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We're back to Skylar's POV!

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"Anytime." Axel murmurs as he returns my hug, his touch delicate as if he thinks he can break me.

I smile into his chest at his compassion. Today at the hospital, I don't think I've ever seen anyone that concerned for me. Sure, I was slightly annoyed at Rob for phoning Axel and making a big deal out of me breaking my arm. But once Axel arrived, I was actually pretty relieved that he had been phoned.

The sound of the bathroom door opening draws our attention and makes us slowly break apart.

Rob peaks his head round the door with a hand covering his eyes and whispers, "You guys aren't having sex, right?"

I let out a gentle laugh at Rob's dramatic thoughts before whispering back, "No."

Rob removes his hand from his eyes and the shouts, "Oh, thank god!" As he dramatically falls back onto his bed.

He seems to do that at any opportunity...

"We still can if you want." Axel smirks as he puts a hand on my hip and pulls me into him.

The sudden movement creates a spark of pain through my skull. A dull throbbing follows, the spark of pain causes me to screw my eyes shut and let out a quiet groan in pain.

I feel Axel slowly drop his hand from my hip and place it on my cheek, a reoccurring habit of his right now. He leans down to my height and says, "Sky, you okay?"

I decide to let the nickname pass without further complaint, knowing that it's irrelevant right now. I sigh and lean my face into the palm of his hand, the warmth of his hand comforting me.

"My head hurts." I say, feeling guilty for complaining.

"Lie down, Cupcake. You need some rest." Rob encourages as Axel lets go of my face so that I can walk over to the bed.

I place my pillows against my headboard and lean against them so I'm half sitting up and half lying down. A content sigh leaves my lips as I sink into the mattress.

Opening up my phone, I'm hit with a mountain of messages from Emma. Most of them containing a lot of curses and exclamation marks.

I quickly text her back, hoping she hasn't worried to much. She doesn't need stress right now.

I'm fine, Rob's just overreacting as usual! Face-time tomorrow? Miss you :( x

As I put away my phone, Axel's begins to ring.

Rob looks up in interest, asking, "Are you gonna tell them about-" But he's cut off by Axel shaking his head, a stern look on his face.

What was that?

Axel lets his eyes slide to mine, his gaze burning on my skin, but I pretend to be invested in my phone, not noticing what just occurred.

Axel comes back into the room after five minutes, the phone call obviously being a short one.

"Movie afternoon?" Axel suggests as he stands by Rob's computer, flicking through Netflix.

"How do you know my laptop password?" Rob shrieks as he suddenly sees Axel on his laptop without permission.

"And how do penguins not fly? Life is full of many wonders, my friend." Axel replies flawlessly, mischievously grinning at Rob.

Rob, however, does not find this funny and sinks further into his bed, letting out a huff of annoyance.

As Axel selects a random film, he seems to have chosen it himself, and comes to sit on the floor, everyone settles into silence.

For the rest of the afternoon, I spend my afternoon with two boys who I've only known for about a month.

Yet, I feel like I've known them my whole life.

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Later that night, the three of us order Chinese food and eat our body's weight in it.

Which comes back to haunt Rob as he passes out at around half nine, a full stomach lulling him to sleep. Axel and I continue to watch the film, Axel still sitting on the floor with a pillow.

As soon as I see Rob's sleeping form on his bed, I whisper Axel's name.

"Are you okay?" He replies instantaneously, to which I internally roll my eyes at his worrying.

"Yeah, I'm fine. You want to come up here?" I whisper, really hoping that the darkness of the room hides the blush that's currently establishing on my cheeks.

"You know I'm never gonna refuse that kind of offer." Axel quietly laughs.

He then stands up from where he was sitting and pulls his shirt off in one movement.

Well, this has gone from zero to a hundred very quickly...

His six-pack abs seem illuminated by the light from the laptop. His tattoos look more intricate than ever, his skin tanned despite us currently being in November.

"That's it." I warn jokingly, pointing at him.

