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XXXI

CHAPTER XXXI

January

"No way! Stiles is hotter than Scott, oh please." I protested.

"No, Scott is hotter than Stiles. Seriously woman, I'm a guy yet I have much better taste than you." Niall said while shaking his head.

"Nope. But you can't deny that Derek is hotter than all of them." I said while munching on my popcorn.

"Are you resting your case?" He laughed.

"No. I am not, I'm just simple setting it aside." I rolled my eyes.

We were currently watching Teen Wolf in my dorm room on New Year's Day. He insisted, of course.

After the professing of our love, Louis dropped me off earlier with humongous statement of how much he loves me. It was pretty adorable seeing him all flustered when I say it back.

"I am in need of ice cream." I said as I sat up from my bed. "You know, I'm pretty surprised how my landlady hasn't said anything about having you or Louis here all the time. You both practically are here the day after the other and this dorm has a 'strict' policy about no boys."

"Maybe she has a crush on me or Louis, have you ever thought about that?"

"If she has a crush on either of you then she'll tell one of you to sod off."

"If she tells one of us to sod off, then that one will tell you and then you'll tell the other one to sod off to because my landlady doesn't want the opposite sex here, thus defeating the purpose of seeing her crush. Or it's simply she has a crush on both of us."

"Wow, big words Horan. Who are you and what have you done with my best friend?" I chuckled as I put on my shoes. He just threw popcorn at me which I successfully dodged. "Hey, you'll get my floor dirty."

"I bet you and Louis already have." He said wiggling his eyebrows.

"EW, get your mind out of the gutter! Come on! The ice cream is waiting!" I yelled at him. He just chuckled and joined me, linking our arms together.

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"What are we doing here?" I asked Louis as we entered the building. "I thought nothing was open on New Year's Day."

"Well, except maybe this one." He chuckled, swinging an arm around me. "I'll get drinks and snacks."

He left me on one of the Pacman games and I inserted a coin trying to play it. I know I suck at arcade games since Harry always brought me to one in HC. He just likes my company, my encouragement and my teasing whenever he plays.

"Hey." I looked up and saw a guy. He has blue eyes, even bluer than Louis and Niall, kind of reminds me of Percy Jackson's eyes. He was taller than me but not taller than Harry and has black hair and a sharp jaw line, a typical look for a teenager.

"Hi. Can I help you?" I said bluntly.

"Oh um, I'm James, I'm in your Physics class."

"Really?" I asked. It sounded stupid. "Oh I mean, I just come and go in that class, I don't really notice anybody."

"I just want to say, I idolize you. I have never met someone so smart that you can basically outrun the professor." He chuckled which made me grin.

"Thank you, I just spend a lot of time reading, I don't know if that means I'm smart." I chuckled lightly.

"Well, um, I'm having trouble with that class. And I don't want to bother you or anything but it would mean the world to me if you could help me with the project that's due on Monday. I'm having a hard time figuring it out and nobody wants to help me." He said in a sincere tone.