Chapter 15.

ZAYNS P.O.V

After about 2 hours of signing and meeting competition winners, the boys and I went back upstairs to the studios to thank the hosts and take a few photos and go back to our hotel to get ready for further interviews. We realised we haven't seen Rosalie so I volunteered to look for me.

"Where's Rose?" I asked.
"Not sure, want me to look for her?" replied Harry.
"Nah, I'll go look for her"
"Fine.." mumbled Harry and he walked away with the rest of the boys.

Ever since our announcement at the restaurant, I've been getting a weird vibe off Harry. Every time I'd mention about Rose, or if she's talking to me, I'll sense some sort of jealous vibe off him. It may sound mean and it may sound as though I'm over looking it but I know he likes her. He doesn't admit it. He always uses his relationship with Caroline as an excuse but I know they are meant to be. Me, Liam, Louis and Niall all see it. But they're both so naive to see it and think the other won't feel that way. I don't want to tell them though, I want them to realise it themselves.I walked around the studios to look for Rose. I scanned all the rooms, and even asked the workers if they have seen her.

"Excuse me, have you seen a girl with long brown wavy hair, wearing a white top and a pair of jeans?" I asked one of the workers there.
"No, sorry mate. You could check the toilets or the cafe area" he replied.
"Thanks" I said. I walked to the toilets and slightly opened the womens toilet door.
"ROSE, YOU THERE?" I screamed.

Slightly embarrassed, I didn't hear a response so I closed the door and walked immediately away from it in case someone catches me and think I was being a perv. I had a hard time asking for the cafe and I went to walk in a few circles until I found it. I noticed Rose sitting by herself on a table. She looked really confused, and was looking at her feet whilst biting her thumb. She looked somehow uncomfortable, or worried about something. I approached her yet she didn't seem to mention my presence.

"Rose, there you are, are you ok?" I asked. She looked up and her eyes didn't have that happy spark it in. She did a small smile and nodded. I sat next to her and placed my arm around her to reassure her that she would feel better. I knew something was up.
"Sorry Zayn, I'm fine, really." she whispered. It was so easy to read her, something serious was bugging her.
"What's up?" I asked.
"Can I ask you something?" she mumbled. She looked up and stared into my eyes intensely.
"Anything"
"Is it wrong to like someone even if you're in a relationship?" she asked.

I stared at her for a while and during her question, one person popped up in my mind that I think she was referring to, Harry.

"No, if it's a minor crush. No harm, but cheating your partner is a definite no no" I replied.
"Mmmm.." she mumbled as she continued staring off into space.
"I think I know who this is about" I said. Her head shot up and looked at me in the eye.
"Is it that obvious?" she asked.
"I'm guessing Harry right?" I said. She looked at me and frowned and placed her head in her hands.
"I mean, I know for sure I still love George. But my mind is confusing me. I don't know for sure If I like Harry in that way, I love him as a friend but my brain is just messing everything up. I'm confused, I don't want to hurt any of them" she whispered.

She looked up in my eyes and she looked very confused of the whole situation. I gave her a hug and placed my head on hers.

"Do you know if Harry likes you?" I asked.
"No, I don't think he does. He loves Caroline. And that's the problem there. I know he's happy in his relationship yet why do I feel this way?"
"Rose, can I give you a piece of advice?" I said.
"Anything, please."
"Don't give up on George. He sounds like a great person, but don't let your brain confuse you. When your feelings know for sure who you love, then that'll take time. Stick to one person, because in my own experience you'll end up losing 2 people if you don't give effort to one person. This is a lose lose situation, but if you stop it with your brain and think of your past memories of George. I'm sure you'll come to your senses who you love. You know Harry will always be your best friend, don't let your confused feelings destroy that." I whispered.

I looked down at her to see if I didn't say anything to offend her. She looked up and had a tear in her eyes, she smiled her big gorgeous grin of hers and hug me tightly. Her bright sparkle was back in her eye and she did her cute thank you facial expression and hugged me again.

"Thank you Zayn. For being here for me" She said, and placed her arm around my neck. I grinned and nodded.
"Seriously, thank you. That was the best advice, I'll hang on to George and you're right. About everything. I love George, and I love you for being an amazing friend"
"Aw, stop it you!" I said, chuckling. We let go and smiled at each other.
"Promise you won't tell a dear soul about this conversation or about my confession?" she said.
"Promise me you won't tell anyone how ridiculously cheesy my advice was and don't tell anyone about my incredibly soft side" I chuckled.

