I woke up the next morning and tried to roll onto my side, but Niall was not allowing it. He tightened his arms around me and nearly crushed me to death. “Niall… I can’t breathe!” I gasped. Niall woke up and let go of me.

“Sorry, princess.” He yawned and checked his phone. “I gotta get up in an hour.” He groaned and rolled onto his stomach, closing his eyes once more. I giggled and got out of bed to go to the bathroom. How were Pix and I going to get out of the room completely unnoticed? We did not take that into consideration the night before… I ran out of the bathroom and sat on the edge of Niall’s bed.

“Pix… Pixie!” I whispered, trying to wake her up. “Pix!” I pulled off one of my socks and threw it at her face… completely missing and hitting Harry. I sat there wide-eyed, trying not to laugh louder than I already was. Harry’s head popped up.

“What the…?” He looked at my sock and threw it to the side before dropping his head back onto his pillow.

“Pixie Lynette!” I said a bit louder, hoping to not wake anyone but Pixie.

“What?” She groaned and sat up.

“How the hell are we going to get out of here without anyone noticing us?” I asked.

“Who are you worried about seeing us?”

“This big Irish guy named Paul who just so happens to be their security.” I rolled my eyes.

“We can get changed and leave now. I’m sure if we leave a note, they’d—“

“Boys! Time to get up!” We heard Paul knocking on the door. Pixie and I looked at each other in panic. ‘Bathroom’. I mouthed and we darted for the bathroom right as the door was being opened. We ducked into the bathtub and tried to keep as quiet as possible.

Five minutes passed, and we heard the boys stirring awake. “Where’s Belle and Pix?” Harry yawned.

“Dunno. Maybe they left early so they wouldn’t be caught by Paul.” I heard Niall say.

“Yeah…” We heard a suitcase being open and some shuffling around. “Be right out, mate.” Harry said and we heard something soft hitting the floor. Soon the bathroom door was open and the shower curtain was thrown open.

“Oh my God!” I screamed when I saw a naked Harry Styles standing in front of me. I covered my eyes and tried to find my way out of the bathroom. “Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry!” When Pixie and I were out of the bathroom Niall looked at me confused, then saw Harry’s boxers on the floor.

“I am so sorry you girls had to see that.” Niall laughed and I sat on the edge of the bed.

“I’m scarred for life.” I shook my head.

“I’m sorry, Belle.” Niall sat next to me and kissed my temple. “I though you and Pixie had already left the room.” He said, trying to hold in a chuckle.

“There goes our innocence…” Pixie sighed and plopped down on the bed. “What are we going to do if Paul comes back? Cos I am not going back in the bathroom with a naked boy in there.” Pixie stated matter-of-factly.

“Neither am I.” I said wide-eyed and shook my head.

“Paul should be coming back in about an hour, so if you girls go ahead and leave now, I’m sure you’ll be safe.” Niall smiled and handed me my clothes as Pixie grabbed hers. “You guys go ahead, and we’ll try and sneak over to your hotel after Paul’s made his nightly rounds.” I nodded. “Don’t worry about changing just yet. We’ll get our clothes later.” Niall winked as Pixie and I pulled our pants on over their boxers. Pixie quickly jotted down a note for Harry.

“See you later, Niall.” I smiled and started to walk for the door. Niall grabbed my hand and pulled me back to him.

“See you later, Belle.” Niall said and brought his lips to mine for a quick kiss, leaving me lightheaded.

“Oh! Before I forget.” I pulled out my phone. “Mom’s gonna want a picture.” I said and Niall stood up, wrapping his arm around my waist and pulling me closer to him. “Can you, Pix? I’ll get yours with him, too.” Pixie nodded and took my phone. I wrapped my arms around Niall’s neck and Niall put his arms around my waist, kissing my cheek. As soon as the picture was snapped, I switched places with Pixie, but she wasn’t into the whole “kissing the cheek” thing. “Thanks.” I smiled and hugged him. Niall gave me another kiss before Pixie and I left.

~*~

Niall’s POV

“Mate, do you think Pix and Belle will even want us to come over tonight?” Harry asked me as I tuned the strings on my guitar.

“Why wouldn’t they?” I asked and tightened the ‘A’ string.

“I dunno, mate. Pixie intimidates me, y’know? Like, she’s really confident in herself and she’s really out there. She’s so much different than anyone I’ve ever been into.”

“And that’s a bad thing?” I chuckled and set my guitar to the side.

“Not at all!” Harry quickly defended. “I like it… it’s just different is all… not in a bad way, but different.” Harry shrugged and leaned back in his seat.

