BROKEN
Chapter 11- Tension Part 1
LIAM POV:
As we stepped out into the fresh London air, a shiny-black SUV was waiting for our arrival.
Holding the door open, I let Alexandra slide into the leather seats. There ya go Liam. Way to be gentlemen.
Her hazel eyes lit up as she mumbled a ‘thanks’ and scooted herself over to the farthest window, giving me space to hop in as well.
Shutting the door, I ripped off my Ray Banz and beanie off my head after putting on my seatbelt.
From the corner of my eye, I swear I could see Al gawking over my every move. More like drooling. Okay well maybe not drooling, but she was totally checking me out.
“Like what ya see?” I teased as I wiggled my eyebrows in her direction.
Her cheeks were gradually growing crimson red, until she abruptly turned to gaze out the window.
It was weird. She was being unusually shy which was a side of her I had never seen before.
It was cute though.
Inconveniently, she still hadn’t responded to my flirtatious remark. So, I decided to make the most out of this situation by playing with her a little more.
“You know you can’t resist me Al.”
This time she looked back at me, only to roll her eyes.
“HA HA verrrrry funny,” she spoke sarcastically.
“Do you know what’s really funny? When I saw you-”
“Liam, if you’re trying to seduce her, I don’t think it’s working,” Paul interjected out of nowhere.
I had completely disremembered that my security guard was sitting in the drivers seat, undoubtedly listening to our conversation. Expecting this moment to be awkward, Alexandra bursted into a fit of giggles causing Paul and I to do the same.
Her laugh was contagious.
The car wasn’t even in motion yet, but we all just sat there chuckling for which seemed like hours.
Minutes later, Alexandra snorted in between one of her increasingly loud giggles, which only made me cackle so hard that my eyes got teary. I was forced to hold onto my stomach for my dear life as I tried to keep my breathing pace at normal speed.
I wasn’t even sure what I was laughing so hard about.
I guess this was one of those times where you can’t really explain how humorous that exact moment was because you can barely comprehend the event yourself.
But once our unintentional laughing session came to a halt, Paul poked his head to the back and sent a sweet smile towards Al. I could already tell he liked her. If you can make him laugh, you can’t be on his bad side.
Hmm. Maybe that’s why him and Louis are so close and get along so well.
“Hi there, I’m Paul!”
“Hello, it’s nice to meet you”
“You too. Now Liam, what caused you to leave the hotel this morning and not tell me?!”
I calmly pointed my finger towards the lovely lady sitting beside me and said, “This girl.”
“And does this girl have a name?”
“Yes I do. I’m Alexandra,” she quickly pointed out.
“My-oh-my Liam. You do realize you almost gave me a heart attack?”
For one of these moments I would usually crack a joke about him making a song reference to one of our hit singles, but I couldn’t.
It was beginning to get more and more frustrating keeping this secret from Al. It got in the way of so many things.
The strange thing was, I have barely known her for two days. It’s not like I was obligated to speak about One Direction or anything. But then why do I care so much about her not knowing?
“Sorry” is all I said back to Pauly.
“It’s fine, but we will discuss this later Mr.”
He shifted back to the steering wheel while I retorted with a nod.
I knew that no matter what I said, Paul and I would definitely still be having a serious discussion about me ‘breaking the rules’ later.
Once he was fully focused on the road, Alexandra shifted closer to me. Our legs were barely touching and she whispered something in my ear.
“I thought you said he was your friend. He sounds more like your father.”
I could tell she was slightly kidding in that comment, so I let out a small laugh.
“He’s like my second dad.”
“Oh I see, so why are you staying at the hotel?”
In my mind, I began to panic. Shit Shit Shit. What do I do? Idk just tell her? No. I can’t just drop the bomb on her like that. Is it bad to keep lying? Not if you tell her eventually. But still it’s lying. No, you are simply just leaving out a detail. Well, it’s a BIG ass detail.
Okay Liam, stop fighting with yourself.
“I’m just here with the boys.” I shrugged. Wow. Could my answer be anymore pathetic?
“Boys?”
“Well ya’know…Harry, Louis, Zayn and Niall.”
“Oh yeah, are they like your best friends?”
