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Michael laughed quietly as he followed Luke in, slipping past Ashton with a grin before he sat on Ashton's bed, leaning back to relax. "Well, if we told you, that would ruin all the fun," he teased lightly, figuring that going along with Luke's plan would be far more amusing than just filling Ashton and Calum in on everything. "And, who would want the fun ruined?"

Ashton watched the pair suspiciously, eyeing them for a few long moments. "You two are so weird," he complained before he moved back to the bed, flopping down on it on his stomach. "You're too happy and excited when it's so early still, go away."

Cecilia grinned and nodded before she walked away, heading to the North side of the hotel to get started. When she got to the first room, she went ahead to get started on it, tugging out her phone and pulling her earbuds out of her apron to attach them, listening to Bon Jovi while she got to work.

Luke smirked, pushing Calum back down, being annoying. "But what's the fun in going away?" He asked the eldest of the four. "We need breakfast." He pouted at the thought, realising, only then, that he was hungry.

Calum groaned as he hit the mattress, kicking Luke once more. "Alright, alright, breakfast. We hear you." Calum slipped out of bed, grinning as he saw Ashton struggling. "C'mon Ash, it's not that bad." He grabbed some clothes, disappearing to the bathroom to change, surprised at Luke and Michael's change in attitude.

Michael grinned slightly, amused, but he nodded. "We could probably use some coffee, too," he admitted, mostly because the thought of coffee reminded him of Arianna, of spending time with her in the dining room the day before.

Ashton shook his head, pouting into the comforter on his bed. "You two are freaking me out," he complained before he shifted to sit up, scrubbing his hand over his face before he moved to get some clothes out.

Luke nodded with Michael's words. "Coffee sounds good." He confirmed, smiling with the thought of Cecilia, knowing that coffee would forever remind him or her, and he loved it, he loved having his thoughts taken over by Cecilia, just bringing him so much comfort. "What, why are we freaking you out?" He snorted with laughter at Ashton's words. "Weirdo."

Calum came through, changed and ready for breakfast, grinning at Ashton. "It's nice to see them happy, leave them be." He teased, throwing a pair of socks at Ashton's head.

Michael grinned with Luke's agreement but nodded and watched the other two, waiting for the other two to get ready, though he was completely looking forward to seeing Arianna again. "Might be best to just ignore Ashton, he's clearly grumpy," he joked lightly.

"Gross," Ashton complained, shoving the socks away before he disappeared into the bathroom to change. Coming back out after a bit, he looked to the others as he moved to get his socks and shoes on. "Alright, we ready to go?"

Luke grinned with Michael's words. "Definitely best to ignore Ashton today, seeing as he's being grumpy." He stood to his feet, stretching his arms above his head happily. "Alright, let's go."

Calum grinned at Ashton with amusement, leading the way out of the bedroom. "I'm starving." He complained.

Arianna met up with Cecilia. "Done!" She laughed, putting the dirty linen in the bag provided on the trolley. "Ready to move on to the next part?"

Michael shifted to stand up as he stretched out a bit and nodded. "Let's go," he decided with a broad grin before he followed Calum out.

"I'm not being grumpy," Ashton complained, huffing quietly as he followed the others, rolling his eyes.

Cecilia tugged out her earbuds, grinning, and nodded. "Definitely ready," she hummed out happily. "Let's move to the next floor."

Luke grinned, reaching to pinch Ashton's cheek. "You keep telling yourself that, sunshine." His grin broadened, unable to help himself from teasing Ashton. It was hilarious, but Luke knew the boys all had a brotherhood and could tolerate each others' teasing.

Calum laughed at Luke and Ashton's antics, shaking his head with a grin. "You bunch of dorks."

Arianna pushed the trolley into the elevator, pressing the 2 to go up. Looking to Cecilia, Arianna snorted with laughter. "How did you get dirt on your cheek?"

Ashton groaned, pushing Luke's hand away. "Seriously, what has gotten into you?" he asked.

Michael laughed as he watched the others, shaking his head as he led the way to the elevator. "Maybe you'll understand one day without even having to be told, Ashton," he joked lightly, grinning slightly.

