Niall POV
I sat with Lucy on the couch, her wrapped foot propped up on my knee. She made a funny face at me. I laughed.
“Why do you look so serious?” she asked concerned.
“Oh, sorry. I was just thinkin”
“About what?” She asked scooting closer.
“Just about how it’s really going to suck to be back home after this amazing week.” She put her head on my shoulder.
“I know.” She mumbled.
Cara walked into the living room, iPhone in hand. “Anyone against me ordering a pizza for dinner?” she shouted. There were no’s yelled around the house and she dialed.
When the pizza got to the house, we swarmed. None of us knew how hungry we were until we smelled the pizza. After we ate, we went to sprawl out in the living room. I lay down on the floor and Lucy lay next to me her head on my arm. Sadie, Zayn, Kayleigh, and Louis were all on the small couch, they fit because Sadie and Kayleigh were on Zayn and Louis’ laps. Harry, Bella, Liam, and Cara were on the bigger couch. It was a little awkward with Kayleigh and Louis dating. There was always tension when we were all together. I couldn’t figure out who was sending out the bad vibes. We sat in silence for a long time and Lucy fell asleep. I was so happy with her. I didn’t know what was going to happen when we got home though, her mom had passed away when she was little but I could still meet her dad. She had five older brothers it was amazing how girly she still was after growing up without any girls in her life. Kayleigh and Louis decided they were going to go for a walk and Sadie and Zayn were going to go out to the hot tub.
“Oh God…” Liam said when they announced this. “Never going in that hot tub again.” He scoffed. I chuckled.
Lucy and I weren’t like that, we hadn’t even kissed yet. I liked it this way, innocent yet daring. I still got butterflies when she walked in the room and she still got goose bumps and shivers at my touch. We hadn’t even got to the ‘honeymoon’ stage yet that Kayleigh and Louis were in, always touching, always rubbing, always together. I liked the way Lucy and I presented ourselves. We were a couple, crazy for each other but we didn’t put it in everyone’s faces. Harry got up and turned on a crappy 80’s movie that was here when we got here. I was bored. I poked Lucy in the ribs gently.
“Hey” I whispered. Her eyes fluttered open. “Come to the kitchen with me” I whispered and stood and helped her to her feet. I put on the kettle for tea and she hopped up on the counter. I jumped up next to her. Her fingers were laced in each other and she was smiling at me. I slid my hand in between hers and held it there.
“So what’s your brother like?” she asked curiously.
“Um, don’t know lately. He’s 20 and doesn’t really come home.”
“Do you miss him?”
“I don’t know, I’ve never thought about it.”
“Well were you close?”
“Not really, we aren’t really alike. He got all the suave in the gene pool and I got the happy genes.” She nodded her head and squeezed my hand.
She hopped down to get the whistling tea. I plugged in my iPod in the iHome and pressed play we danced around the kitchen and sang Beyoncé at the top of our lungs while our tea seeped.
