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Charly

Chapter 12

As the alarm on her phone went off, Charly’s eyes fluttered open and she just felt good. This time she was sure that what happened last night was real. The sheer thought of that put a smile on her face. She almost hopped out of bed and took a shower in the bathroom.
Today they would fly to Bern in Switzerland for their next concert. She would let Lisa sleep until she had finished her round. Today it was her duty to wake up the boys. Normally, it was either Mark’s or Paul’s job, but they decided to take turns with Charly because it was not the easiest part of their job. She grabbed the backup-keycards to all of their hotel rooms in case they lost their own. That had happened quite a few times by now and Paul didn’t want to take a risk anymore at that.
Charly decided to start on Zayn who was sharing a room with Louis. He always took the longest and needed to be woken a second time. She went down the corridor to Zayn’s room and quietly got in. She started on opening the curtains. “Morning lads, time to get up”, she said and walked over to Zayn’s bed. “Zayn, wake up”, she said and rocked him at his shoulder. She took off his blanket. She had learnt that this is the only way to get him out of bed. “I’m gonna wake up the other ones and then I’ll be back”, she said and on her way out, she asked, “Louis, you’re up?” and he mumbled, “Yes, I’m up”, and turned around in bed again. Well, she would have to wake up both of them again.
Next, she got to Niall, who was sharing his room with Josh, the band’s drummer. As she got in, she found Josh walking into the bathroom and Niall sitting up in his bed, but barely able to open his eyes. “That’s why you’re my favorites”, she said and went up to the balcony to open up the curtains. “Ah, close them”, Niall said and put his hand in front of his eyes. “Aww, sorry, but you will fall asleep again”, she said, went up to him and brushed through his tousled hair. He let his head fall over to land on her stomach. “I always feel terrible when I have to wake you up, but we have to leave in an hour and you have to pack up your stuff”, she said while softly padding his head. “So, three up, 2 to go”, she said and took a step back. “Don’t fall asleep again”, she admonished him playfully and left the room. Off to Harry and Liam.
Since their room was right next to Lisa’s and her own, she would check on her friend after to see how she’s been after her drunken night. Thanks to that, she didn’t catch Liam and her in bed last night. But that’s also why it was a bit weird for her to wake him up now. So as she got in, she went right up to the windows to open the curtains and then over to Harry. “Harry, wake up”, she almost whispered and with her fingers brushed his hair out of his face. With Harry it was the best to be gentle and calm, just like a mother. She also wanted to be the “female” part of the wakening troop in comparison to Paul and Mark.
“Mhmm”, Harry murmured annoyed. He hated it when someone came to wake him up. “Sorry love, but you have to get up now”, she said. “No”, he mumbled and Liam turned around to face the other side of the room. “Yes, come on”, she said and he wrapped his arms around her legs. “Harry, stop it, you will make me fall over”, she raised her voice. With a hefty hitch Harry pulled at her legs and made her fall onto the bed. “Ahhh, Harry”, she screamed out. Now Liam was really awake. “Guys, please. It’s too early”, he said, got up and went to the bathroom. Harry turned around and all of a sudden lay on top of her. It amazed Charly how fast he could be just after he had woken up. “It’s too early, let’s sleep for another 15 minutes”, he said and entangled his legs with hers to pin her down. “Stop it Harry”, she said and tried to push him off, but he had developed an incredible amount of strength at this time of day.
“Group cuddle?”, Liam asked. She hadn’t heard him coming back in. The next thing she knew was Liam on top of Harry and also on top of her. The weight of two men on her was too much. “Ugh, guys…can’t…breath”, Charly pressed out. Liam rolled over to her right side and Harry to her left side. “Oh, a One Direction sandwich. I’m living every fangirls dream”, she laughed. “Let’s put this on Instagram”, Harry suggested and grabbed his phone from the nightstand. “What?”, Charly asked surprised and before she could realize what he had in mind, the phone camera appeared in front of her. “Smile”, Harry said and took a picture of them three.
