All Hidden Away

When I got through the park and near enough to Jen’s house without being too close to all the fans, I pulled out my phone and dialled Jen’s house number. She picked up on the third ring to my relief.
“Hello my darling! How are you? Ready to come through?” she said sounded quite flustered.
“Hi Aunt Jen, yeah I’m sitting on the edge of the park, I’ll be there in about 4 minutes. Thank you for letting me do this again.”
“Not a problem my lovie, anytime. See you just now.” She hung up the line. I kept my phone in my hand in case there were issues. As I stood up and dusted the grass and sand off of myself I saw a black hummer pull into the mass of screaming girls who were going bizerk.
“Fuck, Harry!” I said under my breath as I pulled out my phone. I dialled his number watching carefully that no-one was getting out of the car yet.
“Hello? Not a great time, sis.” He said sounding slightly agitated.
“Yes, I’m aware. Please don’t get out the car for 2 minutes while I run across the road, I need to get to Jen’s!” I explained quickly.
“Hurry.” Was all he said before hanging up.
I made a run for it, joining the screaming teens surrounding my brother. After blending into the crowed and nearly getting through to the ground by what looked like a 12 year old, I was slowly walking against the masses towards Jen’s house. I made it to her driveway, opened the front gate and typed Harry a message. Looking over my shoulder as I knocked on the front door I saw Harry and three other boys get out the car with large masses of security. The screams filled my ears and I remembered why I chose what I did.

Jen opened the door with a large smile on her face and pulled me into a big hug. “Your friends are here, all good and safe.” She said letting me go and pulling me inside.
“Thank you,” I said looking at her. “It’s always great to know you are here when I come home.” I said with a smile.
Her face light up, highlighting her blond hair and crow feet eyes. “Always a pleasure. Now… we best get a move on if we want to go see the brother that causes the world to fall apart.” She said giggling. I had no idea what she was trying to imply so I graciously nodded my head in agreement.

I walked into the kitchen and was met with a sight of Stu and Jared stuffing their faces with Jen’s home-made Chocolate-chip cookies.
“Stress eating much?” I asked sarcastically as I leant against the door frame.
Stu looked up and smiled at me while Jared gulped down some water.
“Come on,” I said smiling at them both. “They just arrived and I really am so ready to be home.”
“Is there not a chance someone will see us? The house is surrounded!” asks Jared.
“The pathway is protected by these big trees,” I say opening the kitchen door. “we will be fine.” I say with a smile. “Just stay low, okay?”
They both nod and follow me out the door onto a dirt pathway surrounded by the greenest grass and big oak trees. “it connects the two properties together.” I explain as we quickly walk along it.
“How often have you done this, Tash?” asks Stu with a frown. I stop and look at him.
“Every time I’ve been home the same time as harry since I was 12.” I tell him before continuing walking.

The walk across takes about 10 minutes and is really uneventful. My phone buzzes and I pull it out to see a message from Louis.

“You going to be long? All dying to see ya!! Xx Lou-bear”

Laughing I type back:

“Couple more minutes, not all of us have bodyguards to do all the hard work ;p”

“Harry?” asks Stu from behind me.
“No, Louis’s getting anxious we taking so long.” I say jumping over a fallen down tree trunk. “Should be able to see the house now.” I say as I see someone running towards us dressed all in black.
“What the hell?” I say before reacting. The thing running towards us looked like a really built guy with a bold head, and he was running very fast.
“Tasha! Hide!” Jared said pulling me backwards into a dip in the bushes.
“Miss Styles?” the man whispered. “It’s okay, Harry and Louis sent me, its Paul. I’m here to help.”
“Who’s Paul?” I here Jared whisper in my ear, and I realise I’m lying in his arms. I quickly stand up and blush.
“He’s the guys - woah!” I’m cut off and am suddenly being slung over Paul’s shoulder. “What the hell? Paul put me down!” I screech quietly as possible.
“Sorry.” He says with the smirk evident on his face. “Have to follow orders.” He says starting to walk quickly towards the house.
“Re-al-ly?” I say, his steps breaking the word into syllables.

