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I almost cry in relief when we reach the dorm.

Rob opens the door for me and I immediately fall onto my bed. I let out a content sigh, the comforter encasing me in a bubble of warmth.

But of course, somebody needs to pop that bubble.

"Right, I'll go get dinner then. Chinese?" Rob suggests, looking round hopefully.

Emma and Axel start agreeing and talking about orders, but I wave my hand in the air.

"You okay?" Emma asks, coming to sit beside me.

"Rob was supposed to go and have a dinner date with Drew! You were so excited, so please don't let my stupid injury stop you." I instruct.

Rob and Drew's relationship has been going strong recently, despite not seeing much of each other. They finally managed to get a night where both of them were free for dinner, so I was not going to let that go down the drain.

"No way, Cupcake. I'm not leaving you." Rob shakes his head, giving me a disapproving look.

"I've got a broken arm, big whoop. You're going to go on that date and have a fucking fabulous time." I shoot back, not allowing him to stop his plans for me.

"But, you're hur-" Rob protests, but I cut him off.

"Exactly and I'm going to be bored. You go on that date and come back with lots of romantic stories." I say, pointing at Rob.

Emma and Axel, who had been eerily quiet during this exchange, start nodding their heads.

"She's right, man, go." Axel encourages, a smile on his face.

The damn dimple that reappears, making my heart turn to jelly. I internally scold myself for the thought.

"You shut up, you have no opinion here." Emma says, pointing at Axel.

I let out a laugh, which leads to me being stared at my all three pairs of eyes.

"Sorry." I mumble with a smirk on my face, looking down, hoping my hair covers the amusement on my face.

"Right, fine I'll go." Rob sighs.

"You're acting like it's a bad thing." Emma laughs.

"I just don't wanna leave Skylar." Rob pouts, making me want to hug him for his caring nature.

"It's fine, we'll look after her." Axel responds.

Emma and I share a panicked look, knowing this is going to be an interesting night.

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After Rob leaves the apartment with a flurry of apologies, the three of us lapse into silence.

"Food?" Emma suggests, lying on my bed with me.

Axels stayed behind, with no intentions of leaving by the looks of it.

"I still think Chinese." Axel suggests, lying in Rob's bed.

His broad frame makes the beds look tiny and I suddenly understand why Axel has that massive apartment.

"You'll get what you're given." Emma says, narrowing her eyes at him.

Axel puts his hands up in a sign of surrender, before turning towards me. The brilliant blue orbs of his cause my heart to start thundering, convincing me that Emma can probably hear it.

"What do you want?" Axel says softly, still staring into my eyes.

"Pizza." I whisper breathlessly, sounding like I'm just learning English for the first time.

Why does he still affect me like this?

"I'll order it." Axel suggests, stranding up with his phone.

"Remember the pineap-" I begin, but Axel cuts me off.

"Pineapple. I remember." Axel says softly, sending me a smile.

After causing my heart to almost explode in feelings, Axel walks out as if he hasn't done anything at all.

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When we get the call to say that the pizza has arrived, I watch Axel go to collect it with relief.

I'm at a dangerous level of hunger.

I haven't eaten in five hours.

So not really dangerous, but still. It's concerning for me at least.

I'm also relieved because with pizza coming, it reminds me of Axel and I going to collect it together and how we had a make out session after it.

He's not worth your worrying.

I grumble at my inner thoughts, knowing that they're probably right. Probably.

All I know is, Axel and I need to talk soon and sort out this whole situation.

After setting up Friends on my laptop, Axel arrives back at the dorm.

The smell of pizza washes over me, almost making me drool.

I was too busy grabbing a box off off of Axel to drool.

"Thanks." I mumble, my mouth full of the ultimate gift that is pizza.

"You're welcome." Axel smiles, looking at me again, in a way I can't differentiate.

"I'm thankful too. For pizza." Emma smiles, breaking the mood professionally well.

Even though I've decided to try to be normal in some sense with Axel, Emma clearly disagrees on this decision.

Which I don't blame her for, she and Rob were the ones who saw me sobbing and eating ice-cream.

Thinking back to it, I'm going to have to re-evaluate my decision to be civil toward Axel.

On my third slice of Pizza, my phone buzzes beside me.

Omw xx

Leaning over beside me, Emma reads the message.

"Dean coming over?" She asks.

Emma and Dean have met once, safe to say I don't think I've ever seen a girl shut down a boy so much.

Dean was all over her, Emma was not recuperating it.

"Yup." I answer, internally laughing at how hilarious this is going to be.

"Why is he coming round?" Axel says, his tone abandoned of any genuine curiosity.

Looking over at him, his body screams jealousy. His blue eyes are narrowed and his lips are pulled into a thin line.

"To check if I'm okay." I shrug, a smile on my lips at Axel's jealousy.

Damn right he should be jealous, serves him right after having a girl on his lap, I think bitterly.

"Interesting." Axel says, mumbling under his breath.

"Not really, he's probably just going to come round and steal pizza." Emma chimes, closing her eyes in annoyance.

The three of us lapse into silence as we watch friends. As the episode comes to a close, I think I could burst with the amount of pizza I've eaten.

As the credits come to a close, there's a knock on the door.

"Will someone get it?" I groan. "I'm too full to move."

"I'll get it." Axel says, springing up immediately.

As Axel goes to get the door, Emma begins making kissing sounds beside me.

I elbow her in response.

"What? He's being such a kiss ass." She laughs, her eyes shining with amusement.

Before I can respond (and agree with her) Axel opens the door.

"Hey, mate." I hear Deans voice say. "Skylar here?"

"Yeah." I hear Axel grumble.

Turning round, I see a very agitated Axel open the door for a very concerned Dean.

"Are you okay?" Dean asks, rising to come and sit beside me.

"Yeah, I'm alright. My broken arm is basically back at the start of recovery though." I sigh, annoyed about the whole situation.

"Damn, that sucks." Dean sighs, his eyes trained on my cast.

Looking around, he quickly spots the pizza boxes. "Yes! Pizza!" He cheers, lunging over to grab a box.

Only to find it's empty.

"We go big or we go home with Pizza." Emma smiles, her words teasing.

"Clearly." Dean huffs, falling back to sit beside me.

He throws an arm round by shoulder and smiles at me, giving my un-injured shoulder a reassuring squeeze.

Axel clears his throat, obviously uncomfortable.

I look over at him in disbelief, my eyebrows raised. He sends me a innocent look back, as if he doesn't see the problem.

I motion to the door with my hand, determined to figure out what was going on with him.

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Shutting the door softly behind me, I leave Emma and Dean talking.

The lights in the corridor are blinding, so I squint as I make my way out. Axel follows behind me, his features defensive.

I lean against one wall, whilst Axel leans against the other.

"Are you okay?" I ask, folding my arms across my chest.

Even though I didn't want to, I still let Axel stay. He clearly had no intentions of going. So to be rude to Dean and keep breaking conversations up, has just pissed me off.

Big time.

"Of course, why do you ask?" Axel says, smiling softly.

"Because you're staying over at my dorm yet you can't seem to be civil with one of my friends." I huff.

"I am being civil." He defends, shoving both of his hands into his pockets.

A guilty gesture of his.

"I know you, Axel and I know you're not being civil in any way."

"Yeah, well. I don't like him, alright? I don't like how effortlessly he can be with you when I can't. How nobody reads into things with you two, yet with us the attention and pressure tore us apart. " He bursts out, although he keeps his voice shockingly clam and steady.

My heart slams against my chest at his words, my breathing irregular.

I've dreamed of having this talk with Axel for two weeks. That's fourteen days. Or more accurately, three hundred and thirty six hours of waiting and wondering.

And now, it's happening.

"I didn't know you felt that way." I mumble, feeling caught off guard.

"Of course I do, I fucking miss you so much it's painful." Axel announces confidently.

My hands begin to shake beside me, so I clench them into fists. My heart pounds at his words and my legs feel as though they're going to give out.

It's time to face the music.

"I think we need to talk." I say, finally looking him in the eyes.

The sea of blue holds waves of determination in them, I'm desperate to stay at shore away from it but I know the waves of his convincing will pull me in.

"We do."

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Well this was an interesting chapter!

What did we think of it? Of Dean arriving? How about Emma?

How she kept telling off Axel is something I would totally do with my friends and their boyfriends ;)

Also, very hungry for Pizza now!

Have a wonderful week guys and I'll see you next Friday!

Much love,

Jade x