Use Somebody
Toxic
About two hours after I went into the bathroom I found myself lying naked on my bed, still breathing a bit heavier. I turned to my left to see Zayn on his stomach, his eyes fluttering close. His left arm was draped around my belly and I could still feel every inch of me tingle by the memory of his touch. I studied his face and admired its beauty once more. Trying not to wake him, I got up and fetched my camera. The afternoon sunlight was hitting him perfectly, and I quickly took a few very close shots, positioning the camera on the bed. I looked at the results and smiled. They were gorgeous and I was just simply in love with his face. I then kneeled on the bed and took a few shots of parts of his body. The line of his back, half his butt covered partially by white sheets, his hand lying on the linen. I returned to take a last one of his face when he opened one eye and smirked at me. I captured that moment and looked at him, proud.
“You're not gonna publish those, are you?” he mumbled. I shook my head. I wasn't the type of photographer who needed everything out on public display. He smiled and grabbed for me, drawing me against his hot body. The camera rolled out of my hands, and I started kissing his collarbone. He sighed softly against my hair. I looked up and sucked on his bottom lip, which I just find so incredibly sexy. He captured my mouth and our tongues touched. I felt it tingling down between my thighs and I was sure we were about to do it again, when both our stomachs started growling. We stopped kissing and I could feel him smile against my lips.
“I think it's time for breakfast,” I stated. He looked at the watch on the bedside table.
“Or dinner, I would say,” he answered. It was already 5 PM. We got up and got dressed, me pulling on some casual shorts and a maroon sweater. I liked that colour. Before we headed out, he grabbed my wrist and spun me around. Pressing me against his body, he gave me that smoldering look that just made my knees weak every time. “They're gonna ask questions,” he said slowly. “Maybe we should talk about... this.” I gave him a confident smile.
“This is casual, Zayn. I wanted you from the first moment I saw you, and I want you right here,” I said and pointed towards the bed. “Or there,” I continued and pointed towards the bathroom. “I'm pretty sure this is also sexual for you, so why don't we agree on keeping it that way?” I meant what I said. He was a great guy, but I didn't want a boyfriend, I wanted a hot fuckbuddy. Dealing with him was easier than dealing with Dave. He looked surprised before he gave me a passionate kiss.
“You're a dream come true,” he whispered and I smiled satisfied.
“So are you,” I winked and opened the door. We went to the kitchen together, talking casually about a movie I had shot a few years ago.
Harry's POV:
They came into the kitchen as if nothing had happened when we had all heard the faint noises that were coming from her bedroom. I shot them a death glare from the couch. Liam, who was in the kitchen, just stared at Zayn and Cassie before hurrying over to the couch where I was.
“What do we do?” he asked me.
“Hate him,” I answered with the first thing that came to my mind. Louis besides me shuffled.
“Let it go, Haz. She had made her choice,” he sighed, flicking through the channels. Hell, no! I wouldn't let it go that easily. I got up and went over to them.
“Hey, there. All clean?” I asked Cassie who gave me a smile. Zayn grabbed a yoghurt and headed towards the other boys. He knew I liked her, and if he didn't have a bloody bad conscious right now, he wasn't my friend any longer.
“Hey, Harry. On the outside, yes,” she teased me and didn't even blush the slightest. I watched her while she gathered various ingredients for what was obviously gonna be dinner. “Wanna help me?” she asked. I studied her face for a moment and our eyes locked. I was still furious, and I even thought she reclined a bit when she saw the look in my eyes.
“Maybe you should ask Zayn,” I suggested slowly. She sighed and put down the knife she was about to chop the onions with.
“Let it go, alright. It's just casual, we're not dating. I don't want a boyfriend, Harry,” she tried to reason with me. I took a step closer and could feel the heat coming from her body.
“Then why did you choose him?” I asked her bluntly. Her eyes got wide for a second before she swallowed hard.
