Because I Had You (One Direction)

Chapter Eight

Hailey's Pov

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"Why can't we stay like this?" Niall asked me as he tightened his arms around me and twirled a strand of my hair between his fingers. "I don't know,it feels so right, but at the same time it doesn't.." I mumbled as I looked up at his unshaven face. I tightened my arms around his torso as I lifted my head up a tad bit higher to peck his cheek. I rested my head back on his chest and intertwined our legs. "I know why it doesn't feel right." Someone muttered at the two of us. I turned my head to where the voice came from. It was a girl with a face damaged enough to where I couldn't tell who it was at first. She crept closer and closer to the bed Niall and I were laying on, until I finally realized who it was. Liz. I started to tear up, "No.. It can't be.. You're dead.." The words stumbled out of my mouth. Suddenly, I couldn't feel the warmth and protection of Niall anymore, so I turned back around, only to see a wall. He had disappeared. I shook my head quickly, "No. This can't be." I turned back to Liz to see that she was now at my bedside. I backed up as close to thee wall as I could as she spoke, "It isn't fair, I should be alive still. I should be having a boyfriend, spending time with my family, exploring the world, or just living in general, but NO. You ALL betrayed me and let me die. If we all could have just spent the night how we were supposed to, I would still be alive." Liz, I-I'm sorry. I didn't know! I would change it all if I could! I would take your place in a heartbeat!" "You LIAR! No you wouldn't" She began to crawl onto the bed and grabbed the collar of my t-shirt. "And now you will pay, Hailey." She pushed me, and the wall that I was backed up against disappeared. I was now falling, Liz's face becoming further and further away. "I'm sorry!" I call out.

Next thing I know, I am being shook by someone, "Hailey, wake up." Maria. I pop my right eye open, and sure enough, it was Maria. "You okay, hails?" her face was full of concern. I quickly sat up and nodded my head. "Yeah, yeah. I'm fine, I just had a crazy dream." "What was it about?" "Oh you know, the usual. Meeting Kellin Quinn then horrifyingly embarrassing the shit out of myself in front of everyone." I shrugged it off and climbed out of my bed. I went to walk out of my room but instead I bumped into a certain Irish boy. "Maria.." I trailed off, a hint of irritation in my voice since she didn't tell me the boys were here. I literally just crawled out of bed in a tank top and some short shorts, my hair a complete mess, and now Niall gets to see the ugliness.

Maria laughed nervously and walked to me. "Yeah, sorry. I came in here to warn you that the boys came a little earlier than planned." She scooted past me then Niall when I heard his chuckle. "Thanks, Maria" I muttered as she grinned sheepishly at me. I dreadfully looked up to see the same grin plastered on Niall's face. "You look just as beautiful as ever," he whispered with a raspy tone to his voice. I attempted not to blush, but inevitably failed. "Out." was all I responded with as I shoved him out of my room and closed the door.

Approximatey nine minutes later, I came out of my room, completely dressed and ready to go, and went straight to the kitchen to make cereal. I then went to the living room where all five of the boys and Maria were located. "Good morning, beautiful." Harry shouted with a wink, in which I shot him a glare. The boys laughed, but I ignored them and continued to eat my cereal. Today was the day we headed from Santa Monica to Los Angeles to kick off the tour. The group was trying to decide what to do to kill time before the concert tonight, and it seemed like everyone decided on doing a little sight-seeing, then grabbing a bite to eat.

"Are you ladies packed?" Zayn asks, his arm around Maria. They had decided that they would see how the tour went before they decided to label what their relationship was. Zayn wanted to be sure Maria was okay with living the crazy life he has to deal with everyday. I felt someone's gaze on me, but I couldn't look back at them. The memory of my dream flooded back in to my mind, and I had the feeling of uneasiness. Niall noticed the change in my expression, so he leaned over and whispered, "Is everything okay? You seem upset by something.. " Liz's words were haunting me now. You all betrayed me and let me die .

I forced myself to smile and nod my head. "Yeah, just a little tired still, I guess." I washed my dishes then stood in the center of the room, everyone's gaze on me. "Let's go, shall we?"

We all piled into an SUV management had rent us to drive in, hoping it looked lowkey and wouldn't draw attention. Niall had dragged me to sit in the very back with him and Louis, and I tried my best to act like everything was okay, but in the end, I decided to take a quick nap.

The drive was only a little over an hour long due to traffic being horrible, and I slept the entire time. During the nap, I had the same dream. I jerked myself awake this time which apparently had scared Niall. "Nightmare?" he asked as he rubbed my arm to try to soothe me. I nodded, not responding orally. "Well, don't worry, I'm here to protect you," the corner of his lip raises as he smiles at me, and I couldn't help but smile back.

"What should we do first?" Liam asked, holding a map. "Where'd you get that?" Maria cocked an eyebrow as she nodded towards the map. "I bought it off of some guy, he said it marked all of the important sights to see." Maria and I shook our heads at Liam. This proved he didn't sight see much, which is crazy since he has been all over the world with the band over the past couple of years. " Come on, just follow us. We know where to go." Maria smirked as she grabbed Zayn's hand and led him down the street.

We saw the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the Hollywood Wax Museum, the Museum of Tolerance, and plenty of little shops throughout the whole day up until five pm. "We should start heading to the Hollywood Bowl for soundcheck and what not," Louis said, finishing up his snowcone that I didn't realize he had till now. It was a long walk back to the SUV, but once wee got in, we head straight to the Bowl and snuck into the blocked off parking lot, meant for us and the stage crew to park in.

"We will do a quick sound check, then come backstage, meet a couple fans, then we can hang out for a few before the concert." Niall informed me as he lead everyone backstage, where Maria and I will be hanging for the next couple of hours before the concert starts. "Okay," I smile sincerely for once today, " I can't wait to hear you sing our songs to everyone. It's so exhilarating that thousands of people are excited to listen to songs that I actually helped write." I pecked Niall's cheek, not thinking once about Liz. "Thank you for this opportunity, Niall. I don't know what I would do without you in my life now." I watched Niall's face turn bright red. "I couldn't imagine my life now without you either." Now it was my turn to blush.

Maria was sitting on the couch, snacking on some chips, while I laid sprawled across her lap. "Twin?" I mumble quietly, hoping it was loud enough for her to hear so I wouldn't have to repeat myself. "Yes, hails?" "...Do you ever think of Liz?" her munching and the boys' singing stopped simultaneuosly. I immediately grew uneasy, thoughts of this being another dream running across my mind. She set down the bag and shook her head no. "Not recently at least," her voice was small now, " Why do you ask?" I chewed my cheek, a terrible habit of mine. "I have.. I've been having dreams about her recently, actually--well, nightmares." Maria nodded, "I knew it wasn't the Kellin Quinn dream this time. What happened?"

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