Illusion

Part One ~ Chapter 11: Steal My Girl

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Couple billion in the whole wide world

Find another one cause she belongs to me

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I look down on the clouds, my heart racing as we get closer to our destination.

The holidays in Ilhéus were incredible and the two days we've spent in Rio have been crazy and awesome at the same time. No one has spotted Liam and I am thankful for that. It's been such a relief; for him and for me.

Now we're seated on the jet, an almost 11 hours flight ahead of us until we arrive to Columbus, where the rest of the boys already await.

In front of me, Paddy is eating a sandwich and gives me a warm smile.

"It's okay" he says as if he had read my thoughts, "it's gonna be okay" he assures.

I sigh and look to my left, where by my side, Liam is deeply asleep, a sweet smile printed on his face.

I look back at Paddy.

"I won't say anything" he tells me, "Liam is like a son to me and it's been a while since I've seen him this happy. And even though I know what we're doing is wrong; for some reason it doesn't feel like it"

I smile.

"Thank you, Paddy"

The flight goes on a lot quicker than I expected and as soon as we land, I have a shiver down my spine and a thought comes to mind: Everything is going to change now.

I look at Liam who smiles at me and gives me a long hug before we descend the aircraft.

"Sam is waiting for us outside" Paddy says reading his mobile phone, "he says there aren't a lot of fans, but enough to have gathered the airport security"

"I thought the lads were already here" Liam says.

"And they are" Paddy nods, "but you aren't"

"All right, let's go then"

Luckily the fans are quite calm and Liam even stops for some pictures with them.

"I love it when they're like that" Liam smiles, "it is much nicer than not being able to stop because of the mobbing crowd"

I smile at him and we enter the van.

"Hi" Sam greets us with a smile, "how was the trip?"

"Long" the three of us answer in unison, making him laugh.

The drive to the hotel is quite short. The fans are already waiting outside, and they have nothing to do with the ones at the airport.

It takes some effort to Sam, Paddy and I to keep them away from Liam.

We get our room cards at the reception desk and head to the 9th floor, where our rooms are located.

"Helloooo!" Niall cries loudly coming to us.

He hugs me and then turns to Liam, who is staring at him with his jaw dropped.

"Excuse me! Why are you greeting her before me?" he says in a fake-offended tone.

"I'm saving the best for last, Payno" Niall laughs giving him a manly hug; "Tommo and Zayn are at the stadium, Harold is in his room with Lux"