Chapter 12: Sleepover

After weeks of planning, convincing my parents and packing and preparing, everything was finally set for our sleepover.

Alby and Newt –the unofficial leader and second in command of the gang, I guess –were the ones who looked up cottages in the countryside that wouldn't be too expensive and would have room for the around fifteen of us. And finally they found one that they liked and agreed with everyone to rent it for the weekend.

That part was kind of easy. It was the rest which was hard.

For starters, my parents weren't too keen of the idea of letting me stay for a whole weekend with only boys in the middle of the country side. But when I told them that Teresa, Brenda and maybe even Sonya and Harriet were coming, they changed their minds. Parents...

In fact, they said Chuck and perhaps cousin Aris could come with us too. Needless to say, Chuckie was more than excited to spend a weekend with me, Thomas, Teresa and all of my friends.

So on Friday, when my alarm clock woke me up at eight o'clock in the morning, I let out a tranquil yet tired sigh.

I was really excited for this, but it was that excitement the one that had kept me awake the whole night. I had fallen asleep around half an hour before my alarm clock went off.

"Y/N!!" Chuck ran into my room, jittery as a five year old. "It's time, hurry up!"

Smiling like crazy and with his chubby cheeks bright red of pure thrill, he grabbed my hands and dragged me away from my bed.

"Alright, kid, take it easy" I had to chuckle at the sight, because Chuckie was so adorable sometimes. "I'm up, I'm up"

"Yay!" Skipping, Chuck left my room and I heard him racing downstairs.

Thinking that maybe I could use one of my friends as a pillow and sleep on the car, I gathered my strength and went for a quick shower.

Newt, Thomas and Teresa were picking us up in half an hour to walk us to the gas station, where we were meeting everyone else.

*

As we arrived at the gas station, I couldn't wait to get in the car and take a nap in the back seat.

We greeted everyone that had finally showed up and Alby explained what the plan was.

"Alright, in this car it's Thomas, Teresa, Brenda and Chuck. Frypan driving" Alby motioned for the long black car with a few stickers on it, which must have been Fry's if he was driving it.

I grinned when I saw Chuck jump up and down when he realized he was travelling with Thomas and Teresa. I was sure that Thomas had been a sweetheart and had asked to have Chuck with him because it was what my little brother wanted.

"In this other car" Alby then motioned for the white round car, clapping on the hood. "Clint, Jeff, Winston and Zart. Who's driving then?"

"Me" Zart raised his hand and Clint handed him the keys. I thought it was Clint's car but let Zart drive it for him. Lazy ass.

"And in this the rest" I guessed that was me, so I paid attention as Alby walked to the other car, a small blue one. "Newt, Minho, Gally, Y/N and me"

It seemed that out of all the gang, the only people who weren't coming were Sonya –because she had already planned stuff with Harriet and the girls and stay to take care of Bark anyway –and poor Ben because he was sick as he had told us. And when I called Aris to tell him a few days back he didn't seem a fan of the idea.

So that was all of us.

"Now, while we pump gas in the cars" Alby kept saying before everyone left to do their thing. "Go to the bathroom and buy anything you need, we'll only stop a couple of times"

Then, our unofficial leader went to pump gas in the blue car while Zart and Fry did the same with their cars.

I didn't have to go to the bathroom because I went before I left my place, but I did want to buy some stuff.

Minho was walking towards the shop, so I could ask him to buy it for me.

"Min!" I called him, and he turned around when he heard me.

"What?"

"Buy me some chocolate, please" I made my best puppy eyes and he reluctantly nodded.

I smiled and walked to the car, about to go in, when I saw Newt coolly leaning on it next to the back seat door, with his arms crossed over his chest.

He looked really handsome that day, his hair combed back so it didn't fall on his lively brown eyes. He wore a black sweatshirt with the sleeves rolled up so his arms were visible, the veins popping up under his skin. The sweater highlighted his thin frame and made him look really cute and hot at the same time.

And as usual, he wore some jeans and his dark trainers.

"Hey, love" He smiled at me, almost smirking because he had noticed I was looking him up and down.

"Hi, chocolate boy" I mumbled, walking closer to him.

