Chapter 4

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     I wake up and go ahead and eat breakfast. Louis wakes up, and then everyone else does too except Niall. "I don't think he feels good." Harry says. "Doesn't feel good?" Liam asks. "That's not good." Louis says. "He won't get out of bed, I think someone should talk to him. I've already tried." He says. Nobody offers so I speak up, "I'll go talk to him." I walk to his door and knock on it. Everyone else is laughing and eating in the kitchen. "Who is it?" I hear Niall say. He's speaking quietly. "It's Aria, can I come in Niall?" I ask. "I'm not here." He says. "Niall, please we need to talk." I say. "Fine." He says. I walk in and lock the door. I still hear laughing so I don't think anyone's spying on us. He's covered in blankets and I can't see any of him. "Niall what's wrong?" I ask. "I'm so stupid." He says. I sit next to him on his bed. "You're not stupid." I say. He pulls the blankets down so I can see his face. "Yes, I am." He says and yanks his blankets over his face again.

     I pull the blankets down again. "Why do you think that?" I ask. "I ruined everything, now things are awkward between me and you, Laura and I. And I'm a horrible friend to Louis because you like him, he likes you. I just can't help liking you. You're perfect." He says. "It's not awkward. You're a great friend, and I don't see why you like me. I'm not perfect." I say. "You're perfect to me." He says. I still hear laughing from the kitchen. "This is not going well." Niall says. "Will you come out?" I ask. "What about Laura?" He asks. "I don't know." I say. He sits up. "I can't." He says. "Can you at least get up?" I ask. He stands up. I stand in front of him. "Now out the door?" I ask. "I can't do it." He says. "You can." I say. "I can't." He says. "Niall, you can." I say. He stares at me. He doesn't walk off, he doesn't sit back down, he doesn't stare at the ground. He kisses me.

     When he stops we just stare at each other. He covers his hands with his face. "I'm so stupid." He says. "You are not stupid. Will you stop saying that?" I ask. "Why? It's true." He says. "It's not true. Not at all. You're really smart and caring and nice." I say. He drops his hands down and stares at me. "You actually think that?" He asks. "Of course I do." I say. "But you don't like me." He says. "Right now, I don't know who I like." I say. "I'm sorry I kissed you-" He begins. "Don't be sorry. I'm fine with it." I say. "Louis's a great guy, you should be with him. I shouldn't have kissed you." He says. "Niall, it's fine. You're both great guys. I don't know who I like. I guess I like you both. I'm sorry Niall." I say. "It's okay, but I just made things worse when I kissed you." He says. "It's okay, Niall. You didn't make things worse. But will you please come out?" I ask. He stares at me. "Okay." He agrees. I didn't know loving Louis- much less liking Louis- would be so hard. I guess I didn't count in that I may like Niall.

     We walk out and everyone else is still laughing but in the living room. "Hey she got him out." Louis asks. "I'm gonna go eat." Niall says and goes to the kitchen. I sit next to Louis. "He okay?" Laura asks. "Oh, yeah." I say. "Guess you know just what to say." Louis smiles at me. I smile. "So what are we doing today?" Harry asks. "We should go to that new museum. It looks really cool, and it's just a little ways away." Mya suggests. "I'm up for a museum." Niall says from the kitchen. He's eating a sandwich. "Me too." Liam and Zayn agree. "Yeah." Laura says. "Let's go." Harry laughs. "Yeah." Louis and I agree. We all get ready and then we walk to the new museum. It's huge.

     It takes pretty much all day to go through it all. We seen fake skeletons. Exhibits about animals, historical events, stuff about the town a long time ago. There were sections about world records and famous people. They had a really cool section about singers. People could take in stuff about their favorite band or singer, and put it up. Their was a lot of stuff about One Direction. A girl was hanging up One Direction posters and then she saw us and started screaming. When we get home it's late. We eat sandwiches. Then we all get pajamas on. "Let's sleep on the floor!" Mya jumps up and down in her pink pajamas. We all agree and sleep in the living room. Mya and Laura on my couches. Liam and Zayn sleep in two chairs. Harry sleeps right next to Mya's couch, Niall decides it sleep close to Laura's couch. Harry and Niall are on the ground though. Louis and I move a table into the kitchen and sleep at the edge of the living room on the ground. We're near Liam and Zayn but not really. We're kind of away from everyone else, but not much away.

     "I like your PJs." Louis whispers. "I like yours too." I whisper. We're both wearing striped pajamas. He laughs. "Good-night." Mya says. "Night." Harry says. They're holding hands while they sleep. We all tell each other good-night. Everyone's got blankets and pillows. Then Louis and I turn over to face each other. "Did you like the museum?" He asks. "Yeah, especially the part about One Direction. I like those boys, don't you?" I ask. "I know. Especially the Louis boy. He's awesome isn't he?" He says. "Very awesome." I say. We both start laughing. "Hey I do recall you saying you like singing. Will you sing for us tomorrow?" Louis asks. "I said I like singing. I never said I was good." I say. "Well I guess we'll find out tomorrow won't we, Nemo?" He asks. "Louis, I don't sing in front of famous people. I'll mess up." I say. "Come on. I'll be right there next to you the whole time. Plus it's just us, pretend we're just your normal best friends." He says. "Right there next to me? The whole time?" I ask. "The whole time." He says. "Fine." I say. He smiles. I smile back. "Good-night, Nemo." He yawns. "Night." I say, and we both close our eyes. Then I go to sleep.

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