The doorbell rings from downstairs, but I ignore it. My mum or Riley can answer it. This is my last day to sleep in. I'm going to enjoy it. I've been home for one day so far. Today is my last day, then I'm off to Cheryl's house and back on national television.

My bedroom door creaks open. Who is in my room? I specifically told Mum to not wake me up. It's probably Riley. I'm not getting up. I refuse. It's my last day at home. I deserve to sleep in.

Yes, I should spend time with my mum, but I don't want to hear her talk about Louis. That's all I heard yesterday. She's worse than Riley! She kept saying that we would be so cute together. She hasn't even properly met him. It doesn't count when Riley and Mum embarrassed me the other day.

My floorboards creak with each step he takes. Weird. It sounds like their is more than one person in my room. It's probably Mum. Does no one respect my sleeping hours?

"Carter? Are you sleeping?" Riley whispers.

Did he really just ask me that? What else would I be doing? I'm laying in my bed, completely covered by my comforter, and my eyes are shut. I must be bowling. Maybe I'm skydiving. Or surfing. I'm not sleeping, though. That would just be crazy. Why would I be asleep in a bed?

"It's time to get up." He pokes my shoulder.

"Leave me alone, Riley." I grumble, rolling over to the other side.

"We have a surprise for you." Riley sits down on my bed. "You'll want to get up."

I pull the comforter over my head. "Nothing in this world could make me get up out of my bed." I tell him, trying to go back to sleep.

"Guess I'll go home then."

Is that? No, it can't be. Why would Louis be in my house? I told him to spend the weekend with his family. Riley must have imitated Louis's voice. He did a really good job at it.

"Wow. I thought she would have gotten up for you." Riley comments.

"Some best friend she is." That is definitely Louis's voice.

I fling the covers off my body. I jump off the bed to where Louis is standing in my room. "Louis!" I scream.

I wrap my arms around his neck probably squeezing him to death. It's only been a day and I've missed him like crazy. What is wrong with me? I'm going mental.

"Get dressed." Riley says from behind me. "We're going out."

Louis hugs me back just as tightly. Now if only the rest of the guys were here and Cher. I've gotten pretty close with the other guys. Not as close as Louis, but pretty close.

"Okay, let go of your boyfriend. We have all day together." Riley pulls me off of Louis.

He did not just say that. I am going to kill him. Why are all of my friends and family always embarrassing me? Do I have a piece of paper sticked to my back that says 'embarrass me'?

Louis's cheeks turn a light pink. Did Louis Tomlinson just blush? Where is my camera? I need to remember this moment. Wait..why did he blush? Where is Cher when you need her?

"We'll be downstairs." Riley pushes Louis out of my room, shutting my bedroom door behind them.

I need to get dressed! I swing my door open to my walk in closet. What to wear? What to wear?

Shorts? No, too cold outside.

Skirt? Definitely not.

Skinny jeans? Yes! I grab my favorite ripped pair of skinny and start to change into them. I jump in the air a few times to help get them on. I button them up easily. Okay, now I need a shirt. I can't just go walking around the streets in skinny jeans and a bra. That would not look good.

How about my grey long sleeved shirt with my leather jacket? That works. I need to brighten this outfit. I grab my red beanie from the middle shelf and my red Toms. Much better. My favorite thing about beanies is that you don't have to do your hair. I wrap my dark grey scarf around my neck to finish it off.

That's as good as it gets.

I snatch my phone up and head downstairs. I hear laughter coming from the kitchen. I hope Mum didn't say anything embarrassing. I step around the corner to see a very embarrassing sight.

Mum, why? Why would she do this to me?

I rush forward and pick up the scrapbook off of the kitchen counter. I hold it to my chest. "Mum, are you trying to embarrass me? Why in the world would you show him my baby pictures?"

"Oh, relax honey." Mum attempts to peel my arms off of the book.

"Relax? You want me to relax? You're showing Louis my baby pictures!" I back away from her.

"It's not the end of the world, honey." Mum stops trying to take the scrapbook away.

"It could be." I sit in the empty seat next to Louis. "The world could end today and the last thing Louis saw was me in a diaper."

Louis sets his arm over my shoulder. "You were cute as a baby." He smirks.

Riley refills his mug with hot tea. "Yeah. What happened?" He laughs.

My jaw drops open. I grip the scrapbook in two hands and hit Riley's chest. "Jerk!"

He hold his mug tightly to keep it from spilling. "I'm just kidding."

"What are we doing today?" I adjust my beanie on my head. "It better be something fun because I planned on sleeping in today."

"It's a surprise." Riley smirks, knowing I hate surprises.

"If it makes you feel any better, I don't know either." Louis takes a sip of his tea.

"It doesn't." I giggle, jumping off the seat. "When are we leaving?" I open the fridge.

Riley grabs my arm, dragging me away from the fridge. "Now. We have to meet Cher at the first place."

"But I'm hungry!" I whine.

Louis says goodbye to my Mum and follows us outside. "We'll go through a drive thru."

I climb in Riley's black convertible Mustang. It's one of the older versions and I absolutely love it. I slid in the passenger's seat to control the radio. Louis jumps in the seat behind me.

Oh goodness. It's just going to be Louis and I with the two matchmakers. This cannot be good. They must have something up their sleeves. I look at Louis from the side mirror to see him looking at the houses we pass.

•

After thirty minutes of driving, Riley pulls up to a large black building. It looks like a regular warehouse. There are no signs on it. About twenty cars are parked in the parking lot. What is this place? Louis and I follow Riley in the warehouse to see two paintball arenas on either side of the corridor.

"Awesome!" Louis grins. "I've always wanted to come here!"

