The Way Things Change

Chapter 68

"Thank God we have the day off." Louis huffed. It was really hot here in Milan. Eleanor and I had joined the group one week ago and today we were going to spend the day resting. Maybe sightseeing. Whatever we wanted to do.

Niall was all excited. Luisa was meeting him today. She was somewhere nearby, visiting her family so this was a perfect opportunity to see her again. And Niall was so happy with her. And she was so down to earth and lovely. She really was sweet, but she still had to get used to the group. She was still a bit shy and sometimes, when she thought nobody could see her, she would still fangirl a bit over the boys. It was really cute.

"So Niall, are you gonna meet the family today?" Zayn asked, sitting on the edge of the pool, his legs dangling in the water. He was learning how to swim now, but he still wasn't all that comfortable.

"Yes I am!" He beamed, a big smile covering his face. He didn't seem nervous at all and he probably wasn't, not even the slightest. That's just how he was.

Liam was nowhere around. He had been out since early this morning, not telling anybody where he was going. He probably just needed some time off. Everybody needed that sometimes.

I climbed out of the water to get something to drink. In this weather I would dehydrate quickly, so I needed to drink all the time. I heard a phone ring, so I went looking for it. It was Harry's. He now had 4 missed calls.

"Harry, you have 4 missed calls, maybe you should call them back?" I hollered over the pool, walking out with the phone in my outstretched hand. Harry was on the far end, so he shouted back.

"It's my day off. I don't want to!" Right that moment it started ringing again.

"They're calling again! Should I pick up?"

"No don't! I'm coming already." He climbed out of the water, grabbed the phone and walked out of earshot. The other boys looked at each other as if they were hiding something. But it was gone, the look, before I could comment on it.

"Should we go jam with the band for a while? The studio might be bearable." Louis fanned his head. It was the hottest time of the day, so I could see why he wanted to get out of the sun.

"Let's do it." Zayn said, already walking inside.

"I'll go pick up Luisa. She said she would be here in 10 minutes."

"Can we" Eleanor gestured between her and I "take her out to shop? She might know some good places. Or is her time booked with only you?" She winked cheekily at him. A slight blush crept onto his already sunburned cheeks.

"I was hoping to spend the day with her. She's not going to join us further and tomorrow we have to do two shows before we're leaving the country."

"It's fine Niall. We understand." I stopped El from protesting and making another inappropriate comment. "I'll just go make a quick phone call, then we can go shop, okay El?"