The Taj Mahal Hotel (One Direction Fan Fiction)

Chapter 16- It Helps to Have a Friend

Amina’s POV

Ami, I think I’m falling for you...

Ami, I think I’m falling for you....

Ami, I think I’m falling for you...

Ami, I think I’m fall-

“Earth to Amina?!” Liam’s honey coated voice shook me out of my hazy thoughts. His voice trembled as he said those words and that’s when reality took a bite at me. Liam had just confessed his feelings for me. I looked around, still in a daze, at our surroundings. The carriage that we had been in was now nearing the bottom of the last round on our Ferris wheel ride. I needed to get away from this noisy place at once and get my priorities straight. I averted my gaze to Liam, who was staring at me expectantly, his bottom lip trembling, ever so lightly, almost unnoticeable. I searched his eyes desperately for an explanation. It was a joke, Ami! Those were the words that I wanted to hear from him. That would calm me down in an instant.

The man at the ride grumpily unlocked our carriage and let us free. I half walked, half ran out of the carnival area and made my way over to my car. Hastily getting inside the car, I waited patiently for Liam’s arrival, so that we could sort things out somewhere where it was peaceful and quiet.

Staring straight ahead at the main road opposite the parking lot, I clenched and unclenched my fists, in an attempt to soothe my rapid heartbeat. I didn’t even know what I was feeling anymore. Could things really get any more dramatic in my life? My thoughts were interrupted by a door being opened. Shifting my gaze in the direction of the passenger seat, a pale looking Liam hopped inside the car. I turned my body towards him, giving him full attention, allowing no time for him to adjust to the car’s atmosphere. “Liam? Please explain.” Was all that I said.

“I’m afraid there really isn’t that much to explain, Ami. I said it before and I’ll say it now: I think I’m falling for you...” He said, coolly, which sent a shiver down my spine. My vision blurred and I felt something wet against my left cheek. “Ami... please don’t cry. I’d rather tell you the truth, than having you find it out elsewhere...” Liam bent over a little to caress my cheek, wiping my tear away. I gently nudged his hand away, shaking my head.

“D-do... y-you know th-that I’m i-in a rela-lationship, r-right?” I managed to ask between my sobs. My face was now buried inside both of my hands and I couldn’t hide my reaction to this, any longer.

I slowly looked up to see Liam giving me a sad, closed mouth smile and nodding once. “I do know that you’re with Zayn, but I can’t help it Ami. You’re something special to me...I can’t explain it... My feelings for you are way too strong...” I nodded at him knowingly, my vision still a haze, but better than before. He took this as a cue to continue, “Remember the night at Zayn’s party? I was acting all strange towards you? Well, I knew that after Zayn and your confession as being a couple, that I no longer had a chance with you... So I was trying to see if there was a way that I could get you out of my mind...you know, maybe getting angry at you for no particular reason.... obviously that didn’t work and I don’t know any other way to halt my feelings for you, Ami. I just don’t know what drove me to like you like this, but I do and I can’t toy with my heart’s thoughts.” He finished with an unrecognisable glint in his eye.

His thoughts hit me like a bucket of water. I never felt anything more than friendship towards Liam and to be honest, I didn’t think I would anytime soon, either. I mean, I was entirely happy with where Zayn and I were at the moment and the thought of having someone who may possibly intrude our happiness, was unbearable, to say the least. I finally mustered up the courage to reply to him.  Looking him straight in the eye, I answered, “Liam...I know where you’re coming from and I understand that the heart isn’t something to toy with...I totally respect that you acknowledge that, but I’m going to be honest with you as well... I’m in love with someone else Liam and that someone happens to be one of your best friends...” I looked down, fiddling with nothing in particular, but my fingers which just happened to be sweaty at this precise moment. Eek.