Why Don't We Go There?
Chapter Eleven
Clary's POV
I woke up at about noon, Nicole was knocked out. I showered and my mom was up. "Clary! Oh I'm about to go to the bakery and start on the mural…would you like to come? I know the Nicole won't be up for a couple of hours."
"Uh yea sure, I'll just leave a note for her."
'To my Dearest,
I have gone with my mom to the bakery to work on the mural.
Call me, beep me, if you wanna reach me.
I won't be gone long.
Yours truly,
Clary Berry'
When we got the bakery I noticed Harry was working. "Clary! Looking lovely as usual." He flashed me another one of his smiles. I smiled back.
"Thanks Harry. Could I get a chocolate chip muffin?"
"Anything for you." He went and grabbed my muffin and I was about to pay when he stopped me.
"No its on the house."
"I don't think you can do that…the other customers might get jealous."
"You can pay me with a kiss then."
"I don't think so." I just stuffed the money into the tips jar. He just shakes his head at me and helps the next person. I go with my mom and she tells me what she wants to do. So I eat my muffin when I get a phone call from Harry.
"You're supposed to be working."
"You're distracting me."
"So stop looking at me."
"I can't help it."
I hang up on him. I look over and see him staring at me. I finished my muffin then start to pencil on the mural while my mom goes over it in black. My phone starts to buzz again. I quickly look and see that it is Nicole.
"Hey sunshine how did you sleep?"
"Do you know what time it is back home? 5am. Why the fuck am I awake?!"
"I'm glad to hear that you didn't wake up on the wrong side of the bed."
"Oh shut it. When are you going to be back? Some dude from across the street came a knockin' for ya. He seemed weird to me."
"Oh that's Nate. I can leave now. See you soon!"
"Yea okay, hey grab me a blueberry muffin." She hangs up on me. So I tell me mom and she kisses me on the cheek. I walk back over to Harry. He leans on the counter. "Ah couldn't stay away could you?"
"I'll have a blueberry muffin."
"Of course, so now you owe me two kisses."
"Fine." I quickly kiss him on both of his cheeks and grab the muffin.
"That’s not where I meant Clary!"
"You didn't specify Styles. I'll see you at 6!" I blow him a kiss and leave the shop.
On my way back I run into Liam. "Oh hey Clary! Got yourself a muffin there. Blueberry nice."
"Its for Nicole. Hey I got to go but I'll see you later tonight!" I continue on my way.
I notice Nate was waiting outside his door. He spots me and comes over. "Hey where were you?"
"At the bakery, helping my mom with the mural. Nicole said you stopped by what did you want?"
"You never told me when the boys were playing…and I could drive you and Nicole."
"Oh they play at cafe and 6 and that would be nice thanks!" He just smiled at me. He had blue eyes but not like Niall's. Nate's were more grey. "Well I'll pick both of you up at say, 5:30?"
"Yea that works for us." I say goodbye and head inside.
"Finally! OH man this looks soo good. Was Harry there?" She practically inhales her muffin.
"Yea he was. Nate is going to drive us to the café."
"Well look at you babe, four boys. Racking them up. But let's be honest Niall is totally your soulmate."
"OH shut up. I don't even think I want to date anyone over here. It would only tie me down when I leave for college."
"You sent tapes to UCLA, NYU, UofI, and Madison right? Just like we said."
"Yep I sure did. Lilly sent one to NYU too. Maybe we will all go there."
"Lilly…I didn't meet her did I?"
"No her sister was home so they took a family trip this weekend. You'll meet her Monday. Oh by the way Harry, Liam and Niall are coming over sometime Sunday to do schoolwork."
"Ew, I won't get work if I go to school with you will I?"
"No you won't" I laugh. We go to the living room and pop in a movie. We go get ready at about 4. Nicole is wearing a pair of skinny jeans and a sparkly top with a pair of Toms. I am wearing skinny jeans and a Beatles muscle tank. I grabbed my leather jacket and started to lace up my black combat boots. I had easily 5 pairs of combat boots, 7 pairs of converses, and 6 pairs of Toms. I guess you could say I am a shoe addict. I have easily 30 pairs of shoes. Nicole did my hair into a bun. I did my makeup and added red lipstick. "Wow look at you. Smoking babe"
"Why thank you. You look good too Nikki." She snorted at me.
I checked the time on my phone 5:30. We ran downstairs and saw Nate talking to my mom. "Clary, darling have fun. Be home by midnight though."
"Okay mom."
"Okie Dokie mom." Both Nicole and I hug my mom and kiss her on her cheek. Nicole was practically my sister. Her parents were much better now than when I first met her but she still spent most of her day at my old house. "Wow Clary…"
"Hey stop drooling. Only I get to do that." He looked at Nicole with confusion.
