Rumored Nights

“AGHHHHH!!!!” The sound of Harry’s screaming woke all of us up. “AGHHHH!!!!”

“Oh, not again,” Niall groaned as he pushed his face into the pillow.

“Harry, what’s wrong?!” Louis sat up in bed and looked over at Harry who was freaking out.

“Will you all shut up?” Liam complained, pushing his face into the pillow just like Niall had done.

“WHY. AM. I. WET?!” Harry stared in disgust at his arm which was covered in…something.

“Oh my God, did you piss yourself?!” Niall jumped out of the bed and glared at his friend.

“No, no! It’s not piss! It’s…it’s…drool?”

“Drool? Did you drool yourself, Harry?” Louis raised an eyebrow. Harry shook our heads and our eyes trailed from his arm to the real culprit.

Zayn.

Zayn was on his stomach, his mouth wide open and drool dripping.

“That’s nasty,” Niall shook his head and crossed his arms, cold since he was standing in just his boxers.

“GET UP!” Harry screamed, slapping Zayn on the back while jumping off of the bed.

Zayn’s eyes opened and he sat up, stretching.

“What’s going on?”

“YOU DROOLED ON ME!” I was guessing that Harry wasn’t a morning person. I couldn’t blame him; I’m not either.

“Sorry! I can’t control myself when I sleep!” Zayn pouted and I couldn’t help but smirk. He was just too cute.

“Whatever. Just so everyone knows, I’m NEVER sleeping in the same bed as him again!” Harry shook his head and grabbed a towel, wiping the drool off.

“Well, if you’re finished complaining we need to leave pretty soon.” Louis looked at the clock as he stood up. I smiled as I looked him up and down. His hair was messy and his clothes were messily tossed on his body. I couldn’t help but bite my lip, afraid that if I didn’t I might say something inappropriate.

“How do we want to do shower turns?” Louis pulled some medicine and a bottle of water out and handed it to Liam to help with his hangover.

“I wanna go first!!” Zayn practically pranced into the bathroom, shutting the door behind him quickly.

“Okay…” Louis rolled his eyes. “Well, I guess Zayn’s first. Harry since you’ve been drooled on you can go next,”

“Thank you!” Harry sighed as he sat on the edge of the bed.

“Niall you can go after Harry. Then Alex. I guess I’ll go after Alex since Liam went back to sleep.”

Everyone agreed as we all went off and did our separate things. I laid back on the bed, hoping to get a little nap in until it was my turn to shower. If I was going to be stuck driving with these fools for a while I need all the rest I could get.

Zayn made his way into the shower. He danced around in the small area, rubbing shampoo in his hair and styling it into a Mohawk.

Everything was going perfectly…until Zayn saw the one thing he didn’t want to see while showering.

“AHHHHH!!!” Zayn screamed as he tripped out of the shower.



“So where are we headed today?” Niall spoke up as he landed on the bed, avoiding Zayn’s drool spots.

“AHHHHHH!!!” Everyone pretty much jumped out of their skin at the sound of Zayn’s scream.

“Zayn?” We all huddled around the bathroom door. Louis tried to open it, but it was locked. “Zayn, what’s going on?”

“AHHHH!!!” He screamed once again.

“What if the scary woman from downstairs was hiding in our bathroom?!” Niall nudged Harry and Harry just glared at him. She was the last person he wanted to think of.

“Zayn! Open the door!” I banged on it, a little worried.

“AHHHH!!!” Another scream came from the bathroom.

“Zayn!” Harry was getting frustrated. What was in there that was scaring Zayn so much?

The bathroom door flung open and Zayn stumbled out with a towel around his waist and a soap Mohawk.

“What the hell are you screaming about?!” Louis looked in the bathroom and, thankfully, the old woman wasn’t there.

“I-I-I-I-I-I s-s-saw a-a s-spider!!!”

We all sighed, rolling our eyes.

“A spider? Really? That’s no reason to be screaming bloody murder,” Harry shook his head.

“No! It was so big! I swear!” Zayn held his shoulders.

“You’re such a baby. I bet it’s not even that big,” Niall rolled his eyes and went into the bathroom. He looked in the shower and was soon back out. “Okay, that thing is huge!”

“Go kill it!” Zayn urged.

“No way! That thing might eat me!” Niall shook his head. “Harry, you go kill it.”

“No thanks,”

“Alex?” Zayn’s eyes pleaded for me to kill the spider.

“You’re going to have a girl kill it? There is no way I am going near that thing,” I shook my head, refusing.

“Louis?” He was Zayn’s last hope.

“Sorry, but I’m not a big fan of spiders.” He sat next to me on the bed and I couldn’t help but feel butterflies in my stomach.

“YOU GUYS ARE NO HELP AT ALL! I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU!” Zayn screamed, getting upset.

Liam quickly rose from the bed, grabbing an old, outdated newspaper and stomping into the bathroom. We heard a ‘swat’ noise and the toilet flush.

