Camping with the Guys
chapter 4
Niall's POV
We woke up at four in the morning. I grabbed my bags and brought them outside. We had a van that we were going to drive. We needed to have a lot of space so management rented the van. It seated seven with lots of space for bags. Liam was driving because for some reason he was the most awake.
I ran into the kitchen grabbed a few bags of chips and some apples and a package of cookies. We all climbed in.
Zayn and I put on disguises and went into the cafe to buy some coffee and muffins. We carried them all out with only a little bit of difficulty. Then we drove to Val and Devin's flat.
I went, still in disguise, and knocked on their door. Devin opened the door. She looked beautiful in her hiking clothes and her hair pulled hastily back in a braid. She looked confused for a minute but then I smiled and she understood. She yelled at Val and they came outside. I helped them with their stuff, which might have been a bit too much.
Devin was carrying a backpack, a black bag, and a white bag. Val was carrying a backpack and a white bag. I grabbed two white bags from Val because Devin told me she got hers. I put them in the back of the van and the girls go up front.
Liam is driving with Zayn in the front, because we don't trust Louis in the front, because he is too hyper most of the time, and Harry and I wanted to sit next to the girls. Harry and Val are in the middle row. Devin, Louis, and I are in the back. Devin is in the middle of us.
The trip there was going to be eight hours. It is usually hard, being stuck in a cramped space with four other guys. Now it was even harder with Devin right next to me. I kept thinking about her.
The first two hours it was mostly quiet. Everyone slept. Devin rested her head on my shoulder and fell asleep quickly. I smiled to myself and saw Louis looking at me. He mouthed nice. I stuck my tongue out at him. After a while he fell asleep with his head on Devin's shoulder.
After those two hours no one could be quiet that long. We stopped at a gas station. Liam put on a disguise, just a hat and sunglasses, and filled up. We all went inside to go to the bathroom and get food and stretch our legs.
When we got back in, everyone traded spots. Harry and Val sat in front, Harry driving. Zayn, Louis, and Liam sat in the back. Devin and I sat in the middle. The van started getting really loud. Harry turned on the radio and Val found a good station. What Makes You Beautiful came on and we sang along to our parts.
"You know, I think you guys sound better live," Devin said. We all thanked her. After a while everyone got bored again. We stopped after about two hours.
It was my turn to drive. Devin sat in the front with me. Louis and Liam sat in the middle with Zayn, Harry, and Val in the back. I hummed along with the radio. Devin had her camera out. She was taking pictures. She had been taking pictures since she first got in here.
"Hey Niall, smile," she said playfully. I turned to her and gave her a big smile. She took the picture and smiled at me. Zayn had fallen asleep again and Louis and Liam were watching Point Break again. Harry and Val were in the back doing something. Harry looked up to no good.
"How's it going back there?" Devin asked, obviously talking to Harry and Val. Val gave her a glare and mouthed something. Devin laughed and looked at Harry.
"I'm watching you, pop star," she said with a laugh. Both Harry and Val turned red. Devin continued to laugh.
"You're so mean sometimes," I said to her. She gave me a fake innocent look.
"What? I'm just trying to protect my best friend from a broken heart and your best friend from a broken bone or two," she said sweetly. The thing I loved most was that she meant it. If Harry hurt Val, she would hurt him.
After me driving for two hours I switched with Zayn. He drove the final leg. We pulled into the visitor's center. We had to get a pass to park our car but other than that it was free to camp there.
Last year we left our boats there so we don't need to worry about renting some. We parked and got out.
Devin grabbed her backpack and put it on. She grabbed her black bag and stepped back while everyone else got their stuff. Val had her backpack and four other bags. I grabbed my backpack and a bag of food. Louis had a backpack and three bags, which were the tents. Liam had a backpack and took a tent from Louis since he only really had to bring the map. Zayn had a backpack and another bag. We left our fishing poles in the boats so we didn't have to worry about those either. Harry had a backpack and another bag. He carried one of Val's bags and Devin grabbed another. I then plucked it out of her hands. She sighed, already knowing I wouldn't give it back to her. She smirked at me and grabbed another one so that Val on my had to worry about her backpack and another bag. The one I grabbed was an actual bag so I had to carry it in my hand where as Devin grabbed a bag that had a big strap to put on your shoulder.
