𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐁𝐎𝐘

chapter 5.

2:58am

Aurelia's pale hand glides softly along the face of the sleeping figure in her lap, tucking in the loose hair behind the woman's ear. As she admires the freckles scattered beautifully among her friend's face, words erupt from the lips of the male sitting across, turning her attention to the man with eyes glistening as he looks lovingly at the blonde in her lap.

"She's just so beautiful isn't she?" Louis says with a sweet grin as he comes closer, kissing the temple of his lover sleeping peacefully. Eyes looking at the man staring intently at his girlfriend, a feeling of melancholy began to form in the female's chest. The corners of her lips unknowingly lowers as she gets this feeling of want at the sweet gesture of her male friend. The feeling she unmindfully wanted was to be looked at by a man with such love and emotion in one's eyes, one that someone could truly melt from.

"She really is." Aurelia pauses. "You got lucky, Louis." a small smile begins to form on her lips.

"So, what do you think of Andrew so far?" Louis asks as he takes another sip of his drink, dark eyes gazing lovingly at his girlfriend.

"He's pretty fun to be with, not gonna lie. Takes good photos too. I am so sure Nai is gonna stick with him for a while." She replies, giggling softly at her mention of her best friend, the boy laughing along.

"What about feelings?" He questions the girl, a big smirk plastered along his face.

"I just met him this morning. What kind of dumbass question is that?" The blonde says, shaking her head and laughing in disbelief at her friend's sudden question.

"You and Nai literally started simping for him the second you guys met." He crosses his arms around his chest, eyebrow raised out of curiosity as he patiently waits for her response.

Not being able to find words to reply, Aurelia sighs deeply and nods, seemingly agreeing against her own will. The moment she laid eyes on him, she couldn't seem to stop herself from being absolutely captivated. The way the light touched his golden tan skin, his charming facial features almost perfectly accentuating the golden tinge of his brown hair. Remembering her experience with him at the cafe, unaware, her heart began to beat faster again, a thump quickly after another in her chest.

"Oh and look who's here" Louis said grinning widely at the two who have just come back to the bowling alley.

As the blonde looks back to turn to the direction of the two new figures, a heavy feeling started to weigh down onto her chest, like a 5 pound dumbbell was placed, as she laid her eyes at the pair standing closely beside one another, smiles plastered on their faces.

A navy blue oversized sweatshirt was seen engulfing the brunette, as she stands comfortably, arms crossed before her. That's Andrew's, Aurelia immediately thought, recalling what the man wore earlier. As she unknowingly stares at her best friend, Nailea faces the blonde giving her a warm smile as she sits down beside her.

"Oh shit, is that a future couple I see?" Louis questions the two, emphasizing the word "couple" as he stares directly at the blonde with a sly smirk, looking for any reactions from the girl.

Fuck you Louis, the woman cursed in her head at the boy, sending him a death glare. Sadly for the girl, it only gained a laugh from the man.

"Nahh, someone decided to put some guac on her chips." The younger boy says, getting confused looks from the two and a sudden question from the blonde who is now sitting up still half asleep.

"There's chips and guac?" Malia asks nonchalantly as she rubs her eyes, waiting for a reply.

"There's no chips and guac Malia, an old drunk dude projectile vomited on my clothes after sexually harassing me." The brunette says with pure disgust on her face as she remembers what occurred earlier.

"WHAT?!" the sudden reaction escapes the lips of the three with eyes wide open at the words that came out of the woman.

3:34am

Aurelia takes out her wallet to pay for the onion rings she bought for her brother. As she waits for the onion rings, she can't help but to be still shocked at what happened to her best friend. After a quick explanation from the two, Nailea's uncle calls the local police station for an appointment the next day after listening along to their conversation earlier.

A pair of hands wrap around the blonde as a feminine voice speaks, tiredness heard in her words.

"Can you come grocery shopping with me later in the afternoon? I need to get some ingredients for some hangover soup for my sister." The brunette asks as she lays her head onto her best friend's shoulder, eyes drowsy from feeling sleepy.

"Sure babe, as long as you make me some too" She replies as she takes the onion rings and turns to face the sleepy figure in front of her, hugging back.

"You're not even drunk" The shorter one uttered as she yawns against the girl's chest.

"Shhhh, they're good and I suddenly craved them." Aurelia responds as she drags her friend along with her to the white vehicle outside.

4:19am

(Aurelia's POV)

I watch the white car drift away as I feel my eyelids grow heavy. I quitely open the front of the door only to be greeted by a sleeping boy barely on the couch, snoring loudly.

I place down the onion rings on the coffee table next to Hugo and head into the kitchen to get a glass of water. I scroll through my instagram explore page, my finger went to a stop as I watch a fan made video of Andrew show up on my screen. Unconsciously, a smile crept up on my face as adorable pictures popped up after another.

Cute, I thought to myself as I looked at the photos being played.

"What's with that smile at four in the morning?" I jump, spilling my glass of water, surprised at the once sleeping figure now leaning against the wall, a huge onion ring on one hand.

"I just saw something cute on insta." I reply while smiling softly as I remember the video of Andrew.

"Well because of you I gotta change now, thanks a lot bitch." The words escape from my mouth with an annoyed face as I look down onto my now wet green sweatshirt. I make my way to the stairs as I hear my younger brother utter something.

"It's a boy isn't it?" He asks with a sly grin on his face, but only receiving my middle finger as a reply.

I slowly go inside my room placing my bags and accessories on the side, my steps starting to feel heavy after seeing my bed in the corner of my room. After taking off my make-up I head to my dresser and change into comfy pajamas. As I take off my green sweatshirt, a thought immediately crosses my mind as I look at the wet spot, the cold wind suddenly brushing my bare shoulders.

A nice navy sweatshirt would be pretty nice to have too, I thought to myself as I remember the image of Nai earlier. A bitter taste suddenly makes itself known. 

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