The Neighbors

Chapter 24

"What time is it?" Noah asks with a groggy voice, waking me up. I blink my eyes and run the sleep out of them before looking up at him.

"It's ten o'clock and Lou will be coming by to drop her off at twelve," he says and Noah groans. I rub my face and look around. Harry is cleaning up the mess we made on the coffee table last night. I'm laying over Noah's lap and he is rubbing his face sleepily. I sit up and run my fingers through my messy hair.

"Good morning, babe," Noah says and wraps his arms around me in a lazy hug before kissing my forehead.

"Morning, Shea," Harry says and I look at him again, giving him a smile and a wave. Harry is already dressed and his hair still looks a little damp from his shower.

"Here's your phone," he says and digs my phone out of his pocket. When he tosses it to me I look at the screen to see seven missed calls from my mom. "Shit, mom called," I mumble.

"Don't worry, she came over this morning and my Mum talked with her," Logan says from behinds us and I let out a breath in relief.

"Yeah, your Mum was scared at first," Harry says.

"I'm sure she was," I say and rub my face again.

I look at Noah again and he's rubbing his messy curls. He is adorable in the mornings. Logan is already awake and showered but he is still only in his sweatpants. I could stare at Logan's body all day. Yeah, I'm dating his brother, but they are identical. Who could blame me? They are all hot. I'm living the dream, I get to date a guy who I believe to be one of the hottest guys on earth and I'm best friends with his identical brothers.

"Shea?" Noah says and waves in front of my face, snapping me out of my thoughts.

"Sorry, did you say something?" I ask and he chuckles.

"Yeah, we're babysitting today and you can come over if you want, but you might wanna get dressed or something," he says and I look down at the same clothes I was wearing yesterday. He's babysitting? God, picturing him with kids is too exciting.

"I'll go change, but I will come right back," I say and he smiles. I'm glad I didn't have work today, now I get to spend the whole day with my best friends.

I head over to my house and see my mom in the living room.

"Shea, you stayed the night at Noah's house?" She questions.

"Yeah, I fell asleep while we were watching a movie," I try to explain. I didn't do anything wrong.

"That's what Anne said, but you are 17 and I can't have you sleeping over at boys houses," she says and I nod.

"I understand," I say.

"Speaking of boys, how was your date with Noah?" She asks.

"It was great actually, he was a perfect gentleman," I say and she smiles.

"That's good to hear, Im glad you don't miss Zayn too much," she says and I flash her a forced smile.

"Yeah," I say before running upstairs.

Of course I miss Zayn, we've been together for three years and it's hard to get over somebody like that. I lost my virginity to him and it is something that I can't just forget.

I grab a towel from the hall closet and take it into the bathroom with me. I begin to think about Zayn as I shower. His sweet smile and his cute girlish laugh. I do really like Noah, but I miss Zayn. I don't miss him enough to go back to him, but maybe I should call him. Zayn hasn't always been so possessive with me, but I think he's been jealous lately and it's made him insecure. I got my braces off at the beginning of sophomore year and I've gotten more attention from guys. Now that I'm thinking about it, it makes sense. I feel horrible. I broke up with him for another guy, and that's what he feared me doing. I don't want to get back with him, I'm with Noah. I really like Noah. One little phone call shouldn't hurt.

When I get out of the shower I towel off and get dressed.

After I'm dressed I pick up my phone. I scroll through the contacts and open up Zayn's number. I hesitate for a few minutes before pushing the 'call' button.

"Hello?" Zayn's voice echoes through my phone and I done know what to say. I stand silent for a few seconds.

"Shea.. You there?" He asks.

"Yeah, sorry," I say and I'm about to hang up. I shouldn't have called him.

"Hey Shea," he says with a happy tone and I pull my finger away from the 'end' button.

"Hey Zayn," I say and hear him chuckle.

"What's up?" He asks normally.

"Uh, not much, I was just thinking about you," I say in a way that makes me sound like a schoolgirl with a crush.

"You were?" He asks and sounds genuinely confused.

"Yeah... I just feel a little bad," I say sheepishly.

"It's fine, I guess it would be hard for a guy like me to keep a girl as hot as you for three whole years," he says and my heart breaks for him. I feel so horrible.

"Don't say that, Zayn, girls would always tell me how lucky I was to have a guy like you," I say to cheer him up. It's also true. Girls would always tell me how 'hot' my boyfriend was and they would always hit on Zayn.

"Really?" He says and I feel bad about how insecure he sounds.

"Yes, Zayn, girls are crazy for you," I say. I'm being honest.

"That's.. Uh, good to hear," he says and I bet if I could see him he'd be blushing.

"Yeah, you'll have a new girlfriend faster than Taylor Swift," I say and we both laugh. I'm glad that he's feeling better.

Once we get done laughing he talks again, "hey, I gotta go, Munis is taking me out to brunch with his new girlfriend, I gotta go soon." He says.

"Okay, it was nice talking to you again," I say.

"Yeah, you too Shea, maybe I'll call you again sometime soon," he says.

"I'd like that, bye Zayn," I say.

"Bye Shea," he says and I smile before hanging up.

I had a nice talk with Zayn, and I'm glad he's not still mad at me. I walk out of my room feeling better about myself. I grab a snack from the fridge before walking back across the street.

"Hey Shea, it took you forever to get dressed," Logan says.

"Yeah, sorry about that," I say with a sheepish smile.

"You're such a girl," he says and playfully pushes my shoulder.

"Watch it, Styles," I say and hold up my fist, playfully threatening him.

"Okay!" He says and holds up his hands defensively, backing away from the door.

I giggle and walk into the living room to see Noah sitting on the floor with a blonde toddler between his legs. He's holding her hands and making her dance as she giggles uncontrollably. My heart melts into mush at the site of the boy I'm dating playing with a child.

"Hey Shea," Noah says and waves the toddlers hand at me.

"Hey Noah, who's this?" I ask and walk over to sit next to him and the toddler.

"This is Lux, say 'hi Shea'," Noah says to Lux.

"Hi say," Lux says in a baby voice and we both giggle at her.

"Hi lux," I smile at her and she giggles. She is one of the cutest babies, or maybe it's the boy holding her.

((A/n Awe. Lux. How cute.))