Taken In

Chapter 4

Hey guys! So sorry it took me so long to write this! Wattpad was being really slow on my tablet and computer, so nothing would load. Anyway, without further delay, here it is! ^_^

Ashton's POV

"I think she'll just have a little personal pizza with pepperoni," I say to a middle-aged waitress pointing to Alex, who was sitting in a high chair next to Niall. She was so cute with her plastic bib and bouncing around as she scribbled across her coloring page. "And the same for her." I pointed to Star.

"No. No peppewoni." Star whispered to me.

"-but just cheese, please." I added, as the waitress wrote down our orders.

"Heh, heh! Cheese please..." Calum said. What a dork. After the waitress, who's name-Cassandra- I found on a tag on her chest, finished taking our orders, she turned and walked back toward the kitchen. Star continues to scribble on her page, smiling gleefully. I'm so glad we found them. They are the sweetest girls in the world.

Niall's POV

I rest my head in my chin and sigh. I'm really hungry and hate waiting for my food. Oh, wait.... what's new? I listen as the rest of the boys engage in a conversation about what we're gonna do when the tour starts

"We can just leave them here or abandon them." Harry said

"And an orphanage is way out of the question." Michael added

"There's only one thing we can do..." Luke said

"Take 'em with us." We all nodded and murmured in agreement. We knew Luke was right, but we also knew it wasn't going to be easy.

I felt a small poke on my arm and looked over to find Alex, who was pointing at her coloring page. In red crayon, she had draw two small people with two bigger ones.

"That's Stawlin, " she said pointing to the smallest figure, "and me," at the other smallest, "Then that's you and Ashton." she pointed to the last to people. It was the sweetest thing I think I've ever seen...

"That's really good, Alex! I love it!" I say and she smiles happily. Luke, who was on the other side of her, glanced over and smiled at the picture as she added more people.

Soon, the waitress came over, bringing our food, behind her was a teenage girl carrying the rest of it. When she saw us, she gasped almost dropping the food. Cassandra hadn't happened to notice it, but when we had all received our food, the girl said

"You go ahead, I can get them." I think she's a fan.

Micheal's POV

As Cassandra walked away, the girl leaned down and whisper-yelled, "Oh. My. Word! I LOVE you guys!" She was smiling from ear to ear

"That was the manager, and if she had found out, I'd probably be fired!" We all laughed quietly, so as not to grab the manager's attention.

"If it's not too much to ask, can I have a picture?" We all nodded and stood up to quickly take a picture with her. A man who was sitting near us volunteered to take the picture. As we all sat down the girl said

"I'll be right back with your check." and started toward the kitchen, but turned around and quickly said,"I'm Tara, by the way." and smiled as she, once again, walked toward the kitchen.

"Guys, I have an idea..." I said, grabbing a napkin. I always kept a Sharpie in my pocket in case of fans. I pulled it out and wrote:

"To Tara:
Thanks for lunch! Signed, Michael"

After I signed my name, I passed the napkin around the table for the rest of the boys to do the same. Once everyone had signed it, it was passed back to me. A few moments later, Tara walked toward our table slipping the check next to me, and returned to the kitchen. I dug some money out of my pocket as the boys handed me enough money to pay for themselves, and Ashton a bit extra for Alex and Star.

I collected the money and counted it, making sure I had the correct amount, then carried it, the check, and the napkin up to the counter. Tara was there, sorting some menus in their slots.

"Hey, can I pay here?" I ask.

She laughs and says, "Sure!" and taps a few times on the screen of the register. I hand her the check and the money. After the drawer slides out on the register, she sorts the money into the slots, and gives me my change.

"Thanks for eating at Pizza Hut!" she says, and then leans in, "And thanks for the picture!" she smiles.

"Oh, and there's this too..." I say as I slide he napkin towards her.

She gasps. "Thank you so much!" she says. She admires it, holding it carefully in her hands as though it mught fall apart

"And by the way who are those cute little girls with you? If you don't mind me asking" she asks referring to Alex and Star

"Well, it's a long story. We found them abandoned and hurt by a stream, so we're taking them in to help them." I explain

"But, please, we're not ready to go public with it, so don't say anything for now, okay?"

She nods. "Okay, well I gotta go serve some people, but hopefully we'll run into eachother again sometime soon!" she says.

"Okay, bye!" I say waving to her as she walks away.

Luke's POV

After we got home from lunch, I was laying on my bed, flipping through the many many useless channel that were available in our hotel room. I mean, we paid for a five-star hotel! Shouldn't we at least get a few decent channels? I finally decide to just watch some stupid "Hollywood insider" show. I wonder what crap they'll come up with this time...

"Today, a photographer got special shots of the boy band One Direction, along with their friends, 5 Seconds Of Summer," the woman on the TV began, "But today, he didn't just get any normal photos. That's right! Stayed tuned after the commercial break to find out more."

"Guys...." I say, sitting up slowly, "Get in here..." I'm terrified of what "abnormal photos" they got. What if they're of Alex and Star? The boys walk in and pile on the bed, very confused as to why they're there. When the commercial break ends, the woman is back, reappearing what she said before. The boys take on the same look of terror I am.

The woman, again, begins to talk about  the "special pictures" as a photo appears on the TV screen.

And that's when my worst fear came true.

It was a picture of Ashton, throwing Star into the air. They were just playing around, then there's a picture of Niall and Alex, both looking at her coloring page, and Niall looked overly excited about something... I think he was pointing at a dot-to-dot.... he's an idiot...

"Me?" Alex said, pointing at the TV. We all jumped when she talked... nobody had seen her come in. She was holding Star's hand, and they were both staring at the TV screen.

"Ummmm..." Zayn looked at Ashton. He always knows what to say.

"Well, some people saw us and took pictures, and people liked them... So they put them on TV!" he said. It was only half true, but it'll do...

I just hope that their parents don't watch this show too often...