We will meet again

Chapter 17

“Harry?” I yelled down at what I thought was Harry sitting cross-legged next to the fire.

Heads turned around, and the person in front of the fire stood up, walking towards my direction.

“Aly?” This wasn’t Harry! It was Liam.

“Hi Liam.” I said while walking up to him. Harry came running behind him, quickly overtook him and hugged me tight.

“Aly! You made it.” Harry said and added “I thought for a moment you wouldn’t come.” It was barely above a whisper.

The other boys came and hugged me.

“Guys, I want you to meet Sophia, a really good friend of mine and dancer as well.”

“Soph, these are Louis, Niall, Zayn, Liam and Harry.

“Hi, nice to finally meet you all.” She shook hands with the boys.

“Aly told you all about us, didn’t she?” Harry just couldn’t help himself he had to flirt with her.

“Only the good stuff.” Soph replied, keeping a straight face.

Ha! Soph was immune to Harry’s charm. Who would’ve thought?

“So how was the day? How did the shoot go?” I finally found my voice again. Note to self: do not stare directly into Zayn’s eyes. It could kill you.

I fixed my gaze at him when we all walked back to the fireplace. He was the same as he was a year ago. Shy, reserved, silent. But something changed. Appearance-wise he had gotten cuter, no doubt. He dressed different and the new hairdo was working well for him. I bet the girls fancied him the most.

“It was amazing. We got pulled over by the cops.” Louis said, visibly excited. Soph raised an eyebrow and looked in my direction.

“That’s Louis. He’ll get excited over the most random stuff.” I replied to Soph’s unspoken question. The boys laughed.I noticed Zayn was quiet. All he would do was staring at me. I felt kinda uncomfortable and wished I didn’t dress up like that.

As if he was able to read my thoughts Niall spoke up. “You look awesome by the way, Aly. You both do.” He winked at me. I had to laugh.

“That was awkward.” I made a face and Niall laughed too. It was as if your brother tells you you look hot. It just didn’t feel right.

“Break’s almost over, boys. Let’s do one last scene and finish up for today.” A big dude appeared out of nowhere. He scared the bejezus out of me.

“We’ll just walk the girls over to the trailers where they can see everything.” And with that Harry got up and took mine and Soph’s hand and led the way. Soph raised an eyebrow again and I snorted.

Zayn showed up next to me, offering me his jacket. He must’ve noticed I was cold. Harry let go of my hand and fell back with the rest of the boys and Soph.

“So, how you been? You look really good.” Zayn said, his voice barely above a whisper.

“You, too. I’m good. Busy.” I answered, not sure what to say. “You? How’s celebrity life? You still seeing that girl…what was her name again…Rebecca?” Urgh! Nice one Aly.

He laughed quietly. “I wouldn’t consider myself a celeb…just yet.” He smirked. I mentally face-slapped me. “And as far as girls goes, I’m not seeing anyone right now.” He finished and turned around. He looked at me directly in the eyes. Fuck!

“I’m sorry to hear.” Not really. I guess management had a ‘No girlfriends’ policy.

“It just didn’t work out.” He shrugged.