New Years Eve.
The Morning After The Night Before.
-Charlotte's POV-
I awoke to sirens wailing through an open window and a breeze blowing lightly on my face. As soon as I opened my eyes I knew it was a fatal mistake as the sunlight blinded me and my head pounded. I closed my eyes again and rolled over to touch something unexpected. Another person. I opened up my eyes and pinched myself and what lay next to me.
"Fuck, shit, fuck." I whispered under my breath.
I got out of bed, rushed towards the door and grabbed my phone off the floor to see 26 missed calls and 4 texts from Lydia and 13 missed calls and 5 texts from Niall... I was in shit.
The person hiding in the bed soon became conscious again and groaned as he crawled out of bed. I grabbed the towel off the chair next to me and wrapped it around my naked body.
"Morning babe." He said in his low, rough morning voice, as he smirked over to my direction.
I glared over at him as I put my phone to my ear returning Lydia's calls after I read her quite panicky texts, he shot his hands up in response in surrender, not knowing what he had done.
"Hey Lyd, I am so so so-"
"CHARLOTTE ANNE FUCKING DALEY WHERE THE FUCK HAVE YOU FUCKING BEEN?!"
I had to hold the phone away from my ear she was shouting so loud, and she used my full name... this is worse than I thought.
"I am so sorry Lyd, I went to a party with some friends last night and well... I just lost track of time."
"I'VE BEEN UP ALL NIGHT WORRIED ABOUT YOU, NIALL'S BEEN WORRIED, HELL EVEN ZAYN HAS BEEN WORRIED AND HE BARELY KNOW YOU. I SUGGEST YOU GET YOUR ASS HOME RIGHT NOW AND APOLOGISE TO THE BOYS."
"Okay, I'll come now... sorry again."
"Yes, you bloody well better be." There was an awkward silence and a shuffling coming from the other end of the phone before she spoke again. "I've left the room so I'm not with the others but I want you to best friend promise me something right now Charl..."
"Yes?" I asked nervously.
"Promise me you're not with Harry C, because he didn't come home last night either and I'm pretty sure Niall suspects something and I know he'd be cut up if you were..." she asked.
I took a deep breath. "No. No, I'm not." For the first time ever I'd lied to my best friend... and I felt like a total bitch.
"Okay." She sighed. "I'll see you in 10."
"Bye Lyd." She hung up.
Harry looked up at me from the other side of the room.
"You didn't tell her, did you?" he asked.
"No and you're not going to tell her either. This was a mistake Styles. I didn't want to sleep with you, you didn't want to sleep with me. I like Niall okay? Lets just... pretend this never happened." I told him.
He looked slightly disappointed, but nodded in agreement anyway.
"It's for the best." I added before putting back on my clothes and leaving Ed's apartment. Alone.
I decided to walk and still wearing my dress I ran into the closest clothing store I could find before grabbing a random skirt and shirt, paying and changing into them and tying up my hair into a messy side braid and continuing back to the apartment.
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-Liam's POV-
There was an awkward silence as Niall, Zayn, Louis, Lydia and I sat around the girls' apartment waiting for Lydia's friend Charlotte to come back. I had met neither girls before last night, but Niall seemed to be in quite the panic when he explained Charlotte hadn't returned any of Lydia nor his calls so I came with him for moral support. None of us had heard from Harry yet, which only made the situation worse.
We'd been sat in silence no more than 20 minuets after Lydia had come of the phone from Charlotte when the door flew open to reveal her standing in the doorway... alone. Thank god.
I had to give it to Niall, as she walked in slowly and smiled shyly at the group she looked stunning. She was the kind of girl who didn't know she was drop dead gorgeous and as she quietly sat on the sofa next to me and said hello to everyone I couldn't help but stare... She told us all how sorry she was for ruining our night and we all let her know it was fine, she was far to beautiful to stay angry at, then stood up and asked if she could speak to Lydia in private briefly. Both girls left the room and Charlotte turned just before they walked into the next room and flashed Niall a small grin before going out of sight.
