Harry awoke in the middle of the night in a pool of sweat. He was freezing cold and very tired. Although he couldn't go back to sleep because there was a terrifying monster creeping under his bed.
Harry was convinced that the second he closed his eyes the monster would strike and gobble him up like in the movies.
The monster was so hungry Harry could hear its stomach rumbling loudly under his bed. The scary noises kept getting louder.
He started to whimper and call for help.
"Niall, Niall help!" Harry shouted as loud as his sore throat would allow.
Niall was in the hotel room bed next to Harry. After a few faint calls he started to wake up.
"What's the matter Harry? It's 2:30 in the morning, I'm tired." Niall said, his Irish accent thick from sleep.
Niall rubbed his eyes and sat up.
Harry just continued to whisper and shiver in his hotel bed.
Niall turned on the lamp to see what was going on. Both boys squinted when the light reached their eyes.
Niall looked towards Harry's bed. Harry has his knees to his chest and was shaking pitifully in fear of the big ugly monster.
Niall made out that Harry was genuinely close to tears. It caused Niall to go from annoyed to caring in the blink of an eye.
"Hey, Harry, what's wrong?" Niall whispered.
"Under the bed," Harry pointed, "Can't you hear him? He's hungry." Harry began shivering once more.
Harry often pulled pranks on the boys which made Niall raise an eyebrow. Either his friend had a bad dream or he was being tricked.
"Who's hungry? Are you playing with me?" Niall said skeptically.
"No, it's a MONSTER. And it's under the bed!" Harry gasped.
Niall sighed. He was confident that Harry was pranking him.
"C'mon H. It's 2 am, plus we have a busy day tomorrow so just cut it out."
Harry shook his head vigorously. Niall knew he would have to check or Harry wouldn't let it go.
Niall got up with a grunt and bent down until he could see under both beds.
"What a surprise. There is nothing under here!" Niall said sarcastically while rolling his eyes.
Harry jumped a bit.
"Niall, be careful! He might eat you." Harry warned.
Niall wasn't sure what to do at this point. Was Harry actually being serious?
He decided to lay with Harry until he fell back asleep. Sometimes Harry would have crazy dreams but it wasn't like him to take it this far.
Upon entering the bed with Harry the two cuddled up together. Niall immediately felt an unusual heat radiating off his curly headed friend.
"You hot?" Niall asked.
He noticed the sweat sliding down Harry's forehead and the dampness of the hotel sheets.
"No, freezing." Harry said.
He was still shivering and curling up as small as he could in hopes of absorbing some of Niall's nice warmth.
Harry had yet to take his eyes off the bed. He was watching closely for the monster.
Niall raised an eyebrow again and put the back of his hand to Harry's forehead. He was shocked to realize how hot it was.
