Before She Falls

Chapter 13

The game ends, it's already eleven o'clock at night. But by the time we get through the crowd of people, paparazzi, and photographers it's about twelve-thirty.

Vanessa, Niall, Harry, and I make it into Harry's car even through the sea of people and cameras. Surprisingly Harry and Niall remain very calm until we pull out onto a clear street and Harry pushes down on the gas pedal.

"Fucking paps" Harry says under his breath. He doesn't seem very upset, just a little ticked off but so does everyone in the car.

"Should have flipped them the bird, Haz" Niall leans over from the backseat to say to Harry.

"That's your job" Harry replies with a smile and the mood in the car lightens up instantly.

Strange how it only takes someone's smile to release tension, especially when that smile is a Harry Styles smile.

"I'm so tired already" Vanessa yawns in the backseat.

"What a kid, already tired. It's only 12:45am" Niall jokes about Vanessa.

I must have missed the Niall and Vanessa bonding session during the game. Perhaps it's because I was having my own with Harry.

"Says the one who was sleeping on my shoulder during the game" Vanessa recants as Harry and I both laugh.

"It was because the game was so boring!" Niall gives the explanation behind his tiredness.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah" Vanessa says with sarcasm in her voice.

"Harry's usually the one to fall asleep during sporting events" Niall nudges Harry from the backseat.

"That only happened twice" Harry defends himself but it's no use, the rest of us are already laughing away.

We pull into the parking lot of the hotel and there are paparazzi already swarming our car.

"Let's just wait in the car for a minute" Niall says calmly as Harry pulls out his cell phone.

People are snapping pictures from the sides of the car and the flash of the cameras make it hard to not pay attention to them.

"Paul?" Harry asks into the phone.

"We're in the parking lot now" I can hear the mumbling of another person on the other end of the line.

"Okay" he ends the phone call and then turns to face Niall.

"Paul's coming out now" Harry tells him and Niall nods.

After a couple of minutes of being seated in the car, Harry's door swings open. A middle-aged man wearing black clothes gestures for Harry to step out. Then my door flies open and the sounds of the paparazzi grows louder.

"Come with me" an older, but bulky man helps me out of the car. I follow right along side of him and follow Harry and the security inside.

Niall and Vanessa enter the hotel behind us.

"Does that always happen to you?" Vanessa questions as she brushes her hair back.

"Pretty much, here it's a lot more intense. But in England, most of the paps aren't right in our faces, they're more respectful" Niall explains.

"Ya rude Americans" Harry jokes to Vanessa and I as he pushes the door open to the hotel room.

Liam, Danielle, Zayn and Perrie are already lounging around in the living room and kitchen. They must have had an easier time getting in the building than we did.

"Finally, I thought you were swallowed by that sea of paps" Liam laughs and walks over to us.

"We had Paul come help us out, it was pretty bad" Niall kicks his shoes off and moves toward the couch in the living room.

Zayn and Perrie stand up almost in sync. They seem to always move together, one could tell how in love they are just by looking at them and how they interact with each other; as if no one else is in the room.

"Well, we're going to head to bed" Zayn says in an almost inaudible accent, I could barely understand him, as he takes Perrie's hand in his.

"I think Danielle and I will be sleeping in there too" Liam motions toward the bedroom on the right. "Is that okay with you two?"

"Yeah, no problem" Perrie answers before Zayn can say it.

"Do you want to head to bed now, Dan?" Liam asks to Danielle, who is sitting down at the kitchen table.

"Sounds good. I'm awfully tired, actually" she stands from the table and follows Zayn and Perrie into the bedroom.

"Goodnight all" Liam waves to the four of us that are left in the suite and enters through the doorway of the bedroom on the right, and closes the door behind him,

"Well" Niall ends the sudden silence in the room. "Do you all want to go to bed? It is late and all."

Vanessa yawns, "I think that's a good idea."

"I'm going to go change into my pajamas" Harry announces as he travels towards the door on the left side of the room.

"Me too" I add, grabbing my bag with all of my belongings in it. "Vanessa, you can come change in the bathroom with me."

Vanessa takes her bag and follows me into Harry and Liam's bedroom. I lead both of us to the bathroom while Harry stays back and rummages through his drawers.

"Close the door" I command Vanessa as soon as she's inside the doorway. She listens to me and looks towards me because she knows I have something to say.

"Are you going to sleep with Niall tonight?" I ask and then realize that's not how I meant for the question to come out. "Not like sleep with him, but ya know like sleep next to him?"

"I don't know!" Vanessa throws her hands up in confusion. "Are you staying with Harry tonight?"

"I don't know either" I say as I start to strip my outfit off of my body. Vanessa does the same and then pulls on small grey shorts and a blue t-shirt that she got during our senior year of high school. I dress myself in black shorts, similar to Vanessa's, and a white v-neck shirt.

"Do you want to sleep with Niall?" I ask Vanessa as she wipes some of her make-up off of her face.

"Yeah, I guess so" she laughs and I can see her cheeks blushing a bit.

"Aw!" I smile.

"Shut up" she says but smiles along with me. "Why don't you stay in here with Harry and Niall and I will stay out in the living room? So it's not awkward or anything."

"Sounds good to me" I shrug.

I don't even know if Harry was being serious about me staying with him tonight. I mean, he seemed like he was pretty interested as to if I would be sleeping in his bed again but I'm still unsure about how he really feels. He could have just been joking around with me, like he does all the time.

Vanessa and I exit the bathroom and she leads us down the small hallway and back into the bedroom.

"Goodnight Harry" Vanessa waves and reaches toward the door.

I walk farther and turn to see a surprisingly clothed Harry, already sitting in his bed. He's dressed in a thin grey t-shirt and a pair of black shorts that reach just above his knee. Harry turns to me as I come into his view.

"Night, Kat" Vanessa smiles towards me then shuts the door.

"Where is she going?" Harry asks. His hair looks more tamed than it was during the basketball game.

"Niall's out there, isn't he?" I reply with a question but Harry doesn't respond, he just raises his eyebrows and smirks.

I brush a piece of hair away from my face and tuck in behind my ear. Then I climb into Liam's bed, the one closest to the door. I lay down on my stomach and my head sinks into the pillow, then I hear Harry chuckle from the next bed over.

"What?" I turn my head to face him. His smile is wide across his face as he brushes his hair back with his fingers.

He shakes his head, "Really?"

"What?" I hear my voice get a little higher as I ask.

Harry tilts his head down so the only thing I can really focus on are those goddamned green eyes, "You really think I'm going to let you sleep there?"