Live While We're Young

Chapter 20

"Cole.. Cole wake up," Lucy says, pushing me. 

"Morning?" I say. 

"Yeah, we have school!" 

"CRAP, I HAVEN'T BEEN GOING TO SCHOOL!" I scream. 

"Hey calm down! Your mother has been calling you out of school, she knew that you were having a hard time after Blake so she let you be with Harry, but you're going to have a lot of work probably!" She says. 

"Oh thank god," I mumble. 

I don't bother with a shower this morning and neither does Lucy. I generally shower at night, anyways, because of how many siblings I have.

Brother-Luke-20 

Brother-Preston-18 

Sister-Briley-17 

Sister-Marcus-14  

Brother-Parker-14 

Sister-Hailie-13 

Brother-Landon-4

My mother had two sets of twins and then more kids other than that... Yet she's still amazingly skinny! I see where I get it from. 

They all mean the world to me, but I haven't seen them lately. They'll all probably want to see me or be mad I left when I go downstairs, except Luke, because he's in the military. 

"Just dig through my closet and find something to wear, I'm going to get us some breakfast," I say, slowly walking downstairs. 

"Look who finally got up," Briley says. 

I walk out and grab the last two jars of Nutella from the cabinet and two spoons. 

"Hey, where you going with my Nutella?!" Says Hailie. 

"I'll get you more!" I insist, 'crutching' on. 

"Well I missed you too," she snaps. 

I trudge upstairs and give Lucy a jar and a spoon. 

"This can be lunch as well, if you want," I say, taking a spoonful. 

I lick the spoon clean, dry it off, and toss it into my pocket, then shove the Nutella in my bag, deciding I'm not hungry. 

I grab a shirt that Harry gave to me and put it on. It smells just like him. 

Lucy sighs, as Niall didn't think to give her any article of clothing. But, he did buy her a locket that has a picture of them in it. They didn't see each other often, because she had school (I did too, I just had a lot of 'absent' days, you could call them), but they Skyped every single night. 

I remember the story Lucy told me of when Niall asked her out. She told me every detail possible.

Lucy had just gotten out of the shower, so her hair was wet but it generally looks pretty good when wet. She walked into her room, got dressed, and then realized someone was calling her on Skype, so she answered the call. 

"Hey," Niall said. 

"Hey!" 

"I have learned part of a song on my guitar, would you like to hear it?" He asked. 

"Of course!" Lucy said. 

The Skype quality was amazing, Lucy had recalled. 

He grabbed his guitar and started strumming. 

"I am skipping a bunch of it, sorry. Just need to get the main part," he had said. 

He starts singing. 

"You should let me love you , let me be the one to give you everything you want and need, baby good love and protection, make me your selection, show you the way love's supposed to be, baby you should let me love you, love you, love you." he finished. 

"Amazing." She had told him. 

"Lucy.." He began, nervous. "Will you be my girlfriend?"

She nodded slowly at first, then nodded quickly. 

"Yes, yes, YES! A thousand times yes!" She laughs. 

"Thank god, I thought you'd say no! I was scared but you're my girl now, and no one will touch my princess." He said.

They are so cute and so happy together. 

"Lucy where's your bag?" I ask. 

"My house," she says. 

Oh well, just a quick stop. She lives just next door, but she spent the night because of... THEM.. being gone. 

"It's not just Niall I miss," I admit. "I miss them all horribly, and I'm scared they won't come back." 

She shakes slightly at that thought, so I'd better shut up. 

I check my Skype and right then the boys call us. 

"Hey!" They all scream, except Liam. I don't know where he is. 

"Hey," I respond. 

"Miss us?" Louis asks. 

"Ugh, don't remind me of how much I miss you boys," I say. 

"Hey guys!" Lucy screams while doing her makeup in the mirror. 

"Princess? That you?" Niall asks. 

"Yeup, just doing my makeup, I'll be over in a sec." 

"How was the flight?" I ask. 

"HORRIBLE!" Zayn says. "Fans kept attacking us, and they wouldn't leave Harry and Niall alone about you two," -I blush- "and they wouldn't leave Liam alone about Dani!" 

"Where is he?" I ask. 

"Sleeping, it's been rough on him," Zayn says. 

"Awh, poor Zayn, missing out on all the attention!" Niall says sarcastically, pinching Zayn's cheek. 

"Hey now, don't forget me, you tosser!" Louis says. 

"AM NOT!" Niall screams. 

"Yeah, you are," Harry says. "Matter-of-fact, I'm surprised your hand isn't down your pants right now!" 

I laugh at that remark. 

"Ugh you guys are rude," Niall says. 

"What's a tosser?" I ask. 

"Uh... Google it," they say. 

"Nevermind, I'm good," I say. 

"Okay, I'm here," Lucy says, sitting next to me. 

We sit on the floor in the middle of my room. 

"You've got a clean room!" Louis says. 

"Yeah, my OCD kicks in sometimes," I say, slightly embarrassed. 

"Cole we gotta go to school!" Lucy says, jumping up. 

"Bye princess, bye Cole!" Niall says. 

"Bye!" Lucy says, running out of my bedroom. 

"Bye guys," I say. 

"Bye," they all mumble. 

"Love you babe," Harry says. 

"Love you," I respond, shutting my laptop. 

I throw my bag over my shoulder and grab my crutches, preparing myself for the long day.