“I really don't have to explain my choices to you, Harry Styles. I'm a grown-ass woman and I can do what the bloody fuck I want,” she replied angrily. Great, now we were both furious.
“Okay,” I threw my hands up in defeat. “I was just asking. I thought we had a connection, but apparently, I was wrong. Then again, you did say you weren't gonna hit it off with any of us, so I guess you're not the person I thought you were,” I threw an axe right at her heart, I could feel it. She looked at me and by the look in her eyes I saw just how much I had hurt her right now. But at that moment, I wasn't sorry. I turned around and left for my room.
Cassie's POV:
I had expected a lot of shit from the boys, but this? Wow. Harry had me feeling miserable from one moment to the other. After he left, I just stood there, petrified. What did he say? He thought we had a connection? I let my thoughts wander. That night on the couch... he was playing with my hair and fingers, mumbling cute little remarks in my ear, I now remembered. I had forgotten because I was so exhausted. And every time I saw him, he would casually touch me every chance he got. And when I looked at him... I couldn't help but think how appealing his face was. The thing I liked about that face the most was actually when he concentrated real hard. I thought he looked incredibly sexy then.
Damn it! I let out a deep breath and put my hands on the counter. I had ruined our kindling friendship. But I had no idea, and we had only known each other for a few days now. I thought about going into his room to talk to him, but then I remembered what he had said to me. His words hurt me really bad, and it was clearly not my turn to go apologise. I sat down on the floor with my back resting against the fridge, knife still in my hand. I just stared out the window and let my thoughts wander...
Demi's POV:
Niall had brought me breakfast in bed, it was so cute of him. I got home really late last night, and was still half asleep at 4 PM when he came barging in again.
“Demi! Demi! Wake up!” he shouted and jumped on my bed. I tried to pull the covers over my head, but he was on top of me trying to pull them away. A little fight started, and it ended a few minutes later with both of us on the floor, laughing like children. He rolled over and hugged me tightly. “I missed ya,” he mumbled. I smiled back at him.
“I missed you, too. Now, what's so important that you have to wake me up so early?” I asked and he laughed.
“It's not early anymore and you won't believe who is just probably having sex right now,” he said and my eyes widened. Could it be?
“Cassie?” I asked excitedly and he nodded proudly. “With whom?” I couldn't hold back my enthusiasm.
“Zayn,” he answered and I inhaled sharply.
“Wow, that was fast,” I said. I couldn't believe she had already given in.
“I know, but we all think he just jumped her in the shower. She was all dirty from her food fight with Liam, and...”
“Liam was in a food fight?” I asked surprised. I never thought tidy, neat Liam would engage in something like that.
“Yeah, when we were making lunch. Anyways, the others barged in on them, and she went to take a shower. Zayn was so pissed because it had obviously looked like they were hitting it off, so he just followed her. That was about an hour ago, no sign of them since,” he reported.
“Shut up!” I almost screamed and then flipped on my back, running my hand through my hair. Everyone seems to be having hot sex but me.
“Hey, what's wrong?” Niall was on to me in a second. I couldn't hide anything from him.
“Everyone gets some action but me,” I pouted as I went for the truth. He smiled his little boy cackle and drew me closer.
“We can change that in a second,” he whispered huskily and his mouth covered mine. I was shocked at first, but it wasn't our first kiss, and I quickly felt more comfortable. We started a hot make out session on the floor that quickly became a heated rolling around together.
“Stop,” I finally managed to say after I had a moment to catch my breath. He stopped trailing kisses down my neck and looked at me with a confused expression. “I want you so much, but I want it to be special,” I explained and he smiled happily.
“You're right. You deserve to be treated like a princess,” he whispered and tucked a strand of my hair behind my ear. He helped me up and we got up together. “How about we go eat somewhere nice tomorrow evening?” he suggested and I gladly accepted. I kissed his nose and motioned him towards the door.