Figuring that I wanted to hug him, he opened his arms and I snuggled close to him.

Holding him close to me, I nuzzled my nose on his shoulder and closed my eyes.

"You look like klunk, Y/N" He chuckled, placing a hand on the back of my head and caressing my hair.

My mouth was leaning on his collarbone, but I didn't bother to pull away to talk. My voice sounded muffled on the fabric of his sweater, but I still spoke up.

I would have replied sarcastically if I hadn't been so tired.

"I didn't get any sleep" I told him, letting him hold me up with the arm he wrapped around my back.

"Why?"

"I was so excited that I couldn't sleep" I shrugged, because I was literally falling asleep on him.

"You're adorable" Newt gave me a kiss on the head and made me grin despite the tiredness.

"Special delivery for Y/N!" Minho's voice said somewhere in front of me.

I looked up, squinting my eyes because of the light again, and looked for Minho.

He was wearing a blue t-shirt, so I searched for one until I spotted him.

"Your chocolate!" He waved it up in the air and then threw it at me.

"No, don't throw-" It was too late, because he had thrown the bag of what seemed like Maltesers at me.

Since I was so sleepy, I didn't catch it. And it hit me in the forehead instead before it fell to the floor.

"Ouch" I hid my face again on Newt's shoulder as I heard many people laughing. Including Newt, Alby and Minho.

"I hate you all" Was all I mumbled as I rubbed my forehead.

"Come on" The British told me, shrugging me off softly.

He got in the car and I did too, sitting next to him with the window at my left while he was at my right.

Minho came in then and sat next to Newt, placing the bag of chocolate on Newt's lap.

"Thank you, Min" I took the bag and opened it, taking a few Maltesers and eating them.

Of course, the boys took it as an invitation and had some themselves, not having a problem in digging their hands in my bag.

"Who's driving then?" I wondered as I put my seatbelt on, still munching on the chocolate.

"Me" Alby got in and peeked from behind the driver's seat, waving at me. "I said I would drive next time, remember?"

"Good, I'm not going in a car driven by Minho" I assured as the seatbelt clicked when it fastened.

"Hey!" Minho stick his head out from Newt's right and pouted at me.

"She's right, you know?" Newt elbowed him and laughed softly.

"Yeah, you think you're the Flash" I stick my tongue out at him while he pouted.

"You just have to get bloody hit by a lightning" Newt added, grinning mischievously.

Our friend rolled his eyes as we waited for Gally to get on the passenger' seat.

He soon arrived and briefly greeted us as he sat and put his seatbelt on as well.

"Everyone ready?" Alby checked.

"Yeah" We all told him.

I laid my head on Newt's shoulder as Alby started the car, bracing myself for the long journey.

"You're gonna go to sleep?"

"Yeah" When he put his arm over me to make some room for me to snuggle into his chest, I gladly accommodated there. "Hopefully"

"If you're gonna be all touchy feely, I might as well jump off the 'bloody' car, in motion or not"

"Just go to sleep, Y/N, love" Newt efficiently ignored Minho's words and I sensed how he turned his head to him, probably sending him death glares. "And you, slim it"

Then the two of them began playfully fighting, making me wobble as Newt moved.

"Mmmm..." I groaned, annoyed and tired. "Stop or I'll tell you on Alby"

"He's not the shuck leader" Minho sniggered.

"I am in this car" I could hear Alby's grin in his voice, which caused me to grin as well.

I briefly turned my head to look behind us and saw that the other cars were waiting for Alby to lead the way.

I waved at Chuck, Thomas, Brenda, Teresa and Frypan. They all waved at me and I chuckled.

Then, I laid my head back on Newt's shoulder and closed my eyes.

"Are we there yet?" Minho snapped, and I smiled even if I didn't move.

"Bloody hell, Minho" Newt moved and I heard how he slapped him in the chest. "Don't start it"

Minho mocked Newt by repeating what he said in a stupid voice, but I was already too sleepy to laugh at his silliness.

"Shut up" Newt whispered to Minho as I stirred over him.

"I think she dozed off" Our friend kept talking.

"Dude, slim it" Alby complained.

"Yeah, Minho, don't be annoying" Gally said grumpily.