"Nate this is Nicole--"
"I'm her best friend, body guard, other half. And you my friend give me the creeps."
"NICOLE! You just can't say that." Nate just laughed and got into his car. I sat in the back with Nicole.
"Glad to see that your friend keeps up the stereotype that Americans are rude. Its nice to meet you Nicole." She just glares at Nate. I glare at her. Man sometimes she can be so rude. She's not a bitch but sometimes she lets her brutal honesty get the best of her.
We made it to the café. Harry instantly spots me and runs over and hugs me and spins me around.
"Harry put me down!" He does and smiles at Nicole.
"Lukas I didn't know you were coming…" He looks from me to Nate.
"Clary invited me."
"Clary invited you…I was not informed of this. Well nice of you to show mate." Nate just nods and goes to find a seat. Harry practically drags me to say hi to the rest of the boys. Nicole follows. Niall spots me and smiles. Then he notices that Harry was holding my hand still and he stops smiling. Nicole notices and pulls him aside and talks to him. What was she saying.
Niall's POV
Shit Nicole totally spotted me staring at Clary's hand that was intertwined with Haz's. Shit. She pulls me aside.
"Listen to me. You like Clary. I get it. Who wouldn't she is everything any guy could want. But promise me you will keep that scumbag Nate away from her. I can tell he's no good." I just nodded. Clary kept on looking over here. Nicole flashed her a smile but continued to talk to me. "Secondly get as close as possible to her. Become best friends. I always protected her, now its your job. You care, prove it." Prove it. I just nodded at her.
We rejoined the conversation. Liam was trying to convince Clary to sing before we went on.
"Come on just one song!" She shook her head. I looked at her and spoke up.
"Come on Clary everyone would love you." She met my gaze. She agreed. Haz kissed her on her cheek. I winced.
"But I don't have my guitar…"
"You can use mine." She looked at me again and smiled. I handed it to her and went off stage. I heard Haz's voice over the speakers
"Okay before we play, Clary here is going to sing a song, like an opening act!" He smiled at her and then came over and stood by me. "She's going to smash it, Niall. She should open for us from now on."
"That would be fun." Suddenly everyone grew quiet when she started to play. I noticed that she wasn't using a pick again. She started to sing 'Follow Your Arrow' by Kacey Musgraves.
If you save yourself for marriage
You're a bore
If you don't save yourself for marriage
You're a horrible person
If you won't have a drink
Then you're a prude
But they'll call you a drunk
As soon as you down the first one
If you can't lose the weight
Then you're just fat
But if you lose too much
Then you're on crack
You're damned if you do
And you're damned if you don't
So you might as well just do
Whatever you want
So
Make lots of noise
Kiss lots of boys
Or kiss lots of girls
If that's something you're into
When the straight and narrow
Gets a little too straight
Roll up a joint, or don't
Just follow your arrow
Wherever it points, yeah
Follow your arrow
Wherever it points
If you don't go to church
You'll go to hell
If you're the first one
On the front row
You're self-righteous
Son of a-
Can't win for losing
You'll just disappoint 'em
Just 'cause you can't beat 'em
Don't mean you should join 'em
So make lots of noise
Kiss lots of boys
Or kiss lots of girls
If that's something you're into
When the straight and narrow
Gets a little too straight
Roll up a joint, or don't
Just follow your arrow
Wherever it points, yeah
Follow your arrow
Wherever it points
Say what you think
Love who you love
'Cause you just get
So many trips 'round the sun
Yeah, you only
Only live once
So make lots of noise
Kiss lots of boys
Or kiss lots of girls
If that's what you're into
When the straight and narrow
Gets a little too straight
Roll up a joint, I would
And follow your arrow
Wherever it points, yeah
Follow your arrow
Wherever it points
When she finished everyone cheered. I could hear Nicole whooping from the audience. Haz went back on "Wow amazing, everyone give her another hand. Alright we are going to play 4 songs tonight." Clary handed me back my guitar.
"Thanks Niall. Hey you guys are going to smash it." I smiled at her. She went and sat down by Nicole and Ellie and Perrie. Nate went and sat down next to her. We played 'Everything About You' 'Stole Your Heart' 'What Makes You Beautiful' and 'One Thing'. After we finished the girls came over and hugged us. Nate even said good job to me. Haz was whispering something to Clary and I felt that pain in my chest again. Damn this was going to be hard. But I promised Nicole I would look out for her. So I would do that. Even if that meant I could only be friends with her.
