Before She Falls

Chapter 4

The door to the hotel room creeks open and my eyes dart up to see who it is. I quickly sit up on the bed, not really caring if it my abrupt motion wakes Harry up or not. Liam appears through the door with a surprised and confused look on his face.

"What are you doing?" Liam takes a few steps into the room.

I turn my head to look at Harry and his eyes are still closed and his chest is rising and falling in rhythm with his heavy breaths.

"Sh" I lift myself from the bed and pull Liam out of the dark room with me and into the living room.

"What the hell were you doing in there?" Liam asks as I look around the room to make sure no one else is in the room, I almost forget I'm only in a towel.

"I was taking a shower and he walked in! He wouldn't response to me so he had to be sleeping walking. I had to bring him back to bed but he wouldn't go to sleep until I laid down with him" I tell Liam.

"Shit" Liam traces along his jawline with his hand and then scratches his scruff.

"Is this a usual thing or do I sound crazy for saying this?" I ask, worrying about Harry's strange actions.

"It happens a lot but it's usually when he's upset about something" Liam thinks and tries to process the situation.

"He kept singing and he wouldn't answer me for a while" I try to explain to Liam.

"I don't know. There could be something bothering him that he hasn't told anyone" Liam says.

"Well I'm going to go get dressed now because I'm cold and still in a towel" I say looking down and then rushing to the kitchen to grab my new clothes.

I walk back into Liam and Harry's room and Harry is still knocked out on his bed. I lock myself in the bathroom, learning from my mistake the last time I wanted privacy, and dress myself in a brand new pair of high-waisted light wash shorts, a cropped white knit sweater, and plain brown flip flops. I apply all the new make-up I bought to my bare face and let my hair hang down to my waist, still damp from the shower.

I flick the light switch in the bathroom off and walk back into Harry and Liam's room to see Harry running his fingers through his hair, trying to tame his mane. He's dressed in tight black jeans, a dark green t-shirt, and black boots on his feet.

"Hey" he smiles at me as his green eyes meet mine.

"What's up?" I ask awkwardly as I move toward the door to the living room. It's so strange now to see him awake when just an hour ago he was unconsciously stumbling around the room.

"Nothing. I think we're leaving now" Harry says as my hand is on the door handle. I start to pull it open and I feel Harry's hand wrapped around my wrist.

"Katrina" Harry starts, "Liam just told me about the whole sleeping walking and shower thing. And I just want to apologize before things get weird. Well things are already kind of weird now, but I don't know." He starts rambling, "It's not something I control really well and I'm sorry you were caught up in the middle of it" Harry's eyes glance down at the carpet.

"It's totally fine, don't worry about" I say and motion for him to follow me out of the door. He blushes before trailing behind me through the doorway.

"Thanks for dealing with me though" Harry says as we step into the living room where Niall, Liam, Louis and Zane are sitting around on the couches chatting.

I turn around quickly and smile, "No problem, you were a little stubborn but it's okay."

Harry gives me a quick smile before I turn around and Niall rushes over to me.

"Katrina! How are you love?" Niall squeezes me with the full force of his arms.

"I'm wonderful Niall" I pull away to look at his angelic face.

"It feels like it's been ages" his Irish accent and bright blue eyes are adorable. "When's the last time we all hung out with you? Two years ago, yeah?"

"Yeah, about two years. Seems like longer" I say to Niall.

"Well we missed ya" Niall loops his arm around my back and squeezes.

"Well, shall we get going?" Louis heads for the door and we all file out of the hotel suite after him.

"Are you sure you want another, Niall?" Zayn leans over the table to look at Niall.

"I'm fine" Niall slurs and waves Zayn away.

After dinner, the boys wanted to stick around and order some drinks. Niall is ordering his sixth one of the night. I, however, am on my fourth and starting to feel a strong buzz.

"Liam, another for you?" Louis asks, I believe he just finishing up his fourth drink.

Liam shakes his head, "I'm waiting until we get back to the suite."

"Harry?" Louis calls to the other end of the table.

"Yes please" Harry lifts his empty glass up in the air to signal that he is in need of another drink. I'm not quite sure how many Harry has consumed because he's sitting at the end of the table.

"One more for me too, Lou" Zayn says to Louis.

Louis orders the drinks as Niall starts to tell the whole table about a story from tour, I guess forgetting that the other four boys were on the tour with him.

"And then Zayn pulled the door open and Harry was underneath this trollop, taking off her shirt" Niall starts laughing, as do the other boys. I giggle too until I see Harry's face almost straight. I can't tell if he's upset or just annoyed that Niall brought up one of Harry's not so proud moments.

"Oh c'mon Haz" Liam pats Harry on the shoulder and Harry's face instantly lightens into a smile.

"She was dirty, but she had huge tits" Harry laughs and lowers his head out of embarrassment.

"He's so sweet, isn't he?" Louis jokes to me as a waitress drops off the drinks to our table.

"Incredibly charming" I say, the alcohol in my body makes it sound very sarcastic.

"Don't be fooled by his handsome face, this guy's a real panty-dropper" Niall pinches the skin on Harry's cheeks.

"Gentlemen on the streets, freak in the sheets, huh?" I raise my eyebrows and take another big sip from my drink.

Harry hides covers his face with his hands and shakes his head. But I can see a his shining smile through his fingers.

"Don't try to act like you're innocent" Zayn nudges Harry across the table.

"Says the guy who fucked Perrie in the tour bus bathroom!" Harry practically shouts but chuckles after the words leave his mouth.

His remark makes the other boys and myself crack up as Zayn's mouth closes shut and his cheeks turn pink.

"That was one time!" Zayn recants.

"Oh please" Harry rolls his eyes.

"Zayn it happened twice that night" Liam states to Zayn who has his hands covering his laughing face.

"Alright, enough you arses. Shall we go back to the hotel now?" Louis calms the table down.