KRISTEN'S POV

    "Does this have alot of cheese?" I ask, examining the pizza slices. "Ya, double the amount they usually put." Ash says, taking a bite of his slice. He knows me well. I take a bite of mine. Mmmmm.... Cheesy... It just melts in my mouth. Mmmmm.... We were watching Tron legacy. But I was too interested in the pizza.           
       "You eat alot of butter and cheese and yet you don't become fat? How's that even possible?" Walt asks me. I see that they all had finished with their lunch and I was still stuck on my 4th slice. "That's because of my fast metabolism of fats." I answer. Suddenly I was becoming aware of something. They all were staring at me than at the magic box in the front. It felt awkward but I managed to ignore it. Ash had gone to the kitchen and I followed him in.
       "Hey, Curly!" He turned around, giving me a weird look. "What did you just call me? " "Curly?" I say as if  I'm asking a question.  "No! No! Not that one. Why that one?" "Then tell me why do you call me Sexy?"  "That's because you are." "Well then, even you are Curly." Replying in the same tone. I wanted to laugh but tried controlling it. It finally came out as a small giggle. He pouts. "That...won't stop me from callin you Curly." I tried suppressing the smile. "Ok, I give up then." He turned back to his work. 
         "Can I ask you a question? " "Ya, sure!" still doing his work. "Whose novels are in my room?" Breaking it out to him slowly.  "Zac's. Why?"  He turns to me, expecting an answer from me. "He, too loves old classics?"  "Ya, but why are you asking?" Still appearing to be confused. "Just wanted to know."  How am I going to tell him I lost his book? I felt pretty guilty! I decided to go to my room and give one more try. I turned to go.

     Just then I noticed few things floating in the air. Huh? I closed my eyes. I was hallucinating. I opened my eyes. Those things weren't things. They were knives. Suddenly all whizzed by me and punctured the wall. A deep breath taken for shock. My eyes widened. Some one just tried to kill me. "Walt! Dylan! Stop throwing knives all around." Ash shouts as he was behind me. "Sorry but it wasn't me!" Walt shouts back. God, these people are definitely mad. "Hey, are you ok?" He askes concerned as he made me turn around to face him by the shoulders. I just nod, still under the shock. I needed sleep. He nods and I went to my room and slept.

NEXT DAY...

   I got up.Yawn... I looked outside the window. My eyes widened. The sun was up. I slept the  whole evening plus the night. That's not possible unless they drugged me. Na, just kidding. I love to sleep. Once I do, very difficult to wake me up. 

      I needed to go and take a shower. I quickly go in. While having a hair wash, I was singing a song, DIAMONDS, a song which was sung by Rihanna. Soon I was done and I had come  out with my towel wrapped around me. I was going to remove it and that's when I realized that Chris was sitting there, on my bed with his eyes closed.
        "Chris! What are you doing here?" I ask a little sternly as he opens his eyes. I mean I could have removed the towel and he could have seen my naked body. "I was going to my room and I heard your voice so I came to hear your song. I really gotta say you have a very sweet voice. I really wonder if the boys..." "No! you aren't telling them anything about me singing. You have my swear and my life depends on it." I threaten, still glaring at him. "Ok, I won't say anything." He says as he walks out.
       Hopes he keeps his mouth shut and Walt is not recording all this. After all he is known for his pranks. I better be keeping my fingers crossed for this. I quickly change into a black miniskirt and a blue strapped top.  I go down and soon realize that only Zac is present down. " Where are the others?" I ask as I bring the bottle of orange juice to my mouth. Anyways it's only I who eats in this house. Cause these people seem to be on a special diet.
      "They have all gone out . It's only me in here." " Even Chris?" "Ye...ah" he said, not  really paying attention to what I was saying. He was busy reading. I notice a note next to a plate filled with pancakes.  Yum! The note read :-

'Sexy, you really need a good breakfast.
You skipped yesterday's dinner.
Really concerned about you.
Hope you are alright
Eat well and tell me how it was.'
                      -Curly                        

This was written neatly in calligraphy. One thing is good, that is he is getting used to his new nickname and plus the pancakes were awesome.  I gobble them down . Wait ! Isn't today something special. Ya, today was Valentine's day. It was 14th February. No wonder the pancakes were shaped in a heart and strawberry syrup was dripping over the edges.

