What The Heart Wants (Stereo Kicks/ James Graham)

Chapter 31

"Aria wake up we're gonna be late!" Jake yelled. I woke up and noticed my alarm going off, but I forgot to turn the volume up so it wasn't making any noise. We have to be at the rehearsal room in two minutes. I jumped out of bed and ran down the stairs. I ran through the house until I found the vocal room. All the guys were there except James. "Where's James?" I panted. "Shit. He said he was going to the game room earlier. He must have fell asleep." Tom said. "Ugh, I'll go get him. Tell Yvie we'll be right there!" I yelled as I turned to run towards the game room. Once I got there, sure enough James was knocked out on the couch. "James!" I ran over and shook him. He jumped awake and looked at me weird. "We're late, let's go!" I grabbed his arm and hauled him off the couch. We burst through the doors to the vocal room thirty seconds later and we were both breathless. "It's all good guys, Yvie isn't even here yet." Reece smiled. I glared at him and put my hands above my head. "Holy shit I'm out of shape." I breathed. The boys laughed and that's when Yvie walked in and we started rehearsal.

"When do we meet with Brian for choreography?" I asked the boys. Right now we're all back in James' room talking and scrolling through Twitter. I'm still getting hateful tweets, but now the positive ones outweigh the negative ones. "We meet tomorrow right after vocal practice." Jake answered. "About time. Its already freaking Thursday." I complained. "All these early starts have me freaking exhausted." Tom sighed. "I'm going to bed." He got up from the beanbag chair and laid down in his bed. "It's only seven." Reece said incredulously, but from the looks of it all the others were tired too. I pulled out my phone and sent James a text.

Me: We still hanging out?

I watched as he read the message and smiled to himself.

James: Yeah. Meet me in the game room in 10 minutes. Bring your bedding ;)

I felt my face get hot at the last sentence. Why in the world do I need bedding? I looked up from my phone and seen him grinning at me. I rolled my eyes and pretend yawned. "Alright guys, I'm actually really tired too. I'll see you tomorrow." I stood up and walked out the door, making eye contact with James as I left. When I got in my room I grabbed my blanket and my One Direction pillow. Don't judge me. I waited a few minutes until all the bedroom doors were closed then slipped out of my room and downstairs to the game room. When I got there it was empty, so I sat down on the couch and waited. "Hey you." I looked up and seen James standing in the doorway with a blanket slung over his shoulder, a pillow tucked under his arm and an extremely sexy smirk on his face. "Hey yourself." I smiled as he walked into the room. He stood in front of the couch and held out his hand. "Aren't we staying here?" I looked up at him, confused. "Mmm technically yes." He smiled. I took his hand and got even more confused as he led me to an empty, secluded closet in the far back of the room. "This isn't where you kill me and leave my body here to rot until the smell gives me away is it?" I stopped and looked at him. "How'd you know?" He joked. "No. This," he opened the closet door, "is where we're gonna hang out." He looked at me and winked. When I looked inside I could see that there was a blanket on the floor, bags of junk food, pop, a portable DVD player and a stack of Disney movies. "What the..." I whispered. "Do you like it?" He asked, and I could hear the nervous tremor in his voice. "I love it. It's amazing. This is practically my dream dat-" I quickly stopped talking after I realized I was about to say date. "Your dream what?" He smirked. Obviously he knew what I was about to say. Instead of answering, I stepped into the closet, which was rather small, and sat down on the floor. James stepped in after me and shut the door. "Oh my god. There's no light?" I asked, because once he shut the door I couldn't see anything. "No, but just hold on." He said. I sat patiently waiting to get stepped on, but it didn't happen. Finally, the screen of the DVD player lit up and I could see. The closet was so small that even with our backs against the wall, our shoulders and legs were touching. "So what movie?" He grabbed the stack of movies and handed them to me. "Why are there only seven?" I asked. "One for each night." He stated. "Hey now. The deal was only an hour a day." I joked. "Well I figured you could make an exception for me. And for Disney." He answered. "Well you figured right." I smiled and picked out 'Mulan' from the middle of the stack. We were about half way through the movie before I had a random question. "James." I looked over and he looked back at me. "What was your first time like?" I asked quietly, a little embarrassed. He took a second to think. "Well...it was fast."  He said. I giggled and waited for him to go on. "It wasn't special or anything. I didn't know the girl for very long. We just started talking and it sort of just happened." He was looking at the wall instead of me now. "To be honest, I wish I would have waited until I found a girl worth losing it to. I mean, I'm not saying I wish I waited for 'the one' or anything like that, but it would have been nice if I could actually remember the girls name." He said. "What about you? What was your first time like?" He looked at me curiously. Obviously I assumed this question was coming, and I was prepared to answer him. "I um...I'll let you know when it happens." I said a little self-consciously. "Wait, what?" He looked at me in shock. "You've never had sex?" He asked. I shook my head and he looked at me with a proud look on his face. "That's....that's amazing Aria. I really respect that. It's not every day you meet a girl smart enough to wait." He smiled. I wasn't expecting that answer. I was expecting him to say something like 'you don't know what you're missing' or 'well I can change that.' But he didn't. "You're pretty amazing you know that?" I said. "I do. But why do you say that?" He asked with a smile. "Because every time I think I know what you're gonna say or do, you prove me completely wrong, and I'm glad that you do." I smiled shyly. Instead of answering me, he put his arm around my shoulders and pulled me into him so that I was using his shoulder as a pillow. We sat and watched the movie for a little while longer before I felt myself drifting to sleep, and the last thing I remember is James gently kissing my forehead goodnight.

THIS WILL PROBABLY BE THE ONLY CHAPTER FOR TODAY. I HOPE YOU GUYS LIKED IT! DON'T FORGET TO COMMENT AND VOTE! PS- I WATCHED THE RESULT SHOW LAST NIGHT AND I LITERALLY BAWLED MY EYES OUT WHEN THEY GOT ELIMINATED. ANYONE ELSE CRY LIKE A BABY?