Save Me, 1D

Chapter 7

Here is chapter 7 (I think it is chapter 7).

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My friends, One Direction, and I walked out of the building and into a parking lot behind it that housed the tour bus and a black van. We followed One Direction to the van. I was slightly disappointed that we weren't taking the tour bus. We loaded into the van but there were only eight seats including the driver's seat. Paul got into the driver's seat. That left us with seven seats and nine people to be seated.

"Some of you can sit on our laps." Louis suggested.

"Avery can sit on my lap." Harry volunteered. I felt my face get warm and hoped that it didn't show. I climbed into the van and took a seat daintily on Harry's lap.

"You are too light." He whispered in my ear. I stayed silent not knowing what so say. I still thought I weighed a lot.

In the end Gracelynn was sitting on Liam's lap and everyone else got a seat.

"So, where are you girls from?" Niall's adorable Irish accent asked. I suppressed a fangirl moment.

"We all live in Hyde Park." Gina answered.

"How old are you all?" Liam asked.

"We are all 16 but Avery is 17. She is a year older than us."

"Yeah. I moved to Hyde Park in third grade but my old school didn't teach me anything so they put me into the second grade." I clarified.

"When will you turn eighteen?" Harry asked.

"January 29th."

"Wow, our birthdays are pretty close." He stated. I nodded. Niall announced that we were almost at the restaurant. I had to suppress another fangirl.

We got out of the van and piled into the restaurant. The waitress's eyes looked like they were going to pop out of her head. She swallowed and quickly composed herself.

"How many?" she asked. Liam counted quickly.

"Nine."

"Follow me." She brusquely walked and seated us towards the back of the place. We took random seats around the table. I was sitting in between Harry and Niall. On the other side of Niall was Liam. Then came Gracelynn, then Zayn, then Gina, then Louis, then Aimee and we were back to Harry. The waitress passed us our menus then took our drink orders. I skimmed the menu. I decided on a salad with no dressing.

"What are you getting?" Harry asked leaning close to me.

"A salad." I replied. He shook his head.

"Pick something else." I looked at him. Was he serious? The look on the face said he was. I looked at the menu again.

"Have you decided?"

"No."

"Ok, I will order for you then." He grinned at me. I couldn't help but feel slightly nervous.

The waitress came back and asked for out orders. We went around the table ordering and Harry and I were last. She finally got to us.

"I will have the steak with potatoes and she will have the same." He said motioning to me. The waitress nodded and scurried off the fill the orders. I looked at Harry incredulously.

"I can't possibly eat all that food!"

"I think you will be able to." He smirked at me. I glared at him and turned away and dove into a conversation with Niall. We had a lot in common. Besides the food thing, but he doesn't know about that.

Finally our food came. As it turns out, the steak was a lot bigger than I thought. Everyone looked at it.

"I bet you won't be able to eat all that." Louis challenged. I was about to agree when Gina jumped in.

"I bet she can. I once saw her eat four sandwiches and then eat a full serving of dinner." Niall looked impressed and Harry looked surprised. "I bet you a skinny dip in the fountain that she can eat all that."

Louis grinned. "You're on!"

I had to eat it all. I couldn't let my friend lose under the circumstances. I took a deep breath and dug into my steak and potatoes. Harry looked pleased.

It felt really good to eat again. I started to feel energized again. I was halfway done with my steak and completely done with my potatoes when Louis started to look worried.

"How can a skinny girl like you eat such a huge amount?" He asked. I grinned at him and continued eating. Harry gave me a reassuring smile. I gave a closed mouth smiled back with my cheeks full of food.

Everyone had finished eating and I had a quarter of my steak left. Everyone was watching me. Harry had a satisfied grin on his face as I finished my steak. I fist pumped the air. Gina jumped up and whooped.

"Come on Avery! You just had to finish, didn't you." Louis pouted. I grinned and nodded. He huffed and waived the waitress over. They paid (and waved away our offered money) and we left the restaurant. It was now dark and there were not that many people by the fountain. Louis walked over to the edge and began stripping. I couldn't stop giggling. Neither could anybody else. Louis was finally down to just his underwear. He gave me a fake glare and peeled off his underwear. I shut my eyes. I am an innocent person. I heard a splash and opened my eyes. I busted out laughing and so did everyone else. Louis was doing a mock breast stroke in about a foot and a half of water. His rear end was sticking up in the air.

"What is going on here?!" I looked over a saw a cop walking hurriedly over to us.

"Run!" I shouted, still laughing. Louis jumped up out of the fountain and grabbed his clothes. We all took off running towards the parked van. Louis must have been cold because it was a chilly night and he was dipping wet. I was still laughing my head off when we got to the van. We could still hear the cop hollering after us. We all jumped into the van and sat in the same seats we did on the way there.

Everyone was absorbed in their own conversations. I felt over-stuffed from eating all that food.

"I hope you continuing eating Avery." Harry said in my ear. I shrugged. I probably wouldn't. "Please Avery. It is not healthy to not eat. You could die." His words hit me hard. I guess I kind of knew that but I didn't dwell on it.

"I'll try." I finally told him.