The Runaway 2 - N.H.

[63] Queen Bee

Ashton's POV

The plane lands with a thud and the screeching of wheels. The six of us begin to exit the plane, all of us too tired to speak.

"It's eight o'clock," I grumble when I check my phone.

"Thank you, time keeper," Niall says and smiles. I roll my eyes and we continue to walk down to our cars. Zayn takes a separate one because he is meeting Perrie but the five of us make our way to the address Michael texted to me.

None of us say anything on the drive, I think we are all too anxious to see them. I know I am, I am so much I feel sick to my stomach.

We arrive outside a massive building and we all look at each other in confusion. Why would they be here? I lead the way inside and quickly hear muffled voices and laughter erupting from somewhere in front of us. We end up at the back of a massive area and see three bodies sitting on a stage like surface in front of us. I come to the conclusion this must be some kind of performance area and smile to myself. They didn't quit.

"Fuck you, then!" I hear Braeden's English accent joke and burst into her adorable laughter.

"Don't swear at me!" Michael laughs back and wraps his arms around her waist from behind. I smile at the scene as he picks her up and swings her around, her screaming at the top of her tiny lungs.

"Put me down, idiot!" She screams and bursts into laughter as he let's her go and she drops to the floor with a thud. I look at her and I know I shouldn't but I see her breasts basically falling out of her tight little purple singlet, yet Michael still picks her up again and swings her around. "Put me down or I'll tell Scarlette about Abby!" She screams and immediately he let's go.

"Who's Abby?" Scarlette asks obviously intrigued.

I look over to the other boys and to no surprise they are staring at Braeden's chest. Except Louis, he's smiling at Michael's embarrassment, just like me.

"No one!" Mikey screams and glares at Braeden who doubles over with laughter. Again, the boys stare at her chest.

"Oh she's someone, alright. She's Mikey's wittle crush," she says in a cute little childish voice.

"Hey look, it's your boyfriend," Mikey mumbles and waves to us. Braeden looks at him funny before looking over in our direction. Immediately her eyes widening and her jaw dropping.

"Oh my god," she whispers and runs down the stage stairs and straight into Niall's arms.

"I missed you," I hear him say and she says it back. I stare at them happily, I can literally see how tightly Braeden's is holding on to him and how much Niall doesn't want to let go.

"What about your brother?" Louis asks and she quickly let's go to wrap her arms around him.

"I missed you Lulu," she says and giggles at her attempt at a joke.

"Shut up," he jokes and I see him smile brighter than he has in a long time.

She let's go of him before looking at me, a look crossing her face that makes me miss her even more. I grab her wrist and pull her into me, engulfing her in a tight, warm hug.
"It's good to see you, Bee," I say and she nods against my chest.

She pulls away from me and turns to Luke and Scarlette who are engulfed in each other.

"Hey," I hear Calum's, soft, deep voice say and she turns around to him. A longing smile crosses her lips and I can't help but miss them.

"Hey," she says back, just as quiet.
He steps forward cautiously before wrapping his muscular arms around her waist. She wraps her arms around his neck and my smile grows.

The last time I remember they hugged like this was when they were together in Sydney. It even looks like the old Braeden, who used to take every chance she had to hug him and hold him.

She pulls away and it's clear she didn't want to and turns back to Luke who is still hugging and talking to Scarlette. "Do I get a turn?" She asks loudly and Scarlette pulls away, immediately blushing at us all watching her.

"Of course," he smiles and pulls her into a tight hug. "How have you been?" He asks concern clear in his voice.

"Good, really good," she says smiling and pulls away to look at Michael.
My eyes land on bandages placed over each of their wrists. "W-What are they?" I ask loudly and stare at them wide eyed, immediately scared.

"No! No, we got tattoos!" She yells in defence and relief floods through me.

"Show me," Niall says intrigued.

"Mikey first," she counters and Michael smiles. Niall moves to stand closer to Bee and puts his arm around her waist while we watch Mikey peel off his bandage.

I start laughing as soon as I see it. A small red mark is surrounding a small tattoo of a yellow and black bee.

"Of course," I laugh and he smiles down at it accomplished.
We all look to Braeden and she smiles at Michael before peeling off her own bandage. A crown or tiara shows and I smile.

"Queen Bee?" Louis asks and Braeden laughs.

"No, but that's a good one."