Catfish - Michael Clifford

Chapter Eleven

Ivy guided Michael into the living room, and he placed the pizzas onto the table.

"So we're just gonna finish watching this and then we can play Xbox if that's okay with you?" Ivy said.

"Yeah thats cool with me, Sons of Anarchy is brilliant! Help yourselves to pizza by the way, ones margarita and the other is pepperoni" He replied.

"Thanks." Both girls said in unison.

Michael sat on the sofa next to Ivy, and she was sure he could hear her heart thudding through her chest.

They ate the pizza and watched the show in silence, with a few glances at each other.

She could feel him watching her as she enjoyed the program, and she was mortified when her breath hitched as Jax started to get naked and he noticed.

"Do you like Jax by any chance?" He whispered playfully in her ear.

She tried to ignore the goosebumps she got and the feeling down her spine.

"Yeah he'd definitely get it." She whispered back.

"What does that even mean? Is that some British saying because I always see it on Twitter and stuff."

She blushed bright red before explaining.

"It means I'd fuck him."

"Yeah, I know, I just wanted to see you squirm."

She swatted his arm and twisted with her back to him. It didn't last long though. Michael pulled her back so she was laying on his lap and wouldn't let her get back up. Ivy pretended to protest but then gave in and just laid there. She peered over to Nova, only to see her grinning at them.

The episode finished and Nova excused herself, and told them she was going to bed.

"Just keep the noise down or I will kill you." Were her last words before leaving the room.

Ivy switched from Netflix to Black Ops before going to the drawer to grab the other controller.

She threw it to Michael and with a bit of fumbling he caught it.

"I bet I can win now that I'm here to distract you." Michael teased.

"I'm not easily distracted when I'm playing."

"We'll see."

They set up a game of Team Deathmatch and began to play, Ivy was winning within minutes.

"Guess I need to start using my tactics earlier than I planned." Michael warned.

With that, he paused the game and pulled his T-shirt over his head and chucked it to the ground. He unpaused the game and carried on as normal. Ivy refrained for as long as she could before taking a peek. She felt like she was only staring for a few seconds, but was drawn out of her trance when Michael started cheering.

"Ha, I killed you! Woooo."

"Shut up Clifford, I let you get that kill. Figured I'd boost your ego a bit. Not that it needs it." She retorted.

"Yeah okay then."

They carried on playing and Michael was only a few kills behind her. They were getting close to the score limit being reached.

"Looks like I better up my distraction a bit." Michael muttered.

He paused the game again.

"Oh god what are you gonna do now, if its those-"

She was cut off by his lips pressing against hers. She couldnt even take in what was happening, but she managed to kiss him back. The kiss started getting pretty heated. She dropped the controller and grabbed at the back of his hair, running her fingers through it. He instantly pulled away, unpaused the game and carried on. Before Ivy could even process what was happening, and manage to pick up her controller, Michael was cheering, signalling that he'd won the game.

"Thought you didn't get distracted easily." He simply said.

"That was kind of cheating."

"There was no rules, therefore that was not cheating. Plus you clearly loved it."

"Shush, I was confused." She knew she was blushing, but she didn't care enough right now.

"I beat you, for the first time ever. I have to tell the guys. This is important stuff. I wish they'd brought their xboxes from the tour bus so they could see this to, or even join in."

"Id say invite them here, but I've got work in the morning and so has Nova. Also she'd kill me if she missed out on all of you being here. I bet she's dying in there at the fact she was kind enough to give us space."

"Oh sorry, did you want me to go? I don't want to make you tired, I didn't even think when I said I'd come over."

"It's okay, I've stayed up most of the night texting you before, and still gone to work. I'm sure I'll manage."

"Wow, I'm a bad influence."

"Its alright, its better than when I used to stay up all the time playing video games and still go to college. How I even got through that course is beyond me."

"Well then, as long as you are sure. Let's carry on."

"I don't think I want to. You're running out of ways to distract me and I don't want to think about what comes next in your evil scheme." She laughed.

"Can we watch a film then?" He suggests.

"Yeah, you can pick. I've seen pretty much everything and I'm awful at picking, we'll be here all night."

"Awesome."

After scrolling through Netflix for a little while, Michael finally decided on The Emperors New Groove. He pressed play then leant back on the sofa pulling Ivy into a hug.

Ivy's heart thudded again. He needed to stop having this effect on her, or she was going to end up with heart failure. They watched the film in a comfortable silence, apart from Michaels soft chuckles, and the repeating of his favourite lines, up until about half way through when Ivy could hear soft snores coming from him. She attempted to move away and leave him on the sofa to sleep, but he simply pulled her closer and groaned a soft no. Admitting defeat, and not really wanting to leave anyway, Ivy set an alarm on her phone and laid back against Michael. It wasn't long before she drifted to sleep too.

A/N: please vote and comment. I have so much planned for this, I promise its gonna get interesting :)