After we ate a quick, but healthy, lunch Liam started out leading us. He took the map and went into the woods. Zayn and Louis followed close behind. I went next and Devin followed me with Val and Harry behind her. We trudged through for a while in silence. She took lots of pictures. I held branches back for her.
After a little while Zayn couldn't stand the silence. He started to sing. He sang Kiss You. All us boys joined in and Val and Devin joined in when we all sang.
Devin took so many pictures. She got shots of all us boys and Val. She got a lot of pictures of Val almost falling. She was wearing wedges in the woods. She told me she tried to talk her out of them but she was set on wearing them. She took some pictures while we rested.
They found a few big rocks. Louis and Zayn shared a rock. Liam looked at the map again and didn't sit down. Devin and I shared a rock. I took up a lot of space though. Val and Harry were sharing a rock too small for two so Val was on Harry's lap.
"I'll be back," I announced. I ran off a ways and made sure at least Devin and Val couldn't see me. When I came back we started to walk again. We started climbing up a hill. When we got to the top we were all tired again. We rested and this time Val had to go.
Devin's POV
"Oh no. I have to go," Val said to me but everyone heard it.
"I'll take you," Harry said in a low voice. Val looked at him and then she scoffed. She turned to me with pleading eyes.
"Okay let's go," I sighed. We walked a ways away.
"They can't see right?" I looked back at the boys. They were all talking anyway.
"You're good. Just hurry up," I said.
"So how is Niall?" She asked as we started slowly walking back.
"How's Harry?" I sneered over at her.
"He is very good, thank you. Oh my God guess what?"
"What," I sighed.
"Harry started playing footsie with me while we were in the back. Footsie," she said. I smiled.
"I see you guys are hitting it off." I felt kind of sad because Niall didn't seem to like me that much.
"Oh honey. Have you seen the way Niall looks at you? He is in l-o-v-e, love," she said. I scoffed and we returned to the boys. When we were about twenty minutes from camp, Val started complaining.
"My feet hurt so bad," she sighed. Harry offered to carry her. I sighed and took her bags. Niall walked back and took Harry's bags. He whispered something in Harry's ear but I didn't know what he said.
Now I was carrying my backpack and three other bags. Niall was carrying his backpack and four other bags. We caught up with the boys and they saw that we were carrying so much. Liam took a bag from me. I smiled at him. Zayn took one from Niall. Louis refused to help us because he told me earlier he wasn't going to help me. I tried to tell him they weren't all mine but he wouldn't listen to me.
After a while Val side she could carry more bags. I looked at Harry, because he would be carrying the extra weight. He nodded and Liam gave her one bag and Zayn gave her a bag. Niall told them they could. He offered to take my extra bag but I told him I could carry it.
Val and Harry got ahead of us. We were walking when I tripped over a root. I was about to fall face first onto the ground when an arm snaked around my waist. The arm pulled me up and I kind of fell against Niall's chest. I looked up at him and froze. We were so close. If I stood on my tip toes we would be kissing. His blue eyes starred into my brown ones. I finally took a deep breath and pulled back. I was able to get out a thanks and he said it was no problem. We caught up with the others.
Val gave me a look, her 'what happened?' look. I shook my head and she frowned. We finally made it to the campsite. It was beautiful. It was a small clearing near a cliff. They're was a lake not far from it. We put all our stuff down.
Louis went to set up a tent. Liam and Zayn were going to start a fire. I grabbed a tent and Val volunteered to help me.
"So what happened?" She asked when we got to the spot they told us to set it up in.
"Nothing." She gasped.
"What are you hiding from me?"
"I just almost fell and he caught me. That's it," I said, hoping she would drop it.
"Ohhh...Prince charming to the rescue," she said in a sing-song voice.
"Shut up and help me with the tent," I said. She laughed and decided to drop to subject for now. We tried to set up the tent but Val ditched me. She walked over to Harry and whispered something in his ear. He called to Niall and he walked over to me.
