Deadly Affairs {One Direction Fanfiction}

Ch. 8- Don't Eat That

Harry POV

   I walk out of the kitchen’s double doors with a platter of mini quiches in my hand. These shorts are getting on my nerves and they constantly keep riding up in the back. I adjust the earpiece to get better hearing of what is going on with the rest of the team. “One wand for you, one wand for you-HEY WAIT UNTIL I HAND IT TO YOU! DON’T YOU JUST THROW YOURSELF AT ME CAUSE NOW YOU’RE NOT GETTING ON, FUCKING CHILD!” I hear AJ call some kid out. I chuckle to myself. “Oops, I mean crazy child.”

   “It says this plate comes with potatoes. What kind of potatoes?” A woman’s voice asks.

“Any potatoes you want. We have mashed potatoes, new baby potatoes, baked potatoes, roasted potatoes-it's all in the menu, ma'am." I listen to Niall explain with a hint of annoyance.

   “Do you have baked potatoes?”

            “No, we don’t.” he answers exasperated.  The part about being disguised as waiters that sucks is the part where we need to act like them too. And we need to put up with these idiotic guests.  

I try to pick something up from the she-devils earpiece to see if she’s getting anything, but I got nothing. I scan the room and instantly find her talking to some waiters, one of them including Niall, who escaped the potato woman, and pointing angrily at the guests. I think she took the planner role too literally. I mean, look at her, walking around like she owns the place. Being all bossy and sexy. I mean who does she thinks she- wait what did I just say? Niall turns around and raises an eyebrow at me while pressing down on his earpiece. What’s this problem?

“Who are you talking about?” a voice asks over my shoulder. I whip around to AJ. Oh shit. I must’ve said that out loud. And anything I saw could be heard with these damn earpieces.

“Oh, um, I, erm,” I stutter trying to find an excuse, “I have to go get orders. Bye!” I quickly walk away to avoid anymore questions. I continue wondering around to see if I can find anything out. I walk past a table with a couple ladies. Their conversation catches my attention.

“Yeah, he isn’t coming.” One says.

“He couldn’t make it? That’s dreadful. His littler sisters’ birthday too.” Another adds.

“Wait, who isn’t coming?” I butt in. They turn to me surprised.

“Excuse me, but is this any of your business?”

“No but… I need to know how many plates to bring out, so I need to know who is here and who isn’t. So, who couldn’t make it?” I ask again.

“Oh, in that case, the birthday girls’ brother, Mr. Louis Tomlinson isn’t coming. You can mark him off your list.”

“Okay, thank you ma’am,” I say and turn away to find a team member to tell them the news. Well, that was a waste of time.

Harry POV

“Everyone, meet in the kitchen, ASAP,” I whisper as I maneuver through the crowds of people and tables. I push through the double doors to meet JJ, who’s already there. “Did you hear?” I ask.

“Yeah,” she answers with disappointment. I remove my earpiece and toss it on a counter in frustration. “Well, that was a waste of time.” I nod in agreement, considering I thought the exact thing earlier. Niall comes in just as those words come out of her mouth. I can tell by his distressed expression that he heard everything too.

He looks around for a second, “Where’s AJ? Does she know?” I look to JJ and she shrugs.

“I’d imagine so if she had her piece in. But she hasn’t come here yet, so I don’t know,” she states. I move towards the doors and look through the small window. I immediately find her prancing around with a group of small girls around her, waving her arms in a weird fashion.

“Well there she is. Can’t really miss her,” JJ says from over my shoulder. What’s with them, getting so close to me?! It’s uncomfortable. “Try getting her attention,” she suggests. I stick my head out and try calling her name loud enough for her to hear several times.

“AJ. AJ. AJ! What the hell, is she deaf?” I say turn back around to face the others for anymore ideas. JJ looks around at the counters. Suddenly, she grabs a dinner role and chucks it out the door. A point-blank throw that hit AJ right on the forehead.

“Dude, JJ, that was perfect,” Niall comments. She turns to him and grins.

 AJ’s in shock at first, probably wondering what the hell that was. When she looks at the floor and picks up the roll. She looks towards the kitchen now, spotting us waving her over. Then she looks back down at the roll. She’s probably debating on whether if she should take a bite of it or not. She seems hypnotized but it until JJ calls her out and tells her to, and I quote “Get your ass over here!”

“Wow, isn’t that nice,” I mumble under my breath.

“Oh, look who is talking,” she glares.

“Both of you, shut up,” Niall warns. I turn my attention back to the party. AJ drops the roll and finally joins us.

“Where’s your earpiece?!” I question irritated.

“Oh, well, I lost it in my basket of wands,” she smiles sheepishly.

“Are you stupid?! This is serious stuff, AJ!” Her smile fades and she looks at her feet. I instantly feel guilty, and before I can say anything, Niall and JJ step in.

“Well, isn’t that nice?” JJ says mimicking my earlier statement and crossing her arms.

“Seriously, that wasn’t nice, fucking cunt,” Niall mumbles the last part but I still hear it clearly.

“Look, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean it, AJ. Tomlinson isn’t showing up,” I tell her.

“He isn’t? This blows. Now what?” she asks.

I shrug, “Probably just wait until the party’s over and move on, try to find out where he could be.” Everyone complies and move back to their stations.

AJ POV

I grabbed a piece of cake and sat down on the floor in the little corner fenced in so the little ones couldn’t escape. I didn’t want to be here anymore. There was no point anyways, Tomlinson wasn’t going to show up. The two little birthday girls trudged towards me and plopped down.

            “Why are you so sad?” I asked.

            “Our brother isn’t coming.” The one whose name was Phoebe said.

            “He promised he would show up this time.” The other one said.

            “You know something similar happened to me when I was around your age. Maybe a bit younger.” I mentioned. “I was the star of my elementary play. I worked really hard to get that role because my parents said they would make an extra effort to come if I got it. So the opening night of the play, I looked out into the crowd and didn’t see them.”

            “They didn’t show up?” Daisy asked.

            “No they died.” I replied.

            “Oh.” They said simultaneously.

            “But enough about me, do you know where he is? You know…besides here.”

            “India I think.” Phoebe said thoughtfully.

            “India!? That’s a little far. No wonder he couldn’t make it. He probably couldn’t catch a ride here.” I said soothingly. I could see that they were slightly more at ease at this thought. I put my hand to my ear and softly pressed the earpiece. “Guys, we’re going to India.”

[A/N] Harry's Birthday update ! Wooh :D Love you guys mwah xxx