I awoke to sirens wailing through an open window and a breeze blowing lightly on my face. As soon as I opened my eyes I knew it was a fatal mistake as the sunlight blinded me and my head pounded. I closed my eyes again and rolled over to touch something unexpected. Another person. I opened up my eyes and pinched myself and what lay next to me.
"Fuck, shit, fuck." I whispered under my breath.
I got out of bed, rushed towards the door and grabbed my phone off the floor to see 26 missed calls and 4 texts from Lydia and 13 missed calls and 5 texts from Niall... I was in shit.
The person hiding in the bed soon became conscious again and groaned as he crawled out of bed. I grabbed the towel off the chair next to me and wrapped it around my naked body.
"Morning babe." He said in his low, rough morning voice, as he smirked over to my direction.
I glared over at him as I put my phone to my ear returning Lydia's calls after I read her quite panicky texts, he shot his hands up in response in surrender, not knowing what he had done.
"Hey Lyd, I am so so so-"
"CHARLOTTE ANNE FUCKING DALEY WHERE THE FUCK HAVE YOU FUCKING BEEN?!"
I had to hold the phone away from my ear she was shouting so loud, and she used my full name... this is worse than I thought.
"I am so sorry Lyd, I went to a party with some friends last night and well... I just lost track of time."
"I'VE BEEN UP ALL NIGHT WORRIED ABOUT YOU, NIALL'S BEEN WORRIED, HELL EVEN ZAYN HAS BEEN WORRIED AND HE BARELY KNOW YOU. I SUGGEST YOU GET YOUR ASS HOME RIGHT NOW AND APOLOGISE TO THE BOYS."
"Okay, I'll come now... sorry again."
"Yes, you bloody well better be." There was an awkward silence and a shuffling coming from the other end of the phone before she spoke again. "I've left the room so I'm not with the others but I want you to best friend promise me something right now Charl..."
"Yes?" I asked nervously.
"Promise me you're not with Harry C, because he didn't come home last night either and I'm pretty sure Niall suspects something and I know he'd be cut up if you were..." she asked.
I took a deep breath. "No. No, I'm not." For the first time ever I'd lied to my best friend... and I felt like a total bitch.
"Okay." She sighed. "I'll see you in 10."
"Bye Lyd." She hung up.
Harry looked up at me from the other side of the room.
"You didn't tell her, did you?" he asked.
"No and you're not going to tell her either. This was a mistake Styles. I didn't want to sleep with you, you didn't want to sleep with me. I like Niall okay? Lets just... pretend this never happened." I told him.
He looked slightly disappointed, but nodded in agreement anyway.
"It's for the best." I added before putting back on my clothes and leaving Ed's apartment. Alone.
I decided to walk and still wearing my dress I ran into the closest clothing store I could find before grabbing a random skirt and shirt, paying and changing into them and tying up my hair into a messy side braid and continuing back to the apartment.
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-Liam's POV-
There was an awkward silence as Niall, Zayn, Louis, Lydia and I sat around the girls' apartment waiting for Lydia's friend Charlotte to come back. I had met neither girls before last night, but Niall seemed to be in quite the panic when he explained Charlotte hadn't returned any of Lydia nor his calls so I came with him for moral support. None of us had heard from Harry yet, which only made the situation worse.
We'd been sat in silence no more than 20 minuets after Lydia had come of the phone from Charlotte when the door flew open to reveal her standing in the doorway... alone. Thank god.
I had to give it to Niall, as she walked in slowly and smiled shyly at the group she looked stunning. She was the kind of girl who didn't know she was drop dead gorgeous and as she quietly sat on the sofa next to me and said hello to everyone I couldn't help but stare... She told us all how sorry she was for ruining our night and we all let her know it was fine, she was far to beautiful to stay angry at, then stood up and asked if she could speak to Lydia in private briefly. Both girls left the room and Charlotte turned just before they walked into the next room and flashed Niall a small grin before going out of sight.
Notes
So sorry about how late this update is, I had an asthma attack Friday night so haven't been doing much recently...God, why does everyone like Charlotte?
What will Charlotte do about Harry?
What's going on with Liam?
What does Charlotte want to tell Lydia?
^These are all good questions;)
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11/4/13