Patch Our Hearts

Chapter 7

Nolan's P.O.V.

I grabbed a few pieces of Hawaiian pizza, the restaurant getting louder and louder by the minute as it grew closer to the dinner hour. I was just praying a pap wouldn't show up and mess with this. Walking back to our table, I smiled, happy that everyone was all together. My stomach was in shambles, Carina has been driving me crazy this whole time. Her laugh, the way she scrunched her nose as she would lean over, clutching her stomach. The way her eyes would glisten as she looked around the table.

I sat down between Louis and Abby, dousing my attention to the conversation.

"Ryder!" Carina giggled from across the circular table.

"It's true!" Ryder defending himself, watching her laugh, as he clearly enjoyed himself.

Taking a bite of my pizza, I turned to Abby, "So what'd you tell Carina?"

"Just that I got us tickets, and she kinda thinks we're visiting her sister who lives somewhere here too." Abby said, waving her pizza around. The jet-lag has really gotten to her, and I couldn't help but snicker at her goofiness.

"Okay, cool," I replied, setting my pizza down to grab my drink glass, taking a long sip.

"We told Ryder at three in the morning so he wouldn't question why," Louis explained, a dumb smirk on his face like he was the creator of this whole plan. We all glanced at Harry snickering across the table.

"This one told him," I said, nodding my head towards Harry.

He smiled his cheeky, dimpled smile towards Abby. He was trying to impress her in his stupid dorky way, and to my knowledge it was getting her attention.

I set down my glass, and looked down at my plate. Oh no, I was out of pizza. I stood up go back to the buffet.

Liam's P.O.V.

We all sat back in our chairs, stomachs full to the brim with pizza, ice cream and everything else imaginable.

"Uggghhhhh," Harry moaned, scrolling through something on his phone.

Even I didn't want to move, but I stood up and grabbed my coat. "You guys want to head back to the hotel?"

"Where are you guys staying?" Louis asked Carina, who looked over to Abby.

"I have no idea," Abby said, looking back at us.

"Holiday Inn on 57 Welbeck Street," Carina recited.

"Holy crap, we're in the same hotel! That's so weird!" I said, just it wasn't.

"Oh my god! This is so weird!" Carina said, excited, as she stood up to get her jacket and pushed in her chair.

After we paid, the rest of us got up and left Pizza Ranch out the back door so we could miss the paps.

It was pouring rain outside, and we all ran to our cars. I told Ryder to go ride with Carina and Abby and help them get to the hotel, and thankfully he did so.

"Meet at the hotel!" Louis yelled across the parking lot to Carina, who nodded and ducked into the car with Abby and Ryder. I took shot gun in our car and Louis took the driver's seat, as we all piled in.

When all the doors closed Louis chuckled,

"Wow Liam, you suck at acting."

I laughed, knowing it was true.

"I know, I know," I said. "Let's get going."

Louis started up the car, puling out onto the road.

"What are we going to do about Ryder and Carina? They aren't going to believe this is a coincidence for much longer." Nolan piped up form the far back seat.

I spun around, "Abby should tell Carina, but I don't know about Ryder." Harry said.

This was true, Carina wouldn't care very much, but we wouldn't know about Ryder because he'd never talked about her before. He seemed so much happier today.

"I think we should tell them both tomorrow, it's going to be ugly, but we should tell them." Louis said, breaking the silence in the car.

We pulled into hotel's parking lot, and Louis parked right next to Ryder, as him, Carina and Abby stepped out of the car. Louis shut off the engine and turned around.

"Tomorrow it is." he concluded, opening his car door and stepping into the rain.

I sat their for a split second, taking in that we had to tell them. Then I swung the door open and following Louis inside.

Abby's P.O.V.

I third-wheeled it the whole car ride in the back seat as Ryder and Carina went on and on about the past and all that kind of stuff.

I was relieved when we finally pulled up to what looked like our hotel. I rushed out of the car as fast as I could, and raced inside out of the rain.

Everyone came trailing in after me. I looked at them, waiting for the guys and Carina to hurry up. She met my eye and smiled.

Rolling my eyes I went to the Front Desk.

"Name?" the lady asked.

"Abby Monroe," I said.

She typed in a few things, then handed me three card keys.

"Why do you need three?" Ryder asked, a quizzical expression plastered on his face as well as the others.

Carina laughed, "One for me and two for Abby because she always loses one."

Five heads turned towards me and I smiled a cute, cheeky smile.

"Not surprised!" Louis said and I laughed.

"Don't Judge!" I said, moving out of the way for Liam to go to the desk.

"Skyline in the PM," was all Liam said, and the lady handed him nine card keys.

We all broke into laughter as we walked up the stairs.

"So- Omg- you all -need two except- Liam." Abby said, laughing the hardest.

We finally all made it to our rooms, which were only three doors away.

I slid the card into the slot and pulled it out quickly. The light turned green and Carina reached over, opening the door. We walked into our rooms and our jaws dropped.

Holy crap our Suites were amazing! I trusted Louis to book our room for us, and I thought he would give us a crappy room.

The walls were a light violet, with warm white lighting illuminating the room. There were black and white pictures of flowers and scenery hung front the walls, in black frames. There was a black couch, and a flat screen television and a sleek microwave sitting next to it. Two beds sat side by side next to each other, with white pillow and a soft gray bedding. I chucked my bags across the room and jumped onto a bed, screaming, "Dibs!"

Ding ding.

Reaching into my pocket I pulled out my phone, with a text from Liam.

Liam: Tell Carina about why we're here tomorrow morning, we're doing the same. xx

My eyes grew wide, and I sighed.

I don't know how Carina is going to take this at all, because there was obviously a reason she never talked about him.