Chapter Forty

I get off the plane after twenty hours of flying. When I get off I see my best friend Cameron. He has always been there for me. We do everything together. "Cameron!" "Annie!" I can't help but hug him. He is a whole foot taller then me. "Your so tall!" I say looking up at him. "No your just really short. Come on let's get home." he takes my bag and we drive home. "So glad your back." "I know! It's so exciting!" "Are you playing softball this year?" "of course I am!" "good." we get to my house and I collapse onto the couch. "tired?" "I'm exhausted." "I bet." "well you better get to bed you start school tomorrow." "grr!" "well goodnight." "night." he kisses my forehead an goes next door to his house. I decide to sleep on the couch because I do not want to climb those stairs. When I wake up I hurry to get dressed. I go to Cameron's house for breakfast. School goes by fast for the next couple of weeks. The softball team has gone all the way to state. Plus tours over! The boys should be coming soon! Yay! At the softball game I pitch. I'm pretty good. Cameron is here watching. Our team is ahead by one point in the last inning. I'm up to bat. Then I hear one familiar Irish accent and four British ones. I hit the ball and get a home run. Third one in the season. I run around the bases an come back to the five boys standing at the fence. I give Niall a kiss through the links. "Your here!" "yes. You ready for homecoming tomorrow night?" "of course I am." "Nice hit." Liam adds. "thanks bro." the game ends and I run out of the dugout to hug everyone. "You still look beautiful covered in dirt." Niall says holding me in his arms. "jeez why is it so hot here!" Louis comments. "it's Arizona get used to it." "I don't like it." "sorry." "Let's get home." "okay." we get home an I change into sweatpants and a T-shirt. I put my hair up in a bun and wash off the paint from my face. I come back downstairs and lay down on the couch with my feet on Niall's lap. "How's school going?" "well it's school. Not really exciting." "Do you have food?" Zayn asks. "Not really. Anyone want to go to the store to get some?" "And live while we're young!" Harry shouts out. "Harry!" "sorry. Me and Zayn will go get food." "Yay! Thanks." they both get up and leave, taking my car to the store. "So boys." "So Annie." "how was tour?" "good. Boring because you weren't there." Louis replies. "aw. Did anything happen?" "well there was this one time when-" Liam pushes Louis off the couch. "nothing happened." Louis says quickly. I narrow my eyes at the two. "okay then." I turn to talk to Niall but he's already asleep. I look at the time it's already ten. Harry and Zayn come back with a bunch of bags in their hands. "We're home!" Harry yells. "thanks. What did you get?" Harry and Zayn look at each other. "oh just cookies, brownies, cereal, frozen waffles, some juice, candy-" "did you buy any real food?" "no." "thanks." "no problem." "well I don't care what you guys do but I'm going to bed. And please don't be loud. And I don't care where you sleep." "goodnight love." Harry says hugging me. "goodnight Harry." I walk up the stairs and lay down on my bed. I am so tired. I fall asleep immediately but woken up in the middle of the night by weird sounds. I sit up and turn my phone on for light. "Harry!" "Did I wake you?" "yeah kinda. And why are you in my room? There's five other bedrooms in this house!" "sorry I had a nightmare." "aw I'm sorry." he puts his head on my shoulder and I can't help but hug him. We fall asleep sitting up in each others arms. Someone moves me and I fall off the bed to the ground. "oh my gosh what was that!" Louis yells from down the hall. "a shirt!" "it sounded heavier than a shirt!" "I may or may not have been in it when it fell!" I hear bursts of laughter coming from the rooms. Niall, Louis, Liam, and Zayn come into my room to find me lying on the ground. "What happened?" Niall asks in-between fits of laughter. "I got pushed." "Harry! Why did you push my baby off!?" I stand back up and sit down on the edge of my bed. "I'm fine Niall." "Homecomings tonight!" Louis yells. "I know I finally get to wear my dress!" "Yay!" I lay back down on the bed and wait for everyone to leave. They don't. They just stand there and watch me. "Can you guys go now?" "oh sorry love. We'll make you some breakfast." Zayn says. "thanks." I get back into bed and lay down. I'm so tired. I fall asleep immediately. It feels like I've been asleep for hours but I doubt that because the boys call me for breakfast. I ignore them an continue to sleep. Someone come into my room and lays down on me. I open my eyes and find Louis staring at me. "time to eat." "get off me." I say flatly. "just come eat." "I will if you get off me." "fine." he gets off me and pulls me off of the bed and onto the ground. He drags me out of the room and towards the stairs. "No Louis!" he doesn't listen and drags me down the stairs. "Lou!" "I love when you say Lou." "stop!" "no can do." he drags me into the kitchen and walks away from my aching body.