Chapter Twenty-Three- Their Questioning

“So, what happened last night?” Harry demanded the second I sat down in the cafeteria the next day. I regarded him innocently.

“What d’you mean?”

Dougie gave an easy laugh, “You? Danny? Cinema? Harry getting overexcited?”

“Oh, well…” I scratched my nose thoughtfully, “The film wasn’t actually that good…”

“Forget the film,” Harry commanded, so I feigned shock as I blinked at him. “What happened between you and Danny?”

I deliberately took a long sip of my juice, noting that Dougie put a hand over Harry’s to calm him. There was nothing I liked better than winding my best friend up… Sadly enough, it was one of my favourite hobbies. “What was supposed to happen?” I asked finally.

“You were supposed to admit hat you have a massive crush on Danny, and he was meant to admit he was bi and proceed to snog your face off!” was the frustrated explanation.

I raised a hand to my face- felt my cheeks, forehead, lips and then around my eyes slowly. “Oh, well, guess it’s still there.”

Harry made a noise of pure annoyance, hiding his face in Dougie’s shoulder, making his boyfriend giggle. Dougie had really calmed down again recently- in the way that he was no longer trying to kiss me at every given opportunity. “So, you just hung out?” Harry demanded.

I nodded cheerfully, “It was nice.” I stood up from the table, “Nothing happened.”

Then something happened. As soon as I turned to walk off, he caught me, and spun me back so he could kiss me softly. I hadn’t heard Danny walk up, but my lips moved against his perfectly, and I looped my arms around his neck. The night before, I had agreed to give Danny a chance in a proper relationship, and he had sworn that he would greet me with a kiss that would let everyone know that we were together. I guess this was it.

“See?” I said breathlessly to Harry once Danny had released me. “Nothing.” I patted Danny on the shoulder with a quick grin, then continued on my quest to the toilets.

*****

I left the toilets approximately four minutes later to be faced by two preening girls. “Hey, Tom…” one of them purred.

“Erm… Hey, Danielle. Katy,” I responded. They giggled, looking thrilled that I knew their names. “What can I do for you?”

“You can tell us your secret,” Katy gushed, speaking for the first time. I turned my head to look at her.

“I don’t get what you mean.”

A hand slid up my arm smoothly as Danielle smiled at me, “Oh, come on, Tom… First Matt Willis, then Dougie Poynter, and now Danny Jones. How do you do it…?”

I cocked my head to the side in confusion. “Matt was an accident, Dougie just kind of happened, and with Danny I was in the right place at the right time. There was no technique to it.”

“Humour us…” Katy told me. “We know the hot geek thing can only go so far.”

“Correction:” I felt another hand on my shoulder, a touch that I recognised immediately, “The hot geek thing never fades.”

I saw them both flush, and I looked back at him. “Dougie…!” Danielle managed. He smiled sweetly at them. “Well, what’s your secret?” she dared. “Tom Fletcher and Harry Judd?”

Dougie shrugged carelessly, “I wanted them. And if I want someone, I get them. I make them want me as well.”

Katy made a pretty little pout, “Well, that’s easier said than done when all the fit boys in this school seem to be gay…”

Dougie and I exchanged a glance. “Harry and Danny are both bisexual,” I informed her. “But, saying that, they’re also both taken.”

A smirk curled on Dougie’s lips, and he turned his head to meet my gaze, “By the way, loverboy sent me out to make sure you hadn’t flushed yourself.”