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Riley | Take Five @rileythorton223
EVERYONE THIS IS NOT A DRILL. JUDE TURNER HAS CONFIRMED HE IS IN A RELATIONSHIP
#1 Jude Fan @abbydoodle
Absolutely sobbing at the fact that Jude Turner’s off the market
T5 for Life @ilovetakefive
I would give anything to know the identity of Jude Turner’s girlfriend. Please anyone, if you know something—share!
“Well, Twitter’s freaking out,” Jude said.
“As they usually do,” I replied. I rolled onto my side so I could read his phone screen over his shoulder. The movie we were watching continued to play in the background, but we’d both lost interest a while ago. “Is this about the interview?”
“Yep.”
The band had a radio interview the other day, on which Jude confirmed what many on Twitter were already suspecting: he was in a relationship. The key piece of information he left out was who his girlfriend actually was. I’d already a couple of people speculating that it could be me, based on our interactions on Twitter, but most of their fans didn’t seem to want to believe it. I guess they thought he deserved better than some random girl from his school. They thought he would be dating a celebrity, not just some ordinary girl.
“Maybe it’s better this way,” Jude said. “It seemed like Megan was happy with how the news slowly released about her being Hudson’s girlfriend. Less attention.”
“Oh, Jude,” I sighed. “You should know by now that Megan and I are complete opposites when it comes to attention—she avoids it at all costs while I thrive from it.”
“How on earth you two are best friends remains a mystery.”
“The best friendships are ones based on opposites like that,” I said. I groaned and stretched, feeling like every muscle in my body was popping. “Come on. It’s about time for the bonfire.”
Jude groaned as well. “But I don’t want to get up.”
“Fine.” I rolled off his bed, somehow managing to land on my feet. “I guess I’ll go without you, then.”
He glared at me. “You are becoming way too comfortable in this house. Suggesting you’ll go to the bonfire without me? Traitorous.”
I laughed. “You know, most guys would probably be happy their girlfriend is so comfortable with his friends.”
“Yeah, well, I’m the jealous type,” Jude said. He finally got to his feet and was by me in a flash, grappling me into a hug. I laughed and jokingly tried to pull away, but he just tightened his grip and kissed my cheek. “I want you all to myself.”
My phone started buzzing on the dresser, and I leaned over to check it. I snorted when I saw the dozen missed texts in the group chat. A few of them were from before I’d even come over, but most were from just now.
Group name: I promise this isn’t a group chat, Dad
Members: Ni-Ni, Bay, Sharky, Tis Moi Luca, Eggo, Not Zesty, I cheer you cheer
Tis Moi Luca
How do you start a fire
Eggo
Am I correct in assuming you mean a bonfire?
Tis Moi, Luca
No I decided I would just commit arson today and wanted to see if any of you knew how
Bay
I’ll do it
Tis Moi, Luca
Perfect I’ll be watching a movie upstairs
Also Sloane’s coming over
Sharky
Was that all a ploy to get out of having to start the bonfire?
Bay
Of course it was
Tis Moi, Luca
You have so little faith in me
Bay
Is it the truth or not
Tis Moi, Luca
Irrelevant
Bay
That’s literally the whole point though
Eggo
Luca if being in a boyband doesn’t work out, you should really become a lawyer
Not because you’d be good at practicing law or anything
You would just be great at confusing the other side so much that they wouldn’t even know what was going on
Ni-Ni
What do you mean IF BEING IN A BOYBAND DOESN’T WORK OUT
Are you trying to suggest our career will end badly??
How dare you
Sharky
Something you want to talk about Ni?
Ni-Ni
Nope all good
Sharky
Okay…
Not zesty
Guys get down here
Sharky
Is the bonfire going?
Not zesty
Yeah
But it’s just me, Hudson and Megan right now
And I am heavily third-wheeling
I cheer you cheer
Luca and I are coming down now
Ni-ni
That’s sure to help the third-wheeling
Tis moi, Luca
You won’t be third-wheeling anymore, you’ll be fifth-wheeling
I cheer you cheer
Way better
A step up from third-wheeling, truly
Not zesty
Whatever just get down here
Maybe having other people around will remind Megan and Hudson that now isn’t the appropriate time to be staring lovingly into each other’s eyes
“We’d better go save him,” I said to Jude.
“I don’t know, I think this is pretty fun to watch,” Jude said. “Don’t you want to see how it escalates?”
“You are an awful person,” I said, shaking my head.
“Come on, don’t tell me it wouldn’t be fun.”
“It would be fun,” I said, “which is why I’m an awful person too. Now come on.”
We got to the backyard around the same time as Finn, so Zach was luckily spared from having to be an awkward fifth wheel. Neil and Grace showed up just a few minutes later, rounding out the group nicely.
Like many times before, the night was full of laughter and stories from the boys that they had never shared in school, bouncing from their fun times on tour to reminiscing about their home lives and news their parents had sent recently.
As I cuddled up with Jude and listened to the boys talk, I felt for the first time in a while that I was home, not in the sense of where I lived, but in where I belonged: sitting next to a bonfire, surrounded by my chosen family, and laughing more than I ever had before.
Sloane @its_sloane
Not to be too sappy or anything… but I really love my life
Take Five Boyband @takefiveofficial
Not to be too sappy… but us too
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