"We'll see." He winks.

Axel then proceeds to lift himself onto my bed. Lying over me in a plank position for half a second before rolling onto the other side, so that he's beside the wall.

We watch the film in silence for about five minutes, our breathing the only sound in the room.

Axel sighs suddenly and throws an arm round my shoulder, "What's bothering you?"

I let out a sad smile, not quite comprehending how Axel always knows how I'm feeling.

There's just so many questions I don't know the answer to.

"I just don't wanna miss out on dance. I was so close to actually making it and now I'm stuck in a cast with no idea about when I'm even gonna get to go back to practice - let alone perform. It's only a broken arm, but god, I feel like it's effecting everything at the moment." I ramble, the words flowing out of me.

"You know that's not true right?" Axel pauses to kiss my head gently, making my lips curve up into a gentle smile. "You're gonna get back to dancing quicker than Kim Kardashian rose to fame."

I let out a quiet laugh, conscious that Rob is still in the room. Passed out from tiredness, but still.

"Why didn't you tell me about the dance team? Let alone you becoming a leader?" Axel asks, giving my shoulders a reassuring squeeze with his arm, letting me know he's not mad.

"I don't know. I guess I just never thought to tell you." I shrug, feeling guilty.

I clasp my hand to his hanging over my shoulder, wanting the comfort of his touch.

He squeezes my hand in his before saying, "Promise me that next time something happens to you, even the most random thing, you'll tell me about it."

"Okay, I promise." I smile up at him.

Axel leans his head down, careful not to knock the cast on my arm, and bites his lip whilst looking into my eyes. My lips part on their own, Axel seems to take this as a green light and presses his lips to my own.

The kiss is unlike anything I've ever experienced. It's ladled with emotion, euphoria bursting through my veins like a high-speed train. It's not the intensity of the kiss, it's the emotion that's pouring out of both Axel and I.

The emotions of the past twenty-four hours.

Anxiety. Relief. Worry. Happiness. They swirl round like a whirlpool, making me breathless.

Axel gently releases his lips from my own, looking into my eyes with the kind of emotions I could only dream of seeing.

"I really, really want to continue but I'm conscious of the fact that my best friend is asleep three meters away." Axel says, scrunching his nose up like a three-year old.

I let out a giggle before turning back to the laptop that has the ignored film playing on it. "Guess we're gonna have to finish this film then."

"As long as you stay, I don't care what we do."

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As the fifth film comes to close (we go big or we go home with film afternoons) I let out a yawn and stretch my legs.

"I think I might pass out if I don't go to bed." Axel groans, rubbing his eyes with the heels of his palms.

He's so cute.

"Yeah, let's go to bed." I agree. "I'm just gonna go brush my teeth."

Walking to the bathroom, I scrunch my eyes at the bright lights. Quickly brushing my teeth, I put my brush back into the holder as Axel comes in and wraps an arm round my waist.

"Wait for me." He whispers before brushing his lips against my cheek.

I don't know what's gotten into Axel tonight but I must say, I kind of like it.

Walking back to bed, I take one of the prescribed painkillers before settling back into bed. Axel's sent seems to have already transferred onto the sheet, the smell manly with a trace of vanilla.

Sinking into the pillow, I let out a content sigh. Today's events have quickly caught up with me and I know I'm going to fall asleep soon.

I'm in a state of half consciousness when I hear the bathroom door open.

I feel Axel's eyes on me when he lets out a quiet laugh, as if to say I knew it

Sighing, Axel seems to climb over me for the second time that night. However, I'm too tired to open my eyes, let alone move, so I don't check.

My guess is obviously correct as I feel Axel lie down beside me. This doesn't last for long as Axel quickly moves again.

His arm drapes over my waist as he shifts to his side so that we're spooning, his breath hitting the back of my neck.

He lays a gentle kiss on the back of my neck before murmuring, "Goodnight, Skylar."

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I love Axel, he's so cute! As was this chapter, what were your thoughts?

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