The rest of the day was uneventful. The boys, Paul, and Ms. Novak went out for dinner to the hotel’s luxurious restaurant. I decided to pass since I wasn’t in the best of moods. Instead, I decided to stay in and order room service.

I picked up the hotel phone and dialed 1 as the instructions told me to do.

“Hello, how may I help you?” The attendant on the other end of the line asked.

“Hi, I’d like to order a small pepperoni pizza for room 501 please. And…” I scanned the menu to see if any desserts looked good. “I’d also like an apple crumble.”

“Will that be all?” I nodded.

“Ma’am?” I immediately felt a little dumb realizing she couldn’t see me.

“Yeah, that’ll be all. And charge it to the room please!”

I hung up quickly before the attendant could tell me how long I would have to wait for the food. I felt kind of bad not paying for my own food but knowing Ms. Novak, she would pay me very little and I need to save as much money as I can on this trip if we keep staying at lavish hotels like this. Which reminds me, I’m going to have to get a schedule or planner of this trip or something so I can reserve a room at all the hotels we will be staying at.

I sighed thinking of all the work that would require. I went back to watching a movie, it was Inception. I always get so caught up in this movie, it’s so interesting.

There was a knock at the door about half an hour later and I walked over to it, looking through the peephole. I smiled and opened the door.

“Hi!”

The employee scoffed and handed my food.

“Uh..thanks..?”

“What? No tip?!” Isn’t he a charmer?

“Oh. Uh, hold on.” I set the food down on the coffee table and rushed to my room. I scoured through my purse until I found my wallet. How much was a reasonable tip for a roomservice person? Five? Ten? Twelve? I’ll give him a five, I feel that’s way too generous considering his horrible attitude but maybe he was just having a bad day.

I went back to the door and handed him the five dollar bill. He looked at the bill then at me, rolling his eyes and walking away.

What horrible service! For being a five-star hotel, this place wasn’t all that great. Well what was I expecting anyway, a rapping pizza man?! Ha! That never happens.

I brought the food over to the couch where I was watching the movie and started chewing away at a slice of pizza. Maybe this guy’s attitude wasn’t so great but the pizza was superb! I had about two more slices when I decided to move on to the rather large dessert. I only got halfway through with it when I decided my stomach had had enough.

After two more movies and another pizza slice, I started getting bored. Where were the guys? What time were they coming back? Come on, dinner doesn’t last THAT long. They’ve been gone for like six hours!

Just as I was thinking about where they could be, there was a loud knock on the door and the doorknob started shaking, indicating that someone was coming in. I placed a pillow over my chest, and waited in anticipation to see who would open the door.

“ELLO, LOVE!” Niall said as he burst through the door with Liam in tow.

I placed a hand over my chest, startled. “Geez, Niall. You almost gave me a heart attack!”

“I’m sorry, love. The boys and I are headin’ down to the pool for a swim. Care ta join us?”

I shook my head, “No thanks, I’m fine.” Why did I say no? Wasn’t I just complaining about them not being here?

Niall and Liam pouted.

“Ah, alright. Let me just get changed.” The boys nodded and Liam started heading back toward the door.

“I’ve got to go get my swimming trunks, I’ll meet you guys at the pool!” And with that he was gone.

I went to my room and looked for my swimsuit. I was starting to get scared because I didn’t remember if I had packed a swimsuit or not. I was relieved when I opened my second suitcase and saw a navy anchor-print bikini laying there on top of the clothes. I quickly changed into it and looked at myself in the mirror. I looked good. I wasn’t toothpick skinny but I wasn’t fat. I was average. I was short, though. Only 5’4.

“Love, are ya ready? The lads are waitin’!” I heard Niall shout out.
I grabbed an over-sized band tee and put it on as a cover-up. When I went out to the living room area, Niall was waiting for me. He was shirtless and wearing navy blue swimming trunks. I smiled at the thought of us matching.

“Ready, love?” I nodded and we headed towards the pool at a lower level of the hotel.

When we reached the pool, I saw all the boys already in the water. Liam was chilling by one of the edges, Louis and Harry were splashing each other, and Zayn was close by laughing at them. When they saw that we had arrived, they all started greeting us.

“KAYLA, LOVE!”

“Where’ve you been, we missed you!”

“Jump in, love, the water is grand!”

I laughed and watched as Niall cannonballed into the pool, splashing everyone including myself. The boys then all looked at me, expecting me to do the same. I was going to take off my tee but I felt uncomfortable with all of them watching me. I looked down at my now wet You Me At Six tee and figured I should just go for it. Quickly, I took it off and dashed to the water, jumping in! I stayed underwater until I couldn’t hear the boy’s wolf whistles. Whether they were teasing or not, I was still feeling flattered and didn’t need them to see me blushing again.

