•Chapter 24•
The drive to the mansion was quiet, only a few words being distributed between us. The radio played softly in the background of the cars roaring engine. My index finger trailed along the lining of the leather seats in the car.
"Sarah?" The brown eyed boy spoke up after minutes of silence.
"Yes?" I mumbled.
"We're here." He glanced toward the white gold mansion.
I turned to face the giant building in front of me. I immediately recognized Louis running from the inside of the white doors, out to Liam's car. Louis stopped in front of my door, and knocked on the window several times. He was such a child.
I opened the door and was immediately attacked in hugs. "Hi, Sarah!" Louis high, scratchy, joyful voice filled my ears.
"Hey, Lou." I hugged him back. He pulled me from the inside of the car. Liam was already on his way inside with my luggage.
"How long are you staying?" Louis asked.
"I don't know. A couple of days, I guess." I admitted, picking at my fingernails.
"Great! I need to catch up with you. I haven't seen you in at least 2 months or so." He tapped his chin with his index finger, as if thinking about how long it had been. "Yeah a little over 2 months. I missed you," he smiled down at me. "Let's go inside." He grabbed my hand and in a flash we were in the living room, greeted by Niall, Zayn, Perrie, and Liam.
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"I call spending time with Sarah first!" Perrie jumped from the couch, grabbing my warm hand in her cold one.
We were immediately in her room. She was going through her closet and pulling out several dresses in each hand. "What are you doing?" I questioned, sitting down on her bed.
"We are going out tonight. Just the two of us." She chirped. She tossed me a few dresses, 1 red and 1 black. "Well, aren't you going to try them on?" She peered out from the corner of her closet.
"Yeah, I will." I placed the dresses down onto her bed. "Where exactly are we going?" I walked into her closet to find her zooming through dress after dress.
She sighed, walking over to me. "I'm taking you to go see your friends. I know how much that you miss them, in fact, your friend Nathan was on his way over to Harry's before Liam came and got you earlier today. Harry wouldn't let him see you." Perrie whispered. "I shouldn't be doing this." She finished off her explanation. Walking about her closet to find me some shoes, she looked up at me. "Try on the dresses!" Her mood immediately cheered up.
I nodded, rushing back into her bed room, trying on the dresses.
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I decided to go with the black dress, it flowed down to my knees after it tightened around my waist, showing off my figure. I complimented the dress with black heels. My dyed blonde hair was pulled back into a pony tail that reached to the middle of my back. My black roots were coming back slowly over the 3 months that it's been dyed. My eyes were framed with mascara and eyeliner. My lips were coated a deep red.
We were beginning to leave when Niall stopped us in our tracks. "Be careful, alright?" His eyes shot toward the both of us before glancing at something else behind us.
"Of course, why wouldn't we be?" Perrie was such a good actress. Why couldn't I have that talent?
"Because I know you Perrie." Niall walked off without another word, dismissing us to leave.
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We pulled into the familiar drive way of Bethany's home. She was already waiting outside. "Why is she--" I began to ask.
