What The Heart Wants (Stereo Kicks/ James Graham)

Chapter 34

The boys and I were still buzzing from our performance when we got off stage. We had a few backstage interviews for various magazines and what not, then we finally got to go back to the house. By the time we got home it was almost midnight and none of us were tired, which sucked because we have another early day tomorrow. We have to wake up and go to vocal rehearsals to pick out a song in case we're in the bottom two. After all the guys went to their rooms, I went to mine and was getting ready to go to bed when my phone went off.

James: You wanna watch a movie? ;)

Me: Be down there in a second :)

I grabbed my blankets, pillows, and phone charger, then quietly met James in the game room closet. "Hey." He smiled up at me. There was no food or drinks this time, which was good because that meant more room. Him and I still haven't talked about the kiss and I really wanted to know what he thought. "Hey." I smiled and sat down next to him. We picked out Monsters Inc. And were just about to push play when my phone went off again.

Caden: Hey, you awake?

If I had to be with any one of the boys right now, I'm glad it was James.

Me: Yeah, what's up?

"Who you texting?" James looked over at me. "It's Caden." I replied.

Caden: Wanna Skype? I miss your ugly face.

I chuckled at his text. "He wants to Skype." I said to James. "Oh, alright. I'll um, I'll go upstairs. We can watch the movie tomorrow." He said, preparing to leave. "Who said you had to leave?" I reached out and grabbed his arm. "Stay. You already know about him. Just try to refrain from asking too many personal questions." I smiled and texted Caden back.

Me: Let's do It. I'm with James, I hope that's ok. I want you guys to meet each other.

Caden: Of course that's fine. Can't wait to see him. I'm gonna call you now.

As soon as I finished reading his text, my screen indicated that I was getting a Skype call. I pressed the video button and answered. "Hey you!" Caden yelled. "Shh! Everyone is trying to sleep." I smiled. "My bad." He held his hands up defensively. I chuckled. "Oh, Caden this is James." I smiled and adjusted my phone that way he could see both of us. "Nice to meet you bro. Aria has told me a lot about you." Caden greeted. "Oh yeah? Like what?" James looked at me curiously. "Oh ya know, just that she thinks you're totally hot and she's in love with you. Stuff like that." Caden looked at me and gave me a 'you should have known I was going to embarrass you' smile. "Whoa. I don't remember those words ever leaving my mouth." I defended. "Well it's not like what he said isn't true. I am hot and you know you're in love with me." James winked. Caden and James both laughed and I glared at them. "Had I known you two were going to gang up on me, I would have ignored your text." I said glaring at James and Caden. "Oh quit being such a baby. You know were joking." James nudged me playfully. I rolled my eyes at him and returned my attention to Caden. "Wait, did he just call you a baby? And you're fine with it?" Caden looked shocked. "I make fun of her all the time." James said, clarifying that he's done it before. He looked a little nervous, like he shouldn't have made fun of me in front of my brother. "Dude. She really must like you. Whenever I tease her she gets pissed off." Caden said. I felt James relax a little next to me. Aaww he was scared Caden would be mad at him. "Yeah well I think she's used to it now. We spend every day together and teasing her is my favorite hobby." James smiled proudly. "I like him Aria. He's a keeper." Caden approved. "Don't encourage him Caden." I smirked. Caden, James, and I talked for another hour before me and James were practically mumbling our words. Caden let us go, and we promised to Skype again sometime soon. "He's great. You're nothing alike though. Personality wise or looks." James yawned. "Yeah I know. I look like my mom, he looks like our dad. You would never know we're related." I agreed. We both plugged our phones into their chargers and got comfortable on the floor. "Why are we willingly sleeping on this damn floor?" James asked. "Because anywhere is better than my room. Seriously, I still hate the girls from Only The Young. They're terrible." I complained. James chuckled and sometime after that I guess we both fell asleep because the next thing I know, my alarm clock is going off telling me its time to wake up. "You've got to be fucking kidding me." I groaned and I shut my alarm off. "James." I groggily shoved his arm and his eyes slowly opened. "Ugh. What time is it?" He moaned. "Six. We have to wake up. We have to meet Yvie in half an hour." I said as I dragged myself into a sitting position. Slowly, I stood up, grabbed my phone, and tore the blankets from his body. "Mmm. Give em back." He whined. "No." I stated grumpily then walked upstairs to get ready. As usual, I was in charge of waking the boys up. I didn't even bother being nice today. I just walked into their bedrooms and turned the lights on then went to my room to pull on my sweats and then went to the bathroom and pulled my hair into a messy bun. The guys weren't very happy with the way I woke them up, but I was too tired to care. We spent the entire rehearsal barely making it through the song. After about an hour of what I would call torture, Yvie let us go so she could meet with the other acts. "Why, out of all acts did we get the six thirty slot?" I grumbled. The boys and I stumbled tiredly up the stairs and immediately fell back asleep until we had to wake up again.

"And the next act through to next week is...." Dermot was announcing the acts that were safe and going to the next live show. "Stereo Kicks." Oh my god. That's us. That's us! The boys and I were jumping up and down and congratulating each other before we went off stage. We're safe. We're actually safe.

HEY GUYS, I'M SORRY THE PAST FEW CHAPTERS HAVE BEEN KINDA SHITTY. I'M STRESSED TO THE MAX RIGHT NOW. BUT I HOPE YOU LIKED IT. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT JAMES AND CADEN FINALLY 'MEETING?' AS ALWAYS, DON'T FORGET TO VOTE AND COMMENT! :D