You're Just A Daydream Away

Chapter 11

This is it. Today is my last full day in America. Tomorrow I'll be getting on a plane and going back to where I came from. Of course I wasn't nearly as upset about this as I had been because now I knew I'd see Niall every weekend. But I would have to adjust to not waking up in his arms every morning, and that wasn't going to be fun.

To start the day, we were all going to brunch. Then, we would go to the zoo. Normally the boys had to be at the venue at 3, but because of me they didn't have to be there until 5.

Lou was currently working on my hair. She was curling it, which takes forever due to the thickness of my hair. Bless her soul for her patience.

I still don't understand why I need Lou. Don't get me wrong, it's nice that I don't have to do all this stuff for myself, but I totally can. I don't understand what's so different when I do it than when she does.

Finally, my hair was done. Okay, so maybe it does look a lot better when Lou does it rather than myself. It was nearly perfect. My makeup looked stunning, too.

When I walked out of my room, Zayn was standing in the hallway. His jaw dropped when he saw me.

"How did you go from the innocent little girl that spends her days playing video games to sexy woman over night?" he said in disbelief.

"People change. But don't worry, I'm still down to kick your ass in a game of zombies anytime," I retaliated.

"IT WAS ONE TIME! YOU BEAT ME ONCE!" he shouted. Anytime I bring up me defeating him at COD, he gets heated.

"If you say so. C'mon loser. We need to get going," I said playfully before looping my arm in his and skipping down the hall to the elevator like the carefree children we once were.

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Brunch was delicious. I had an incredibly overpriced omelet. Well, overpriced by my, and any average human being's, standards. But I suppose it was a normal price in comparison to other places you get to eat at when you're the world's biggest boy band.

We were now on our way to the zoo. I sat in the car next to Niall with our hands woven together and my head on his shoulder, trying to spend the last few hours we had together in the best way we could.

We were ushered through the gates of the zoo by three security guards. There surprisingly wasn't many fans there for once, so that was nice.

Apparently it was my special day so I got to dictate which animals we saw and in what order. Most of the animals were actually up and moving not just laying there, so it was kind of fun.

Finally, we were done at the zoo. Don't get me wrong, I love animals, but walking around for hours at a time is not my thing at all.

We all piled into two SUV's and made our way to the stadium the boys were performing at.

Everything went normally before the show. Niall and I had a make out session, Lou did their hair while I watched TV, and then they were ready to go on stage.

I hugged all of the boys before they went on; Niall the longest. As soon as they got off stage tonight, everything would change. I'd be on a plane almost immediately and would have to leave this new crazy life I had grown to love behind.

The guys put on an incredible show. I balled my eyes out during Moments. In the middle of the show, Zayn came over to where I was sitting on the side of the stage, picked me up, threw me over his shoulder, and carried me on stage.

"Ladies and gentleman, what little of you there are here, this is Haley's last night in America. As soon as the show is over she's going back to boring old Bradford where we grew up together. Now she's had her share of fuck ups while she's been here, but we still love her and will miss her so much. Everyone tell her bye now!" he said to the audience before the erupted into claps and screams while he carried me right back off stage.

The concert ended too soon. As soon as it was over, Niall ran off stage and wrapped me in his arms. We stayed like that for a while, just standing off stage hugging.

"Don't leave Haley," he whispered in my ear. I pulled away from the hug then.

"I have to Niall, you know that."

"No, no you don't. Stay here. Stay with me. You can intern with Modest! and come back to Ireland with me after the tour is over and go to school there. Please baby. Please don't go," he pleaded with me while tears formed in his eyes.

"You think I want to leave you? It's not going to be easy. But this isn't the life I want for myself. I don't want to end up working for a celebrity management company. I don't want to go to Ireland. That's your life not mine," I told him as my own tears threatened to spill over.

"Hales please. Haley I love you."

As soon as he said those three words, I did what I do best, I ran. I was scared. I wanted so badly to say here with him. I obviously loved him, but never realized he felt that way about me. What would happen if we broke up? I'd have to work every day for him. Nothing he said made sense to me, but yet it made complete sense at the same time. I knew that it was a bad idea, but my heart just wanted Niall, always and forever.

I had to get away.