Thursday, 6:17. The Payne house.
I rummage through my drawers. While we were in the car I took the liberty to ask how well dressed I need to be. He said just casually, it wasn't a fancy restaurant or anything but apparently the food was fabulous. I slip on the jeans I had been wearing before, a gold flowing top and slip on a pair of almost combat looking boots; looking in the mirror I decide on a loose braid down the side of my left shoulder. Quickly I grab my multi color bag and am just about to head out the door but consequently my jewelry box catches my eye. My eyes set upon the green 'one up' mushroom that's used in Mario. I smile softly and remember my sister giving it to me the night before I left for England. It was more of a joke knowing that I'd miss my Mario game when I left, so she gave it to me. I slip the object around my neck- it reaches just above the end of my ribcage - and I leave out the door.
Liam's there, he's waiting casually at the door. It seems he has taken to changing his jeans to a darker wash and a nicely fitting red baseball shirt. "My, for how quickly you changed, you look fantastic. I'm used to girls taking an hour just to look half as good as you!" His smile is brilliant, and bright even. I swear, in a dark room if he smiled- you would know.
My heart flutters at his compliment. "Wow, er- thanks Liam, you look pretty good yourself!" I flash him a bright smile and follow him as he walks to his car.
He turns to me as we both slide in. "Do you have your license yet?" Liam asks, putting the car in drive.
I shake my head; I never had the time to get my license, or really the motivation to study for it. I was always busy studying for school, rather. "Sadly no, I wish, though. I've always been too busy."
"Oh," Liam murmurs. "That too bad, maybe while you're here we can change that." Looking to me, I exchange the look and smile.
The car comes to a full stop. Unbuckling my seat belt I sneak a look at Liam whose reaching out to exit the silver car. His shirt has buckled and rides up his back, revealing a small slip of skin. I do the same as him, and follow him up to the door. He holds the door open for me, and I walk into the heated restaurant. It seems to be almost like a Boston Pizza. We are immediately seated but something seemed incredibly off. We receive several looks- they aren't strange but more shocked. The people at the booths exchange looks with the people they are seated with and begin talking. We are seated in the back of the restaurant and soon people look around to find where we are. It soon comes to me that Liam is in a world famous band, for some off reason that I always forget. Liam seems so normal- not like a celebrities attitude that you would assume. So of course he would be recognized in a public place.
Once we have settled in, we both order our drinks. He orders a Pepsi and I order a Sprite.
"So, how have you been liking England so far?" Liam asks as he sets his drink down. His eyes are a phenomenal chocolate brown; every time they just merely glance at me I find myself lost in them.
"It's fantastic, and so beautiful. Plus, the people are pretty great too." respond with a witty tone. But really, the boys had been hilarious and so sweet.
"Brilliant, the boys quite enjoy you, I think you got on well." His smile is just bright. Had I mentioned how captivating his eyes were?
Once the food came, our conversation had just really taken off. For once, we even ended up staying just for dessert. Who evens east dessert at a restaurant? Once our desserts were finished our conversation seemed almost too deep to leave just yet.
A tall male returns to the table with a thin black book and slips it on the table. I reach over to grab it, but I am immediately rejected.
"Oh no you don't."
My mouth gaps open slightly, "You won't let me pay for my meal?" I laugh, sitting back in my chair and fold my arms neatly over my chest. A quirk I did in situations like this, I did it subconsciously, really.
"A real gentlemen would never let a woman pay for the meal!" Liam exclaims defensively with a mischievous smile.
"Well, if you are so stubborn about It, Mr. Payne, so be it." I joke and slip my purse into my lap. The dinner had gone really well, and sometimes I even thought he might have been interested in me.
We make our way to the front, and he pays for the meal. I honestly feel bad having him pay for my meal. I was used to being independent. When the door is opened the amount of flashing and bright lights that illuminate the now ebony sky sincerely shocks me. Fireworks are what remind me of it, or the closest my brain can find a connection with. The loud clicking of camera's flashing, screaming of several girls fills my ears. I feel a warm hand at the curve of my waist pull me left. Liam.
