Collision Course
The Boys
Obviously angry, Liam led me, or should I say almost pulled me, as he trudged along a long hallway. After what felt like miles of hallway, we entered a room full of couches and a few tables with food and drinks. Liam plopped down on a couch, but I went right for the coffee.
“Aahh, I hate this, Allie.” He said from his spread out positon on the couch. “I wanted to keep you a secret, to have something that didn’t have to be ruined by fame or touched by millions of people. I hate the whole idea of you being in danger or having people stalking you.”
Gently, I sat down by his head, moving it onto my lap. “Liam,” I almost coooed as if to a child, “you can’t control everything. It is ok. It probably would have happened not matter what.” I said, still unsure how crazy my life was about to get.
“You don’t understand, Allie. You life is about to flip upside down. You will never be able to be normal again.” He said sounding genuinely upset.
Rubbing his hair, Liam began to relax and I could feel the tension leave his body as he took a few deep breaths. Softly, I whispered to him, “I never was meant to be normal.” Instinctively, his hand wound to my neck, twisting some of my hair and simultaneously gently guiding me down to kiss him. Not a hungry kiss, but a tender kiss, just letting me know he cared.
“Why don’t you call your brother before it gets too late. Find out what is going on with your dad.” He said to me before getting up from his position on the couch.
I felt empty as his weight disappeared from my lap, but how can you be unhappy when, for the first time ever, you felt so complete? He was right, though; I needed to talk to my brother, to get an update on what was happening. I took out my phone from my pocket and dialed his number, and heard it ring a few times before he picked up.
Being in the green room was Allie was both captivating but also frustrating all at the same time. It was the last place I wanted to be with her. I had planned on keeping her all too myself, but I had screwed that all up for a kiss in a coffee shop with the girl I loved. Yes, I loved her, I had even said it to her when she was asleep, but I could not say it to her face. I was not even sure how it is possible to fall in love in such a short time. But since everything was going against plan, I guess it was time to embrace the fact that I cannot control everything like I so wanted to. Stealing a quick glance at the clock, I realized that the boys would be arriving in the next few minutes. In both worry and excitement, began to pace the room in attempts to make the time go faster to when I had to introduce my Allie to the boys.
I heard her talking softly on the phone, sounding a little more concerned now that she had her brother on the phone, wanting to give her a bit of privacy, I decided to wait for the boys in the hallway.
Just moments after I closed the door to the Green Room, Hektor arrived.
“Good morning, Liam.” He said, way too cheerfully for an early morning, all day, rehearsal. I gave him a nervous smile before replying.
“Is there a reason you are blocking the door to the green room?” He asked?
“Yeah, my girlfriend is on an important phone call in there.” I replied, not even thinking before I called her my girlfriend. Is that what she was? Did she mind if I introduced her that way? Did she even want to be my girlfriend? Well now I was just overthinking it. I know she wants to be with me, so I might as well start calling her my girlfriend.
“Your girlfriend?” Hektor said sounding a little taken aback. “I didn’t know you had a girlfriend.”
“It’s kinda new, I mean I was not even planning on introducing her to people for a while.” I answered in complete honesty.
“Well, no worries, I signed a confidentiality agreement.” He replied.
“That might be good, but the cats already out of the bag on this one. There are pictures of us two that have been sweeping the twitter-sphere.” I replied before sitting on the ground just next to the door.
“You don’t sound too happy about that, so I am sorry.” He said, but then he knew that quiet might be the better answer to this problem, and he shut up and just sat next to me.
What was a quiet hallway suddenly filled up with laughter and loud talking. “… yeah, it was some good craic. I mean, Harry, you should have come out with us last night. You really should have a good reason not joining us out on the tear.”
Harry, Niall and Zayn all rounded the corner and continued walking towards Hektor and myself. Niall kept at his banter but Zayn spotted me sitting on the floor and shot me one of his glances. “Liam? What’s up mate?” He asked both as a ‘what is wrong?’ and a ‘why are you on the floor?’ question.
I waited for the three of them to stop walking before I talked, finally saying, “So, I have someone you need to meet, but I need to talk to you first.”
“So we get to meet the notorious girl from the pictures yesterday?” Harry asked.
“When everyone gets here.” I began.
“Don’t bother waiting for Lou. I just got off the phone with him. He is running late, as usual, and will not be here for a half hour.” Zayn replied as he put his hand out for me to grab.