“Nah, they’re like my brothers. I’ve always wanted a younger brother and now I’ve got four of ‘em. I
couldn’t be any luckier.”
“Aww how cute,” she teased before continuing, “Am I gonna get to see them at the hotel?”
“Yepp,” I said as I popped the p.
“Oh alright sounds great. Thanks for doing this for me. Really, it means a lot.”
“Its fine. Now stop thanking me you butthead!”
“Hey! You’re the butthead!” she shrieked while attempting to pull off one of those puppy dog faces.
“I know you are but what am I?”
“God, your such a child.”
“I know you are but what am I?”
“I hate you,” she said in an almost serious tone while sticking her tongue out at me.
“Love you too,” I mocked as I blew kisses towards her.
She giggled and pretended to grab the imaginary kisses and shove them in her pocket.
After that, our talking died down a bit once we both gazed out the window, watching the people, trees, and stores pass by.
It was abruptly quiet until moments later a familiar voice got both of our attention.
“We’re here.”
I let out a sigh of relief. We’re here.
Okay. Now all we have to do is get inside, rush up the elevator and make sure nobody sees me. Simple but effective.
Paul drove the car around back and navigated over to where a special door was located. Pulling right up in
front of it, he turned off the engine and we all scurried out of the vehicle.
He swiftly turned around and pointed his finger directly towards Alexandra and I.
“Now listen. You both need to stay behind me at all times. Once we get inside you must go straight up to Liam’s room. Got it?”
I think his voice came out a lot harsher than expected because Al suddenly tensed up and seemed nervous. I really hope he didn’t scare her.
Maybe I was just used to his tone of voice and she obviously wasn’t. I felt kind of bad. She must be so confused why Paul turned so strict out of nowhere.
Once they metal door was unlocked, we kept ourselves practically glued behind my protective security
guard. If only she knew that was what Paul was…
He directed us towards the elevator and we maneuvered inside. I clicked level nine and held my breath as we went up eight floors. The annoying elevator music was getting stuck in my head until finally, the doors swung open.
“I’m heading back to my room,” Paul declared as he stepped out first.
“Okay,” Alexandra and I said in unison.
He gave us a wave and then headed on his heels down the long hallway.
“You sure you’re okay with this?” she questioned me in a soft voice.
“Yes! Now c’mon lets go. The boys are probably all in my room,” I said while grabbing her arm so she wouldn’t hesitate on leaving.
We stood in front room 956 as I reached for my pocket in search of my key. With my luck, I must’ve forgot to bring it with me this morning. Of course.
Knocking on the door, I could hear my noisy band mates on the other side. After four or five knocks it was finally answered.
NIALL POV-
Louis was forcing us to watch Grease with him for the hundredth time as we all chilled in Liam’s hotel room. We had been sitting around all day, waiting for him to come back from god-knows-where.
It wasn’t like him to just leave and not notify anyone.
He was always the ‘goody goody’ out of the five of us so it was shocking when Paul was going ballistic over him being ‘missing.’
To be honest though, Liam must’ve been out for quite awhile. When we all woke up, he was nowhere to be found.
I wonder what he was doing.
In the beginning, I was kinda worried something bad might’ve happened to him, but then I remembered this was Liam we were talking about. He is the most responsible person I know.
Well not the most responsible, but he’s definitely not stupid.
So, while I was stretched out on the couch next to Liam and Harry, I munched on my buttery popcorn.
Louis was begging us to watch his new dance to ‘Grease Lightening,’ so we reluctantly agreed.
He blasted the music and attempted doing weird dance moves which he failed miserably at every time.
After trying to do the worm,moonwalk and cotton eyed joe, he returned to his signature traffic dance.
By the end of his little routine, we were all sprawled across the floor laughing hysterically. I was practically choking on my popcorn in the midst of it all.
Unexpectedly, I heard a feint knocking noise coming from the door. Hoping that it would be room service, I was the first person to jump up from the carpet. By the time I was already standing, I sadly remembered we didn’t order anything.
Since I was already up, I stumbled over to the banging sound. I was still laughing about Louis’ little show he performed while I pulled the door open.
My laughing stopped immediately.
And my eyes fell upon the girl standing beside my best friend.
I could feel my heart crumbling into millions of pieces and my throat was all choked up.
