Our Little Secret {One Direction}

Chapter 17

-NORMAL P.O.V-

The cool air of the winter wind sends shivers up my body as I snuggle deeper into the boy beside me. Last night was fun; well, in its own way. We ended up walking for 40 minutes so by the time we got home we were drop dead exhausted and went straight to bed. Niall shuffles beside me as he stretches his arms up and drops one over my shoulder. He kisses the top of my head as he pulls me towards his chest. "Morning beautiful..." he coos, his warm breath tickling against the back of my ear.

"mm... morning..." I mumble, slowly opening my eyes and smiling as I look straight up into his.

"NIALL?!?" Our eyes shoot open as we listen carefully to Liam who's screaming from the hallway. "NIALL!!?? MATE WHERE ARE YA?"

"Oh god..." Niall huffs, as he jumps out of my bed and runs through the closet to the bathroom. He quickly shuts the door from my cupboard just as Liam walks into his room.

"MATE WHER-"

"IN THE BATHROOM!" Niall calls out, his voice muffled by the sound of his toothbrush.

-NIALL'S P.O.V-

"Oh. Geesh..." Liam says, looking me up and down. "Looks like you've had a rough sleep..." He leans against the doorpost as he hums quietly to himself. "Oh," he laughs. "Almost forgot to tell you..." I raise one eyebrow as I spit my toothpaste into the sink.

"Tell me..."

"So Simon called like an hour ago, we're not going into school today, he says he's got something important to speak to us about."

"What d'ya mean?"

"Well he didn't really say much but it sounds serious... Anyways, be downstairs in five. Also, we're dropping Zoe off on the way to the office so wake her up would you?" I let out a deep sigh as Liam walks out of the room, slamming the door shut behind him. Fuck that was close. I quickly run into my room and change, before sprinting to Zoe's and jumping straight onto the bed.

-NORMAL P.O.V-

I groan as I slam the car door behind me, not even bothering to wave goodbye to five of my best friends as they pull out of the school car park and drive off. Okay so maybe I shouldn't be mad, its not their fault that they have to leave me alone at school for the whole freaking day with no one to talk to. Nah, whatever, not their fault at all. I'll just have a shit day, in a shit school, with shit classes, and shit people. I grumpily swing my bag over my shoulder as I walk groggily towards the school building and down the empty corridor to my locker; well isn't this just perky.

-NIALL'S P.O.V-

"Boys..." Simon starts, as he leans up from his chair and holds his hand out for us to shake. One by one we say hello and sit down on the cushioned chairs set up in front of his desk. "Nice to see you again." I nod my head in agreement, shuffling into the chair as I try to get myself comfortable. "Well I'm sure you're wondering why you're here," he starts.

"Yep," Louis smirks.

Simon smiles back at him before continuing, "Just know I wouldn't take you out of school unless it was important. But, as the saying goes, success is a matter of attitude and timing. And, on that note, we've got ourselves a little situation." He takes a deep breath as we all stare back at him nervously. 'A little situation' could mean two things: one, we've got a problem. And two, we've gotten lucky. I can easily say we're all praying it's the second one. I gulp nervously as Simon famously takes his time to continue, always building up the hype. Or tension, as some may say. "I've just lined up a one month promotional tour around the UK." Okay... "Starting from tomorrow."