The sound of the dial tone rung through the phone as I awaited Lily to pick up, of numerous times trying to call her, yet I hadn’t gotten through. Yet.
I knew that she was at the boys’ apartment, but if Zayn, Louis and Liam were there, it was unlikely they were doing what I thought they were doing. Considering that Monique was with Harry and Lily was with Niall, it seemed logical that I was with Zayn. In fact, I would go to his apartment after breakfast.
I dragged myself lazily into my room, quickly neatening the bed sheets and making an effort to make my room presentable.
While in the making of my bed, I notice my phone’s screen light up. I hop over to my bedside drawer and pick up my phone, seeing it was the text from Liam.
‘Come over, we’re all bored and Zayn misses you.’ It reads, making my smile grow larger. He misses me? Aw.
I look down to find I’m still in my pyjamas, and I’d need to change if I wanted to look at least slightly normal. I browse my closet to find my favourite hoodie and a pair of shorts, perfect for a summer’s day… which was not today. I sigh and rummage deeper into my closet, finding a pair of light blue jeans and an Ed Sheeran hoodie, which suited the jeans perfectly. I smirked, putting the hoodie on, just to see Harry’s reaction. I knew that he was buddy-buddy with Ed, so I knew I would get quite the reaction out of Harry. Jumping out of my room with my wallet and mobile, I slipped on a pair of black vans and headed down the hallway- only to bump into Ed’s best friend himself.
‘Styles! Watch it!’ I whisper harshly, smiling up at him. I never realized how tall he was.
‘Ed Sheeran, really Violet?’ He raises an eyebrow, looking down at me. I laugh and nod, glancing past him. His lips form into a hard smirk, as if he was amused but he had to be places. I moved aside and he strode right into Monique’s room, shutting the door. I didn’t really care so I kept moving into the lounge where a very grumpy Monique was making breakfast for herself, the cereal spilling over the sides of her bowl. It didn’t even look like she noticed at first, but her eyes widened as soon as she saw the milk and cereal on the bench and she hurried to clean it up. I chuckled and made my way down to the entrance of the building, and caught a taxi to Crown.
I’d been to Crown to see Zayn a few times now, so I had a room key and I knew the special entrance the boys were forced to take, to avoid the fans. Although I didn’t pass the main entrance of Crown, I could hear chanting around the corner. There must’ve been a few hundred fans there today. It wasn’t quite normal for me yet, but I tried to block it out of my mind because it was a pretty hard thought to process.
I snuck around into the utterly quiet entrance of Crown, and into a large marble foyer with grey carpet and an extremely high ceiling. No-one was currently sitting at the reception desk and there were a few bags left near elevator one, but apart from that, nothing had really changed since I was last here. I stroll right over to elevator four (which goes only to the boys and two other levels) and press the up button. It was cool how each elevator could go straight to a specific place on certain levels.
The elevator doors finally opened, beckoning me to enter- but then I realize someone was in the elevator.
‘Violet! Hi!’ Danielle squealed, hugging me. I readjust my eyes and hug Danielle back, realizing her and someone else was in the elevator.
‘Violet, this is Eleanor, Louis’ girlfriend!’ Danielle grinned, taking Eleanor’s hand. I smile politely and go to shake her hand, but instead she hugs me.
‘It’s so nice to finally meet you!’ Eleanor says to me, muffled by my hoodie. A thought slipped into my mind- what if she knew about Louis and I? The kiss? Oh fudge cakes. I suddenly felt overly awkward. Eleanor let go, sensing me stiffen, but I manage a few words out of my mouth.
‘H-Hi. Yeah, I’ve um- heard some lovely things about you.’ I stutter, unsure of what to say. She smiles at me and slips her sunglasses over her face. She was extremely pretty, just like Danielle- I could see why the boys were interested in them. What I couldn’t understand is why Zayn liked ME.
‘Uh Violet, do you want to come out with us? Girls day out?’ Danielle suggested, scanning my outfit. ‘As you can see, I’m not in the right… attire.’ I waving my hands at my outfit.
‘Buy a new outfit there!’ Eleanor smiles, readjusting her glasses.
‘I don’t have any money!’ I whined, giving them an apologetic smile. Danielle smirked and shook her head, chuckling to herself.
‘You haven’t been shopping without the boys, have you?’ Danielle says.
