For Him.

Early Monday morning, I decided to wake up Anna and myself earlier than my parent's so we could leave without them questioning us about our whereabouts last night. We quickly took showers and Anna borrowed some of my clothing even though they weren't exactly her "taste". We walked out of the door by 6:30, only leaving a simple note saying that we had left for school.

Once we left we drove to the coffee shop in the center of town and drank lattés as we waited for 7:30 to roll around.

"Someone texted me that after we left last night that the cops were called and almost a dozen people were arrested." Anna told me as she drank the last bit of her latté. She crushed the cup up and pushed it aside to the edge of the table.

"Lovely." I said and bit back a smile. I could imagine the look on my parent's face as they came to the station at midnight to pick me up. I'm glad that we left when we did.

"Who was that boy that you were making out with?" I asked a few minutes later.

"We weren't making out." she said defensively, "I don't know his name but he had the nicest-" she started and I leaned across the table before she could say anymore, clamping my hand down on her mouth as I looked around to see if anyone was looking. The last thing I wanted was Anna to drop something totally inappropriate in front of a group of old people.

"Please save me the details." I laughed as we both stood up to throw out our drinks. She rolled her eyes but nodded and kept her mouth shut about her eventful night.

After waiting for another few minutes in the parking lot, Anna finally decided that it was time to leave and put the car in reverse. We made it to school with a few minutes to spare and headed into the building. As soon as I stepped into the hallway, pressure began building up on my chest the minute I saw him. He was standing by the row of lockers, talking to Luke and Zayn, who had an arm around his girlfriend's waist. My stomach clinched at the thought of someone with him over the summer and I almost turned around, if it weren't for Anna.

"Where are you going?" She asked, her eyebrow raised. I knew she wasn't going to let me get away without talking to him.

"Come on," she said and pushed me towards him. He turned around when we were a few feet away from him and his eyes locked with mine. All my worry washed away and my face broke out into a smile. I rushed into his arms and took in the familiar scent of his clothes. He buried his face into my hair and for the first time, I was glad to be home.

"Excuse me," someone cleared their throat behind us and everyone laughed. I backed up from Ashton but he didn't unwrap his arm from around my waist as we walked back over to the laughing group.

"Where's Michael?" I asked after everyone was finished laughing at Ashton and I.

"He was one of the ones who were arrested last night but his mom bailed him out so he should be coming." Luke replied and looked around for his friend. I felt guilty for Michael, even though it wasn't my fault that he got caught drinking underage. I turned my attention back to Ashton and tuned out the conversation about their classes as we backed against a set of lockers.

"How was Spain?" He asked and I sighed. It felt like torture not being with him at all for the summer. My phone and contact from the outside world was taken away the minute we got off of the plane. This was supposed to be a family trip, meaning that I wasn't allowed to talk to anyone else except my family. It was horrible.

"Don't remind me of it." I said and buried my face into his neck. The vibrations of him laughing radiated into my body and I felt like I could stay here forever.

"We should get going." I said once the second bell rang. He sighed but nodded and pulled me towards AP Calculus. We took the last two seats in the back and Ashton sat down next to a boy I met last night at Luke's party. He stared at me with those bright green eyes before focusing on Ashton as we sat down.

"This is Harry. He just moved here." Ashton introduced us. I leaned forward and smiled at Harry.

"I'm Jess. Nice to meet you." I smiled, even though we already met last night. I didn't want Ashton finding out that I met a few other guys last night, he already seemed a bit distant. Harry smiled slightly back before talking with Ashton. I settled down further into my seat and took out the book that Ashton gave me last summer.

Once they were finished talking, I folded my legs close to my chest and scooted closer to Ashton. He wrapped his arms around my knees and drummed his fingers on my jeans as he sang softly.

During the whole period, we talked about the summer and other random stuff. By the time we walked into the lunch room, we had caught up completely and it felt as if we haven't talked with each other in a day. I sat down at our usual lunch table consisting of Anna, Luke, Michael- who had finally shown up-, Eleanor, and Louis. The lunch wasn't great but it felt like a five star meal sitting with Ashton. He hadn't changed much over the summer, just grown taller and developed more muscle. I couldn't think of the last time I saw him with his shirt off...

"Jess." Anna bumped my shoulder, interrupting my sweet thoughts. Her face lit up almost as if she knew what I was thinking about.

"Who is that?" she whispered and nodded over towards a table sitting near the windows. Harry was sitting with a group of friends, all tattooed and pierced, talking and laughing. His eyes fluttered over to mine once he caught me looking and a smile tugged at his lips.

"Who?" I asked, still looking at him. He was very attractive, sharp features, with bright contrasting eyes. He finally looked away, but only to answer someone who was speaking to him. I looked back at Anna who was staring at him too.

"The curly one." She answered and looked back at me.

"I think his name's Harry." I replied. A pair of arms wrapped around my waist and Ashton's chin rested on my shoulder. I secretly thanked god that he hadn't seen me looking at Harry.

"You guys make me sick." Anna rolled her eyes and made a gagging noise. She turned her attention back to the group, giving Ashton the perfect chance to plant a kiss on my neck. I turned back around to face him and wrapped my arms around his neck, pulling him closer. I wasn't a fan of PDA but it had been too long since I had seen him.

"Do you want to come over to my house after school?" He asked. I started to nod but hesitated. Having him come over sounded wonderful but I had school work to focus on, plus making up an excuse as to why I was out so late.

"I have to start on a project." I said and focused on twirling my straw in my water.

"It's the first day of school, Jess. I know what project your talking about and it isn't due for another few month. Just a few hours, that's all." He pleaded and poked out his bottom lip. I sighed in looked into his green eyes, my wall slowly deteriorating.

"Fine. I'll just tell my mom that I went to the library." I smiled and so did he. He leaned forward and pecked my lips lightly before going in for a longer, deeper kiss. His lips felt as if they always did, soft and perfect. We sat there, taking in the prescence of each other, and everything seemed to melt into oblivion.

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