What was going on?
As we stepped out into the fresh London air, a shiny-black SUV was waiting for our arrival.
Holding the door open, I let Alexandra slide into the leather seats. There ya go Liam. Way to be gentlemen.
Her hazel eyes lit up as she mumbled a ‘thanks’ and scooted herself over to the farthest window, giving me space to hop in as well.
Shutting the door, I ripped off my Ray Banz and beanie off my head after putting on my seatbelt.
From the corner of my eye, I swear I could see Al gawking over my every move. More like drooling. Okay well maybe not drooling, but she was totally checking me out.
“Like what ya see?” I teased as I wiggled my eyebrows in her direction.
Her cheeks were gradually growing crimson red, until she abruptly turned to gaze out the window.
It was weird. She was being unusually shy which was a side of her I had never seen before.
It was cute though.
Inconveniently, she still hadn’t responded to my flirtatious remark. So, I decided to make the most out of this situation by playing with her a little more.
“You know you can’t resist me Al.”
This time she looked back at me, only to roll her eyes.
“HA HA verrrrry funny,” she spoke sarcastically.
“Do you know what’s really funny? When I saw you-”
“Liam, if you’re trying to seduce her, I don’t think it’s working,” Paul interjected out of nowhere.
I had completely disremembered that my security guard was sitting in the drivers seat, undoubtedly listening to our conversation. Expecting this moment to be awkward, Alexandra bursted into a fit of giggles causing Paul and I to do the same.
Her laugh was contagious.
The car wasn’t even in motion yet, but we all just sat there chuckling for which seemed like hours.
Minutes later, Alexandra snorted in between one of her increasingly loud giggles, which only made me cackle so hard that my eyes got teary. I was forced to hold onto my stomach for my dear life as I tried to keep my breathing pace at normal speed.
I wasn’t even sure what I was laughing so hard about.
I guess this was one of those times where you can’t really explain how humorous that exact moment was because you can barely comprehend the event yourself.
But once our unintentional laughing session came to a halt, Paul poked his head to the back and sent a sweet smile towards Al. I could already tell he liked her. If you can make him laugh, you can’t be on his bad side.
Hmm. Maybe that’s why him and Louis are so close and get along so well.
“Hi there, I’m Paul!”
“Hello, it’s nice to meet you”
“You too. Now Liam, what caused you to leave the hotel this morning and not tell me?!”
I calmly pointed my finger towards the lovely lady sitting beside me and said, “This girl.”
“And does this girl have a name?”
“Yes I do. I’m Alexandra,” she quickly pointed out.
“My-oh-my Liam. You do realize you almost gave me a heart attack?”
For one of these moments I would usually crack a joke about him making a song reference to one of our hit singles, but I couldn’t.
It was beginning to get more and more frustrating keeping this secret from Al. It got in the way of so many things.
The strange thing was, I have barely known her for two days. It’s not like I was obligated to speak about One Direction or anything. But then why do I care so much about her not knowing?
“Sorry” is all I said back to Pauly.
“It’s fine, but we will discuss this later Mr.”
He shifted back to the steering wheel while I retorted with a nod.
I knew that no matter what I said, Paul and I would definitely still be having a serious discussion about me ‘breaking the rules’ later.
Once he was fully focused on the road, Alexandra shifted closer to me. Our legs were barely touching and she whispered something in my ear.
“I thought you said he was your friend. He sounds more like your father.”
I could tell she was slightly kidding in that comment, so I let out a small laugh.
“He’s like my second dad.”
“Oh I see, so why are you staying at the hotel?”
In my mind, I began to panic. Shit Shit Shit. What do I do? Idk just tell her? No. I can’t just drop the bomb on her like that. Is it bad to keep lying? Not if you tell her eventually. But still it’s lying. No, you are simply just leaving out a detail. Well, it’s a BIG ass detail.
Okay Liam, stop fighting with yourself.
“I’m just here with the boys.” I shrugged. Wow. Could my answer be anymore pathetic?
“Boys?”
“Well ya’know…Harry, Louis, Zayn and Niall.”
“Oh yeah, are they like your best friends?”
“Nah, they’re like my brothers. I’ve always wanted a younger brother and now I’ve got four of ‘em. I
couldn’t be any luckier.”
