I Work For One Direction..AGAIN?!

Chapter 17: Break

I was rushing through my place for my phone. It was already 11 and I had to get to the boys soon. I couldn't find it anywhere. The past few days have been a mess for me but I was finally relieved when Harry and I actually talked. I never meant it when I told him I never wanted to see him again. It was just me speaking out of anger. It was nice to know that I didn't have to deal with Harry being angry at me or me having to pretend that I hate him. Finally my phone rang. I followed the sound and started digging into the creases of my couch. I pulled it out and didn't bother to look at the caller I.D. "Hello?"
"Hi, Marcus Donavin, handler of Associates And Friends, are you the manager of One Direction?" The very young sounding man asked.
"I am. How can I help you?" I shuffled my feet out the door and towards my car.
"We have an event for Children's Smiles Fund and was wondering if it would be applicable to ask for an appearance from One Direction."
Oh God help me now. "Ill need the date of the event and procedures until I can make an assessment or not. As you know, the boys are very busy. But I will make a note of your event and we can see what we can squeeze in."
"Can I fax you the information?" He asked.
"That would be great, thank you." I said turning on my car.
"Thank you for your time." He said and hung up.
I had never had such a busy couple of days in my life until I became the handler or manager or what ever of One Direction. Working for the once was enough but really, again? I was in over my head, I hadn't slept good in days, my phone was constantly ringing and I felt like I hadn't seen my family since the boys got here. It was a whirl pool of crazy all over again and I hoped it would end better than last time.
I arrived at the hotel of the boys and was scurrying up the stairs as quickly as possible. Taking the elevator would have been too slow for me. I reached the floor the boys were staying on and finally got the door. I swiped my card key and turned the knob to be greeted by Niall sitting on the sofa and eating pop corn.
"Hey." He said smiling at me.
"Where is everyone?" I asked setting my bag down by my shoes.
"Zayn and Louis are still asleep."
"What about the rest?" My phone rang again and I groaned. "Yes?" I answered.
"Jess?" A familiar male voice said.
I inhaled dramatically. I hadn't heard from Jake in a while and I was surprised he'd call. I didn't know why but I wasn't exactly happy to hear from him like I had been before this entire mess started. "Yeah it's me."
"How are you?" He asked. I could tell he was dreading this conversation.
"I'm good. What about you? How are you?"
"I'm okay," he said. I heard him sigh into the phone. "What are your plans for today?"
"I'm dealing with the boys and their plans." I really didn't want to say that. I should have lied.
"Oh, so you're busy today?"
"Yeah.. I'm busy today." I felt so horrible for pulling Jake into this. He had been nothing but sweet to me since I met him and here I was, probably hurting him more than ever. All because of Harry. I didn't understand what this kid had over me that made me so damn hooked onto him. This was ridiculous. "Maybe we can do something tomorrow?"
"Really?" He asked. The surprise in his voice killed me.
"Yeah maybe we could-" Just then, Harry walked into sight. His towel hanging low on his hips and his hair dripping with water. Before I could register anything and remember that I was on the phone with Jake, my brain turned me into an idiot. "Harry." I said before thinking.
Harry's lips curled into a smile and I found myself, again, stupid and numb.
"Harry?" Jake's voice rang with anger.
I found my way back to planet earth. "Oh. Sorry, I just saw him walk through and I was saying hi." Wow. I became one hell of a liar this past year.
"I'll call you later." Jake said and before I could even detest he had already hung up on me.
Great. Awesome. Perfect. Fucking magnificent! I wanted to throw my phone at Harry's head for making me do that. Damn him. I groaned out loud which caught the attention of both boys standing in front of me. "What are you looking at?"
"Everything okay?" Harry asked in his beautiful voice that I had begun to realize I missed so damn much.
"Everything's fine. I'm fucking fine, just go get changed towel boy." I didn't realize I was being such bitch.
"Alright. No need to huff little lady." He then disappeared.
I laid my head back onto the couch and tried to clear my mind as I rubbed my temples in distress. My day hadn't even started and I was already desperate and in need of peace and quiet and hibernation.
"Hey Jess?"
I looked over to see an eager face of Niall staring at me.
"What's up leprechaun?" I asked, resting my head on the arm rest of the sofa.
"Does Marie, you know.. Does she have a- is she seeing anyone?" His face was pure red and it made me smile so damn much. He was adorable.
"You fancy her don't you?" I asked him and he nodded in pure embarrassment.
