Songs for this chapter:
Chocolate- The 1975
Secrets- One Republic
"I think I'm going to head out." Zayn said yawning, as the movie ended. I looked around the room, stifling a yawn myself. Harry had already fallen asleep on the armchair, Liam was shrugging on his jacket, and Louis was mindlessly flipping through the channels on the TV.
I looked over at Beth, sitting next to me. She somehow still looked wide awake. "Ready to go?" I asked, nudging her arm. Beth nodded and got up, hugging all the boys goodbye, even a still sleeping Harry, then pulling on her boots.
I said my goodbyes to the boys as well and started out. "You tired?" Beth asked, when we got to the car.
I was a little tired, honestly. It was around one in the morning. But I had a feeling Beth had asked because she still wanted to hang out, which was something I would definitely sacrifice sleep for. "Nope, not really. What about you?" I answered, looking over to her as I put the car into drive and pulled away from the curb.
Beth shook her head, "Me neither. You want to hang out still?" She asked, scrolling through my phone which was hooked up to the car stereo.
"Yeah, we can go back to my place, if you want." I answered, smiling over at her in the passenger seat.
"Yeah that coo..." Beth trailed off before finishing her sentence. "I'm still your background?" She asked with a giggle, as she turned my phone so I could see my lock screen.
Of course she was still my background. I wasn't going to lose that bet. Plus, I enjoyed seeing Beth's silly fish face when I turned on my phone. I was actually surprised Monica hadn't seen it yet and started grilling me about it. I did tell her about Beth, but just barely. I'd only mentioned her name and that I had hung out with her with the guys. "Of course you are," I finally answered, "You didn't think I was going to give up that easily, did you?"
Beth started laughing and pulled her phone out of the pocket in her hoodie. She pressed the home button, making the lock screen light up. Sure enough, I was her lock screen still too. I shook my head, wondering if she really wanted to win this bet, or if she liked my face or something. God, in this moment I just realized how great it is that mind reading is not a real thing. Beth would think I am so weird.
"I'm not giving up yet either, Horan." She said confidently, cocking her eyebrow.
That just made me laugh even more. "That's cute" I said. Where did that come from? I didn't actually mean to say that. Maybe she won't think anything of it.
"What's cute?" She asked, her brow furrowing. Seriously, are all her facial expressions adorable? Probably.
"Just you..." I trailed off, as a smile and blush made its way onto her face, "thinking you'd actually win." I finished with a sly smile.
Instead of responding, she just hit my arm. She didn't hurt me, but I did get the feeling that this girl could hold her own. She was something else.
Soon, we were pulling up to my house. I killed the engine, and hopped out of the car, rushing to get inside, out of the cold winter air. Beth was close behind me, and when we made it inside, I noticed she was shivering. "You know, you should really wear a coat. It's freezing out there." I said waggling my finger at her.
Beth pushed my hand out of her face, and made a superman dive onto my couch. "I don't really like coats. They're bulky and uncomfortable." She said into the cushions.
I walked over and took a seat near where her head was resting on the couch. "Beth!" I called, poking her cheek. She just grumbled, so I continued to poke her. "Uh oh, it someone tired?" I asked in a baby voice.