A/N: This chapter is CharliexRhubenxDanny and JamesxRileyxDougie centered chapter. Its longer than the recent chapters because I'm starting to go through the morning, afternoon, and night.
Chapter Twenty Seven – Spring Break Pt.4
MORNING
"Guys, breakfast is ready!" Riley shouted as she dumped water into a pitcher and started to squish the frozen orange juice.
"Good Morning!" Dougie shouted as he walked into the kitchen. He screamed and jumped back as Riley looked up at him.
"What?" she asked confused.
"Since when did you wear glasses?" he asked, walking closer to her. She shrugged and took them off to clean them on the bottom of her shirt.
"I've always had them, I just never needed them until I ran out of contacts." She replied. Dougie laughed and took them out of her hands.
"How much can you see?" he asked, holding the glasses out of her reach.
"Not much, I'm near sighted" Riley said and squinted, reaching for her glasses. "Give them back, I can't see."
"Maybe I should get closer then" Dougie said and placed his hands on her waist, and moved his face close to hers. He smirked when he felt her shudder.
"Are we interrupting something?" Patrick asked with a grin as he and Noah walked into the kitchen. Riley grabbed her glasses from Dougie's hands and quickly put them back on, taking a step away from Dougie.
"No, he was just threatening to break my glasses" Riley replied dryly. "That reminds me, Pat, Noah, your doctor's appointment is tomorrow."
"Got it" Noah nodded in reply and helped Sydney into his chair before sitting down himself. He bit into a piece of toast and grunted a greeting to the rest of his friends and family as they came into the kitchen. His eyes lit up as Julius entered the kitchen in a rush. "Julius, today can we-"
"Sorry, I'm really busy, I have to meet a group of friends to talk about college and stuff, bye!" he cried and kissed his siblings on the head before running out the front door. Patrick, Noah, and Sydney sighed heavily and slumped in their seats. Riley glanced at her sister and nodded towards their brothers. Rhuben grinned and nodded back.
"Hey guys, how about we go to Paragon today" she suggested. Sydney's eyes widened and he started to choke on the toast that was in his mouth.
"Chew and swallow, Syd" Tom said as he thumped the small boy on the back. Sydney nodded and chugged his cup full of orange juice. "That's better."
"If I didn't know better, I would say that Tom was Sydney's older brother, not Julius" James said as he raised and eyebrow.
"I noticed that too" Charlie agreed and furrowed his eyebrows together. "Anyway," he turned to Rhuben. "What's Paragon?"
"Yeah, it sounds like a medication for some kind of weird disease" Danny agreed as he made a face. Rhuben chuckled and rubbed her eyes.
"No, Paragon is this gymnastics training center that Sydney likes to go to. It helps keep you graceful and it's a great way for us to be able to do flips and stuff for our dance routines." She said as she leaned back in her chair.
"Sounds fun" Jacqui declared.
"Yeah, I say we should all go" Gen agreed.
"Well, we have a press conference thing later tonight, but we should be fine by them" Tom said and nodded.
"Great, we should go there by twelve" Riley said as she looked at her watch. "It's 10:25 now. But twelve is better, that's when there's less kids there, and we don't have to worry about running them over."
"Yay! We're going to Paragon!" Sydney shouted, waving his arms around happily.
"Hey Ri-Ri, could you help me with this?" Patrick asked and handed her a whipped cream can that he was trying to spray onto his waffles.
"Streaky bacon head- with two colours in her hair" Dougie suddenly exclaimed as he stabbed a piece of bacon that on his plate. Everybody stopped eating and looked at him, but he continued on eating.
"Now, when you say I'm batty, are you comparing me to him?" Matt asked his band mates as he jerked his thumb in Dougie's direction.
"No need" Rhuben replied and smirked at Matt glared at her.
"Wow, this thing is plugged tight" Riley said and set the whipped cream on the table. She reached back and grabbed a pair of scissors off of the counter. Sydney spat out a mouthful of sausage and reached for the whipped cream can.
