Agitated Afternoons// h.s

Confession

The summer was coming to a close. The boys had finally finished recording their fourth album and now were spending most of their days kicking back and relaxing, taking in the California sun. On the occasions that my friends and I could join them, we would all head to the beach where for the most part, nobody really recognized us. Blake even joined us a couple of times and we all had a good laugh about our breakup.

"I'm actually really glad that I did this though." Blake confessed as we all lounged in the sand on beach towels and in chairs. I smirked a little.

"Because the pay was really good?" He shoved my arm and I laugh.

"No because now I have a bunch of new friends."

"Aww!" Ava exclaimed. "He likes us!" Blake rolled his eyes.

"But also because the pay was really good." He interjected.

"Oh, well there you go. He was just a damn gold digger." Harry said with a roll of his eyes. Blake threw sand at him which eventually turned into a full fledged sand war that Meghan had to direct everyone to the ocean for because,

"You freaking idiots are getting sand everywhere! Move!" And so Blake, Harry, Malissa, Louis, Niall and I were all sent to the ocean where we could continue the war in the water.

Harry had gone out with Kendall less and less and I was beginning to relax around him whenever we were out with the boys. We still couldn't kiss in public but I did hug him more often and mess around with him. I was kind of glad the summer was winding down but reluctant for it to end because then the boys would start their tour and it would be a long, long time before I got to see them again.

A week before the boys were scheduled to leave, they were set to appear on a talk show to discuss their new album. Harry and the rest of the boys begged and begged me to take off work so I could go to the tapping but I wouldn't budge. While it would have been cool to watch them from backstage, I needed to make money too and so I declined their offer but my roommates and I were geared up to watch the program the next night.

"Hurry up Terra! Your boyfriends are about to come on!" Meghan shouts from the living room. I laugh as she says this.

"I only have one boyfriend!" I shout back at her.

"But the other four might as well be yours. They talk so highly about you when we all know you're not that great!" Malissa calls out.

"Hey, that's my best friend over there." Meghan says as I exit our shared room.

"She's our friend too." Ava said, tossing a pretzel at Meghan who picked it up off her lap and ate it. I make a face at her as I sit down. "How are the boys by the way?" Ava asks me. I had seen the boys just three days ago but it had been nearly a week for the rest of them.

"You mean how is Zayn?" I correct for her. Ava rolls her eyes.

"Well obviously I care more about Zaddy but how are the rest of them doing?" Malissa makes a face at Ava.

"Zaddy?" She asks.

"Like daddy but with a Z for Zayn." Ava says with a knowing smile. Malissa pretends to throw up while Meghan and I laugh.

"The boys are fine. Zayn is a lot happier now that he confessed he doesn't really want to stay in the band. There's still some tension between everyone but I think they're coming to terms with the fact that.. This wasn't going to last forever."