The Darkest Direction

Chapter 3

"He's in a very, very serious condition. We need to take care of it immediately. So no visitors until late tomorrow. Feel free to stay and wait for him, but it will be a very long time." The doctor leaves the waiting room to a disappointed crowd of celebrities. There is a mess of voices jumbled in the air.

"Need a ride?" Demi asks me. I stand up from the waiting room chair.

"Yes, thank you." I hug her and bend down to get the papers the nurse gave me on Ed's condition.

"Well I hope you find one," Demi says with a smile. She squeezes my shoulder and walks away. No ride, do I really have to stay in this place for the next 30 hours? I sit down and look at the sheet in my lap. Broken arm is first on the list. Ew, that's so disgusting. Ed is horrific, and because his "parental figures" are so far away, I have to deal with all of this crap.

"Allo love, you got a place to stay?" I look up at louis, who is wearing tight red jeans and a striped T-shirt.

"Yeah, I just have no ride," I say, hopeful to have a little bit of extra time with Harry.

"Oh! I'll go 'ave a little chat with the lads. See if I can get you home." He winks and walks over to the boys. They all look very accepting and happy about it, except for Harry, who is on the floor and facing the wall, distracted by is phone. Wow, his back looks so hot with that sweater. I lick my lips.

"The blokes agree to takin' you home, dear." I jump at the sound of Louis' voice. I didn't see him walk up to me.

"Wow, thanks! How soon will we leave?" I ask.

"I think we're gonna stay 'round 'ere for about another hour, love," he says as he twirls a teabag in a cup of hot water, his mouth filled with a crumpet.

"Ay, come over 'ere with the lads and I," Louis offers as he finishes chewing and swallowing the crumpet. Just then, he pulls a jammy dodger from his pocket and a Beatles keychain. He puts it back and checks his other pocket. He then pulls out a full fried fish along with a large basket of fries.

"Sounds good," I tell him. Anything to get close to Harry.

"Come on over." Louis shoves another biscuit in and chews vigorously.

"I thought you only ate carrots," I say.

"Shut up," Louis says, staring at me. He begins to to walk to the boys and motions me over. I stand and brush myself off. I walk towards Louis and sit down in a chair by the boys. Niall is sitting on the ground in front of me, next to me is Liam, and next to him, Zayn. Harry is not a part of the group, but still fairly close. Louis clears a spot next to Niall of an empty Nando's box and a half full bag of Tatos.

"Could you hand me the crisps, Lou?" Niall asks. Wow, that Indian accent is so hot. Louis passes the bag to him.

"So Alice, You're related to Simon?" Liam asks.

"Yeah but we're not close," I say.

"He's gone a lot." I play with my hands.

"You have lovely orbs. I've never seen an ice ocean orb with dung crust around the iris," Zayn says, leaning forward for a closer look.

"Um, I don't care. Why is Harry over there?" I stare at Harry's side. I can feel my cheeks getting red. A tear begins to roll.

"He likes to be alone," Liam says. I examine Harry. He's wearing all black. Black sweater, black T-shirt, black jeans, black boots. I stand up and walk over to Harry, he doesn't notice me. I sit next to him on the floor. His head lifts and I stare into his diamond green grape streusel orb-balls. Our orbs connect in time. They lock into a beautiful link that cannot be broken.

"Can I help you?" Harry asks.

"Do you think I'm pretty?" I ask, avoiding eye contact.

"Um-"

"Just shut up! I'm ugly! Ugly! And the love of my life hates me!" I scream. I slap Harry across his rude little munchkin face and punch him in the stomach. He looks up, in shock. But then a different look comes into his orbs. A darker, blacker look. I'm in love, hypnotized. Time is frozen. Harry then head butts my face and smashes his lips onto my mouth, chewing my face. Sparks. We pull away and our orbs connect. Just then I get a phone call from my neighbor, Mrs.Antique . I answer.

"Hello?"

"Yes, I was in bed and I heard a noise from next door. I went outside and your house was gone!"

"What? How?"

"The ground has crumbled beneath it and now it's fallen into Earth's core. Goodnight." She hangs up. I put the phone down, speechless. Gone. My house is gone. All of those memories. Simon, Uncle Tom...Ed. I cringe.

"Looks like you'll be living with us tonight," Harry says with a smile. I don't know how he heard my phone call but he was right, I would be living with one direction tonight.