shadows // zerrie au

7

"Lou, we need to go, the first show of the tour's today and that's our cue to kick her to the curb," Gemma whispered.

Lou scoffed and continued washing hercurrent  client's hair. "We can't just leave her."

"Sam's here," Gemma shrugged. "This is a Teasdale business. Just leave Perrie here with her for the next few months. Who knows, maybe she'll get recruited, maybe she'll leave, get married, I don't know. But we have to go. The burden isn't on us anymore!"

"Gemma," Lou sighed. "She's completely lost. Not only would it be wrong, but I refuse to leave her. Don't you think.."

"No," Gemma shook her head. "No, no, no, no."

"Gemma--"

"No!"

"Gemma, please!"

"She's not our puppy, Lou. I don't want to have to look over someone who acts like she was born yesterday," Gemma whined.

"You won't, I will," Lou said proudly. "I've been in need of someone to take care of Lux anyway. God knows the boys will only cause trouble abd you're always out with the bew security."

"Gemma groaned. You said she'd be out of our hair."

"I said your  hair. I'm more than alright with having her in mine."

"We still don't know why she's here," Gemma pointed out. "She can be a missing person or runaway from the hospital."

"Well until we find out," Lou paused and blew the stray hairs off her clients neck, nodding in approval. "She's coming with me. You're done, Miss. Is this alright?"

Lou angled the small mirror and the client nodded, thanking her.

"I'm done here, so how about we go talk to Perrie?"

Perrie was in the living room flipping through the channels when Lou came upstairs. She smiled at the silver haired woman and put the remote down.

"Hi, Lou," She greeted.

"Hi, babe," Lou smiled. "Can we talk?"

"Of course! Sit with me," Perrie patted the seat. "This is amazing. What is it?"

"Britain's Got Talent. Anyway, speaking of, I need to tell you I'm leaving today."

"What?" Perrie frowned. "It's only been a week. Why are you leaving?"

"I'll be back, but I have to go to another job of mine. It's with a band and I'm their hair stylist."

"When will you be back?"

"I don't know. These last months," Lou smiled sadly.

"Oh," Perrie looked down. She had grown used to their company the past few days and though she had spent more time alone before she came, she felt odd discomfort when she was left alone.

"Aw, babe," Lou cooed. "Don't be upset. You're a gem, you. That's why I wanted to ask if maybe you would want to join me and Gemma on tour."

Perrie perked up, her eyes sparkling with hope. "Are you serious?"

"As I've ever been," Lou smiled.

"I wouldn't love anything more than that! Oh, thank you, Lou. This means so much, I love you," She hugged Lou.

"I love ya too, doll," Lou laughed and patted her back lightly. "So I don't have time to shop and then pack this late, but I have some clothes I can loan you in the mean time. When we go to the next city, we can shop in the daytime, s'that good?"

"It's great," Perrie smiled. "When do we leave?"

"Now." Lou said. Perrie clapped and ran ahead of her, rushing down the stairs. "Don't forget your sandals, babe!"

Perrie looked down at her bare feet and nodded. When Perrie came back from visiting Greg's mother, Lou noticed she didn't have any shoes so she bought her a nice, strappy one when she finished work.

She put the sandals on and smiled widely, urging Lou to hurry up when she came down with her suitcase. Gemma was ready with her suitcase and already hailed a cab. "Well? Let's go!"

// a.n.: I know this is going a bit slow but I promise you i'll bring in zayn the next chapter. thank you for reading, comment and vote please! love yall x //