"Need some help?" I shrugged. He helped me set it up. Whenever our hands touched I felt tingles go through my body. When we finished we walked over to the fire that was going. I sat down close to it. It was about four so I searched my bag for the food. Niall and I had coordinated with each other so that we didn't bring too much or the same thing. I bought out the hot dogs and we started to cook them.
Then we talked for a while but we had an early night since we had to wake up so early this morning. Val and I crawled into our tent. We put our bags on one side and I used one of mine for a pillow. I climbed into my PJs, which were shorts and a tank top because it was pretty warm out. Val and I shared a thin blanket that Louis gave us.
"Today was fun," I said. Val nodded. "So," I said nudging her with my elbow. "How was Harry?"
"How was Niall," she countered.
"Wonderful," I said, sticking out my tongue at her.
"I have so much to tell you," she exclaimed sitting up. She was about to tell me when I stopped her.
"How about Harry tells us instead?" She looked at me with a confused face. I nodded my head behind her, which was the side facing the fire. You could see five shadows. I slowly crawled to the entrance and unzipped it while Val talked to me. She didn't say much, just that the food was really good. I climbed out quietly and went around to the side that they were on.
"What are they saying?" Harry asked. Niall was sitting on the ground a little behind the other boys. Louis had his ear close to the tent and Liam and Zayn were trying not to laugh.
"Go back to your tents," I said. They all jumped. I stood with my arms crossed and, what I hoped was, a scowl on my face. Niall stood up quickly recovering from the scare.
"Devin we...uh...We weren't..."
"Just go back to your tents and don't do it again. We aren't stupid." They all apologized to me and Val, who had joined me out here.
"Oh and Harry," I called. He turned back to me. "Val was only saying the sweetest things and if you're good tomorrow I might tell you," I said with a wink. Harry grinned and headed back to his tent. Val hit my arm and we headed back in to the tent. She promised to tell me tomorrow but she was too tired for now. We fell asleep quickly.
We woke up at four in the morning. I grabbed my bags and brought them outside. We had a van that we were going to drive. We needed to have a lot of space so management rented the van. It seated seven with lots of space for bags. Liam was driving because for some reason he was the most awake.
I ran into the kitchen grabbed a few bags of chips and some apples and a package of cookies. We all climbed in.
Zayn and I put on disguises and went into the cafe to buy some coffee and muffins. We carried them all out with only a little bit of difficulty. Then we drove to Val and Devin's flat.
I went, still in disguise, and knocked on their door. Devin opened the door. She looked beautiful in her hiking clothes and her hair pulled hastily back in a braid. She looked confused for a minute but then I smiled and she understood. She yelled at Val and they came outside. I helped them with their stuff, which might have been a bit too much.
Devin was carrying a backpack, a black bag, and a white bag. Val was carrying a backpack and a white bag. I grabbed two white bags from Val because Devin told me she got hers. I put them in the back of the van and the girls go up front.
Liam is driving with Zayn in the front, because we don't trust Louis in the front, because he is too hyper most of the time, and Harry and I wanted to sit next to the girls. Harry and Val are in the middle row. Devin, Louis, and I are in the back. Devin is in the middle of us.
The trip there was going to be eight hours. It is usually hard, being stuck in a cramped space with four other guys. Now it was even harder with Devin right next to me. I kept thinking about her.
The first two hours it was mostly quiet. Everyone slept. Devin rested her head on my shoulder and fell asleep quickly. I smiled to myself and saw Louis looking at me. He mouthed nice. I stuck my tongue out at him. After a while he fell asleep with his head on Devin's shoulder.
After those two hours no one could be quiet that long. We stopped at a gas station. Liam put on a disguise, just a hat and sunglasses, and filled up. We all went inside to go to the bathroom and get food and stretch our legs.
When we got back in, everyone traded spots. Harry and Val sat in front, Harry driving. Zayn, Louis, and Liam sat in the back. Devin and I sat in the middle. The van started getting really loud. Harry turned on the radio and Val found a good station. What Makes You Beautiful came on and we sang along to our parts.