“Is she alright? She’s been down there for quite a while.” Liam spoke.

Zayn swam over to me and poked my side. There were two things I could do. One, I could resurface and act like nothing happened. Or two…

“BOO!” I screeched, grabbing ahold of Zayn’s waist and bringing him underwater with me. He struggled to get out of my grip until he started tickling my sides and I let him go. He resurfaced and so did I, everyone was looking at us with a ‘What-just-happened-look.’

I giggled then Zayn spoke up, “GUYS, SHE’S TICKLISH!”

My eyes immediately went wide when all the boys reacted fast and started swimming toward me. “GET HERRRRRR!” Shouted Niall.

I shook my head vigorously and swam towards the one of the edges of the pool. It was no use, the boys had me cornered. I closed my eyes.

I felt two arms on either side of me so I opened one eye to peek. It was Zayn.

“This is payback for getting my hair wet.” He splashed me and I splashed him back. He then grabbed me by the waist and turned me in the direction of the rest of the boys so they could all splash me. And that’s how the rest of our time at the pool was spent until Paul came down and told us we should head back to our rooms. He was saying something about an early morning but none of us were really listening because jokes were beings shared discreetly. We simply nodded while holding in our laughs.

We all made our way out of the pool and to the elevators. Liam, Zayn, and Harry went on one elevator while Niall, Louis, and I opted for another one. Louis was filling me in on something funny that had happened to Ms. Novak back at the restaurant since he knew I hated her. Apparently, the waitress had accidentally spilled red wine all over her ivory dress, one of her favorites. Now I regretted not joining them, I would’ve killed to see her face when that happened!

The elevator stopped at our floor and Louis let Niall and I step off first. When we reached our door, Louis asked if he could join us for a while because he wasn’t tired yet and Niall said yes.

We were now sitting on the couch watching some Jeremy Kyle. I was sitting between both boys.

“I’m startin’ to feel a bit hungry!’’ Niall spoke up.

“Oh I ordered pizza and apple crumble earlier. It’s in the fridge!” I said.

Niall ran to the kitchen, leaving Louis and I alone. When I looked at him, he was already looking at me. I offered him a smile and he smiled back.

“Tell me about yourself, love.”

“Um..like what..?” I asked.

“Anything. Like, how did you get into styling?”

“Well, it started out as an internship. I was going to school and got offered this internship. There really isn’t much to the story.”

“And where are ya from? You don’t really have a very thick New York accent.”

“I’m originally from Chicago and I moved to New York for college.”

He nodded, indicating for me to continue.

“I’ve only been living there for about a year and a half. My best friend, who is also from Chicago, lives there too. We are thinking about moving in together because it’ll save us money and we spend so much time with each other anyway.”

“And how old are you guys?”

“Nineteen.”

He smiled. Louis was only a year older than me. Niall returned, rubbing his belly.

“That was satisfyin’. What are we watching?” He asked motioning toward the television.

I had forgotten the television was even on..

“Oh we weren’t paying attention to it.” Louis spoke up.

Niall nodded and took the remote from the coffee table. He surfed the channels and settled on a movie that was playing. I wasn’t really paying attention to it because Louis and I continued our conversation.

We were interrupted by Niall telling us to shut up because we wouldn’t let him pay attention to one of his ‘favorite films.’ I laughed quietly and so did Louis, I was actually enjoying our conversation. We talked about other stuff like his family, my family, our favorite places to go, favorite artists, good places to go see a show, etc. We had learned a lot about each other in the course of forty-five minutes. Louis was quite the talker, might I add.

After Niall shut us up, I started paying attention to the movie and it was actually quite good! Not good enough to keep me awake though, because when I woke up the next morning I was leaning against someone. Louis. I fluttered my eyes open and took in the view in front of me. He looked so….majestic. Yeah, majestic. He looked so peaceful sleeping. I was taking in all his facial features when he opened his eyes slowly. “Kayla..?” He said groggily.

I looked away immediately and stifled an, “Uh-huh.” I stood up from the couch and stretched. Had we really fallen asleep here? It was rather small. Louis stood up and did the same but cringed.

“Agh. My neck is sore.” He said, placing a hand to his neck ad rubbing it.

“MORNIN.’ WHAT’S FOR BREAKFAST?”

I turned to see Niall making his way down the corridor and into the living room. He was way too perky for this time of the morning.

“I’m going to go take a shower.” I said, walking away and leaving the two boys alone.

