White Horse

Chapter 33: Big Ben and Big Tensions

Big Ben
"Alright everyone we're here! Let's go," Paul ordered opening my car door for me. I gave him a smile of thanks as I pull my sunglasses over my eyes. It was another sunny day surprisingly, and the boys and I were soaking up the sun. Louis got out the other side of the car and held out his hand for me to take. I gladly grabbed his hand, intertwining our fingers and stepping into his side.

"It's so pretty," I cooed, dragging Louis closer. "I want a picture!"

"You're worse than the fans," Louis joked, pulling my phone out of my back pocket and handing it to Devon. "But if you want a picture, then you'll get a picture." He pulled me over to the side and dipped me over the.

"Don't you dare drop me Louis Tomlinson," I ordered, before kissing him for the picture.

"Wouldn't dream of it," He whispered once we pulled away. I giggled and gave him another kiss. After, we joined the group and followed Paul towards the giant clock.

"You two are tooth achingly cute," Ashtyn gagged as we walked towards Big Ben.

"I could say the same," I replied, gesturing to Devon's arm around her shoulders. She pulled a face, sticking her tongue out at me. I smirked, leaning into Louis side as we walked closer to Big Ben. I could almost feel her glare on my back.

"Interesting fact: the tours for Big Ben are only open to UK residents. We had to pull a few strings to get you guys up there," Liam said, looking up at the big clock tower.

"Really? Why aren't non-British people allowed to go on the tours?" I asked.

"I don't know," He shrugged.

"When you said the British didn't like people I didn't think you were being literal," Ash chuckled, nudging my shoulder.

"Have I ever lied to you?" I asked, jokingly.

"Do you want to go there?" She replied seriously. My face flushed, anger bubbling inside of me. How dare she bring that up?!

"Do you want to go there?" I retorted. She huffed, shooting me a cold glare as she leaned into Devon's shoulder and turned away from me. Devon gave me a sad smile before dragging Ash ahead of the group, most likely to calm her down.

"What's wrong with Ashtyn?" Louis whispered in my ear, probably picking up on her bad mood. I just hoped she calmed down before this turned into a big fight, that the last thing we would need.
"I'm not sure," I shrugged, with a sigh. Lou leaned over and lightly kissed the top of my head. "With Harry shifting moods every time I get near him and Ashtyn acting like a child, I just feel emotionally drained. You know?"

"I know babe, I know."

~Skipping the tour~
"That was so cool!" I squealed as we walked out of Big Ben. The tour was amazing! The guy who led us through the tower was funny and so sweet, but he was respectful of the fact that Ash and I had boyfriends and didn't even try to flirt with us. We took lots of pictures and goofed around. It was seriously a lot of fun. The only part that sucked was that Harry kept ignoring me, and Ash kept acting like a spoiled child.

"That was pretty cool," Ash admitted with a shrug of her shoulder. She hadn't said much during the tour, mostly sticking to Devon's side like super glue. I don't know what had gotten into her, but it was starting to piss me off. She had better fix her attitude quick or else this would turn into a fight.

"So what's next?" Devon asked as he threw his arm over Ashtyn's shoulder.

"Next up is lunch," Niall answered, rubbing his belly. "Little Nialler is hungry."

"Yea, lunch sounds good right about now," Louis chuckled, rubbing his own belly with the hand that wasn't holding mine. I laughed, nodding my head in agreement.

"Where do you guys want to go?" Paul asked, leading us to the cars.

"NANDOS!!" Ash shouted. "Devon, Caden, and I have never been."

"Actually, the boys took me when I first got here," I corrected.

"You went to Nandos and never told me?" Ash asked, her voice dripping with anger.

"Sorry. Guess it slipped my mind," I shrugged. I knew it was the wrong thing to say as soon as it came out of my mouth, but there was no taking it back. She glared, nodding her head and turning back to Devon. As we approached the cars, Ash got into the back seat of Louis car and slammed the door behind her. Devon gave me an apologetic look, as I stood there in shock. "What's wrong with her?" I asked.

"She's just upset because she thinks she's losing you. She feels left out of the loop, like you don't want to be around her anymore," Devon explained.

"If she feels like that, all she has to do is come talk to me. It's just been hard to keep in contact with everyone because of the time difference. I'm not ignoring her. Besides, it takes two to tango. She could have easily called me or something. This is her fault just as much as it is mine," I retorted.

"Just fix it before it gets out of hand," He replied before getting into the car.

"Calm down babe, everything is going to turn out fine. Just give her some time to cool off. Yea?" Louis murmured in my ear, kissing my cheek.

"Yea," I sighed, as he opened my car door for me. I silently slipped into my seat, ignoring the three people in the back and focusing on my twitter. Earlier today, I had posted some of the pictures we had taken and there were a bunch of retweets, comments, and favorites. So, I scrolled through them, replied to a couple, and followed a few people back.

"We all ready to go?" Louis asked as he started the car.

Nobody answered.

Nandos

We sat on opposite sides on opposite ends of the table. This was going downhill very, very quickly. She wouldn't even look at me. Yep, we're speeding downhill very quickly.

"Stop worrying. Everything is going to turn out fine," Louis whispered into my ear. He placed his hand on mine and kissed my forehead.

"Thanks babe," I replied, snuggling into his side. He smiled and wrapped his arm around my shoulders.

"You wanna get something to share?"

"Sure. You order. I'll eat."

"Sounds great."

As he skimmed through the menu, I relaxed against his chest. I was tired, cranky, and sore. It had been a mistake to wear flat sandals to go sightseeing. My feet were killing me!

I should have brought more comfortable shoes. I thought right before I passed out.

~Louis pov~

"Guys, she passed out," I whispered, looking down at a dozing Caden. "She's so tired."

"I think we should head home after this. I could really use a nap and my headache is back," Harry suggested, picking at his food. "Anyone got Advil?"

"Caden usually keeps some in her purse. Let me check," I replied, reaching over to grab her purse. I rummaged through her things until I found the little vial of Advil. I tossed it to Harry keeping Caden's bag on the table for when Harry was done with the bottle.

"Caden just lets you go through her purse?" Ash asked, "Cause she hates when I do it."

"She doesn't mind as long as I put everything back and don't snoop," I shrugged, catching the Advil bottle that Harry threw back at me. I placed the bottle back in her purse before putting it back next to her.

Ashtyn huffed, grabbed her phone from her own bag, and stalked off to the bathroom. Devon groaned, dropping his head to his hands. "This is going to end badly... very, very badly."

"Do you know what's going on between them, because the five of us are clueless," Zayn asked.

"I'm not even sure myself and that's saying something. It's like, they were good one second, and now they're ready to chew each other's head off. This hasn't been so bad since Matt and Annabel," Devon answered, rubbing his eyes tiredly.

"What does Ashtyn have to do with Matt and Annabel?" I asked.

"It's a very long story that requires a lot of Jack Daniels and a whole bucket of ice cream," Devon chuckled darkly.

"We don't have any Jack Daniels but we have a bunch of tequila," Niall pointed out.

"What time are we getting home?"

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It sucks. It's long over do. And I am veryveryveryveryveryveryveryvery sorry. But I'm on summer vacay so I have more time to write. Just stick with me.

Love you guys!
~Becca