Forever - Haunted Series - One Direction FanFic (Book 2) *On Hold Until Summer*

Chapter 2 - Work Ethic

Hiya! I'm soooooo sorry! I can't believe I abandoned you guys like that! I feel horrible! But I've just been really low recently and I just haven't had the motivation. I'm feeling better now I've realised that Toy Story 3 and chocolate are the best things to make you feel better. Along with doing your hair and make-up so you look like you're going to a really awful club and putting on a short dress. HAHA! At least I'm not talking about the zombie apocolypse anymore!

Ta-ta for now!

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Caitlin's POV

I smiled at my boyfriend as we walked out of the tattoo parlour hand-in-hand. My low-cut top showed off my new: a heart-shaped padlock over my heart. Liam's shirt covered his up. It was a key, to go with my tattoo, only a bit more manly. We had decided that a heart-shaped key would've been a bit too camp.

'I love you so much, Li. Thank you.'

'I love you too, baby. To infinity and beyond.'

'I like the Toy Story reference. It was meant to be!' I joked, although with a hint of truth in my voice.

'Of course.'

We walked back to the train station, waiting for the train back to our town. It was a drizzly spring day, and I started to shiver as the rain pattered down on us.

'Are you cold?' Liam asked me with concerned eyes.

'No, I'm fine,' I lied, squeezing his hand. I gave it away, though, when I shivered again.

He sighed. 'Here, have my jacket.' He pulled his hand away to take his jacket off, leaving mine cold. Wrapping the jacket around my shoulders, he forced me to put the hood up, despite me arguing how it would make me look awful.

'You could never look awful, sweetie.'

I sighed, letting him put the hood up, and I took his hand again. He automatically intertwined our fingers, causing a huge grin to spread across my face and tingles to run through my body.

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'So, you two still up for later?' Harry asked as our food arrived. I love Nando's, almost as much as I love Toy Story. Almost.

'Sure,' Liam replied. 'Where are we meeting?'

'Well, it's by the river,' I said thinking. 'Maybe by the fridge?'

'Sure,' Zayn added, nodding. 'Don't forget all you stuff.'

I nodded, picking up my garlic bread and taking a bite. Oh my god! As Gok Wann would say: it was better than sex, shoes and handbags! Only not sex with Liam. Don't look at me like that!

After we'd finished our food, we all said goodbye, going in different directions. The sun was setting and it was starting to get pretty cold, but Liam put his arm around me. He walked me back to my house in comfortable silence.

'I'll see you later, Bambi. Love you!'

'Love you too, Cake. Remember to bring all your equipment. I'll come and pick you up at eight.'

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I looked at my check list, trying to find something I'd forgotten. I had a horrible memory, which was kind of why everyone kept reminding me to pack everything. I nodded to myself as I read through it, adding anything I'd forgotten.

Air Ion Counter. Barometer. Camera. Control Object. Digital Recorder. Dowsing Rods. Flash Light. First Aid Kit. Chimes. Hydrometre. Thermal Scanner. Microphone. Red duct tape. Mobile. Cam Corder. I placed them all in my bag, making sure not to damage any of the particularly useful or expensive things.

I got changed out of my normal clothes into a pair of old jeans, a long-sleeved black top, khaki jacket and leather boots. There wasn't really any real purpose of this, other than the fact that kept my warm. I tied my hair up into a ponytail and shrugged my rucksack on.

'Caitlin! Liam's here!' my mum called up the stairs. A smile played across my lips at the sound of my boyfriend's name. My boyfriend. Even after six months I still hadn't gotten used to calling him that.

I rushed down the stair, jumping the last two, and ran to the front door. I found my mum talking to Liam about her trip to Italy to visit her 'friend' Clive. I could tell Liam was only faking interest, so it was up to me to save him.I walked up to them, taking Liam's hand.

'Sorry to interrupt, Mum, but Li and I are going to be late! I'll see you tomorrow afternoon!'

I gave her a quick hug before pulling Liam out of the door, who sent her an apologetic smile and wave. I rolled my eyes as we wrapped our arms around each other.

'Why do you have to be such a gentleman?' I asked.

He chuckled. 'You know you love me.'

'Yes. Yes I do.'

Harry's POV

We stood outside the old, dilapidated inn, waiting for Maisie to find the keys the owners had lent us for the night. I know, it's cheesy: a load of kids have a paranormal experience and they turn into ghost hunters. But we seriously can't help it.

It just started out with uus being a little curious about what had happened in there, and now it's led to this. Everyone at both our school calling us creepy and insane while we go and spend the night in a supposedly haunted building so we can tell the owners if they need to hire an exorcist. Usually there was nothing there, though. Just wind and damp.

'Found them!' Maisie exclaimed, rattling a chain of keys in front of us all. I laughed when Perrie walked past her and took them out of her hand so quickly they almost seemed to vanish.

'You ready for this, Haz?' Ellie asked next to me. I grinned and circled an arm around her small waist, pulling her close.

'I was born ready.'

She scoffed. 'Yeah, you can really tell.'

Once the door was open, we made our way in, slowly. We set up our equipment as quickly as possible in all the rooms we were told specifically about. Meeting back in the lobby, we made sure we had the keys, and that the doors were all unlocked. One thing we had learnt: never lock yourself in with a ghost! Unless it's casper. Casper you can trust.

I turned the camera on, the last one that I just carried around with me, and started to talk. We had quite a few YouTube fans, and we usually put our videos on our channel. And yes, that includes what we got back in the workhouse. Not to be big-headed or anything, but we were way better than Most Haunted.

'Hi! We're back! We haven't uploaded much recently, but don't fear, we're not quite dead. They'll have to do a lot more than jumping out of the cupboard yelling 'BOO' to scare us. And no, I'm not talking about you, Boo Bear.'

'Oh, right, good, I was scared!' Louis replied.

'So,' I continued. 'Let's go looking for some ghosties!'

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Yay! Update! LOL Buzz just said to Ken 'Yes sir, well-groomed man!' HAHA! Inside joke! And I really wanted to make a joke about Jimmy Saville's ghost, but I resisted. It's not a joke to everyone.

What do you think Ken and Barbie were doing in Ken's dream house? ;)