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I stood against the wall of the airport, waiting for Ashley, who excused herself to the ladies room. The light breeze brushed my now-curled brown locks. The leather jacket I wore could even be too much for the evening weather. In other words, the weather was splendid. Under the jacket, I was wearing a tight dark purple dress which stopped mid-thigh. The gladiator heels on my feet were uncomfortable, but made me feel classy. I've got to admit, I looked nice. Great, even.
Ashley scurried over to me, the heels she wore looked the length of my hand, but she rocked them so easily. She didn't look bad either with her silky black, sleeveless dress. "When do you think the cab'll be here?" She asked me. The second she did so, a yellow car pulled up outside the doors.
Hannah's flight had come early, meaning we would meet her there.
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The two of us got out of the taxi and I gave the driver the right amount of change. When the car drove off, we both glanced at the building nervously. They had the whole lobby of a fancy hotel booked for the party. All X-Factor finalists were invited, and they were allowed bringing guests, allowing Ashley and I to even attend. I wasn't a party-person, especially when it came to huge ones like this. That was probably the explanation to why I nearly fainted when we walked in the over-sized hall.
The music wasn't too loud, but 'Good Feeling' by Flo Rida boomed everywhere. People were scattered, making it hard to stand in one place for too long. I scavenged around the room looking for any familiar faces. I turned to behind me, and Ashley had appeared to have left. Just as I searched around for her, someone practically jumped on me, throwing their arms around my neck. When they pulled back, my hazel eyes came in contact with a pair that belonged to Hannah.
"Jana!" She exclaimed. Beside her was now Ashley.
"Oh my god, hey!" I cheered, "Looking good tonight."
"Don't I always?" She winked, "Just kidding, but you look mighty hot as well!"
"Haha thanks!" I said, "Oh and do you know where the boys are?"
"Right, come with me." She pointed, Ashley and I following her.
"Hey Jana." Harry greeted, causing the other four to turn to us. I hugged them all, taking in each their scents.
"You look beautiful." Stated Zayn.
"Ya, gorgeous." Liam commented, being the reason for my blushes.
"Thanks guys, you all cleaned up nicely as well." I returned.
Zayn laughed, "So um, how is everything?"
"Way better now." I smiled.
He nodded in understatement, "That's great! Tell me about it after the party."
Ashley stood sort of behind us all, so I pulled her forward. "I didn't really get to introduce her properly." I said, "Boys, this is Ashley. Ashley, as you know already, here are Harry, Louis, Liam, Niall and Zayn." They all polity smiled at her, shaking her hand.
"You look nice tonight as well." Zayn said friendlily. Ashley beamed at him, I was glad Zayn set aside our past with her and was getting along.
"Now that we've got that out of the way," I said, "What's up, I guess?"
"We were just waiting for you to arrive." Niall said.
Zayn nodded his head, "Kay, now let's get this party going!"
On the dance floor, we all let loose. Shaking and moving to the music, fun didn't even describe what it was. Louis and Hannah held hands, swaying to the beat, as the rest of us were solo dancers. After a few minutes, only me, Harry and Louis were left dancing. Everyone else went for drinks.
"Has your dancing improved?" Questioned Louis, "Or are you still horrible?
"Hey!" I chuckled, sounding offended,
"I think you should teach her another move, Lou." Harry said, laughing.
"Fine then. Pay attention, Love." Louis joked. "Stop the traffic." He instructed. "Then let them through!" His dance was hilarious and I was in fits on laughter. "You like that one? I've got tons more on my plate, but I think I'll save them for the next party."
It felt just like a while back, at the beach house when the boys gave me a late birthday party. Where I was dancing with Harry and Louis and learned the 'Pat the dog and screw the light bulb' dance.
It was also the day Liam had kissed me.
Hannah joined us now, and she with Louis continued doing the lamest dance moves. Even if they both were the oldest from us, they were the most immature couple ever; it was really cute.
Speaking of couples, I thought about me and Liam. With all the craziness that was happening, we didn't really get to see each other. We started off couple-like but then we both just started drifting apart. What exactly are we? I needed to talk to him about that, so I wandered around looking for him. Squirming my way around dozens of people, I accidentally crashed into someone. Thinking it was Liam, I looked up to meet the face of Niall. "Sorry."I said embarrassed.
"It's alright." He said, "I needed to talk to you anyways."