“Aww how cute,” she teased before continuing, “Am I gonna get to see them at the hotel?”
“Yepp,” I said as I popped the p.
“Oh alright sounds great. Thanks for doing this for me. Really, it means a lot.”
“Its fine. Now stop thanking me you butthead!”
“Hey! You’re the butthead!” she shrieked while attempting to pull off one of those puppy dog faces.
“I know you are but what am I?”
“God, your such a child.”
“I know you are but what am I?”
“I hate you,” she said in an almost serious tone while sticking her tongue out at me.
“Love you too,” I mocked as I blew kisses towards her.
She giggled and pretended to grab the imaginary kisses and shove them in her pocket.
After that, our talking died down a bit once we both gazed out the window, watching the people, trees, and stores pass by.
It was abruptly quiet until moments later a familiar voice got both of our attention.
“We’re here.”
I let out a sigh of relief. We’re here.
Okay. Now all we have to do is get inside, rush up the elevator and make sure nobody sees me. Simple but effective.
Paul drove the car around back and navigated over to where a special door was located. Pulling right up in
front of it, he turned off the engine and we all scurried out of the vehicle.
He swiftly turned around and pointed his finger directly towards Alexandra and I.
“Now listen. You both need to stay behind me at all times. Once we get inside you must go straight up to Liam’s room. Got it?”
I think his voice came out a lot harsher than expected because Al suddenly tensed up and seemed nervous. I really hope he didn’t scare her.
Maybe I was just used to his tone of voice and she obviously wasn’t. I felt kind of bad. She must be so confused why Paul turned so strict out of nowhere.
Once they metal door was unlocked, we kept ourselves practically glued behind my protective security
guard. If only she knew that was what Paul was…
He directed us towards the elevator and we maneuvered inside. I clicked level nine and held my breath as we went up eight floors. The annoying elevator music was getting stuck in my head until finally, the doors swung open.
“I’m heading back to my room,” Paul declared as he stepped out first.
“Okay,” Alexandra and I said in unison.
He gave us a wave and then headed on his heels down the long hallway.
“You sure you’re okay with this?” she questioned me in a soft voice.
“Yes! Now c’mon lets go. The boys are probably all in my room,” I said while grabbing her arm so she wouldn’t hesitate on leaving.
We stood in front room 956 as I reached for my pocket in search of my key. With my luck, I must’ve forgot to bring it with me this morning. Of course.
Knocking on the door, I could hear my noisy band mates on the other side. After four or five knocks it was finally answered.
NIALL POV-
Louis was forcing us to watch Grease with him for the hundredth time as we all chilled in Liam’s hotel room. We had been sitting around all day, waiting for him to come back from god-knows-where.
It wasn’t like him to just leave and not notify anyone.
He was always the ‘goody goody’ out of the five of us so it was shocking when Paul was going ballistic over him being ‘missing.’
To be honest though, Liam must’ve been out for quite awhile. When we all woke up, he was nowhere to be found.
I wonder what he was doing.
In the beginning, I was kinda worried something bad might’ve happened to him, but then I remembered this was Liam we were talking about. He is the most responsible person I know.
Well not the most responsible, but he’s definitely not stupid.
So, while I was stretched out on the couch next to Liam and Harry, I munched on my buttery popcorn.
Louis was begging us to watch his new dance to ‘Grease Lightening,’ so we reluctantly agreed.
He blasted the music and attempted doing weird dance moves which he failed miserably at every time.
After trying to do the worm,moonwalk and cotton eyed joe, he returned to his signature traffic dance.
By the end of his little routine, we were all sprawled across the floor laughing hysterically. I was practically choking on my popcorn in the midst of it all.
Unexpectedly, I heard a feint knocking noise coming from the door. Hoping that it would be room service, I was the first person to jump up from the carpet. By the time I was already standing, I sadly remembered we didn’t order anything.
Since I was already up, I stumbled over to the banging sound. I was still laughing about Louis’ little show he performed while I pulled the door open.
My laughing stopped immediately.
And my eyes fell upon the girl standing beside my best friend.
I could feel my heart crumbling into millions of pieces and my throat was all choked up.
What was going on?
Notes
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