Made Up

Chapter 23

Charlie POV
   It's our last day on the island; we leave out this afternoon. Time has flown by and I'm no where near ready to leave. Louis Harry and I have talked about everything throughly and we all agree we are not ready to go public with our relationship. I have no idea what spin management will put on it but I don't think I really care. We've decided that as long as the three of us are together that's all that matters.
    As of right now I'm still not allowed to go on tour with them. They have eight weeks left in their tour schedule if it stays the way it is. I cannot imagine not seeing them for eight weeks. We've talked about me meeting them in some cities where they have more than one show but nothing has been decided on yet. They have four days left before they have to be back for the next show, so they are flying home with me. Harry wants to properly meet my mother as my boyfriend, so that should be interesting.
   I can't believe I'm actually sad to say goodbye to everyone here. A few days ago I was terrified to meet them and now I wish they could come with me. I've really enjoyed spending time with Anne and Jay. I feel comfortable around them now. Gemma is so laid back I sometimes forget she's around but she is cool to talk to. Lottie and I are far from friends but it has been really nice seeing her interact with Louis and Harry more freely, maybe one day Lottie and I will reach that level or any level of friendship.
Louis is happier than I've ever seen him and that's all I really care about.
   It's time to say goodbye and I really don't want to. I hate goodbyes in general but knowing that Louis and Harry only see their families ever few months makes it that much worse. I want to give them all time alone so I'm double checking to make sure everything is packed properly.
"Are you not coming to say goodbye?" I look up and Anne is standing in the door way.
"I am I just wanted to give you all some time together." I zip up the last bag and walk towards the door think Anne wants me to follow her.
Instead of going out of the room Anne goes to sit on the bed. She she is very calm and quite but I can tell she has something she wants to say. "Charlie I have spent these past few days trying to wrap my head around you with my boys. I say my boys because Louis is part of my family just as much as anyone. I have watched you with them and I have watched them when you are not around. I try very hard to follow my son's example of showing kindness and loving everyone, but sometimes I fail." Anne takes a moment and I believe she is trying to work up the nerve to say she doesn't want me with Louis and Harry. I feel a hard pit in the bottom of my stomach. Harry will never be able to be happy with me knowing mom doesn't approve. I can feel the unshed tears burning at the back of my throat. I like Anne I thought she liked me. What am I going to do?
Anne takes a deep breath and continues. "Charlie I have never seen my son so at ease with himself. Somehow you have brought out a confidence in him that he didn't have and I want to say thank you. Thank you for being strong enough to love my son and Louis and be willing to go through this with them. I know you have some hard times ahead but I believe you three will be ok." Anne gets up and wraps me in a tight hug. I can no longer hold back the tears.
I lean away from the hug and wipe my face off just as Harry comes in the door. "Hey are you two ok?"
"Yeah just saying goodbye!" Anne has a happy grin on her face. I try to smile but I'm still crying so much I'm afraid it doesn't look well.
"Well the boat has arrived so we need to get all this down to the docks." Harry grabs four of the largest bags.
   "Here Harry let me carry some of those!" I start to grab one of the bags.
   "No ma'am let him carry those bags! I taught my son to be a gentleman." Anne grabs my hand before I can touch any of the bags.
   Harry smiles down I at me. "I told you my mom would have a fit if I let you carry your own bags." I can see the love for his mom radiating out of his face.
   "Well Granny would kill me if I let you do all the work. I'll at least bring the two smaller bags and we'll be done." I kiss him on the cheek, grab the rest of the bags, and follow him outside.
   The trip to the airport is fairly quite. Everyone has said their major goodbyes so when we arrive and it's time for everyone to go to their separate terminals we all just hug and say "see you later" or "we'll talk soon". Lottie actually starts to hug me before she realizes it. I can see the doubt on her face so I open my arms a little and wave her in.
   "Be safe Charlie, take care of my brother!" It's honestly the nicest thing Lottie has said to me to date. I can't remove the silly grin off my face.
   The plane ride home is over quickly. My dad is supposed to meet us to pick us up. I'm not sure if my mom will be with him or not. Im not sure if I want her here or not. I haven't spent much time with my dad since Paige's wedding. I know he likes Harry and Louis but that was before he knew we were together. I've never actually introduced my dad to someone I'm dating.
   "It's so weird walking through the airport with no one noticing us! I keep looking for someone with a camera! This is kind of nice." Harry whispers in my  ear.
