Fragile

Twenty-Two

I'm still not talking to you.

"Right." He said, and he – without warning – slowly lifted the hem of my sweatshirt. I wasn't wearing a vest. Not even a bra. Dammit. He gently caressed my bare waist, and I inhaled a shape breath as the intensity of his touch. He wrapped that arm around my waist, as his spare hand came up and cupped my cheek, holding me in place and forcing me to look at him.

I was going to tell him to stop. But I couldn't, because his lips caught mine in a slow kiss. I wrapped my arm around his neck, tangling my hands in his air. Cody pressed his body to mine as his lips roamed mine.

"Cut the PDA!"

Cody broke apart from me, and I quickly stood up along with him. Liam was standing there, dressed in jeans and a top. I could feel my cheeks heating up.

"God. I go for one minute and you guys are already at it on the floor. On the floor!" Liam exclaimed with wide eyes. It was quite funny, seeing him like this.

"Be quiet." Cody ordered, earning a small laugh from me. "Anyways, where are we gonna go today?" He swiftly changed the subject. But Liam didn't seem to mind, that, or he didn't realise, being the dumbass he is.

"I thought we could go out to eat." He causally said.

"You asking me out on a date, Connels? 'Cause number one, I'm straight, and number two, I'm taken. But I wouldn't accept your invitation even if I was gay." Cody smirked, and I smiled.

"You wound me." Liam feigned upset, and we all laughed.

After that conversation, we all ate out breakfast and Cody got changed. Liam and I were arguing over something on the couch, when Cody stepped into the room. I immediately shut up, as my mouth hung open. He looked so good. He was wearing blue skinny jeans, and he had paired it with a plain white t-shirt and a black jacket. His hair looked like he had just combed it back with his hands, but nevertheless, he still looked fine.

So damn fine.

"Close your mouth, dear. You don't want to catch flies do you?" Liam teased, patting my cheeks. "And stop drooling."

I swatted his hand away, glaring at him. "I was not!" I defended, but we all knew I was lying.

"Deny it all you want." Liam shrugged. "We're gonna go out to eat now" He looked over at Cody.

"That's stupid though, we just ate breakfast." I responded. "Why don't we just roam around the city before lunch?" I suggested.

"Yeah." Cody agreed, and we both looked at Liam who sighed.

"Ugh, fine!"

***

"I regret this." Cody muttered, whilst Liam mumbled some incoherent words under his breath. Probably cursing.

"Shush." I rudely said, as I shuffled through the rack of clothes.

I had successfully dragged the boys into a mall, and they were hating it. They sounded like they were dying, but they were just being drama queens.

"Now," I began, holding out a blouse which had cats scattered around everywhere and then another one which was just plain red, "Which one is better?" I showed them to the guys, and they looked at me with that look that said 'seriously?'.

"Are you serious?" Liam scoffed.

I nodded. "I never thought there'd a day I would be choosing which blouses look good... For a girl." Cody shook his head, as if he was disapproving or something.

I rolled my eyes at him and urged for him to give me an answer. He sighed, giving in, "That one." He pointed to the cat blouse and I smiled. I liked that blouse too, I just wanted his opinion.