She giggled back and handed her pinkie finger out to me. I sighed and smiled I reached out and crossed my pinkie finger with hers. We laughed like little kids and realised how childish we were. I opened my arms out and she came in and gave me another hug.
"Thank you, again" she whispered.
"Anytime babe" I said as we let go. As we did I heard Niall shout my name and I looked and saw the boys approaching us.

HARRY'S P.O.V:

"I'm starving" said Niall as he looked at the time.
"Where's Zayn?" asked Louis.
"He went to look for Rose" I mumbled.
"Want to go to the cafe, they might be there" Louis replied.
"Yeah, sure why not" I said and we all walked to the cafe.

We had to be occupied by a security incase any fans came inside unexpectedly. We walked and saw 2 figures sitting at the table, no other people were in the cafe. We walked up closer and I noticed it was Zayn and Rosalie. Ugh. Here's the stupid feeling coming back again. They were sitting so closey together and they did a pinky promise the ones I used to do with Rosie back in London, the time we first met officially. The both leaped into a massive hug and a tinge of jealousy crept onto me and I shook it off immediately and walked towards them.

"Zayn!" Niall shouted. "There you are, you hungry?" he asked.
"Yeah I am, want food Rose?" he asked her.
"Yeah sure, why not?" she said.
"Nandos?" Niall asked.
"Yes please!" Zayn answered.
"Alright, let's go eat back in our hotel. It'll be pretty hectic if we ate out in public so I'll ask someone to order for us" Liam suggested. Zayn and Rose stood up and we all went back to our van. I grabbed Rose's arm and pulled her back to talk to me.

"Hey, where were you?" I asked.
"I was just here, thinking really" she said, chuckling lightly.
"You ok? Looked like Zayn was talking about something serious" I said.
"It was nothing really, and I am fine. Don't worry about me Harold" she said, lightly punching my arm.

She smiled but I knew she was hiding something. I shrugged and continued walking with her. Though I did sense some sort of awkwardness or tension between us, but I just ignored it. We went back to our hotel room and went to me and Louis' room that we shared. Rosalie ran and jumped on my bed, face planted and crawled under the sheets because she was dead tired. Liam and Niall decided to risk it and go to the local Nandos store to order. It was just me, Louis and Zayn whilst Rosalie fell straight to sleep on my bed. I sat next to her and placed my bum on the pillows and rested my back on the bed head. I placed my legs underneath the blanket and started scrolling through my phone. Zayn and Louis was sitting on the same bed, watching Tv. I stared to myself to notice how peaceful Rose looked. She was beautiful when she was sleeping.

"Stop staring at her you freak" Louis chuckled.
"Shut up" I said and threw a cushion at him which missed awfully and hit Zayn instead. Zayn looked at me with no amusement in his facial expression and looked at Rosalie. He looked at me again and turned his face back to the tv screen. Lighten up Zayn, geez.
"Let's do a prank on Rose" Louis suggested. Zayn turned his head and did a frown.
"You sure? She looks peaceful at the moment" Zayn said.
"Just a little fun, won't be long till Liam and Niall come back anyway" I said.
"Alright. I gotta go outside for a bit of a smoke break. Don't scare her too much ok?" Zayn said. What was up your ass Zayn, I thought.
"Ok, let's put a fake spider on her pillow" Louis suggested.
"That's perfect, she hates spiders" I said.

We both ran down to the novelty store the hotel had and it was quite the coincidence that it stocked in a large fake spider, that could come across as real if someone placed it on my hand. We crept back quietly back to the room and seeing Rosalie still deep into sleep. We walked slowly and placed the toy spider on her pillow right next to her eye and went back to our original positions. We couldn't helped chuckling but covered our mouths to not wake her up. Zayn came back from his break and saw the toy spider next to her, he covered his mouth to stop himself for laughing and sat back down on Louis' bed and went on his phone. Rosalie turned her head and faced the opposite direction of the spider. Louis and I looked at each other and decided to leave it there, there's no doubt she wouldn't see it. 15 minutes later, Liam and Niall came back to the hotel with plastic bags of food accompanied by our tour manager and our security. Liam gave them a box of food and they both went back into their own hotel rooms. Niall let out a big laugh and pointed at the spider but covered his mouth immediately as Rosalie starting shuffling in bed. I grinned and decided to wake up Rosalie.

