Stay With Me

Chapter 12

A/N Hi. Not too happy with this chapter. I have writer's block again so this is mainly a filler chapter. Sorry if it sucks. You know the drill... :P

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I woke up in Louis' bed once again. I rolled over to find him snoring his head off. His arms and legs were splayed out over the bed so I was left with about a quarter of the bed to sleep in. His mouth was open. Attractive... I giggled quietly and climbed out of bed. The cold air hit me as soon as I stepped out from underneath the warm blankets. I rummaged though Louis' clothes before finding a pair of grey sweats and a long-sleeved, striped shirt. I pulled them on and left the room.

I heard someone in the kitchen and I peeked around the corner to find Zayn putting food in the blender. His back was facing me. I stepped out from around the corner as he turned the blender on. He turned back to the bench where it looked like he had been cutting up some fruit and threw out the bits that he wasn't putting into the blender. I coughed slightly to try and get his attention, but the blender was to loud. He turned away from me and turned it off before pouring the mixture into two glasses. There was a little bit of the juice remaining in the jug. It looked so good. He picked up the two glasses and turned to walk out of the kitchen, stopping as his eyes came into contact with mine. I coughed awkwardly and looked at the ground.

"Goodmorning Zayn".

"Morning Ally. How are you?" I heard him place the glasses back down on the bench and looked up at him curiously. He smiled softly with an inviting look in his eyes. I slowly walked over to the island bench on the opposite side of him and he put the two glasses in the fridge to keep them cool.

"What are you making?"

"Fruit smoothies. Do you want one?" I studied his reactions closely. He seemed resistant with having me around but also like he wanted me there. Giving off mixed signals there Zayn...

"Umm... Yeah ok. Thank you."

He poured the remainder of the liquid from the blender into another glass and handed it to me.

"Thanks" I took a sip of the sweet-smelling smoothie. "This is amazing!"

He grinned satisfactorily at my remark, "Thank you"

"You're like the master of smoothies!" I continued drinking the smoothie but I drank it slowly to savour the flavour. He laughed and went to grab the other smoothies out of the fridge, closing the door with a swing of his hips.

"Look I have to go see Niall. He's pretty messed up. Confused, I guess... I'll talk to you later ok? We need to figure something out. I hate seeing the boys like this..." He began walking out of the kitchen but I grabbed his shoulder so he would turn and face me again.

"Umm Zayn? Thank you for not hating me... It's good to know that I can still talk to you," I fumbled with the hem of Louis' shirt and looked at Zayn.

His eyes widened with confusion, "Oh I don't hate you. It's not your fault. Just give Niall some time to accept it and Haz... Well Haz is just a cheeky, hormonal teenager. He's ok. He'll just be hurting because Louis is mad at him," he turned around again and began walking out, "Let me know if you need anything ok?"

"Ok" I leaned against the bench again, slowly sipping the smoothie. Damn Zayn is good at making these! I feel a lot better knowing that I have Zayn's support, Liam isn't choosing sides and obviously Louis is still talking to me... We just have to get Niall and Harry to come around...

Easier said than done, right?

I finished the smoothie and put the glass into the sink. As I went to walk back to Louis' room I passed Liam who was probably going to the bathroom.

"Hi Al." he smiled a genuine smile at me.

"Hey Liam. Everything ok?" I was mainly referring to Harry.

"Haz is messed up. He's devastated that Louis isn't talking to him... Why don't you go and talk to him. I'll see if I can talk to Lou."

I nodded as Liam kept walking towards the bathroom and I headed for the lounge. I reached the doorway and peeked inside, "Haz?" I could hear him sob slightly so I walked over to the sofa bed, "Harry? Sweetie? You ok?"

"What does it look like..?" he snapped at me.

"You look like a bed of fucking roses and sunshine and fucking dancing unicorns. How the hell am I supposed to know? It's dark in here so I can't really see your reactions."

He started crying harder, "I'm sorry Ally. I didn't mean to snap at you. I'm sorry for everything".

I sat down next to him and pushed back his curls to reveal his tear-stained face, "Haz, it's ok. I'm sorry for snapping back at you. It didn't help anything. You don't need to be sorry for anything".

He rolled over to look me in the eyes, "I kissed you. I made Niall mad. Heck! He even pushed Liam and he would never touch Liam! I disappointed Louis... A- and now he won't talk to me".

The tears dripped down his face so I wiped them away with my fingers, "Sweetheart, it's ok. Give the boys time... They'll come around. You need to get up and eat something though."

"I miss Louis..."

"I'll talk to him ok? Just promise me you will take care of yourself. I can bring some of your clothes out so you can get changed. I'll get you something to eat too." I stood up and left the room, walking to the kitchen and grabbing out a water bottle and making a sandwich for him. I put the sandwich on a plate and left it on the bench with the water bottle as I went to Louis' room where I knew Harry's clothes would be. I knocked on the door before entering.

"I just need to get some clothes for Harry..." Openning his bag, I grabbed out a pair of black sweats, a plain red t-shirt and a pair of grey boxer-briefs. As I was rummaging through his clothes I found a couple of condoms... Really Harry? Who did you think you were going to meet!?

"Take him that blue hoodie on the top there... He likes that." Louis sat on the bed next to Liam.

I picked up the only blue hoodie on the pile of clothes, "Thanks Lou". I walked out of the room, grabbed the sandwich and waterbottle and walked into the lounge. Harry had rolled onto his side. I sat on the side that he was facing and looked down at him.

"Here you go. Go have a shower and get changed."

He ate the sandwich within 2 seconds... Must be hungry. I gave him the clothes and walked with him to the bathroom.

"Thank you Ally," he kissed my cheek in appreciation.

"Don't worry about it. Let me know if you need anything else ok?"

"Ok." He closed the bathroom door and I walked away. I made my way back to Louis' room where Liam was just closing the door behind him, "How'd it go?"

He ran his hand through his hair, causing it to stick up a bit, "He'll be ok. We just have to get him to talk to Harry. I think he's ok... Just a bit disappointed".

"Ok. We'll give them all time to come around. Do... Do you think we should tell someone?"

"If it gets any worse, we'll call management. Simon will know what to do."

That's what scares me... What will Simon do? Will he tell the boys not to see me? What will he think of it all?

Liam must have noticed my concern because he patted my shoulder, "It will be ok. We have another interview tomorrow so hopefully the three boys can, at least, deal with being in a room together. You should come with us."

"I don't know. Maybe I will. I should keep an eye on them and make sure there isn't any outbursts..."

"Very good. Taking care of this lot is like dealing with toddlers sometimes. They call me Daddy Direction for a reason." I giggled. I can definitely see how Louis could be a handful just on his own. He's so outgoing and crazy.

"Anyway I'll go check on Harry. Let's hope everything goes ok for this interview..."

Now I have another thing to worry about. What if something goes wrong at the interview and one of the boys goes off. What if the world senses some tension between them? Simon will be sure to hear about it! Then there will be the rumours going around about the hosility and who knows what some of the fans or the media will make up. Shit...