BabySitting One Direction
chapter 1
*Delilah's PoV*
Finally!Summer break, I could stay up all night
andsleepall day, go swimming and just hang out.
I kicked off my shoes andsighed as the feeling of
an empty apartment greetedme. I hatedmy Aunt
Rose's job, it kept her away for 12 hours but I
guess she hadto take it for both of our sakes. I
went into the kitchen, grabbing a handful of
carrots and heading towards my room.
As I stoodin front of my closeddoor, a thought
occurred to me;I never shut my door and I've
always toldaunt Rose to leave it open. I clenched
my handaroundthe carrots, preparing myself for
someone inside andopened the door slowly and
quietly.
Everything was in its place, not a thing touchedor
moved. My pictures were on the wall, my camera
on the night stand,my bed made with my brown
teddy pairsitting up on the pillows, my shoes
under the bed. One thing caught my eye,my
closet doorwas open. My closet doorwas always
closed.
I took a step towards it, grabbing the closet thing
to me, a curling iron and reached for the door
knob.
Before I could lay my hand on the knob, it burst
open, making me fall back on my butt and a
familiarface was smiling at me.
"Surprise!" He yelled,picking me up by my arms
andtwirling me in a hug. I couldn't breath but I
was in too much shock to notice.
"Louis!" I said, shockedandslammed my hands
against his shoulder blades, trying to have him set
me down.
"Sorry Li, I got excited" He saidcheekily and I
smiled, throwing my arms aroundhim. He
chuckled, hugging me back and I swallowedthe
joyful tears that were almost sliding down my
cheeks.
My best friendwas here, in New York andhe
surprised me by hiding in my closet and attacking
me.
I couldn't be more happy.
"When did you get here?!" I asked, we both sat on
my bed as we wantedto catch up. Louis grinned
at me, taking a carrot from my handand shoving
it into his mouth.
"A couple of hours ago, I askedyou aunt and she
told me when you would get home and I thought I
would surprise you a little." He said, taking
anothercarrot.
"You surprise me all right, I thought I was going
to have to fend myself with a curling iron!" I said
andhe shook his head.
"Goodthing you didn't, that would've hurt" He
said and I nodded. I was too excited to notice that
he hadstolen my snack andnow was playing with
my teddy bear, I wondered if the boys were here
as well.
"Are the boys here? How long are you staying in
New York? How have you been? Are you and
Eleanor doing well? How's the tourbeen? " I
asked andhe raisedhis hands up to slow me
down, I hada bunch of questions that needed to
be answered.
"Calm down Li!" He chuckled "yes, the boys are
with me but they're in New York City, I plan to
stay here about 3 or 4weeks since ourtour is still
going on but I plan to spend those weeks with my
one and only best best friend" He said, tapping
my nose with his fingerand I scrunchedupmy
nose at him.
"I wanna see Niall!" I whined, Niall andI had
always been close since I've met him andI missed
him a lot..but not as much as Louis.
"Maybe tomorrow we can go see them or they can
come up here?" He suggestedand I nodded
excitedly, clapping my hands andjumping up and
down on my legs.
"So what do you want to do Li? We could go walk,
get something to eat, shop, take pictures together,
go see a film..." Louis started to suggest things we
could do and I couldn't help but beam at him. He
was back, my best friend was back andhe would
be staying for 3 or 4 weeks,I hadhim all to myself
andwe could catch up,talk and have funny
moments like we didwhen we were younger.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" He asked,
giving me a weird look.
I shrugged.
"I've missed you that's all, I'm glad you're back" I
said and he pulledme into a one arm hug.
"I've missed my little flower too!" He said and I
pushedmyself away from him, punching him in
the arm while smiling.
"Let's go walk and take some pictures" I said,
standing up and grabbing my camera.
"Alright, can I take one?!" He asked like a little kid
andI sighed, shaking my head.
"Promise you won't dropit, this is my favorite
one" I said andhe nodded, holding out his hands,
I put the camera in his hands and pulled on my
jacket andmy Toms. He smirked down at my feet
andI snapped my fingers.
"I think you love yourToms more than me" He
said and my mouth gapedopen, shocked.
"Ha! You're funny, you're obsessedwith them" I
said, locking the door behindme andwe stepped
out into the warm air of New York. I smiled, the
suns rays hitting my face andwarming me
instantly.
"Picture time!" Louis saidas we passed a little
park for children and he made me sit down on
the bench, then he put the camera up to his eye.
"Say Louis is the best person in the world!" He
yelledand smiled at the camera,rolling my eyes
mentally. After the picture was taken, I took a
picture of him then we walked some more until
we got in the little part of the city where all the
shops and diners were.
"So hows life in Manhattan been for you Li?"
Louis asked, taking a bite of his salad. We had
decided to get some lunchandI was sipping away
at my coke while eating a hamburger.
"Cold in the winter, rainy in the fall and spring,
warm and sunny in the summer." I said and he
looked up from his food, smirking at me.
"Are you seriously talking about the weather?" He
asked, raising an eyebrow and I grinned, nodding.
"I guess I am" I said, reciting the line from
"Twilight' and soon I was laughing with Louis, our
laughter blending together in perfect harmony.
"The boys have missed you,especiallyHarry"
Louis commented, andI set my hamburger down,
moving my eyes to a passing couple, going into
deep concentration
Harry.
We had a special connection that I haven't had
with anyone in my entire life. It was like we knew
what each other was thinking with out saying it,
or if I was on my period and he texted me, asking
if he could come over, I would tell him fuck off
andthen he would appearat the door with DVDs,
Chinese take out, blankets andchocolates. Or
when he was having a difficult time with some
hurtful comments on Twitter, we stayed up all
night talking about it.
And maybe I did findhim attractive andpossibly
had some feelings for him.
He was there along with all the others in my
hardest time in my life.
He stayedwith me when no one else would or
when I toldhim I hated him, orI wanted him
gone, he wouldholdme while I cried.
Some people accusedus of being a couple but we
were just really close friends.
"I'm guessing you missed him too by the look on
your face" Louis said, bringing me out of my
thoughts. I looked at him and he had his knowing
face on.
"You like him don't you?" He asked andI shook
my head instantly.
"No! We're just really close is all and it's been tuff
without my curly haired Hazz around" I said,
taking a bite out of my burger andchewing so I
could have an accuse of not talking to him about
Harry.
"Sure" Louis said, sending me an amusedlook
before going back to his salad.
I looked guiltily down at my burger, losing my
appetite andpushing it away from me. I hated
lying to Louis because I knew that he knew I was
lying but I hadto lie to him about my feelings.
Things would be too awkward if I toldLouis, I
didn't want things to be awkward between any of
us.
But..
I couldn't hide my feelings
5/15/13