“I'm gonna take a long, hot bath. See you later,” I winked and closed the door on him. I stripped out of my clothes and sunk into steaming hot water about 10 minutes later.
Zayn's POV:
I watched Harry talk to Cassie, and though I didn't hear what he said, it was quite evident that he had insulted her in some way. The look on her face when he left her made my heart ache, but I let her be. Whatever problem he had, it was something between the two of them. I fell down on the couch next to Louis and Liam.
“Happy?” Liam asked a tiny bit aggravated. Great. I had dreaded this conversation.
“I'm sorry, lads. It 's just... I had to have her,” I confessed. Louis just shrugged his shoulders, already over the whole story, whereas Liam still looked at me critically.
“Don't hurt her, okay?” he finally said. I nodded and we continued watching TV. That was rather easy. I knew that the conversation with Harry wasn't gonna be such a cakewalk.
Cassie's POV:
I finally managed to fix some dinner for me and the boys, but instead of eating with them, I just grabbed a plate and went into my room. I needed space. I clicked through my twitter while I ate and smiled at the mentions and comments from the fans. The photos the boys and I tweeted were a great hit. Feeling lucky, I even checked Youtube for videos the fans made and was surprised when I stumbled over various Carry/Hassie videos. Apparently, we even had a shipping name. I chuckled slightly when I heard a knock on the door.
“Come in,” I yelled and turned around in my chair. Demi stormed into the room and flung herself on my bed. She had a huge grin on her face. I watched her amused.
“Spill it,” she encouraged me. I giggled like a schoolgirl and went to sit with her.
“It was amazing,” I started.
“AmaZAYN, you mean?” she corrected me and winked. We both laughed and I continued on, telling her almost everything. Demi is like my second half, we know so many details of each other, I trusted her with my life.
“Yeah, that's pretty much it. Oh, but apparently, Harry is really pissed off. He called me on it in the kitchen earlier. Basically called me a hypocrite and ran off,” I ended my little tale. Her eyebrows cringed.
“That's cause he likes you, too, silly. Even I could tell. And I was actually sure you would pick him,” Demi answered. I sighed and ran a hand through my hair.
“I hadn't really thought about it to be honest. I don't know...” I rambled around. “I'm so confused by him,” I confessed. Demi got up from the bed in a rush and ran over to the sound system.
“I happen to have just the cure for that,” she said while plugging my iPod in and turning it on. Toxic by Britney Spears came on and I had to laugh immediately. It was sort of our little inside joke. She ran over to the bed and pulled me on my feet. Together, we started dancing like two little wannabe-popstars. I loved it when we were being silly like that. Again, I grabbed my camera and took some shots of her and us in action. Pretty soon Niall and Louis had heard the music and joined us in dancing around like complete tools. Various pop-songs later, we were lying on the floor, gasping for air and holding our stomachs from laughter. That had felt good. Niall was teasing Demi, and then he just lifted her up and carried a giggling popstar out of my room.
“You're really beautiful when you laugh uncontrollably,” Louis said.
“Thanks so much, Louis!” I answered truthfully. Somehow, he managed to be the only person in this world whose compliments didn't make me uncomfortable.
“Wanna go watch a movie?” he said while helping me up from the ground.
“Sure,” I grinned and made my way towards the door. I didn't come far, though, because he just grabbed me from behind and threw me over his shoulder, full on face down.
“Let me down!” I squealed while he went towards the living room.
“Me caveman, you woman. Woman silent,” he said in a deep voice and the laughing started all over again. He finally let go of me when he threw me next to Zayn on the couch. My lover pulled an arm around me immediately and narrowed his eyes at Louis.
“Woman my woman. Caveman Louis go look for other silent woman,” he said in the same tone as Louis, and they mock-screamed at each other for a few minutes before settling down. Tears were running down my cheeks from all the laughter, and I was glad that we would be starting a movie now.
“Where's Harry?” Demi asked when she and Niall joined us.
