HARRY STYLES
"That's all you're bringing?"
Camden stopped in her entryway with just a rather small duffle bag over her shoulder. She looked at it, then back up at me. "Yeah, why?"
I shook my head, genuinely surprised. "I was expecting at least two suitcases for five days, but I guess I'm just used to traveling with Lucy and Molly."
"Oh," she chuckled, pushing her hair away from her face, "I mean, I think I have all the basics, and I don't have to wear a new pair of jeans every single day, so...yeah, I'm good."
"Great," I took the bag from her to slide over my arm, and she followed me outside.
While she locked up, I went ahead and placed her bag beside mine in the trunk, opening her door for her on my way around the hood to get myself in. If I was being honest, she did look a bit nervous as she climbed in with me, but I wasn't about to bring that up and psych her out even more.
"It's a three-and-a-half-hour drive, so I just need to fill up my car and I figured we could get some snacks and a couple of drinks to keep us going," I said.
"Yeah, that sounds good," she exhaled, buckling up beside me.
I took us to the petrol station closest to her place, handing her my second card to go inside and pick out whatever she wanted while I filled up. Watching her walk into the store, I took note of the two guys who were coming out and the way they made a second glance over their shoulders as she walked on in. Didn't love that.
Once my car was filled, I followed her in to see her arms were full of candy and crisps, trying to reach for the refrigerator door to get to the cokes. I laughed to myself, quickly walking over to help her free her hands a bit.
"So you bring a small bag of clothes for the trip, yet you wanna buy the entire store for a three-hour drive."
"I'm sorry," she whined with a little laugh. "I'm a stress eater."
"I'm happy to buy it all, but you don't need to be stressed," I tagged behind her up to the counter with two larger cokes in her hands for us.
"I know," she nodded like she was still trying to convince herself.
I guess I didn't blame her for being nervous, God knows I'd be scared shitless to meet her family if they were decent people, but in the back of my mind, I knew she was going to laugh about this later once she actually did meet my mum and sister. It was just unfortunate that I wouldn't be able to convince her of that until it happened.
"Got everything?" I asked as we settled back into the car.
"Mhm," she pulled her white knit jumper sleeves down past her wrists, shifting around to get more comfortable before I pulled the car forward.
With the music on her phone playing quietly through the dashboard, we drove in unintentional silence for almost the first hour. I was thinking about how the initial meeting was going to go, amongst random things like whether or not I wanted to hop on a new album offer in January, and I had a feeling Camden was thinking about how these next five days would be for her.
"So I have a question," she broke the silence first.
"Yeah?"
"It's random, but I remember you said that you've gone on a couple of tours in the States before."
I glanced at her, nodding. "I have, yeah."
"Do you think that's something you'll ever do again? Going on tour, I mean. Did you like it?"