"RI-RI, DON'T!" He shouted, but was too late. Riley sawed off the top part of the whipped cream can and the can imploded, sending the whipped cream flying everywhere.
"Whoah!" James shouted, pushing away from the table, almost falling backwards out of his chair.
"Bloody hell" Charlie and Matt cried and shielded their faces with their arms.
"I told you not to" Sydney said in a sing song voice.
"That was awesome!" Danny cried and he and Harry high-fived.
"Do you have another one?" Jacqui asked as she scooped some whipped cream off of the table and ate it. Rolling her eyes, Gen scooped up a handful of whipped cream and tossed it into her face.
"Hey, there's still some left in it!" Riley cried and shook the can, accidentally spraying Tom, who was sitting across from her, in the face. "Well, not anymore."
"Ok, you need to place your fingers on the E, D, and B strings." Charlie said as he took Rhuben's left hand and placed it on the neck of the acoustic guitar. "Then you strum the strings, all except the top two."
Rhuben turned the black guitar pick that was in her right hand and strummed the strings that she was instructed to, making a face as it made a dull 'thunk' sound. Charlie laughed quietly.
"Don't worry, that's what it always sounds like when you first try the guitar, I bet that's what Riley and Patrick did when they first started to play" he said helpfully.
"No, they're whizzes at it, which doesn't make any sense as to why I can't play" Rhuben sighed. "But that also does make sense of why I had to fake knowing how to play it. I curse this instrument."
"Well, its like playing the drums, but you don't have a drumstick, and you actually have to strum it" Charlie replied as he shrugged and smiled.
"That was stupid" Rhuben commented as she tried to play the chord again. Laughing again, Charlie moved behind Rhuben and re-positioned her hands. A serious look crossing over his face, he leaned towards her. Just as their lips were about the touch, the door burst open and Danny jumped into the room.
"Guys we're going to- am I interrupting something?" he asked, knowing fully well that he was.
"I was just teaching her how to play the guitar" Charlie replied patiently as he sat on his heels. A confused look crossed Danny's face and he opened his mouth to ask. "Long story, don't want to bore you with the details."
"Right" Danny whispered, looking away. "Anyway, we're going to Paragon now so...yeah." he backed out of the room, a weird expression on his face.
"Wow, that's wasn't awkward" Rhuben said sarcastically as she got off the floor and handed Charlie his acoustic guitar. "Anyway, thanks for teaching me, well, trying to teach me, how to play the guitar."
"It's no problem, mateage" Charlie replied quickly. "In fact, I could, uh, keep teaching you if you want. Like, we could talk about it tonight, at dinner?"
"D'you mean like a date?" Rhuben asked, pulling her strand of purple hair behind her ear.
"Yeah" Charlie replied shyly. Rhuben smiled.
"Sounds great" she replied quietly. Charlie grinned in reply, causing Rhuben to smile bigger.
AFTERNOON
"What do you guys want to do first, there's a loose foam pit," Patrick said, pointing to one corner. "There's a foam pit right there, a rock climbing wall, balance beams, bars, a sumo wrestling thing, an inflatable bungee run, and a inflatable obstacle course."
"I want to try a back flip, I'm still kind of shaky when it comes to it" Sydney replied as he pulled off his shoes and socks. "Noah, will you be my spotter?"
"Sure" Noah replied and pulled off his shoes and socks. He bent his knees and placed a hand on Sydney's shoulder. "Ok, when you get to the height of your jump, bring your arms to your knees quickly and then I'll guide you over in a circle."
"Got it" Sydney replied, nodding enthusiastically. The others sat down on the floor, watching Noah and Sydney.
"Ok, so I'm going to say up, and that's when you'll go up on your toes, like a cheerleader, and then when I say jump, that's when you jump" Noah said and Sydney nodded again. "Ok, 1, 2, 3, up, 1, 2, 3, jump"
Sydney completed the back flip, with Noah guiding him, with ease. He landed on his feet and stumbled a little bit, but was grinning ecstatically. "Thanks Noah" he grinned.
"No problem" Noah replied and hugged his brother. He turned to the others. "What do you guys want to do?"