“Okay, now you really have to get up”, she said and robbed to the end of the bed and got up. “I have to check on Zayn again”, she said and left. Before she went back to Zayn’s room, she got to her own. Lisa lay still in bed. “Lisa, are you awake?”, she asked her. “Yes, but please don’t ask me to move”, she mumbled and had her eyes closed. “Can I get you anything?”, Charly asked and kept a low voice. “A new head, please”, Lisa responded. “I’ll try to find that while I wake up Zayn again”, Charly said and went back to the door. “Good luck with that”, Lisa mumbled and Charly closed the door behind her.
She went back down the corridor to Zayn’s and Louis’ room. Niall stepped out of his and almost bumped into Charly. “Oh hey, glad to see you got up”, Charly smiled. “Yeah, somehow I managed”, he said and yawned. “I’m trying to wake up Zayn again”, Charly said. “Oh, I wanna see that happen, I’ll join you”, Niall said and together they walked into Zayn’s hotel room. “Zayn, are you still awake?”, Charly asked as she entered the room. With relief she found Louis’ bed empty. That meant she had at least one person up in this room.
“Zayn? Come on, everybody’s up now”, she said and rocked his shoulder again. That guy really got up to get his blanket from the floor and wrapped himself in it again. “Go away”, he mumbled and turned around. “No, YOU get up now”, she said and shook his shoulder with both her hands. Niall jumped on Zayn’s bed and screamed, “GET UP! GET UP! GET UP!”, while jumping around him. Where did he take the energy from? “Niall, get off, that’s rude”, Charly said and wanted to pull him down, but he always jumped away. “Stop it, dickhead”, Zayn grunted and tried to kick him. “Guys, stop it, it’s too early for that nonsense”, Charly said and didn’t know if she should pull Niall down first or try to grab Zayn’s leg to stop the kicking. This was like kindergarten.
Charly got hold of Zayn’s leg, but he still managed to kick Niall in the nuts. So Charly fell onto the bed because of the sudden movement and Niall collapsed holding his nuts. That’s when their heads bumped together and Niall fell off the bed. “Ouch!”, Charly and Niall screamed out at the same time. “Okay, now I’m awake. What a show!”, Zayn laughed. “What did I miss?”, Louis came out of the bathroom with just a towel around his waist and wet hair. “They knocked each other out”, Zayn was still laughing. Charly didn’t really feel like it. She and Niall hit each other quite hard on the head.
“Niall, are you okay?”, Charly asked over the edge of the bed she was still lying on. “No”, he pressed out, still holding his nuts. It seemed that Zayn had hit him quite hard. “I meant your head, but it seems like this is not your biggest concern right now”, she said and maneuvered herself off the bed. “It seems you’re all up right now, so get dressed, pack your bags and I want you all downstairs in 40 minutes”, she said and held her forehead while she walked out. That would become quite a lump.

Almost an hour later they all climbed into the waiting taxis to get to the airport. Her head still hurt from the “meeting” with Niall’s. His head was quite hard. Niall also had a little lump on the left side of his forehead, but not as big as Charly’s right in the middle. She looked like a unicorn “in progress”. “I’m sorry for that”, he said and pointed at the lump. “It was not your fault. You had other “things” to worry about”, she waved off and pointed to his crotch. “Is it better now?”, she asked. “Slightly. Do you want to blow a kiss on it?”, he asked and jokingly wiggled his eyebrows. “Stop it, you idiot”, Charly slapped his upper arm, but had to laugh.
They all got to the airport in time and boarded their flight. They flew for only 90 minutes and most of them spent them sleeping. When they arrived at the hotel, Charly checked everyone in and handed out the keys. “Mr. Payne, you’re the winner of the master room”, she said and handed him the key. The master room was a double bed room he would have all to himself. With 5 boys in the band, one sometimes had the chance to have the room to himself when it was also possible with the hotel reservations. Charly always chose randomly, but this time, she had a little bit of an ulterior motive this time.