New York

Rachel's P.O.V.

When I woke up the next morning the first thing I done was change into my running gear. Since I was feeling much better now from the plane, I wanted to get back into the routine of jogging in the morning's.


Breanna and Julia weren't up so I headed up to Ashton's apartment to see if he wanted to come with me, I always got bored running by myself.


I found their door unlocked and walked right in, unsurprised to find Naomi and Calum chatting in the living room. Naomi was in her pyjamas while Calum was in jeans and a t-shirt.

"Morning guys, is Ashton up?" I asked, walking over to sit down with them.

Calum shook his head.

"I don't think so, He must be pretty wrecked. I didn't even hear him come in last night so it must've been pretty late" he replied.

I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion. Ashton hadn't left my room that late, had he? Maybe I just hasn't noticed the time slip by.

"Ah okay I see. That kinda sucks, I was gonna ask him to come running with me. Either of you two wanna come?" I asked them.

Naomi shook her head.

"Michael's still aseep, we're going out for breakfast when he wakes up, I'm just gonna hang at Calums for a bit cause he's the only one up" Naomi responded.

I nodded, turning to Calum.

"Yeah I'd totally be up for a run" Calum agreed quickly, causing me to smile widely.

"What? Cal, no offense but you can't run" Naomi instantly interrupted.

Calum gave her a glare before meeting my eye again.

"Of course I can run, I love running. I'll just go get changed into something more suitable" he told me before quickly getting off of the couch, heading into his room.

I raised an eyebrow, but grinned nonetheless.

"That was weird, right?" I asked Naomi, to which she just shrugged in response.

"So you and Michael, what's the story there? How long have you two been together?" I asked her, eager to hear the details. I loved couples. The only proper relationship I had been in was with a guy, Adam. It had ended a few weeks before finishing school. Turns out he had sleeping with a friend of mine, Emma. We had been together for almost a year so I was pretty upset over it. Of course I hadn't mentioned this to Ashton, he was a little over protective of me.

"Six months now, he used to come to my work every morning with ridiculous pick up lines" she blushed looking down.

I grinned widely.

"Thats so cute!" I exclaimed giggling.

She nodded, looking a little embarrassed.

"Well it's easy to tell he's insanely into you. He can't keep his eyes off of you most of the time" I told her truthfully.

"Thanks" she mumbled, unable to contain a smile.

Before either of us said anything else, Calum appeared out of his room in a pair of track-suit bottoms and a different t-shirt.

I couldnt help but notice how the t-shirt hugged his chest, outlining his abs. Naomi cleared her throat and I quickly met his eye, noticing he had smirked.

"Like what you see?" He teased.

I rolled my eyes.

"Oh please, don't flatter yourself" I replied.

He chuckled. "Sure thing" he replied.

I stood up quickly, folding my arms.

"Well come on Hood, let's see how well you do outside" I challenged him, wondering exactly how well he could run.

He smirked.

"I'll race ya" he challenged back.

I raised an eyebrow.

"To where?" I asked.

He shrugged. "The nearest coffee cart. It's about half a mile from here. It's just a straight path to the right" he told me.

I grinned widely.

"You're on" I agreed, holding out my hand for him to shake. He shook it still smirking.

"So it is" he answered

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