"Sorry, Captain Gally"

"You're gonna wake her up" Newt hissed to make them shut up.

I happily thought that it would be a really fun weekend. I couldn't wait to arrive to the cottage where we would all stay. Pass the weekend with those lovable shanks.

"No but, seriously, how long is the ride?" Minho turned slightly serious, and I heard him devouring my Maltesers since I wasn't eating anymore.

"Around three hours" Alby answered simply.

I had plenty of time to sleep then.

Just as I drifted off, I felt Newt taking my hand and I fell asleep with a smile on my face.

*

I pretty much slept for the rest of the car ride, waking up at times long enough to hear Minho and Newt chatting or Gally or Alby commenting something. Or to look at the blond and briefly see him smile at me before I doze off again. And I could swore that I heard Gally singing, which was a rare sight. Maybe I dreamt it.

Anyway, everyone got out of the cars when we arrived and I immediately went to check on my little brother. He seemed radiant with happiness as he was still so fond of Thomas and Teresa and had spent the whole ride with them after all.

Everyone took their bags and suitcases and so, all of us walked to the cottage.

I looked at Newt as we walked. He was stretching himself, and I felt bad for him because I had used him as a pillow for the three hours we had spent in the car and he had put up with me not to wake me up.

Such a sweetheart.

As a silent thank you, I squeezed his hand and gave him a long and heartfelt kiss in the cheek. In response, he showed me that smile I adored so much and that melted my heart.

Then I decided to go talk to the girls, so I walked with Brenda and Teresa and lively chatted with them. We went through the path that would take us to the cottage that we could already see from the distance. It wasn't really so far from us.

When we arrived at the door, I stopped to take a look at it.

It was a big two floor stone cottage house. And it looked amazing, so cozy and welcoming.

I liked the idea of spending the whole weekend there.

Excited as ever, Chuck ran for it and opened the door, almost smashing it open instead.

We followed after him and left our bags in the floor, letting our eyes wander around the place.

"Whoa" I gawked at the place just as I came in.

It was huge!

And it looked really luxurious even though it was pretty simple and nice. Of course, between fourteen people it wasn't so expensive to pay.

"You chose really well, Alby" I congratulated him just as he was coming through the door.

Newt entered too and smiled at me as he put the suitcase down.

He gave me a kiss on the cheek and wrapped my waist to put me down with him so we sat on the ground. He loved doing that so much.

Brenda and Teresa, who were still next to me, jumped to the side as he tackled me and laughed when I pursed my lips tightly to avoid the huge smile that wanted to creep up in my mouth.

Then they went to look for their boyfriends. Even if in Brenda's case, Minho wasn't really her 'boyfriend', according to him.

And talking about Minho...

"We're here!" He announced, sitting in my lap. Or more likely plopping down on it.

"Minho!" I complained, trying to push his heavy weight off me.

"Hey!" Newt complained annoyed, even if a chuckle escaped from his lips because of his friend's goofiness. "Get your bloody arse off my girlfriend!"

He pushed him off and Minho fell on his butt to the floor, making us all laugh as he winced and rubbed his bottom.

"Okay, kids!" Alby clapped to make us all look at him. "Upstairs there are the rooms, boys and girls"

"Why can we all get together in one?" Frypan asked.

"Because we're getting changed and the ladies need some privacy" Alby just rummaged through his bag to find his pajamas, concluding the argument.

And so I stood up from Newt's lap, grabbed my stuff, and went upstairs to get changed.

*

Brenda had been too lazy to get changed and, figuring how tired we would be when we arrived, so she left her house wearing something comfortable that she'd wear to sleep.

Very clever.

Still, Teresa and I had to get changed. So we went into a room upstairs and got changed into our pajamas. I wanted to get my phone back before I joined Teresa, though, so I left her when we arrived upstairs to find him.

Minho had been carrying my phone all the way there because if I put just one more thing in my bag it would explode as it was so full. And my stupid skinny jeans had tiny pockets in which I couldn't even fit my own hands.

So I went to ask him to give it back.

I heard voices coming from the room, and I figured all the boys were there were hanging out.

I walked in and I opened my eyes wide when I saw all the boys were indeed there. In their underwear.

