Chapter 3:
I eventually got home after supper. I was able to visit some little places including the mall that was just a couple blocks from my hotel. I do have to say, fashion here is really much more my style. If only I could find a job, I could buy out all the stores. I ate supper and walked back to my hotel.
The main entrance was indeed still quite crowded, so I headed to the back door, hoping to see him again. I know that I had to look up this so-called band when I got to my room. Unfortunately, I didn't see anybody on my way.
The first thing I did after sliding my key into the door was run to my suitcase sitting at the edge of my bed and grab my laptop from it.
After at least an hour of just looking, I found out a lot about One Direction. The gorgeous one that I met up with outside was named Zayn. Apparently, he was the vain one… I could tell. The other four were boys named Louis, who was the oldest being 20 years old. He was the funny one, always making immature jokes, but being adorable at the same time. Then there was Liam, who seemed to be the more mature one. He almost looked like Justin Bieber when I looked through pictures from last year. Now, he was twice as hot. Then, there was Niall, the blonde Irish one. He always seemed to be smiling and he had piercing blue eyes. And finally, Harry, the youngest one. He had curly brown hair, green eyes that popped, and cheeky dimples. He seemed to be the heartthrob of the band.
I also watched some of their performances. One Direction was put together on the X Factor by Simon Cowell. They had auditioned to be solo artists but were put together as a band after being told that they were going home. After watching each audition of the five boys, I knew that they were famous for a reason. Together as a band though, their voices were like heaven. No wonder there was so many "fan-girls" outside.
They had already come out with some music videos. There songs were really catchy, I had to admit. Especially the one called "What Makes You Beautiful". It had even won a Brit Award. These boys clearly were not just a little boy band.
Next, I checked twitter. They each had at least a million followers! On Tumblr, I saw that there was hundreds of blogs devoted to them. There were website and people even wrote stories.
On YouTube, I watched some videos of them that they did during the X-Factor called "Video Diaries". I continued to learn more about each boy. I thought that when Zayn would say his trademark line, "Vas happenin", it was literally the cutest thing ever.
I closed my laptop and looked around the room. I put the event from this afternoon out of my head. I mean, Zayn was clearly extremely famous, and I was just a girl who had no idea who he was. The band was probably leaving tomorrow to go do some interview or concerts or get rich like celebrities do. With that thought, I opened my laptop again to watch some interview. I wanted to know if Zayn was single. Not that I had a chance, I would probably never even see him again. I was just curious. And just like I hoped, he was indeed single.
I went to iTunes and started to play some music while I unpacked. Eventually, I went to bed, jet-lagged, around nine o'clock.
-Zayn's point of view-
Kellie, I thought to myself while lying in the cheap hotel room bed. Her name is Kellie. I wish I knew more about her though. I only met her for no longer than a couple minutes, but I couldn't help picture her face in my mind. I'm surprised she doesn't know who I am. I doubt she cares anyway, somebody as gorgeous as her probably has a boyfriend and isn't interested in some one like me. It was getting late and I couldn't sleep so I decided to go into the kitchen part of our suite to find something to eat.
"Zayn, are you still up?" I heard Niall ask me as I got up from bed. I was sharing a suit with him and Liam while Harry and Louis were next door.
"Yeah mate, how come you're not in bed?" I asked.
"I'm skyping with Rylee." He told me. Rylee was a girl from back home. They had been best friends ever since Niall was young, and she supported him through the X-Factor. He strictly told us that they were only friends and he considered her a sister. But when she would visit us, I could tell that he definitely fancies her just by the way he looks at her.
"When are you two going to get together anyway?" I asked and gave him a wink, knowing that Rylee had heard me. She giggled and Niall gave me a look that could kill. "I'll leave you too alone, then!" I told him, laughing. He threw a pillow at me and I ran into the next room.
In the kitchen, I looked through the fridge and couldn't find anything that interested me. It was late, but I was sure that the vending machine down the hall would still be open.
"Hey, where you going?" Niall asked me as I grabbed a shirt from the dresser in our room. I was wearing sweatpants and I decided that putting on a shirt would probably be a good idea.
"I'm heading down to the vending machines to get something. Do you want anything?" I said.
"Here, I'll tag along"
"You're not skyping with Rylee?"
"Nah, she had to go." Said Niall and we made our way to the hall leaving Liam asleep in his bed.
-Kellie's point of view-
I sat up in bed, not being able to sleep at all. I was hungry and forgot to buy some snacks when I was out today. I took out some money and made my way outside my room to buy something at the vending machines. I was just wearing old pajamas, but it was late so I was sure I wouldn't run into anyone.
I stepped into the hall and made my way to the corner, which was only a couple rooms from me. I turned the corner and went to the machines. I had a choice of getting water, a candy bar, and chips. I wasn't sure what kind of chips to get. There were some kinds I never even heard of.
