R E J E C T S

CH.28: LET'S PLAY

"Where have you been?" Bridgit asked when she saw me.

"Uh, bathroom." I lied.

"Well hurry up because Niall is already waiting outside with the car." She grabbed my hand.

"Let's go then." I let her drag me outside.

"Hey, ladies." Niall looked specifically at me when we got into the backseat.

"Lloyd." To my surprise, Louis was on the front seat too.

"What are you doing here?" I asked.

"I'm chilling with this guy, duh." He rolled his eyes.

"Oh, right. I almost forgot that you had any friends..."

"Touchdown!" Bridgit high-fived me.

"Since when were you two even 'friends'?!" Louis glared at the both of us.

"Since I moved on." Bridgit said dramatically.

"You two were together?! Scandalous!" Louis said.

"Not really."

"Yeah, Cher's right. It was just a casual affair." Bridgit agreed with me.

"Yep. Kissing spontaneously in the hallways sure is 'casual'." Louis said sarcastically.

"Butt out, nerd. Brother, remind me again why you're friends with this..." Bridgit faced Niall.

"Because he does my homework?" Then the two of them burst into laughter.

"Seriously?" I asked.

"No, silly. I'm the one who does his homework for him." Niall said seriously.

"Say what?"

"Good one, Nialler. You really got her there." Louis chuckled and then Niall did the same.

"You shouldn't believe what these two idiots say especially when they're together because they tell you a lot of crappy jokes..." Bridgit warned.

"Hey!" The two guys said in unison.

******

"Luke, put a shirt on." I told him once I found him on the bed when I arrived home late that night.

"You know, you shouldn't shut people out like that." He said.

"That's what I'm good at."

"I bet you never shut Robbie out."

"Why are you always bringing him up whenever you start to pick a fight with me?" I wondered out loud.

"I don't know but I'm not putting a shirt on tonight. It'll be a punishment for you so that you wouldn't be able to resist my bare smooth flesh and be tempted to cuddle me." He insisted.

"You're the one who can't resist the very idea of cuddling me every night..." I made a point.

"Sure, whatever you say." He grimaced.

"Fine! If you think that being topless will make me want to cuddle you tonight then think again! For I think it's the other way around... I'm changing into my penguin pajamas." I headed for my closet.

I heard him gasp loudly at this which made me turn to look at him.

"I mean, whatever." He pretended to act all 'cool' about it.

I know for a fact that Luke can't resist penguins though. It's his favorite animal.

I took the outfit from my closet then proceeded to the bathroom to change.

"Let's play the shirtless guy vs. the penguin girl game." I stated once I emerged from the bathroom with my penguin suit.

"You look adora--- I mean, hideous." He faked a cough.

"Why thank you." I said sarcastically.

"And you look cold." I smiled fakely.

The wind outside must've seeped in through the hole from the window which Zayn made.

"Nah. Let's go to sleep. That's when the battle really begins..." He said.

"Are there any rules for this?" He added.

"No touching." That's the golden rule, obviously.

"But I can poke you, right? To annoy the heck out of you?" He grinned.

"No. Just sleep already." Will he ever stop talking?

*1 AM*

"You asleep yet?" I asked Luke.

"No."

"I'm a penguin." I stated out the obvious just to intimidate him.

"I know that and I regret why I said yes to this silly game of 'no touching'. Well, at least I have my imagination to help me cope." He said.

"What are you imagining right now?" I asked.

"Touching your penguin suit. God, I love penguins." He sighed with a smile.

He loves penguins more than me? Not that I'm offended or anything... I think it's just weird to have penguins as a fetish.

*SUNDAY MORNING*

When we woke up the next morning, we found ourselves intertwined with the other.

It was weird waking up so close to Luke's handsome features while we cuddled with each other unconsciously when we were probably asleep and finding it rather comfortable.

We were hugging each other back, that's the weirder part.

"Does this mean it's a tie?" He asked as I unattached myself from him.

"I guess."

"Then we should totally do a tie-breaker." He suggested.

"Yeah, let's think separately of a cool game as the tie-breaker while I babysit Liam today." I said.

"What?"

"I meant to do homework with the guy." I hope he didn't catch the 'babysit' word.

"Are you sure you're doing 'homework' and not 'doing' the guy?" He accused.

"Yeah right! As if Liam's my type..." I scoffed.

He's a nice guy and all but we're just in the friend zone, like Harry.

Well, technically, I'm not sure if Styles passes as a friend but he's tolerable enough.

Louis is the only one who gets in my nerves so far...

And while I'm putting certain labels on the people that I know of, I guess I'm throwing Zayn, Bridgit, and Niall in the friend zone too.

Now that just leaves Luke and Robbie...