Chapter 30

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“I vote Louis!”

“Louis!” I pipe in.

“Louis!”

“Louis!”

“Boobear!” Harry cheers.

We all look at him weirdly and he pouts, slumping his shoulders.

“Why is everyone voting for me?” Louis frowns.

“Sorry, baby. Just do it!” I push him towards it and he groans audibly.

“Fine,” he huffs, trudging over to the wall where the spider is.

“What do I do now?” He whispers, not taking his eyes off of it.

“Kill it!” Liam hisses.

“Liam!” I gape at him, “The spider is innocent! What happened to the nice Liam?”

“I am nice, but I just hate spiders!” He defends, “And spoons.”

“What...?” I raise my eyebrows but he just shrugs.

Louis gets a cup out of the tourbus cupboard and as he’s about to trap the spider, it jumps, making someone let out a high pitched scream.

Wait, was that Harry?

“Sorry, I, um,” Harry clears his throat, blushing slightly.

“Nice one,” I tease.

“Where did it go?!” Louis panics, jumping up on the counter and looking around.

“Let me get it, Lou,” Niall sighs, holding his hand out for the cup.

I spot the spider on Louis’ shoulder and my eyes widen. I am never wearing that hoodie ever again if they don’t freaking get that spider off.

“Um... Louis...” I mumble warily.

“Yeah?” He smiles, showing off his full set of white teeth.

“Uh... There’s a spider... On your shoulder...”

“WHAT?!” He freaks out, falling on top of Niall who then has a domino effect on the other boys. At the last minute I step out of the way and look down at them all lying on the ground.

“THERE’S A SPIDER ON ME!” Louis shouts.

“Not anymore, it’s on Zayn now,” Niall shrugs, getting up.

Zayn starts to freak out, shaking his clothes and trying to get it off without touching it.

When he shakes it off, it lands on my foot and I take my turn to scream and freak out, “Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god, GET IT OFF!”

“Hold- H- HOLD STILL,” Louis rushes over to me, kneeling down and trying to scoop up the spider.

“HOLY SHIT IT MOVED!” I panic, trying to stay still.

“Calm down!” Louis chuckles.

“Says you,” I retort.

“Is there a fire in here?” I hear Lou Teasdale’s voice and look over to see her in the doorway with Lux.

Baby Lux...

I miss Josh...

“Hey, Lou, I need to tell you something,” I state and both Lou and Louis say ‘what’.

“Wrong Lou,” I whisper to Louis, smiling as he carries the spider outside.

“So why was everyone screaming?” Lou asks, a smile playing on her lips.

“Well we were having a six-some and you kind of interrupted,” I joke, “There was a spider.”

“A six-some sounds like hard work. Anyway, what do you want- Wait what?! Is the spider gone?!” She suddenly picks up Lux and backs away from the tourbus.

“Yes, it’s gone,” I roll my eyes, following her into the venue.

“So you wanted to tell me something?” She nudges me.

“Well... Josh, you know, Louis’ son,” I pause and she nods, “He, um, he kind of called me his mother in a way...”

Her eyes widen as she gasps, grinning like mad, “Accidentally, or...?”

“No, he said ‘you’re the mother I’ve never had’,” I bite my lip, my heart melting when I think about it again.

“Aw!” She coos, bouncing Lux on her hip.

“I miss him,” I pout, running a hand through my hair, “I hope he’s okay. Two months is a LONG time. Really long. I think I might stay for a month at most and then go back to see him again.”

“Yeah, that’s a good idea. He’s staying with the Tommo’s, right?”

“Yeah,” I confirm.

“Well then I’m sure he’s fine,” she nods.

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