A Hybrid And One Direction (ON HOLD/SLOW UPDATES)

Chapter four

Chapter four

Elise's point of view

I walk back across the street to our hotel, six McDonalds bags balanced atop each other in my arms. I mmanaged to not drop them while in the hotel lobby, elevator, and 45th floor hall, but getting out the room key and using it to open the door is the problem.

I slowly lower the bags to the ground, making sure not to drop one... dangit, there goes the whole stack falling against the door. It swings open and Niall cheers at the sight of his food.

"He was waiting at the door the whole time you were gone." Harry explains as the Irish lad devours his hot cakes with sausage and a hash brown.

"Ooh, ok." I say, raising my eyebrows. I grab the bag that has my Egg White Delight McMuffin and fruit parfait in it and then sit on the couch. Zayn sits down beside me with his own breakfast.

"So, how's your morning been?" He asks nonchalantly.

"Fine. Yours?" I ask in the same tone.

"Good, I guess. I didn't get much sleep last night 'cuz I kept thinking I was hearing a cat meowing. Weird, huh?"

I gulp. "Yeah, weird..."

"Thing is," he continues, "Your room is next to mine, and I must apologize that I walked into your room by accident after Liam woke me up this morning. But I saw something interesting in there."

"What did you see?" I ask, trying to keep my voice from shaking.

"Cat toys, and a kitten, too. But I don't think when we picked you up you had a kitten and a million cat toys in your pocket. Care to explain?" He fixes me with a stare that burns right through me.

"W-well, I bet you were tired after Liam woke you up. Are you sure you weren't just seeing things? Dreaming, maybe?" I ask. He shakes his head.

"Elise, I was wide awake when I walked back to my room- to your room. I didn't dream anything. Now when and why did you get a cat?"

"When: the mall yesterday. Why: she was just so cute!" I defend myself. "Please don't tell the boys." I add in a whisper.

"I have to tell them. Besides, how long do you think you'll be able to keep this a secret?" He asks. Oh Zayn, if only you knew...

"Till I can get home and things will go back to normal!"

He shakes his head. "Elise, things will never be normal. People have seen you with us, it's all over the Internet already. No one will ever leave you alone again."

Tears come to my eyes as I realize he's right. I hang my head and turn away from Zayn, wishing the ground would swallow me up right here and now.

You may think I'm being over-dramatic, but if I'm in the spotlight of everyone in the world (or practically everyone), it would be next to impossible to keep what has to be a secret a secret.

"Hey, Elise, what's wrong?" Louis asks, noticing me from where he's seated beside Harry. I take a deep breath and straighten up.

"Nothing, nothing's wrong." I lie, getting up from the couch and grabbing my McDonalds bag before heading to my room and shutting the door.

"Zayn, do you know what that was about?" I hear Niall ask from the kitchen. I press my ear to the door to listen.

"I found out something about her and she wishes I hadn't." He states simply. I squeeze my eyes shut and whisper "no!" before listening to the conversation again.

"What did you find out?" Harry asks, interest and uncertainty clear in his voice.

"I think it's best if she tells you herself." Zayn says so quietly that I struggle to hear him at all. Feet shuffle towards me, followed after a few seconds by more feet. I gasp in realization that I'm about to be found out- but luckily not for my biggest secret.

I quickly scoop up Parsley in one hand and as many cat toys I can in the other and put them hastily in the closet, whispering to Pars to be quiet before closing the door and shoving the rest of the toys under the bed.

A knock comes on the door. "Elise? Can I come in?" Liam asks through the door. I sit on the bed and get my McMuffin out of the bag before answering.

"Yeah, sure." I try to keep my voice from shaking and rake my mind for ideas of things to tell them as for what Zayn might've found out.

An idea comes to mind just as the door opens and Liam steps into my room, followed by the other 1D boys minus Zayn. They surround the bed, staring at me.

"Zayn said there was something about you that we should know?" Louis asks.

"Yes, well..."