Chapter 9
Layla's POV
"I swear I saw him! He was right there!"
I know what I saw. I saw my father. I know he was out there. I saw him out my window walking around the house.
Harry just checked outside and said he saw nothing. But I know what I saw.
"Look, lie down and try to sleep. Fernanda will stay here and keep you company." Harry said, walking out of my room. Fernanda closed my door and locked it, so Harry couldn't get in.
"I'm not going crazy Fernanda. I know what I saw." I started sobbing into her shoulder. I felt like the boy who cried wolf.
"Here, let's watch some TV to take your mind off of things." We turned to the movie channels and started watching Step up. Soon enough I felt myself starting to sleep. I can sleep about 4 hours now without waking up. The nightmares are starting to fade, but we have a bigger problem. What I saw outside.
Harry's POV
I finished up the movie and went to sleep. I was so tired. I had to tell Louis about Layla's little viewing when I wake up.
I woke up feeling refreshed, that was one of the best naps I have ever taken. I turned around to position myself in a more comfy spot and come face to face with Fernanda, grinning at me with a Cheshire smile.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY ROOM?! IN MY BED?!" I screamed and jumped out of my bed. Thank god I wore pants to take my nap.
"Well, I got lonely, so I wanted to cuddle." Fernanda replied, sitting up straight.
I ran my fingers through my hair and looked around my room. That's when I saw her rat cage. Without a rat in it.
"Uh, Fernanda, where is your rat?" I asked looking around my room
"In its cage right the- WHERE IS HE?!" Fernanda screamed, and started franticly looking around the room
"DONT JUST STAND THERE HELP ME FIND THE FREAKING RAT! LOUIS TOLD ME THERE ARE RAT TRAPS AROUND THE HOUSE!" Fernanda looked like a crazy person. We started looking around my room, and ended up finding him in the closet chewing on my bag of crisps.
"Ugly little thing." I mumbled, putting it back into its cage
"Thanks for helping me find him. I'm going to go wait for Sammie to pick me up." Fernanda walked out of my room, rat in hand. I shook my head and laid back down on my bed.
We still had one week before we leave for tour, and I need to bond with Layla. I want to make sure she's ok because Harry told me about her saying she saw her father.
"Layla, are you ready to go?!" I called up the stairs
"Yea, one second!"
Layla came down the steps wearing a blue skinny mini mouse shirt, black skinny jeans, and a pair of blue Vans.
"Where are we going Lou?" She asked me, looking excited
"Well, we are going to play laser tag, then Eleanor wanted to hang out with you and take you to the spa for tomorrow's interview. Do you know what song your going to sing?"
"Yea, I'm doing Breakaway by Kelly Clarkson." She said, a smile on her face.
"Great song. Let's get going to the laser tag place. We have to be at Eleanor's by 3:00pm and you need to be back home by 6:00pm." I told Layla. She nodded her head. I had to be serious today, so the plan would work out. Everything had to go perfect, right on schedule.
Layla POV
I lost in laser tag. Big time. I don't know how he did it but he shot me every time. The whole car ride to Eleanor's I had to listen to him talk about how "The Swag master from Doncaster" had game and how he crushed my sorry butt.
"Hey babe." Louis pulled Eleanor into a tight embrace and kissed her forehead. She giggled and pecked him on the lips.
"Ready to go Layla?" Eleanor turned to me, a slight blush on her cheeks.
"Yup." I said popping the P
We got into Eleanor's car and headed towards the spa
"This is going to be so much fun Layla!" Eleanor squealed
"What exactly are we going to do at the spa?" I asked her, turning the radio down
"We are getting massages to relax ourselves, then we are getting pedicure and manicures, then we are going to the hair salon to get our hair done." Eleanor smiled at me then focused back on the road.
"Alright, sounds like fun!"
After driving for about half an hour we pulled up to a cottage sort of thing. On the top of the building was a sign that said "Bubbles Spa"
We walked in and Eleanor signed us in with the front desk lady. We walked into a room, put on a robe, and went to another room where they started massaging our backs. I felt like I was in heaven.
"So, fancy any boys Layla?" Eleanor said, trying to make chit chat.
"Promise not to tell?"
"Your secret is safe with me."
I turned my head towards Eleanor so I could tell her.
"I have a teeny tiny crush on Niall."
She had the "I KNEW IT" look on her face
"But, he has Brittany." I said sadly
"Screw that skank. Trust me when I say nobody in the band likes her." Eleanor said rolling her eyes.
After about another 2 hours at the spa, we went to the hair dresser.
"Since Lou is on vacation, were just going to have these people cut it. Do you know what style you want?" Eleanor asked me, flipping through a magazine.
"Yup, I know exactly how I want it!" I said with a smile.
"Hello, I'm John. I will be doing your hair today. Come with me to the back." I went to the seats and took one in front of the big mirrors.
"So how would you like your hair done?" John asked me
"Can I get blunt front bangs, and dye the tips of my hair pink?" I asked
"I think that will look great." Eleanor said to me.
After a long time of sniping and cutting parts of my hair, and dying the tips, we finally got to see how it would end up.
"Are you ready to see your hair?" John asked me
I nodded my head and closed my eyes as he took the towel off my head.
"Here it i- oh dear." John said
"What's wrong?" I opened my eyes to see the tips of my hair were dyed gray!
"Oh my god." I said, shocked at the color it came out to be. It did not look right at all!
"Somebody most likely switched the dye names. It's fixable, but it will take about another hour." John said tying to calm me down.
"Ok, just please fix it." Eleanor's phone started ringing so she excused herself to answer it.
Louis POV
"Eleanor, are you guys on your way home? You can't be late, Brittany is about to leave." I said into the phone.
"Uhh, about that, something went wrong at the hair salon so we are going to need another hour or so." Eleanor spoke into nervously
I sighed; we couldn't keep Brittany here longer then another 15 minutes.
"It’s alright babe. We will try it another time. See you soon." I hung up the phone and went to tell Harry to abort mission. So much for everything going as planned.
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