"FOAM PIT!" Jacqui shouted and ran along the strip of trampoline and did a cannon ball into the loose foam pit.
Patrick, Noah, and Sydney raced towards the obstacle course. Dougie, Rhuben, Danny, Charlie, and Matt went to the bungee run. Tom, Gen, and Harry headed towards the loose foam pit, and Riley and James went to the rock wall. Riley pulled the harness for the rock wall up around her waist, and pulled down her t-shirt, so it wouldn't get caught. She looked at James and burst out laughing. He looked up and flicked his blonde/brown hair out of his face, looking at her curiously.
"I never knew that you were really that tanned" she commented pointing to his upper thigh, which had been shown because of the harness. "You're supposed to pull your pants legs down as soon as you get into the harness, to make sure that doesn't happen." She replied and grabbed onto the first hand hold and started to climb up the wall.
"Well, you could have told me that before" James replied as he climbed up behind her.
"Nah, it wouldn't have been as funny" Riley replied and cursed when her foot slipped and she hit her leg on one of the handholds. "Damn, that hurt" she stated, leaning back to look at it.
"You ok?" James asked as he continued to climb up the wall.
"Perfectly fine, it's not like I haven't climbed this wall before" Riley replied as she pushed her feet off of the rock wall and used her upper body strength to pull herself up.
"Is there anything you don't know how to do?" James asked, gasping for air. "I mean, you're part of a famous band, you can do practically any sport on the earth, and you have good friends."
"Yeah, there is one thing I don't know how to do" Riley muttered as she stopped climbing. "Apart from my siblings, I don't know how to love, and I don't think I'll ever learn how to."
"Then how about tonight you take a chance and try?" James asked her.
"Meaning?" Riley asked as she raised an eyebrow.
"Want to go to the movies?" James asked as he flicked his hair out of his face. "You know, like a date?"
"Sure" Riley replied and her eyes quickly shot down and then back up to his face, she was smirking. "By the way, next time you need to make sure you're harnessed in correctly." She reached out and jerked the cable that was attached to his harness, and James lost his balance and slowly fell back to the floor. "Gotcha" she smirked and continued to climb to the top.
"What are you guys doing?" Tom asked as he watched Sydney run forward on the strip of trampoline, take a small jump, and flip over a large mat.
"We're having a trick contest" Matt replied. "Person who does the best trick gets to choose what we do tomorrow. And I'm going to win."
"Ha, I doubt it" Riley said as she placed a hand on his chest and pushed him backwards. "Let a pro deal with this"
"Whoo, you go girl!" Dougie cheered, from where he was sitting on the side of the trampoline with Gen and Jacqui.
"Thanks Doug" Riley grinned at him and pulled her hair up into a ponytail. She waited until she was sure that Sydney wasn't on the other side of the mat before running down the strip of trampoline. She jumped right in front of it and did a triple front flip over the mat. "Beat that Mattie" she declared as she mused his hair. Matt slapped her hands away, although he was smiling.
"I'll try at least," he replied. "You have an unfair advantage because you're a professional."
"I know" Riley smiled sweetly in reply and gave Dougie a high-five. "Hey, can I talk to you about something?" she asked him.
"Sure" Dougie replied and stood up. The others hardly paid attention as they went to the bungee run and sat on the end of it. "What's up?"
"You're my best friend and you know that I will tell you anything right?" Riley asked.
"Yeah, what's wrong Riles, you're starting to scare me" Dougie said and chuckled a little bit.
"I wanted to let you know that James asked me out and I said yes" Riley replied and Dougie looked down at his hands. "Are you ok with that?"
"Yeah, its totally fine, as long as you're happy" Dougie replied. Riley narrowed her eyes when she saw Dougie's nostrils flare, meaning that he was lying but nodded wordlessly.
NIGHT
"Hey, are you doing anything right now?" Danny asked Tom, Harry, and Dougie, who were sitting in the game room, playing Fifa.
"Yep" Tom and Harry replied furiously pressing buttons on the Xbox controller. Danny shrugged and turned off the TV. "Mate, you have ten seconds to turn that back on before you die."