I gawked at the sight, too shocked to cover my eyes.

"Dayum!" Frypan ran away, covering his chest as he did so.

"Shuck, Y/N!" Thomas turned around, facing his back at me.

Someone, however, didn't run away. Minho stayed there, his hands resting on his waist. Holy klunk, he was buff!

The boy, noticing me there, smirked.

"You like what you see, Y/N?" He wriggled his eyebrows and blew me a kiss.

I laughed, still probably as red in embarrassment as I had ever been.

But then, right next to him was Newt.

Again, even if he had thinner built and had narrower shoulders and waist than Minho's, he was muscular. I noticed Newt's abs and the biceps on his arms. His collarbones. His neck. The way his muscles moved under his skin as he moved.

Last time I had the chance to see him shirtless I was too shy to take advantage of the situation and actually stare shamelessly as anyone in my place would have done.

I bit my lip hard as I just couldn't take my eyes off Newt's bare chest.

"See?" Minho laughed. "She is speechless, she just can't handle such perfection"

He motioned then to his naked torso, but I was still staring at Newt.

"Shut your bloody mouth!" Newt complained, slapping the back of his hand against Minho's shoulder. "All these lugs know she's staring at me. Aren't you, love?"

Still nibbling on my lower lip, I shut my eyes tight for a moment and gathered all the self-control I had within me to focus my eyes on his. And not on his chest. Or neck. Or collarbones. Or...

Dammit.

"I, uh..." I forced myself to talk to keep focused. "Um..."

"Came here looking for something?" One of the boys, I think Alby, asked from the background.

"Yeah, my... uh..." I stuttered, sighing as I gulped, my eyes still fixed on Newt.

The blond smirked the cheekiest I had ever seen him. But it was such an attractive and hot smirk.

Someone should take his smirking ability away. For my own good.

"Your boyfriend?" He said, smugly closing the distance between the two of us. "Here I am, love"

He placed a firm hand in the bottom of my back and attracted me towards him. Surprised, I rested my hands on his chest. He connected his lips with mine with passion.

Smug little klunk.

That was probably what Alby was talking about when he said Newt behaved differently with me. But I guessed that all the boys being there and given the current situation, he behaved more like he would with his friends and not as sweetly as he usually was with me.

Again, smug little klunk.

The boys hollered in encouragement as we were still kissing passionately.

"I'm gonna kill you, Newtie" I managed to whisper when he pulled away, that smirk still not fading.

I tried to ignore the warmth that I felt that raised up to my cheeks, and how my heart was pounding on my chest because of Newt.

"You wouldn't dare, love. There are a lot witnesses" He grinned innocently.

Ugh, that boy.

I placed my hands in his stomach and pushed him away, my face burning as I felt so ashamed.

"Minho, give me my phone" Finally, I looked down to the floor, holding my hand up blindly.

I felt a light weight on it as Minho finally complied.

"Gentlemen..." I angrily stomped away, slamming the door as I left the room.

Actually, I wasn't angry. Just embarrassed and a bit annoyed, maybe sulky.

As I got into the room where Teresa was, I quickly started to undress to get changed.

"What happened, Y/N?" She giggled, observing me. "You're red as a tomato"

"Stupid Newt is stupid" Was all I said, not daring to meet her blue eyes.

"Oh really?" Teresa grinned at me, probably picturing what happened.

"Shut up"

"You're lucky I forgot my jacket downstairs" She smiled at me and I jokingly made a face to her.

She left the room and I was left alone, shaking my head as I cursed all my friends.

"I cannot believe this, seriously" I sighed to myself, taking my jeans and my shirt off.

As I was in my underwear, I picked up the pajamas and put the pants on.

Someone knocked on the door, and I figured it was Teresa after she recovered her jacket. That was fast.

"Come in!"

The door opened and the sound of footsteps told me Teresa had walked back into the room.

"Bloody hell" When that one husky voice sounded behind me, I turned around.

It wasn't Teresa.

It was Newt. Already dressed in a simple orange t-shirt and some grey sweat pants walking barefoot.

"Stupid!" I yelled, throwing him my shirt before I could put it on. "Wanted to see too, huh? You slinthead!"