"Oh, I was kinda in the need to talk to Liam right now. Do you know where he is?" I asked. Niall nodded, pointing to Liam who was standing by the side, talking to a group of dancers."Oh." I said. "Okay, it'll have to wait then. So what did you want to talk to me about?"
We walked to a corner away from the dancing people. "Well...There's just something I wanted to tell you." He said.
"Go ahead." I smiled, in curiosity.
"I like you Jana." He said at once.
"Well ya, of course I like you too." I replied confused.
"No, I mean Like-Like you." He said. My eyes grew in surprise.
"What." was all I said.
"I said that I have a thing for you." He repeated.
"I know, I heard you...But..." I said in a trance of thoughts. What was going on? Niall had feelings for me?
"I was planning on telling you earlier, I thought this party would be the best time." Niall explained.
I shook my head, "This can't be happening."
"Why not?" He asked in desperation, "I know you like me too."
I continued shaking my head more. "No, no. I like you and all Niall, but just as friends."
"Can't we just try and see how we go? Please?" He faithfully said.
"I'm sorry...But I really can't have this right now.." I said stepping back.
"But, why?" He repeated.
"I...I love Liam." That's all I said before turning away from Niall.
Panic over came me, and my need to talk to Liam had increased. Behind me, Niall stood emotionless. I didn't want to have him mad at me, but this was not what I needed. Finally I saw the group of dancers leave Liam so I went up to him in a rush. "Liam! Niall said-he said he liked me-I told him I can't-I was thinking about you-and he said.." I all blurted all at a time.
"Jana!" Liam stopped me, "Let me explain first."
"But.."
"I know Niall likes you." He said.
"Liam, it means nothing, I don't like him like that back-"
"Will you just let me explain it all?" Liam interrogated. I sighed and nodded, letting him continue. "Before I do though, you do realize that were not exactly a couple right?"
I bit my lip. "I thought we were."
Liam sighed loudly. "I'm sorry Jana, I still like you, don't think I've stopped...But we aren't really clicking as a couple."
"Liam.." I said, my eyes wide and lips parted "Are you saying we should break up?"
Liam ruffled his brown hair with his hand. "I still love you..but I'm not in love with you like I was before." He said, "When Niall told me he liked you a long time ago, that's sort of when my legitimate feelings started to fade."
I held my breath.
"But when I found out about what all happened to you...I was mad at myself for losing my feelings for you." He continued.
"You didn't break up earlier because you had pity towards me?" I said, silently gasping.
"No no, it's not that." He shook his head, "Please don't be mad, babe."
"Is there someone else?" I asked, holding back the tears that were developing.
"Well.." He said, looking at the ground, "Since we didn't really see each other because of the X Factor and all, I sort of started seeing someone else."
"What?" I blinked several times, trying to blink away the tear drops.
"I didn't cheat on you, I would never do that." He clarified, "But I do have feelings for someone else now.."
I swallowed hard, "Who is it?" I should have known, there were millions of other girls who Liam could easily get. All way prettier than me.
"She's a dancer here." He said, finally engaging my eyes.
"Oh." I quietly spoke. Liam touched my cheek with his hand.
"Jana, you're an amazing girl. Beautiful, funny, and just perfect." His words immersed in me, a single tear sliding down my face.
"I still love you Liam." I voiced as more tears slowly began falling.
"But I know someone else can love you better than I can." With that he delicately wiped away my tears from his thumb, and then kissed me softly on the cheek.
I saw from the corner of my eye, Niall was standing looking at us hopelessly.
"I'm sorry." Liam whispered. I dug my teeth in my lip deeper, still processing everything. I pushed Liam's hand off my cheek and walked backwards, looking back and forth from Liam to Niall. Then, I ran. I ran to wherever my limbs would take me. Tears effortlessly fell down, clouding my vision.
One word to describe my life, it would be Complicated. Complicated from the start to now, it's all it's ever been. Never has it been simple. When I thought I had it all sorted out to the point, this had to happen.
I ran to the end of the room, tears flooding frantically at once. A boy was standing, his eyes focused on his phone. I turned the dark-haired boy from his shoulder so he was facing me. He looked surprised and was about to speak, but that was when I pressed my lips against his. After a second of him being in shock, he started kissing me back.
The world was forgotten as the two of us got lost in our kiss. Zayn cupped my face, pulling me closer. Our lips working in sync, our minds both vanished together, and our arms around both each others frame.
For once in my life, things felt right.
And there you have it, folks.
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