"Pap's, should of known. I'm so very sorry Addy," He whispers softly into my ear. "here, come this way."
I follow, what girl wouldn't? -A mad one.
"LIAM! LIAM! LIAM!" Several girls' screams thunder through the crowded streets. He politely waves, flashes a charming smile and continues to haul me away with him. At his car, several fans run up to him smiling.
"Can I have your autograph, Liam?" several plead excitedly.
"Of course you can, love. Here ya go."
After signing several girls' arms, foreheads he turns to me apologetically. We slip into the car, and he pulls the car safely around the crowd of fans.
"Wow, I'm really sorry about that. I didn't think there would be that many fans there."
I shake my head vigorously. "Don't worry about it. I think It's really sweet how you interact with your fans with so much care."
His smile is even sweeter as he looks to me, it looks as If he's blushing, perhaps but the shadows drown out a clear image of his face.
"Thanks, I try to do whatever I can for them. They are the ones who got us where we are. I feel I owe so much to them."
8:05pm
It's now almost completely dark as we pull up into the driveway of the Payne house. We both pause before he turns the car off. Liam leaves the car on idle, and smiles.
"Thanks Addy for a great time. After all this craziness of recording our new album, I felt like I really needed this."
I tuck a strand of hair behind my ear and play with my fingers in my lap. "No, thank you. I'm glad I met you; you seem like a really nice person... Well, actually all five of you boys!" I laugh a little, and Liam picks up on it.
"I'm glad you feel that way- shall we go inside, Addy?" When he looks at me, his eyes seem to sparkle with joy. My stomach drops and the butterflies soar like mad. I've had a few boyfriends over the years- and my previous relationship that didn't end quite well. We aren't even on speaking terms, really. The relationship lasted for 7 months and had been my first serious relationship. It was until he had actually proposed that got me scared. I went hay wall because the first thing that came to my mind was loss. I didn't want to be married and grow so strong with someone to lose him. At the time I knew that Jace had fallen in love with me but the feelings had not been mutual. For me, falling in love was scary and I feared the commitment that came with marriage. On another plate, we were into the first semester of grade twelve when he proposed. Turning him down had been the most strenuous, toughest thing I'd ever have to do in my life. My Mother lost her mind. But no boy had given me these odd feelings that Liam did.
"Yes, we shall." I smile, and open my door and casually step out. Liam and I make our way up to the door, he picks up a newspaper that has been left at the steps.
"No one ever reads these," He chuckles, and I do too. Suddenly, his eyes catch mine and begin to burn. Some way I can't remember, we end up closer, and our faces are just inches from each others;
Our eyes are locked, and I watch anxiously as his lips purse as if to make we want them more. Just a few more inches selfishly block the unwanted space from our lips. His warm hand slips around my neck and holds there-
The door swings open; we jump apart from each other as if one of us has suddenly caught a luminous glowing flame. Karen's soft face smiles as she sees the two of us once the door has opened to its full length.
"Oh! I see you have fetched the paper for me, Liam!" Her voice is cheerful as she takes the paper from her son. The three of us step into the house.
"So how was dinner?" She asks, glancing between her son and I.
"Fabulous!" Liam exclaims with a smile dancing upon his lips.
"Yeah, It was great- I think I'm going to go to bed here soon-"
Karen cuts me off, "Actually, I forgot to tell you. Tomorrow you don't have school, it's a teachers work day."
"Oh, so you can come hang out with us at the boys hotel tomorrow! It's our day off." Liam offers with an ecstatic smile.
"Sounds great, I tend to sleep in a lot- so I'm going to need to be woken up..." I trail my sentence noting how odd it might sound.
He runs a hand through his tousled hair. "I'll take care of that," He says with a laugh.
Karen looks between the two of us studiously. "I'm going to bed, I've got an early morning tomorrow at work," the mother kisses the side of Liam's cheek, and pats the side of mine. "Night loves." And begins to climb the staircase.
