Rachel's P.O.V.
Once we got back to the house, Danielle got something to eat and then wandered off to Nialls room.

"So what, is she just gonna shut us out again?" Austinn asked, seeming concerned
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I sighed, running a hand through my hair.

"At least she's eating" I mumbled back in response,filling the kettle with water.

I needed tea. Badly.

"Yeah, that's a huge improvement" Maura agreed.

"Make me a cuppa too" she nodded to the kettle.

Maura was probably the only person I'd ever met who like tea as much as I did.

Once I had made us our tea, we all sat at the table.

"The boys are arriving early tomorrow, right?" Lizzie was the first one to break the silence.

I nodded.

"Yeah, the plane is landing at 8am" I told her.

She smiled slightly,

I knew she was looking forward to seeing Zayn again.

And as selfish as it sounded, I was really looking forward to seeing Louis again, despite everything that was happening.

I really needed to see him again. Thinking about it now, the situation was a bit ridiculous. Me and Louis were only together for a day and he had to take off for a month. Then again, it was completely my fault. It was stupid of me to wait so long to finally admit how I felt about Louis.

Ever since I had first met Louis , there had been some sort of connection between us. We were instantly really close because we got along so well. He was one of the few people I9 felt safe telling anything to.

It was obvious that I had feelings for him. I was always just too stubborn to admit it. And now that I finally had, it felt like a weight had been lifted off of my shoulders.

"Rachel?"

I was pulled out of my daze by Austinn snapping her fingers in my face.

"Yes?" I asked.

"Maura's dropping us back to the hotel now, you wanna come for the drive?" she asked.

I shook my head.

"Nah.. I think I'll get a shower and get ready for the morning. I'm gonna try Skype the boys aswell" I told them.

"Your coming to pick us up in the morning, right?" Lizzie asked, as they made their way for the door.

"Of course" I replied, giving her a small smile. I knew she was really anxious to see Zayn.

Once they took off, I wandered upstairs to the room Danielle and I had originally been sharing.

I flopped on the bed with the laptop Harry had given me once. I went straight onto Skype to see if any of the boys were online.

They weren't of course.

I went to log out but suddenly I got a call.

I answered it quickly, unable to believe who it was.

"Abby?" I whispered once her face appeared on the screen.

"Hey Rach.." she gave me a small smile.

"Hi.. How are you?" I asked.

I wasn't fully sure what to say. She had been so busy with X-Factor over the last month that we had barely spoken.

"I'm pretty good. How are you? How's Dani and Niall?" she asked back, tucking her hair behind her ear awkwardly.

I decided she didn't need to know what was going on. She didn't need to be worrying.

"Oh.. good" I trailed off awkwardly.

She raised an eyebrow but before she could say anything I talked again.

"So how's X-Factor life?" I asked.

"It's amazing! Tulisa's been so nice! Actually that's what I'm calling about. She thinks that I know my performance for Saturday well enough that I can come tomorrow! I have a flight for tomorrow afternoon!" she announced.

A grin broke across my face.

"Abby that's amazing!" I exclaimed.

She smiled.

I could a yell of her name from behind her.

"That's Tulisa now. I gotta go Rach. I'll see you tomorrow though" she told me quickly.

I nodded.

"Bye Abs" I replied.

And with that, the call ended.

As soon as it did, I headed for the shower.

I spent the entire shower thinking about the whole situation. Now Abby would be here too. But so would the other boys. Which meant Abby would see Liam again. And Austinn would see Harry.. and Kendall.

She was gonna be on the same flight as the boys, which is why Austinn and Harry would have to be very careful about their reunion.

Once I was out of the shower I got changed into some pyjamas and just decided to get to sleep. I had to get up early in the morning so I knew it would do me best.

Surprisingly enough I fell asleep almost as soon as my head hit the pillow.


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My eyes snapped open to the sound of my alarm clock.

I slipped out of bed and got changed into a skirt and top. I didn't care that it was cold. I wanted to look good.

This was it. This was the day I was going to see Louis again.

As soon as I was ready I was out the door and in the car.

I sent Lizzie a quick text telling her and Austinn to meet me outside the hotel before I started the car.

The drive to the hotel seemed to take forever. Once I finally picked them up, we started out for the airport.

Austinn was sitting next to me because Lizzie wanted to lie across the back seats. Austinn turned the radio on, since we were all pretty tired, and not really in the mood for talking yet.

I couldn't help but sing along when A Thousand Miles came on.

"Oh my god! This is the White Chicks song!" Austinn exclaimed.

I heard Lizzie sit up when she realised what was going on.

"IF I COULD FALL.." I began belting out.

Austinn started giggling.

"INTO THE SKYYYY!" Lizzie finished

We all began singing along loudly. That's how we spent the rest of the trip to the airport.

Once we finally got to the airport we found the boys gate.

I knew they wouldn't be arriving for at least another twenty minutes but I didn't want to risk missing them.

We decided to spend the time talking to fans. A lot of them had gathered to get a glimpse of the boys. I guess they had found out they were on the plane.

As soon as we heard people start screaming, we knew they must be here.

I pushed my way through the crowd of people and almost gasped when I saw Louis. He was wearing pyjama bottoms and a random t-shirt with a beanie.

"Louis!" I squeled, sounding exactly like one of the fans as I ran towards him.

He dropped his case by his side when he saw me and lifted me completely off of the ground when I landed in his arms. I wrapped my legs around his waist, letting him spin me around completely as my arms tightened around him.

Once my feet touched the ground I met his eye.

"I've missed you"

That was all he said before crashing his lips to mine.

It was honestly the most passionate kiss I had ever had in my life.

Eventually we parted and I had the stupidest smile on my face but I couldn't have cared less.

We just stood there, smiling at each other, until we were interrupted.

"Um, guys..? We gotta go.." Liam told us.

I looked around quickly to see Lizzie was clinging to Zayns arm and Harry was holding hands with a brunette.

"Kendall!" I exclaimed.

She looked at me, confused and my cheeks flushed slightly.

"Sorry.." I mumbled, but she just laughed slightly.

Louis slipped his hand into mine as we began to make our way outside the airport.

Once we had gotten to the car, I sighed.

"Okay guys, this is really awkward but theres not enough room for all of us. This is a seven-seater and theres eight of us" I mumbled.

Harry laughed slightly.

"Your an idiot" he teased me.

I nodded.

"Yup" I replied, seriously.

"Well hey, how about me and Rach get a taxi. You can drive this lot" Louis suggested.

Harry considered it for a minute before nodding.

"Yeah, sounds good. We'll see you in a while" Harry nodded.

I handed him the keys and he hopped into the front of the car, with Kendall in the passenger seat. That was bound to be an interesting trip.

Once they had taken off I turned back to Louis.

"Well this is going well" I said sarcastically.

Only I would manage to miscount and end up outside Dublin airport with no lift.

Louis chuckled, slinging his arm over my shoulder.

"C'mon, let's go find a taxi" he mumbled.

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