“I know what you mean, mate.” I sighed. “When have I ever been this forward with a girl?” Harry shook his head.

“Never.”

“Exactly. So why all of the sudden?”

“Witchcraft.” Harry said jokingly.

“That or they’re working their American charm on us.” I joked back. “But in all seriousness… how can we be so comfortable with girls that we just met two days ago? That can’t be normal, right?” We were both silent for a minute. “Dude, we can’t date them.”

“And why not?” Harry looked at me alarmed.

“We can’t ruin their lives like that… we can’t let them give up their personal lives to the paps and the fans. It’s not fair to them.” Harry nodded in agreement.

“So, are we not going to see them tonight?”

“We can still see them tonight.” I said quickly. There was no way I wasn’t going to see Belle. “But we can’t ask them to be our girlfriends. Not just tonight; ever.”

“You have a point… how am I going to never see her again after tour?” Harry ran his fingers through his hair out of frustration.

“Simple; you go back to London, and she goes back to her normal life… as it should be.”

“And what about you, Niall? How are you never going to see Belle again? Your face lights up every time your phone does!” Harry chuckled.

“I’m doing this for her, Styles.” I sighed. “Anyway, we need to meet the other guys for lunch. I’m starvin’.”

“You’re always hungry, Niall.” Harry laughed as we ran off to meet the other guys for lunch.

~*~

Belle’s POV

“God, I’m dying!” Pixie nearly yelled after the concert. “When are the boys going to be done so we can hang out with them? I’m so bored!”

“Me too, Pix, but complaining isn’t going to make the time go by any faster.” I said and continued with my book. Just then my phone rang and Pixie dived for it.

“Hello?” She said, smiling from ear to ear. “Hey Niall, she’s in the bathroom-“

“Liar!” I yelled and heard Niall laughing on the other end.

“Sure! I’ll let her know!” Pixie hung up and handed me my phone. “They’re on their way over.” I looked down at my sweats and Niall’s t-shirt and jumped out of the chair.

“I need to change!” There was a knock on the door. “Too late.” I sighed and answered the door. “Hey guys.”

“Hey!” Niall’s face lit up when he saw I was still wearing his shirt.

“Sorry I didn’t have time to change… I swear I’ll give it back soon!”

“Don’t worry about it.” Niall laughed and pecked my lips. I felt myself turning red as I took his hand and led him into the room.

“Hello, love.” Harry greeted Pixie and kissed her lips quickly before she led him in.

“Sorry there’s not much to do here.” I apologized and sat on the edge of my bed.

“It’s okay. It’ll be fun either way.” Niall sat down next to me and nearly pulled me into his lap.

“I think Pix and I are going to walk around, okay?” Harry smiled and grabbed Pixie’s hand before leading her out of the room.

“Won’t they get seen?” I asked as Niall’s thumb made circles on the small of my back.

“Nah, Harry’s pretty sneaky. He walked around for hours without getting noticed once.” Niall smiled and stared at me. I immediately turned pink and laid down on the bed. “What are you doing?” Niall chuckled and rested on his side next to me, leaning on his elbow and propping his head up with his left hand.

“Thinking.” I simply stated and looked at him.

“What about?” Niall wrapped his right arm around my waist and pulled me closer.

“How this all happened… what if Pixie and I never booked that hotel in New York? What if we got there even fifteen seconds later? I never would have met you guys, nor would I have gotten the incredible chance to get to know you.” I looked directly in Niall’s eyes. “I’d still be just another fan in the crowd.”

“You were always more than just a fan in the crowd. Every fan is special, Belle, and you’re the most special of them all.” Niall placed his hand on my cheek and brought his face down to mine. “You’re the most special girl I’ve ever met.” He placed his lips on mine and I felt a spark go throughout my whole body. I had only met this boy three days ago, and here we were, talking as if we had known each other forever. I was falling for Niall Horan, and I was falling fast.

“Sorry to break this little make-out party.” Niall and I parted as soon as we heard Harry’s voice coming from the door. “But we’ve been spotted.”

“What?”

“Pix and I… sorry mate, Pixie pulled it off as if she was just a fan asking for a picture of me kissing her on the cheek. It worked pretty well, but now I think the fans are following me here.”

“Damn…”Niall whispered.

“Should we go?” Pixie asked, worried.

“You should, but even if you try, I’ll barricade the door so you can’t.” Harry grabbed her hand and pulled her closer to him.

“What do you guys want to do?” I asked and tried to hide my blush from being caught mid-make-out with Niall.

