Simmer Down and Pucker Up
Eight
The light was shining through the curtains warming me up and leaving a smile on my face. Louis groaned next to me, “The sun is directly in my eyes.”
He turned, wrapping his arms around me and pulling me into him as I giggled, “Good morning,” I said with far too much enthusiasm.
He yawned, “I don’t want to wake up yet.”
Louis had a sleepy smile on his face as he leaned in and pressed his lips against mine, he pulled back, keeping his eyes closed, “Let’s just go back to bed.”
I wiggled out of his grip and rolled off my bed, “You sleep, I’m up already.”
I didn’t get a response back signaling that he was already back to sleep. I had a small smile on my face as I walked out of my bedroom and into the living room where Niall was passed out of the couch with his arms wrapped around a girl who turned out to be Selena Gomez. I couldn’t help but grin, it was about damn time Selena got laid by somebody other than Justin who was a douche in my opinion no matter how suave. I continued my way through the living room and towards the dining area, the smell of bacon hitting my nose as I came face to face with a shirtless Zayn who was making a complete mess out of my kitchen.
“Oh hey, beautiful,” He said with a small smile as he flipped a pancake onto a plate, “I’m making everyone breakfast to apologize.”
I squeezed by him to get to the fridge, which Zayn had been kind enough to restock, “I got you some shit.”
The smile on his face told me he was proud of himself as I pulled out a carton of organic chocolate coconut milk which Zayn knew was my favorite, and chugged from the carton. I pulled it away from my lips and put it back in the fridge, “I’m not going to forgive you for all you’ve done to me, but nice try.”
I walked closer to him and hopped up on the kitchen counter, taking a seat as Zayn frowned and handed me a plate of pancakes, bacon, eggs and toast, “I can’t live like that. Let’s just say we are broken up for real this time and I learn to get used to the Louis thing... Can we at least try being civil towards each other?”
I took a bite of bacon and chewed, dipping my strip into the egg yolk and bringing it back into my mouth as I shook my head, “I hate you, do you not understand that?”
“Let’s just try and be friends, please,” His eyes begged at me as he drizzled maple syrup over my pancakes for me.
I sighed, “I’ll try, but I’m not promising anything,” I said and continued to eat, trying to avoid looking into his eyes because all I really wanted to do was kiss him.
Our conversation was cut short as Selena and Niall joined us, “Oh hey, girl!”
I grinned at her, “Selena got laid!”
Niall had a giant smile on his face as Selena laughed, “We are all just friends here, doing what friends sometimes do.”
“I heard that,” Zayn said with a smirk as he walked a plate of food to Selena and Niall.
Soon enough Liam and Harry joined us, both looking just as sleepy as the rest of us. Zayn already had his food plated and he handed each boy a plate of food which they graciously accepted. Harry didn’t hesitate to begin stuffing his face as Liam spoke, “Harry has the comfiest bed in all the land.”
“I know, I hooked Spencer and I up for Christmas, they’re both California King’s.” Harry boasted as he drenched his food in maple syrup, “It feels kind of good to be home.”
“What is the sleeping arrangement because I haven’t slept in 48 hours?” Zayn asked as Louis walked out and finally joined us, grabbing the final plate of food that was waiting.
“Well, I already claimed the couch,” Niall sang proudly, as he should have, we had a very expensive couch. Selena giggled, taking a seat on his lap to make room for Louis at the table. He sat down and began shoveling food into his mouth.
“Why don’t you just sleep in Harry’s bed with him and Liam?” I asked, not wanting anything to do with him.
The boys began laughing as Harry spoke up, “Two men in a big bed with lots of space is okay, but three dudes spooning is not.”
Liam laughed, “Yes! Listen to Harry.”
Louis chuckled, “You can three-way cuddle with us; Spencer will be in the middle.”
What the fuck was he doing? Zayn smirked, “Sounds good to me, well I’m going to go crash now, because last night I did way too many drugs and it is time for bed.”
He placed the pans in the kitchen sink, “I’ll clean those later,” He said and grinned at me.I already knew that he wouldn’t.
