The Nine and a Love (ON HIATUS)

12.

Jeffrey ducked his head out of the driver's window and shouted at her to get inside the bus. Evelyn rolled her eyes over and glared at him before making her way towards the minibus.

And as she got inside the bus, she frowned over at the sight. It was a ten-seater bus and the three single seats were occupied by Terrence, Kevin and Stephen. And the two seated were occupied by the others with only an empty seat left in the front beside Adrian.

"Sit beside me, Cupcake," Adrian taunted in a smirked and patted soundly over the sit with his hand.

"Or you wanna share a seat with me!" Mark prodded mockingly before sharing a laugh with Adrian while the others amused. He and Russell were seated right behind them. She glanced at the back and caught Nathan's eyes peering lazily into her. She threw him a bitter look before sitting down beside Adrian.

As soon as Jeffrey hit the gas and went off the road, Evelyn took out her earpiece and plugged it on over her ears. She closed her eyes and let her mind dwells in the music world. She always likes to listen to music while travelling.

"C'mon, Terrence, sing us a song," Mark said cheerfully passing the acoustic guitar to him. Terrence let out a chuckled before taking the guitar from him.

As Terrence began to strum on the '1D- One thing', the boys started to sing along and was enjoying on their own. Evelyn let out a sigh knowing that it was impossible to listen to music peacefully through the earpiece when they were as loud as a market fish. She plugged off her earpiece and simply listened to their singing. She couldn't help but compliment their good voices inside her head.

"Will you just relax and enjoy the ride?" Adrian said giving her a wolfish grin. Evelyn jerked an eyebrow at his changed behaviour.

"Evelyn!" She turned her head to her side when she heard Terrence calling out to her. "What's your favourite song?" Terrence asked warmly.

"I don't have one, I just listen randomly on Spotify," Evelyn answered in a shrug before turning away and looking to the front. 

Terrence regarded her for a second before turning to look at the boys and continued to sing with them. After some minutes, the ride became silent and peaceful with only a beautiful and calming musical piece encored by Terrence. Mark rested his head over Russell's shoulder and slept while Russell was over his head. Kevin was enjoying the sight looking through the window while Stephen was busy eating at the back. Nathan kept himself busy solving the Rubik's cube while William watched him solving it. Evelyn's head was rested over Adrian's shoulder, sleeping peacefully. Adrian didn't mind her instead he was enjoying looking down at her.

"After all, you are a girl," Adrian whispered amusedly and gently adjusted her head over his shoulder, placing her properly.

"Stop staring at her like that or you might actually fall hard for her," Mark teased in a croaked toned from behind. Adrian cranked his head behind before showing him the middle finger. Mark returned him the middle finger with a cheeky grin.

"Hey, guys, let's grab something," Jeffrey told out loud before pulling the bus at some distance from the convenience store.

Evelyn shuffled slightly feeling indifferent and opened her eyes. Then she quickly straightened up when she realized where her head was resting. She looked up at Adrian and regarded him for a moment before looking away.

"Did we reach already?" She asked and glanced back. Mark and Stephen burst out laughing looking at Evelyn, waking up Russell from his sleep.

"You look beautiful, Evelyn," Mark teased under his laugh.

William shook his head as he stood from his seat and strolled towards Evelyn. "Let's get you clean," William told softly, tapping his finger on her cheeks.