"You know, I think you guys sound better live," Devin said. We all thanked her. After a while everyone got bored again. We stopped after about two hours.
It was my turn to drive. Devin sat in the front with me. Louis and Liam sat in the middle with Zayn, Harry, and Val in the back. I hummed along with the radio. Devin had her camera out. She was taking pictures. She had been taking pictures since she first got in here.
"Hey Niall, smile," she said playfully. I turned to her and gave her a big smile. She took the picture and smiled at me. Zayn had fallen asleep again and Louis and Liam were watching Point Break again. Harry and Val were in the back doing something. Harry looked up to no good.
"How's it going back there?" Devin asked, obviously talking to Harry and Val. Val gave her a glare and mouthed something. Devin laughed and looked at Harry.
"I'm watching you, pop star," she said with a laugh. Both Harry and Val turned red. Devin continued to laugh.
"You're so mean sometimes," I said to her. She gave me a fake innocent look.
"What? I'm just trying to protect my best friend from a broken heart and your best friend from a broken bone or two," she said sweetly. The thing I loved most was that she meant it. If Harry hurt Val, she would hurt him.
After me driving for two hours I switched with Zayn. He drove the final leg. We pulled into the visitor's center. We had to get a pass to park our car but other than that it was free to camp there.
Last year we left our boats there so we don't need to worry about renting some. We parked and got out.
Devin grabbed her backpack and put it on. She grabbed her black bag and stepped back while everyone else got their stuff. Val had her backpack and four other bags. I grabbed my backpack and a bag of food. Louis had a backpack and three bags, which were the tents. Liam had a backpack and took a tent from Louis since he only really had to bring the map. Zayn had a backpack and another bag. We left our fishing poles in the boats so we didn't have to worry about those either. Harry had a backpack and another bag. He carried one of Val's bags and Devin grabbed another. I then plucked it out of her hands. She sighed, already knowing I wouldn't give it back to her. She smirked at me and grabbed another one so that Val on my had to worry about her backpack and another bag. The one I grabbed was an actual bag so I had to carry it in my hand where as Devin grabbed a bag that had a big strap to put on your shoulder.
After we ate a quick, but healthy, lunch Liam started out leading us. He took the map and went into the woods. Zayn and Louis followed close behind. I went next and Devin followed me with Val and Harry behind her. We trudged through for a while in silence. She took lots of pictures. I held branches back for her.
After a little while Zayn couldn't stand the silence. He started to sing. He sang Kiss You. All us boys joined in and Val and Devin joined in when we all sang.
Devin took so many pictures. She got shots of all us boys and Val. She got a lot of pictures of Val almost falling. She was wearing wedges in the woods. She told me she tried to talk her out of them but she was set on wearing them. She took some pictures while we rested.
They found a few big rocks. Louis and Zayn shared a rock. Liam looked at the map again and didn't sit down. Devin and I shared a rock. I took up a lot of space though. Val and Harry were sharing a rock too small for two so Val was on Harry's lap.
"I'll be back," I announced. I ran off a ways and made sure at least Devin and Val couldn't see me. When I came back we started to walk again. We started climbing up a hill. When we got to the top we were all tired again. We rested and this time Val had to go.
Devin's POV
"Oh no. I have to go," Val said to me but everyone heard it.
"I'll take you," Harry said in a low voice. Val looked at him and then she scoffed. She turned to me with pleading eyes.
"Okay let's go," I sighed. We walked a ways away.
"They can't see right?" I looked back at the boys. They were all talking anyway.
"You're good. Just hurry up," I said.
"So how is Niall?" She asked as we started slowly walking back.
"How's Harry?" I sneered over at her.
"He is very good, thank you. Oh my God guess what?"
"What," I sighed.
"Harry started playing footsie with me while we were in the back. Footsie," she said. I smiled.
"I see you guys are hitting it off." I felt kind of sad because Niall didn't seem to like me that much.
"Oh honey. Have you seen the way Niall looks at you? He is in l-o-v-e, love," she said. I scoffed and we returned to the boys. When we were about twenty minutes from camp, Val started complaining.