I woke up at about noon, Nicole was knocked out. I showered and my mom was up. "Clary! Oh I'm about to go to the bakery and start on the mural…would you like to come? I know the Nicole won't be up for a couple of hours."
"Uh yea sure, I'll just leave a note for her."
'To my Dearest,
I have gone with my mom to the bakery to work on the mural.
Call me, beep me, if you wanna reach me.
I won't be gone long.
Yours truly,
Clary Berry'
When we got the bakery I noticed Harry was working. "Clary! Looking lovely as usual." He flashed me another one of his smiles. I smiled back.
"Thanks Harry. Could I get a chocolate chip muffin?"
"Anything for you." He went and grabbed my muffin and I was about to pay when he stopped me.
"No its on the house."
"I don't think you can do that…the other customers might get jealous."
"You can pay me with a kiss then."
"I don't think so." I just stuffed the money into the tips jar. He just shakes his head at me and helps the next person. I go with my mom and she tells me what she wants to do. So I eat my muffin when I get a phone call from Harry.
"You're supposed to be working."
"You're distracting me."
"So stop looking at me."
"I can't help it."
I hang up on him. I look over and see him staring at me. I finished my muffin then start to pencil on the mural while my mom goes over it in black. My phone starts to buzz again. I quickly look and see that it is Nicole.
"Hey sunshine how did you sleep?"
"Do you know what time it is back home? 5am. Why the fuck am I awake?!"
"I'm glad to hear that you didn't wake up on the wrong side of the bed."
"Oh shut it. When are you going to be back? Some dude from across the street came a knockin' for ya. He seemed weird to me."
"Oh that's Nate. I can leave now. See you soon!"
"Yea okay, hey grab me a blueberry muffin." She hangs up on me. So I tell me mom and she kisses me on the cheek. I walk back over to Harry. He leans on the counter. "Ah couldn't stay away could you?"
"I'll have a blueberry muffin."
"Of course, so now you owe me two kisses."
"Fine." I quickly kiss him on both of his cheeks and grab the muffin.
"That’s not where I meant Clary!"
"You didn't specify Styles. I'll see you at 6!" I blow him a kiss and leave the shop.
On my way back I run into Liam. "Oh hey Clary! Got yourself a muffin there. Blueberry nice."
"Its for Nicole. Hey I got to go but I'll see you later tonight!" I continue on my way.
I notice Nate was waiting outside his door. He spots me and comes over. "Hey where were you?"
"At the bakery, helping my mom with the mural. Nicole said you stopped by what did you want?"
"You never told me when the boys were playing…and I could drive you and Nicole."
"Oh they play at cafe and 6 and that would be nice thanks!" He just smiled at me. He had blue eyes but not like Niall's. Nate's were more grey. "Well I'll pick both of you up at say, 5:30?"
"Yea that works for us." I say goodbye and head inside.
"Finally! OH man this looks soo good. Was Harry there?" She practically inhales her muffin.
"Yea he was. Nate is going to drive us to the café."
"Well look at you babe, four boys. Racking them up. But let's be honest Niall is totally your soulmate."
"OH shut up. I don't even think I want to date anyone over here. It would only tie me down when I leave for college."
"You sent tapes to UCLA, NYU, UofI, and Madison right? Just like we said."
"Yep I sure did. Lilly sent one to NYU too. Maybe we will all go there."
"Lilly…I didn't meet her did I?"
"No her sister was home so they took a family trip this weekend. You'll meet her Monday. Oh by the way Harry, Liam and Niall are coming over sometime Sunday to do schoolwork."
"Ew, I won't get work if I go to school with you will I?"
"No you won't" I laugh. We go to the living room and pop in a movie. We go get ready at about 4. Nicole is wearing a pair of skinny jeans and a sparkly top with a pair of Toms. I am wearing skinny jeans and a Beatles muscle tank. I grabbed my leather jacket and started to lace up my black combat boots. I had easily 5 pairs of combat boots, 7 pairs of converses, and 6 pairs of Toms. I guess you could say I am a shoe addict. I have easily 30 pairs of shoes. Nicole did my hair into a bun. I did my makeup and added red lipstick. "Wow look at you. Smoking babe"
"Why thank you. You look good too Nikki." She snorted at me.
I checked the time on my phone 5:30. We ran downstairs and saw Nate talking to my mom. "Clary, darling have fun. Be home by midnight though."
"Okay mom."
"Okie Dokie mom." Both Nicole and I hug my mom and kiss her on her cheek. Nicole was practically my sister. Her parents were much better now than when I first met her but she still spent most of her day at my old house. "Wow Clary…"
"Hey stop drooling. Only I get to do that." He looked at Nicole with confusion.
