Cats (Zayn Malik)

Chapter 14: 'Brave'

*Danni's P.O.V.*

I stand up from my spot on my bed and Thimbles' head snaps up. She purrs and goes to the center of the bed, naking herself comfortable. With a smile on my face, I head for the living room where the lads are eating and laughing at how corny Harry's jokes are, my smile immediately fading away.

Bad idea.

I turn around and attempt to leave the room, but Louis sees me before I can even take a step.

"Ah, Danni!" and I cautiously turn around, all eyes on me, "Care to join us?"

"I, um, no, sorry." I say directly, not wanting to waste some more time.

"Come on! Jade's joining us in a minute!" Liam insists, motioning me over.

"Yeah! Surely you're not scared of us, are you?" Niall chuckles, making me blush.

"'Course not! Why would I be scared of a bunch of 20-year-old guys? I mean, you're not a pack of lions who are here to eat me!" I say quickly, 'nervous' clear in my voice.

"Well, come on then!" Louis exclaims, and I gulp, nervously taking steps towards them.

"Guys, nah. I don't like this idea." Harry says once I sit down on a separate seat.

"And why not?"

"I don't wanna be talking to a walking dictionary." Harry responds and I cross my arms.

"I'm not a walking dictionary! Don't blame me if you can't understand my words!" I argue, sticking my tongue out at him right after. The others chuckle.

"Woah! I understand your words. Okay, maybe 'dictionary' isn't the correct term..." Harry starts, "Ahhhh, I've got nothing. You just talk so fancy that it's weird. And I thought I'm British." he mumbles the last sentence and the others laugh harder.

"Again, don't blame me!" I exclaim, my hands flailing upwards as I lean back against my seat.

They start laughing again and at the same time, Jade enters the room, Carla, Kelly, and Janette following her with trays.

"Finally." I mumble to myself and cross my arms, rolling my eyes.

"What's so funny?" Jade asks, a small smirk planting on her limps as the maids hand us our food and drinks.

"Nothing." we all say.

The 3 maids exit the room and all 7 of us start chattering, jokes cracked every now and then.

"Harry, stop running your hand through your hair." Niall says.

"It's relaxing!" Harry defends himself, running his hand through his hair again.

"Dye your hair red." Liam says.

"Yeah, that's a great idea." Zayn agrees, finally joining in on our conversation.

"What?! Why would I do that?!"

"So we can call you Merida." Louis shrugs.

"But I'm not Irish!" Harry argues.

"Practice it. My Irish accent wasn't exactly inborn. If I wasn't born in Ireland, like, say, I was born in England instead, I'd probably have a British accent." Niall joins in, grabbing the last chip from the bag which I was supposed to grab, "Ha ha!" he grins, raising the chip in the air and winking at me. I snort.

"I still wouldn't be Irish even if I practiced that." Harry says, slouching in his seat, "Why don't you call Niall 'Merida' instead? He's the Irish one."

"I'm not the one with the curly hair!" Niall sticks out his tongue at Harry. Harry rolls his eyes.

"You know..." and they all shut up and looked at me, "We can't call either of you 'Merida' or 'Fergus' or 'Elinor' or 'Harris' or 'Hubert' or 'Hamish' because neither of you are Scottish." I butt in, earning a loud chuckle from Jade.

"Oh." is all they respond with.

Silence. Very, very awkward, uncomfortable silence.

"I'm the bear." Zayn states randomly out of the blue.

"Okay then." Jade says awkwardly.

"This soooo brings back 2013." Louis adds, the rest of us nod.

"Why did we even talk about 'Brave'?" Jade asks, a faint giggle escaping her lips.

All of us burst in fits of laughter once we realize what this past conversation has been about. Once our laughter died down, we were all clutching on our stomachs.

"No idea."

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A/N: I'm sooooooooooorry. I know I said in the last update that I would update the following day. But I was sick and I just couldn't.

I'm still sick right now though. I can't breathe. My throat's on fire. My legs are too. My stomach and chest hurt. And I feel like my head's gonna explode. I can barely take this anymore.

But I updated because I love you all.

That's all for today.

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