One Direction Bucket List

Chapter 3

Before anyone could imagine, Lauren, Liam, Paula, Dieter , Harry , Louis, Niall and Zayn were landing in America, home of the free and the brave. As they walked out LAX, they could feel the hot weather pounding down on them.  Being that its near freezing in England right now, a little sun was just what they needed.

The twenty minute drive from LAX to the Los Angeles Resort was a killer, especially for Lauren. All Lauren wanted to do was kiss the ground on which most of her favorite artists have walked on. Paula rushed inside the hotel as the car pulled up. Dieter and Laim went to check in while Lauren, Harry, Louis and Zayn helped carry in the bags.

“Alright gang, we have 3 rooms. The Mrs and I obviously get one, Liam and Lauren and someone can share one, then the rest of you get the last one.” Dieter said handing out keys.  “I made a reservation for dinner tonight at 8, so meet here in the lobby by 7:50, other than that, unpack and enjoy the sun” Dieter added smiling.

It didn’t take a genius to know that Harry was going to be sharing the room with Lauren and Liam. As everyone unpacked their bags, Lauren couldn’t help but get overemotional about this whole ordeal. She lay on her bed and silently cried into her pillow. Harry rushed over to her when he heard her sobs.

“Lauren! Are you ok?” He said taking a seat next to her on the bed. He delicately placed his hand on her back and slowly rubbed it up and down.

“Yes Harry” Lauren said chuckling

“Are you not feeling good? Do you want me to call your mom in here?”

Lauren couldn’t help but laugh as Harry started feeling her forehead to see if she had a fever. She took his hand and kept it in hers.  “I just can’t believe this is all happening, to me none the less!”

Harry smiled as he realized that she was being grateful. Lauren moved over on the bed so that Harry would be able to slip in next to her.  Cuddling or snuggling was one thing the two of them love to do. It was a way for the both of them to get closer to one another.

“it just sucks that something horrible had to happen in order for this to happen” Harry said as the two snuggled. Lauren turned to face Harry; she could see that he was so upset over everything. Lauren leant in and gave Harry a little kiss on the cheek, something Harry loved.

After about 10 more minutes of snuggling and stealing little kisses from one another, Lauren and Harry got up and decided to go check out the pool. Lauren felt a little insecure as she took out her floral bikini. Harry could sense the insecurities that were circulating around the room. He looked over to Lauren after taming out his red trousers.  He watched as Lauren turned around to face the door and lightly took off her top. This wasn’t a new thing to the two of them, often they would just change in front of the other and nothing would happen.  But this time, however, Lauren felt like her body was ugly. After gaining a few more pounds since last at the hospital, she doesn’t feel comfortable in her body. After putting on her bikini top, not noticing Harry was looking; Lauren tiptoed over to the floor length mirror, holding her flat stomach in her hand. She sighed as she saw her reflection; there were so many things she wished to change about herself. She was never the overly confident girl, and that’s what Harry loved the most about her, how she didn’t even realize she was this beautiful creature.  Harry walked up behind her as she was surveying herself. He put his arms around her and she smiled.

“You look good, don’t worry about it”

“Harry, I have scars on the side of my body, my stomach looks like I’ve been beat up”

Lauren was just making things up and Harry knew it. She had one scar from surgery on her left rib but it wasn’t noticeable and those bruises she was hinting at were her abs starting to peek through. Annoyed, Harry rolled his eyes and went into the bathroom to change.