We get to the gate really quickly, with Stu and Jared following behind us. Paul finally put me down and the entire house started spinning.

“Sorry, you okay?” he asked with a sheepish smile that didn’t match his deep voice or angry demeanour.
“Yeah I’m fine, thanks… but I’m still killing Louis and –” the back door flew open and I could see Mum standing there with a big smile on her face. I ran into her and was engulfed in a huge hug you can only get from your mum. “How’s the head, my baby?” she asked checking out the stitches on my forehead and pulling me inside.
“It’s okay, a bit sore but-“I was cut across by a loud scream and someone ran into me and started lifting my up in a huge hug. The impact made my head hurt but I found myself laughing as harry put me down on the floor planting a huge kiss on the top of my head.
“How’s the little sister?” he asked with a huge smile on his face that faltered when he saw my head. “Ouch… looks painful, you alright?” he asked, eyes filling with concern.
“Don’t be such a hog Harold! We want to hug her too!” screamed Lou while he pushed my brother aside and pulled me into another big hug. “You’re all grown up!” he said being as melodramatic as ever wiping away fake tears. I rolled my eyes and answered Hazza’s question.
“I’m fine, just feeling a bit bruised and tired.” I said with a smile. “Oh, and thanks for the lift!” I said turning to Paul who had gone to shake Harry’s hand. “Your doing im guessing.”

“Um… Tasha… who is, um, who’s this?” asked Harry as he stood a bit straighter taking on the role of the protective big brother. Everyone kind of froze as they realised there was a stranger in their mist. Paul took a step in front of Harry and Louis protectively.
“Oh, crap sorry. This is Stu’s and my friend Jared, he’s cool though, don’t stress.” I say shooting him a smile. “Im sure you know these guys names, at least Sam would have told you for sure.” I say laughing.
“Yeah.” He says blushing.
“Well, im sure we’ll get to know you a bit better over supper.” Said mum taking control of the situation. I go stand next to him to make sure he doesn’t feel to awkward when we walk through the house and great Niall and Liam who are just as happy to see us.

After a while of catching up with the boys, I feel my head start to ache again.
“So right in the middle of the concert, this chick pushes past security as Harry’s walking down the stage, and she jumps onto the stage! Paul pulled her off but she left her phone and she was screaming something about marriage… we were all so busy laughing at this poor sod no one could finish the song.” Said Liam causing the boys to laughing like it was the funniest thing in the world.
“Must be a famous thing.” I say to Stu, Jared and mum as I stand out of my seat, pulling a tongue in the direction of the other boys.
“Where you going, luv?” asks Lou as I walked out of the lounge to were my bag is sitting.
“Headache!” I call back as I walk into the kitchen. He and Harry follow me into the kitchen. I swallow my pills and look at them and raise an unstitched eyebrow in their direction. “Yes?” I asked expectantly.
“So… have you slept with him?” said Lou with a smirk on his face. Harry slaps his shoulder.
“What the fuck man?!” he shouts at him in a whispered tone. I start laughing.
“Stu’s as gay as –”
“Not Stuart! We know he’s gay!” Harry cut across me.
“We talking about the Jared lad who can’t keep his eyes off of you!!” said Louis.
“Jared? No guys… I met him the other day! And then proceeded to pass out and get concussed…” I say starting to blush at my stupidity.
The two boys share a look and a cocky grin. “Okay then.” Says Louis with a smile and a glint in his extremely blue eyes.
“Keep it that way.” Harry says, his green eyes meeting mine and making me feel like I’ve done something wrong. I shake my head at them.

“Don’t be too harsh on the poor lad.” I say crossing my arms over my chest and smiling. “im going to go lie down for a bit.” I say going and kissing them both on the cheek before walking upstairs into my old room. It hasn’t changed much, but is obvious I haven’t been home in a while. I go and draw the curtains to see there are still some fans expectantly waiting outside as if the boys will run up and fall madly in love with them the moment they make eye contact. Mum had the windows changed in most of the rooms to one-way glass so we could see out but people couldn’t see in. I turned off the lights, jumped into my bed and fell asleep almost immediately. It felt very good to be home with the people I loved.

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