Trust

Save Me

I hear a knock on the door and I turn my attention to it. I walk up and open the door to see Harry.

“Hi Aurora. Dinner is ready.” He says. I nod and follow him down to the dining room. They are sitting at the table… waiting for me? I sit in the last empty seat and look at the plate that is set in front of me. This is more food than I eat in a month. Louis speaks up.

“Uh, Aurora, we should probably tell you something.” I look up. “Well, we are kind of a boy band, One Direction. So, long story short, we’re famous.” He says.

Oh, that would explain the whole, uh, 5 boys… together… uhm, yeah you know what I'm talking about. It would also explain the hoodies and sunglasses.

“Yeah, they’re our disguises, and, no, we aren’t gay.” Zayn speaks up. I mentally slap myself. You know those invisible gates that separate what your mind thinks and your mouth say? Well, I don’t have one.

“You’re famous?” I ask, just trying to clarify.

“Yep.” Niall says, smiling.

“If you’re famous and you really don’t want to hurt me, then why did you adopt me?” I don’t believe that they won’t hurt me, but I was curious what story they would come up with. They look a bit uncomfortable, which I figure is due to them needing to come up with a good lie quick.

“Well, if you want the truth…” Liam starts. “Niall wanted a dog.”

I give him a questioning look.

“And Uncle Si said that dogs aren’t allowed on tour….” Harry continues.

“So I jokingly asked if humans were.” Louis says. “And little Niall over here took it seriously.”

“He wouldn’t shut up until we adopted…” Zayn says.

“And now you’re here!!” Niall concludes.

My mouth drops. They really expected me to believe that?!

“Idiots…” I mumble under my breath. Unfortunately for me, I wasn’t as quiet as I thought.

“Hey! I heard that!” Harry yells. I gulp. Now I’m in for it.

“Heard what?” Liam asks.

“She called us idiots.” Harry responds. They start moving a little and I close my eyes. Then I hear… laughing? I open an eye and, sure enough, they’re laughing. I sit there startled. I was expecting them to hit me…They begin eating so I pick up my fork. I take a bite of the food hesitantly, then recall that I had already eaten today. I set down my fork.

“Aren’t you going to eat?” Niall asks, noticing me just sitting there.

“I did.” I reply.

“You aren’t going to eat anymore?” Harry pipes up.

“I’m not hungry.” I state.

“Did you have a big lunch?” Niall asks.

“Yes.” I lie. They look at me suspiciously.

“Are you sure? What did you eat?” Harry asks. I, of course, knew exactly what I’d eaten. But they’d make me eat more. I can’t eat more. It hurts.

“I don’t remember…” I lie again.

“Aurora, it’s not good to lie.” Liam says.

“Says the guy who just lied to me.” I mutter under my breath. Zayn, who is sitting next to me, shoots me a ‘we are talking about this later’ look. Oh, great. He heard me.