The Falling Stars (The Vamps and One Direction Zombie Apocalypse)

Chapter 33- The Hidden Fangirl

Ava clutched a hand to the side of her head and moaned like she could hear something bad, or even see something from the way she was squeezed her eyes tightly shut.

“Are you okay?” asked Harry, his voice full of concern. He rubbed her shoulder gently with one of his large hands.

“Yeah, yeah, just another migraine headache thing” she moaned, pushing her head into his neck. He smiled slightly, and Tristan looked on from beside me looking pretty hurt, although I didn’t know why. He was looking around anxiously at the night as we loaded up the van. As usual for a supply run, especially one of this scale where almost everyone was leaving, everyone was hugging and saying their almost totally final goodbyes.

Casey wrapped her arms tightly around my neck and hugged me tightly. It did feel final, too final, and I hugged her back although we had not talked properly since our kiss.

“Love you Con” She whispered “See ya later” She patted my back to show the ‘love you’ was in a friend sort of way, and I was differentiated by a firm and manly handshake from Jake who just gave me a stern look.

Brad grinned at me, showing his prominent canine tooth which jutted out from his mouth and snagged on his lip. We did one of those weird knuckle-bump-turned-man-hug things and quietly said

“If I don’t come back, promise me you’ll look after her,” He gestured towards Ellie who had her one arm wrapped around Ava’s shoulder.

“I won’t have to” I smiled “You’ll be back in a week, all of you”

“Yeah but if I’m not-“ He was cut off by Tristan loudly joining in the conversation

“If you don’t come back, I’ll look after her Bradleeeey!” He had an evil glint in his eye “My dick is bigger than yours anyway!” This then broke out into a fight which wasn’t at all real, and looked like two cats battling. I chuckled lightly and headed over to James, who was waiting in the driver’s seat.

“See you later man” I said, opening the door and slapping him on the back. He had the green scarf tied around his hand again and was absent mindedly running it over his face like a child with their blanket. “What’s with the scarf?” He dropped it from his face and balled it up in his pocket.

“It was Lucy’s” He muttered “It reminds me of her. It still smells like her perfume. I still really miss her you know”

“I know,” I replied “I miss them all, especially Maddy. But anyway mate, you’re going in a minute! Can’t believe that tree smashed the window into your corridor, it was freezing when I went down this morning!”

“Yeah, yeah, well bye!” He waved his hand lazily in my face, raising it closer and closer until it was covering almost my entire face. I licked his palm and he moved his hand away, his face crumpled in disgust. “Gross!” He exclaimed, his face breaking into a grin that was something like the old James, smearing his hand on his warn out jeans. I carefully shut the door of the first van as Harry, Zayn, Perrie, Casey and Brad also joined him, loading in from the other side.

The others filed into the secondary van leaving Tristan and I standing by the door, L and Ellie a little further on still trying to see of their boyfriends. Ellie and Brad had a highly sickening romantic moment which to watch was like drowning in syrup, whereas Niall and L looked to be arguing slightly.

“Why won’t you say it back?! Are you embarrassed to love me in front of your friends? Or are you having second thoughts about us being together because if you are...? Well you’re making it pretty obvious!” Shouted Niall, the argument heating up somewhat. From the way L’s hair stood up from around her neck I knew it was going to turn into a war in seconds.

“For god’s sake! This was never a serious thing! It was just you who made it serious and you didn’t give me much of a choice did you?! Thrusting all this stuff on me before I’ve even really got to know you?! We’ve been together for less than three months Niall and you’re pushing me into stuff I don’t want to do!” She screamed back, he was fuming, and he got out of the van. I advanced forwards slightly, ready to defend or fight myself.

“Oh because love is something you don’t want to do?! Is it so hard to love someone who is willing to do anything for you?!”

“Oh like that’s anything!” She was bright red in the face, really shouting now “So anything is making out whenever people are around, moaning to me about every shit problem I couldn’t care less about! I’m sorry but you need a bit of a life Horan! Sorry to shout this in front of all your friends but I’m really not sorry that the height of excitement for you is getting a blow job in the daytime!” Niall’s face was almost purple with embarrassment and fury, but it dissolved into sadness. Within seconds he looked a thousand times smaller.

“But I love you...! Can we just give it time, this week I’m gone you can take a breather, shoot some arrows..”

“Newsflash!” She screamed “I LOVE YOU TOO C-NIALL! Just fucking leave it.” She yelled shakily, her voice somewhere between angry and a nervous stammer. Her face turned pinker still if that was possible at her last statement and she ran back into the building, leaving Niall to gaze after her before getting into the van, and driving away down the hill side.

I jogged after L, knowing she would either be with Louis or on the roof. After checking with Louis I slid up to the roof, my trainers still damp from the dewy grass of the yard sliding slightly on the metal staircase.

She stood near the edge, her hands clamped tightly around the bars as she looked out into the mist and the morning. She wasn’t crying, but her face was crumpled.

“Go away” She growled

“No! Why should I?” I replied indignantly

“Because now is not the time! Go away Connor! Come back in a day if you have to! Believe me it has to be in a day’s time, I know.”

“How do you know?” I asked, rather more annoyingly than I had anticipated

“Because I’m smart, and all males think with their mini head” Getting what she meant, I blushed.

“Fair enough, but why should I leave? I like the roof”

“Because if you don’t leave this lovely roof I will push you off it and you will get to see how lovely the ground is when you are falling to it”

“Okay okay, I’m leaving! But L?”

“What?” She looked around at me, obviously expecting something serious. I flashed her a cheeky half smile as I said

“Daytime blowjob? Really”

“Shut up.”

“Really though?” She nodded, and I smirked further

“Shut up weirdo, your room smells like lizard crap”

“He’s a bearded dragon actually”

“Well duh, I was a vampette you know!” She rolled her eyes. Smirking slightly herself. I grabbed the handrail of the staircase.

“What do you mean was, that would make it past tense?”

“Do you really think after fucking zombies burst out of the ground, okay, you caught me, I’m a freaking vampette directioner Fangirl freak”

“I’m so using that against you!”I laid back against the bars in a dramatic pose “I bet you were a Connor girl!” I laughed

“Connor leave, tomorrow we’ll talk. Today is L broody depressing time” She turned back to the horizon and sighed. I sniggered.

“Fine. But I know you were a Connor girl”

“Fine. If you say so” She replied

Turning to the staircase, I had the last word.

“Fine.”