-Zayn's point of view-
Niall and I walked to the end of our hall to the vending machines. I already planned out that I would get a Coke and Doritos. As I made my way around the corner I stopped all of a sudden. I saw her. Kellie. Standing with her back towards us. She was standing at the vending machines. I grabbed Niall and pulled him back making my way back to the other side of the wall so she wouldn't see us.
"Ouch! What was that for?" Niall said, thankfully not loud enough for Kellie to hear. I slapped my hand to his mouth and gave him a look saying shut up! He took my hand off his mouth.
"Is this about her?" He asked confused. I shook my head too quickly, "Ah, it is! What's her name?"
"Kellie." I whispered, "We kind of ran into each other today as I was smoking in the back." I explained.
"Is she a fan?" He asked, giggling.
"No, she didn't even know who I was!"
"Well I want something to eat, so please excuse me" He said. I grabbed his arm to stop him from going to the vending machine.
"What?" He asked, "You said yourself, she doesn't know who we are!" Niall escaped my grip but before he turned the corner, we heard her footsteps coming. I ran away and managed to find a supply closet that I ran into before she could see me.
-Kellie's point of view-
I settled on buying water, potato chips, and a Hershey bar. As I walked around the corner, I ran into something.
"Hey!" I heard somebody yell at me. I looked up to see a blond headed boy with a huge smile on his face. His eyes were bright blue and he looked quite familiar.
"Hi," I responded trying to remember who he was. "Sorry about running into you."
"Oh, it's no big deal!" I noticed his thick Irish accent. That's when I realized who he is.
"Wait, are you Niall Horan? From the band One Direction?" I asked him.
"Yup! That's me. Are you a fan?" he asked.
"Not really," I said and he looked offended. "I mean I am, but I just learned about you guys today actually." I laughed.
"Oh. Who's your favorite then?" He said extra loudly. I looked at him confused and he just giggled.
"Umm, I don't really know." I said.
"Oh, so it's not Zayn? Huh." He said smirking.
"Why would you say that?" I asked him anxiously. Did Zayn talk about me? Why would Niall just randomly bring him up?
"Nothing, never mind" He said. Before I could answer, he ran past the corner to the vending machine. I just stood there for at least a couple second to process my thoughts, but I was interrupted by a crashing noise from a supply closet that was across from me. The door was partially open and I made my way towards it.
I opened it to see the one and only Zayn Malik sitting with his butt in the mop bucket looking pained. When he saw me, his face turned quite red and I couldn't help but smile at the image in front of me.
"Um, hi." He said, looking down embarrassed. He managed to get out of the bucket but once he was on his feet, water from beneath him made him slip and loose his balance. Once he hit the floor with another loud crash, I couldn't help but let laughter take over me.
"It's not funny!" He exclaimed looking even more flushed in the face. By then, Niall was standing next to me laughing hysterically. My stomach began to hurt from all the laughter. Even Zayn started to laugh and after five minutes, the three of us were sitting on the carpeted floor throwing our heads back and barely breathing.
Once I finally relaxed, I remembered that I was sitting in a hotel hallway in the middle of the night with two famous boys that I barely knew at all. Still confused about a lot of things, I stood up and both boys looked at me. They both followed my actions and the three of us were now standing awkwardly.
"Zayn, why were you in the closet?" I asked.
"Um, I-I was looking for something." He stuttered.
"Oh really," I giggled.
"Oh yes, it's not like he was trying to avoid you or anything!" Niall said. Zayn slapper him upside the head and Niall hit him back. They began to play-wrestler and I continued to laugh and watch them.
"Okay, well you two have a goodnight. See you around." I called out to them and walked away. I ran into towards my room and looked back to see them still wrestling. I ran inside and just started to smile like a crazy woman. So many things were going through my head. Why was Zayn avoiding me? Could he have been embarrassed? Why did Niall ask me all those questions, could Zayn have talked about me before now? I once again pushed all the thoughts out of my head knowing I had to get some sleep.
-Zayn's point of view-
Me and Niall were pushing each other around and play fighting when I looked up and realized Kellie was gone.
"Hey, where'd she go?" I said.
"Oh lover boy, she must have gone to bed. Calm down." Niall teased. I no longer had an appetite so Niall and I made our way back to the room.
"Why did you have to be such an arse?" I told him.
"What are you saying?" he replied.
"I'm saying, that I maybe could have had a chance if you didn't make me look like a complete fool!" I shouted and Liam moved in his sleep.
"Yeah, because hiding in a supply closet, getting your bum stuck, then slipping on water to fall to your face was really working out great!" He laughed. This time, I took a pillow and threw it at him. We said our goodnights and tucked into bed. Thinking about Kellie, I remembered her telling Niall that she had learned about us today. Did that mean she had looked us up after our encounter this afternoon? Maybe I wasn't the only one thinking about us…