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"I'm so hungry." I complain, rolling onto my growling stomach.

Rob and I are lying in bed in the middle of the afternoon.

Again.

"I'm always hungry, I think I have an illness." Rob laughs as he copies me in rolling onto his stomach.

We both lie there looking at each other.

"I guess we should get food then." I laugh, knowing how stupid we look.

The love I have for food is almost becoming as unhealthy as the food I eat.

"Yeah, but ugh, so much effort!" Rob groans as he rolls over and sits up on his bed. "I'll text Axel and Emma."

A blush creeps onto my cheeks as I hear the name Axel. We haven't spoken since the night in the corridor. We didn't even see each other at the gym.

Although, saying that, I'm pretty sure he was avoiding it...

So now, I'm terrified to see him. Why? I don't know. I guess I'm just afraid it'll be awkward.

"Okay, they're in. They're both coming round now." Rob nods.

I nod and close my eyes in contentment at the fact I'm in bed.

"What are you doing?" Rob asks, his voice sounding accusing.

"I'm relaxing." I laugh, opening one eye to look at him.

"Yeah, no. My boy is coming round, who you haven't seen in what? Nearly a week?!" Rob points out.

"It's only been six days." I frown, looking like a child who's been caught. Sighing I sit up and run a hand through my hair. "What do you expect me to do anyway? We're going for food."

"Exactly! Casual clothes can be lethal as well, Cupcake." Rob smiles.

He stands up, heads for my wardrobe and starts rifling through the clothes.

"Okay, skinny jeans and this crop top should work." He nods.

Just as he stays this, he pulls out my skinniest black jeans and a white crop top which has a lace collar.

Grinning I grab the clothes from him and go to the bathroom to change. Once I'm changed, I apply some more lipgloss, mascara and blush on my pale face.

Running a hand through my hair, I make a funny face at myself.

What am my doing?

We're going out to eat as a group so I change and put make-up on?

In the midst of my doubting thoughts, I hear the door to the dorm room open and a deep voice follow it. It immediately places a smile on my face.

Okay, hell yes, am I doing this.

Walking out, I keep my eyes on the floor and pretend to be casual despite my heart beating faster than usual.

Placing my old clothes in the wardrobe, I shut the doors and finally lift my eyes.

Rob is grinning at me, or Axel. I'm not very sure as his eyes keep going back and forth. Axel stands by the door, leaning against it with his hand in his pockets. He has a smirk on his face but his eyes are slightly wide in surprise.

Thank you, Rob.

"Finally, Cupcake! Right, lets go." Rob instructs, standing up from his bed.

"What about Emma?" I ask, remembering that she was going to meet us here.

Where is she?

"She texted a minute ago and said she was running late," Rob shrugs. "We'll meet her there."

Standing up he heads out of the door, after Axel stepped out of the way.

It's just Axel and I left in the room.

Clearing my throat I go to head to the door. Once I'm in front of Axel, a warm hand runs it's way across my waist and grips my hip.

Looking up I see Axel standing beside me, a gentle smile on his face.

"So are you trying to kill me? Or..." Axel trails off, his blue eyes sparkling.

All words seem to have evaporated from my brain. "Something like that." I smile before walking ahead, letting Axel's hand drop.

Something like that? Really, Skylar?

Waking out into the corridor, Rob stands there expectantly.

"What?" I ask, wondering if there'a anything on my face.

"No make-out session?!" He exclaims.

I go to reply when an arm drapes itself across my shoulders.

"Nah, she wouldn't let me." Axel shrugs.

I elbow him hard in the stomach, only to be met by a wall of hard muscle.

Dammit.

Axel seems to find the amusing and grabs my elbow to then trace his hand down my arm. Grabbing my hand, he intertwines our hands.

Well, I'm officially screwed.

Making our way to the cafe we had all arranged to meet at, Axel doesn't let go of my hand the entire way there.

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"Oh yeah, mmm." Rob moans as he bites into his burger.

I laugh and stuff more fries into my mouth like an animal.