   I sit beside Zac. He was wearing his nerd glasses and was reading a book so intently. I felt that guilt. " Ummm... Zac?"  I say feeling a little scared. I knew he has temper issues and I don't have any intentions of experiencing the wild side of him.
            Well, how do I know? I have done a whole research on him. Yeah, I had developed a little celebrity crush on him. Actually a huge celebrity crush on him. I blush in my mind.
          "Hmmm?" Still refusing to come out of his book. "Will you get angry if I say I lost your book?" The eeriness creeped in. "Which book?" So calmly taken? I guess the shock part comes later. "Dracula... by Bram Stoker." I closed my eyes kinda expecting a storm to break out. But he calmly says "You mean this?" He shows me the book he was reading. Are you serious? All this while, he was reading the book? Did he steal it?
      The last question came out of my mouth by mistake. He frowned as the lines on his forehead furrowed. He finally made eye contact with me. I love the colour of his eyes. God, they were so dreamy "No, I didn't steal the book. It has always been with me." Then it must have been another one or it was just a dream.
       Whatever! I decided to go to my room and started writing the article. I switched on my laptop and connected my internet connector (in the English dictionary, it is called a dongle) and began going through my mail. There were a few mail from the readers asking a few questions about the inside life of the band. So I quickly noted down the questions. A pop up appears. It read a recipe :-

LOVE POTION

  I decided to give it a try. It was a recipe of a strawberry smoothie. I mean I could start with something small even if I sucked in the kitchen. I ran into the kitchen and added 2 tbsp honey, yogurt and some skimmed milk into the mixer and began cutting the bananas and strawberries, wanting to create some thing new and surprise these people on this special occasion.
       Suddenly I sliced my finger. Ouch! The blood began to ooze out. I was holding my finger tight and then put it in my mouth. That should stop the bleeding bu it was still burning and the throb of pain didn't go away. I hated that feeling. Truthfully I am scared of getting hurt and so I rarely do.
      Suddenly I hear a voice behind me and I froze. "Hey,are you ok?" With a lot of affection. It just melted my heart. It was Zac, still in his nerd glasses. "Yeah, I'm fine. It's nothing. I just sliced my finger." I try saying it casually, wondering if he could sense the way my voice was shaking.
      I had turned around to look at him. He took out a first aid box and removed a bandage, an antiseptic lotion and some cotton. He washed my finger slowly as if I was that fragile, little girl who broke easily with a slight push. I looked at him and to the obvious he avoided my gaze but he looked afraid that he would hurt me. He had the pained expression and was torn between biting his lip or gritting his teeth. More over he looked like he was going to attack.  He applied a bit of antiseptic to the cotton and dabbed it to my wound.
      It burned more and my chance to groan in pain but atleast it stopped bleeding. I tried to bear the pain. Well at some extent I did. Then he put the bandage tightly around my finger. While doing this, he asks "Anyways, what were you doing in the kitchen?"  I knew it was a question of curiousity which had to be answered.  "I- I was making myself a... Fruit salad." Please tell me he bought it. "O..k , please be careful and don't mess up the kitchen. You know Ash hates his kitchen spoilt." He says as he walked out.

      SIGH...Why did he have to be so cute? It just makes him more irresistible and leaves me wanting him. Anyways Kristen, back to work. It took me a little more time than the usual time to cut the fruits because of my injured ring finger. (Have to mention that whenever I am nervous of doing something then my pointer always points at the upward direction while doing the respective work.) I put all the fruits in the mixer and waited for awhile until there was a pure pink creamy mixture. I pour the mixture into a glass with cubes of ice and put a straw which was awkwardly shaped in a heart.(Coincidence, right?)
        I prayed to God. Just let everything be alright. I gulp down hard and served him the smoothie. Kept my fingers crossed.  I had kept a little for Chris and Ash to taste. I think they would make nice judges too. He looked up from his book, with a confused face. "So you lied? I thought you were making fruit salad." He says, as he picked up the glass. "I did!" I say as I bring my bowl filled with my favourite fruits. He takes a sip while my hopes increase. "Mmmmm.... This is so good! How did you make it?" It did! Wow! First time something made by me actually tasted so nice. I felt really happy. " Actually I tried to make it. You know how terrible I am in the kitchen, right?" "Yup." He answered confidently and that got me a little confused.
        "You do?"  He nods. "I was there when you mentioned the fact to Ash." He answered and I just nod. A small smile was coming.  He finished it quickly. "Thank you, Kristy. It was really nice of you." I had already finished my fruit salad so I took the empty bowl and glass into the kitchen. "Hey!" A voice scared the hell out of me. That really gave me a heart attack. You just don't sneak behind someone and scare them. "Curly!" I shout out in playful anger . "Hey! I came to ask you for something?" He sat on the counter while I was washing the bowl. "Sure what?" " Sexy, would you like to have the honour of being my valentine?"
       At first I was shocked. Mr Ashton Carter was asking me to be his valentine! Well at least someone remembers. I nod as I smile in joy.  "Well, then this is for you. " He gave me this red candy rose.  I hugged him but then when I realized  what I had done, I stepped back and blushed while he laughed. "You look like a red tomato. I wonder if I should call you..." "No, Sexy is enough!" He laughs again. "Anyways what did you make?"  He must have realized that. "I made some strawberry smoothie. " He smiles naughtily. "Any left for me?" " Ummm... yeah... it's in the fridge. " I say , while I put away the things in the respective places. 
          He takes a sip. "Mmmm... Nice! Way to go, Chef!"  Two people liked it . Felt so good up till now." Hey, don't finish everything. Keep some for Chris." I shout playfully. He nods with a smile. "Hey, even I want !" Dylan whines. When did he come into the kitchen? "Sorry, there is none for the cannibal." Ash supported. Nice one! He pouts. No, Cannibal, that magic doesn't work on me. You probably should give it up. He goes out of the room, still pouting. I give a small laugh and Chris enters.
      "Hey!" I give a shy smile. "Hi." " So what did you do?' Ash answers for me. "She made some smoothie. She has also kept some for you." "Really?" And he takes a sip. "Wow, this is really good." "Thanks!" I say shyly as Ash goes out. "But what happened to your finger?" Chris asks holding my hand, playing with my fingers " I sliced my finger. It was nothing." I remove my hand from his while he looked concerned. "Anything awkward happened? " "No, why? " I looked pretty confused. Was something supposed to happen? "I was just surprised that Cannibal didn't notice the cut otherwise you know what would have happened." "Yup, he would eat me up and would see that not even a bite of me is left." I smiled. At least the answer didn't freak me out as I was expecting to.
       "You need to go to your room."  Huh? Why? "Because something of mine is  left there and I have work so you will have to go and get it for me." Ok! I was going to my room anyways.

