Korn^^ Song: Freak on a leash.

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_Dove's POV_

I wake up in a strangers bed, after a surprisingly peaceful sleep. I even had a nice dream for once. I was walking through a meadow. I look to the side to see Daniel sleeping in a side chair, his face and body completely rigid to keep himself up. I try getting out of the bed without waking him, but much to my dismay his eyes shoot open as soon as my feet touch the floor.

Jeez, talk about a light sleeper.

"Dove, you're awake." He mutters while rubbing his eyes with his palms. His hairs a little funky, his face seems paler, and his body seems slower and weaker than usual. He looks exhausted. I walk over and grab his hands from his eyes. He looks at me questioningly as I pull on him to get him to stand up. I lead him over to the bed and sit him down.

"Go back to sleep Daniel. You look like you stayed awake all night." I look at the bedside clock to see that it's almost 6:30. Thank god it's the weekend, though it looks like my body alarm doesn't care that I stayed up late last night. "What time did you get to sleep?"

"Anywhere between 2:30 and 4:00." He shrugs casually like it's no big deal that he's running off four and a half hours at best! I sigh and fix his hair.

"Christ Daniel. Go to sleep." Almost as quickly as I said it, Daniel flops back on the soft pillow. I take a moment to get my bearings of where I am. The room smells like Daniel (which isn't surprising since he slept in here too) and it's kind of.. dark, in a way. The walls are cream colored but the furniture is a dark gray color. Theres only one light in the room, and its a bedside lamp thats somehow connected to the light-switch. There's a Korn poster on the wall. Are they a band? I think I heard Sym talking about them and how a friend of hers was going to a Korn concert or something. Maybe I'll look them up later.

I walk out the room to see people passed out in the hallway. Two guys from the band Cals in are leaning on each other. The bright haired and the one with the lip ring. Michael and Luke I think? Who knows. Well, Sym does, and it'd be weird if Calum didn't. I walk past all the people as quietly as I can. I find the last band member passed out on the couch, drumsticks on his lap. I smile slightly and walk by on my toes. My head kinda hurts, so I'll go see if they have any aspirin in the kitchen.

I search around before finding a bottle of Advil. I take another minute or so to find a cup and fill it with water from the sink. I take the advil and someone starts stirring from the living room. I peak my head around the corner to find the drummer dude. I feel kind of relieved that it's not Blake. I dont think he's heard me moving around yet so I try not to startle him. I go to put my now-empty glass on the counter, making sure its quiet.

And it soon shatters on the ground.

He whips his head around as I stare, dumb founded, at the shattered pieces scattered around my feet. He lets out a sigh of relief when he sees that its only me, before smiling.

"Oh. Youre that Dove girl from last night right? The one who's boyfriend carried her to bed?" He asks and my cheeks turn bright red. I shake my head rapidly, trying to get across that he's not my boyfriend. Sometimes I really hate talking to humans.

"Oh. Well you look like her. I'm Ashton, who're you?" He starts getting up and I look around frantically for a piece of paper. I find one but cant find a pen. Seriously people? Not one pen or pencil in this entire kitchen? There's an office desk with a printer and computer, but no pen? I go to ask if he's got a pen or something. I turn around to find him right behind me, and I just about jump out of my skin. Talk about quiet. For being so tall hes almost silent. They all are in that band. All of them have to be at least 6'0. I make the hand motion for a pen and he smiles again.

"Yeah. Not much of a talker are you?" He asks with a chuckle. His laugh is actually adorable, it makes me grin at just the sound. He hands me a sharpie out of his pocket.

"I am Dove, but that's not my boyfriend. That's what I meant. Daniels just a good friend of mine." I write down and he laughs again.

"Have you told him that? I could've sworn he was your boyfriend from the way he was looking at you." He explains and face starts burning again.

"No no, no boyfriend. (^-^')" I add on the face for a bit of humor with my kinda sad statement. He laughs again, and I come to the conclusion that he laughs a lot.

