Before She Falls

Chapter 8

"Kat?" I recognize Liam's voice calling me as I awake from my slumber.

"What?" I respond to him, obviously a little annoyed. I'm not a morning person whatsoever.

"Are you awake?" Liam peeks in through the door and that's when I realize: I'm in Harry's bed, I'm by myself, I'm wearing Harry's t-shirt and only my underwear.

"Yes" I answer Liam and hold the warm sheets close to my body, feeling a bit uncomfortable.

"Your mum is going to be here in twenty minutes" Liam sits in the edge of the bed next to Harry's bed and faces me. He gives me a knowing look and I choose to ignore it, I'll explain to him why I'm sleeping in Harry's bed later; it's way too early for this.

"Ugh" I groan and roll over onto my stomach. "What time is it?" I ask while wiping the sleep from my eyes.

The bright sunlight streaming through the huge window at the far end of the room was making it almost impossible for me to see without squinting my eyes. However, it did look like lovely morning weather outside.

"It's 10:30am now" Liam states and pats the top of my back. "Time to wake up" he stands up hovers over me.

"I'll get up, I'll get up" I assure Liam, this makes him turn around and leave the room.

I rip the blankets off of my body and stand up. My stomach isn't feeling its best, but it is bearable. I tug at the bottom of Harry's black t-shirt and try to make it reach down farther on my thighs but it's no use.

I start to walk down the small hallway to the suite bathroom. I look up to see Harry's shirtless body approaching me, still only wearing his black boxer briefs from last night. His curls are all over the place, classic messy morning hair, and his eyes look a bit droopy. A blue toothbrush is sticking out of his toothpaste-foaming mouth. He takes his time to stare at me, from my probably knotty hair down to my bare feet. I think he just remembered that he had given me his shirt to sleep in last night. His lips curl into a smirk and his green eyes seem to be dancing when he looks at me.

"Morning" I greet him before making a bee-line for the bathroom, not stopping for him to respond to me.

After using the bathroom, I look in the mirror. I tie my wavy hair into a messy bun on the top of my head and rub my tired eyes. I step out of the bathroom and out into the bedroom where Harry is sitting on his bed, dressed in a white v-neck, black jeans, and he's still just in his socks.

"Nice outfit" he turns to me and smiles, looking down at his t-shirt.

"Thanks" I say, looking for my shorts on the bed.

I find them near the foot of the bed and slide them over my legs and pull them up to cover my underwear.

"Liam just told me your mum is outside waiting" Harry leans back on the bed, placing both hands behind his head. "Are you going home?" He asks in his raspy morning voice.

"Yeah, my mom's taking me home" I said as I look for my sweater next.

"Are you going to visit again, before we leave New York?" Harry's questions me.

"Kat, hurry up!" Liam calls through the open door to the living room.

"I'm not sure" I say searching for my white too still. "When do you boys leave?"

"We have two more days here and then we leave to Los Angeles, I believe" Harry continues our conversation but then changes the subject when he sees that he doesn't have my undivided attention. "What are you looking for?"

"My white sweater that I was wearing last night" I answer while I'm looking beneath the bed.

"Kat, c'mon!" Liam's head pops out from the doorway. "Your mum is going to kill you for making her wait this long."

"I give up" I sigh and rise from the floor. "If you find it let me know" I direct my command towards Harry.

"I can just give it back to you when you come and visit again" Harry's tone gets playful.

I roll my eyes and walk towards the door, "I'll see ya, Harry."

"C'mere" Harry calls me back as he lifts himself from his bed.

I shuffle back towards him. He embraces him as soon as I'm in arms-reach of him and I wrap my arms around his lower stomach.

"I'll see you soon though, right?" Harry pulls away to give me a look as if I would agree with him after seeing his face.

"Maybe" I start to make my way to the doorway where Liam is holding the door open for me.

I hear Harry chuckle behind me as I walk out into the living room. Niall and Zayn are lying on the couch, both of them in just sweats.

"Kat!" Niall jumps up from his seat. He grabs me and pulls me into his chest, hugging me tightly. "Come hangout with us again before we leave" Niall gives me the cutest puppy dog face.

"I just might have to" I pinch this bottom lip that is sticking out.

"Seriously, come back. I don't want to not see you for another two years again" Zayn stands up and hugs me too.

"I promise the next time you guys see me will not be two years from now" I laugh and pull away from Zayn's arms. "Where's Louis?"

"He and El went out to get brunch" Niall says switching the channels on the television to a sports station.

"Will you let him know I said goodbye?" I ask Niall and Zayn.

"Yeah, yeah, of course" Niall's accent is apparent with his response.

"Alright time to go, c'mon now" Liam rushes me out of the suite.

We meet up with my mom in the parking garage of the hotel.

"Liam!" she closes her car door and runs up to Liam. She's wearing dark-wash shorts about mid-thigh and a loose fitting coral blouse. Her dark hair is straight down her back and her sunglasses are perched on her head.

"Hi Aunt Angela!" He opens his arms to embrace her 5'3 petite body.

"How was everything?" She asks Liam as I load my bags into the back of my mom's black Mercedes Benz.

"It was so much fun, the boys and I want Kat to come back and visit again before we leave New York in a couple of days" Liam answers and I'm not sure how my mom will feel about that. I'm only at home for another two weeks until I have to start my internship and go back to classes and my mom's been worrying about not spending the proper amount of time with me before I have to leave.

"Oh that sounds wonderful. Why don't you come back on Friday, Kat?" My mom turns to me and to my surprise looks genuine with her comment.

"Yeah, I'd love to" I answer her even though I should be telling Liam.

"When will you be able to visit everyone?" My mom turns back to Liam.

"In about a month I believe I'll have a break. Why don't you all come visit in England soon? I'll be back there in two weeks" Liam suggests to my mother.

"That sounds lovely" she smiles. "I'll have to call Geoff about going. I think the last time I was there was about a year ago for one of your shows actually" my mom remembers and her accent becomes more apparent.

"You'll have to come. My mom wants everyone together for Ruth's birthday" Liam adds. "I have to run out now with the boys now though. So I will see you when you visit" Liam smiles and embraces my mother.

"I'll see you soon enough, Li. Love you sweetie" my mom kisses him cheek.

"Love you too. And I'll see you in two days then?" Liam turns and asks me as if he's not sure my mother's answer is my answer.

"Yes, I'll be here" I tell Liam.

"Alright, love you both. Bye!" Liam waves as he returns back to the hotel'a side door.

"You had fun, yeah?" My mother asks me as we both buckle ourselves into the car.

"Yeah, it was interesting" I brush a strand of hair behind my ear and look through the window at the passing buildings and people.