      On the way, I remembered that Chris didn't tell me what was that something he left behind. I think I will eventually find out. I enter my room and I freeze. There were so many chocolates and candies. God, I could totally live on them. All of them shaped in different coloured hearts. Was this 'that something'? Midst all the chocolates, there was a note, which read:-

'Would you like to be our valentine?'

                  -The Dark Side                          

So they do remember. I thought I was the only one who cared about this day. I gotta thank them for the surprise. I ran down. They were all watching a movie. I stood in front of the TV, pretending to be very angry.
       "Are you guys trying to make me fat or what?" Half them were moving their heads around so they could get a better view of the box which had kept things interesting for them. " Why?" one of them had asked in a trance held by the TV. "So many chocolates!"  I switched off the TV.  " Hey!" All of them protested. "Right now I should be the centre of attraction... I mean attention" I say, with my hands on my hips. "I thought you said you had fast metabolism? " Ash questioned. "Yeah! That's why I came to say thank you  for the surprise." 
        I could sense the change of mood from taken aback to a sigh of relief. "God, you scared the hell out of us." Walt giving his smile of relief.  "So what's the answer?"  Chris looked at me. "Obviously, yes!"  "Ok, guys, group hug!" Dylan shouts. "No! " I scream as I run as fast as possible.  Walt runs after me, throws me over his shoulder, and walks back into the hall. I shout, kicking in the air and punching his back. But that didn't  affect him.  I bet I look like a kid throwing a tantrum.
       When I was let down, I was ambushed from all sides. It was the great, big group hug. "Ok, guys. Quit it! " I try to make my voice audible.  They left me and I had to gasp for air. They all sat on the couch and the TV was switched on. "Ok, so I'm going." I start walking towards my room.
          Suddenly Chris was in front of me. "You are going to watch TV with us."  What ? No! I don't want to. But then I walked with Chris, towards the couch and sat between Zac and him. The channel changed and it tuned into ' The Exorcist'. No! God, I hate scary movies. "Guys, can we please watch a different movie? I don't mind watching Harry potter again?" "Well, if you remember clearly. You fell asleep." Chris reminded. "Yeah, and had the picture posted on Fb. Who doesn't remember? "
      "We are watchin this. Why? You scared?" I quickly shook my head.  I can't let them know the truth. The attention back to the TV. One sight of it and I knew I couldn't sleep. Or I was about to get horrific nightmares. Everytime a scary part came, I hid my face behind Zac or Chris and back in turn they used to hug me tight. I don't know why but I felt quite safe with them.

   I didn't understand something. Today was Valentine's day. We were supposed to watch something  romantic not horror.  I was waiting for the movie to get over but it was only finished halfway.  I felt hungry and thought of getting something to eat. That's when I remembered I didn't have any lunch. "Ummm... Sexy, Did you have lunch today?" Ash asks,  turning his attention from the TV to me. "Yeah! " "Zac? " "No." He says, still watching the movie. "I had fruit salad! "I protest. "That depends if you count that as lunch since I don't." He shrugs. I look at  Ash,  wondering whose side is he going to take. 
          But he didn't say anything, which meant I won. I had to resist from sticking my tongue out as he was too busy with his relationship with the TV.  I got up and got two packets of chips. I passed one to Dylan and sat in my original place. But I couldn't eat in peace. Those freaky people prevented me to do so and the packet was over before I could even lift one piece into my mouth. Yup, Zac and Chris were the culprits. So much for fear.
       The movie finally ended and I could go back to my room. But Ash didn't let me go until I had dinner in front of him. Since, I skipped lunch, in his words. I quickly finish and go to my room. I was too sleepy but was very scared to sleep alone. Hope those people don't haunt me.