“Probably still in his room, pouting,” I answered for her. Zayn next to me sighed and unwrapped his arm from my frame.
“I'll handle this,” he said and got up. I saw how much he didn't want to do this, but I was extremely proud that he did. The last thing these boys could use was a girl ruining their friendships. I sighed and cuddled slightly closer to Liam while the first scene of “Inglorious Basterds” started. I had picked the movie and was already looking forward to it. Nothing could bring me down today.
“You're not gonna publish those, are you?” he mumbled. I shook my head. I wasn't the type of photographer who needed everything out on public display. He smiled and grabbed for me, drawing me against his hot body. The camera rolled out of my hands, and I started kissing his collarbone. He sighed softly against my hair. I looked up and sucked on his bottom lip, which I just find so incredibly sexy. He captured my mouth and our tongues touched. I felt it tingling down between my thighs and I was sure we were about to do it again, when both our stomachs started growling. We stopped kissing and I could feel him smile against my lips.
“I think it's time for breakfast,” I stated. He looked at the watch on the bedside table.
“Or dinner, I would say,” he answered. It was already 5 PM. We got up and got dressed, me pulling on some casual shorts and a maroon sweater. I liked that colour. Before we headed out, he grabbed my wrist and spun me around. Pressing me against his body, he gave me that smoldering look that just made my knees weak every time. “They're gonna ask questions,” he said slowly. “Maybe we should talk about... this.” I gave him a confident smile.
“This is casual, Zayn. I wanted you from the first moment I saw you, and I want you right here,” I said and pointed towards the bed. “Or there,” I continued and pointed towards the bathroom. “I'm pretty sure this is also sexual for you, so why don't we agree on keeping it that way?” I meant what I said. He was a great guy, but I didn't want a boyfriend, I wanted a hot fuckbuddy. Dealing with him was easier than dealing with Dave. He looked surprised before he gave me a passionate kiss.
“You're a dream come true,” he whispered and I smiled satisfied.
“So are you,” I winked and opened the door. We went to the kitchen together, talking casually about a movie I had shot a few years ago.
Harry's POV:
They came into the kitchen as if nothing had happened when we had all heard the faint noises that were coming from her bedroom. I shot them a death glare from the couch. Liam, who was in the kitchen, just stared at Zayn and Cassie before hurrying over to the couch where I was.
“What do we do?” he asked me.
“Hate him,” I answered with the first thing that came to my mind. Louis besides me shuffled.
“Let it go, Haz. She had made her choice,” he sighed, flicking through the channels. Hell, no! I wouldn't let it go that easily. I got up and went over to them.
“Hey, there. All clean?” I asked Cassie who gave me a smile. Zayn grabbed a yoghurt and headed towards the other boys. He knew I liked her, and if he didn't have a bloody bad conscious right now, he wasn't my friend any longer.
“Hey, Harry. On the outside, yes,” she teased me and didn't even blush the slightest. I watched her while she gathered various ingredients for what was obviously gonna be dinner. “Wanna help me?” she asked. I studied her face for a moment and our eyes locked. I was still furious, and I even thought she reclined a bit when she saw the look in my eyes.
“Maybe you should ask Zayn,” I suggested slowly. She sighed and put down the knife she was about to chop the onions with.
“Let it go, alright. It's just casual, we're not dating. I don't want a boyfriend, Harry,” she tried to reason with me. I took a step closer and could feel the heat coming from her body.
“Then why did you choose him?” I asked her bluntly. Her eyes got wide for a second before she swallowed hard.
“I really don't have to explain my choices to you, Harry Styles. I'm a grown-ass woman and I can do what the bloody fuck I want,” she replied angrily. Great, now we were both furious.
“Okay,” I threw my hands up in defeat. “I was just asking. I thought we had a connection, but apparently, I was wrong. Then again, you did say you weren't gonna hit it off with any of us, so I guess you're not the person I thought you were,” I threw an axe right at her heart, I could feel it. She looked at me and by the look in her eyes I saw just how much I had hurt her right now. But at that moment, I wasn't sorry. I turned around and left for my room.