I hopped off the counter and put my now empty dish in the sink, turing the water on to rinse off all the gross stuff before setting it back in to wash later. Zayn stayed very close by, waiting for me to finish and look up at him before he finally began to speak, “Spence, will you give me a towel so I can take a shower?”
I tried not to roll my eyes as I nodded, the rest of the gang had changed the subject and begun talking about the movie premier that was coming up over the weekend. I reluctantly followed Zayn out of the kitchen and towards my bedroom, “I get to snuggle you tonight.”
His voice was playful, I rolled my eyes as I led the way into the bathroom, grabbing a fresh towel out of the cupboard. I turned around and hit it against his chest, “Here.”
Zayn kicked off his shoes as his eyes stayed on mine, “I know you’re excited.”
I scoffed and left the room quickly, not letting him get the satisfaction of being slightly right. I closed the bathroom door behind me and took a deep breath, looking around my room as a smile erupted on my face; I was home.
I walked towards my bed and collapsed down onto it, running my hands through my sheets as I inhaled; I was so sleepy all the time. I perched up onto my elbows as my bedroom door opened and Harry walked in, closing it behind him. He set the glass he was holding onto my nightstand before putting his hands down onto the bed and crawling over to me. He got fairly close and laid his head next to mine, “Oh, hey.”
I laughed, “Hey.”
“So, what exactly has been going on?”
He didn’t beat around the bush, “Nothing is going on, everything is great.”
Harry chuckled, “I mean with Louis, what is going on with Louis?”
I groaned, “Why does it matter to you?”
“You’re my best friend who a little over a week ago was sleeping half naked in my hotel room and spending her nights making out with me,” His voice was low and cautious, knowing very well we were treading into dangerous territory.
“You repeatedly told me we are just friends and nothing more,” I spoke calmly, my tone matching his, “And then you left to go be with the girl who probably thinks she is your girlfriend.”
“So that means you have to go and get with Louis?”
“What the hell are you doing Harry?” I snapped, “You are acting like a jealous asshole.”
“No, no, I’m just confused, Spence, I love you, you are my best friend and so is Louis...” He trailed off, his eyes landing on mine as he sat up, “I just don’t want to see either of you get hurt.”
I laughed, “Louis would never hurt me, Harry, so you don’t have to worry.”
Harry pushed himself off the bed, “That’s not what I’m worried about.”
Before I had a chance to defend my intentions the bathroom door opened and Zayn walked out with a towel wrapped around his waist, “Har, you want to give me some clean shorts?”
Harry nodded, walking out of the room and Zayn stood there, turning to me and smirking as water dripped off his body, “You want to take a nap with me in your bed?”
I stood up, rolling my eyes as I shook my head and walked past him, “You can have the whole bed to yourself.”
Zayn sighed, “At least come shopping with me later? You can bring Louis, but I just want to be around you.”
“Fuck, okay, fine—but only if you promise me you won't get handsy tonight,” I turned to look at him and instantly regretted it. The only thought going through my mind was ripping the towel off of him and releasing all my frustrations, but I couldn’t.
Harry walked back into the room with a pair of basketball shorts and handed them to Zayn, I walked out of the room and Harry stayed. Their voices faded away as I shut the door behind me and went back out to the living room.
I plopped down onto the couch and pulled the blanket on me that Selena and Niall had been using. I grabbed the remote and turned the TV on, flipping through until I found an episode of South Park and left it playing as I reached for the half smoked joint that sat in the ashtray, on the coffee table. I lit it up and took a large hit, blowing the smoke out and looking up as Selena walked into the room and joined me on the couch, I took another hit before handing it off to her, “So,” She started as she took a hit.
“Justin is in New York for a show tonight and wants to see me.”
She of course was referring to her estranged on again off again boyfriend, Justin Bieber. I wasn’t a fan of Justin, he thought he was the hot shit and I didn’t know what she saw in him, then again I was with Zayn for four years and he was basically the same, so I couldn’t judge her, “And...”
I pushed for her to continue as she handed me the joint, “I need you to come with me, bring Louis, we will get Harry and Kendall to come too,” She paused, “He cannot know about Niall.”
