Live While We're Young

~Chapter 13~

    I woke up early the next morning. I looked at the clock, and it was 3 a.m.! I wasn't tired though. I got up, making sure not to disturb Harry, who was still alseep in the bed, and walked out of my room. As I quietly shut the door behind me, I heard something. It was the familiar tune of a song I loved, Teardrops on my Guitar, by Taylor Swift. It was coming from Niall's room. I quietly walked over, and opened the door.

    He stopped playing when he noticed me, "Hey."

    "You play guitar?" I asked.

    "Yea..." he sounded upset.

    "Keep playing I like that song," I told him. He smiled and started from the beginning.

     Drew looks, at me... I fake a smile so he won't see.

    I sang along.

     That I want... And I'm needing, everything that we should be.

     I'll bet she's beautiful. That girl he talks about.

     And she's got everything that I have to live without.

    Drew talks, to me... I, laugh cause it's just so funny.

    Niall plays the rest of the song, with me singing along. Niall even sang a little of it. I'm not a great singer, but I wasn't terrible. By the end of the song Niall had a tear running down his cheek.

    "Nialler, what's wrong?" I asked putting my hand on his shoulder. He sat his guitar on the floor and started to silently cry in his hands. I rubbed his back and tried to comfort him. He cried for a long time without any explanation, but after a while he tried to say something to me.

    "Katie is mad..." he told me. I wasn't sure what he meant, but he went on. "About us walking in on you guys today..." he finished.

    "Did she tell you that?" I asked.

    He was silent for a long while. "Yes..." he finally whispered. "She said we really upset you. She told me she liked me... and that, if that's the way I really was then she didn't want to date me."

    "It's okay, Niall. I'll talk to her. I'm sure she was just a bit angry at how upset I was..."

    "Did it really bother you that much? That we saw you naked? Wouldn't that happen eventually anyway? I mean we are living together."

    I sighed. "It's... There's a reason I didn't want you guys to see me..." I began.

    "Why?" Niall asked quietly.

    I lifted up my shirt so he could see my scar, "I didn't want anyone, even Harry, to know about this..."

    "What happened?" he asked.

    "I don't want to talk about it. I will get Harry to tell you and the girls about it tomorrow," I told him not meeting his eyes.

    "Ok," he agreed. I got up and walked downstairs, into the living room. I was too tired to do anything else, so I just fell asleep on the comfy couch.

    "Taylor?" I faintly heard Harry say.

    "Yeeaaa??" I moaned, trying to wake up.

    "Why are you sleeping on the couch?" Harry said as I sat up. Everything from last night came flooding back to me.

    "Oh, I got up to get some water, but I guess I just passed out on the couch," I answered.

    "Oh," he said.

    I looked over at Niall, who was standing in the kitchen wearing sweatpants and a t-shirt. His eyes were desperately trying to tell me something, but I couldn't figure out what he wanted. Suddenly, I remembered something I needed to do, "Hey, Haz? Where are the girls?"

    "El & Dani are upstairs with Liam & Lou, and Katie is still in the guest bedroom," he answered.

    "I need to talk to Katie, while I do, Harry can you explain to the rest of them what happened?" I said putting a hand on my stomach so he would know what I was talking about.

    "Yea, if that's what you want?" he gave me an uncertain look.

    "Yea. I do. I just don't want to be around when you tell them. I'll tell El, Lou, Dani, & Liam to come down here when I go to talk to Katie," I explained.

    "Ok..." he said.

    I walked upstairs to find them already coming out of their rooms, so I went and knocked on Katie's door.

    "Hey, can we talk?" I said as she opened the door.

    "Sure," she said. I walked in and sat on the bed as she closed the door.

    "Harry's gonna tell them about how I got my scars..." I mumbled.

    "That boy!! Taylor I will go down there right now and slap some sense into him!" she exclaimed turning towards the door, but I grabbed her arm.

    "No! I want him to," I assured her.

    "Oh, sorry for flipping out."

    "It's okay." We sat there in silence for a minute before I spoke again. "So, what's up with you and Niall?" I asked.

    "Nothing, if he's gonna act like he did yesterday at the pool," she stated.

    "Katie, they really didn't mean any harm, they didn't know. Niall was really upset last night about it. I told him I would talk to you, but I really think you should give him another chance."

    "You're not mad?" she asked.

    "They would have found out anyway. I am LIVING with them," I reminded her.

    "Ok. I'll give him one more chance, but if he blows it that's it!"

    "That's all he wants," I told her. "Can you go see if they're done talking yet?"

    "Ok," she answered walking out the door.

    I walked into my room and took a shower, then put on a flowery skirt, and a hot pink shirt to match the flowers on the skirt. I just finished fixing my hair when Katie called me from the living room. I walked downstairs and noticed for the first time that everyone was already dressed. They looked at me with concerned eyes, but I just smiled.

    "We're going to the mall today," Harry said, quickly changing the subject.

    "Cool. Who's driving?" I asked.

    "MEEE!!!" Louis said proudly.

    "Okay, everybody ready?" Liam asked.

    We all agreed & headed out.