His Bandmate

I open my door to a smiley face belonging to Lea. I shriek and jump up and down before hugging her. It's weird how much I miss her when I'm not with her for a couple of days. It's probably because I normally see her almost every day. She makes my life so much more fun, working with her is the best. The time flies away and it doesn't even feel like work.

“I've missed you.” I say as I let go of her and let her come inside of the apartment.

“I missed you too. I'm so glad to be home again.” She say as she takes off her jacket and shoes, walking with me into the living room.

“How was it with your grandmother?” I ask as we sit down on the couch.

“It was good. She's as brisk as ever. That woman doesn't let anything stop her.” She say with a smile.

“Someone to look up to.” I snicker, pulling a blanket off the couch and putting it on our legs. We're both sitting with our legs up, facing each other. The landlord promised that the heat would be back tomorrow, which means a couple of more weeks with no heat. I use the oven as a heater sometimes, but it's still cold. Now I've gotten a couple of candles burning and they do help, but not enough. A fireplace would have been nice.

“Exactly! So what have you planned for dinner?” Lea ask, raising an eyebrow. She knows how little I cook and I smile at her sheepishly.

“Well, don't kill me.” I say and she narrows her eyes at me. “But I thought that maybe we could eat somewhere else...” I say, giving her puppy dog eyes.

“Okey?” She looks at me like I'm an idiot, which makes me laugh.

“Harry said that they were eating together tonight, apparently those guys can't stay away from each other for one day, and he invited us.” I say and worry about her reaction, but the smile on her face say that I'm on the clear.

“Oh! That sounds great.” Her face changes to ecstatic. “Oh my god! Then I can see Louis for real.” She say and my cheeks turns red. “You know that I haven't met the other guys, only Harry and Zayn. I can't believe that I get to meet them tonight.” She laughs and claps her hands. I shake my head, but smile at her. I wonder quietly if she's going to expose to Louis that she knows about us, she's not always the most clever when it comes to subtlety. I hope she doesn't though, that would be embarrassing.

“Good, I'll text Harry and tell him we're on.” I say and pick my phone up. As I've written the message I look over at Lea who has a huge smile on her face. “What?” I ask, wondering if there's something more than meeting the guys that's on her mind, making her so happy.

“I'm just thrilled, now I get to see with my own eyes how Louis behaves around you.” She say, sounding like an author, who's reviewing something.

“Oh, talking about that. He was actually nice to me yesterday.” I say with a voice thick with inappreciative, I still can't believe it. “Or maybe I just dreamed the whole thing.” I mumble, fiddling with the blanket.

“What? Oh my god! What happened?” She sounds like it's the biggest gossip of the year. Making me snicker. I love how she really get into things, she takes everything serious when I talk.

“Well, first he got me a soda when I couldn't get it myself, then he drove me home.” I say, adding a little extra shock to my voice. Her mouth drops open.

“Wow! Maybe he likes you?” She say, one of her eyebrows raising. What? Is she insane? He does two nice things and suddenly he liked me? No way. He's still an asshole.

“No, he does not like me. He had a brain bleed or something.” I say, shaking my head.

“Well, we'll see. I will make my own perception on that tonight.” She say and flip her hair to the side. I laugh and shake my head at her. It will actually be nice to have her there, then I have someone I can discuss things with afterwards.



Two hours later we're in Lea's car on our way over to the guys place. Apparently they always hang at Liam's because it's the biggest, so that's where we're going. I feel a little nervous, how will Louis act? Will Lea expose that she knows? Argh! I always take things out early. Everything will be fine. I can always fake an illness or something if we really need to leave. I can have a fake heart attack, right? Or not.

She stops the car outside of their house and I take a deep breath before opening my door and stepping out.

“You look nervous.” Lea exclaim as we walk over to the front steps. She hooks her arms around mine.

“I'm always nervous when meeting these guys.” I say low, feeling my stomach turn. She squeezes my arm a little as we go inside and up the elevator to Liam's floor. I'm really curious about how Louis will act, will he continue this nicer way or was that just a glitch in his badass act?

We stop in front of Liam's door and I don't move a muscle. I feel terrified.

“Aren't we going in?” Lea ask me with both her eyebrows raised.

“We can go somewhere else.” I suggest. “Anywhere else.” I'm pleading with her, and I know my eyes are showing the terror I feel inside.

“No, come on. It'll be fine.” She say and knock on the door. I feel my heart beat hard in my chest.

“Hello ladies!” Liam welcome us as he opens the door with that sweet smile of his.

“Hi, I'm Lea.” Lea hold her hand out to shake Liam's while I stand there like an idiot having a hard time breathing.

“Hi Lea, come on in.” He opens the door and walk to the side to let us in. Lea walks in and I follow along slowly. “You alright, love?” Liam ask and I look up at him. I can't be showing these feelings I have, that will only make it more fun for Louis to continue with his torture.

“I'm fine, just tired.” I lie, giving him a small smile. We walk into the big room where Lea's already introduced herself to everyone, including Louis. I lock eyes with him for a second but turn my stare away. He looks over at Lea who hugs Harry.

“So Haz, you didn't want that one so you go for her friend instead?” Louis ask loud so everyone can hear. Pointing to me and then to Lea. I feel my face turn hot and I look at the floor.

“Aww, are you jealous? He gets the both of us and you get no one?” Lea ask, like she's talking to a baby. The room gets quiet before it erupts in laugher. I sneak a peek at Louis who has turned red. From anger or embarrassment, I don't know. He takes a long sip from his beer before shaking his head.

