Standing Close To The Edge(Finished) by Danielle Palmer (the read aloud family txt) 📕

nodded before finishing up my food and putting my plate in the sink. “I'm going to take a shower.” Not waiting for anyone to respond I ran up the stairs and straight to my room. I went to my suitcase and started shuffling through it. I decided just to wear one of Eli's old long sleeved shirts that had black, dark blue, and yellow stripes with short shorts and black vans. There was no way I'm wearing heels sight seeing.
It only took me an hour to get ready. All I did was shower and put my hair up. I was gonna do my makeup but the guys made a no makeup rule for the girls today. Me and Alexis gave up easily while Danielle on the other hand chased the guys around the hotel trying to get her makeup bags. She finally gave up after 15 minutes and plopped down on the couch next to me. “You don't need makeup love.” Liam said when he sat down next to her. She huffed in response making me laugh. “So stubborn.” Her eyes flicked to me with a glare. “You were blessed with natural beauty.” She looked at Alexis who nodded. “Thanks.” She smiled and hugged Liam before leaning over and hugging me.
“Let's go my pretties!” Louis yelled running over to the door. He opened and pushed everyone out one by one me being last. Zayn waited for me so we could walk behind everyone. He laced his fingers through mine and rubbed the back of my hand with his thumb instantly comforting me. “We have to go get Paul since we're going as a group.” I sighed and clicked the button for the level below ours. Paul and whoever else had the junior suite below ours. After getting Paul and another security guard, Tank his nickname, we went down to the lobby. There was some fans outside the hotel but we were still able to go through the front doors. Me and Zayn stayed before a little bit just enjoying each others company. I could see Louis and Harry were in the front holding a map.
“Let's go on our own.” Zayn whispered in my ear. I nodded my head and pointed to the left. He nodded his head and we casually slowed down more and more. We waited till they were at least 10 feet in front of us before turning and running across the little street next to us. Zayn squeezed my hand as we weaved in and out of people. “That was fun.” He chuckled and nodded his head. There wasn't a lot of places that looked like the aloud people under 21 so I had no idea where we were going. We just kept walking until we came to 2 place right next to each other that looked like it was meant for younger people. “Coca Cola World and M&M world. Wanna go in there babe?” I contemplated it before nodding my head.
We walked into M&M world first and looked around. There was everything you could think of. M&M pens and pencils, M&M stuffed toys, and M&M candy. Even more. We looked around for a few minutes before Zayn pulled me by my hand over to the different colored M&M tube things. “What colors?” Zayn asked as he looked in awe. He grabbed a bag and didn't wait for me to answer. Instead he started getting all the colors. Starting at one side and ending at the other. I giggled as he ran from color to color fulling the bag full to the top. He ran over to me and grabbed my hand before pulling me over to the red ones. “Put your mouth under it.” I looked at him and shook my head, smiling. I did what he said and he pulled the lever down filling my mouth with M&M's. I tried not to choke as I chewed and swallowed the mouth full. IT was to much chocolate for me.
“Your turn.” He smiled and handed me the bag before putting his mouth under the lever. I pulled it down filling his mouth full. He moved before I turned it off making M&M's go everywhere. My eyes widened and I quickly shut it off. Half the floor was full with them. I quickly grabbed Zayn by the arm and walked away. No one had saw it was us so we were safe. “I'm getting this!” I looked over and Zayn was holding a little statue. It had 4 different colored M&M's standing in front of the Las Vegas sign. “Good souvenir.” He smiled and pulled me over to the cashier person. He paid and we walked through the opening into coca cola world. “Polar bear's! They're my favorite animal!” There was polar bear's everywhere. Small ones, medium ones, and big ones. Some had coca cola bottles in their paws and others wore scarf's.
“Witch one do you want?” Zayn asked bring me back to reality. I looked at him shaking my head. “You don't have to.” He sighed and pulled to towards him. “Please babe.” He started doing puppy eyes and I instantly looked away. Don't fall for it. “But their so expensive. I don't like people spending their hard earned money on me.” I felt something soft touch my face and I looked back over at Zayn. He was holding a polar bear that was about medium sized and had a red scarf around his neck with 'Coca Cola' written on it. My eyes light up and I smiled.“This one it is.” He said and walked directly over to the cashier. By the time I realized what he was doing he had already paid and was standing in front of me again. “Thank you.” He nodded and kissed me before pulling me out the store.