“There. It’s dead.” He grumbled as he landed face down on the bed. “Now shut up,” Someone was a little grumpy. But I couldn’t blame him either; he probably had the worst hangover ever.

“Thanks, Liam,” Zayn smiled and went back to the bathroom, checking once for any more spiders. “It’s all clear!” He yelled as he shut the bathroom door.



“Are you waiting for Liam?” Louis came back into our room with a smile.

“Yeah. He should be done showering soon,” I smiled back at him as I brushed through my wet hair.

“Alright. We’re going to take this stuff down to the car and check out so we can hit the road,” Louis turned to walk back out of the room, but stopped. “Alex…”

“Yeah?”

“I-um…” He turned back to face me. “About last night…we got into that little fight over Liam. I’m sorry,” I blushed a little bit.

“It was just a dumb fight. But I’m sorry too,” I smiled as I stood up and wrapped my arms around him for a hug. I think we were lingering on each other for too long though.

“What are you guys doing?” Niall raised an eyebrow as he walked into the room and grabbed the last bag.

Louis and I quickly separated and blushed. Niall was right. What were we doing?

“Are you coming?” Niall waited at the door, staring at Louis.

“Yeah…” Louis and I locked eyes for another second before he grabbed a bag off the floor and headed out the door with Niall.

I leaned back on the bed, closing my eyes.

“Alex?”

I opened my eyes and was surprised by a smiling Liam.

“Did I fall asleep?” I laughed and sat up, rubbing my eyes.

“I guess I took longer than I should have,” He leaned over top of me, his hair dripping. He stared at me, his eyes piercing into mine.

“Liam…?” I blushed, feeling uncomfortable. Here I was with Liam, sweet and amazing Liam…when not that long ago I was lingering on Louis. How terrible was I?

“Sorry,” He must have noticed how uncomfortable I was, because he quickly moved into a sitting position next to me.

I sat up, fiddling with my fingers. I glanced over at Liam and sighed. Was it Liam that I truly loved? Was he the one I was destined to be with?

“Alex…” He spoke up and caught me off guard. I waited for him to continue. “I…I just want you to know that you can take your time…on deciding what you want us to be…”

“What?”

“I mean…” He turned to face me, his face serious. “I want you to know that I’ll wait. I don’t care how long. I will wait for you to decide and I will accept whatever it is.”

“Liam…” I didn’t know what to say. How do you respond to someone telling you that they would wait for you?

“I think the guys are waiting for us,” He smiled and stood up. Liam held his hand out, gesturing for me to take it. “Come on,”

I smiled and took it without hesitation. I said goodbye to our ‘HOEL’ room before heading outside.

“WHAT IS GOING ON?!” Liam and I gave each other a weird look and ran over to the van.

“What’s up?” Liam asked Louis as he slammed his hands on the van.

“It won’t start.”

“What do you mean it won’t start?” I began to have an inner panic attack.

“The car. It’s completely dead.” Louis ran a hand through his hair in frustration.

What were we supposed to do now?



“We need to get it towed to a garage,” Louis sighed as he sat next to Niall on the curb.

“Hey Harry. Why don’t you go inside and pay for our stay and ask to use the phone?” Niall nudged Harry.

“No way.”

“Come on, Harry! She’ll be nice to you!” Zayn complained.

“No way.”

“Harry! Come on!” Louis begged him.

“No way.”

“Come on, Hazza.” I tried to lift him up. “I’ll come with you and protect you from her,” I laughed. Harry sighed and finally gave up and walked back inside with me.

“Um…excuse me?” Harry called out, a little frightened.

“Whaddaya whaaaaant?” Harry and I both jumped, forgetting about her accent.

“Um…we’d like to check out,” Harry was debating on just running for it. And if I hadn’t have been holding onto his shirt in fear, he probably would have.

“Oh, it’s you,” Harry and I practically jumped out of our skin as the old woman came out of nowhere. She completely ignored my existence and smiled directly at Harry.

“Hah…yeah, it’s me…” Harry laughed, nervously.

“What can I do for you sugar?” She winked at him.

“Um…well, I…we were hoping that…um…we could check out and possibly…um…use your phone,” Harry broke into sweat.

“Alright, sweet cheeks. Let’s get you situated here,” I snorted a little bit after she called him sweet cheeks and he just glared at me.

“Alright, that’ll be $200 for your stay,”

“$200?!” Harry and I both screamed in unison.

“For this dump?!” I gave Harry a look, wondering if he had offended her or not.

“I’ll cut you a deal though,” She leaned over the counter, staring straight at Harry. “Give me a little kiss on the cheek and I’ll knock it down to $75.”

Harry and I exchanged glances. I urged him to go for it and he shook his head.

“Do it!” I hissed under my breath. I pushed him forward and he shot me another mean look.

Harry leaned slowly over the counter, puckering his lips hesitantly out of fear and disgust.