“Ha! Nice one!” Niall say and offer Lea a beer which she declines. She takes a soda instead and turns to me and wave me over to sit beside her on the couch. I walk over and sit down beside her, she give me a little side hug, leaning in to whisper in my ear.

“I told you he liked you.” And I shake my head, before Harry sits down beside me, kissing me on the cheek.

“Are you mad?” He whisper so only I can hear. Lea has started talking with Niall who sits on the floor beside the couch. I frown.

“No, why would I be mad?” I ask, having no idea what he's talking about.

“About last night. I left you and I'm so sorry.” He say, his eyes sad and he looks so uncertain. I sigh.

“Harry we've already talked about this when you called this morning, it's fine.” I take his hand and squeeze it. “Stop dwelling. I'm fine. We're fine. Everything's fine!” I say and smile reassuringly.

“Promise?” He say, but I see the smile forming on his lips.

“Promise.” I say and snicker as he bumps my shoulder. My eyes rummage the room and find Louis who are watching me and Harry. I quickly look down, pulling my hand away from Harry's. I reach over to take a soda from the table.

“Come on guys, foods ready!” Liam say from the door to the kitchen. Niall and Zayn cheer as we all stand up. We walk into the kitchen which is filled with food. There are all kinds of food, chicken on sticks, different cheeses, sausages, bread, salad, meat... I'm stunned.

“Did you guys cook this?” I ask surprised.

“Hell, no! It would not look this good if we tried.” Liam say and all the guys laughs. “And probably taste even worse.” He add.

“I can attest to that.” Perrie say and snicker. We all sit down at the large table and start to dig in. I'm really hungry and everything looks so good.

After we've eaten most of the food, we're just pushing down the best things even though we're stuffed, my phone rings. I look at the caller and see that it's my dad. I frown. I talked to him just yesterday and we don't usually talk that often. Once a week or something like that. I stand up and answer, starting to walk out from the kitchen.

“Hi dad, what's up?” I ask feeling confused.

“Hi. I'm sorry for calling. I just have to tell you something.” He say and the sound of his voice makes me freeze in the middle of a step. “I don't know how to say this.” He sounds so weird. What's going on? “Your aunt Karen passed away today.” He says and it feels like my heart stops.

“What?” I whisper. She's gone? I feel my eyes tear up and feel the presence of Lea beside me.

“I'm sorry for telling you like this. I didn't even know she was sick. Now she's gone. I have to plan the funeral and I don't know what to do.” He rumble and now I know why he sounded so weird, he's crying. My dad doesn't cry, he's the strongest person I know. This must be so hard for him. His one and only sister is dead.

“What's going on?” Lea ask quiet from beside me and I look up to see everyone look over at us. I look back at Lea and cover the phone.

“My aunt died.” I whisper before going back to the phone. “Don't worry dad, I'm coming home, I'll help you with the funeral.” I say, deciding on the spot that I need to be home with him for this.

“But don't you need to work?” He ask and I look at Lea who shakes her head, she had heard him since she's standing so close.

“No, it's fine dad. I'll fix it. I'll call you soon. I need to book a flight. Okey?” I say and look down at my feet. I try my best not to break apart.

“Okey. I love you.” He say and I feel a little chocked, we've never been too emotional towards each other.

“I love you too.” I whisper before ending the call. I stand still for a moment, my brain working way too slow.

“Okey! So I'll call the airport and book you a flight, you go home and pack a bag.” Lea commands. I love her for taking control over the situation when I can't. I look over at the table and Harry who looks down on the table, not looking at me. I mumble an okey before going out to the hall and putting my shoes on. I can't think. I don't know what to do.

“Take a cab outside and book one right away to go to the airport when you've packed a bag. I will call you with the flight information.” She say and hug me. She pushes me outside the door and I walk down the hallway to the elevator in a haze. Everything feels like it's going in slow motion. I find a cab right outside and say my address.


As I step inside my apartment I stand still for a second, not knowing what to do. Then my phone rings and Lea's name flashes on the display.

“Hi.” I answer as I remembered that I need to pack a bag.

“Hey. Are you home?” She ask, sounding so direct and serious and I'm so thankful.

“Yeah, I just got inside.” I pull the bag from under my bed and starts to throw clothes in it, not caring what I pick.

“Good. Okey. So the plane leaves in ninety minutes, I think you will manage to get that if you hurry. I'll text you the flight number and such.” She say and I throw some pants in my bag, followed by t-shirts.

“Thank you.” I whisper as I sit down on the bed, feeling drained.

“Don't worry about it, love. I'll do anything for you. Now hurry! And call me when you get there.” She says before hanging up. I jump up and run to the bathroom to get some necessary things form there before closing my bag. I pull the bag behind me as I walk out to the street where a cab is waiting.


As I walk into the big airport I feel lost. What was that flight number? I feel like I haven't slept in days, my brain is clogged up. I pull my phone out and look at the text that Lea sent with the information. I search the monitor on the wall and find out where I'm going. I half run towards the gate. I'm sweaty and out of breath as I get to security. Thankfully it goes without problems and I soon is at the gate just before they're closing.

“Right over here, ma'am.” The flight Attendant say as I step onto the plane and directs me to the front of the plane.

“No, there has to be a mistake, I'm not flying first class.” I say and look strange at her. I've never flown first class before.

“It says so on your ticket.” She say, giving me a strained smile. “Now if you'd take your seat we can lift off.” She say sassy, making me frown as she pushed me towards the first class. I walk in silence, feeling like I want to cry. Why would Lea book a first class ticket? She knows I can't afford that.

I sit down on the seat that's suppose to be mine and look to the person sitting on the seat next to me and stop breathing in shock.

Notes

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