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"I dare you to have at least one part of your body always touching Ben for the next 72 hours." 
My jaw drops as I turn to face Josh. 
"Oh nononono." Ben protests immediately. 
"For once I have to agree with the itchy sweater." I say, nodding with Ben.
"It's either that or we get to go through your phones and call people or you get pies in the face during rehearsal or-" Josh says and I put my head in my hands. 
"You don't have to be touching while on stage, but anytime else you do." Mel says and I look at her in betrayal. 
"You were in on this?" 
"I'm just hoping this will stop you two from fighting all the time." DeMarius chimes in and both Ben and I look over at him with wide eyes. 
"Go." Josh says to Ben as he gets off my bed. Ben sighs and gets up, walking over and sitting next to me. 
"Go on." Dan encourages us and we glare at him. 
"I hope you all die painful, painful, deaths." I mutter as Ben begrudgingly lets his leg touch mine. 
"I swear to god..." Ben starts and trails off. I roll my eyes as Mel quietly claps her hands. 
"I think it's time for bed everyone. We have a show today so I mean this in the best way possible, get the fuck out." Everyone starts getting up, gathering their trash. 
"How do you want to do this?" Ben asks and I roll my eyes again. 
"What do you mean?" 
"I mean like sleeping wise. We can figure the rest out later." 
"I guess we can stay here, unless you'd rather deal with Josh." He shakes his head and slips under the blankets.
"I'm not going to tell Josh if you two aren't touching all night," Mel starts and I snicker. "Not in that way Dylan, get your head out of the gutter. Anyway, do whatever but just know Josh took the extra room key." 
"Of course he did." I say as I grab Jiji and turn the light off. "Wait," I say as I turn the light back on. 
"What?" Ben asks grumpily as Mel walks out of the bathroom. 
"I gotta take my eyeliner off." He sighs but follows me, his hand on my shoulder. Mel laughs as she gets into her bed, throwing the trash that the guys had left on her bed to the floor. 
I carefully jump up onto the counter and cross my legs in the sink as I start to take the eyeliner off. 
"Why are you doing it up there?" Ben asks, his hand on my back. 
"It's easier to see and it's more comfortable." I say before pulling my hair into a messy bun, too lazy to do anything else with it. Ben doesn't say anything but pauses, not letting me walk out of the bathroom. 
"What?" I snap, turning to face him. 
"Can we stop by my room real quick?" 
"Why?" 
"I don't want to sleep in skinny jeans." 
"Maybe you should've thought of that before you came over."
"I didn't know I would be forced to spend the night!" I roll my eyes but follow him out of the bathroom. 
"We'll be back in a minute Mel." I say, grabbing the key card. She just flashes a thumbs up before turning back to the movie she was watching. Ben and I walk across the hall, slightly uncomfortable as he knocks on the door.