Ch. 4:
Our heads snapped to the left, where the voice came from. We turned to see a teenage girl with long blonde hair with her mouth hanging open and her phone in her hands. She screamed again and he grabbed my hand, “Come on!” I was running with him down a hallway, which was difficult considering I was still wearing Jenna’s deathtraps! We turned a corner and he pushed through a swinging door. It led us to a wider hallway. I looked back to see the girl still running after us with a couple of her friends. What the heck was wrong with this chick?! He tugged me as I was falling behind and dragged me into a door on our right. We smushed into the small space and I looked around realizing we were in a janitors closet. It was very small. I could barely see anything and I was scared of the dark. My breathing became shallower and I knew I was on the brink of hyperventilation. I closed my eyes and tried to slow my heart rate. “Hey, you okay?” I nodded. “Are you sure? You look like you’re about to puke, or pass out.” He laughed.
I let out a small laugh. “Yes, I’m fine.” It was working, I was relaxing.
“Claustrophobic?” He asked.
“No.” I said without further explanation. I realized our hands were still linked together but I didn’t say anything. What has come over me? I usually wasn’t this bold. He realized too as he pulled away hesitantly.
“So, Adriana? Correct?”
“Yes and I’m sorry I didn’t quite catch your name over the screeching girl.”
“Uhhh, Harry.”
“Harry Potter?” I said in my best Dobby voice. My sarcasm was back.
He chuckled. “Uhh, no actually. Harry Styles.”
“Oh, well nice to meet you. Now, you want to tell me who exactly Ms. Loud Mouth was? What was that all about?”
He was quiet for a while. “I actually don’t really know.” My eyes were adjusting and I could see him thinking. I just eyed him. “Maybe they were confusing me with someone else but they frightened me.” I thought something was off but decided not to push it. “All I do know is that if I have to be stuck in here, I’m glad it’s with you.” I smiled as he leaned closer to my face. Was I going to let a total stranger kiss me? A total HOT stranger! We were centimeters apart. I could feel his warm breath wash over me, just as my iPhone dinged. Making us both jump. I pulled it out. It was from a number I didn’t recognize:
Hey, what are you doing right now? Wanna meet?
-Nick(;
“Is that your boyfriend?” Harry asked. His voice was tinted with annoyance.
“No, it’s someone I met today.”
He smirked in the light of my phone. “You always give random strangers your number?”
“Just the ones I like…” A smile crept across my face.
“Well then…” He grabbed my hand and pushed his own iPhone into it.
“And who said I liked you?” I tilted my head.
“Do you?” He asked directly. He was smirking.
I took his phone and typed in my number. Adrianna Montes(: I leaned over and slid it in his pocket careful not to touch him. I leaned into his ear and whispered, “I don’t know you.” I walked out the closet and around the corner throwing a casual smile over my shoulder. I went to text Nick back when my phone chimed:
Get to know me :) –H
Maybe (;
I texted Nick back: Sorry, can’t. With Jenna. Next time?
I heard music start and thought that must be the band starting. I was wandering around trying to find my way back when my phone chimed again. Must be Nick or Harry. I looked at the screen. Jenna. OMG. What’d you do? Fall in? Find me! –J<3
Coming! –A xo
I kept walking but wasn’t really searching. I was humming to the beat and thinking about Harry. Something wasn’t right about him. I thought about Lorena and a lump formed in my throat. I reached for her necklace dangling from my backpack when I realized it wasn’t there! I ran to the front and asked if anyone had returned it. They said no one had turned anything in all day. Dang! Nothing important was really in there. Just a couple notebooks and my wallet which only had like 10 dollars in it since I didn’t have a driver’s license or credit cards. Who on earth would steal that? I walked around until I found Jenna. She was freaking out.
“Oh my God, are you okay? Where did you go?”
“Yeah I’m good. I lost my bag and actually I had an incident because I-“she just looked at me. “It’s not important.”
“Okay… Well you missed the performance!” I looked at the stage and a black haired boy waved and ran off. A billion girls screamed and Jenna did too. “I love you Zayn!!!!!” I narrowed my eyes at her and she just smiled. “Come on! That’s all I came for! Now let’s beat traffic. She grabbed my hand and led me to the doors. I felt like someone was looking at me. For some reason I looked up. I saw Harry leaning on the railing. He smiled and disappeared from sight. Jenna turned and looked up, too. “What’s wrong?”
I smiled. “Absolutely nothing.”