I laughed, “Make sure to tell Niall that, but I am in. What time are we going?”
“I guess the sooner we get there the better, so just get ready and call me,” She stood up, “I’m going to go force Harry to come, I’m sure you can handle your boyfriend.”
I laughed, “Yeah, It’ll be fine. I’ll call you in a few hours when we are ready.”
XXX
Ditching Zayn wasn’t my first plan, but spending unnecessary time around him was torture and he was dead asleep so I didn’t feel too bad. I got ready quickly thanks to Selena straightening my hair for me before she had left. A limo was on it’s way to pick up Kendall and then it was going to come get us right after so time was crucial right now.
Harry and Louis opted for their usual black jeans and black T-shirt look, so I went for a white T-shirt with blue skinny jeans and some corral colored flats along with a matching fedora. I grabbed a pair of Harry’s aviators off of his dresser, I had to finish getting ready in his room so I wouldn’t disturb Zayn.
“Hey, Kendall is here,” Harry said as he walked out of his bathroom and slid his phone in his pocket.
“At least if we have to hang with Bieber we know there will be good drugs and good drinks,” Harry said as he ran a hand through his hair.
I laughed, “That’s the spirit, Harry.”
I followed him out of his room and down the hall towards the living room where Louis sat with Liam and Niall. “What are you guys going to do today?” I asked as I walked to Louis and put my hand on his shoulder.
Liam shrugged, “I need to get some pussy because it looks like I’m the only one not getting laid around here.”
Niall snickered as Harry grinned, “It better be a full blown party in here when we get back.”
I wanted to slap Harry for suggesting such things, but I knew that whether I liked it or not things were going to get crazy in here. Harry’s phone rang loudly, halting all conversation as he answered it, “Okay, we are coming out now.”
Harry slid his phone into his pocket and turned to us, “Let’s roll.”
Louis was behind me as I led the way out the door which Harry kindly held open. A limo sat outside with the driver leaning against the side. He quickly popped the door open as he saw us approaching, I gave him a small smile as Louis mumbled a thank you and we scooted our way into the car. Kendall’s eyes lit up at the sight of us, “I’m so glad you guys are coming!”
She was overly eager and it was slightly annoying, but I knew it was only because she wanted us—Harry’s friends—to like her. Harry got in and moved to the spot next to Kendall as the door closed, “All right.”
He clapped his hands together, “Let’s get good and drunk before we have to go listen to Justin Bieber’s music.”
Louis laughed loudly, “Yes, I’ll drink to that, mate.”
Harry reached into the mini fridge and pulled out a bottle of Ciroc, screwing the lid off and taking a long drink before passing it to Kendall who hesitated. I swooped in to save her, “Harry, give her a drink to chase that with, right now!”
Harry chuckled as he went back into the mini fridge and grabbed a bottle of lemonade, “M’lady,” He took her hand in his and kissed it as he held it out to her.
Kendall giggled and took it from his hand, opening it up and taking a drink before handing it back to Harry and taking a drink of the vodka. She passed the bottle to Louis and grabbed the lemonade back from Harry, gulping it down to kill the intense taste left behind from the vodka. She pulled it away from her lips and handed me the bottle just as Louis finished taking his drink. He was trying to be a ‘man’ therefore he took it straight, I didn’t give a shit though, so I was going to join Kendall on the lemonade train.
I tilted the vodka bottle up to my lips and took a long drink, taking down an extra gulp and then chasing the taste away with the lemonade. I handed the vodka to Harry as the limo came to a stop, “I’ll call Sel,” Kendall said as she pulled her cellphone out.
Louis nudged me causing me to turn and look at him, I grinned, “What?”
He chuckled, leaning in and capturing my lips in a soft kiss. He pulled back and kept his face close to mine, “You think Bieber would mind if we did it in his dressing room?”
I laughed, hitting my hand against his chest as I pulled back, “We won’t be doing that, Louis.”
He snickered, reaching out for me and pulling me into his lap, “I’m sure you can be convinced.”
