Gracie

Chapter 13 - Tea Party

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Gracie's POV:

It was late when we finally arrived at the hotel. Everyone was tired. Luckily the fans had not been informed about our arrival so we were able to enter the hotel without nuisance. Liam and I had our own room again. He went to bed still fully clothed.

"Come on sweetie, it's late!" He said rolling over and patting the bed.

I didn't really fancy sleeping but I knew Liam was tired so to make his life easy I climbed on the bed next to him, lay down but I fell asleep almost immediately.

Liam's POV:

"Sweetie? Wake up! "What's wrong? Gracie? I called, switching the bedside light on.

I gently touched her shoulders and Gracie immediately woke up. She was gasping for air.

"Are you alright now?" I asked rubbing my eye.

Gracie blinked a few times; adjusting to the light, she then noticed my left eye.

"Oh my god," Gracie gasped, hand to her mouth.

"Did I hit you? Did I do that?" She panicked.

"Shush. It's okay, it was just an accident," I said trying to reassure her.

"You were screaming and punching and everything. Are you okay now, sweetheart? What were you dreaming about?"

"Nothing," she sniffled,

"Nothing? Please, talk to me, why are you crying?" I said rubbing her back gently.

"I just ... I had.... I just had a really bad dream and it scared me," she stuttered shake her head with embarrassment.

"Please don't cry. It was just a dream. Nothing can hurt you here, not when you're here with me. I promise nothing bad will happen," I said pulling her chin up to my direction.

"I know," she groaned not overly convinced.

"I'm sorry!" She continued rubbing her eyes.

"Let me," I said wiping the tears away,

"And don't be sorry. You just had a bad dream. It's alright," I added pulling her close to my chest.

I lay back down and she snuggled against me.

"Tell me, Sweetie, please." I pursued, but Gracie didn't want to,

"Can we talk about it in the morning please?" She asked quietly, shuffling further to me.

I agreed.

"Just get some rest now. No need to worry about a thing. I'm here, no one's going to hurt you," I said.

She soon fell back to sleep.

Gracie's POV:

I woke up early before Liam so I left him sleep and I put on my favourite DVD, the Lion King, and started to watch it when I heard a tap at the door. I opened it. It was Zayn and Louis. Zayn asked to speak to Liam so I stepped aside and let him in. I waited at the door with Louis. It was slightly awkward as Louis and I didn't really get on. We hadn't spent that much time together. Before Louis could speak, Zayn was running back to us: