It's Now or Never
Prologue
Lynn's POV
“Shut up, Harry!” I laughed, pushing him to the ground. He laughed and grabbed my leg, pulling me to the ground on top of him. We rolled around in the grass, pretending to fight with each other. "I'm going to win." He taunted, flashing me his usual cheeky smile. I poked his dimples and shot back, "I wouldn't bet on that." I flicked his curly flyaway hair out of his eyes and mimicked his smile. Suddenly, he rolled so he was on top of me and pinned me down, tickling every inch of my body. I screamed and laughed in protest, trying to wiggle from his grip. After a while, we got tired and lay down side by side, staring up at the sky and trying to guess the shape of the clouds.
“Flower,” I said, pointing at a tulip-shaped fluffy cloud.
“Turtle,” Harry replied, showing me a turtle in the sky. Suddenly, Louis’s face appeared in my line of vision.
“Goofball,” I joked. Harry and I both laughed and Louis smiled, shaking his head and plopping down next to Harry. We stayed that way, right next to one another, blurting out random shapes in the blue sky, until the white clouds were replaced with grey ones.
"Is it just me or does it look like its going to rain?" Louis asked, standing up along with Harry and I.
"Funny." Harry muttered. "The tellie didn't say anything about bad weather." As if on cue, thunder boomed overhead and rain started pouring hard. We were soaked in matter of seconds. We ran onto my back porch, which was covered with a roof. Liam poked his head out of a window.
“You should probably come in. It’s raining,” he said. I rolled my eyes and answered sarcastically, "No, I thought it was just a little windy." He ignored my remark and let everyone inside. Before I could take a step in, a girl's scream shot through the night.
"Did you guys hear that?" Harry came back to the doorway and listened. "I just hear thunder. Maybe it was your imagination, Lynn." I looked into the darkness and shrugged off the feeling of uneasiness. I shook my wet hair and giggled as the boys yelled as the flecks hit them.
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The lights had gone out about 20 minutes ago, so we all planned to sleep out here in the living room. "And when he opened the door, nothing was there except for the pitter patter of the rain and a faint scuttling, just like nails on floorboards." Zayn finished his story in a deep voice. We all laughed. Niall yawned.
"Boys, I think it's time to get some sleep." Everyone nodded in agreement. "Besides, I can't take any more of Zayn's excuses of a horror story. I laid my head down on Harry's chest and let myself calm down a little to the sound of his steady breathing and quick heartbeat. "Harry?" I whispered after a minute or so. He rested a hand on my head and absentmindedly stroked my hair. "What is it, Lynn?" I struggled to find the words I wanted to say and just shrugged.
"I have a bad feeling. I dunno. I can't describe it." I sighed and snuggled into the warmth of his body. He chuckled softly. "Don't worry... About a thing..." He sung softly into the darkness. I hung on to consciouness just for a moment longer. "Cuz every little thing.... is gonna be alright.." Oh how I wish that were true.
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