‘Not since I met Zayn, no… why?’ I ask, slightly confused. Eleanor then smirks, looking at Danielle.
‘The boys lend us their card. We can spend as much as we like, without a charge. It sounds a bit selfish, but remember- they make millions, we barely make a dent in their profits.’ Danielle smiles. I giggle, watching Eleanor pull a shiny blue card from her wallet and wiggle it in my face. Danielle winks, nudging me.
‘Are you going to come?’ They both chime, making me re-consider my first answer.
‘Can I go up and say a quick hello to Zayn first?’ I begged, stopping the elevator from closing. They nodded, holding the door open for me. I thanked them and closed the door, heading up to their level.
The door slowly opened, finally releasing me into the hallway with two doors. I head straight for the boys door and it’s half open, with a pillow being thrown across the room as soon as I walk in.
‘WHO DARES TO ENTER THE DIRECTIONER LAIR?’ Liam booms in his husky British accent from behind the table. I raise my eyebrow at him and he giggles girlishly, making me chuckle.
‘Zayn! Your girlfriend is here!’ Liam calls down the hallway, but he doesn’t get an instant reply.
‘How do I know you’re not tricking me to come out so you can get me?’ he bellows back from one of the rooms down the hallway. Liam snorts, collapsing on the floor.
‘Oi sexy, get out here!’ I grin, tip-toeing down the hallway.
‘Liam doesn’t call me sexy… VIOLET!’ I hear Zayn shout, and he emerges quickly from a door near me. We both grin upon seeing each other and I jump into his arms, planting a quick kiss on his cheek. He cups my face in his hands and kisses me softly on the lips. I feel a shiver go down my spine- holy crap.
‘I just came up to say hello love; I’m going shopping with Eleanor and Danielle.’ I smile at him, kissing him again.
‘DIEEEEEEEEEEE!’ I hear a shout from my left, and Louis is charging towards us with a nerf gun in hand. I scream playfully, jumping behind Zayn.
‘I’ll protect you!’ Zayn shouts, holding a pillow up wherever Louis shoots. I giggle. ‘That’s okay. Go have fun.’ Zayn whispers into my ear, winking. I kiss him once more and make a mad dash for the door, making sure not to trip or get hit by one of the boys. I hear Liam and Zayn scream a goodbye and Louis shout a muffled ‘DIE!’ again, before I hear a ‘click’ on the door behind me. I chuckle and get back into the elevator, heading back down to the lobby.
‘Ready to go?’ I say nervously, eyeing Danielle and Eleanor. They nodded and stood up, each grabbing one of my hands. I felt unbelievably self-conscious not to mention awkward, because it was so strange to be going shopping with these two gorgeous girls- while I’m standing here being a potato. The girls explained to me how they tried to keep low-cover, and since not many fans knew they were here, it was easy for them to sneak around. I admired their plan, to just casually walk around as if they were no-one. We strolled out of the lobby and back around the building to a large sort of car park, where three large black vans sat next to a white Volvo. I assumed this was our car.
I hopped in as the girls did, and we had a driver waiting for us. We immediately took off, going around a back way and off onto the boulevard, and headed towards Melbourne Central.
After paying the driver and hopping out, Danielle, Eleanor and I discussed where to go first. Since I knew my way around this place I held something over the girls, so I told them about all the best shops. We strolled through the corridor, flicking through each shop quickly and every-so-often buying a few things. I realized that I was still in a hoodie and jeans so I slip into Bardot and let the girls pick a few things out for me, and I then decide it would be my shopping outfit for the rest of the day. The girls ended up picking a crème sleeveless shirt and black shorts, which looked cute together, and I quickly let my hair out and put on a necklace, making my outfit complete. I stepped out of the change rooms and the girls stood outside with massive grins. They handed me the card and I paid for my outfit, and we moved to the next few shops.
After a good hour of shopping, we had to choose a good coffee shop to sit down and have morning tea. Danielle and Eleanor were about Monique’s age so they were getting coffee, while I settled on a hot chocolate. In the middle of the bottom level near a sushi bar and Borders, a quiet little coffee stall sat with a petite girl standing behind it. She had long black hair and sparkling green eyes that reminded me of Harry’s, and she was wearing a short green dress that complimented them. She sat on a stool and read a magazine with (co-incidentally) One Direction on the front, and just our luck, she was reading their article. Since we had already lined up and it was too late to sneak away, we patiently awaited until she looked up.
