I woke early the next morning to the low volume of the TV. My eyes slowly opened as I turned over, expecting to see Mckenzie sitting on the couch.
Instead I see Niall. "Niall!" I exclaim and quickly threw a sweatshirt on over my tank top. "Why are you in our room?"
He smiled, "Guess my room key works on yours too."
"But what are you doing in here!" I slowly got out of bed and stood against the wall.
"Well we were all gonna go out to breakfast and I was gonna come down and get you girls but both of you looked so peaceful while you were sleeping I just couldn't wake you."
I smiled, "Thanks Ni."
He nodded, "Sure. But, I think you should get ready now and wake Mckenzie up too." I nodded and walked to Mckenzie. She had her face smashed into a pillow with her arms hanging off the side of the bed.
"Hey Mckenzie!" I said while grabbing one of her arms and tossing it limply onto the blanket, "Get up." She groaned and slowly opened her eyes.
I walked away, to the bathroom. I showered and changed, not bothering to put any makeup on.
"Let's go." Mckenzie grumbled. She didn't bother to change. I nodded and followed her out the door. Niall followed at the back.
"Everyone probably finished eating, but we better head down to the lobby anyway." Niall explained while we went to the elevator, "The bus should be here anyway." He glanced down at his watch, "We have a sound check in two hours."
I nodded just as the elevator doors opened. The rest of our group sat in a circle of chairs near the corner of the lobby. As we approached them we were greeted with hellos.
Ashton stood and gave me a hug. He grinned from ear to ear. "We have a gig today!" He exclaimed like I didn't already know.
"I'm so excited!" I replied, speaking for the both of us. He nodded and sat, patting the empty seat next to him for me to sit.
I noticed Louis sat on a love seat next to Harry. His head was placed between his hands. His hangover was hitting him hard.
Harry had his hand lazily rubbing circles into Louis' back. I smiled at the thought of how good of friends the two were, it reminded me of me and Mckenzie.
"Do you need some aspirin Lou?" I asked.
Louis nodded. I rummaged through my purse until I found the bottle of pills.
My phone began to ring and I looked at the caller ID of it. My heart sank as it I read the name, Dad. I handed Louis the pills without looking up from my phone.
I walked away from our group without a word. The green button blinked until I was forced to hit answer. "Hello?" I said coldly.
"Where the hell are you?" My father growled on the other end of the line.
I gulped. My throat was dry and my hands shook. "Far away." I managed to croak.
A menacing laugh came through the phone. "I will find you." He said lowly.
"No you won't." I replied before ending the call. After the conversation was over I starred at my phone in disbelief. I knew he would contact me, but never wanted him to. My stomach felt like it was going to jump out of my mouth.
A tear escaped me and fell onto the screen of my phone. I found the closest chair to sit in. I sank into the uncomfortable cushion and threw my phone onto the ground at my feet.
More tears fell. My heart raced. There was no way he could find me unless I was in the paper or something. But, the thought of seeing him again scared the shit out of me.
At that moment all I wanted to do was crawl into a hole and never come out.
"Alice?" I heard Mckenzie say once she found me. I looked up with my tear stained face. She immediately rushed to my side and sat next to me. Her arms wrapped around my shoulders. "What happened? Who was that?"
"I-it was my F-father." I told her between hiccups. "He told me h-he was gonna f-find me."
She began to shake her head, "No, he'll never find you. He will never hurt you again Alice." She cooed. I nodded, though at that moment I didn't believe her.
"What's wrong?!" Ashton asked frantically when he saw me. He shooed everyone away so it was only Mckenzie, him, and I. Ashton knelt down to look at my face that was buried in my hands. He took my phone from the ground and slowly wiped it off before pushing it into his back pocket. "Alice, are you okay?" I shook my head slightly. He wrapped an arm around my waist. "What happened?" I shook my head and could hear Mckenzie whisper what happened behind my back. Ashton quietly gasped.
"He won't find you. And if he does I'll kill him before he can touch you again." Ashton said sternly. I couldn't help but smile and break away from Mckenzie to give him a long hug.
"Thank you Ashton." I mumbled into his shoulder. He only nodded, his curls tickling my neck.
