Stockholm Syndrome

Chapter 27

(Zayn POV)

When I wake up in the morning, I can immediately tell Niall isn't in the room. His snores aren't exactly mistakable. I sit up, wondering where he is, at least until William enters the room, carefully stepping over Louis and Harry's intertwined sleeping bodies.

"Zayn, you have got to see this!" He whisper-yells at me. I nod and climb silently out of bed, stepping over Harry and Louis. Perhaps we should get them rollaway beds or something. They seem to sleep on the floor in here an awesome children up lot.

Will leads me to the living room and my eyes widen at the sight in front of me. Niall is lying on the couch asleep. That happens often enough, him wanting to escape the confines of sharing a room. The surprising thong is that Emma is laying next to him, leaned against his body with her head resting on his chest. She looked comfortable and at home in Nialls arms. Niall is even shirtless, and yet their position doesn't seem n any way forced. But that could just be because they are sleeping.

"What do you think happened?" I whispered to Will.

He shrugs. "I heard Niall leave your guys' room last night, but not much after that. I assume he went to Emmas room though, so you should ask Maya."

"Ask me what? And do any of you know where Emma is?" Maya asks from behind us. Both will and I turn and shush her, pointing to the sleeping couple.

"Oh my gosh, they're so adorable!" She whisper squeals, whipping out her phone. But the device is in my hands before she can even type her password. She stares at me in shock.

"Sorry, but any Emma press and I'm down a job." I shrug, pocketing the device." Maya rolls her eyes.

"Yeah right. You guys couldn't lose your jobs if you tried." She challenges. I raise an eyebrow, but I'm not the one to contradict her. That is Louis job.

"Is that a challenge love?" He asks. Maya blushes and I roll my eyes. Louis calls every girl that, it isn't like she's special.

"I'm just saying. Even if Modest! Kicked you out, someone would take you in. You're famous enough that everyone wants you." She points out. Louis shakes his head.

"Even the biggest pop stars can lose credit if they're too much trouble." He insists. Maya rolls her eyes.

"Yeah right. Money is money, and you guys bring in a whole ton of it." She scoffs.

Louis pulls out his phone, snapping a picture before I can stop him. "Challenge accepted. And what better way to start the challenge than posting a picture of your dear friend online?" He turned his phone so Maya could watch as he pressed the share button. My eyes widened as a few major thoughts took over my head, pushing the less relevant ones to the sides.

First was that Niall was going to kill me.

Second was that Emma was going to kill me.

Third was that Liam was going to kill me.

Forth was that management was going to kill me.

And last was just a vague wondering of what have I gotten myself into?

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Its only 1 am this time.