Maybe, Maybe Not (A One Direction Fan Fiction)

Chapter 9

A/N: Hey buds! I’m back!! So sorry for the wait on this chapter:/ I haven’t been able to write because of my computer incedent, and I still don't have one, so I'm using someone else's.... I'll try to update as much as possible, but school is about to start for me.. I'm seriously sorry for not updating.

“Okay, now we all need to take some pictures. You know, for my twitter.” I say. I see Harry out of the corner of my eyes giving me a knowing look, I reply with a slight nod.

Zayn’s P.O.V:

I see that look that Harry just gave Avery.  If he hurts her, I swear, he will be dead in a matter of seconds.

“Ok, Louis, you get right there, Niall, here. Liam, stand beside Louis, and Harry get right there, Zayn! Come here! Get right here beside Niall. I’ll get right here. Alright, wait! Where’s Liz? Oh! Liz, get right here, beside Zayn. Ok, one,  two, three!”  Avery says.

The picture ends up with us all doubled over in laughter because Louis was holding Harry’s face, acting like he was going to kiss Harry. Harry looked like he was about to run screaming for the hills. Liz ended up on Niall’s shoulders, and they fell over. Liam and I grabbed Avery and held her upside down.  

“Omigosh guys! I would say that you ruined the picture, but that was hilarious!” Avery laughs.

“Okay, Avery we need a picture of you!” Harry says, grabbing the camera and taking a picture of a red, laughing Avery.

“Okay, then. Now that we have a completely embarrassing picture of me that is probably gonna become my profile picture, we need a serious picture of all of us.” Avery says between laughs. We get in the order she had us in to begin with and somehow manage to take a serious picture. 

After we finish taking the pictures and putting them online telling everyone about my sister and asking what they think of her, we all head out back.

Avery’s P.O.V:

“Hey Niall,” I say, skipping up to the blonde’s side.

“Yeah?” he asks, turning his attention from Lizzie to me.

“You wanna show these folks how it’s done now?” I ask, seriously hoping he does, because I don’t really want to ride a strange horse.

“Hey now, no one rides Lizzie’s boyfriend except Lizzie!” Louis screams from beside Harry. I let out the most un-Godly snort known to woman at that crack.

“Nice one, Louis!” I laugh, “But yeah, whaddya say Niall?” 

“Sure, it’d be fun to be able to stretch my legs again, but uh, Avery, we don’t have any tack…” Niall trails off. I give him a look.

“Niall, when did I ever ride you at home with tack? Answer that, please.” I say.

“Oh yeah,” Niall laughs, “It’s been awhile since then Avery.”

“Whatever, just come on so we can set up some barrels!” I yell out, running in the direction of the corral. 

I grab a barrel just as Niall grabs one, and walk out into the pen to set it up. Niall carefully counts the number of strides and places the other barrel, and I do the same with the third. Niall walks over to the mounting block and shifts, and I walk over and mount. I click my tongue and walk Niall to the gate and line up with the barrels. 

“Anybody got a timer?” I call out.  

“I’ll use my phone!” Lizzie calls out.

“Okay, as soon as I pass through the gate press ‘start’ okay?” 

“Got it!” She replies.

I click my tongue and Niall and I take off out the gate and around the first barrel and onto the second and third, me clinging to his mane and leaning down for speed. We pass through the gate again and I slow Niall to a stop. We’re both breathing hard. I look around at the others and see open mouths.

“What?” I ask, smiling.

“You just did that run in eight seconds. Flat.” Lizzie says slowly, as if she’s not even sure she believes herself. I feel my eyes grow wide and I slip off of Niall, walking over to them, with Niall following me. 

“Let me see your phone.” I say, and Lizzie hands me her phone. As soon as I see the numbers on the screen, I gasp and drop the phone, I guess Niall saw it to, because he snorts and paws the ground.

“Well, I’m going to clear my head now.” I say in a slightly airy tone, “I suggest you all do the same.” I walk towards the pool and don’t even falter when I step off the edge and into the water. I feel the blissful feeling of changing and growing my tail, and I swim down to the bottom of the pool and sit there, thinking. I look up and can barely make out the head of two dragons, one lion, one wolf, one horse, and Lizzie’s head and tail over the edge. I take a deep breath and sigh. Have they even called the cops yet? I’m honestly still freaking out about It. And It telling me he’s coming, threatening to hurt the people I love if I don’t subdue to his will, and saying that he WILL take my virginity… Not if I can help it. It may scare the crap out of me, but I’m going to do all I can to stop him, and I know I can do it with these people by my side. I take another deep breath, and shoot up, flipping my tail as hard as I can. I feel myself shoot out of the water and I do a flip, with my back facing the water and my face facing the sky. I go under and then finally come up. Those jumps always clear my head. I shake the water out of my ears, and again turn to see five open mouthed animals, and Lizzie just sitting there.

“Hey, guys? Unless y’all can speak English in those animal forms, can y’all change back real quick?” I ask, swimming to the edge of the pool that everyone’s sitting. Slowly, they all change back to their normal selves.

"What is it, Avery?" Liam asks, a worried look on his face.

"Well, we all know that what just happened is impossible, right?" I say, looking at everyone and seeing them nod their heads, "And, I just found out that I have to kill a Kracken, and my stalker is coming for me. So, in honor of wanting to clear all of our minds, how about we all just go out and do something, okay?" I finish.

"Yeah, that sounds cool, Aves. I guess we all need to go inside and change, then." Zayn says.

"Kk," I smile, "Hey, Lizzie. Wanna help?" I ask, laughing, since Lizzie is the one that got the heating powers, she was always the one to change us back so the transformation would be faster.

"Sure." Lizzie smiles and rolls her eyes. I put my arms on the concrete and brace myself, and pull myself out of the pool. I turn and fling my tail to the side so that it flops onto the concrete, making me flinch.

"Alright." Lizzie says, and I look at her to see that she has her legs back already, and she turns her hand towards me. Soon enough, we've both got our legs back  and we walk inside after the boys. 

"Ten minutes?" I say, turning to Lizzie.

"Challenge excepted." she smiles, and we both run to our rooms to get ready.

"Zayn, are you decent?" I call, before going into the room.

"Yeah, come in. I'm actually through." he says.

"Well, can you go downstairs so I can get ready? I challenged Lizzie ten minutes, now go, go, go!" I laugh, basically pushing him out of the door. 

"Alright, I'm going!" he laughs, and he walks downstairs.

I look around and find my favorited faded pair of jeans and an orange t-shirt from Charlotte Russe that says, 'I only date nerds.' with and nerdy boy and regular girl on it holding hands. I slip on my clothes and pull my hair into a side pony tail, only bringing out my hair dryer to dry my fringe. I grab my Shuan Whites instead of my boots for once, and slip them on. Once I finished, I literally ran down the stairs and into the main room to find it full of five boys, and no girl. I smile proudly and laugh once I see Lizzie's face as she runs into the livving room right after me.