My Heart's a Stereo

lucky thirteen

Two days and 24 inches of snow later we're all restless. Kate had never seen snow so when we saw it snowed overnight we all went out and had a snowball fight and made snowmen. There are only so many snowmen and so many snowballs we can make though. Cabin fever has set in and it's not leaving anytime soon.

I stand at the back door just watching the cold white flakes pour down. I cannot stand winter! I don't like the cold. I'd much rather be somewhere warmer. I need coffee to forget about the cold outside. I'm, of course, the only one awake. No one in their right mind but me would be awake at 5:15 in the morning. Hell, I wouldn't be awake if it wasn't for me getting sick.

I take my coffee and go over to the piano. I look back to make sure the doors are closed and when I see they are I close the top of the piano. I pull out the song I've been working on for the boys out of the bench and start to work again. This whole writing for five people with different vocal ranges is proving to be more difficult than I expected. I try to make my notes as soft as possible as I play.

"I thought I smelt coffee." Harry's accent is cute when he first wakes up.

"There's mugs in the cabinet above the maker." I don't look at him. I'm to focused on my song.

"What you working on?" He sits beside me trying not to spill is hot coffee all over him.

"It's a song for y'all. Did my playing wake you?"

I caught him in the middle of a gulp. "No you didn't wake me. Kate was snoring."

"About her." I turn to look into his eyes. Have they always been this green? "I'm not getting in your business but you need to be careful. Kate has demons just like I do and I don't want you to get hurt."

"She told me what happened with the two of you."

my mouth hangs open, "She did? What did she say?"

"She said the first time she met you was at a party and you both got really high and she helped this guy have sex with you and that he got you pregnant." He doesn't look directly at me. "She knew you didn't remember when you didn't say anything after the glow rave but you remember don't you?"

"When I saw her rose tattoo I remembered. Did you or her tell anybody else?" I hope it's just us that knows. I can't have this come to life right now.

"No, it's just us. She wouldn't have even told me but I dragged it out of her." I know he's embarrassed to even tell me he knows. "So tell me about this song you're working on."

We sit and work for close to three hours. It turned out really well but I'm partial to it. The only reason we stopped working was because we heard a door open. We see Zayn half asleep trying to maneuver the stairs. He looks drunk.

"There's mugs above the maker." harry says as he reaches the landing.

"Shit! You almost gave me a heart attack." I hide my face behind the music sheets so he wouldn't see me laugh.

After he makes his coffee he makes his way to the couch and turns the tv on. The dogs stir and come join him. There's loneliness behind his eyes. I know because up until I few weeks ago I had the same look in mine. I feel bad for him, I know he misses his girlfriend and being snowed in with us isn't helping.

"Hey lonely eyes, why don't you use my iPad to FaceTime with Perrie. it's in my room" I nod towards the closed door.

He gets up quickly and runs to get my iPad. "Thank you! you have no idea how much I miss her." he hugs me and runs upstairs to call her.

"I've never seen him move so fast." Harry laughs as he says it. "Do you think we'll be able to leave here today? Not that I'm not having fun but I need out."