Chapter 1: Day One pt. 1
Author’s note: This chapter is only in Tara’s POV the other chapters will include Liam’s POV, Louis’ POV, Harry’s POV, Riley’s POV and etc. Enjoy chapter 1 of Living with 1D! J
I groaned as I rattled the doorknob. I had left the door unlocked this morning, but for some reason, it was locked. The landlord probably kicked me out while I was at school, I thought, frowning at the pavement. The landlord had allowed me to stay in the house my parents bought for as long as I needed and she knew that I didn’t have a house key, so I had no idea why the door was locked. I sighed and sat at the end of the driveway.
My name’s Tara. I’m 17 years old and my parents died in a car accident about a week ago. I have 5 younger brothers, 3 of them step-brothers, two of them half-brothers. My grandma took in my youngest brother, Andrew, since he was so young. My step brothers, Orion and Alex went to live with their real mom and I still had no place to live. My real dad offered me a place with him and my step mom, but I refused. I wanted to try to live on my own. If I found it too hard, I would go live with him.
I opened my jacket pocket and pulled out my iPod. I played One Direction’s “They Don’t Know About Us” and I sang along.
“People say we shouldn’t be together. Too young, to know about forever. But I say, they don’t know, what they’re talk talk talking about. ‘Cause this love is only getting stronger, and so I don’t wanna wait any longer. I just wanna tell the world that you’re mine, girl.”
“They don’t know about the things we do. They don’t know about the ‘I love you’s. But I betcha if they only knew, they’d be jealous of us. They don’t know about the up all nights. They don’t I’ve waited all my life. For a love that feels this right. Baby, they don’t know about, they don’t about us.”
I sighed and closed my eyes, but opened them suddenly when a car horn honked. I sat up and saw a silver Toyota Corolla stopped in front of me. I raised an eyebrow and titled my head to the side. The driver window rolled down and the driver asked, “Hey, little lady. You alone? Locked out?” I nodded. I knew I shouldn’t be talking to strangers, but who cares. I grabbed my back pack and made my way over to the car. The driver had curly hair and green eyes. He said, “I’m Harry. I’d like to help you out.” I gasped. “Harry… as in Harry Styles from One Direction?” Harry nodded. “Yeah. I heard you singing and I didn’t really want to bother you. So why are you out here all alone?” I told Harry the story of how my parents died in a car crash and how the landlord locked me out of my house. Harry nodded and then the back seat window rolled down. Zayn poked his head out of it and yelled, “You can live with us! We won’t bite, I promise.” I chuckled nervously. I messed with my short black hair. “Would it be okay? I mean, I have nowhere else to go.” Harry smiled. “If Liam says its okay, then I guess you can.” I could hear Liam yell, “If she has no where to go then, its okay.” Harry smiled. “Welcome to the family-“ He frowned when he realized that he didn’t know my name. “I’m Tara. It feels great to be part of a family again.” Harry laughed and said, “Hop in.” I opened the backseat door and raised an eyebrow when I saw Niall, Louis, and Zayn taking up all of the seats. Zayn piped up, “You can sit in my lap!” I shrugged and sat down, wrapping my arms around his neck.
Harry drove out of the neighbor hood and into Summerwood. He turned down the street my BFF, Becca Andrews lived on. “Hey, my friend lives here!!” Niall asked, “Is it Becca? She talks a lot about you. She’s the one who told us where to find you.” I frowned. “She promised not to tell anybody.”
Liam helped me out of the car and smiled at me. “Um, uh….” He muttered, blushing. I giggled and followed the other boys. Harry unlocked the front door and I heard a voice yell, “TARA!!!! EARTH TO 1D FANATIC!!!” I looked up and saw Becca, waving from her window. “HI, ZELDA GEEK!!!!!” She laughed and shook her head. I flipped my bangs and she pretended to faint. I laughed really hard and shook my head. Harry pulled me inside and I protested, “HEY! What the fuck was that for?” Liam glared at me and I made a face at his back. Harry said, “I know we’re letting you live here, but you have to tone it down a bit. No one knows we live here. Except Becca.” I nodded. “And, if I were you, I’d tone the cussing down to a minimum. Liam hates it when people cuss.” I nodded again and went towards the fridge. I pulled on Louis’ arm. “I’m hungry, Boobear,” I giggled. He shook his head playfully, as if ignoring me. I whispered in his ear, “Can you make me some Boobeary pancakes?” He chuckled but continued to ignore me. I kissed his cheek softly. “Please…?” Louis laughed. “Fine. Since you used the magic word.”