"My feet hurt so bad," she sighed. Harry offered to carry her. I sighed and took her bags. Niall walked back and took Harry's bags. He whispered something in Harry's ear but I didn't know what he said.
Now I was carrying my backpack and three other bags. Niall was carrying his backpack and four other bags. We caught up with the boys and they saw that we were carrying so much. Liam took a bag from me. I smiled at him. Zayn took one from Niall. Louis refused to help us because he told me earlier he wasn't going to help me. I tried to tell him they weren't all mine but he wouldn't listen to me.
After a while Val side she could carry more bags. I looked at Harry, because he would be carrying the extra weight. He nodded and Liam gave her one bag and Zayn gave her a bag. Niall told them they could. He offered to take my extra bag but I told him I could carry it.
Val and Harry got ahead of us. We were walking when I tripped over a root. I was about to fall face first onto the ground when an arm snaked around my waist. The arm pulled me up and I kind of fell against Niall's chest. I looked up at him and froze. We were so close. If I stood on my tip toes we would be kissing. His blue eyes starred into my brown ones. I finally took a deep breath and pulled back. I was able to get out a thanks and he said it was no problem. We caught up with the others.
Val gave me a look, her 'what happened?' look. I shook my head and she frowned. We finally made it to the campsite. It was beautiful. It was a small clearing near a cliff. They're was a lake not far from it. We put all our stuff down.
Louis went to set up a tent. Liam and Zayn were going to start a fire. I grabbed a tent and Val volunteered to help me.
"So what happened?" She asked when we got to the spot they told us to set it up in.
"Nothing." She gasped.
"What are you hiding from me?"
"I just almost fell and he caught me. That's it," I said, hoping she would drop it.
"Ohhh...Prince charming to the rescue," she said in a sing-song voice.
"Shut up and help me with the tent," I said. She laughed and decided to drop to subject for now. We tried to set up the tent but Val ditched me. She walked over to Harry and whispered something in his ear. He called to Niall and he walked over to me.
"Need some help?" I shrugged. He helped me set it up. Whenever our hands touched I felt tingles go through my body. When we finished we walked over to the fire that was going. I sat down close to it. It was about four so I searched my bag for the food. Niall and I had coordinated with each other so that we didn't bring too much or the same thing. I bought out the hot dogs and we started to cook them.
Then we talked for a while but we had an early night since we had to wake up so early this morning. Val and I crawled into our tent. We put our bags on one side and I used one of mine for a pillow. I climbed into my PJs, which were shorts and a tank top because it was pretty warm out. Val and I shared a thin blanket that Louis gave us.
"Today was fun," I said. Val nodded. "So," I said nudging her with my elbow. "How was Harry?"
"How was Niall," she countered.
"Wonderful," I said, sticking out my tongue at her.
"I have so much to tell you," she exclaimed sitting up. She was about to tell me when I stopped her.
"How about Harry tells us instead?" She looked at me with a confused face. I nodded my head behind her, which was the side facing the fire. You could see five shadows. I slowly crawled to the entrance and unzipped it while Val talked to me. She didn't say much, just that the food was really good. I climbed out quietly and went around to the side that they were on.
"What are they saying?" Harry asked. Niall was sitting on the ground a little behind the other boys. Louis had his ear close to the tent and Liam and Zayn were trying not to laugh.
"Go back to your tents," I said. They all jumped. I stood with my arms crossed and, what I hoped was, a scowl on my face. Niall stood up quickly recovering from the scare.
"Devin we...uh...We weren't..."
"Just go back to your tents and don't do it again. We aren't stupid." They all apologized to me and Val, who had joined me out here.
"Oh and Harry," I called. He turned back to me. "Val was only saying the sweetest things and if you're good tomorrow I might tell you," I said with a wink. Harry grinned and headed back to his tent. Val hit my arm and we headed back in to the tent. She promised to tell me tomorrow but she was too tired for now. We fell asleep quickly.
Notes
I hope you guys like it!Val's: http://www.polyvore.com/vals_hiking_outfit/set?id=87896333
Devin's: http://www.polyvore.com/devins_hiking_outfit/set?id=87896196
7/5/13