“Oh my god! It's Zayn!” I looked over and saw a group of 5 girls freaking out and pointing at us. I nodded my head towards them, showing Zayn. He nodded and we started walking towards them. You could see them visibly pale as we got closer. Well as he got closer they didn't want to see me. “Hello loves.” They squealed and blushed deeply. He started signing stuff for them and taking pictures. He looked at me and winked. My face heated up but I smiled anyway. “You guys are so cute! Can I have a picture of both of you?” Zayn put his arm around my waist and kissed my cheek. After they got a few pictures I let him sign some more stuff before he said we had to go.
“Do you think we should go find everyone else?” He sighed and slowly nodded his head. “I enjoyed this time we had babe. I'm sorry we don't get a lot of it.” I instantly shook my head. “Babe it's your job. They're your fans. They deserve your attention. I understand.” He kissed my forehead and thanked me for understanding. Of course I understood. I don't ever want to come between him and his career. “Maybe we should call them.” I said after awhile of walking around. “I honestly think we're lost.” He chuckled and pulled out his phone. After a few rings they finally answered. “Where are you guys?” He nodded his head and said OK before hanging up. “We're meeting them at the hotel.” I nodded my head and grabbed his hand, entwining our fingers.
It took 20 minutes for us to find our way back to the hotel. We had walked the wrong way for 5 minutes before realizing. It had us laughing the whole way back. When we walked into the room everyone was sitting on the couches waiting for us. “What took you guys so long? We wanted to go to dinner.” Louis asked throwing his hands in the air. I looked at Zayn and we both started laughing. “Kinda went the wrong way.” They started laughing and shaking their heads at us. “You guys should be blonde.” Harry mumbled. I glared at him while Zayn hit him in the back of his head. “You can't blame us we have never been here before.” I said sitting on the couch next to Niall. I set my purse down next to me and grabbed my polar bear before settling him on my lap.
“Aw how cute!” Louis reached over and snatched him out of my hands. I gasped and jumped up. “Give me Leo back.” He started laughing and playing with him. Zayn reached over from where he was standing behind Louis and grabbed him. Louis started pouting while Zayn handed me him back and kissed my forehead. When Zayn wasn't looking I looked over his shoulder and stuck my tongue out at Louis. His mouth feel open with a gasp while he held his chest over his heart. “Hazza she just stuck her tongue out at me.” Harry played along and shook his head and Louis. “No she didn't.” Louis looked around at everyone else who were also shaking their heads. He crossed his arms and pouted making me, Danielle, and Alexis laugh.
“Anyways where are we going to eat?” Niall said bring the main topic back up. As if on cue my stomach growled making him laugh. “How do burgers sound?” Everyone seemed to agree so Danielle continued. “We could eat at In-N-Out burger. It's not on the strip so it won't be busy.” We decided not everyone should go so Louis, Harry, and Zayn went to pick it up while the rest of us made a bed on the floor for everyone to lay on. “I'm going to change.” I ran up the stairs and into mine and Zayn's room. I contemplated on what to wear before throwing on black pajama shorts. Pulling off my shirt but, keeping my tank top on, I looked down at my destroyed arms. The cuts from 3 weeks ago were already healed but bold scars still remained.
“How long?” I looked up and saw Liam standing in the doorway already in his pajamas. “What?” He walked over to me and grabbed my arms tracing the newest scars. “When was the last time?” I pulled my arm away and rubbed the back of my neck. “3 weeks today.” He nodded his head and hugged me. “I'm proud.” I smiled into his chest before pulling away. “Thank you.” He nodded and kissed my head. He walked back towards the door but turned around before he turned the corner. “I know Harry said you can talk to him but you can always talk to me to.” I smiled and nodded my head. “Thanks again.” I listened as he walked down the hall and down the stairs. Walking back over to my suitcase and I grabbed my long sleeved dark gray shirt and pulled it on. As I looked in the mirror I noticed it wasn't my shirt but Eli's instead. I pulled the collar up to my nose and smelled. I could still smell his cologne. God I missed my best friend.
I pushed the images out of my head before I had a break down. “You ok babe?” My eyes snapped to the doorway where Zayn was standing. I wiped my eyes making sure I wasn't crying and nodded my head. “Well we got the food. You can go save our spots if you want while I change. Also get the M&M's and put them in a bowl for everyone.” I nodded and headed for the door. Before I could get out the door he wrapped his arms around my waist. “I think you forgot something.” I turned around in his arms and tapped my chin. “I don't think I did.” He sighed and pouted his bottom lip. “Babe.” He whined making me laugh. I gave in and pecked him on the lips. He sighed and let me go when he realized that's all