Newt stood there holding my shirt, gawking at me.

"Bloody hell" He repeated in the same tone, in awe.

"You know what? I can be smug and cheeky too, you know?" Angrily, I walked up to him and got my revenge on him.

I pushed his head towards me so our lips would meet again. Trying to get my stomach rid of the stupid butterflies because I was too annoyed to enjoy them, I pressed myself against him.

Newt chuckled in surprise when I pulled away. His whole face was bright red.

"Seems like I managed to get you not to be so shy after all" He mumbled, pressing my shirt against the little of my back as he held me.

When I realized what I had just done and remembered the fact that I was shirtless, only wearing a bra and my pajama bottoms, I cleared my throat.

"Don't be... don't be cheeky" I softly pushed him away, not really minding anything and smiling.

He calmly gave me my shirt back and left the room with a tiny grin on his lips.

Whoa.

*

For the rest of the day, I tried to forget that incident. But Newt wouldn't stop giving me cheeky stares. Made me want to do the same again to shut him up.

He was only teasing me because usually I was too shy to behave like that.

So after a few hours that we used to undo our bags and settle in the cottage, everyone was pretty much doing their own thing.

But then, since we were tired from the car ride and even if we had brought with us a lot of stuff to goof around –Twister, music, some board games and stuff –we just took it easy and simply sat around and passed the time.

Minho and Chuck were the ones who still had the most energy out of everyone. Despite the age gap, those two were pretty much alike.

Some of us were downstairs, chilling in the living room. The others were upstairs.

Chuck kept bugging Thomas, and I felt bad for my friend because I knew how annoying my little brother could be sometimes. But Thomas complied and went with him when Chuckie asked him and they went upstairs.

I was lying on the ground, enjoying the cold feeling of it and letting my tired body and mind to rest a little.

I was still tired, because all the sleep I got was in the car. It felt real nice to be lazily lying on the floor.

"Bloody hell!" I heard Newt exclaimed, and then he began laughing out loud.

Alby's guffaws could be heard too, along with Teresa' and Brenda and the rest of them.

I sat up to see what was so funny, imagining Minho had something to do with it all.

Indeed, he was standing there with an innocent smile while he wore all of our coats. He was so bloated he couldn't even keep his arms stuck to his torso.

Joining the rest, I began laughing, holding my stomach as it started to hurt from the laughter.

Newt's husky voice suddenly sounded behind me.

"Describe Minho in one word" He chuckled.

I remembered the little game we played in the hill and grinned.

Then I watched Minho, seeing how he made model poses and kissy faces.

"Fabulous"

"Sassy" Newt replied to my adjective.

"Silly"

We laughed as Minho kept doing poses and throwing kisses at the audience, aka us. That shank.

Before Newt could say something back, we heard a racket upstairs.

Something breaking, a surprised yell, feet stomping and someone laughing. That someone laughing was Chuck, no doubt about it.

"Shuck!" Thomas' voice yelled from upstairs.

We all waited in expectation to see what was happening. Then Thomas and Chuck ran down the stairs. Chuck was laughing so much he could hardly even walk as he held on to Thomas' arm.

They passed us all through, not minding us, and exited the house.

Soon after, we saw Gally angrily stomping as he walked down the stairs.

"They scared the living klunk out of me" He told us and immediately left, pouting like a little kid.

I should have known that Chuck would be up to no good. At least Gally didn't go berserk when they scared him.

*

We spent the rest of the day until dinner pretty much doing the same. The only thing we did out of the ordinary was play Twister.

It was really funny because it was a complete mess of limbs and everyone was visibly shaking because of the postures they ended up with gave them muscle spasms.

We kept falling on top of each other when our bodies gave in under the impossible postures. And I was lucky enough to fall on top of Newt during one round, which of course caused a chorus of 'get a room' and 'Alby tell them something!' or 'there's children here' and a lot more of teasing. To be fair, they teased Teresa and Thomas too and even Minho and Brenda. That was basically how we showed our love, picking on each other.

We also made forts and used paper balls that we made from notebooks we found in the house as a weapon. We basically had a paper ball war and everyone was the enemy, so it was extremely funny. Minho behaved all mighty and powerful and we bombarded him until he was defeated. And that was the one time everyone allied against the common enemy.

