In the first three hours of the drive Kaydence and I had fallen asleep. She had her head resting on my shoulder while my head was tilted back on the headrest, and every now and then I'd wake to find us in some different position. The first time I woke I had my head lying on top of Kaydence's while hers rested on my shoulder. The second time I woke up she was leaning against the window and I had moved to use her hip as my pillow again, with my arms wrapped around her torso. The third, and last time I had woken to find Kaydence's head in my lap with one of my hands and her hands tucked underneath her cheek, while my free hand had hung lazily over her waist. I blinked away the sleepiness from my eyes and lifted my head to see her still fast asleep. I smiled to myself but snapped my head up when I heard giggling in the front seat.

Niall was looking at me with a cheeky smile, his phone very close to his face as if he were hiding something. I narrow my eyes at him in suspicion and it only gets worse when Nicole joins him in laughing.

"What?" My voice is raspy but I don't care, they're laughing at me and I don't know what the hell for.

Just as I'm thinking this my phone in my pocket vibrates. I stare at Niall to see him watching me and I just know that it's him sending me a text message. My curiosity gets the best of me and I carefully dig into my pocket with out waking Kaydence, tugging my phone out and briefly glancing at Niall as I unlock it.

Just as I had assumed, it was him that texted me and the message tells me there's an image attached to it. I stare at it, hesitant about opening it when I remember the last time I fucking did Niall had sent me an automatic audio of a girl moaning. It wouldn't have been that bad but when I had opened it, my volume was on high and I had been sitting next to my mum. Needless to say I got a hard smack in the head and never heard the fucking end of it.

I check to see if my volume is off in my setting then go back to the message and click on it to open it. When I do, my eyes widen just a little to see it's a picture of Kaydence and I sleeping. I look up and glare at Niall, who laughs like a child when he sees the expression I hold on my face.

"You're fucking annoying." I mutter to him but it only makes him laugh more. I shake my head at him, noting how him and Nicole's nosey asses really do belong together. Niall turns back around and I glare at the back of his head, yet still end up saving the picture he sent to my camera roll. Niall's annoying for taking it but I have to admit, with Kay's legs in my lap, my head on her hips, arms around her waist, and her fingers in my hair, it's cute as fuck. I smile sheepishly to myself and slide further in my seat to hide my face from the lovebirds in front of me.

Kay wakes up at the end of the third hour, her dark hair tangled around her face. I reach out to thread my fingers through her hair, untangling it for her and she gives me a tired but thankful smile in return. The very little liner she has around her eyes is smudged but not in a bad way, it makes her look a little grungy and even kind of sexy that I don't bother to tell her, in case she tries to fix it. She moves to sit up from my lap and when she does she notices how her skirt has ridden very far up her thighs and I raise my eyebrows at her when she looks at me in embarrassment. She tugs her skirt down and then bends down to grab her little back pack she had brought with her. She opens it to take out a piece of gum, popping it in her mouth and offering me one, which I reluctantly accept.

"How much longer do we have?" She yells to the front and Liam looks down at his navigation.

"About two hours." He calls back and this piece of information, is what makes these next two hours a god damn mess.

It starts off with Niall asking Liam if he wants to switch driving, and Liam agrees, pulling over on the side of the road. They switch, and Nicole crawls over the console into the passenger seat while Louis jumps out and moves into the middle seat where Niall had sat. Niall looks over the directions before pulling back on the road, and I only notice how quiet Kaydence is when she doesn't even laugh at Louis getting face palmed by Zayn.

"Are you alright?" I ask her and she blinks up at me, nodding her head.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Her face is expressionless and I'm not convinced at all.

"Bullshit, what's wrong?"

"I'm fine, Harry." She snaps at me and my eyebrows shoot up at her tone. She hasn't exactly used this tone with me since yesterday afternoon before our talk so it throws me off, and shuts me up for the next twenty minutes.

I'm laying with my head against the window, listening to the others talk when all of a sudden I hear Kaydence's breath coming out rapidly. I lean away from the window and turn to look at her, confusion on my face when I see she's gripping the seat in front of her tightly.

"Kay?" She doesn't answer me and I watch as her chest rises and falls quickly. What the fuck? "Kay, what's wrong?" I ask worriedly.

"My chest." She manages to choke out in between breathes and I move closer to her, looking at her chest for any wounds. I don't see anything but
she looks pale, much paler then she had earlier and her lips are purple. I put my hand to her forehead and it's cold, she doesn't have a fever yet I can't seem to figure out what's wrong with her.