Pulling me to my feet, I had no choice to but to introduce the boys to Allie. “Wait out here, let me make sure she is off the phone.” I said, entering the room but closing it behind me in attempts to stall even for a few more seconds. I hated the idea that I was now going to have to share Allie with the boys.
Allie was sitting on the couch, legs crossed, and still on the phone. I could not hear Grif, but Allie was loud and clear, “… after the catscan we will know if everything is ok?” then silence.
She motioned for me to join her on the couch, which I obliged, placing my arm around her shoulder, and she snuggled into me. “So there is nothing we can do but wait?” she asked, sounding partially defeated.
“Alright, well go to sleep Grif and call me if something changes. I’ll call you tomorrow morning.” She said her goodbye and hung up the phone.
“Well?” I asked.
“Dad’s doing good but they are worried that there might be a perforation in one of his vital organs, not a big one, but something that could get infected since his white blood cell count is up. But they will not know anything for at least another eight hours. Being a small hospital, they don’t have all the equipment that they need, so that have to transfer him.” She repeated what Grif had told her, but I couldn’t gage how she was feeling.
“Are you ok? Do you need to leave here and go back to the apartment?” I asked, again hoping that I might be able to put off introducing Allie.
“No, I think I am good. Probably better to stay busy then to sit and think about all the what ifs.” She said. “Thank you.” she had a big grin on her face and I couldn’t resist kissing her.
I pulled back, whispering, “are you ready to meet the boys.”
“We will never know unless I try.” She said.
I watched as Liam hesitantly pealed himself from the couch and made his way to the door. He shot me a glance and a smile before he opened the door. “Why don’t you guys come in?” He said
Suddenly, the room became loud and five boys, or should I say men, poured in. With out so much as a second of hesitation, one of the guys came up to me, pulled me from the couch and into a big hug.
“Allie!” He exclaimed in an Irish accent. “I am so glad I finally get to meet you! I’m Niall.”
I couldn’t help but hug him back, it was one of those epic hugs where you just feel so good being squeezed. “It is nice to meet you, Niall.” I said as he began to release his grip on me.
“C’mmon Niall, you have to share.” One of the other boys said. Niall let me go and then the one who had talked came for a hug. “I’m Harry, and it is good to meet you love.” He said.
“Harry, oh, I think you are the one Maggie tried to tell me about.” I said.
He looked a tad confused, but before he could say anything, someone barged in-between the two of us. “Alright, alright, enough ogling.” He said. “Stop hogging her, Harry. We all want to meet her.” He said. Instead of following suit and giving me a hug, he stuck out his hand and shook mine. However, instead of dropping it, he continued to hold my hand, adding, “It is such a pleasure to meet the girl who has knotted Payne’s panties. I’m…” he planted a kiss on my hand, “Louis, your new best friend.”
“Well, best friend, it is a pleasure.” I couldn’t help but find Louis amusing, he might be a tad cocky but it was just part of his personality and it fit him well.
Someone cleared their throat, forcing me to look away from Louis and for the source of the sound. I spied a tall, dark and hansom man standing a few feet away. He looked familiar, like I had seen his face before in a crowd but could not place it. Instinctively, I went up to him and greeted him with a warm smile. “You must be Zayn, then. I have heard Liam mention you a few times.”
“Ay, darling.” He said, hugging me like a long lost brother. “I have heard more then enough about you, but it is nice to meet you and have more then just a face for the name.” My face must have shown my question since he continued in saying, “I saw you once in Liam’s apartment lobby when you were leaving.”
“That’s how I knew your face now I remember.” He seemed nice and I could tell he genuinely cared for Liam.
Somehow, Liam magically appeared at my side, entangling his fingers with my own. “Come meet Hektor, our choreographer.” He said in his perfect voice.
He walked me to the opposite side of the room where a tall and muscular Latino man was standing.
“Hello.” He said in a thick accent. “I thought I would hang back and let you meet the boys first. But I’m Hektor with a ‘k’.”
Liam wouldn’t let go of my hand to shake Hektor’s, so I simply spoke. “So you are the guy grinding Liam down. He has been so tired the past week.”
“Don’t worry, Hun, I’m just increasing his stamina for you.” He replied as I saw a mischievous twinkle come from his eyes. I couldn’t help but blush a bit, and turning to Liam, it seemed he was both amused and embarrassed but it did not stop him from giving his goofy yet sexy half smirk.
