Carly’s POV

She led us over to an area with couches and chairs and sat down. Danielle and I sat together on the couch across from her and crossed our feet.

“I know how you got into modeling Danielle but how did you Carly?” She entwined her fingers and looked at me.

“I was working in China with a few photographers for a magazine when they said I should try out modeling and I went along with it because I had nothing to lose. And a few weeks later, two more photographers flew out and took pictures of me doing things to help the people and recommended me to a couple small agencies that passed me onto you.” I chipped away my nail polish but held eye contact with her.

“Wow, all I was told was that you would make a great model and that you do charity work.” She was in amazement. “How did you two meet?”

“Oh, we met in Africa. We were working on the same charity event and then got paired up to model for something and became friends on the way.” Danielle smiled over at me.

“Yea, we’ve talked everyday since we met. We just clicked.” I reached over and touched her hand that was resting on the cushion.

“Well that’s great because you’ll be working together here.” Both of our heads snapped in her direction. “Along with other people, but mainly just you two.”

“Really?” Danielle asked in an eager voice.

“Yea, I really like you both and I think you’ll both do great modeling for us.” She paused and stood up. “I’ve heard that you work great together and I like both of your personalities so I’d love to have you both here.” She walked over to her desk and looked at us.

“We would love to work here.” I looked over at Danielle and saw her nod.

“Great, I will call you manager in a few minutes and work out all the details. Are you both alright with working tomorrow?” She looked down at her day planner.

“That sounds great.” Danielle grabbed my hand.

“Sure.” I said in a cheerful voice.

“Alright then, tomorrow here at 10:00 am.” She wrote it down and looked up at us. “Thank you for coming in ladies.”

“Thank you for having us.” My manners came into play right when I needed them.

We walked back to the elevator and got in. As soon as the door closed, we both started cheering and giggling. When we got back to the floor level, I remembered everything happening back at El’s place. I looked down at my phone and saw that I had 8 text messages, great.

“Are you okay?” Danielle snapped me back into reality.

“Yea, I just have a lot going on back where I’m staying.” I shrugged.

“Text me if you need to get away.” She kissed my cheek and headed for the door.

I looked through my phone and got to a message from Zayn:

“We gotta talk. Text me when you’re out and I’ll come get you.”

My stomach clenched and my heart sped up as I read it. I knew I needed to talk to him but I didn’t know what to say so I called Eleanor.

“Hey Carly.” She answered in a polite tone.

“What happened between Zayn and I last night?” I blurted out.

“Um, you were dancing with all of the guys last night but really close with Zayn and when we got back to my place you two made out on the couch until Harry started drama. Then you walked away to your room cause you didn’t want to deal with them but Harry followed you and Zayn is still upset.” She answered me in a scared voice.

“I know he’s upset, but I don’t remember anything after the club.” I ran my fingers through my hair and tried to remember but couldn’t.

“Don’t worry Carly, he’s not upset with you.” She seemed to really mean it but I didn’t know.

“Okay, I’ll be home later. He’s gonna come get me.” I mumbled.

“Alright, just stay calm. Everything will be okay, him and Harry already made up.” That made everything easier so I hung up and texted him.

I walked outside and sat on the steps. Looking through the rest of my texts I saw that Niall and Liam both were worried about me and Louis was still going on about Harry and I. I shook my head and set my phone down. The birds were chirping and I could hear horns honking so I soaked it in.

“Hey.” An accent startled me.

I looked up and saw Zayn standing in front of me with his hands shoved in his pockets. The paparazzi was following close behind him along with a few security guards.

“Hi.” I answered quietly. “Do we need to go?”

“No, we can talk her if you want to?” He looked really scared but I didn’t know why.

“Yea, let’s stay here.” I nodded and gestured for him to sit down next to me.

He sat down and wrapped his arms around his knees. We sat in silence, listening to the paparazzi and birds.

“Zayn… I don’t remember anything from last night but I’m sorry.” I decided to break the silence.

“It’s okay, I’m not upset at all just confused.” His voice was really low compared to the roar of the press.

“About what?” This whole situation was scaring me since I barely knew him.

“About what happened last night. We were kissing one minute and the next you were in your room with Harry.” It took him a few minutes to answer me.