"Rose, Rose, foods here" I whispered in her ear.
"Already? Ok" she opened her eyes, blinded by the light. I nodded my head, to signal the boys to play part in the prank. Louis let out a massive scream followed by the rest of the boys. I started screaming as well as we all jumped on Louis' bed. We started pointing to the spider and started exaggerating.
"What. What. Oh my god. What is next to me" she screamed.
"Calm down. Oh my god" exclaimed Liam.
"THERES A MASSIVE SPIDER NEXT TO YOU ROSE" Zayn screamed.
"AHHHHHHHHH" Louis screamed dramatically.

Rose swifted her head to the right and noticed the spider we placed on her pillow. She did the biggest scream and ended up falling out of the bed, pulling the blanket with her. She bumped her head on the bedside table and fell to the ground.

"OH MY GOD. GET IT OUT" she screamed, whilst lying on the floor rubbing her poor head.
"Oh my god, Rose are you ok?" shouted Liam. He ran and got her up. He looked at her and started bursting out laughing. The boys starting cracking up so loudly and fell on the bed and the floor, literally in stitches. Zayn walked up to grab the spider.
"It's fake babe" he said, laughing loudly, shoving the spider in her face.
"I am going to kill you guys. My head hurts so much" she giggled, rubbing her head.
"You ok?" I asked.
"Yes I'm fine, but good prank. Whose idea?" she asked, still chuckling about her cute reaction. Liam, Niall and Zayn all pointed to me and Louis and we both grinned mischievously and ran to Rose and gave her a massive bear hug to apologise.
"It's fine boys" she said, grabbing a piece of ice from the fridge and placing it on her head.

She went to grab the food and set it out for all of us and we began eating viciously after not eating at all, all day. We turned on and watched a movie and started bonding and sharing a few laughs. Rosalie and I ate on my bed whilst Liam and Niall ate on the coffee table. Zayn and Louis were eating on Louis' bed and we all talked in our own groups. Me and Rosalie were talking about everything, bonding again. I liked our talks like this, we played the game 20 questions and I got to know more about her. It was nice to have a deep and meaningful conversation with a girl.

"Are you ok?" I asked Rose, feeling quite bad at her head.
"I'm fine silly, it'll be gone by tomorrow" she grinned, eating her last piece.
"That was delicious, thank you for the food guys. I owe you my shout, back in London" she smiled as she got up to dispose her things.
"I'll keep that in mind" chuckled Niall.
"I got to go now, promised my dad I'll not be home late. Had fun, plus what are you boys wearing tomorrow?" she asked.
"I'm not sure, is Jess' party going to be formal?" I asked.
"On the invite, it said semi-formal. But I think I'll pop by your hotel tomorrow evening, about an hour early. I'll help you pick what to wear" she suggested.
"That's great, and sorry again" I whispered.
"It's ok haha! No need to apologise. Anyways I'm going to go now" she said as she went to grab her bag and her things.
"Are you sure, some how the fans know we are staying here. They might spot you" Liam said.
"True, I'll go exit the other way and grab a taxi home" she said.
"Bye Rosee!" screamed Zayn, waving. She waved at all of us and went to grab her sunglasses on the bedside table.
"Bye Rose! See you tomorrow" I said, extending my arms to give her a hug. She came and gave me a massive hug and a small peck on the cheek.
"Bye Harold, can't wait for tomorrow!" She let go and went to exit the door.
"Thanks for lunch again, loved it. See you boys tomorrow" she said and walked out the door. I blushed immediately and replayed her small kiss on the cheek inside my head.

"Oh look at Harry, you're blushing" whispered Louis, chuckling. Liam and Niall looked up and started giggling. Zayn looked at me and bit his mouth as he looked confused and cringed when I blushed. I wanted to ask him what was up, but at the same time I didn't want to know.
"Shut up" I chuckled and continued looking down at my plate.

There was a sick feeling sensation in my stomach. At the same time, it sent chills down my spine but made me feel like I wanted to vomit. But it was a bad nausea feeling, it was kind of... comforting and refreshing. I felt my cheeks turning a crimson red and I couldn't wipe that stupid grin of my face. I knew what this feeling was. I hardly ever get it though. And I haven't felt this in a long time. I was feeling butterflies in my stomach.