"Natalie wake up! It was just a dream! Natalie!"

My eyes flash open as I sit up quickly. I'm panting heavy and I'm covered in my own sweat. The sheets on my bed are tangled up in my legs. I run a hand through my hair and look at Zayn who is sitting on my bed.

"What happened?" I attempt to say, but my throat is sore. Why does it hurt so badly?

"I heard you screaming and I rushed in here to find you asleep. You were screaming and crying. Did you have a nightmare?" Zayn sets his hand on my shoulder.

That was a dream? My gaze drops down to my pajamas. I'm still wearing my yellow Victoria Secret's sweatpants and the grey hoodie. I had a dream that Niall and I went shopping and ran into Katie? It felt so real. I thought it was real.

"Did Niall and I go shopping?" I ask Zayn wanting to confirm that I dreamed it.

Zayn shakes his head looking concerned. "No. It's only five in the morning. You two are going at eleven."

It was a dream. Actually, a nightmare.

I run my hand through my knotted hair again. So, we never went shopping and we didn't run into Katie. We didn't go into that coffee shop. I'm so glad it was all a dream. Even if it was a terrible one.

"What was it about?" Zayn removes his hand from my shoulder.

"Katie." I reply staring out the window.

Zayn's face hardens. "It was just a dream."

"I know." I nod my head. "Could you do me a favor?" I ask him.

"Of course."

"Tell Niall I'm sorry, but I think I'm just going to shop online for everything. I don't want to go out." I whisper looking at my comforter.

"Is this because of the dream?" Zayn tries to make eye contact with me.

"Maybe." I run my fingers over my white comforter. "Can you tell him for me?"

"Sure." Zayn stands up. "Are you okay now?"

I nod my head. "Go back to bed. You need your rest." I smile weakly at him.

Zayn hugs me before walking out of my room. "If you need anything, you know where I am." He shuts my bedroom door.

I fall backwards on my bed. It felt so real. It may have been a dream, but I'm definitely not going to go shopping now. I would be paranoid all day. I would just be thinking that Katie was nearby.

So that means Riley and I never made up. I'll call her later.

~*~*~*~*

The flat's door closes.

Finally! I have been waiting for that sound for three hours. I couldn't fall back asleep this morning. I played games on my phone for three hours waiting for Zayn to leave. I knew if I saw him before he left for the recording studio he would offer to stay home. That's why I had to wait until he left to get up.

I fling the covers off my body. Now I can take a shower. I trudge to my bathroom with my phone in my hand. I create a quick playlist with all of my favorite songs. There is a lot of One Direction songs on it. I click shuffle and get ready for my shower.

"Something's gotta give now 'cause I'm dying just to make you see. That I need you here with me now 'cause you've got that one thing." I sing carrying my phone to my closet.

What should I wear today? I'm not going any where. Zayn won't be back until later. There is no one to impress.

"So get out, get out, get out of my head and fall into my arms instead." I sing louder getting into the song. "I don't, I don't, don't know what it is, but I need that one thing. And you've got that one thing." I change quickly tossing my towels in the corner of my room. I need to buy a hamper.

I dance out of my room to the living room. I stuff my phone in my back pocket of my purple shorts. I matched a plain white shirt with it.

"Now I'm climbing the walls, but you don't notice at all. That I'm going out of my mind. All day and all night." I skip to the kitchen in search of some breakfast.

"Something's gotta give now 'cause I'm dying just to know your name. And I need you here with me now 'cause you've got that one thing." I sing Louis's part.

Zayn needs to do more shopping if I'm going to be living here all summer. There is barely any food in here. Maybe I could go shopping for him. If I'm really careful I won't see Katie. That dream made me really paranoid now. There's a chance she isn't even here.

I, I, I don't wanna fi-i-ight

Don't wear no ti-i-ights

And I can't fly-y-y

I'm no, I'm no superhero-o-o

I grab my phone from my pocket and automatically hit the green button. "Yellow?"

"Really, honey? I thought you grew out of that." A very familiar voice says through the phone.

"Mum!" I grin, even though she can't see me.

"How are you, dear? Zayn said you had a rough night. I thought I would check up on you." Mum casually says.

"You mean he told you to check up on me." I open the fridge again.

"He is only worried about you." She replies. "Anyways, on to a better subject. What do you think of the guys?"

I grab the milk and a box of Fruity Pebbles. "They are all nice." I simply say knowing where this conversation is going.

"Don't tell your brother this, but I was secretly hoping you would end up with one of them." Mum giggles through the phone.

"I'm not looking for a relationship." I pour the cereal in a bowl.

"You can't be single forever. I want my grandbabies."

She did not just say that. Someone please tell me my mum didn't say that.

"I'm only eighteen!"

"I can't wait until the day you fall in love." Mum comments.

"Well, that's not going to happen because I don't believe in love." I snap. "I gotta go." I hang up and slam my phone down on the counter.

That was a bit harsh. I probably shouldn't have said that, but she knows I don't want to be in a relationship. Yet she always brings it up somehow.

I'm never going to fall in love either. There is no such thing as love. You can lust or like someone. Love is a strong term to use. It's a very rare thing. So rare that it doesn't exist. Everyone thinks they are in love. Then two months later, they break up and are 'in love' with someone else.

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AUTHOR'S Note:

So it was a dream! A very vivid dream. So, what do you think?