We didn't even undo the forts when we were finished, we left them because we knew we would definitely use them again sometime during the weekend. We even build them so the sleeping bags were inside them.

But anyway, Frypan called us and said it was time to cook dinner, so a few of us helped him, me included.

I kept pacing up and down as I served the table and helped Frypan in the kitchen. The house was filled with activity, everyone going up and down, chatting, laughing and shouting.

I winked at Newt as I passed him by in the living room on my way to the kitchen.

"Sit down, will ya love?" Newt reached out to grab me by the hips and pushed me down until I sat on his lap.

"Alright, but just five minutes" I agreed as I saw everyone pacing around as they set the table and prepared the food.

"Food's ready!" Zart yelled from the living room.

"There we go" I tried to stand up, but Newt's arms around my waist wouldn't let me.

"Where's Y/N?" Thomas yelled, soon appearing through the threshold of the room and spotting us.

"Help me, T!" I exclaimed, holding my hands out for him to help me as Newt shook with laughter keeping his arms locked around me. Little mischievous klunk.

Thomas quickly walked over to us and grabbed my hands trying to pull me up.

"He's been spending too much time with Minho" I complained as I slightly winced when Newt's arms hurt my stomach a little from the force he used. "He corrupted his ideas"

"I don't need Minho to be bloody twisted sometimes, love" Newt laughed, still not wanting to let me go.

"Newt, I'm hungry!"

Amused by the sight of me, Newt openly laughed.

Thomas still tried to pull me up while the blond held me tight and I frowned and made a face as I struggled to get free.

An unexpected flash of light suddenly blinded me for a moment. Someone had taken a photo.

"Flawless" Minho kissed the camera and I pouted.

"Minho!"

That just made Newt laugh even more. Thomas still tried to help me up, but Newt wouldn't budge.

"I'm gonna kill you guys!" I screamt, using my friend's grip to try and finally get free while they laughed.

Suddenly Newt let go of me and since we were still making force, I fell over Thomas, almost knocking him over. And Minho had to take the opportunity to take another picture.

"I hate everyone!" I took Thomas, the only one who had been nice to me, and walked away with him to the table.

I plopped down in a chair and crossed my arms over my chest, pouting as I was so sulky.

"Hey, Y/N" Gally passed me by, ruffling my hair on the way and earning a pouty face from me. "Can I sit next to you?"

Truth was that between Newt, Minho and Thomas I had been neglecting my other friendships a little, Gally included. And I kind of missed him.

"Sure"

He smiled and took the chair right next to me, immediately starting a conversation.

We spoke a lot during the dinner, Gally and I. Newt was talking to Tommy, who was sitting at his other side.

It was all good vibes as we ate, talked and passed plates all around the table.

Chuck was throwing peas at Minho, and the Asian retaliated by making faces at him that made my brother laugh.

Who knew Minho was so good around kids.

Teresa and Brenda apparently were best friends, because they gossiped in front of me, probably about their boyfriends to guess who was sillier.

My bet was on Minho on that one.

Jeff, Clint and Winston were talking to Frypan and loudly laughing when Chuck hit Minho in the eye with a pea, causing an explosion of laughter all over the table.

And I was talking with Zart and Gally about Ben and how once he tackled Thomas to the ground to win a bet.

Ben was a really cool guy, I liked him. It would have been nice to have him there if he hadn't been sick.

Taking my mind off the story just when Zart laughed at the memory of Thomas' confused face after Ben tackled him, someone bumped my knee with theirs.

It was Newt, who wriggled his eyebrows playfully at me and grinned.

"I'm mad at you" I tried to say it with a straight face, but I couldn't.

"No you're not, love" The blond sweetly said.

I pretended to be mad at Newt –not very convincingly, I must say –for the rest of the dinner because I blamed him for Minho taking that stupid picture of me and being so cheeky and evil. It didn't even bother me, I was just playing.

*

As I looked for Thomas in the crowd that headed outside, someone pinched my sides and startled me.

