The Dark Days

Chapter 36

"What was that about?" Louis asked, walking in and crossing the room, leaving the door open. After this morning I no longer thought he would remember things about me, so of course he didn't know that leaving my door open was a pet peeve of mine, always had been.

"I'm not really sure. We were talking and then he said something that was really cryptic, then his attitude changed really fast and he was up and out the door." I furrowed my eyebrows, utterly confused as to why Zayn had flipped suddenly and left.

"Oh. Well, I just came up to tell you that what I said downstairs didn't really come out right. I meant that it was a last minute decision to stay in, but in the little bit of time before the boys left I decided to do something special for you. Of course, in the limited amount of time I had all I could come up with was a movie night. Which seemed really lame so I tried to make it really special by setting everything up the way I remembered you loved it and the snacks and movie and stuff, it was all for you." Louis looked out the window, as if avoiding my gaze because he was embarrassed or something.

"Well thanks, I really enjoyed it." I looked at him and he smiled a little before stepping forward and giving me a quick hug.

As we pulled away I smiled before walking over to my nightstand and checking my phone. I had two new messages but I decided I would check them later, I wanted to have some fun today.

"Want to go downstairs and see if the boys want to get in the pool or something?" I questioned hopefully.

"Sure! Race you to the living room!" Louis screamed as he took off, with me hot on his heels.

"I win!" I yelled as I ran past him into the living room, nearly barreling into Niall, who I dodged not too smoothly. I jumped over the top of the couch and landed on my back, breathing heavily. Niall stood off to the side laughing as Louis came around the side of the couch and laid down on top of me.

"Can't. Breathe." I struggled to get up as Louis laughed and climbed off, standing up and helping me up.

"Hey boys! Want to go swimming with us?" Louis asked as Zayn walked out of the kitchen, standing next to Niall.

"Sure!" Niall replied, heading down the hall to his room, assumedly to go get ready. Zayn just nodded and followed Niall. He was still acting weird. Maybe I can talk to him this afternoon while we are outside.

Louis and I jogged back upstairs and went our separate ways to get changed. I heard someone walking out in the hallway and figured Louis was heading down because it is obviously easier for him to get ready than it is for me. I was nearly done anyway.

After putting my hair up in a messy bun I went down the stairs. Detouring through the kitchen for a water bottle, I used that exit out onto the porch.

"Wow! Aren't we looking might fine!" Niall hollered from across the pool as he stood on the edge by Zayn, Louis was already in the water.

The other two boys turned and Louis smirked while Zayn bit his lip and turned back to drop his shirt onto one of the pool chairs. I now had a full few of Zayn's and Louis's tattoos, they were amazing. I laughed at Niall's comment and went over to set my water bottle down on the ground by a chair, before taking off my sunglasses and placing them on the chair.

Running over towards the pool I jumped in right beside Louis and heard two more splashes as Zayn and Niall jumped in after me. When I came up they were all laughing and I was glad to see Zayn acting a bit more normal again.

I, being the short person I am, was the only one not able to reach, so I hooked my arms around Niall's shoulders and jumped, pulling myself up onto his back. He looked over his shoulder and smiled at me, which I gladly returned. My legs hooked around his middle and I could feel his hard stomach muscles. Seriously? Do all three of these boys have amazing abs? A quick look around our little "circle" proved my theory.