I took a shower and wrapped a towel around my body. I looked through my suitcase, not knowing what to wear because I wasn’t told what we’d be doing today. I REALLY needed to ask for a schedule. I settled for a pair of dark-wash skinny jeans and a flowy top. I tucked in the shirt and wore a skinny belt around my waist. Since I didn’t know if we’d be walking a lot, I decided to wear flats. I straightened my hair and applied minimal make-up. I was ready for the day!

I made my way to the kitchen, where Niall still was, and sat on a stool in front of the counter.

He smiled.

“What are we doing today?” I asked.

“We have a signing at the mall then an interview.”

I scrunched up my face, where does that leave me? “Well, what do I do?”

He shrugged. “I don’t really know, love. You can go shopping?”

I nodded and grabbed myself a piece of fruit. I didn’t really want to go shopping, I didn’t need to waste money I barely had. But I would join them anyway if that meant I could get out of the hotel and spend more time with Louis. Wait, what? Haha…

“Where’s Louis?” I asked, realizing he was nowhere in sight.

“He left ta go get ready. Why? Miss him already?” Niall winked.

“Pshh..” I fake chuckled, “Noooo. Ha.. No.”

“Suuuuuure. Kayla fancies Louisssssssss.” He cooed.

I rolled my eyes and finished up my piece of fruit before leaving the room and heading down to the lobby. I waited for about half an hour until Paul and the boys started appearing. Ms. Novak was nowhere in sight so I was extremely relieved that she wouldn’t be joining us in today’s activities.

“Oh, you’re joining us?” Paul asked, nicely, of course.

“Yeah, if that’s ok.” I smiled.

He smiled back and said, “Of course, hop in the van!”

We all got in the van and made our way to the mall. Harry had sat next to me so Louis and I didn’t interact much. I was astonished by the amount of people waiting in line for a chance to see the boys. We made our way out of the van and security helped us get into the mall without getting trampled. I took the opportunity to look around the mall while the boys had their signing.

I made my way onto the bus around the time that I knew the signing was scheduled to be over and waited for everyone to return. One by one, the boys and Paul piled in. This time I was sitting next to Paul and he was telling me a story about when he was in school. We made our way to the studio where the boys would be having their interview. No one told me it would be televised!

We made our way inside safely, thanks to security of course, and I stood aside while they got their make-up done. When Harry was done, he came over to me.

“Hello, love. Are you ready?”

“Ready for what? You’re the one who has to go on stage.” I chuckled.

“Well yes, but it’s your first time seeing us in action!”

“In that case, I’m freaking PUMPED!” I said, a little too exaggerated.

Harry laughed and started moving closer toward the stage, the interview would be starting soon. “Wish us luck, love!”

“Good luck, guys!” I smiled and waved at them as they made their way onto the stage, applauds erupting.

Fifteen minutes into the interview and the boys had managed to get the crowd to chant some weird thing. These boys were something else.

I was standing side-stage next to Paul watching the interview and I could see Louis fidgeting.

He kept rubbing his neck and the interviewer took notice. “Are you alright, Louis? You seem to be a bit uncomfortable.”

“Oh, its fine, I–“

He was caught off by Niall, “He had a busy night, eh?” He nudged Louis with his elbow.

This was interview gold.

“Oo, were you with a girl last night, Louis?” Asked the interviewer.
“No. Well, yes. I was. But not like that.”

“Louis has got a girlfriend?” The interviewer pressed.

“No, no I don’t.”

“He’s with me.” Harry spoke up, dissipating the tension that had built up and causing a laugh.

A fan yelled out, ‘’LARRY STYLINSON LIVES!” And even more laughter ensued.

All the while, I was just standing there. Glaring at Niall. Why would he say that? I know he was just joking but I didn’t appreciate that.

The interview finished and the boys made their way over to me. Louis, on the other hand, made his way past me and to a chair, pulling out his phone.

I looked at Louis then at Niall, punching him on the arm.

He flinched. “AH! What was that for?”

“For what you said out there!”

The rest of the boys were now confused.

“Well, it’s true! You did fall asleep together and that’s why his neck is pained!”

“LOUIS, YOU AND KAYLA SHAGGED?!” Harry blurted out.

Liam raised an eyebrow and Zayn had his mouth open, shocked.

“I thought what we had was special!!!!” Harry continued, throwing himself onto Louis’ lap.

“NO! WE DID NOT!” Louis confirmed.

I could tell I was beet red because I felt all the heat raise up to my face.

“Oh.” Harry simply said, but not getting off of Louis’ lap.

Paul walked toward us and ordered us to follow security to the van. He said we were to meet Ms. Novak at a boutique to look for new outfits for the boys.

This was going to be a VERY long day.