Cecilia pouted slightly, making a slight face. "I had a fight with the vacuum," she complained, "It wouldn't suck properly." She paused for a moment, realizing her wording before she shot a look at Arianna. "Forget I ever said that, please."

Arianna giggled. "No promise that I'll forget you said that." She winked, shaking her head in amusement as the elevator chimed. "I mean, you could suck better than that vacuum." She teased.

Luke grinned. "Nothing's gotten into us." He reassured, although he paused when the elevator doors opened and he saw Cecilia, followed closely by Arianna. "Damn girl!" He grinned at Cecilia, throwing her a teasing wink. "You are fine as hell, can I get your number?" He teased. "Do you have a boyfriend? He's the luckiest guy on the planet."

Calum looked at Luke, blinking in surprise at how outward and confident he acted, looking to Ashton.

"Arianna!" Cecilia complained with a laugh before the doors had opened and she felt her heart swell when she saw Luke there and she grinned broadly, rolling her eyes to his words. "That's cute." Shaking her head with amusement, she slipped out of the elevator, pulling the trolley out carefully to help Arianna. "But, I do happen to have a boyfriend." She smiled to Luke, watching him for a moment. "I don't think he'd like me just handing my number out, sorry."

Michael chuckled quietly to Luke and Ashton, but he grinned broadly when he caught sight of Arianna, his grin so broad that it hurt, and he couldn't help but to wolf whistle. "Well, hello, there," he greeted with a broad grin, "I'm pretty sure I've never seen a sight so beautiful in my life. Any chance I can ask you out on a date? Exchange numbers? Or am I going to have to worry about some big, bad boyfriend trying to kick my ass?" His grin broadened still. "Though the sight of you is definitely worth that possible ass kicking."

Ashton stared at the guys with shock before he quickly moved over, almost slamming his hands against their mouths before he looked to the girls apologetically. "I am so sorry about these two, I honestly don't know what the hell is wrong with them today, I hope they haven't made you uncomfortable," he told the girls quickly.

Arianna laughed at Michael's wolf whistle, biting her lip in amusement. "How cute." She teased, following Cecilia's lead carefully, rolling her eyes playfully at Michael's antics and charming words. "But I have a boyfriend, and I'm pretty sure he'd do more than just kick your ass." She tried to keep her voice serious, seeing the other two boys must have been Michael and Luke's band mates. Looking to Ashton as he spoke, Arianna smiled. "It's okay, just make sure they don't do it again." She grinned, pushing the cleaning trolley. "Bye boys."

Luke grinned at Cecilia's words, loving that she was playing along. "That's a damn shame, I'd love to have you all to myself." He winked. "He doesn't have to know." Although Luke was cut across by Ashton, Luke looked at Michael with a grin, shaking his head at Ashton's defensiveness, biting his lip to stop himself ruining the joke. "Maybe we'll see you around."

Calum shook his head. "Sorry, again." He offered them a sweet smile, looking to Michael and Luke disapprovingly, shoving Luke into the elevator. "Idiots." He murmured quietly, shaking his head, frowning as he saw Luke's smile. "It's not funny, Luke, you don't treat women like that."

Cecilia shook her head with amusement, leading the way away from the elevator, though she shot a look at Arianna with amusement. "Oh, my God," she mouthed to her friend, rolling her eyes jokingly.

"Oh, come on, sweetheart, I'm sure you'd just love me if you gave me a chance," Michael said with a broad grin, "We could even exchange numbers so that you can hit me up when you and him break up. I'm sure I'm the better choice." He winked playfully before giving a noise when Ashton dragged him into the elevator by his ear. "Oi," he complained, pouting as he rubbed at his ear when Ashton let go and pressed the button to go down.

"What the hell is wrong with you two?" Ashton asked with a frown, staring at his friends in shock and disapproval. "I agree with Calum - you can't treat women like that. You can't talk to women like that. Since when do you two act like complete and total pigs?"

Arianna laughed, shaking her head in amusement. "Those boys." She murmured as the elevator door closed, laughing when they were out of sight. "Fuck, I just wanna finish work now." She pouted, grinning despite herself. "I can't believe we managed to keep a straight face."

