New Guy

Chapter 21

oh my goodness. chapter 21. who ever thought we would come this far? enjoy, my lovelies :3 xoxo

Greer's POV:

Wow.. This school is much bigger than I expected it to be..

I walk inside and check my phone, still no texts from Nicola. Out of nowhere, two girls appear in front of me.

"Hi! I'm Thalia and this is Nina!" One of them says. They look quite similar so I guess I'll have to call them by their actual names. "We're friends with Nicola."

"Oh, uh, hi! Nice to meet you," I say. "Any idea where she could be?"

"Nicola's sick. She has a really bad cough and a fever," Nina says and I nod. This first day is probably going to be pretty hard considering I'm extremely awkward around new people..

The girls show me around the school before introducing me to three boys who say their names are Liam, Niall and Zayn. I kind of just wave and offer an awkward smile without talking much.

They seem nice enough.

Calum's POV:

"Hello! Come with me," Ashton says, once again talking to Instagram. "It's snowing."

"Good observation, Einstein," I say with a cheeky smile and Ashton gives me the evils, pointing the camera at himself then me.

"We're back in England for a while! Today we're off to sign some of your stuff! Have a good day, you sexy people!" He says and presses the button to stop recording.

His phone dings and he looks like he's reading something before saying the stupidest thing I've heard from him.

"You can't just skip the signing, Ash," I say. "And why would you even want to? It's our first one in England this time 'round!"

"Just tell the guys I have something important I need to take care of, okay?" He says and grabs a jacket before heading outside and leaving. Typical Ashton.. How will I explain this to management?

Nicola's POV:

"Mum.. Mum!" I manage to scream out from my bedroom. "What's your netflix info?"

She tells me and I log on, finding a good movie to watch. I'm currently snuggled up under my blankets with a hot chocolate in my bedroom, playing on my ps3 and watching random stuff that comes on.

My temperature is 108 and we've already been to the doctor. Even the hospital. All they said for me to do was to cool down and not waste too much energy. I know I have to stay cool but I am freezing.

Downstairs, I hear my mum's voice tell me she's going to work and then a door opens and closes. Just me now. By myself. Being sick. And bored. While my friends are at school. Sigh.

The movie that I'm watching now is Sleeping Beauty. It's one of my favourites even though I'm turning eighteen in a week.. Whatever. Disney for the win!

My eyes close and I feel myself falling to sleep before my door swings open and someone comes running into my room, sitting on my bed beside me.

"Are you okay?" He asks, placing his hand on my forehead. "Oh my God!"

"What are you doing here?!" I squeal. "Get the hell out and go to your signing!"

"No way! Signings aren't nearly as important as taking care of you," Ashton says defiantly, folding his arms.

I sit up, moving around in my blankets until I'm comfortable again. "If you don't go to your signing, I'll infect you."

"If you were going to infect me, I wouldn't have been asked to come here," He says with a grin on his face.

"My mum asked you to - but your signing - why would she - I'm not that sick!" I splutter before coughing like crazy and shoving my face into my pillow. He lies down next to me and presses play on the movie.

Whatever, I'm not gonna complain.

Liam's POV:

Wow. I guess good looks run in Nicola's family because she's beautiful and so is her cousin.

I don't exactly know what to say to her other than 'hello, I'm Liam.' so that's all I do. I notice every now and then she looks over at me with a cheeky smile, despite how awkward she was when she met us.

She's been kind of hyper once she got used to us so Zayn nicknamed her 'Buzzi'. Apparently Greer says she likes it a lot more than 'Fire Hair' which is what Nicola used to call her as a kid.

"Do you know what Nicola's temperature is? She doesn't often skip school for being sick," Zayn asks. "The only time she took a sicky was when she had to go to hospital for that virus thing she picked up."

"Her mum texted me before school started and said it was 108.. I'm not sure whether it's gone up or down but she's been to hospital," Thalia says, quite casually considering the circumstances.

"What the hell?! Why didn't you tell us?!" Niall demands, clearly worried about her.

"It's okay! Chill out! Apparently Ashton's looking after her until her mum gets back from work," She says and takes a sip of her drink. Her mum usually asks Ni, Zayn or me to take care of her.. I shake the thought away and decide it must be because we're at school.

"Wait, wait, hold on. Doesn't 5SOS have a signing today?" Nina asks, puzzled as to how Ashton could be with her today.

"Yeah but he jigged it," Thalia says. She's just so damn casual. I don't get it.

"You guys must think he's crazy, right?" Greer says, laughing a little. "Once in sixth grade, some kid pushed Nicola and she stumbled a little bit, so out of nowhere, Ashton appears and punches him in the face."

We all laugh a little at that story. Sounds like something one of us would do. Y'know, this kid might actually not be such a bad guy.

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Zayn's POV:

School has finished and I decide to go check if Nicola's alright. I mean, 108, who wouldn't check?

I knock on the door and there's no answer. I decide to see if I can open it since I'm starting to get a little worried. Apparently it's unlocked. That's handy, I guess.

I make sure I lock the door when I get inside, closing it behind me and walking upstairs. Just in case she's asleep, I choose not to make very much noise.

Her bedroom door is open so I guess it's fine to go in. Stepping inside a little, I see a Disney movie on and Ashton - I think - lying down on the bed.

"Hello.." I say quietly, walking inside. "Uh, you must be Ashton.. I'm Zayn.."

"Hi," He says with that funny accent of his. "Come in, but be quiet."

I nod and walk a little further inside to find him stroking Nicola's hair while she's curled up in a ball under her blankets, fast asleep. I laugh a little at how dead she looks when she's completely asleep. Wait, she's still alive, isn't she?

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Lol hey guys.. Random ending.. pleaseee help me think of stuff for the next chapters! I'm running kinda low on ideas here! SOS! (No, not 5SOS..)