"You just love to annoy me, don't you?" I said to Newt when he smirked at me. "Scaring me, following me around. And what's worse, holding me back and letting Minho take that photo"

"Maybe I just love to hold you in my arms" As he said that, he engulfed me in a hug from the behind and chuckled.

"Stop" I laughed, getting rid of his arms around me.

"I'm starting to think we're the cheesiest couple" Newt admitted in shame as we exited the cottage to join everyone outside, near the forest.

Gally and Jeff had prepared a bonfire and we were all gathering there for a change to enjoy the nature and the environment.

"That's because you haven't seen 'Tom' and Teresa" I briefly looked at the blond and then at my best friend Thomas, who was making a kissy face at Teresa while she rolled her eyes but smiled at him.

"They just don't bloody understand us" Newt shook his head and sat down in one of the logs that had been set down in the floor around the fire.

Thomas and Teresa smiled at us as we were next to each other.

"You're such a klutz!" Minho walked out of the door, jokingly slapping Chuck across the head.

"Hey, don't hit my brother!" I told him off to go along with him as the constant playful mood still floated in the air.

That's what happens when you get together in the same place fourteen goofy teenagers.

I opened my arms for Chuck to come to me and hugged him as Minho stuck his tongue out at me.

"He said klutz" Thomas reminded me with a silly voice.

And I laughed out loud.

It was an inside joke Thomas and I had. All because of something that happened when we were little.

By that time, Thomas was the clumsiest person on Earth. I swear, he tripped on his own two feet, kept hitting himself with doorframes and pretty much everything around him and had the worst case of butterfingers I have ever seen.

So every time something like that happened to him, I would laugh openly at him.

That was until one day we were at his place and his mom was there when Thomas fell to the floor after he stepped on something that made him trip. I don't even remember what he stepped on, but I do remember the hilarious face he made and how he let a tiny little whine that provoked a laugh attack on me.

And his mom just went to help him up fondly calling him a 'klutz'. Ever since, every time we hear that word it reminds us of those times when Thomas couldn't go five whole minutes without being clumsy and we cracked up.

A lot of fun things happened that night. A lot of shenanigans.

That night, Thomas and I laughed for ten minutes straight because of the mention of the word klutz.

We talked Brenda into saying that Minho and her were dating. That they were boyfriend and girlfriend. Which really annoyed him.

Thomas and Minho raced each other until poor Thomas faceplanted on the floor and made me laugh again as I called him a klutz.

Winston gave me a piggy back ride and they laughed at him.

Clint fell asleep for like half an hour and everyone painted on his face.

Chuck accidentally sat over a bag of chips and popped it open, startling us all.

And Frypan fell asleep too. Under a table.

My stomach would be sore next day from laughing so much.

*

Once we had all calmed down and the tiredness fell over us all after the trip and the activity, we were just calmly chatting as we ate the snacks that Frypan prepared.

We were outside the house and it was already dark.

The first day had been awesome.

I didn't eat any snacks, though, my stomach felt really queasy. And I was feeling a bit sick, but it was probably just from being so incredibly tired.

Thomas was next to me, Winston being at my right. I heavily dropped my head on Thomas' shoulder and closed my eyes.

"You're very quiet" My friend observed as he ate some of Frypan's bacon.

"I don't feel so good" I admitted with a sigh.

Thomas put a hand on my forehead to test my temperature.

"You feel a little warm, you should go to sleep" He told me in a sweet and brotherly voice.

"Yeah" Exhausted, I pulled away from him and gave him a kiss on the cheek before standing up and feebly walking to the living room, where we had put our sleeping bags, under the fort.

Watching the one that Newt and I shared, I plopped down on it and quickly wrapped myself in the sleeping bag.

I was already half slept, but I was cold even if inside the house it was warmer. So I picked up a few of the coats laying by near me, smiling at the memory of Minho wearing them all, and put them over me.

I fell asleep just when I was done laying the improvised blankets over myself.

*

During the following hours, I kept drifting in and out of sleep. For the short periods of time in which I woke up, I was too sleepy anyway to actually be aware of my surroundings.

I heard the guys talking and could catch only pieces of the conversations as my mind was too tired to make sense out of it all.

And then I was asleep again.