"This was Cher's idea. We have the back woods to ourselves." Riley stops at the main desk. "Is Cher Lloyd here yet?"

The guy behind the counter types something on the computer. "She's getting suited up at the moment. Follow me."

We follow him down another corridor to a door. He pushes it open and Cher is pulling on a pair of black trainers. She has a camouflaged one piece on.

"Hey guys!" Cher grins, grabbing her helmet. "Get suited up so we can get started."

The worker hands us our own camouflaged one piece, helmet, and black trainers. I pull off my scarf, leather jacket, and Toms to be able to put the one piece on. This thing is huge on me. I slide the trainers on and grab my helmet in my hand.

"I call Carter!" Riley randomly shouts after finishing putting everything on.

"I get Louis." Cher shrugs.

"That's great and all, but we need guns." I remind them.

Twenty minutes later, Riley and I are hiding in the woods while Cher and Louis are somewhere else. We have one minute until the game starts. The rules of the game are pretty simple. If you get shot by the other team, you're out. The last person standing wins.

Simple enough.

The only thing I'm worried about is not getting hit. I know Louis is going to come after me. I think Riley and Cher planned that. I've never played this game before. I'll probably be the first out.

A loud siren goes off indicating the game has officially started. Help me.

"Okay, I'm going to go after Cher. You go after Louis." Riley crouches from behind a tree. "Good luck!" He runs off, leaving me alone.

"No! Riley!" I whisper.

I'm screwed.

I hold my paintball gun to my chest. You can do this, Carter. I stand up and peek around the tree. I don't see anyone. There has to be a big gap in between us. I remember one of the workers saying there was a castle in between us.

Castles have lots of rooms. Perfect place to hide.

I break out into a slow jog, hiding behind things at random moments. I cannot lose. Just imagine what all the guys would say if they knew that I beat Louis in a paintball game. I slow down to a fast walk when I see the castle come into view. I need to be very careful. Louis could be anywhere. I keep a tight grip on the gun with my finger hovering over the trigger.

I hear a loud girlish scream. Riley must have found Cher. I sneak into the castle and walk down a corridor. Where would the best place to hide in a castle? It's not very big. I would say about two stories tall, but it's very wide. It may be daylight outside, but not in here. This place is pitch black.

I jog up a set of stairs to the second floor. I scan the large room to find it empty. I spot a small window on the far side of the room. Why is there a random window? It's big enough for someone to fit in it. Maybe I could get to the roof? That would be a perfect way to get Louis without him seeing me.

"Carter?"

My eyes widen in fear. Louis's voice just came from downstairs. Ah crap. I'm so screwed! I need a place to hide. There's nothing to hide behind.

The window.

I look out the window to see a small ledge. I grab hold of the wall and stick one leg out on the ledge. I'm so dead. The stairs creak as Louis comes upstairs. I step completely on the ledge still holding onto my gun. Now what?

"I know you're in here." Louis taunts. "Every castle has a princess."

Awh. Wait! Snap out of it, Carter. If he comes any closer he will see me. I need to get back on the ground. I can't get down unless I drop my gun. This is going to end badly, but I cannot lose to Louis. I crouch down and toss my gun in the dirt. It makes a soft thud noise.

Here goes nothing.

I jump off the ledge into the dirt pile. I land on my feet, but lose balance and fall backwards. Real smooth, Carter. I glance up to see how far I jumped. Not that bad. Six feet, maybe? I could be the next Catwoman!

I grab my gun and run towards the woods. I need a good spot to hide. I hear Louis shout something behind me, but I keep running. He'll end up following me. I stop running when I see a small stream. I see a ditch in the ground a few feet behind it. Perfect. I run towards it and jump in. I pull my helmet off to be able to hide better. I cover my body with some leaves and dirt to blend in.

A few minutes later, I spot Louis sneaking over here. I hold my gun sideways to keep it from being seen. I watch as Louis steps closer and closer. This is going to be awesome. I can't wait to tell everyone.

"Cher and Riley are out of the game. They both hit each other at the same time." A voice says, echoing through the woods.

I'm going to end the game.

Louis holds his gun and spins around looking for me. I tilt the gun up some to get a better aim. I squeeze the trigger and a red paintball splatters against Louis's chest.

"Yes!" I scream, jumping from my hiding spot.

Louis stares from the paint of his chest to me. I stumble backwards when a paintball hits my stomach. Did he just hit me? I won this game. He doesn't get the last shot. I shoot him again, but in the leg.

Paintballs start flying towards me. I let out a small scream and jump out of the way. So, that's how he wants to play. I run towards him with my finger continuing to press the trigger. Louis starts shooting me with blue paintballs. He starts running towards me while pulling off his helmet.

Louis grabs me around the waist and spins me in a circle. I accidentally drop my gun on the dirt. Ah crap. Louis trips over the a small hole and falls forward. I land on my back while he lands on me. He catches himself on his hands before he can completely land on me. His gun is laying on the ground next to my hand.

Louis looks from my eyes to my lips. I grab the gun in my hand as quietly as I can without him noticing. Louis leans down slowly. Oh my goodness. He's about to kiss me. I lift the gun up preparing to ruin this moment.

Cher and Riley are going to kill me for doing this.

Right as our lips our about to touch, I squeeze the trigger. Bright red paint splatters on the right side of his body. Some paint lands on my cheek. Louis opens his eyes, a faint smile on his lips.

"I win." I whisper.

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Author's Note:

I really, REALLY liked this chapter. I thought it was cute. Hopefully you thought so, too.

So, I just watched The Adventures of One Direction today. It was hilarious! Harry's voice sounded just like him. And I heard The A Team by Ed Sheeran for the first. So good!

Okay, please comment!