Selena walked into the limo with a giant grin on her face, “I love each of you for doing this for me,” She said as she took a seat while the driver shut the door.
I stayed in Louis’s lap because the other option would’ve been to join Harry and Kendall and I figured I would let them have their own side of the limo. “Let’s just get real drunk before we get there,” Harry said as he brought the bottle to his lips and took a drink.
We were smooth sailing.
XXX
The concert itself wasn’t all that bad. We had gotten there with the perfect around of time before Justin had to go on which resulted in us all drinking a lot more and Selena, Justin and I took a few tabs of molly which got our party going right away. Louis and Harry both decided they wanted to stick to drinking, which they both took very seriously so I would have to deal with two drunk asses while trying not to become one myself. When Justin finally did go on, we all kept drinking, except for Kendall, but I fully supported her being the sober one of the group.
Selena was a slight hot mess as she clung onto me for support, we were dancing in Justin’s greenroom to some hip hop on her iPhone while everybody was scrambling around and loading up the tour bus because the show was over. Justin was off doing his meet and greet with the people who payed and would be here soon. Harry was getting his very intense flirt on with Kendall in the corner which led me to believe he was very drunk.
Louis was annoyed with me because I hadn’t really been paying attention to him, but being the sweetheart he was, he didn’t say a word. Instead, Louis waltzed over with a bottle of water and handed it to Selena, “Let’s go sit her down and have her drink this.”
Selena moved from my arms to Louis’s as he walked her towards a couch and sat her down, giving her the bottle of water which she drank with her eyes closed. I sat down next to her, putting my arm around her shoulders and rubbing her back, “Baby girl, you need to get your shit together.”
She groaned, I chuckled as I kept talking, “Your man is going to be here soon, don’t you want to see him and be coherent.” Louis stayed by us, making sure she was drinking the water, “Do you want me to take to you throw up?” I asked.
“No,” Selena grumbled and took a deep breath, chugging more water before trying to hand it to Louis but dropping it instead. She didn’t acknowledge her spill and stood up, reaching back for me and grabbing my hand, “You need to come with me.”
I caught Louis roll his eyes before she pulled me away, but we didn’t get that far as Justin entered the room with a huge grin. He walked over to us and swooped Selena into his arms, “Baby,” He sang.
She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him sloppily. She pulled back, grinning at him, “I’m so happy you’re here,” She slurred at him.
Justin chuckled as he walked towards me, keeping her on one arm as he pulled me in for a side hug. He smirked at me, “How wasted it she?”
I laughed, “She should probably get to a bed soon.”
Justin sighed, turning back to Selena, “Okay, girl, let’s go get you into a bed.” He turned back to me, “It was good to see you guys, thank’s for taking care of her, Spencer.”
I nodded at him, I was thankful they were getting out of here because Justin was only tolerable in small doses. Louis walked up to me, putting his hand on my waist and turning me around, I looked up at him, “I’m sorry.”
He laughed, “It’s fine,” he leaned in and pressed his lips to mine, “you’re a good friend.”
I leaned up and kissed him, Harry’s voice interrupting our make out session, “Let’s go back home, guy’s.”
Louis pulled back from me but kept his hand in mine, lacing our fingers together as he pulled me in the direction of the exit. Harry as usual led the way out, navigating his way though the venue until he got to the area where the buses were being loaded. He walked down the ramp that led from inside to out with Louis, Kendall and I wearily following behind him. Harry walked past the semi-trucks that were being loaded up and came to a stop at the fence that separated us from the rest of the world.
Harry turned to Kendall, “So, do you have a cab?”
Louis and I quickly looked at each other as the awkwardness set in, Harry was trying to ditch Kendall in the rudest way I have ever seen. Louis began tugging me away in the direction of the fence, security opened the gate for us and we left before I had a chance to hear what Kendall had to say. I looked up at Louis as he came to a stop a few feet away from the security guard, “Harry is a prick.”
He laughed, “Yeah, he is, but we still love him cause he is our Harry.”
It wasn’t long before Harry joined us, “Where’s Kendall,” I teased as I saw the look on his face.
