Finding Me

Chapter 8

After a full week of school and rehearsals Ava was so glad Friday was finally here. She has never been so ready for a weekend to arrive so she could sleep in, she just had to get through tonight and she could pass out on Harry's soft bed and sleep till noon the next day. They had it all arranged, after school they would all go to Harry's, all being her, Lou, Tia, Kasey, Jess, Braden, Damon and Ed, Aaron and Brit would meet them there when they could. Anne told them she was going to be at Robin's for the weekend so they would have the house to themselves, but they would be at the club to hear the band Saturday. Robin wanted to hear Ava sing, he has heard Harry brag to much over the week to miss it.
Ava though was freaking out. Everyone she knew was going to be there, and she was nervous as hell. Her Aunt Meg and Jen said that morning they would be there and Tia had told her her twin brother was going to make one of his rare appearances. Tyler was more like what Ava used to be, he stayed home most nights reading, but he was still a good friend and part of the group.

Harry was walking Ava to her locker after the last bell Friday when Lou walks up and stops them. "Hey, I hate to ruin a so far great day, but you will never guess who showed up in my last period class today." He says to Harry and Ava cautiously.

"Oh geeze, Lou." Harry groans. "The weekend is just getting started, so to say, and you're already going to ruin it for us."

"Okay." Ava says finishing his sentence. "Who showed up in your class?"

"Aaron's ex, and the guy that caused you, Ava to almost have that panic attack last weekend, Niall." Louis tells them. "He told Steve, one of the guys in my class, he just moved here."

"Shit." Harry and Ava say at the same time. "All I can say." Harry adds. "Is he best stay away from Ava and not speak to her or I'll kill him."

"Yeah I pretty much thought the same thing when I saw him earlier." Lou tells them as they continued walking. "I don't think he recognized me as one of the guys from the club last weekend though so I kept my mouth shut to see if he had anything else to say."

"And did he?" Ava asks, dreading the answer.

"No, he didn't say a word about knowing you, Harry or Aaron." Lou says. "Steve did tell him he needs to come to the club tomorrow night though, he said he heard something special was suppose to happen and everyone was going to be there."

Harry chuckles and hugs Ava to him when he heard her sigh. "Damn, I guess I'm not going to get away with just doing this in front of just family and friends, huh."

"Nope, babe, sorry. Tia, Kasey and Jess has been telling everyone they need to come and see the show. That it's going to be extra special because of a guest singer. They're just not telling who it is." Harry laughed.

"And here I thought I needed a muzzle." Ava sighed again. "Those three takes the cake when it comes to diarrhea of the mouth." Ava quips causing Harry and Louis to start laughing.

"Where the hell does she get these things?" Lou asks as they get to Harry's vehicle.

"Beats me." Harry replies smiling at Ava fondly. "We'll meet you at the house, you're going to get Ed right?"

"Yep, Aaron has their car at the gym so I told Ed I would pick him up as soon as we got out of school." Lou says.

"Okay, everyone else will be there a little later, and Ava's stuff is in my truck already so we're headed there now. So I guess we'll see you in a few." Harry tell Lou as he and Ava get into his truck. Lou just nods, taps on the fender and walks toward his own car a few spaces away.

None of them noticed Niall sitting in the car next to them with the window cracked, hearing every word being said. Up until that point Niall was thinking he was wanting to work on getting Aaron back, but after getting a good look at the 6 foot plus lead singer of the band from last weekend he just might have to try to and break him and Ava up and see if this guy swings both ways. Tomorrow night might just be a good night to test this theory out, Niall thought as he pulled out of the parking lot and headed home.