Emma, Rob, Axel and I all sit in a booth. Slow music plays in the background whilst waitresses whiz round trying to get to every table in time.

I ordered a chicken wrap and large fries, but I think they just served me heaven instead.

Earlier, we all laughed at Axel for ordering a chicken salad but it arrived and it actually looks immense.

Axel and I are sitting opposite each other and he keeps kicking my feet. To which I kicked him back harder and then he stopped.

"Skylar, come to the bathroom with me?" Emma asks.

"Yeah." I agree, immediately.

Girl code: always go to the bathroom together.

Standing up, Emma and I make our way to the bathroom where we proceed to stand in front of the mirror and talk.

Totally worth the trip.

And just as I'm about to start singing, two girls walk in. One of them is around my height, but the other is tall. With pristine skin and big green eyes.

"Hey, I'm Rachel." She chirps, her voice overly cheery for someone I've just met.

"Hi." I greet back, trying not to sound like a complete idiot.

"So, we saw you with Axel and we were just wondering if you guys were dating?" The shorter girl asks.

"No." I answer at the same time Emma says, "Yes."

"Okay, well we just wanted to warn you that there's no point in wasting your time." Rachel nods.

"What?" I ask, raising an eyebrow.

"It's just, your wearing his jersey and laughing in the corridor makes it look a bit pathetic. We all know he'll end up with someone more popular." Rachel the devil nods.

Funny that, considering how I've never seen you with him.

"Yeah, well. I don't think that's any of your business, sweetie." I answer back, trying to sound confident despite my heart slamming against my chest.

"Okay, don't say we didn't warn you." She smiles as she flicks her hair over her shoulder and walks out.

Am in a teenage drama show or something?

Just as she walks out of the door, Emma shout, "Bye bitch!" Which leaves me laughing.

"God, nobody should speak like that! Who the hell does she think she is?" Emma rants, obviously enraged.

My cheeks burn in embarrassment. "I don't even know, c'mon let's go back to the table." I shrug, not wanting to make this into a big deal.

As soon as we sit back down at the table, Axel kicks my foot. I keep my head down and pick at my food.

"What's wrong, Skylar?" He asks, I look up to see him looking at me concerned.

"Just some girls in the bathroom." I mumble, suddenly feeling embarrassed that I'm letting them get to me.

"What? They stole the mirror?" Rob laughs, clearly not grasping the situation.

"No, they were insulting Skylar." Emma explains, I can feel her sympathetic gaze on me.

I feel a hand grasp my own and I look up to see Axel's blue eyes staring at my own.

"What did they say, Skylar?" Axel says, rubbing his thumb across the skin of my hand. His voice is calm but his eyes are burning, with anger or annoyance I'm not sure.

"Something about me being pathetic and you ending up with someone popular." I run my free hand through my hair. "It's not a big deal, Axel." I mutter, sounding like a three year old.

"It is a big deal." Axel reassures me. "And I hope you know that none of that is true."

"You're a total badass anyway, you could take them." Rob laughs as he bring light to this situation.

"Yeah, your right. I totally could."

"And she's back." Emma laughs as we all try to move on.

Finishing our meal, there's no more talks of what happened in the bathroom.

We walk up back to Rob and I's dorm room, with Emma already gone, it's just the three of us.

Rob quickly realised this and shouts, "I'm not being a third wheel!"

Before going into the room and slamming the door behind him.

"You know, we seem to be in the corridor a lot right now." I laugh, looking up at Axel.

However he's not laughing, his face blank of any emotions. "Are you sure your okay?"

I'm not sure what runs through my mind, but I place my hands on his biceps and say, "Yes, I'm sure, Axel."

He grins and places his hands on my hips. Dragging me closer to him until there's no space between us left.

He's literally built of muscle.

"Goodnight, Skylar." He whispers before kissing my forehead softly before letting me go and walking off down the corridor.

Just before he reaches the stairs, he turns and winks at me. His usual smirk back, before disappearing down the stairs.

What a weird day.

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