“We kind of broke up,” He muttered as he walked past us, his pace was quick which forced us to match it as he walked out of the parking lot of the venue and hung a right, avoiding all the fans and traffic.
“I can’t believe you would—”
“Spencer, don’t start, let’s just get home, I need a drink,” Harry muttered as he kept walking.
I was about to open my mouth again when Louis gave me a stern look making me close it. We didn’t live too far from the venue and cutting through alleyways was cutting our time in half, so we spent it trotting in a slight awkward yet comfortable silence. Harry was sulky and Louis was keeping my mind off of it by keeping his hand clasped in mine.
I was expecting the worst when we walked into the house, but to my surprise, Zayn, Liam and Niall were the only ones there. They were glued to the couch with beers in their hands and their eyes on the TV, “Hey.”
Niall was the first one to speak, “Hey, guys,” I responded back with a smile as I stepped out of my shoes.
Zayn’s eyes landed on me with an annoyed look. Louis set his hand on my hip, forcing me to turn and look at him, “I’m going to go to bed, babe,” He said and leaned in, leaving a small kiss on my lips as he pulled back and turned to Zayn. “Will you guys try and be quiet when you come to bed? I’ve been gettin’ shit sleep lately.”
Zayn smirked, “Don’t worry, we will be extremely quiet.”
Louis yawned and gave a sleepy smile as he walked off, “So, how was the concert,” Liam asked with a grin.
Harry shrugged, “I broke up with Kendall, the concert was shitty,” He ran a hand through his hair, “I don’t even know why the fuck we went.”
“It’s because we love Selena, ass!”
I spoke up and hit Harry on the arm, “I had fun,” I grinned, “I did a lot of Molly and I’m having a great time right now, too!”
Niall, Liam and Harry chuckled at my excitement and Zayn just glared. Harry yawned, “I’m going to bed, Liam, let’s go. You’re going to be my new girlfriend for the time being.”
Liam laughed as he stood up, “I hope that means you’ll be bringing me breakfast in bed in the morning.”
I walked over to the couch and tried to take Liam’s seat but Niall kicked his legs out and shook his head, “I’m tired as shit. You two need to commune elsewhere.”
I groaned, “I just want to smoke a bowl and talk with you, Niall!”
“In the morning I’m all yours, but for now, you are stuck with Zayn,” Zayn stood up as Niall was talking.
I frowned as I began walking away, trying to get away from Zayn before he had a chance to reach out and touch me. I walked towards the double glass doors that led out to the patio and opened them, stepping out and letting the night air engulf me. Zayn lurked behind me and shut the doors as he stepped out. My eyes settled on the big fuzzy blanket that sat on couch, I sat down at the very end of the couch, nestling into the corner with my blanket and taking in the city lights of New York. Zayn strolled over and sat down right next to me, nuzzling into my side as he pulled the blanket over him.
“What are you doing?”
“It’s cold as shit, you’re sharing,” He said as he rested his head on my shoulder and looked out into the horizon.
I didn’t care enough to say anything back to him, so I welcomed the extra warmth with open arms and just pretended it wasn’t him. His arm snaked around my shoulders, making me tense up instantly. A deep chuckled erupted from Zayn, “Relax.”
His voice was as smooth as silk. I leaned back into his arms as he propped a few pillows underneath him and laid back. He wrapped his legs with mine and pulled me into him, “I’ve missed holding you,” He muttered and placed a small kiss on my head.
“Don’t,” I said harshly, “if we are going to do this friend thing you can’t say things like that.”
“So, you’re saying you’ll try?”
I didn’t have to look at him to know that he had a giant smile on his face. I couldn’t help but crack one of my own as I relaxed into his arms, “Yes—it’s much easier than hating you.”
I sat up a little and turned to look at him, “But you can’t misbehave.”
Zayn smirked, “Come on baby,” he pulled me back into his arms, “do I look like the type to misbehave?”
Notes
Go read the new story: Forever Young
Looooove Zayn!!! I feel kinda sorry for harry!
7/28/14