Stuck in the Middle

Decisions, Decisions.

Chapter Seventeen

I woke up very late in the day, around two o'clock in the afternoon. Harry was no longer in bed and my body felt cold without him cuddled up to me. I got up out of bed and looked in the mirror to see a very frazzled looking reflection staring back. I quickly smoothed my hair down with a hairbrush and applied some foundation to my cheeks. I could feel that the day was hot through the closed curtains in the room so I changed into some short shorts and a singlet before leaving Harry's room. 

No one else seemed to be around and I wandered aimlessly around the suite. When I got to the kitchen I noticed a note on the bench. It basically said that the boys had gone to some interview and Hannah and Paige had gone with them. The address of the interview was on the paper and it also said they would be back later in the afternoon and that we would all get dinner. 

I decided that I probably needed a bit of a break from One Direction, especially because I couldn't seem to decide between Harry or Zayn and I needed some time to think. I grabbed a towel, sunscreen and my bikini and packed them into a bag before calling a taxi to take me home.  

When I arrived home I got in my car and drove to St Helier's Bay. I wish I could say I just walked down to the beach but unfortunately Auckland was huge and the good beaches were quite a distance away. A taxi there would have cost me a small fortune.  

When I reached St Helier's I parked my car and went into a small cafe to have breakfast. My phone buzzed as I sat down at a table overlooking the bay. It was from Zayn. 

"Hey how are you feeling? Sorry we had to leave, we tried waking you but you were completely out of it. X"

I grinned at the fact that they had at least tried to wake me up and hadn't just left me. I also had a text from Hannah that I hadn't read yet.  

"Omg I slept in Louis' bed with him. Is this real life? Omg omg. And Paige slept in Niall's!" 

I quickly texted Hannah back. 

"Oh yay that is so awesome! I'm happy for you! So Paige did sleep in Niall's bed? She tried to sleep in Zayn's..."  

I didn't even care if I sounded jealous in the text because I was jealous, I didn't want Paige to get to share a bed with Zayn when I couldn't. 

I then texted Zayn back. 

"I'm feeling alright actually, I think I slept off any hangover I had. How are you?"  

I didn't put an x. I just couldn't bring myself to do it. I was wondering why Harry hadn't texted me though. A waitress came over, interrupting me from my thoughts and asked for my order. I ordered a big breakfast, feeling the impact of a hangover in my stomach, I was starving. My breakfast was quickly delivered and it looked so good that I decided to ignore the constant buzzing of my cellphone and I focused on the incredible tasting food in front of me. 

After finishing my breakfast I paid and thanked the staff before walking across the road and straight to the beach. I knew I had to wait for my body to digest the mass amount of food I had just consumed, so I laid my towel down and decided to bathe in the warm sunlight.  

It was there that I checked my phone again. Zayn had replied quickly. 

"Well you slept long enough. But not in my bed :/ I'm alright I guess." 

Hannah was slower to respond but eventually she did. 

"Yeah Paige kept going on about how she really likes Zayn now. I think she's planning to kiss him or something but he doesn't seem interested..."