"That's actually kind of surprising. You seem like a nice girl from our conversation and you're pretty enough. Any specific reason why?" He asks and I decide shrugging is a better option then saying I have my mate threatening literally any dude who looks at me and Im a complete mute with an ugly scar because her brother tried to rip her throat out.

"Oh. Okay." He says and things kinda get quiet.

That's before someone falls down the stairs. Or at least, I think they fell. They did a lot of feet over head over feet over head kinda stuff. I look over to see Sym. Now I doubt she was falling, her balance is great. I dont think I've ever seen her trip. Ever.

Suddenly Sym hops up, almost taking Ashton out when he was standing nearby. Sym turns back to the stairs, and the look in her eyes tells me shes up to mischeif. Also the fact that she only has one shoe. She definitely didn't trip.

"Again!" She shouts and starts bounding up the stairs.

"No please. You're gonna get hurt." An unknown voice pleads and soon I see Calum come down the stairs restraining a struggling Sym with his arms and carrying her missing shoe.

"I dont "Get Hurt" Cal. Ive never even sprained anything. You're over reacting. Now again!" She almost sounds like a kid and I smile.

"Calum are you pushing your girlfriend down the stairs?" Ashton asks teasingly with a laugh. Calum sighs and shakes his head.

"She wants to practice her bridge kick overs on the stairs. I tried to stop her the first time but obviously-" He lifts up Syms shoe. "-I failed. So basically she keeps trying to hurl herself down the stairs." Calums eyes look tired but almost content to be exhausted.

"I didnt even drink that much last night, so no hangover! Yay! But, I got really hyped up from all the dancing that I've been up all night. Cal refused to sleep till I did to make sure I didnt like, jump out the window last night." Sym explains, finally getting one of her arms free from Calums strong grip and continuing to struggle to get loose.

"So we've been watching netflix all night and she may have only watched Law & Order: SVU and Gymnastics movies. We just finished one. Hence the kickovers or whatever they are." He says tiredly before Ashton chuckles.

"You dont look so lucky with the hang over situation mate. I'll make some coffee." Ashton offers and Calum mutters a please. He sits down on one of the barstools with Sym in his lap. Syms no longer fighting, she's just leaning against him happily and playing with his dark hair. I quickly snap and use motions to show I'll make some eggs. The boys dont seem to get it before Sym chuckles.

"She's gonna cook guys." She explains and I put my finger on my nose with a pleased smile. I grab some eggs with bacon from the fridge and realize, this house is very nicely stocked and lived in for just being a house for vacationing and parties.

I start making the food when Sym starts humming some song I dont recognize. Before the bacons even sizzling, the three are all humming together and I smile while groaning mentally. Does everybody have to sound amazing except for me. Next thing I know, a tear has fallen into the pan, evaporating instantly. I quickly wipe my face before finishing the food. I make three plates, assuming Calum and Sym are gonna eat off the same plate. I turn around with the three plates to see Ashton already sitting down with them. I place the three plates and the coffee machine goes off. Ashton goes to get up and I shake my head, considering I'm already standing. I make three cups, remembering that Sym doesn't like coffee. I give the boys their cups before sipping mine and settling down next to Ashton.

"Oh Dove, you forgot to get Sym one." Calum pipes up and I let out a breath of air as a snicker.

"I don't drink coffee, love. I think it's gross." Sym giggles and the boys stare.

"What?" Ashton asks and I pick at my food amusedly.

"How did I not know this? But wait, we've gone on dates to coffee shops. But you usually get juice or a smoo- oh. I'm an idiot." Calum comes to his realization on his own and Sym laughs again.

"Yep." She agrees and Cal pouts. She kisses his pouted lip before going back to her eggs.

"Oh, and I dont like bacon either." She grins as she mentions this little fact that even catches me off gaurd.

We basically all flipped out until heavy footsteps were heard in the hallway.