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Sexiest man alive: you can trust me, I'm yours. I don’t even want to go x

I think about replying as I sit down, but I put my phone away instead. Allie pops into class wearing a bright-pink dress, which suits her personality, making me smile slightly, and it helps me forget any other issues.

“Hey, Izzy, another history lesson. Oh, so boring. I have no idea why I took this class.” She yawns and drops into her seat by me. Tris clearly isn't coming into history today, he must have gone home.

The history lesson seems to drag on. I learn that Allie takes history, math, and gym. She also teaches dance on the weekends. She invites me to her class on Saturday, and I tell her I’ll think about it.I’m not really a dancer.

“Are you ready to go to my place? Lily is good to come over later.” I nod as we walk out of the school, and she says, “Follow my car; I can even try to drive slowly.” She laughs when I flick my coat at her.

“Sure, do you even know how to drive slower than fifty?” I shout over my shoulder as we get to our cars, hers is parked just behind mine. I hear her laughter as I slip into my car and follow her down the streets until we find a cottage, surrounded by green fields with trees in the distance.

My first thought is that it's like an old English home should be.It’s one of those houses with a thatched roof and grey stone. It’s not very big, but it’s very well looked after by the looks of it, and we had to pass through gates to arrive, so it’s private. There’s a big, newly-built garage by the side, but Allie just parks outside the house. I park near her, getting out of my car and walking over to her as she gets out.

“Come on in.” Allie waves over her shoulder as she opens the door. I feel my phone buzz in my pocket, but I ignore it. I don't want to deal with Blake–I’ll just start worrying, so I focus on the cottage. It has a small entrance hall with stairs going up.

Allie runs up the wooden stairs. I hear the steps creak, showing the age of the house, and I follow her up. She opens the second door, and it's a small room with a double bed. The room is painted a pale-pink. It has a lot of pinks actually, but it looks good. It’s not too girly, but you can see Allie’s personality in it.It has fairy lights on the headboard of the bed and a classic, white wooden chest of drawers. There are two large, pink beanbags facing a large TV in the corner of the room. The room, itself, is a little messy with clothes thrown everywhere, but it doesn’t surprise me because Allie doesn’t seem like a clean freak.

I sit on the bed as Allie grabs some clothes from her walk-in closet, which is crammed with a crazy amount of clothes and shoes–which make me chuckle as she tries to shut the door.

“Right, I'm going to change and wash up a little. Want pizza or Chinese? I’ll order when I’m done,” Allie says.

“Pizza, I can order if you want?” I say.

“I know what Lily likes, so I might as well. What would you like?”she asks, standing by the door.

“Um, barbeque chicken? And green peppers?” I ask. Luke ordered that the other day and it was nice.

“We eat the same pizza. We are totally meant to be BFF's.” She winks at me and walks out of the room.

I feel my phone buzz again, so I check it and see one message from Luke.

Luke: Are we good after this morning?

I message back saying we are good, and he sends a smiley face back. I look through my messages, seeing then that there are three from Blake.

Sexiest man alive: You ok? X

Him: Please reply, I don't want to go, but if I don't Sebastian will know something is up. I'm only going to stay ‘til he is occupied. X

Him: I miss you, I’ve wanted to kiss you all day. X

I groan, falling back on Allie’s bed, and decide to message him, as he is right. Sebastian would suspect something going on, and I want to get to know Blake without the pressure my brothers will put on us.

Me: Sorry, at I’m at Allie’s, I only just got these messages. I miss you too. But I won't lie, I am worried and maybe a little jealous. I wanted to do more than kiss you today, Blake ;) x

He replies nearly straight away, which makes me think he was waiting for a text. I can’t help the big smile that causes.

Him: Yeah I get that. I'm worried about you being at Tristan's house but I'm going with the we trust each other here and don't say stuff like that, I need a cold shower x

Me: Tris isn't here I don’t think, just me, Allie and Lily. Later. Enjoy the shower, hot stuff ;) x

Him: Can I call later? I need to hear your voice if I can’t hold you X

Me: Yep, I will message you when I'm home x

"Hey, who are you texting?" Allie asks as she sits next to me on the bed and looks over. Of course, she sees the name Blake put in.

"Sexiest man alive? Please tell me you didn't put that in?” She laughs loudly and lies down on the bed next to me.

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