"No, we have something more important to do" Danny replied.
"And that is?" Harry asked as he raised his eyebrow.
"We're going to spy on Rhuben's and Charlie's date" Danny replied.
"Wait a second, since when are Rhuben and Charlie going on a date?" Tom asked. Harry nodded.
"Yeah and how do you know?" he added.
"You're jealous aren't you?" Dougie asked a grin on his face.
"Apparently since this morning," Danny replied pointing to Tom. "I know because I heard Jacqui, Gen, Riley, and Rhuben talking about it. And I wouldn't be doing this if I wasn't jealous."
"Danny, why don't you just leave her alone, let her be happy?" Tom asked.
"Because I know that Charlie doesn't like her as much as I do, and its also considering the fact that she knows how I feel about her and she's going out with him anyway." Danny replied.
"I'm taking a guess that you're not going to let us say no" Harry sighed.
"Exactly" Danny replied.
"I don't see why you guys are making such a big deal about this" Rhuben sighed as Gen brushed Rhuben's hair, and Jacqui looked at the make up to see which would work best. "It's just Charlie."
"Yes, but its Charlie from Busted, one of the hottest guys on the planet, and he thinks you're hot" Gen replied.
"Actually, he thinks she's more than hot" Jacqui giggled. "I can tell from the look on his face when he sees you. It's a Hey-Rhuben-you-so-fine-you-so-fine-you-blow-my-mind look. I know that he wants him some Rhuben."
"Is she a collector's item or something?" Riley asked in monotone.
"Apparently both of you are if you're going out with James tonight too" Gen said, giving her a pointed look in the mirror. "Does Dougie know about this?"
"I already talked to him about it." Riley replied. "What's that look supposed to mean?"
"You do know that he like, loves you right?" Jacqui asked, turning away from the mirror.
"Who, Dougie?"
"Yes! Dougie!" Rhuben snapped back.
"If that were true, then why would he agree to me going on a date with James?" Riley asked, raising her eyebrows. "Ever think of that?"
"Because he wants you to be happy" Gen replied quietly. "Rhu, are you ready to go?" Charlie asked as he poked his head into the doorway.
"Yeah, let me just get my shoes" Rhuben replied and grabbed her black vans. "So, what d'you think?"
"You look great" Charlie offered and grinned.
Rhuben had her hair down her shoulders. Jacqui had smudged some eyeliner and eye shadow around her eyes, which made her blue eyes look brighter. She was wearing a purple t-shirt under a black dress with a denim skirt and gray leggings.
"Thanks so do you" Rhuben replied.
Charlie was wearing a black coat over a red dressy shirt with a black tie over it and black pants with white shoes.
"Thanks, we'll see you later guys" Charlie said and he and Rhuben left the house. Shortly afterwards, Danny, Harry, and Tom tried to sneak by the open door.
"I'm taking a guess that you're going to go spy on them" Gen said as she leaned against the doorway.
"Pretty much" Tom agreed.
"Hold on, we're coming with you" Jacqui replied.
"Ouch, get your foot out of my face!" Jacqui hissed as Danny hit her in the face. He turned around and shushed her as he continued to crawl through the bushes.
"Can we go now? We've been following them since they left the restaurant" Harry said as he brushed his hands on his knees. "People have things to do you know."
"Yeah, like masturbate" Tom said and elbowed Harry in the side, knocking him over.
"Would you guys shut up?" Danny hissed and poked his head out of the bush that the group of them were sitting in. "I'm trying to-"
"What?" Gen asked, nudging him in the side. "Why'd you sop?"
"He just kissed her" Danny breathed as he turned around and sat down in the dirt. "He just kissed her."
"No way!" Jacqui declared. "That 6ft 4 giant of sexiness kissed her?"
"Hey!" Harry cried, offended.
"Just stating a fact" Jacqui replied defensively.
"Dan, are you ok?" Tom asked him, placing a hand on his shoulder. Danny shrugged him off and got up, brushing off the seat of his pants.
"I will be" he replied before walking away.
