Papillon - HS

Chapter 11

Niall Horan's POV:

We've had non-stop shows these past three nights. Yesterday's was at Vancouver and we now have a break day because we will be playing another show tomorrow. I don't know who came up with the idea of having two shows here but they deserve the world, I love Vancouver.

I finished getting ready to go out and went over to Victoria's room.

She became my friend in such a short amount of time, it's insane. I'm already so used to having her around, hearing her laugh and say her ridiculous comments here and there. I'm pretty sure the rest will be annoyed at us by the end of tour but we can't help it, we're simply too similar.

I remember the first time I saw her, she looked so lost in the chaos surrounding the conference room back in San Diego. I'm not going to lie, I was instantly attracted to her. How could I not be? She's incredibly beautiful. But as soon as she said her friend had a thing for me and she would respect that, I let it all go. And honestly? It turned out better this way because now we're the best of friends.

I knocked on her door and told her that we should get going. I was surprised to see both Louis and Harry leave her room along with her. I thought we would be meeting Louis downstairs and well, I was not aware Harry would be tagging along.

"Took you long enough," Louis said as we walked through the hallway towards the elevator. 

I turned to him and gave him a quick wink. 

"People don't call me the Irish princess for nothing," I replied smugly.

Louis rolled his eyes but Victoria laughed and that was all I needed. With a smile, I moved over to where she was and placed my arm over her shoulder. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Harry sigh quietly at my action and made a mental note to further ask about that.

"Literally nobody calls you that," Louis continued as the elevator doors closed.

"That's where you're wrong Lou, fans sometimes call him that," Victoria answered looking up at me.

I used my arm that was on her shoulder to pull her against my chest and hug her tightly, rocking us both side to side for a few seconds. Victoria giggled against my chest and I smiled widely.

"That's why you're my favorite, bumblebee," I told her, breaking the hug but keeping my arm on her shoulder.

She smiled widely at me and turned to face the door that was now opening. We all walked out of the elevator and walked through the lobby and into the parking lot, where a car was waiting for us. We would be having lunch at some market in Granville Island and spend the day walking around the city. Louis climbed into the passenger seat, leaving Victoria, Harry and I in the backseat.

Victoria sat in the middle and I faced the window. The ride was quiet, we occasionally hummed along to the song on the radio but that was it. No one was having real conversations. Victoria and Harry kept laughing at themselves right after they looked at each other. Her cheeks were pink, meaning she was blushing which didn't surprise me. She always seemed to blush whenever she was around Harry. Not around us though, meaning Louis and I had done something to gain her full trust.

However, what did surprise me was that Harry seemed to be blushing as well. He was facing the window but kept turning around to look at Victoria. I caught him looking a few times and saw his cheeks were tainted red as well. He quickly turned his head to the window again but even I could see his dimples and wide smile showing in the reflection.

What the fuck was going on here?

We arrived at Granville Island and walked into the market. It was buzzing with people, some in line, others shouting orders, and a few simply walking around. We had all brought sunglasses and caps to disguise ourselves a little in order to not be recognised by the whole crowd. We walked around, looking for a place to sit and a place to eat.