“Aahh, I hate this, Allie.” He said from his spread out positon on the couch. “I wanted to keep you a secret, to have something that didn’t have to be ruined by fame or touched by millions of people. I hate the whole idea of you being in danger or having people stalking you.”
Gently, I sat down by his head, moving it onto my lap. “Liam,” I almost coooed as if to a child, “you can’t control everything. It is ok. It probably would have happened not matter what.” I said, still unsure how crazy my life was about to get.
“You don’t understand, Allie. You life is about to flip upside down. You will never be able to be normal again.” He said sounding genuinely upset.
Rubbing his hair, Liam began to relax and I could feel the tension leave his body as he took a few deep breaths. Softly, I whispered to him, “I never was meant to be normal.” Instinctively, his hand wound to my neck, twisting some of my hair and simultaneously gently guiding me down to kiss him. Not a hungry kiss, but a tender kiss, just letting me know he cared.
“Why don’t you call your brother before it gets too late. Find out what is going on with your dad.” He said to me before getting up from his position on the couch.
I felt empty as his weight disappeared from my lap, but how can you be unhappy when, for the first time ever, you felt so complete? He was right, though; I needed to talk to my brother, to get an update on what was happening. I took out my phone from my pocket and dialed his number, and heard it ring a few times before he picked up.
Being in the green room was Allie was both captivating but also frustrating all at the same time. It was the last place I wanted to be with her. I had planned on keeping her all too myself, but I had screwed that all up for a kiss in a coffee shop with the girl I loved. Yes, I loved her, I had even said it to her when she was asleep, but I could not say it to her face. I was not even sure how it is possible to fall in love in such a short time. But since everything was going against plan, I guess it was time to embrace the fact that I cannot control everything like I so wanted to. Stealing a quick glance at the clock, I realized that the boys would be arriving in the next few minutes. In both worry and excitement, began to pace the room in attempts to make the time go faster to when I had to introduce my Allie to the boys.
I heard her talking softly on the phone, sounding a little more concerned now that she had her brother on the phone, wanting to give her a bit of privacy, I decided to wait for the boys in the hallway.
Just moments after I closed the door to the Green Room, Hektor arrived.
“Good morning, Liam.” He said, way too cheerfully for an early morning, all day, rehearsal. I gave him a nervous smile before replying.
“Is there a reason you are blocking the door to the green room?” He asked?
“Yeah, my girlfriend is on an important phone call in there.” I replied, not even thinking before I called her my girlfriend. Is that what she was? Did she mind if I introduced her that way? Did she even want to be my girlfriend? Well now I was just overthinking it. I know she wants to be with me, so I might as well start calling her my girlfriend.
“Your girlfriend?” Hektor said sounding a little taken aback. “I didn’t know you had a girlfriend.”
“It’s kinda new, I mean I was not even planning on introducing her to people for a while.” I answered in complete honesty.
“Well, no worries, I signed a confidentiality agreement.” He replied.
“That might be good, but the cats already out of the bag on this one. There are pictures of us two that have been sweeping the twitter-sphere.” I replied before sitting on the ground just next to the door.
“You don’t sound too happy about that, so I am sorry.” He said, but then he knew that quiet might be the better answer to this problem, and he shut up and just sat next to me.
What was a quiet hallway suddenly filled up with laughter and loud talking. “… yeah, it was some good craic. I mean, Harry, you should have come out with us last night. You really should have a good reason not joining us out on the tear.”
Harry, Niall and Zayn all rounded the corner and continued walking towards Hektor and myself. Niall kept at his banter but Zayn spotted me sitting on the floor and shot me one of his glances. “Liam? What’s up mate?” He asked both as a ‘what is wrong?’ and a ‘why are you on the floor?’ question.
I waited for the three of them to stop walking before I talked, finally saying, “So, I have someone you need to meet, but I need to talk to you first.”
“So we get to meet the notorious girl from the pictures yesterday?” Harry asked.
“When everyone gets here.” I began.
“Don’t bother waiting for Lou. I just got off the phone with him. He is running late, as usual, and will not be here for a half hour.” Zayn replied as he put his hand out for me to grab.