Liam turns and gestures towards the isolated living area. The walls are painted a chocolate color that accent the cream bricks that surround the fireplace; "Want to watch a movie?" He asks softly.
"Sure, got any action movies?" I ask with a smile upon my face. Action was always my favorite, and it was always even better if it had a romance intertwined with the stories plot. Liam kneels in front of the mahogany T.V. stand and shuffles through the DVD cases.
"I've got even better…do you like Disney movies?" He asks almost sheepishly, but I think it's incredibly cute. He looks over his shoulder to get a look at me as I kneel down beside him. I smile even wider, Disney movies brought back my entire childhood. Although I had never been much of the type of girl to watch and enjoy the Disney princess movies, I preferred Lion King, Toy Story, The Aristosats, The Rescuers and The Little Mermaid only because of the fish. I was never really a girl because as a child my boy cousins influenced growing up; I was the only girl out of all of them. So I had been thrown into the middle of doggy piles, wrestling, climbing trees and getting into mischief.
"Of course I do! Which ones do you have?"
He opens a large drawer that reveals quite the collection of Disney movies. "I know, I still love to watch Disney movies. It's quite embarrassing actually…" Sheepishly he looks from my eyes to the drawer and takes out one of my favorites. "I have Toy Story?"
"I love Toy Story!" I giggle subtly.
"Good," He responds with a smile and slides it into the player. We both make our ways to the cream couches that sits directly across from the T.V. We sit together, our legs touching. Every time he moves to get comfortable it sends chills up my spine. Liam's feet occasionally brush against mine, and I have to hide a smile. Luckily, the light had been turned off and the main focus was on the childhood cartoon so my cheek color was not a priority.
Once Toy Story is done we mutually agree on popping in the second. I don't know If it's really that I want to watch the movie, or really that I'd rather keep sharing this couch, my now favorite couch in fact. My eyes begin to droop and slowly close. I fight to keep my conscious but jetlag and my sleep-deprived eyes eventually are triumphant.
11:03 AM
My eyes flutter open and are immediately exposed to the luminescent light of the sun streaming through the curtain. I almost jerk awake until I realized just where I am, and whom I'm with. My head rests against the muscular shoulder of Liam; his musky scent filling my nostrils. He leans towards the side of the couch but his arm is wrapped around my shoulder, his legs are sprawled across the couch and apparently I'm really leaning against him. I must have fallen asleep a good half through the movie. I linger in this blissful moment until the obnoxious ring if my phone breaks the silence.
I slowly reach over to the side table at the side of the couch, attempting to blink the sleep from my eyes.
"Hello?" I ask, my voice is groggy and to whoever has answered it must be quite clear that I have just woken up.
"Adeline, please look at the email I just sent you." It's my Mothers smooth voice at the other end. I can feel Liam's weight shift underneath me as he is woken up.
"Ummm…" I look around for a computer, and look towards Liam. "Is there a computer down here somewhere?"
He blinks a few times, tired as I was. After a second he gets up from the couch. "Yeah, It's in the kitchen."
I follow him to the kitchen and immediately sign into hotmail. What would be so important for me to open the email so quickly? She's still on the other end of the phone; her breathing gave it away. She was never a nose breather. I open the email titled Read.
The email is just a link, and when I open it I can see an article. But what was worse was that it was on the newspapers site here in town, and Liam and my face were plastered upon it. It must have been when we were leaving the restaurant last night, because his hand is firmly placed around my waist as he leads me from the growing crowd. My jaw drops. I'm actually in the newspaper, but that wasn't even the worst yet.
Rising pop band One Direction's Liam Payne has been seen with a new lady. From insiders her name has been confirmed as Adeline Hart, an exchange student from Toronto, Canada. They were recently spotted outside Indigo Restaurant after sitting down to a dinner. Considering his arm wrapped around her waist, it could be rumored that this is the newest lady in his life?
"Hello? Adeline? Did you read the article?"
It takes me a few seconds to answer, but when I do my voice hardly comes out as a whisper. Anxiety begins to well with the word that manages to roll off my tongue.
"Yeah."
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