Cassie's POV:
I had expected a lot of shit from the boys, but this? Wow. Harry had me feeling miserable from one moment to the other. After he left, I just stood there, petrified. What did he say? He thought we had a connection? I let my thoughts wander. That night on the couch... he was playing with my hair and fingers, mumbling cute little remarks in my ear, I now remembered. I had forgotten because I was so exhausted. And every time I saw him, he would casually touch me every chance he got. And when I looked at him... I couldn't help but think how appealing his face was. The thing I liked about that face the most was actually when he concentrated real hard. I thought he looked incredibly sexy then.
Damn it! I let out a deep breath and put my hands on the counter. I had ruined our kindling friendship. But I had no idea, and we had only known each other for a few days now. I thought about going into his room to talk to him, but then I remembered what he had said to me. His words hurt me really bad, and it was clearly not my turn to go apologise. I sat down on the floor with my back resting against the fridge, knife still in my hand. I just stared out the window and let my thoughts wander...
Demi's POV:
Niall had brought me breakfast in bed, it was so cute of him. I got home really late last night, and was still half asleep at 4 PM when he came barging in again.
“Demi! Demi! Wake up!” he shouted and jumped on my bed. I tried to pull the covers over my head, but he was on top of me trying to pull them away. A little fight started, and it ended a few minutes later with both of us on the floor, laughing like children. He rolled over and hugged me tightly. “I missed ya,” he mumbled. I smiled back at him.
“I missed you, too. Now, what's so important that you have to wake me up so early?” I asked and he laughed.
“It's not early anymore and you won't believe who is just probably having sex right now,” he said and my eyes widened. Could it be?
“Cassie?” I asked excitedly and he nodded proudly. “With whom?” I couldn't hold back my enthusiasm.
“Zayn,” he answered and I inhaled sharply.
“Wow, that was fast,” I said. I couldn't believe she had already given in.
“I know, but we all think he just jumped her in the shower. She was all dirty from her food fight with Liam, and...”
“Liam was in a food fight?” I asked surprised. I never thought tidy, neat Liam would engage in something like that.
“Yeah, when we were making lunch. Anyways, the others barged in on them, and she went to take a shower. Zayn was so pissed because it had obviously looked like they were hitting it off, so he just followed her. That was about an hour ago, no sign of them since,” he reported.
“Shut up!” I almost screamed and then flipped on my back, running my hand through my hair. Everyone seems to be having hot sex but me.
“Hey, what's wrong?” Niall was on to me in a second. I couldn't hide anything from him.
“Everyone gets some action but me,” I pouted as I went for the truth. He smiled his little boy cackle and drew me closer.
“We can change that in a second,” he whispered huskily and his mouth covered mine. I was shocked at first, but it wasn't our first kiss, and I quickly felt more comfortable. We started a hot make out session on the floor that quickly became a heated rolling around together.
“Stop,” I finally managed to say after I had a moment to catch my breath. He stopped trailing kisses down my neck and looked at me with a confused expression. “I want you so much, but I want it to be special,” I explained and he smiled happily.
“You're right. You deserve to be treated like a princess,” he whispered and tucked a strand of my hair behind my ear. He helped me up and we got up together. “How about we go eat somewhere nice tomorrow evening?” he suggested and I gladly accepted. I kissed his nose and motioned him towards the door.
“I'm gonna take a long, hot bath. See you later,” I winked and closed the door on him. I stripped out of my clothes and sunk into steaming hot water about 10 minutes later.
Zayn's POV:
I watched Harry talk to Cassie, and though I didn't hear what he said, it was quite evident that he had insulted her in some way. The look on her face when he left her made my heart ache, but I let her be. Whatever problem he had, it was something between the two of them. I fell down on the couch next to Louis and Liam.
