"Okay, this is going to sound crazy.." Louis said.

"Bring it." I said and nudged his arm teasingly.

"Okay.. What if, the guy who first kiss Kath, gets her..?"

All the boys stared at Louis, then at me.

"Don't even think about it." I laughed at their hungry eyes and licking lips.

"Nah, Kath's right. We all would kind of ambush her with kisses in that case." Niall said.

"I wouldn't do th-"

"Shut up, Harry. You're the one that kissed her for Gods sake, so don't deny it."

I giggled. The brotherlove was almost overwhelming.

"Yeah." Harry said with a charming grin. "Yeah, you're right".

"Okay, moving on. Why don't we just write our names on tiny paperpieces and let Kath pick a random one. The one that she picks, gets her." Zayn suggested.

"I would totally win that." Louis winked.

"No, we shouldn't let coincidence decide this." Niall said.

I agreed. But the boys were out of ideas. We were all thinking for a few minutes, when Harry suddenly stood up, making everyone flinch back of suprise.

"I got it!" He shouted.

Harry walked past the sofas so he was standing in front of us all. Let this one be good, I prayed.

"This is the ultimate idea, we can all get her, we won't let coincidence decide and we won't ambush her with kisses. We can.. make up a schedule!"

Looking at his proud smile and his big hand-gestures, he probably expected more enthusiasm from us. But we were all kind of giving him the look Bim had given me, "are you on drugs?". As soon as Harry opened his eyes, his face showed nothing but disappointment.

"Hey, c'mon!" He tried. "Look, we do it like this. We can exchange her, like for example.. I have her the first week, Niall have her the second, then Liam, and etc."

We all looked at each other.

"I don't.. I don't know, Harry.." Louis said.

"Now it actually starts to sound like a job.." Niall said.

"No, listen up! We will all have her for the week, and when it's Zayns week, for example, then nobody except Zayn are aloud to treat Kath like a girlfriend. And when it's, let's say, Louis week, he gets to do whatever he wants to her."

Harry suddenly chuckled.

"Don't take it in the wrong way, babe." He said. "What I meant, was that he can take her on dates, he can kiss her, or why not sleep with her? It's up to you two."

Louis eyes reached mine, and we just laughed.

"Looks like you got most of this figured out." Zayn said.

"I used the time you guys couldn't come up with something. Anyway, is my brilliant idea clear? Because I think it's damn good. Think of it! What else are we going to do? Why not give everyone a week to prove to Kath who we really are, and why she should pick just you. It's almost like one of those shows on TV, only in reality. So what do you say? Is it a good idea, or is it a good idea?"

We all looked at him. Then I looked at them. I was actually buying it. I mean, Harry was right. I would get plenty of time to get to know them, and time to figure out who I really wanted the most. And meantime, I would get to hang out with the other boys too, as friends. I thought it was a pretty good idea.

"I say.. we do it." Niall said.

"Really?" Harry asked, excited as a four year old.

"Yeah. You are right. It's a good idea, or well, the best one so far."

"But maybe there's a better idea?" Louis said. "There's gotta be."

"There isn't, I promise." Harry said. "What do you think, Kath?"

Everyone faced me.

"I think we should go with Harrys idea. I can see things go pretty good if we choose that path."

"Yeah." Liam smiled. "Me too."

Zayn and Louis looked at each other.

"What do you say, Sassmastah from Doncastah?" Zayn smiled and put his hand on Louis shoulder.

"I hate you." Louis smiled back. "But let's do it, Bradford bad boi."

Zayn chuckled.

"You said you would keep that name a secret." Zayn said through his clenched teeth and his fakelaughs.

"So did you, man." Louis said back between his teeth.

Then they turned back to us, and smiled.

"Okay, we're on."

Notes

Hi guys! Finally, they have a strategy. I feel so relieved that I wrote these chapters tonight, it feels good to have them finished, because it is now the tangle starts, with the boys and Bim, and other things. God, it kills me that I can't tell you what's going to happen. Well, well, I just have to be patient. Love, A.

Do you think they will succeed (=make the rules work), or fail (=make it feel like a job)?

What do you hope is going to happen between Bim and Kath? Or Louis and Bim?