Luke laughed, unable to help it. "Relax, you two. Funny thing is, they're already our girlfriends." Luke shrugged, figuring now would be a good time to explain before Calum and Ashton ripped their heads from their shoulders. "We wouldn't act like that around total strangers." He reassured, his grin returning when he thought of Cecilia and her words, her smile, finding the whole interaction had been fantastic. "We're not that bad."

Calum blinked, suddenly putting everything together. "That's why you've been so bloody happy all morning." He grinned. "We've only been here like a day, how fast did that happen?" His grin broadened. "Ah, I'm so happy for you guys!"

Cecilia laughed quietly, shaking her head slightly as she walked. "Oh, man, Luke probably saw the dirt on my face," she joked, shaking her head, "At least he didn't hear you talking about sucking, though." She laughed and settled her gaze ahead, nodding. "Divide and conquer again?" She grinned at her friend. "We'll be done with work before you know it at this rate."

"What?" Ashton asked with surprise, blinking several times before breathing out in relief. "Holy shit, you guys were worrying me with that behavior." He shook his head but grinned broadly. "I'm happy for you two, too. Congratulations!"

"It happened a few hours after we got here, for me," Michael said with a broad grin, rubbing the back of his neck. "Her name's Arianna. They were cleaning our room when we arrived and, I swear, the moment my gaze landed on her, I just knew that I wanted her. She's amazing, you guys would love her - I know I do." His grin broadened. "She's gonna meet up with us in a month to join us for tour."

Arianna grinned and shook her head. "You could be dressed in a paper bag and Luke would still love how you looked." Arianna promised, seeing the way Luke looked at Cecilia. "Divide and conquer it is. Meet you in the middle." Arianna grinned, nudging Cecilia playfully, grabbing some linen and disappearing down the hallway with a smile, shaking her head.

Luke grinned. "Thanks guys." His grin broadened. "And that beautiful lady I was sweet talking is called Cecilia, she's perfect in every way." He sighed happily. "It was love at first sight." He bit his lip, clearly already so in love with Cecilia. "You guys would get along great with her." Luke nodded. "Cecilia's joining us on tour, too." He smiled at that, unable to stop himself. "That's why we've been so happy."

Calum grinned at his best friends' words. "Well in that case, I can't wait to meet them properly." He smiled, happy that Luke and Michael had both found somebody. "And to put up with you idiots, they must be great."

Cecilia laughed but she turned to head in the opposite direction to get started on cleaning.

Michael grinned broadly and nodded slightly. "We'll introduce you tonight," he promised, "They're coming to the concert tonight. I want to spend as much time with Arianna as possible before we leave." And he planned to enjoy every moment of it, because he didn't want to leave her for a month, he really didn't, but he knew that he had to, so he wanted to make every moment he did get with her worth it.

Ashton grinned with the mention of it. "I'm right there with Calum," he told them, "I'm looking forward to seeing if these girls are really as amazing as you two make them out to be."

Luke smiled with Ashton and Calum's encouragement. "You'll love them, honestly." Luke smiled. "I just wanna make the most of having Cecilia with me, too, before we move on to the next place." Luke frowned at the thought. "But they'll be joining us in a month. It's exciting, and we know it's fast, but..." Luke grinned, shrugging his shoulders.

Calum smirked over at Ashton. "We'll have to make sure the show is really great then."

Michael nodded his agreement to Luke's words. "But we wouldn't change this," he offered up as an ending to Luke's statement, grinning at his friend, "Not for anything in this world." He nodded before he looked to the others.

Ashton blinked but grinned to Calum. "That look, I like that look," he said with amusement, his grin settling into a smirk.

Luke nodded along with Michael. "Exactly. We love these girls, and we're already picturing forever with them." He smiled, almost bashfully.

Calum grinned. "We're never going to hear the end of this for the next month." He teased.

Arianna met with Cecilia, tucking a piece of hair behind her ear. "Those rooms are done." She bit her lip happily, putting dirty linen back into the cart, eager to finish. "Have you thought about what you want to wear for the concert tonight?" She asked.