“Happy?” Liam asked a tiny bit aggravated. Great. I had dreaded this conversation.
“I'm sorry, lads. It 's just... I had to have her,” I confessed. Louis just shrugged his shoulders, already over the whole story, whereas Liam still looked at me critically.
“Don't hurt her, okay?” he finally said. I nodded and we continued watching TV. That was rather easy. I knew that the conversation with Harry wasn't gonna be such a cakewalk.
Cassie's POV:
I finally managed to fix some dinner for me and the boys, but instead of eating with them, I just grabbed a plate and went into my room. I needed space. I clicked through my twitter while I ate and smiled at the mentions and comments from the fans. The photos the boys and I tweeted were a great hit. Feeling lucky, I even checked Youtube for videos the fans made and was surprised when I stumbled over various Carry/Hassie videos. Apparently, we even had a shipping name. I chuckled slightly when I heard a knock on the door.
“Come in,” I yelled and turned around in my chair. Demi stormed into the room and flung herself on my bed. She had a huge grin on her face. I watched her amused.
“Spill it,” she encouraged me. I giggled like a schoolgirl and went to sit with her.
“It was amazing,” I started.
“AmaZAYN, you mean?” she corrected me and winked. We both laughed and I continued on, telling her almost everything. Demi is like my second half, we know so many details of each other, I trusted her with my life.
“Yeah, that's pretty much it. Oh, but apparently, Harry is really pissed off. He called me on it in the kitchen earlier. Basically called me a hypocrite and ran off,” I ended my little tale. Her eyebrows cringed.
“That's cause he likes you, too, silly. Even I could tell. And I was actually sure you would pick him,” Demi answered. I sighed and ran a hand through my hair.
“I hadn't really thought about it to be honest. I don't know...” I rambled around. “I'm so confused by him,” I confessed. Demi got up from the bed in a rush and ran over to the sound system.
“I happen to have just the cure for that,” she said while plugging my iPod in and turning it on. Toxic by Britney Spears came on and I had to laugh immediately. It was sort of our little inside joke. She ran over to the bed and pulled me on my feet. Together, we started dancing like two little wannabe-popstars. I loved it when we were being silly like that. Again, I grabbed my camera and took some shots of her and us in action. Pretty soon Niall and Louis had heard the music and joined us in dancing around like complete tools. Various pop-songs later, we were lying on the floor, gasping for air and holding our stomachs from laughter. That had felt good. Niall was teasing Demi, and then he just lifted her up and carried a giggling popstar out of my room.
“You're really beautiful when you laugh uncontrollably,” Louis said.
“Thanks so much, Louis!” I answered truthfully. Somehow, he managed to be the only person in this world whose compliments didn't make me uncomfortable.
“Wanna go watch a movie?” he said while helping me up from the ground.
“Sure,” I grinned and made my way towards the door. I didn't come far, though, because he just grabbed me from behind and threw me over his shoulder, full on face down.
“Let me down!” I squealed while he went towards the living room.
“Me caveman, you woman. Woman silent,” he said in a deep voice and the laughing started all over again. He finally let go of me when he threw me next to Zayn on the couch. My lover pulled an arm around me immediately and narrowed his eyes at Louis.
“Woman my woman. Caveman Louis go look for other silent woman,” he said in the same tone as Louis, and they mock-screamed at each other for a few minutes before settling down. Tears were running down my cheeks from all the laughter, and I was glad that we would be starting a movie now.
“Where's Harry?” Demi asked when she and Niall joined us.
“Probably still in his room, pouting,” I answered for her. Zayn next to me sighed and unwrapped his arm from my frame.
“I'll handle this,” he said and got up. I saw how much he didn't want to do this, but I was extremely proud that he did. The last thing these boys could use was a girl ruining their friendships. I sighed and cuddled slightly closer to Liam while the first scene of “Inglorious Basterds” started. I had picked the movie and was already looking forward to it. Nothing could bring me down today.
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