After 30 minutes, I had a plate of blueberry pancakes. “On the house,” Louis said, winking. I beamed. I was gonna have all of these guys wrapped around my finger. Zayn sat next to me and said, “You like it here so far?” I nodded and took a bite of my pancakes. He looked into my eyes. “You’re really beautiful, Tara. Kinda that gothic cute.” I laughed. “Thanks, I guess. No one’s really told me that.”He smiled. “I’m glad to tell you. You deserve to know.” He winked and got up from the table. Niall replaced Zayn and asked, “Can I have a bite, please, Tara Bear?” I laughed and fed him a bite. “Happy now?” I said. He nodded and leaned over and kissed me softly. I turned red. He smiled and walked towards the stairs. Harry looked at me. “Whoa. Ms. Vampire Bat is red. That’s unnatural.” I glared at him. “Shut up, Styles.”
Harry said, “We have one extra room, decorated just for you. It’s the first door on the right. Just before Niall’s room.” I nodded and dragged my back pack to my room. I gasped at the sight. The walls were painted black, but they had colorful paint splats all over. There were Justin Bieber, Twilight, Cher Lloyd, The Wanted, and One Direction posters covering all of the walls. I had a large radio, an iPod dock, and a wall charger. I also had a laptop, and an iPhone. These boys treated me like a princess. My old room was nothing like this.
I set my bag on the floor. Thankfully, it was Friday. I still had time to buy clothes since the landlord threw my old clothes out. I ran downstairs and ran smack into Liam. “Sorry!” I said quickly, desperately trying to find Harry. He was on the couch, watching Titanic with Louis. “Hey, Harry. Can I ask you a question?” Harry nodded. “Can we go shopping?” He asked, “What? Why?” I explained that I had no clothes to wear during the school week and then he nodded. “Sure. Lads, who’s up for a shopping spree?” Louis jumped up. “I am. I need new suspenders. Paul didn’t get me any.”
We walked into the Galleria Mall. I automatically ran to Hot Topic. It was my store. It had a bunch of neat stuff like graphic tees, hats and what not. Harry looked around and he looked very confused. I grabbed a midnight black skirt that had ribbons on the front and it was ripped at the bottom. I held it up to my waist. “Is this good?” Harry’s eyes grew wide. “Um… It’s okay… For you, I mean.” I smiled and put it on my arm.
I got a bunch of skirts, graphics tees, arm socks, knee high converse, suspenders, and glasses. “I’m good. Where are the others?” Harry said, “Louis and Liam are at Pac Sun. Niall is at the food court, and Zayn is…. Somewhere.” I smiled. “Well, then. You and I have sometime to hang out. I wanna get you something.” I pulled him into Aeropostale. Harry said, “I don’t need anything. I’m fine.” I rolled my eyes. “I don’t care, Harry. You took me shopping so I’m returning the favor.” I got him a white t-shirt and a pair of jeans. “This good?” I asked him. He nodded.
Liam said, “So, Tara. Did you get what you needed?” I looked at him and said, “Yeah. I have school on Monday and I kinda freaked.” Harry pulled into the drive way and parked the car. “Okay. Everyone, out.” Louis, who I was sitting on, said, “Tara, your fat ass is on me. I can’t get up.” I glared at him and smacked him softly across the cheek. “I do not have a fat ass.” Zayn held out his hand for me and he helped me out of the car. He said, “Don’t listen to Louis. He’s just jealous that you have a bigger ass than him.” Louis glared at us and complained, “Am not!” I giggled and followed Zayn inside.
Liam said, “Hey, Tara. Saturday is movie night. Got any suggestions for a movie?” I thought. “Do you guys have Warm Bodies?” I asked. Harry smiled. Liam put the movie in and pressed PLAY. Zayn patted his lap for me to sit. I curled up on his lap and rested my head on his shoulder. Zayn whispered in my ear, “Harry is jealous. He keeps giving me this glare, but then looks sadly at you. He has a crush on you, Tara.” I blushed. I liked Harry, but only as a brother. I had a crush on Zayn, personally. He was my type. He was artistic and he was a bit shy like I was. “Oh.”