"Kaydence, what is it? Calm down, relax." My voice comes out sounding panicked and It catches Louis' attention. He looks over his shoulder at me and follows my gaze over to Kaydence. His eyes widen and he turns completely around, his hand gripping the back of the seat.

"What the hell? What's wrong with her?"

She starts breathing loudly, holding her hand to her chest and it scares the fuck out of me. She looks like she can't breathe and I scream for Nicole. The car swerves and suddenly Niall is pulling over on the side of the road. Liam is sitting up in his seat facing Kaydence and Nicole's eyes are wide in confusion.

"What? Harry, why'd you scream what's wrong?" She un straps her seat belt and sits up looking over at Kaydence, and her eyes practically bulge out. She quickly crawls over the console, not caring that she's literally sitting on Louis and climbing over the seat to get to her.

"What's wrong with her?" I ask and I'm watching how she won't stop hyperventilating and clutching her chest. Why does it hurt?

"She's having a panic attack," Nicole says quickly and moves in the seat between Kaydence and I. She grabs Kaydence by the shoulders turning her body to face her, and Kay moves to rest her hands on Nicole's wrists.

"Kay, breathe. You're not having a heart attack just breathe."

Kay visibly tries to do what Nicole asks but struggles, her breaths still coming out quickly. Nicole breathes slowly to demonstrate to Kay, whose eyes are wide and filled with tears.

"Breathe in and out slowly," Kay's breath slows just a little and Nicole continues. "Think about something else, don't think about how it feels. Let's talk about last night? Niall kissed me."

"Nicole." Niall hisses from the front but her eyes are focused on Kaydence, who's eyes widen for a moment and her breathing slows more. She furrows her eyebrows in concentration, trying to calm her breathing.

"It was nice, if you're wondering. He's a good kisser."

I want to laugh but I'm too worried about Kaydence to do anything but stare at her. Her eyes focus on Nicole and her breathing slows slightly to an almost normal rate. She breathes out of her mouth slowly the way women are taught to do when giving birth (I've seen it in movies).

"I think I like him." She says lowly for only Kay to hear and her eyes lighten at Nicole's confession. She breathes in and out slowly, her eyes blinking at Nicole before they meet mine over Nicole's shoulder. She takes a few last breathes out of her mouth and then drops her hands from Nicole's wrist, her breathing now slow.

"Are you okay?" Nicole asks and Kaydence nods, looking down at her lap in embarrassment.

"I'm sorry guys." Her voice is hoarse and she tries to clear it, while Liam reaches for a water bottle in the front and hands it to Kaydence. She reluctantly takes a sip, taking a few deep breaths when her eyes flicker up to look at everyone.

"What made you have a panic attack?" Nicole asks and Kay fiddles with the cap of the water bottle.

"I started thinking about how we only have under an hour left till we got there and just started thinking too much."

Nicole nods in understanding. "So you literally just panicked, got it." Kay cracks a small smile and I have the urge to shove Nicole out of my way and hug Kaydence. She scared the shit out of me.

"Are you alright now?" I ask and I want to punch myself when my voice comes out sounding small and shaky. I know the others notice it but I ignore them, keeping my gaze locked on Kaydence.

"Yeah, I think so." She pauses to take another sip of the water. "It came out of nowhere, I just psyched myself out I guess. I'm okay." She looks out the window momentarily, noticing for the first time that we've been pulled over on the side of the road.

"Are you sure?... " Louis asks. "You kept saying your chest was hurting."

"I know," she places her hand over her chest as if she's remembering the pain. "It felt like I was choking or I couldn't breathe. Sorry I freaked you guys out." She says timidly but Zayn shakes his head.

"Don't apologize, I'm just glad you're okay."

She gives him a small smile and turns to Nicole. "We can go now, we don't need to sit here."

Nicole sits still, not moving. "Are you positive? I can sit here with you the rest of the way..."

"No," she waves Nicole off and her eyes flicker over to Niall in the front. "Go with Niall," she whispers. "And I want details later."

Nicole hesitates but Kay nudges her and she's climbing back over the seat again, kicking Louis in the face by accident and making everyone laugh. She climbs into the passenger seat, flopping down and giving Niall a shy smile.

I turn my attention back to Kay and she meets my eyes when I do. I don't care this time that the boys are probably watching us as I move to sit in the middle seat right next to her. I grab her hand right away and pull her to me, hugging her to my chest.

