Miss Trouble

Chapter 3: Caller ID

"How can a girl be that good at Laser Tag?" Harry asks as we all pile into the van.

"I am just that good." I brag, sliding into the van being squished between Harry and Liam. Louis starts the van and soon we are on the road back to the house.

"Whatever you say, Princess." Harry mumbles, using the nickname that I hate. I punch him in the arm.

"Don't call me Princess," I growl back, receiving a smirk from Harry.

"Haha you just got beat up by Carter!" Louis mocks, turning onto a road.

"Watch it, Tomlinson." I warn. "Or you are getting beat up also." You can hear Louis gulp a bit.

"Hey be nice Carter." Liam says scolding me. I look at him and give him the puppy dog eyes.

"But Lili!!!" I whine, batting my eyes. He keeps avoiding my gaze, and the rest of the boys are watching him to see if he will give in or not. Finally, he sighs, signaling that I win. I smile like a Cheshire Cat, and hug him.

"Wow," Niall says in shock. "You just gave in to Carter." Zayn laughs, and points a finger at Liam.

"Yeah, you gave into Princess." Harry mocks, laughing also as Louis pulls onto the street that the house is on. once again, I punch him in his arm.

"Watch it, Styles. Your so getting it when we get home." I growl, glaring at him. That playful smirk crosses his face. Playfulness dances across his beautiful Green orbs. Wait, did I just say his eyes were Beautiful? You're becoming delusional, Carter.

"Oh, I know I'm getting it back home." He smirks at me. What a Pervert! I immediately push him away as Louis pulls up into the driveway.

"Gross, Styles, Gross!" I shout, pushing him away. Liam reaches behind me smacking Harry in the back of his head. Louis parks in the driveway, just as Harry mumbles an "Ow." I immediately try to get out of the car. I crawl over Liam and out of the van. If I crawled over Harry he would've taken it the wrong way. I run up the steps to the door as the rest of the Hair Dudes get out of the van. Now, we have a full length glass door and I may or may not have ran directly into it. I fell right down on my rear, rubbing my head.

"Ow..." I mumble as the boys rush to my side.

"Are you okay?" Liam asks, pulling me up onto my feet.

"Peachy.' I mumble giving my fakest smile. I am still rubbing my rear. Its throbbing. Is that normal?

"Are you sure, Princess?" Harry asks, worry etched into his voice. He places his very large hand on the small of my back. Instinctively, I turn around swiftly and swat his hand away from me.

"Don't you ever touch me again, or I will break your arm." I yell, opening the door this time. I rush up into my room, and slam the door shut. I fall onto my bed with a thud, and I let out a sigh. 'Great. You just hurt his feelings, Carter.' I scold myself mentally. I sigh, and I take out my phone to see if Logan texted or called me back yet. Nothing. Nada. Zip. I sigh once again, and I throw my phone into my chair. I turn on my TV and I start watching SpongeBob. I get lost into the show for a few minutes, until something snaps me out of my trance. It is my phone ringing. I pick it up from my chair, to see the caller ID. I glance at the name quickly, and it is a name that I have been wanting to forget for a few months now:

Austin.

I quickly hit end call and throw it back onto my chair. I bring my knees up to my chest, as I remember all of those terrible memories. A crack of thunder and a flash of lightning strikes, cutting off the lights signaling that the power went out. I start to shake at all of the terrible memories of him and I. Him and I. I don't even want to think of even that. My phone starts to ring once more, and I look at the caller ID to see the same name trying to call again. Just as I look at it, my door swings open with out any warning, earning a small scream from me. A flash light's light is shown at me, and I cover my eyes from the blinding light.

"Carter?" Harry's voice calls out. The lights come back on and he turns off the flash light. My phone is still ringing, and he looks at the phone but then back at me. "Are you alright?"

"Yeah." I mumble, releasing my knees from my chest. He sits beside me, our knees touching.

"Who's Austin?" He asks, and I instantly pale at his name. Harry notices and drops the subject. I mentally thank him for that.

"Why would you care?" I snap with out realizing. His face falls, and he looks at his feet. Great. I hurt his feeling again. I sigh, and I place a hand on his shoulder, and he flinches under my touch, but then relaxes.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to snap at you now or before." I mumble. His face instantly brightens, and he looks at me with that same smirk that I have been seeing.

"Is Carter the All Great and Powerful apologizing to me?" He asks playfully. I scoff at him and I gently nudge his shoulder.

"You forgot Almighty and Awesome." I add in, smiling. He smiles back at me, and pushes his curls out of his face. "So why'd ya come here?" I ask, tightening my ponytail.

"Oh, me and the lads wanted to know if you would like to play a board game with us."

"I would love to. Race you there!" I shout, bolting from my room.

"Hey no fair!" He yells back, chasing me down the stairs. I walk into the dining room to see all of the boys sitting around the table, examining instructions for the board game. Niall is reading the instructions, while Zayn and Liam are arguing over who knows what. Louis is counting up the game's money.

"Hey, Lou.' I say, messing up his hair as I sit next to him.

"Hey, Cart." He replies back, giving me a quick squeeze as Harry sits down next to Zayn.

"Cart?" Niall asks, looking up from his instructions.

"Yeah, Cart?" I ask also, my eyebrows furrowed. He just shrugs.

"I need a nickname for you. I don't know." He replies plainly.

"Well lets start this so I can kick your guys' butts." Liam exclaims, scooting his chair closer to the table. I scoff.

"Yeah right!" I retort back, as we enter a very intense game of Monopoly.

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"I win!!!!" Zayn shouts, as we all walk into the living room, very tired after playing the game for 5 hours straight.

"You cheat." Harry huffs, crossing his arms over his chest. Niall yawns.

"I agree." Niall says, crashing down onto the couch. We were all too tired to walk upstairs, so we ended up sleeping in the living room. All of the boys get a piece of furniture, except for Harry and I. I just fall onto the ground and make myself comfortable, as he does the same a bit farther away from me. Soon we are all asleep, and there is one thought running through my mind,

Why is Austin calling me?

A/N

So I just re-wrote this chapter so I hope It is alright since I wrote it like 2 weeks ago and forgot it. When I was writing it, it all came back to me a bit. So I hope this was okay. Well I have to go now so like always, VOTE, COMMENT, FAN, ENJOY THE STORY, AND SHARE WITH YOUR ONE DIRECTION LOVING FRIENDS! Well, Ciao!

-Raegan