“Is there room service in this hotel?” Niall asked and searched through the dressers to look for a room service book.

“Top right dresser.” I said and sat crisscross on the bed. Niall pulled it out and started ordering food for everyone.

~*~

As soon as we finished eating, Pixie put in a movie, and if I was guessing correctly, it was going to be a scary movie.

I was right. Silent Hill.

“Pixie, please?” I nearly begged. “I hate scary films.”

“It’s not that bad, Belle!” Pixie laughed and sat next to me on the bed. We were all huddled up on the bed I would be sleeping on that night and Pixie started the movie. I automatically grabbed Niall’s hand and waited for the movie to start.

I was jumping through over half the movie. When the main girl was exploring, she turned a corner and went into this alley and there was a gate that she climbed over. Suddenly, these creatures crawled on all fours toward her. I let out a yelp. “Pixie!” I grabbed her and hid my face in in her arm. “Save me!”

“I’m right here, Belle!” Niall chuckled. I quickly turned to Niall and wrapped my arms around my torso.

“Niall! Save me!” Niall laughed and wrapped his arms around me before kissing the top of my head.

“Oh, you’re such a baby.” Pixie joked. I flipped her the bird and didn’t look at the screen a single time after that.

“You can’t tell me that movie didn’t give you nightmares the first time you watched it.” I told Pixie when the movie ended.

“I really didn’t.” She shrugged and she and Harry got off the bed and moved over to hers.

“Well, I think it’s time for Harry and I to go.” Niall said and started to stand out of the bed.

“No, no.” I said and grabbed Niall’s hand. “You think that after watching a movie like that, you’re going to leave me here to sleep in my bed alone? I think not, Mr. Horan.” Niall laughed.

“Babe, Paul will wonder where we are tonight.”

“Then tell him you’re staying at a friend’s!” Pixie piped in.

“Yeah! Come on, Niall… please?” I begged. “You have a day off tomorrow, so you can sleep as long as you want, and we can just lie in bed all day.” I looked up at him with puppy eyes.

“Fine.” Niall laughed and pulled out his phone to text Paul. “We’ll be right back. We’ve gotta get stuff to stay over in.”

“Oh, no… we had to sleep in your clothes… you have to sleep in ours.” Pixie laughed evilly. The boys got a look of panic on their faces. “Oh, come on. It’s just a pair of sweat pants.” She rolled her eyes and tossed them each a pair of sweats. Soon they came out of the bathroom in our sweats and I couldn’t help but giggle. The sweats were way too short, like two inches above their ankles too short.

“Awe, you guys look so cute.” I giggled and pinched Niall’s cheek. He chuckled and pushed my hand away.

“Your sweats are suffocating.” Harry said as he hovered over Pixie and pecked her lips before making his way over to the vacant side of her bed. We all climbed in bed and Niall pulled me up to him and rested my head on his chest before kissing the top of my head and falling asleep.

~*~

The next day

“Let’s go to lunch.” I suggested when Niall and Harry came back from their hotel in fresh clothes and showered.

“Bad idea, princess.” Niall shook his head and sat down on the edge of my bed.

“Why?” I pouted.

“Because we wouldn’t want you two to get hurt.” Harry said simply. “Fans and paps would go nuts about this.” Niall nodded in agreement.

“So we can never actually hang out unless it’s in secret?” Pixie asked as she continued to straighten her hair.

“We don’t want you to get hurt.” Harry said and tucked a strand of loose hair behind her ear. “People would go to town with this kind of news, and not only would you possibly get physically hurt, but you could easily get emotionally hurt, too.” I hadn’t even thought of the hate that would pile in if we were spotted hanging out with the boys.

“Besides,” Niall smirked and pulled me on his lap. “I kind of want you all to myself for a while.” He said with a wink and kissed me.

“Get a room!” Pixie said and laughed.

“They don’t tell us when we do this.” Harry said and pulled Pixie’s belt loop towards him and kissed her lips softly. Pixie kissed him back and scolded him for ‘breaking’ her belt loop. Harry chuckled and pulled her in for another kiss and I turned to Niall. He jerked his head towards the door and I climbed out of his lap and we sat out in the hallway.

“When do you think they’ll realize we’re gone?” Niall asked and pulled me into his lap again.

“Pixie’s in her own little world. She probably won’t notice until I’m married and she gets the invite to my wedding.” I joked and leaned my head on his shoulder. For nearly an hour we sat out in the hallway talking about absolutely everything it seemed like, and I knew Pixie and Harry were doing the same thing in the room.