"No she's not seeing anyone." I couldn't blame Niall. Marie was gorgeous in every way. Her ivory skin and black hair made her so damn noticeable in a crowd. She was beautiful and she was amazing to be around. She always knew how to put a smile on my face. She was perfect for Niall. "You know, I have a little birdy telling me once in a while that Marie fancies you as well." I wasn't lying. Marie would not shut up about how cute Niall was or how amazing Niall's eyes were and how adorable his smile is or how great his laugh is. She was insane about Niall.
"Really?" He asked disbelievingly.
"Yes really." I winked.
"I didn't know you were here Jess!" Louis said startling me as his hand touched the mine.
I looked up to see him smiling. "Hello Louis."
"Miss me that much huh?"
I giggled. "We've got a lot to do today. I never knew it would be so damn hard to be in charge of you guys. I kind of miss cooking and cleaning for you. That was easier."
Louis laughed. "You look tired."
"Oh thanks asshole. That's equivalent to saying you look like crap." I raised my eyebrow at him and waited for him to choke on his words.
"Shut up. You know you're a gorgeous goddess and you can't look bad no matter what you look like." He said surprising me. "You just look like you haven't slept good in a while, that's all."
I smiled at him. I missed Louis a lot. Sometimes even more than I missed Harry. It was hard to go on with out having Louis' positivity around me all the time. "Yeah it's been a rough week."
"Why don't you take a nap while the rest of the boys get ready and ill wake you up when we're good to go." He said scratching my head.
"Okay." I mumbled and closed my eyes. I was so ready for a 6 hour long nap. I had enough of this One Direction shit. I found my self drifting off to sleep to the chatter of Louis an Niall. It was soothing for some reason, I had no idea why.
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I woke up to the sound of a door slamming shut. I pried my eyes open and sat up. What time was it? It looked like it was in the middle of the afternoon but that was impossible. I grabbed my phone and checked the time. 4:29 pm?! Why didn't anyone wake me up? I brushed my hair back with my fingers and yawned as I stood up from the comfy couch. Where was everyone? I searched through the apartment and felt like I was left alone for some reason. I went into the bedrooms and one by one they were empty. I reached the 4th room and opened the door to see Harry, sleeping and snuggled under the covers. What was he doing here when every one else was gone? I walked over to the side and sat down on the bed. I hesitated as I grabbed his shoulder and shook him lightly. "Harry?"
"Hmm?" He said with his eyes closed.
"Are you okay?" I asked.
His eyes fluttered open and they stared at me in confusion. "I'm fine? Are you okay?"
"Where is everyone?" I asked as I dodged his question.
"Oh um.. They went out to eat." He rolled over to the other side and looked at the alarm clock.
"Why didn't anyone wake me up?" I asked looking at his expression.
"Louis said not to wake you up and that he would deal with everything. I don't know what that means." He scratched his head and brushed his curls out of his face. "Do you have to be somewhere?"
"No I was just wondering.." I looked around and the room reminded me of the one Harry and I shared once long ago. It was familiar an nice. Clothes thrown about here and there and pillows on the floor. I stopped myself from smiling. What was Harry doing here all alone? "Why didn't you go with them?" Did he stay because I was staying?
"I didn't feel good. I think I'm sick, I don't know."
I looked at him and he did look a bit sick. Paler than usual and his eyes were droopy. I placed my hand on his forehead and tried to see if he was warm or not. He wasn't. "Do you need anything?" I said as I yawned. How could I still be tired?
"No I think I'm okay. Thanks though. You look tired." He said.
I scoffed. "You're the second person to say that today."
"Well then we must be geniuses." His adorable dimpled smile crept upon his face.
"Yeah you are. I am tired. Not just sleepy tired but tired of everything." Before I could think, I laid down on the bed next to Harry and got under the covers. But his face didn't say he was surprised by my actions. I think I he was still withdrawn from just waking up to even notice. "It's been tough. I feel like I can't catch a break."
"I'm sorry." He apologized almost as if he felt that I was blaming him.
"Don't be. That's just how life works, I guess."
"How are you dealing with this so calmly?" He asked which made me laugh.
"You call yelling at your ex boyfriend like a lunatic and sitting in my room for days like a weirdo calm? I'm not calm." I said. "I've just given up. I don't want to care anymore or want to make a big deal out of it."
"I'm sorry." And there he went again with the apologizing.
"It's not your fault Harry. Don't apologize."
He cleared his throat and looked down. "I feel like it is."
"But it's not so give yourself a break." I yawned again. "I'm ready for another nap. How 'bout you?"
He smiled. "Yeah."
I closed my eyes and tried to focus on something pleasant as I tried to fall asleep as quick as possible.
I was here again, in Harry's bed and falling asleep next to him and nothing in the world felt more comfortable to me. It was like I was home again.
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More of filler chapter than anything else. Hope you liked it. I'll try to update sooner. Love you.