   "It will be ok." I pay him on the arm. "You'll be surrounded by adoring fans soon enough." Harry gives me a smirk and scrunches his nose at me. Even after all this time that simple gesture still makes my stomach do flips.
    I see my dad standing by the baggage climb. My dad has looked the exact same my whole life. He is tall with broad shoulders, I guess he has a little more of a tummy now that he's getting older. He's always been big and strong and he's always known exactly what to do in any situation. I run up him and give him the tightest hug I can imagine. "Hey Daddy I've missed you."
"Hey pumpkin I've missed you too!" Dad has called me pumpkin since my first Halloween when my mom dressed me up, well as a pumpkin.
"Hello Mr Davis!" Harry walks up and extends his hand.
   My dad extends his hand to Harry and says "Please call me Dan." This is the moment I know that my dad is ok with my decision to be with Harry and Louis, or in the very least he likes them. He only lets his friends call him Dan; to the rest of the world he is Daniel.  I hug him a little tighter before letting go completely.
"How was your vacation?" Dad ask as he starts grabbing our bags.
  "It was great! The beach was beautiful!"
  When all out baggage is claimed we head out the door to the parking garage. I look for my dads car but I don't see it anywhere. "Um Dad did you lose the car?"
   The garage is most empty the only vehicles here are two sportsy looking cars, a beat up minivan, and a charter bus. When I focus on the bed more the door opens and Niall and Liam run out of it.
   "Charlie!" They both scream in unison.
  I can't believe it's them. I have missed them so much. I run towards them. I reach Liam first and he twirls me around a couple times. "I've missed you so much!" He practically screams in my ear.
   "I've missed you too." Liam sets me down and Niall grabs a hold of me. I wraps both arms around him  and he lays his head in on my shoulder. He has my arms pinned to my sides and I can't actually go anywhere. He did  pretty much the same thing when the boys surprised me at Granny's; apparently this is how Niall shows he's missed someone. I don't even try to get away. I've missed Niall too much, having him this close right now is a good thing.
   "Lads did we get a new bus?" Louis is looking at the definitely new bus the boys just came out of.
Niall turns his head to face Louis but still doesn't completely remove it from my shoulder. "Well we kind of have a surprise for Charlie". Niall takes my hand and practically drags me on to the bus. "Liam and I bought Charlie her own bus!" Niall holds his arms up and makes small circles around the front space of the bus.
   It's beautiful on the inside. The first section has a large overstuffed love seat on one side and two reclining chairs on the other. All covered in a bright lavender color. The kitchen has white marble counter top and kitchen table. The bench seats at the table table are a darker purple than the other furniture but they compliment each other well. I expected to see bunks on either side of a small walkway but instead the kitchen ends at a closed door. We walk through the door and the entire back section of the bus is a huge bedroom. Their is an actual tub sitting in the the room. The bed takes up the whole end of the bus. The tub is surrounded by the same white marble as the kitchen. This bedroom is fit for royalty; if royalty traveled in a bus.
  "Wait you said this was all mine?" Realization has just set in as to what Niall said when we walked in.
  "Yeah Liam and I figured since you can't stay on our bus anymore you need your own. Gwendoline didn't say that you couldn't follow our bus in your own."
I look around and I can't hold back the tears from my eyes. Niall and Liam bought me my own bus so that I could travel with them. I can't put into words how this makes me feel. All I can do is grab them both and hug them as tightly as I can.
"Who is going to drive the bus?" Louis ask sounding not quite so happy.
"Well Charlie's Dad is driving it now but we figured we'd hire someone to get us to the next show and then one of our crew would take over." Liam looks as taken aback by Louis' attitude as I am.
Niall puts his arm around my shoulders again. "So you have a much bigger fridge than us; if you didn't notice. If I were to put somethings in there from time to time it'd be safe right?"
I can't help but laugh. "Yes Niall you can put your food in my fridge!"
Everyone is laughing at our exchange except for Louis. He walks out of the room and he's mumbling but I can't understand any of it. I look at Harry. "What's wrong with him? He's been really quite today!" It's just now hit me that I don't remember hearing Louis speak at all today except to tell everyone bye at the airport.
Harry looks as confused as I do. "I don't know. I've learned when Louis gets in these moods it's best to just let him have his space and he will eventually let you know what's wrong. If you press him about it he shuts down."
All I can think of to say is "Ok".