Bumps On The Road

Chapter 17

It was 1:07am, Ava was crying for about 3 hours straight, our eyes were bloodshot from the screams and exhaustion, Louis was sleeping since he was feeling sick, the rest of the boys occupied themselves infront of the tv while me and Harry desperately tried to calm her down.

The night when on and Ava was still crying, we had tried everything and we were both losing our cool. At 5:27 she had finally let us take care of her, she finally fell asleep from exhaustion of screaming, we realized she was just over tired. Harry and I sunk down into our tiny bunk and were asleep in about 35 seconds. At around 8 I heard the door slide open, Harry was out cold not even budging. I saw Niall creep in "Niall, I swear to god" I threatened "I was just checking on you geez" he said and closed the door. An hour later the door opened again and Niall walked in again "Emily don't shoot me but Harry has to get up" he said. I groaned at him and buried my face in my pillow, turning to feel Harry stir, I kissed his neck "babe" I whispered "I know" he whispered back turning towards me, he pecked my nose and got up, Ava started crying "perfect timing little one" Harry smiled as he put on basketball shorts that were lying on the ground, he picked her up "Harold anyway you can grow some boobs in the next few seconds so your lovely wife can sleep?" He chuckled "nope I'm all man" he said as he walked out towards his mates. I groaned and got out of bed following Harry into the front room where everyone was , I took Ava from harry and plopped down next to him snuggling into his still warm sleepy body as Ava ate.

We had arrived at the arena early this morning and were parked.

The crew was on duty leaving the crew that was not on the busses. Louise came to hang out with me and Ava while the rest were busy.

We had lounged on the sofa in back in front of the tv screen watching One Tree Hill with Ava asleep on my chest, bundled up in my blanket. We had opened a bag of Cheetos and were munching. As we chatted about the episode, we were deciding on going out shopping while the rest worked "ill call Harry and see where they're at" I reached for my phone sitting up careful not to jostle Ava "hi love" Harry answered "hi what time you going to be done? Me and Lou are thinking of going out?" I asked "not sure" he answered "Kay so were going you call if something happens" I told him sitting up "ok I will. Have fun" he said I hung up. " I need to get dressed" I recalled, I looked at Lou, she laughed "yes. I think you do" she took Ava from my arms and I went to get dresser. Lou has called a taxi, I was getting Ava's bag ready.

Lou and I were walking around a shopping center when things started to get a little overwhelming, there were girls asking for photos and we were getting crowded. Lou called the taxi, and we were moving and walking, there were strategies for avoiding getting mobbed which we had learnt over the years. Always looking for a second exit, back doors, storage rooms and fire escapes were your friends.

We giggled as we escaped our mob, finally the taxi had arrived we practically ran, the driver came to help us, and we got in the cab and headed back to the arena, the last place you'd think would be quiet, but it was.