She's Not Afraid

CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE: SIPPIN' ON SUNSHINE

CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE: SIPPIN' ON SUNSHINE

*CHER'S POV*

The next day, I got a massive headache which is just so... ugh.

I feel like I'm having a really bad hangover from last night but the thing is, I don't remember drinking any beer or wine.

Heck, I don't even remember anything at all...

"Morning." I greeted Liam when I entered the kitchen.

He must've been surprised by my sudden appearance because he dropped his mug at the sound of my voice alone and it shattered into pieces on the floor.

He then frantically picked up the pieces on the floor and so I decided to help him, picking up a shattered piece which he also picked up at the same time as I did, making our fingers brush each other's.

This made him cringed and then he fell back on his butt from his crouching position which was pretty hilarious.

"Why so jumpy?" What is up with this guy?

"Uh... about what happened last night..." He started uncomfortably.

"Yeah?" I hinted him to go on.

"I... I... I wasn't exactly myself... and so were you." He looked elsewhere.

"So what happened? Do tell me straight to the point before I lose my temper." I crossed my arms.

"Wait, so you don't remember a thing?" His expression suddenly looked hopeful.

"Duh. Isn't that why I'm still here, trying to listen to whatever you were going to say about last night?"

"Oh. Um, nothing great really happened. You just passed out before Louis and Niall found their way back home." He explained.

"And? That's it?" I pried.

"Uh... pretty much... yeah. Why? Do you remember something else other than that?" He was starting to sweat for some reason which was strange.

"Nope... but I'll just wait until it'll come to me." I said thoughtfully.

"CHER, YOU'RE COMING WITH US TO THE LAKE! GRAB HER LEGS, NIALL!" Louis appeared out of the blue and without a warning, he lifted the upper part of my body.

"What the?!" I'm not a freaking sack of rice!!!

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"One... two... three!!!" SPLASH!

They are so going to pay for throwing me into the lake! And by 'they' I mean Lou and Nialler.

"BOMBS AWAY!" Louis screamed before doing a cannonball near to where I landed on the water.

"Hey! That was dangerous! You could've hit me!" I scolded him when he surfaced up the water.

"Don't be such a killjoy! You should just have fun and LIVE while you're young! You know what I mean?" Louis 'quoted' one of their songs and then splashed some water on my face.

"Oh no you didn't!" I splashed him back but it wasn't enough to beat him.

"I'll take it from here, Cher-bear!" Niall appeared beside me then began splashing Louis hard.

Aww, so sweet...

Now I can rest and swim away from them.

When I reached the edge of the deck of the lake, the first thing I saw was someone else's feet.

"Need a hand?" When I gazed up, I saw a curly-headed being who was smiling brightly at me with his dimples in sight which can only belong to one person. Harry.

But then I saw the 'thing' on his leg for he was only wearing his boxers which shocked the hell out of me!

"AHHHHH!!!" I can't help but scream like a deranged person.

This caused me to fall right back into the water, completely traumatized.

"WHAT THE HELL, HARRY?!? WHAT IS THAT ON YOUR THIGH??" I shrieked.

"What? Don't you like it? It's been there for awhile now..." He said proudly.

Right on his left thigh was a huge tattoo of my face! What the f***!

"SINCE WHEN?!"

"Right after I announced it publicly in an interview." He beamed at me.

Okay, that's it! I'm heading back to the cabin in order to avoid all the looneys around here!

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After dinner, Liam and Zayn started a campfire just outside the cabin.

Niall forced me to hangout with the guys for he said that he prepared something 'special' for me tonight, whatever that is.

"Okay. Um, now what do we do?" Liam asked.

"Ooh! I know! Ghost stories!!!" Louis shouted like an excited kid.

"Tell them about last night." Niall suggested.

"Okay! So Niall and I were out in the woods to collect some logs when... we heard a wolf howling in the distance---"

"And then what happened?" Zayn asked.

"Shh! No interruptions!" Louis scolded the guy.

"Where was I?" Louis asked.

"The wolf was howling." Harry reminded him.

"Right. The moon was full and then we ran at full speed but then Niall tripped and so I had to go back for him and then BAM! I stepped on a snake so I just left him there on his own." He narrated his not so heroic tale.

"It wasn't a snake, it was a branch." Niall corrected him.

"Whatever."

"You call that a ghost story?" I scoffed.

"What? You got something better?" Louis challenged.

"Yeah. This one's about a vivid dream that I had last night. I'm not sure if I was half-conscious or whatever but it felt quite real. I felt like I was floating all the way to my bedroom and then I felt 'something' lick my neck..." I told them the story.

"Shit, that's scary! Almost made me piss in my pants!" Louis shivered.

"Speaking of pissing, I'm scared of going to the bathroom now!" Harry exclaimed.

"I have a suggestion, why don't we all go together?" Zayn said seriously.

"Okay." Louis and Harry got up.

This one's definitely not one of their 'manly' episodes.

"Uh, I think I'm just going to bed early... I don't feel so good." Liam looked really uncomfortable which made me wonder if it has anything to do with my storytelling.

"Well, that leaves the two of us..." Niall coughed.

"Yeah... so, what were you---"

I was about to ask him about what he meant by 'preparing something special for me' when he started strumming his guitar.

"You'll never love yourself half as much as I love you,
You'll never treat yourself right darling,
But I want you to
If I let you know,
I'm here for you
Maybe you'll love yourself like I love you,
Oh..."

He serenaded me with his lovely voice which made me feel warm inside and I can't help but smile.

Niall is just so sweet and I sort of feel the most comfortable around him because it's like I'm sipping on sunshine whenever I'm in his company...