Smooth Criminal - Styles - Completed

Chapter 21

‘’ ‘Morning.’’ I hear someone behind me say as I shut Harry’s bedroom door behind me. I didn’t see or hear anyone when I walked out so this was quite a shocker. I turn around to face Liam, who I haven’t talked to yet. ‘’ ‘Morning.’’ I say, completely embarressed. The guy probably thinks I slept with Harry! Like, slept-slept. He disappears into the bathroom and I quickly hop down the stairs.

God, this was such a stupid idea! I didn’t mean to sleep with Harry, I just fell asleep… in his comfortable arms. Zayn is already sitting in the backyard with breakfast on the table. I join him at the table and mumble a ‘good morning’, just to be polite. ‘’Happy birthday.’’ Oh, right, almost forgot about that. ‘’Thanks.’’ I mumble once again. I put some fruit in a small bowl and grab a fork.

‘’Would you like to go to the beach today, together?’’ I almost put a piece of fruit in my mouth, now the fork is just hanging between my lips. ‘’What?’’ Zayn asks confused. ‘’What, what?’’ I snap at him. ‘’Seriously, Vicky? You have dinner with Harry, you sleep with him after everything he’s done to you, but you can’t even go to the beach with your fucking friend?’’ He snaps back at me.

It actually doesn’t make sense… but that’s not the point. ‘’I didn’t sleep with him! We just… slept.’’ Wow, you’re making yourself sound so clever! Not. ‘’Whatever, I get it.’’ He mumbles and goes back into the house.

Do you know how much I depend on these guys, and already two of them don’t like me at all. I don’t know about Liam yet, we haven’t had much of a conversation. Niall and I seem to be okay, even though I don’t know how that happened? And Harry? Well, I don’t know what it is between us, it’s just confusing.

If we really are going to stay here for at least a month or two, like Harry said, I have to make these guys like me or find some new friends. I think I will go for option two, since I’m quite scared of Louis. Harry said he has had a rough past and I should give him a chance, but don’t we all have a rough past in certain ways?

‘’Who are you dreaming about?’’ Niall is suddenly sitting in front of me. Everybody always laughs at me for being such a day dreamer. They talk to me while I’m in my own world and they see me staring at nothing in general, and I don’t even hear them. ‘’Nothing.’’ I smile back at him.

His hair is a complete mess and his eyes are still sleepy, he looks kinda cute. ‘’Hmm, not Harry?’’ He smirks, putting some of the food from the table on his plate. ‘’No.’’ I chuckle, knowing what he means.

‘’Happy birthday by the way.’’ He casually says, not making a big deal of it, I like that. I’ve never been one to celebrate my birthday. I couldn’t think about it as a birthday since it was the day I got given away. Of course I’m grateful that my parents took me into their family the same day I was born, in fact, they were there when I got born, but still… it reminds me of my biological parents. I’m sure they had very good reasons to give me away and not keep me, but I just wish… that I could have or still could meet them or that they would’ve written me a letter which my parents could give on, for example, my eighteenth birthday.

‘’You got plans for today?’’ Niall asks while I see Louis walking towards us. Apparently everyone has woken up, except for Harry. ‘’Not really, I just want to explore this city a bit.’’ I shrug and take a sip from the water Niall just poured into my empty glass.

‘’You can’t go anywhere on your own.’’ Louis says without a nice morning greet or something. Well, it’s not like I expected it from him anyway. ‘’Seriously? We fly to the other side of the fucking world and I still can’t be anywhere on my own? Is it okay if I use a public on my own or will you be following me then too?’’ He ignores me, starting a conversation with Niall about something completely different.