For the first time ever, I woke Rob up the next day. I had set an alarm for eight. I thought that if we got Rob's things moved in early, we could go to Larissa's sooner.

"I don't wanna get up," Rob moaned as I pulled the blanket from over him.

"Come on, the quicker we get your stuff here, the quicker you can go and see Alice."

"You mean, the quicker you can see Larissa?" He mumbled sleepily, sitting up.

"Dude, I'm just thinking about your love life. We've gotta fast track what's happening with you and Alice, 'cause right now, you're going too slow," I said. He sat up and frowned at me.

"We went out, like two days ago."

"Yeah but I would have fucked her by now," I grinned.

"You haven't fucked Larissa yet," he laughed.

I threw a pillow at him, before going into the kitchen to make coffee. There was no coffee left in the jar.

"Let's go downstairs for breakfast," I suggested, passing Rob his trainers. He nodded, and put on his shoes.

"Oh my God, I thought I'd got rid of you," Tom joked, as we walked into the shop.

"Just give us coffee," Rob answered.

"You really need to practice your drinking skills," Tom replied, making us some drinks.

"Morning, Tom," I heard the familiar voice say as the door opened.

I gasped as I realised how I looked. I was wearing baggy shorts and a tank top. My hair was sticking out in every possible direction, and I had no make up on. I winced as I turned around to see Larissa and Alice standing in the doorway.

"Well, don't you two look nice?" She said, holding back a laugh. I looked at Rob, and was relieved he looked worse than me. He had his t-shirt on inside out, and his hair made him look like he had been electrocuted.

"We haven't had our coffee yet," Rob answered, walking over to Alice and kissing her on the cheek. Her face turned bright red, and I had to admit that they were cute together.

"The usual, girls?" Tom asked, handing Rob and I our drinks.

"Yes please, Tom," Larissa smiled.

Rob and Alice had sat down at a table near the window. Larissa joined me at my table. I guessed that she didn't want to interrupt.

"I think you have a drinking problem," she laughed as she sat opposite me. Her green eyes pulled me in, and I couldn't concentrate on finding something clever to say to her.

"Shut up."

She laughed at my response, then flashed her beautiful smile, as I looked into her eyes.

"Did you ask Rob if he wanted to join us today?"

"Yeah," I replied, finally blinking. "He said no, but then I mentioned Alice, so he's down."

Tom brought Larissa's drink over, and then put a plate of grilled cheese in front of me.

"I love you," I said, my mouth watering at the food in front of me.

"I know," he replied, grinning at me.

Tom went back to the kitchen, and Larissa took some of my grilled cheese. I raised my eyebrows to question her actions, and she replied with a wink. It felt like my entire body melted. I looked away from her, in an attempt to hide my blush, but saw her smirk from the corner of my eye.

"I thought you guys were working this morning," she said finally, after a few moments of awkward silence.

"Yeah, we were supposed to, but Tom got the whiskey out to celebrate Rob moving in with me. Rob was wasted so he gave us the day off to move his stuff in."

"I told you he'd be fine with it," she said, and I smiled.

I looked over to Rob and Alice, and saw them holding hands on the table. Their heads were leaning in towards each other, and they were chatting happily.

"I'm not sure they'll be much use today," I laughed. Larissa turned to look at them, then turned back to me.

"They're cute."

I agreed, and finished eating my grilled cheese. Larissa finished her drink, and told Alice they needed to leave.

"If you don't have time to help, after moving, just let me know," she said, standing up.

"We'll be there, I promise."

"See you later then," she grinned, and went to pry Alice away from Rob.

Rob and I finished our drinks, then went back up to the apartment to get ready. I showered quickly, and got changed into some old ripped skinny jeans, a blue t-shirt and a black pullover hoodie.

I went out to the living room to find Rob, ready and waiting, with his car keys in his hand.

"How are we gonna put anything into your car?" I asked, reminding him of the overflowing trash that owned his vehicle.

"I cleaned it," he smiled. "I kind of had to, it was before I took Alice out."

"Aww, aren't you sweet?" I said in a patronising voice. He ignored me and walked out of my apartment. I followed him to his car, and we drove to Tom's house to collect his belongings.

We had moved everything in, after a couple of hours. I sat down to watch TV while Rob arranged his new bedroom. I was excited to go to Larissa's, and kept checking in on him, hoping it would hurry him up a bit.

His room was a lot more mature than his room at his dad's house. He had hidden his action figures and comic books under the bed, and he had bought real grown up bedding. He was sleeping in star wars sheets when he lived at Tom's.

"I'm impressed," I said, making Rob jump. "Expecting a visitor, are we?"

"Just gotta be prepared," he blushed.

"Do I need to have the talk with you?"

"Shut up, Ivy. You know I'm not a virgin," he frowned.

"I'm joking, Roberto. Now, can we please go?"

Rob sprayed himself with an overwhelming amount of aftershave, before driving us to Larissa's house.

I knocked when we got there, but there was no answer. I could hear music coming from upstairs, so I tried to call Larissa. After getting no answer, I opened the door myself.

"Larissa?"

"Come up, guys!" Larissa shouted from upstairs.

We went up to Larissa's room, where she and Alice were putting the wallpaper up. Larissa was standing on step ladders, and Alice was trying to guide her.

"Can i do that?" Rob laughed, taking the wallpaper from Larissa. He could reach the ceiling without the ladders.

"Aww she's so tiny," I joked, and she turned to face me, frowning.

"You're not exactly a giant, sweetheart," she said, standing in front of me.

"You're cute when you're angry," I smiled.

"I'm always cute," she replied, turning away from me.

"I know."

She turned back to me blushing, and a smile played on her lips as our eyes met.

"That okay?" Rob asked, interrupting my moment.

"Perfect," Larissa replied. She started to prepare the next strip of wallpaper, while Rob and Alice stared longingly into each others eyes.

"Can I help?" I asked, joining Larissa at the paste table.

She handed me a brush, and held the wallpaper still on the table. I started to spread the paste over the paper. I got to where her fingers held the paper against the table, and she didn't move as I brushed over her hand. I shot her an apologetic look as she pulled her hand away from the table and wiped it. She gave a fake angry look, then held the paper in place again.

"Oops," I said, as I ran the brush over her fingers again.

She raised her eyebrows at me, and I laughed. She walked towards me, and wiped her hand on my cheek.

"Oops."

I felt my face heat up again at her touch. I liked that she was being playful with me. I couldn't work out whether it was in a friendly way, or whether she was flirting with me. I didn't want to read too much into it, as I knew she had a boyfriend, but it was difficult not to.

Rob shot me a questioning look from across the room, and I got back to pasting the wallpaper.

Every time I got near to Larissa's hand, after that, she looked up at me and smiled. Then, one time, I caught her biting her lip, and I almost passed out right there. It wasn't fair, how this girl messed with my head. She was already occupying ninety percent of my thoughts, she didn't need to bring winking and lip biting into the equation.