Coincidence

Realization

ARIA'S POV

When I got up, at first I couldn't understand what was going on. This wasn't my bedroom, this wasn't my aunt's house...  I couldn't figure out where I was. And then suddenly, all of yesterday came back to me...

Niall had gently led me inside his house, his arm wrapped loosely around my waist, straight to the spacious kitchen, with the others following silently. Niall and I were so close together. I could almost feel his heart beat through his plain white tee shirt, feel his well built chest rising up and down rhythmically. I could feel the heat from his body radiate on to my skin, making me shiver slightly. I could smell his wonderful scent, calming me down slightly.

Almost all too soon he sat me down on the kitchen stool, removing his arm, and pulling another stool close, sat down next to me. his closeness was making my heart run a never ending sprint, and it took all my will power to wrench my eyes away from his beautiful face and look at the others. Everyone else had also quietly pulled up stools, and sat around the kitchen island. Once everyone was seated, Derek stated telling the boys exactly what had happened. When he finished, no one spoke for at least a minute. They all just looked at me solemnly, like someone had died. Danielle was the one to break the silence first. 

 "So who would you prefer sharing a room with?"

"Huh? What?" I replied, not understanding what she was trying to say. 

 I could see a slight smile spread across her face as he continued

"We'll obviously you now need a place to stay at least till the house is repaired. So who do wanna share a room with here?"

"Oh thanks so much for the offer but I couldn't possibly live here. I mean you all barely know me, and I'm sure you all value your privacy and everything! I'll arrange a hotel or sublet something..."

But before I could go any further, I was cut off by Harry. 

"Don't be stupid! Why do you think that we'll let you go and live with strangers! All of us like you and you like us, so that makes us friends. Of course you'll live here!"

And before I had a chance to protest anymore, all the others started talking all at once. All I caught were the phrases "definitely live here" and "it's no big deal!"

Finally, when the babble was getting a bit too confusing, I almost shouted over the noise "fine i'll stay with you guys till my house is livable again!" 

As Louis let out a bit of a whoop, Liam, always the responsible one, started speaking 

"Both the houses 4 bedrooms each. Me, dani, Niall and Harry live in this house. Zayn, Louis and Eleanor love across the street. The fourth bedroom there is used like a kind of storage room, so that's out. El is staying in her dorm room tonight so that bedroom will be free, and dani mostly sleeps in my room only,(this earned him a wolf whistle from harry) so that's another room free. Derek can sleep in el's room and and aria can stay in Danielle's room."

Turning to Danielle, I was just about to ask her whether it really okay for me to sleep in her room, when she beat me to it 

"It's perfect! I'm sure the boys will help you bring all you'r stuff over tomorrow. I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm famished. How about we have dinner? How's Chinese?"

As everyone started helping with the cooking, me and Derek quickly got only the stuff we needed for that night. By the time we came back, I could already s ell something absolutely delicious being cooked. 

Derek had gone to the house across the street to keep his stuff, and I entered the kitchen to find Harry standing behind the countertop, chopping some vegetables. The others were no where in sight.