By the next week Riley and Lauren were moved in with the McFLY boys. One night Danny and Dougie were up later than usual. Dougie headed over to Danny's room and the two of them hooked the X-Box up to the TV and were up nearly all night playing. It wasn't until around midnight they heard footsteps.

"Shh." Danny put down his controller, turned the television off and headed over to the door. "You hear that?"

"Hear what?" Dougie whispered crawling over to the door. They opened it a crack and peered out into the hallway. They heard footsteps again. The person took a few steps, stopped, waited, then walked again. Footsteps. Silence. More footsteps. Soon they made out an image of a girl.

"Dude, it's the girl from The Ring!" Dougie whispered hiding behind Danny. Danny rolled his eyes. It was a bad idea to let him watch that movie. "Shut up, Doug. It is not."

"Then who is it?" he asked, his voice shaking. He was terrified.

"It's...Lauren...?" Danny said quietly.

"Lauren?" Dougie said at full volume. Danny clamped his hand over Dougie's mouth. Dougie get frustrated and licked him. Danny pulled a face and laughed, wiping his hand on the top of his pants, "Gross."

"So what's she doing?" Dougie whispered. She looked like she was on her way to the room next to Danny's, which just happened to be Harry's room.

"Dudeeeee." Danny grinned holding out a fist. Dougie hit his fist into Danny's grinning just as wide. "Haha this is gonna be classic."

That was the fun thing about living together. If one boy brought a girl home for the night, everyone else knew. And they had the power to do whatever they wanted about it. In this case, Danny and Dougie were planning on spying on them. Being immature. Doing exactly what they do best.

"Is she actually going to Harry's room?" Dougie whispered again. Danny shrugged and stuck his head out the door and watched Lauren open the door to Harry's room just wide enough to slip in, then close behind her. Danny grinned again,

"Aaaand she's in."

"Lights, camera and action." Dougie said with a wry grin. The two of them pressed their ears to the wall that separated the two bedrooms. They couldn't hear anything but muffled talking.

"This is lame," Dougie groaned, "Come on Harry. Use your amazing woman power we all know you have!"

"Shh!" Danny hushed him as he tried listening. Things got quiet. Soon, Danny heard a knock on his door. Tom walked inside in a pair of plaid pajama pants and a ghostbusters shirt. "What the hell are you two-"

"Shh!" they both turned their attention back to the wall. "Lauren just went into Harry's room."

Tom smiled and joined his two friends by the wall, smiling. "So what's happened so far?"

Danny and Dougie ignored his question and they all listened intently.

"What's happening?" Dougie asked. Danny shrugged, "I dunno man but this is lame. We can't hear anything." he grinned, "I have an idea."

He walked over to his stereo and popped in one of Dougie's Blink CDs then turned the volume up, placing the speakers against the wall.

The three of them all sat around, talking and laughing loudly waiting for something to happen. A few minutes later the door opened and Harry's head and bare chest were seen through the door. His hair was messed up and he was rubbing the back of his neck, "You mind?"

"What?" Danny asked innocently.

"You know what," he scowled, "The music."

"What about it?" Tom asked just as innocently, smiling and showing off his one dimple. Harry stepped forward, threatening to hit him and Dougie threw a pillow at him, covering his eyes with his hand, "Put some pants on dude!"

Harry was in the door just far enough to reveal that not only didn't he have a shirt on, but he didn't have his jeans on either. He stepped back a bit, shutting the door around a bit more.

"Haz," Danny grinned, "What's going on in there?"

"Nothing," he groaned, "Just keep it down. I'm...kinda busy."

"Oooooh," the three boys teased him as he rolled his eyes and stepped back outside. The second he did he heard the music go up louder. This was going to be a long night. He made a mental note not to bring Lauren back to his room until he was sure the rest of the guys were not in Danny's room.

"Judd the Stud strikes again!" Danny laughed after Harry left the room, giving Tom a high five.

"Legend," Tom laughed.

"Why didn't I get a party?" Dougie asked suddenly.

"Because you weren't as obvious." Tom pointed out, "Let's face it, Doug. No one expected you and Riley."

"Cheers," he flashed a fake grin and leaned back in his chair.

The next morning Dougie woke up to realize he was still in Danny's room. Danny was crashed on his own bed, Tom was curled up in a ball on the floor and Dougie was sitting upright in a chair. How he managed to sleep through the night like that, he wasn't sure. He got up and stretched then headed into the bathroom and turned the hot water on in the shower, stepped out of his clothes, then hopped in the shower. Dougie always sang in the shower. Loud, too. He didn't like singing in a crowd but if he was by himself he loved to sing. When he was finished, his stepped out of the shower, towel dried his blonde hair, then wrapped a towel around his waist. It was early and he didn't think anyone else was awake so he opened the door to head back to his room.

"Ow!" he heard someone say as he opened the door. He looked behind the bathroom door to see that Lauren had been up against it. He must have hit her in the head when he opened it.

"What the hell?" he asked. She instantly reddened. "I was just..err..was that you singing?"

This time it was Dougie's turn to go red. "Yeah," he rubbed the back of his neck, "But what were you doing listening to me. That's a violation of my privacy, not to mention slightly creepy."

"And you're one to talk!" Lauren shot back. Dougie went red again, then grinned wryly, "So I would assume you have just come from Harry's room then?"

Lauren sat speechless as Dougie spoke again, "Well it's good to see you put clothes on first."

"Yeah, maybe you should do the same," Lauren said not being able to resist looking down at his bare chest and the towel around his waist. Dougie laughed, "I was just on my way to do that until I ran into you. Which brings about the question, what were you doing listening to me?"

"Well, Riley said you had such a sweet voice but I've never actually heard you sing," Lauren confessed. Dougie became angry. He didn't like people hearing his singing. "If you wanted to hear my singing, go get one of our CDs." he pushed angrily passed her.

"Well that's the thing," she said following him. "You don't have any solos on your albums."

Dougie went into his room and began looking for something to wear. Lauren sat contently on his bed. Dougie turned around, still angry, "Do you just try to see as many guys as you can naked? I mean first Harry, now me."

Lauren turned red realizing he was still in just a towel. She shook her head, "No. But that's beside the point. You need t convince Danny and Tom to give you a solo. And if you don't, I will."

"You're joking, right?" he said, "I can't sing in front of a huge crowd. I can sing backup, considering no one hears me much anyway, and I can play bass. That's it."

"No! You have such a good voice," she argued.

"If you don't leave, I'm going to be forced to drop my towel," Dougie told her.

"But Dougie you really-"

"Three..."

"Dougie I just think you ought to-"

"Two,"

"If you just listen to me-"

"One." Dougie's towel hit the floor and Lauren was out of the room.