Stella's POV
The rest of the night continued as it normally did. The boys and Ava partied, I hung out in my dressing room reading my book because I'm hashtag not like other girls, but the weird thing about it was after a while, Oli found his way into my dressing room with a bowl of Goldfish (like the crackers) and a spiked Simply Lemonade.
"Thanks Oli, but I think my drinking days are over." I told him.
"Just because of one incident? Come on, Stell, you can't beat yourself up over it." He said.
"I'm not. I just don't want to drink anymore. But thank you." I replied. He made a confused kind of face and then walked toward the door again.
"You're being nice to me." He pointed out. I shook my head like I was trying to shake out the thoughts that told me to be nice to Oli.
"Sorry, I'll stop." I told him, trying to smile at him. He just looked more confused and then slowly walked away. I kept reading and then when it was time I got dressed. I typically wore these little cropped tops that Louis said were basically bras, and since I wasn't interested in fighting with him tonight I put on something a little longer. If you're unaware, finding cute outfits to perform in that aren't too revealing by Louis' standards is kind of hard. I made a note to find some new outfits next time we had a day off. Later, after the show, we partied in the bus like we always do. I wanted to be more excited and party with them, but I mostly just sat and watched and laughed at them being idiots. When I did finally go back to my bunk, I noticed there was a black duffel bag on it that wasn't mine.
"Who's bag is this?" I asked Louis, who was right behind me waiting to get past me to get to his bunk. He rubbed his face, tired from a long night.
"I don't know Stell, it's probably Leo's, just ask him to move it." He told me. He kissed the side of my head and then squeezed past me to get to his bunk.
"Love you Stella, good night." He told me.
"Love you too." I said back. As he slid into bed I went back out to the main living area where Leo, Zak, Isaac and Matt the Bassist were all still up, playing cards. They didn't notice me come back in because it seemed like whatever card game they were playing was very fun and they were very involved in it. I had come to ask Leo to move his stuff, but all of sudden, I didn't want to interrupt their game. It wasn't a big deal. We had a few extra bunks on the bottom row of the bunk shelves, so I would just sleep in one of those tonight. As long as I had somewhere to sleep, it didn't really matter where it was.
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Ava's POV
For some reason I slept better on the tour bus than I have in my entire life. I mean, Stella was there, Louis was there... it was a whole bus full of people who cared me about. How could I possibly feel lonely here? I had never felt safer in my entire life.
"Good morning, love." Louis greeted, when I went to the back room looking for him. We were parked at the venue, and typically everyone but me, Louis, Stella and Leo would get off to go start their jobs. My job was taking photos, so I didn't start working until Louis and Stella did, so my mornings got to be slow.
"Good morning, love." I chittered, crawling on top of Louis. He laughed and kissed the top of my head. "What are you watching?" I asked, sliding into the space between him and the couch. He was always watching something in here. Today though, as soon as I asked what he was watching, he scrambled for the remote.
"Nothing." He lied. In the split second before he turned off the TV screen I saw a teenage Justin Bieber on the screen. I sat up.
"Louis Tomlinson, are you watching Justin Bieber Never Say Never?!" I exclaimed. Stella and I had gone to see that movie in the movie theater when it first came out. She loved movies and at the time I loved Justin Bieber, but I'd never expect Louis to be watching fucking Never Say Never.
