I Can Love You More Than This

Chapter 3

I woke up feeeling my phone buzz underneath me. I reach for it, and answer.

"Hello," I whisper, eyes still closed.

"Hey, come shopping with me," Jackie said cheerily.

"What time is it," I say groggily, putting my hand over my eyes, still not ready to open them.

"It's a little after noon."

"Hmm, alright. I'll be at Dani in fifteen minutes or so."

"'Kay, bye." She hangs up the phone and I drop my hand to my side on the couch.

Finally opening my eyes, I see that the room is dark except for a small plug in night light at the other end of the room. Leaned up against the wall were Zayn and Niall, Zayn leaning on Niall, and Niall leaing against the couch that I was laying on. I carefully got of the couch and found a notepad in my purse. I wrote saying that me and Jackie weant to go find a shopping mall that I would be back soon, leaving it on the counter next to their phoTrnt to my small overnight bag that held two outfits. I figured why should I lug around suitcases into each venue when I could just have one small thing to carry. I wore a red polkadot high-waisted A-line skirt and a crisp white short sleeved dress shirt. I pulled out lace up bootie black wedges. I lastly put on red lipstick and and a clean line of black eyeliner.

I walked out of the dressing room, closing the door softly behind me. I walked down the hallway putting on my sunglasses. I see Liam walking and I call out to him. He turns and smiles at me, jogging the short distance between us.

"Hey, you are finally up," He said hugging me. We started walking towards the way we came in where all the buses and trucks were parked.

"Haha, yeah, well Jackie wants me to go shopping with her, so I woke up."

"Oh shopping where? Would you guys mine if I trailed along," He asked smiling down at me.

"Are you guys even allowed to leave the premises," I asked cooking an eyebrow.

"Well, we sneak from time to time," He said winking.

"Eh, alright, but if a directioner recognizes you, we leave immediately." He smiles just as we get to Daniella, my bus.

We sit there waiting for Jackie for another two minutes before I see her and Harry exit the door. She has changed and is now wearing jean high-waisted shorts, a flowing cremé coloured three quarter length shirt, and blue toms. Harry was wearing khaki shorts, Nike's and a plain white V-neck. His hair was pulled back into a his signature beenie.

"We're bringing Harry too," I said exasperated as they climbed in the back.

"Well, Harry said he needed some downtime and a new jacket and some vans, " Jackie explained for him to me.

She was all smiles, her and Harry. I couldn't say they had sex, for when I looked in the rearview, they were just holding hands, with Harry fiddling with her purity ring. I looked at Liam who casually shrugged and put his seatbelt on.

"Whatever. We just won't stick together for long. I don't want to get mobbed." I pulled out of the venue, telling Liam and Harry to bend down again when I saw the line of about 30 girls waiting to get inside. When we were a block or two away, they sat up and I pulled my iPhone out.

"Siri, what is the closest shopping mall?" The phone pinged.

"I have found three shopping malls fairly close to you."

"Liam, can you read those?"

He read them and we all decide on one that was 20 minutes out side the city. That way it farther from the arena but not too close where there could be loads of fans. Once arived tat the mall we all walked in together, Liam and Harry keeping their heads down with their hoods up. Jackie linked arms with Harry and I linked arms with Liam. we stayed together until we found the food court and said that we would catch up with each other later in front of te Hawaiian BBQ place. We then split ways, with Liam still keeping his head down, and he would occasionally glance up to see if there was any girls around.