Pulling me to my feet, I had no choice to but to introduce the boys to Allie. “Wait out here, let me make sure she is off the phone.” I said, entering the room but closing it behind me in attempts to stall even for a few more seconds. I hated the idea that I was now going to have to share Allie with the boys.
Allie was sitting on the couch, legs crossed, and still on the phone. I could not hear Grif, but Allie was loud and clear, “… after the catscan we will know if everything is ok?” then silence.
She motioned for me to join her on the couch, which I obliged, placing my arm around her shoulder, and she snuggled into me. “So there is nothing we can do but wait?” she asked, sounding partially defeated.
“Alright, well go to sleep Grif and call me if something changes. I’ll call you tomorrow morning.” She said her goodbye and hung up the phone.
“Well?” I asked.
“Dad’s doing good but they are worried that there might be a perforation in one of his vital organs, not a big one, but something that could get infected since his white blood cell count is up. But they will not know anything for at least another eight hours. Being a small hospital, they don’t have all the equipment that they need, so that have to transfer him.” She repeated what Grif had told her, but I couldn’t gage how she was feeling.
“Are you ok? Do you need to leave here and go back to the apartment?” I asked, again hoping that I might be able to put off introducing Allie.
“No, I think I am good. Probably better to stay busy then to sit and think about all the what ifs.” She said. “Thank you.” she had a big grin on her face and I couldn’t resist kissing her.
I pulled back, whispering, “are you ready to meet the boys.”
“We will never know unless I try.” She said.
I watched as Liam hesitantly pealed himself from the couch and made his way to the door. He shot me a glance and a smile before he opened the door. “Why don’t you guys come in?” He said
Suddenly, the room became loud and five boys, or should I say men, poured in. With out so much as a second of hesitation, one of the guys came up to me, pulled me from the couch and into a big hug.
“Allie!” He exclaimed in an Irish accent. “I am so glad I finally get to meet you! I’m Niall.”
I couldn’t help but hug him back, it was one of those epic hugs where you just feel so good being squeezed. “It is nice to meet you, Niall.” I said as he began to release his grip on me.
“C’mmon Niall, you have to share.” One of the other boys said. Niall let me go and then the one who had talked came for a hug. “I’m Harry, and it is good to meet you love.” He said.
“Harry, oh, I think you are the one Maggie tried to tell me about.” I said.
He looked a tad confused, but before he could say anything, someone barged in-between the two of us. “Alright, alright, enough ogling.” He said. “Stop hogging her, Harry. We all want to meet her.” He said. Instead of following suit and giving me a hug, he stuck out his hand and shook mine. However, instead of dropping it, he continued to hold my hand, adding, “It is such a pleasure to meet the girl who has knotted Payne’s panties. I’m…” he planted a kiss on my hand, “Louis, your new best friend.”
“Well, best friend, it is a pleasure.” I couldn’t help but find Louis amusing, he might be a tad cocky but it was just part of his personality and it fit him well.
Someone cleared their throat, forcing me to look away from Louis and for the source of the sound. I spied a tall, dark and hansom man standing a few feet away. He looked familiar, like I had seen his face before in a crowd but could not place it. Instinctively, I went up to him and greeted him with a warm smile. “You must be Zayn, then. I have heard Liam mention you a few times.”
“Ay, darling.” He said, hugging me like a long lost brother. “I have heard more then enough about you, but it is nice to meet you and have more then just a face for the name.” My face must have shown my question since he continued in saying, “I saw you once in Liam’s apartment lobby when you were leaving.”
“That’s how I knew your face now I remember.” He seemed nice and I could tell he genuinely cared for Liam.
Somehow, Liam magically appeared at my side, entangling his fingers with my own. “Come meet Hektor, our choreographer.” He said in his perfect voice.
He walked me to the opposite side of the room where a tall and muscular Latino man was standing.
“Hello.” He said in a thick accent. “I thought I would hang back and let you meet the boys first. But I’m Hektor with a ‘k’.”
Liam wouldn’t let go of my hand to shake Hektor’s, so I simply spoke. “So you are the guy grinding Liam down. He has been so tired the past week.”
“Don’t worry, Hun, I’m just increasing his stamina for you.” He replied as I saw a mischievous twinkle come from his eyes. I couldn’t help but blush a bit, and turning to Liam, it seemed he was both amused and embarrassed but it did not stop him from giving his goofy yet sexy half smirk.
10/12/13