Tough Love

Chapter 6

Lauren: We pulled into yet another parking lot after what seemed like a forty-five minute drive. I yawned a picked up my purse. Harry had already hustled his way over to the passenger side and let me out. I looked around and saw no one, thank god. After this morning I didn’t want to see any other paparazzi ever again. Harry grabbed my hand and we started walking to the hotels entrance attached to the parking garage. He told me once we were inside that I could have a chance to call my mum and explain. I had completely forgot about her, and how many times she called. She must be so worried. I pondered what she might have done, called the police, army, air force. Sounds just like my mother. Im sure that Rodger reassured her that I was perfectly safe with Harry and we were just having a good time. I felt myself and my brother starting to get closer, and I liked it. We hopped onto the lift and he hesitated for a moment then presses floor level 16. “I think that this is the level…erm im not sure thought so we’ll have to take a little adventure.” He squeezed my hand a little tighter and gave me a cheeky wink. We were on the lift for a minute or so and the doors opened. Harry stuck his head out and looked both left and right. “Yes, this is it.” We got out and started down the hall to the left. About five or six doors down he stopped and pulled out a key card. He gently stuck it in the door and it beeped. He grabbed the door knob and turned the handle. Before he pushed the door opened he turned to me. “Don’t worry, the boys don’t bit.” I laughed and watched the door slowly open. I could tell he was being a bit cautious, probably because of Paul. The first thing I saw was Zayn. “Vas Happenin’ buddy!?” he shouted loudly. Then Zayn realized I was standing next to him. “Hello again!” he said in the same tone, but a little softer voiced. “Hello, Zayn.” I smiled. Harry let go of my hand and Zayn hugged me. He let go and stared to yell. “BOYS GET OUT HERE, HARRY HAS COMPANY.” I chuckled and I saw that Harry has disappeared. I did a little 360 to see where he was, but he was nowhere. I wasn’t going to go off looking for him so I just awkwardly stood there while the four boys entered the room. “Helllllllo.” Louis sung, and then hugged me. It was weird, being here with the boys. Never in a million years would I of thought me – of all people – would be in the position I am in now. “Erm… I think Harry went to see Paul, but he’ll be back in a few; lovely to see you again.” Liam spoke then flashed his perfect white teeth to me. Zayn and Lou plopped down on a small little couch in the main living area, and Niall was in the kitchen. He yelled hello to me with food crammed in his mouth. Ah, all the little jokes we told in the fandom were true about Niall, he really did eat all the time. I chuckled to myself a bit, and then heard the hotel room door open once more. Harry entered and came right up to me. “Have a chance to re-meet the boys?” I nodded and he placed his hand on my lower back and guided me into another room. There were two beds, and six suit cases lying on the floor. I examined them and I assumed he shared this room with Louis because of the clothing types I saw. Clothes, suspenders and shoes were everywhere, not very neat boys. Honestly I didn’t care though. He led me over to the bed and I sat down. “Are you hungry? I’ll figure something out while you can call your mum in here. Alright, love?” he said still holding my hand. “Alright.” I smiled then pulled out my phone. He inched close to me and then lightly kissed me on the cheek. He pulled away and I felt his breath on my face. “Be back in a few.” He whispered then left the room. I put my hand up to my hair and ran my fingers through it, I realized that I probably looked like shit but I shrugged off the fact. I was still too tired to care. I scrolled through my phone and dialed my mother. It started to ring, and I imminently knew when she picked up I was going to get screamed at. “HELLO? Lauren! Where have you been I’ve been worried sick, I almost called the police? Do you have any idea what I thought happened to you?!” she was going off on a rant and I had to break it. “Hello mother, im fine don’t worry. We just fell asleep in a park. I don’t even know how it happened. So sorry.” I trailed off, because I realized I didn’t have a very good excuse. “Alright, well your still in trouble. Where are you now? Are you ok?” her tone was a bit more relaxed but she was still on edge. “Mom, im perfectly fine im at the boy’s hotel with them; we just arrived here a little while ago.” I had a reassuring tone to my voice that I was hoping would calm her down. “Ok, well…” she paused for a moment then sighed. “Did you have a fun time last night?” this took me by surprise. No more yelling or her ranting. “Yes, it was lovely.” I looked up and saw Harry leaning on the doorframe. “Erm… I’ll call you later but I got to go. Im okay don’t worry, I’ll be home later, love you bye mom.” Then I hung up real quick so she couldn’t refute. I sat up straight then slapped my hands on my thighs lightly. He moved into the room and sat down next to me. “Was she mad?” he whispered. “No, just a little distraught.” I smiled bigly back to him. “Great, so let’s go then.” He stood up, fixed his pants then reached out for my hand. Without question I placed my hand lightly in his and stood up.

Harry: Today was our last day here, then we went to Australia, but I didn’t want to tell her yet. I wanted today to be special. After all, she was special. I had our day all planed out in a matter of minutes and I knew we would have fun. “Would you like to stop at your house to, I don’t know, get changed or something?” I asked. “Yes, please?” she responded kind of happily. I smiled took her hand and said good bye to the boys, and Paul, who seemed a little hesitant of Lauren. We left the hotel for what I could already tell would be an amazing day.