R E J E C T S

CH.62: CHANGE YOUR TICKET

*SUNDAY*

"Morning, babe." I heard Robbie say when I woke up.

"Good morning..." I rolled around the other side of the bed to face him.

Only it wasn't Robbie whom I came face to face with...

I rubbed my eyes a couple of times to check if I was just seeing things but---

"What's the matter? Cat got your tongue?" Louis smirked.

"AHHHHHH!!!" For some reason, this made me scream.

"Cher, what's the matter? Why are you screaming in your sleep?" Rob brought me back to reality.

When my eyes shot open, I saw him looking at me with cute groggy eyes and a tousled hair that made him all the more adorable.

"Did you have a nightmare?" Luke emerged from the covers with a sleepy look on his cute face as he rubbed his eyes.

At least waking up to reality is SO much better than my dream.

"Something like that..." I replied to Luke.

"Hey, how come you're still here?" I asked him.

"I don't know. I guess I fell asleep last night." Luke shrugged.

I just noticed now that Harry was sprawled out by our feet, still fast asleep.

Niall, Liam, and Zayn were also knocked out on the floor.

"I guess no one went home last night..." Robbie concluded.

"Your dad and aunt Martha said it was okay to stay for the night since it was already late." Louis entered the room with a cup of tea in his hand.

"Oh and your mum said to come down for breakfast." Louis added.

He briefly eyed me and then proceeded to the balcony.

What is up with the kind of look that he keeps giving me?! I'm not used to it! He normally just looks at me with hatred but now... I'm not so sure.

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"Don't you guys have anything better to do especially when Christmas is fast approaching? I mean, you have families, right? So why not spend the holidays with them?" I questioned the guys after lunch.

The truth is, I want more alone time with Robbie.

"Yeah, we do have families but you don't..." Niall said.

"And we don't want you to feel lonely this Christmas, you know?" Zayn says.

"That's... touching." I blurted.

I really do mean it. I feel blessed to have such kind people thinking of me but I'm not so sure that I deserve this kind of treatment.

"I'm just here for the free food." Harry blurted out then Liam elbowed him once again.

"What Harry meant was that he's actually a very lonely person too." Liam explained.

"Lloyd, do you have a minute?" Harry changed the topic.

"Why?"

"I want to talk to you in private... it's about work-related stuff." He says rather awkwardly.

"Okay..." I followed him out to the balcony.

"Have you noticed that Louis is acting rather strange lately?" Harry asked.

"Yes, I have. Do you know what's up with him? He keeps on giving me this strange looks..." This clearly has nothing to do with work at all.

"Well, it's pretty obvious. The guy fancies you." He casually stated.