Drive

Chapter 22

"Hey, Alex." Harry smiles. Kaylee reaches out for Harry and he takes her in his arms, pressing a kiss to her cheek.

"Managment called, babe." Niall tells me. "We'll be in America in a few days, but for now the boys are staying in a hotel room. They said they have room for us, do you want to stay there?" I agree with a nod of my head. What the hell are we going to do? This girl we offered into our home stole from us and burned our apartment down, and Nialls just acting like it's no big deal!

"That's fine," I tell him and he moves closer, wrapping his arms around my waist.

"Look, I'll have a house for us soon." He tells me. "I love you," he presses a kiss to my nose, cheek, forhead, opposite cheek, and then my lips, making me giggle.

"I love you!" He repeats and I tease him, not retaliating. "You don't love me?" He tickles my sides and I jump and squeal, him cackling.

"It's not funny!" I scold and push him back, not being able to conceal my smile.

"C'mon! Lighten up." He teases and I roll my eyes, taking Kaylee from Harry.

"You don't love me?" He asks again once I put Kaylee in the car and walk around to the passenger side.

"No," I joke and try not to smile but fail. I open the door but before I can climb in he grabs my wrist and pulls me back, crashing his lips to mine. My mouth immediately opens and he slides his tongue in, exploring each others mouth. His tongue still has the taste of mint, feeling my sinces. When he pulls away he takes my lip inbetween his teeth, lightly tugging at it before letting go.

"You're a jerk," I tease and he runs his hands down my sides and rest them on the swell of my back.

"I love you," I repeats for a third time and I roll my eyes.

"I love you too." I push away from him and climb into the car. I'm kinda pissed at him for being so careless with this whole situation. Our apartment was just burned down, we have nothing and it seems like he doesn't care.

The girls I took a picture with come out and see all the boys standing there. They freak like they did when they saw me and Kaylee and ask for a picture. I hope Niall gets annoyed, he's making me mad.

"Can I have my candy, momma?" Kaylee asks. I hand her the Hershey's and remind her not to get chocolate all over the place.

Niall climbs in the drivers seat after they take the picture and turns the radio up, backing out the car space.

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"Are you pissed at me or something?" He asks once while we're walking toward the hotel. I shake my head and lift Kaylee's diaper bag farther onto my shoulder. I am angry with him, but i'm not looking for a fight tonight.

The room is plenty of space. There's three different bedrooms with two beds in each one. Harry and Louis agreed to share a room so Kaylee could sleep on the other bed in the room. Louis would be sleeping in Liams bed. They told me no-one has touched it since he died, and I can only imagine why. I'm sure it still smells like him, the faint smell of cologne and cigarettes.

"Thank you," I tell the boys. They assure me it's "no big deal".

"I'm really sleepy. I think I'm gonna head off to bed." Harry yawns and waves to us.

"Night, guys." He steps off to the second bedroom and seconds later I hear the door close.

"Do either of you want anything to drink?" Zayn offers and I shake my head, looking at Niall. He declines and Zayn takes a seat on the couch next to Louis.