"Nate this is Nicole--"
"I'm her best friend, body guard, other half. And you my friend give me the creeps."
"NICOLE! You just can't say that." Nate just laughed and got into his car. I sat in the back with Nicole.
"Glad to see that your friend keeps up the stereotype that Americans are rude. Its nice to meet you Nicole." She just glares at Nate. I glare at her. Man sometimes she can be so rude. She's not a bitch but sometimes she lets her brutal honesty get the best of her.
We made it to the café. Harry instantly spots me and runs over and hugs me and spins me around.
"Harry put me down!" He does and smiles at Nicole.
"Lukas I didn't know you were coming…" He looks from me to Nate.
"Clary invited me."
"Clary invited you…I was not informed of this. Well nice of you to show mate." Nate just nods and goes to find a seat. Harry practically drags me to say hi to the rest of the boys. Nicole follows. Niall spots me and smiles. Then he notices that Harry was holding my hand still and he stops smiling. Nicole notices and pulls him aside and talks to him. What was she saying.
Niall's POV
Shit Nicole totally spotted me staring at Clary's hand that was intertwined with Haz's. Shit. She pulls me aside.
"Listen to me. You like Clary. I get it. Who wouldn't she is everything any guy could want. But promise me you will keep that scumbag Nate away from her. I can tell he's no good." I just nodded. Clary kept on looking over here. Nicole flashed her a smile but continued to talk to me. "Secondly get as close as possible to her. Become best friends. I always protected her, now its your job. You care, prove it." Prove it. I just nodded at her.
We rejoined the conversation. Liam was trying to convince Clary to sing before we went on.
"Come on just one song!" She shook her head. I looked at her and spoke up.
"Come on Clary everyone would love you." She met my gaze. She agreed. Haz kissed her on her cheek. I winced.
"But I don't have my guitar…"
"You can use mine." She looked at me again and smiled. I handed it to her and went off stage. I heard Haz's voice over the speakers
"Okay before we play, Clary here is going to sing a song, like an opening act!" He smiled at her and then came over and stood by me. "She's going to smash it, Niall. She should open for us from now on."
"That would be fun." Suddenly everyone grew quiet when she started to play. I noticed that she wasn't using a pick again. She started to sing 'Follow Your Arrow' by Kacey Musgraves.
If you save yourself for marriage
You're a bore
If you don't save yourself for marriage
You're a horrible person
If you won't have a drink
Then you're a prude
But they'll call you a drunk
As soon as you down the first one
If you can't lose the weight
Then you're just fat
But if you lose too much
Then you're on crack
You're damned if you do
And you're damned if you don't
So you might as well just do
Whatever you want
So
Make lots of noise
Kiss lots of boys
Or kiss lots of girls
If that's something you're into
When the straight and narrow
Gets a little too straight
Roll up a joint, or don't
Just follow your arrow
Wherever it points, yeah
Follow your arrow
Wherever it points
If you don't go to church
You'll go to hell
If you're the first one
On the front row
You're self-righteous
Son of a-
Can't win for losing
You'll just disappoint 'em
Just 'cause you can't beat 'em
Don't mean you should join 'em
So make lots of noise
Kiss lots of boys
Or kiss lots of girls
If that's something you're into
When the straight and narrow
Gets a little too straight
Roll up a joint, or don't
Just follow your arrow
Wherever it points, yeah
Follow your arrow
Wherever it points
Say what you think
Love who you love
'Cause you just get
So many trips 'round the sun
Yeah, you only
Only live once
So make lots of noise
Kiss lots of boys
Or kiss lots of girls
If that's what you're into
When the straight and narrow
Gets a little too straight
Roll up a joint, I would
And follow your arrow
Wherever it points, yeah
Follow your arrow
Wherever it points
When she finished everyone cheered. I could hear Nicole whooping from the audience. Haz went back on "Wow amazing, everyone give her another hand. Alright we are going to play 4 songs tonight." Clary handed me back my guitar.
"Thanks Niall. Hey you guys are going to smash it." I smiled at her. She went and sat down by Nicole and Ellie and Perrie. Nate went and sat down next to her. We played 'Everything About You' 'Stole Your Heart' 'What Makes You Beautiful' and 'One Thing'. After we finished the girls came over and hugged us. Nate even said good job to me. Haz was whispering something to Clary and I felt that pain in my chest again. Damn this was going to be hard. But I promised Nicole I would look out for her. So I would do that. Even if that meant I could only be friends with her.
So that's the end? They don't get back together and get married or have kids?!?!?!I'm very disappointed
7/19/16