It's been 3 days. 3 days. Felt like more to be honest. Thankfully, there were no more destructions of the house or any mishaps. Which is good........I think.

The boys, with the exception of Zayn, and Mari have completely hit it off. It's like she was a missing piece to their puzzle or something. I haven't even gotten to spend much time with her over these past three days because they always snag her before I get the chance. Not that I'm complaining. It's just that I'm used to having her around all the time. Now I make breakfast, lunch and dinner by myself without the company of my favourite dj.

I finally decided what tasks I'll be giving each of the boys. I haven't really had much time to think about it because I've been so busy between picking up and dropping Mari to school on time, Maria isn't here so I have to prepare meals by myself and.....school. Urgh.

That took up most of my time. I've been trying to finish my assignments early so that I won't have to worry about them closer to the due date. Now I can focus on other things.

Like why Harry has been avoiding me like the plague after our conversation in the living room, putting the boys to work and figure out how to get Zayn out of his room. I feel like he never leaves. Liam usually takes his meals up to his room for him. Does he eat it? I haven't a clue. But I need to get him out of hibernation soon because it's seriously bothering me that he's up there by himself, and most likely his thoughts.

I feel like he should be around people, socialize a bit,you know? Part of the reason why I want to get him out of his room is because he is the only member of 1D that I've never really spoken to before. Like I said before, I want to get to know them better and not rely on what magazines and the news says.

So that's my goal for tonight. And I've got just the plan.

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I was just leaving Mari and I's room after singing her to sleep. As I'm gently closing the door, I nearly jump out of my skin when I hear,

"Why sing her Disney songs to sleep?"Liam says with an amused expression.

After composing myself, I counter,"Why not sing her Disney songs to sleep?"

"Okay. I see your point." and then he continues,

"Harry never told us that you sing. You have an incredible voice. Why don't you do something with it?"

I look down trying to hide my smile.

"Harry talks about me?" oh come on! Man up!

"If he talks about you? He never shuts up about you! It's like you've taken up all of his thoughts since that meeting in Simon's office. The only thing he didn't mention was that you sing. And I'd like to know why the bloody hell not!"

I mumble under my breath,"Yeah well Harry doesn't know."

"I'm sorry. I didn't quite catch that."

I clear my throat and say "Nothing"
Get yourself together, Mia! So what if Harry talks about you? That doesn't mean anything!

I straighten up and say,
"You didn't hear a thing. I don't sing. And you never heard me sing. ¿Comprendes?"I say seriously, looking him straight in his eyes.

He takes a step back and raises his hands in defense.

"Yes ma'am! I just thought you should know that you have a beautiful voice."

"Well since you won't shut up about it, maybe I'll sing you to sleep with Disney songs too,"I teased him.

His eyes suddenly go wide,"You'd do that?"

"No! What the hell? Sing yourself to sleep."

I was about to walk downstairs but stopped and turned back to Liam.

"Hey! Can I borrow your phone please?"I say sweetly.

He watches me confused but lends me his phone anyway.

"!Gracias!"

Time to execute the plan.
Okay, fine! Execute the plan after I fill Liam in.
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Harry, Liam, Niall and Louis were sat cross-legged in a circle on the ground in the living room.

"Alright boys! Here comes the booze," I say as I walk back to the living room from the kitchen with many, many bottles of alcohol.

As I'm about to join the circle, heavy footsteps are heard rushing down the stairs.

Plan is working, I smirk to myself.

"Why are you smirking like that? It's creepy." That was Louis.

I roll my eyes and continue to focus on the commotion coming from upstairs. I catch Harry's eye at one point and by the amused expression on his face, I can tell he knows something is up. He always knows when I'm up to something.

As the footsteps get closer, a voice yells excitedly,

"Liam! You better not be taking the piss out of me! Is he really doing it?! Is JT really writing our next song!"

By now, Zayn has entered the living room with his phone held in the air and is taking in the scene before him. Louis and Niall watch him confused. Liam is trying to keep a straight face and Harry is literally turning red.

"Zayn! Long time no see! Why don't you come and join us?"

He hesitates,"I don't want-"

"Oh of course there's room. The more, the merrier right!" as I say this, I get up and walk towards him, hold him by his shoulders, gently push him in the direction of the circle and forcibly push him down next to Niall.

Haha! He looks annoyed!

When I'm seated again, I face him and say,"Sorry to burst your bubble,Zayn but Justin Timberlake isn't writing your next song. Maybe next time."

Everyone lightly laughs at my comment. Zayn shakes his head.

"You got me downstairs. Now can I go back upstairs?"

I shoved my pointer finger in front of his face and waved it from left to right.

"Nuh uh. You're staying downstairs tonight. Stop being so antisocial! We're bonding," he scoffs, "Anyway.....I want to get to know you guys so what better way to do that...... than with alcohol!"

"Do I have to?" he whines.

"You're staying in this house. I am the owner so whatever I say goes. Simple as that! Unless you'd rather sleep with the guard dog for the next four days. Your choice" I say smugly.

He grumbles under his breath.

I make hand gestures in Zayn's direction and say,"All this negative energy"

Eventually, we got Zayn to agree to take part in tonight's activities. Yay!

"Okay well let's start! Get your drinks and let's go."

After I ensure that everyone has a drink in their hand, I say,

"So what should we start with first?"

Niall pipes in,"Let's here about you" his words slightly slurred. Tipsy already?

The others quickly agree with him so I guess I'll be going first.