"You scared the fuck out of me." I mumble into her hair and I feel her shaking in laughter.

"Sorry, I really don't know where it came from. I'm okay now, though."

I rub the side of her arm, squeezing her one more time before letting her go. When she pulls back she gives me a small reassuring smile and I return it. When I look to the front of the car, every single one of them is staring at Kaydence and I, with smiles on their faces. I stare back, blinking before I roll my eyes and try to suppress a grin.

Niall pulls back on the road after that and I keep looking over at Kaydence to check on her, asking her every few minutes if she's alright. I can tell it's annoying her but at the same time she seems touched that I even care to know. I don't want her having another panic attack again, and the closer we get to her mum's the more I worry she will. I begin to think I might end up having one myself at how nervous I'm getting for her.

I look at Kaydence and she's biting her bottom lip, letting it go and taking a deep breath when we get off at the last exit. We're under five minutes away now and I can tell Kay is beginning to grow anxious and more nervous again.

"Do you want to know why I got this tattoo?" I find myself saying, pointing at the rose tattoo on my forearm. I didn't actually want to tell her this but I would do just about anything to get her mind off her mum for a few minutes.

Her eyes flicker down to my arm and her eyebrows draw together, her eyes looking at me with wonder. "Why?"

"Well first of all, remember all the roses on our first date?"

She smiles in remembrance, nodding her head. "Yeah, there were hundreds. How could I forget?"

I nod and look down at my arm. "Well it was the first time I realized I loved you, and then when you were sitting on top of me with your hair hanging in your face," I look up at her to see her blushing and I move closer to her so the others can't hear, my lips close to her ear. "We were kissing and your lips were really red, god you looked so beautiful. And the way you looked down at me. You didn't say you loved me but I felt it, I felt it right then. And then after you left I had all these negative thoughts towards you," she tries to pull away but I grab her arm to stop her. "I wanted to remember something good about you, to keep a good memory because even though I didn't know if we would ever see each other again, you were still my first real love. And I wanted to remember that. So I got the rose. To remind me of how you looked in that moment and how even though you never said it that night, I felt that you loved me back, right there on that roof."

I pull away from her when I finish, my heart beating in my ears. I can't even believe I just told her that, no one absolutely no one knows the reason I got this tattoo except her now. I had never planned on telling her even if we did get back together, but for some reason I felt like I needed to. She needed to know that.

Her eyes are wide as she stares at me and her lips are parted as if she's going to say something. She just watches me, her eyes studying my face before she finally drops her gaze to the tattoo on my arm. She moves her forefinger over the tattoo, tracing it and making a shiver run up my back. She notices and the corner of her mouth pulls up into a smile.

"We're here." Niall says from the front and Kay's head whips around to look out the window. We're parked against the sidewalk and the house we're in front of is huge. It's a damn mansion and I can tell by the way Kaydence is looking at it, she's thinking the same thing.

"She has fucking money?" She says out loud in disbelief and she sounds a little angry. She stares at it for a few seconds longer before her jaw clenches and she unbuckles her seat belt.

"Let me out."

"Kaydence, are you sure you're ready for this?" Liam asks worriedly and Kay gives him a look filled with defiance.

"Do you not see the size of that house?" She scoffs when she takes another look at it. "I thought maybe she might of given me up cause she couldn't support me, or was too poor to take care of me and her." She laughs dryly and shakes her head. "That's obviously not the reason, and I'm determined to find out what the hell the real one was." She waves for Liam to move and she doesn't even bother to try and cover her ass from everyone as she climbs over the seat, too angry to give a damn.

"Just stay right here." She says to us and begins to walk up the long walkway. Her steps are determined and her back is straight and the car is so quiet as we all watch her, all of us practically holding our breaths as we wait for her to reach the door. She's halfway there when her pace slows and her shoulders seem to hunch. She stops where she is, just standing there staring at the house before she suddenly spins on her heel and quickly runs over to us. I watch in confusion until she reaches the window closest to me, her face etched with stress. She taps against the window rapidly that's next to Zayn and he rolls the window down all the way, and before either one of us can say anything she leans inside the car and looks at me.

"Harry? Harry, I need you," her voice is pleading and my heart almost lurches out of my chest. Need. She needs me. "Please?," she glances at the others and her throat bobs as she swallows. "All of you. I need you all." She stares at each of the boys, her gaze resting on Nicole's before she turns to look at me, she has let her wall down and her brown eyes show just how vulnerable she is. "I can't do this alone."

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