I heard a few sentences and some guffaws and amused screams. But I couldn't even tell who said what. I don't remember much:

"Where is my coat?"

"With the rest of the coats"

"Damn, Y/N should have been freezing"

Or

"Don't you bloody dare paint on her face, Minho"

"It was Thomas' idea!"

"Slim it, you know it's not true, Newt"

Or

"How's sleeping beauty?"

"Sleeping like a bloody log"

"But she doesn't feel as warm and she stopped shivering"

"Thanks, Doctor Clint"

*

I woke up next, the silence surrounding me as I heard a few snores in the room. Everyone must have gone to sleep.

Then I felt someone slithering in next to me carefully, snuggling closer to my back and leaving an arm over my waist.

Groggily, I looked behind me and saw Newt.

"Hey, love" He gave me a kiss on the nose. "How are you feeling?"

"Better" It seemed like I only needed to get some rest.

"Tommy told us you weren't feeling so good, we've been checking on you"

"You guys are so nice" I lazily smiled and turned my body to be completely facing Newt.

"Just go back to sleep, Y/N, love" Newt whispered gently.

I closed my eyes and accommodated in Newt's chest. But time went by and I must have spent one good hour rolling around trying to doze off.

"I can't freaking sleep" I complained lowly to myself.

I thought Newt was sleeping, like everyone else around me, but he sighed and squeezed me against him.

"I'll try to stay awake with you" He rubbed his eyes, obviously just as exhausted.

"Thanks, chocolate boy"

"Look" Newt picked his phone up from next to him as it laid on the ground and plugged the earphones in, giving me one of them and keeping the other for himself. "I listened to this song and it reminded me of you"

I waited as the song began. And I immediately recognized Chris' voice as soon as the guitar and bass strumming ended. Of course, Coldplay.

I guess he pretty much thought of me every time he heard something Coldplay related just as I thought about him every time I heard something Beatles related.

"But I promise you this, I'll always look out for you, That's what I'll do"

"It's called Sparks" Newt smirked, and I snorted as I heard the lyrics.

"My heart is yours, It's you that I hold on to, That's what I do, And I know I was wrong, But I won't let you down"

"You're softening, Newt" I teased him, already getting sleepy because the song was soft and sweet like a lullaby. And his arms around me made me feel safe, warm and cozy.

"It's all your bloody fault" He laughed, tickling me a little.

"Pleeeease" Minho's voice complained not far from us. "Stop with the corniness already!"

"Then maybe you shouldn't be so bloody close to us if it bothers you, slinthead" Newt sassed him even if his husky voice sounded sleepy.

"Thomas asked me to keep an eye on you"

"That shank" I laughed, turning around to lie over on my other side and rest my forehead against Newt's chest.

Someone in the room loudly snored, and a few of us laughed at him, whoever it was. Chuck made a noise every time the snore sounded, and we chuckled every time.

"Where's Tommy, by the way?" Newt whispered to Minho.

"What do you think, dumbass? Cuddling Teresa like a pair of lovebirds"

I closed my eyes and kept listening to the conversation in amusement as I waited for sleep to come.

Someone then quickly lied down next to me, and I knew it was Chuck.

"Can I sleep next to you, Y/N?" My little brother asked me.

"Are you afraid of the dark, Chuckie?" Newt kindly asked him. I felt how my boyfriend reached out to ruffle the kid's head.

"No, I just missed my sister" Chuck assured, but I knew he really was scared. He had always been scared of the dark, at home he slept with the lights on.

"You can stay, Chuck" I kissed his head and went to hug him as Newt went to chat with Minho.

"How come you're not bloody cuddling too?" I heard the blond ask him.

"What, dude?"

"You know, you should be cuddling your bugging girlfriend, Brenda"

Chuck and I laughed.

"Slim it, shuck face" Minho replied. "If you wanted to cuddle me you should have asked"

"Stop flirting and go to sleep, you shucks!" Thomas' voice said from the other fort.

Chuck didn't laugh, so I guessed he had fallen asleep.

"Are you jealous, Tommy?"

"Seriously, shut up or I'll kill you" Frypan shushed us.

That was pretty much how the whole night went until we finally gave in to sleep and everyone dozed off.