"Okay. Well what do you want to know?"

"Anything and Everything"

I chuckle at their enthusiastic faces and sigh. Where to start?

I clear my throat and take a sip of my drink. Hmm rum and coke👍

"Okay well if it wasn't obvious already, I'm half Spanish," they chuckle,"but what you probably don't know is that I'm half Indian." wow okay. It's like I just dropped a bombshell.

It's eerily silent until,

"What?"
"Which part?"
"I don't see it"
"Are you sure you're not adopted?" I watch Niall confused.

"I didn't believe it either when we first met. The only reason I actually believed that she was half Indian was when I saw her dad." That was Harry.

"It's okay. I always get the same reaction. It's nothing new. Me parezco a mi madre. I took after my madre."

"So....what is your full name?" asked Zayn looking generally interested. Finally! He speaks!

"Mia Marie Badal-de La Rosa,"Harry and I say together. We stare into each other's eyes for a bit before we hear Niall speaking and I abruptly look away.

"I like your accent!"

"Which one?"

Zayn pipes in,"You have more than one!"

"I'm from the Caribbean guys. I'm obviously not going to speak 'like you English folk'" the last part I said mocking their English accent.

I continue,"The only time we actually use proper English is when there is a formal event or...... a test. Other than that, when we talk to each other, we speak dialect."

"What does it sound like? Can we hear it?" Liam said. The others with the exception of Harry nod their head in agreement with curious looks on their faces.

I look down and start playing with my fingers,"Maybe some other time"

An awkward silence lingers until Harry suddenly breaks it.

"She also speaks French. And she's fluent in Spanish, if that wasn't obvious" he then turns to me,"Did I miss anything?"he says with a cheeky smile on his face.

I bite my lip to hide my smile,"Hindi as well."

Their jaws dropped to the floor.

"I didn't know you spoke Hindi,"Harry said bewildered.

"Because I only use it when I have to. No I'm not going to speak in Hindi tonight."

The frowns on their faces left me amused.

"Alright! Enough about me. I want to get to know you guys. I already know Zayn has a thing for Justin Timberlake," I smirked in his direction,"what else is there to know?"

Liam waves me off and says,"We have the whole night to talk about ourselves. We want to hear from you. Harry clearly missed out some things."

I turn to watch Harry and he looks away embarrassed. Awww so cute. Wait, what?

Okay. They want to know about me. That doesn't mean that they have to know everything. It couldn't hurt to leave out some things.

"Well in school I was a math whiz. I loved anything to do with calculation. Umm I also loved sciences."

"Fun fact, no matter if she liked the subject or not, Mia is scared of failing a subject or exam," Harry says with a smirk.

"Really? You just had to bring that up?"

"Why not bring it up?" that smirk ever so present on his face.

"You try living with a Latina mother and come home with anything less than A+. You'll see what happens."

"What happens?" Niall asks curiously.

I laugh and say,"I don't know. I was too scared to find out!"

They burst out laughing. Louis says through his laughter,"I would love to meet your mother!"

I laugh bitterly,"Good luck with that" Their laughing immediately ceased and they turn to watch me with confused expressions. Shit!

Liam must sense me getting uncomfortable because he speaks up,

"So Mia, Harry tells us you have a twin sister." Oh no....

I look down and say quietly,"Yeah"

The boys watch me intrigued. Zayn was the first to ask,

"What's her name?"

"Her name was Tia"

Then Louis,"Sweet! Where is she? Can we meet her?"

I blurt out,"She's not here."

I'm still looking down so I can't see their expressions. The silence is back and I so desperately want to change the subject.

When I finally look up, I see Harry watching me puzzled. The others as well.

"I also had a brot- nevermind," that's just going to dampen the mood even more!

I take a large gulp of my drink, finished it then topped it up.

I need to change the subject "I'm also a dancer. I have a degree in dance. I'm now a choreographer. I teach a class every Saturday."

Well that seemed to diffuse the tension. It seems like they've forgotten about what I said earlier and the conversation runs smoothly throughout the rest of the night. Except for Harry. His eyebrows are constantly furrowed leaving a crease in the middle of his forehead. He has been in his own world since I started talking about my sister. He looks utterly confused.

I don't understand why he's so confused. Anyway, the others didn't question me further on the subject which is good. The rest of the night went on as planned.

I learnt that Niall is the foodie. I found my new best friend!

And that Liam is the responsible one, Zayn is the neatest and Louis...... sigh.

They told me about their families. What their lives were like when they were growing up. I learnt a lot about them tonight. So I can check that off my list.

I can honestly see us all being friends in the future. But I don't think that there's a possibility of us ever meeting again after this week is over. And who knows, they probably will be too busy for Mari and I anyway.

We decided to retire to bed at 1 in the morning.

I walked them to their floor, made sure there were no incidents happening tonight. As I'm leaving, I say,

"Night boys. You better sleep well because right after breakfast is work time."

They groaned at me before going into their rooms. Harry stood outside of his room with his hand on the doorknob, watching me intently.

Before I know what he's doing, Harry strides over to me and immediately pulls me into a hug.

I stand still for a bit, not knowing what to do before I eventually hug him back. He tightens his arms around me and we stand in the hallway hugging each other. I don't know how long we were standing there until Harry softly says,"Goodnight Mia" and pulls away. He looks at me one last time before going into his room.

Why do I suddenly feel like I have butterflies in my stomach? Although I kind of like it. I walk back to my room to sleep, a smile never leaving my face.

A/N
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