them - Andy and Mikey were calling/messaging their girls everyday.

"How long is 'soon' though? We might see them in middle of next year but that's like good 10 months away from us" Andy said sadly, realising there's no way he could have physical contact with Amanda any time soon.

"I promise you, by end of this year I'll already have a plan of what to do and it won't be that long" Annabelle answered confidently, already activating her brain to think of some ideas. "And that applies to Mikey as well - he would die if I would leave him out"

"Yeah, sometimes he looks like he doesn't see anything else apart from Rose" Andy replied, realising his friend must have been shot by Cupid's arrow pretty hard. He was messaging Rose everyday and FaceTiming her whenever possible. Once, he nearly got caught by Blair as he couldn't stop himself but speak to his girlfriend even on their vocal rehearsals.

"Belle get ready, we're leaving in an hour" their conversation has been broken by Rye, shouting from the room.

"What is he talking about?" Andy raised his eyebrow, thinking his friends are having some type of date tonight - Blair wasn't home so it would be a wonderful opportunity.

"Definitely not what your thinking about Andy" Annabelle said, seeing his smirk, "We're going trampolining" she sighed loudly, looking as if she's going there for punishment.

"Hahaha, I completely forgot about the bet" Andy laughed, sitting back in his chair. Belle watched him getting lost in his thoughts to then, suddenly pierce up from his chair, almost as if he was lightened with a wonderful idea. "We're going with you" he said, ignoring Belle and heading to boys's room, seeing who's willing to join him. The day seemed to be boring anyways so he would love to go with their friends, have fun and do a little bit of exercise at the same time.

Belle just smacked her forehand with her head, wondering if this day could get any worse. "Boys, who's up to come Jumping Arena with us?" She heard Andy asking and then all the boys run out of their room, ready to jump their energy out.

"Definitely not now. I have one more hour to get mentally prepared for this hell" she said, heading to her room and wondering what outfit will make her look good, but prevent her from any bruises that's she'll probably get tonight at the same time.

"Belle, you're over exaggerating it" Jack said, laughing at her black humour comments. Trampolining wasn't the most fun for some people, but it definitely couldn't kill.

"Trust me, I don't" Belle said to then sigh, deciding to reveal some details about her. Talking about her feelings, especially things that she was afraid of wasn't something she enjoyed. "I am scared that I won't keep my balance and I'll just hit the floor and break my leg." she started, closing her eyes, to then open them slowly, almost as if she was trying to gain some confidence to speak. "I just don't like it - it's like Jack and spiders, Brooklyn and heights, Andy and sclera (white part of the eye), Mikey and pet food and Rye and spice" she rambled, trying to prove her point. Boys just looked at her, shocked how much she knows about them.

"How do you know I have a phobia about sclera?" Andy asked, ignoring her monolog from before. Not many people knew about it and he didn't remember himself saying that to Belle either.

"Sometimes you guys forget I was your fan before" she laughed, "I watched your every vlog, every live.ly; I followed you on every social media I could. Plus, I live with you for good 2 months now so I know you well" she smiled

"And we know you too. So you'll go with us and try - it's all about fighting with your fears in the Roadtrip Camp" Mikey said cheerfully, quoting moment from one of their vlogs that she remembered clearly. She smiled in response, somehow feeling better about the whole situation.

"Let's go" she said, standing up suddenly, before her brain would tell her to stop.