Unfortunately for Harry, she had other plans.

Instead of letting him kiss her cheek, she moved her head and planted one right on Harry’s lips.

Harry retreated backwards, touching his lips in shock.

“WOWZA!!!” She yelled, fanning herself a little bit. I had to turn away so she wouldn’t see how hard I was trying to hold my laughter in.

“Just for that, I’ll knock it down to $65. Thanks cutie patootie!” She winked at Harry once more before picking up the phone on the counter. “Who can I call for ya?”

“A mechanic to tow our van please,” I quickly said to her before pushing Harry towards the door. “Come on sweet cheeks,” I laughed again as I pushed him out the door.

“Oh…my…God…” Was all Harry could manage to say as we…well I laughed my way to the car.

“What’s up?” Louis raised an eyebrow, wondering what was so funny.

“Harry just kissed the hotel lady!” I held my stomach because it was in pain from laughing so hard.

The boys erupted into laughter. Poor Harry. That’s the second traumatizing event he’s suffered from this hotel. If you didn’t count Liam’s strip tease, that is.

“Very funny, everyone. Can we just not talk about this anymore and get back to our troubles?”

He was right. Right now we needed to focus on one thing; getting the car fixed so we can finish this crazy journey and get the hell out of New York.



The tow truck showed up quicker than we imagined.

“I guess I’ll ride in the tow truck back to the garage and you guys can take a cab,” Louis headed towards the truck as the man, I believe his name was Frank, hooked the van up to the truck.

“I’ll ride with you,” I smiled and caught up with Louis.

“You sure?” He eyes lit up as I hooked my arm with his.

“Of course. I wouldn’t let you ride all by yourself,” I smiled as we climbed into the truck.

“Well meet you guys at the garage!” Louis called to the other four boys as I shut the door behind us.



Liam, Zayn, Niall, and Harry climbed into a cab, giving the directions to the garage.

“So Liam. Your stripping last night was VERY sexy,” Niall teased as he pushed Liam’s shoulder. Liam just blushed, feeling embarrassed that everyone kept talking about it.

“Yeah! It was hilarious!” Zayn piped up.

“Shut up, Saliva.” Liam glared at Zayn, reminding everyone of Zayn’s new nickname.

“I thought we were done with that!” He pouted, crossing his arms. I guess Zayn didn’t find it as funny as we all did.

“I hope you know that you’re NEVER going to live that down,” Harry laughed.

“And I hope you know that you’re never going to live down your kiss with the demon lady at the HOEL.” Zayn puckered his lips, mocking Harry. “Come here creepy old lady. Let me give you a big kiss,” Harry pushed Zayn’s face away, not finding it funny AT ALL.

“Alright, alright. Let’s stop making fun of each other you big babies.” Liam laughed. “I need to tell you guys something.”

“What’s up?” The three boys turned their attention to Liam.

“I think…I think I’m in love with Alex,”

“Really?” Niall and Harry both high fived each other.

“That’s great, Liam. What does Alex think?” Niall smiled.

“She doesn’t know that I’m in love with her. We’re still, you know…trying to figure out everything.” Liam shrugged.

Zayn kept quiet, not wanting to bring up last night’s events to any of them. But he couldn’t help but wonder if what he and Alex had done was right or not.



I yawned as I leaned my head on Louis’ shoulder.

“You can take a nap if you want. My shoulder is available.” He smiled, offering his shoulder as a pillow to me.

“Nah. It’s not that long until we’re at the garage,” I smiled. “Rain check?”

“Of course,” He smiled back at me.

“Well aren’t you two cute. How long ya been together?” Frank, the two man, winked at us.

“What?!” Louis and I both stared at him and then at each other.

“We’re not-” I tried to tell him.

“We’re just friends…” For some reason there was hesitation in Louis’ voice and I couldn’t tell why.

“Ah…gotcha,” Frank smirked at as, as if he didn’t believe what we were saying.

I sighed and turned away, staring out the window.



Liam, Zayn, Harry, and Niall finally met up with Louis and I in the lounge of the garage.

“Hey, did they find out what’s wrong with the van?” Harry took a seat next to me on the bench.

“No, they should be out pretty soon to tell us,” Louis looked at the watch on his hand, noticing that it was already three.

Just as if Louis had predicted it, the mechanic came out, wiping some grease onto a cloth.

“You guys bring the van in?” He looked at us, raising an eyebrow.

“Yeah. What’s wrong with it?” Louis bit his lip.

“And how much is it going to cost to fix it?” Niall was a little afraid of how high that number would be.

“Well. Somehow your battery died in the car,”

“How could that have happened?” Louis looked at us all, confused.

“A lot of things could cause the battery to die. Did everyone close the doors all the way? No seatbelt got caught in it?”

“Uh oh…” Zayn spoke up from the back. We all turned our attention to Zayn.

“Uh oh? What do you mean ‘uh oh’?” Harry panicked.

Oh Zayn…what did you do?