“I don’t know what to say, I can’t change what happened and I don’t even remember it so I can’t clarify any of it.” I shook my head feeling tears burn my eyes. “I wish I knew why I made those choices but I don’t, I was really drunk. I know I kissed you cause I’d been thinking about it all day and I know I kissed Harry because he’d been flirting with me all day. I don’t know how he ended up naked in my bed but I wish I could because neither of us can explain it.” A tear ran down my cheek.

“You thought about it all day?” He smiled over at me but it faded when he saw the tears run down my cheeks. “Why are you crying? You didn’t do anything wrong.” He moved closer to me and wrapped an arm around my shoulders.

“You don’t know that, nobody does. None of us know what happened between Harry and I last night.” I sniffled and looked up at him.

“Wait, you were both drunk right?” I nodded and gave him a questioning look when he smiled again. “We just need to get him drunk again and he’ll remember.”

I was so confused, how could someone being drunk again bring back memories? His eyes were searching in mine so I looked away still trying to make sense of it.

“Will that actually work?” I didn’t have any other choice but go along with it.

“It has before, it wont hurt to try.” He looked so happy about it.

“I’m fine with it.” I shrugged and stood up. “We should go, they're going to think something.”

“Help me up?” He reached up.

I grabbed his hands and pulled him up. He stood up and wiped off the back of his pants while we walked towards the car. We both got into the backseat while the guards got into the front seat. I leaned against the door and looked outside as we drove away from my new job.

“So, how’d your interview go?” He asked while fixing his hair.

“Great, I got the job.” He stopped fixing his hair and looked at me with wide eyes. “You okay?” I almost laughed.

“You just got a job with one of the most popular modeling companies and didn’t tell me right away?” He sounded like he wanted to act mad but couldn’t.

“How do you know it’s one of the biggest?” I watched him go back to his hair.

“The boys and I have modeled for them.” He shrugged.

“You guys model?” This time I didn’t hold back my laughter.

“Sometimes.” He looked away from the mirror and scooted closer to me. “Do we get to celebrate tonight?” He asked draping an arm over my shoulders.

“Sure, why not?” I smiled up at him.

“Good.” I looked into his golden eyes and watched him lean down to kiss my cheek.

My cheeks turned red and my hands gripped each other. I knew he saw it but I didn’t care, I just looked outside. Why was one kiss on the cheek from him making my stomach flutter? I barely knew him and his kiss had me questioning myself. His free hand found its way to mine and entwined our fingers making me look up at him.

“Is this okay?” He asked with a smile.

Luckily I didn’t have to answer because we pulled up in front of the apartment building. I opened the door and climbed out with him behind me. We walked up the steps and to the door in silence, just listening to the paparazzi. He opened the door for me so I walked in quickly to get away from the people, I still felt like crying. When the door closed, he walked up behind me and grabbed my hips making me turn around. I blinked away the tears and looked up at him as his hands held my hips.

“I’ll be up in a minute.” I looked away towards the empty hallway leading to the elevator.

“Are you sure?” His voice was gentle.

I nodded and watched him walk away, when he stepped into the elevator he looked at me with sad eyes as the doors closed. After the doors were completely closed, I slid down the wall and brought my knees to my chest. The tears came and ran down my cheeks while my mind spun.

“Carly? What happened?” Eleanor’s voice was right next to me.

“I don’t remember anything from last night and I don’t know what to do about them.” I spoke quickly and tried to take a deep breath. “Harry is being nice about it all because neither of us remember anything but Zayn is acting like we’re more than friends.”

“Hun, just relax. Zayn is acting like that because he wasn’t drunk last night so he thinks you were really feeling it, you just need to tell him how you feel. And Harry woke up naked in your bed because he sleeps naked, nothing happened.” Her soft voice was calming me down. “You had your door open last night, the only thing that happened was some major cuddling. He was holding you close to his chest and singing to you because you were feeling sick.”

“Really? That’s it?” I smiled and wiped my tears away. “That makes everything better. Wait, why didn’t you tell him that?”

“It was way too funny to see him freak out about last night and I thought it was your place to tell him.” Her laugh made her words so much better.

“Did anything happen with Niall or Liam?” I’d been wondering about them but was too busy with everything else.

“Niall and Demi are together now and Liam’s fine, nothing happened with him.” She stood up and reached down to help me up.

“Is Demi still here?” I grabbed her hand and stood up next to her.

“Yea, she’s going to stay with us for a few days.” We headed to the elevator and got in.