‘Yeah?’ She basically whispered, ripping her eyes quickly away from the magazine. She looks up at the three of us, and looks into my eyes. She had a sparkle that I saw in Zayn’s, but obviously the sparkle wasn’t for me, it was for One Direction.
‘Two coffees and a hot chocolate, all large.’ Eleanor politely smiled, digging through her purse for loose change.
‘Is that a British accent?’ The girl said, grinning at Eleanor. She nodded and Danielle stared at the girl, as if she was up to something. I watched the girls eyes grow in realization as she saw who she was talking to.
‘Eleanor Calder and Danielle Peazer?’ She whispered, covering her mouth. They both blushed and nodded, but her eyes flicked to me.
‘Are you Niall’s girlfriend?’ She asked me, smiling. I shook my head and she frowned a bit.
‘Are you Zayn’s girlfriend then?’ She said thoughtfully and I nod, smiling at her. Her eyes grew in excitement and her hand outstretched to shake ours, while she gave orders to another older man behind the counter. She just sat there smiling to herself, trying not to make a big deal out of it.
‘What’s your name?’ She turned to me, her eyes sparkling in delight.
‘Violet Hatton.’ I beamed, and she wrote it down on her little notepad. ‘Err, don’t tell the media. Or anyone, for that matter. I’m trying to keep our relationship on the down-low for a while.’ She nodded thoughtfully and closed the magazine, pushing it under a few piles of paper. While we waited for our beverages, the girl introduced herself as Rebecca and she asked us a few things about our lives. Danielle had to explain how she was engaged to Liam and Rebecca seemed fascinated, taking a mental note of every word that came out of her mouth.
Our beverages finally arrived, and we took them. Rebecca bid us farewell and we gave her an autograph each, although Danielle wasn’t too sure about it at first, but Rebecca insisted that she was into Danielle’s dancing, not just the fact she was Liam’s fiancée. We moved on, slipping into a few more shops, before ending up at Peter Alexander- an extremely fancy pyjama shop. We all exchanged glances and walked inside, seeing baby pinks and blues scattered around the shop. Eleanor’s face lit up after Danielle’s and the raced around, picking out bits and pieces to try on. I myself was excited so I picked out a few things because I couldn’t be bothered trying anything on, so I went straight to the counter to buy my stuff. Eleanor appeared behind me, followed by Danielle, and they had a large handful of things.
‘Zayn’s going to be a very happy boy!’ Danielle winks. Eleanor laughs and I just giggle, paying for our stuff.
‘Are you suggesting what I think you’re suggesting?’ I say cheekily, winking and nudging Danielle. Eleanor laughs and places her hand on my shoulder.
‘Yes, yes she is!’ Eleanor giggles, and my eyebrows knit together in laughter. We just giggle in the middle of a high-class store like a bunch of year 7’s.
After we were done, we just flicked through the souvenir stalls and browsed the discount stores, finding odd bits and pieces to add to our collection of small antiques. As I was browsing through some old lanterns and decorated paper, I received a text from Zayn.
‘Love, come home now? I need to talk to you. Bring the girls if you want.’ It read. I bit my lip and hesitated, thinking about what to do. The girls noticed my nervousness and frowned, putting down whatever they had in their hands.
‘What’s wrong?’ Eleanor said, putting her hand on my shoulder. Danielle came over too, taking my hand and looking into my eyes.
‘W-We have to go b-back to the… hotel.’ I managed to force out, looking down. Danielle noticed my phone in my other hand and took it from me, her eyes scanning the text. She looks up to Eleanor, looking worriedly at her. They obviously didn’t know what had happened. Neither of them had received a text, so they didn’t know either.
I was in this situation only a few days ago. The uncertainness was the same today; when I didn’t know was going on- yet this time no-one else did either. It was quite scary to be honest. I actually had to tell myself to stay calm, because I would be in hysterics if I didn’t. The girls took my hands and led me back to the car, calming me down from the suspicions and nerves. I hated this feeling, but soon enough I’d get used to this, if this was to happen every couple of days. Fear gripped me as we got back to the hotel, and as we approached the door, I nearly collapse.