Casualties

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Kenzie Anne Delia

When Jaid left, the rest of us just kind of stood there. "Erm.. Does he do this often?" I asked no one in particular. No one answered. The room was silent, everyone looked in opposite directions. I wasn't just going to uncomfortably stand there, so I made my way over to the couch and sat down. I pulled out my phone and started playing Double Ball. When I got near the 40 mark, I felt the couch dip beside me.

"Double Ball?" I hit one of the bricks.

"God damnit, you messed me up." Mikey chuckled.

"You play Double Ball? I thought nobody knew what that game was."

I smirked. "Hell yeah I play Double Ball, what's your high score?" He was about to answer me, but got cut off by the blond one.

"God, where the hell are they?" He asked. The Asian shrugged.

"They're probably fucking." Blondie said, rolling his eyes.

I chocked on my water.

Wait, I wasn't drinking any water.

"Excuse me?" I looked at him, wide eyed.

"Oh come on." He smirked. "We all know the real reason you're here is because you guys want to get in our pants. You probably only did this gig because of us." I laughed.

I actually laughed.

"We almost didn't do this gig because of you." I took a step closer to him, until my mouth was right beside his ear. "And listen here, Blondie."

"My names Luke."

"Whatever. If you ever, ever, say something like that about Jaid again, I will not hesitate kick your teeth in, you uneducated walnut." As I was about to step away, I decided otherwise and kneed him in the gut.

He fell to the floor, moaning in pain. I started to walk back over to the couch. "God.. You're such a.. Bitch." He sputtered out between breaths. I spun around, ready to actually beat him when Jaid and Ashton walked in.

"What the hell is going on here?"

I looked up at her, "I'm about to kick his ass!" I said, before advancing towards Luke. Before I could lay a hand on the kid though, Mikey's arms were around my waist, holding me back. With the adrenaline rushing through me, I managed to almost completely ignore the tingles running through my body. Almost.

Jaid sighed. "I'll take it from here." She gave Mikey a weak smile. But, her grip on my arm was anything but weak. She dragged me out of the room and down the hall a little bit. "What the fuck Kenzie?" She whispered aggressively at me.

"He was insulting you!" I defended myself.

"Thanks for sticking up for me, but next time just use your damn words. If you hurt any of those boys, it could jeopardize our careers completely." I sighed.

"You're right, I'm sorry." Jaid just nodded.

"Let's go." We walked back into the room. Luke was sitting on the couch, looking anywhere but at me. Mikey, on the other hand, was looking straight at me.

Those damn tingles again.

Calum was talking quietly with Ashton, his bass was back with him, like it was another part of his body. He was playing the bass line to Wild Heart, and soon enough Ashton joined in on the drums. He did a whole lot better, lost the timing in a few places, but picked it right back up again like nothing had happened.