I Hate You ~ Louis Tomlinson

STARING CONTEST

It is really late and they're all stuck at the studio, waiting for security to clear paparazzi. Somehow today like 50 of them showed up and then they must have all called friends because an hour later it seemed like there were 50 more.

Unfortunately, they do not have enough security to help them get through the crowd today. On a typical day they have 2 security guards to watch over the building and up until now, that's all been fine. 

"Okay, okay. Fine starting contest. That doesn't take a lot of energy. Who's up for one?" Louis asks. He's incredibly bored and antsy as they continue to wait to be able to go home.

The rest of the boys groan from their various positions in the cafeteria. Harry is sitting next to Natalie with his head down on the table, she's pretty sure he fell asleep. Niall pushed a bunch of chairs together and is laying on them. Liam is half asleep with his head in his hand and Zayn is scrolling on his phone. Natalie and Louis sit across from each other at one of the tables.

"Oh! I'll play, I'm really good at those," Natalie says, also bored and basically wide awake. She's never been one to go asleep early. 

"Okay, fine but only because I'm so bored." Louis says begrudgingly.

"Yeah whatever." She replies and rolls her eyes. "Are you ready?"

He nods and they start to stare at each other. This is not a good idea for her in hindsight, staring at her crush for prolonged periods of time when she knows he has absolutely zero feelings for her. Bad idea.

The first round they decide is a tie since they both flinch when the door opens and one of the security guards leaves the room to check on the status of the situation. They tried to clear up the paparazzi earlier and when that didn't work they called the police. Since this is really no kind of emergency, their case isn't taking first priority, so they wait. 

Natalie and Louis start again and Natalie tries to stop a giggle fit from coming on. No real good reason, it just happens when she is awake for too long, that or crying so all in all she's happy it's this.

"Why are you laughing?" Louis asks confused.

"I don't know," she says with a shrug.

He looks down to hide a smile on his face and asks if she wants to try again.

"Okay yeah."

They look at each other for a good 30 seconds until she places a hand over her mouth as she's giggling again.

"You're going to keep losing if you keep doing that." He says with humor in his voice.

"I can't help it."

"Well try harder," he says teasing her.

"Okay, okay. I can do it this time."

"Yeah? I'll have to see it for myself," he says taunting her as she tries to compose herself.

Seconds later she's already giggling, and he looks at her with a big goofy smile.

"Maybe I should stop playing."

"No, keep trying this is fun," Louis says and then corrects himself, so it doesn't seem like he's enjoying this so much, "Me winning I mean."

"Okay fine."

This time she only lasts 3 seconds, but in her defense, Louis is making a really funny face at her.

"Hey that's not fair. You're making a funny face," she exclaims.

"Am not. That's just my face," he says back with a smile.

She rolls her eyes and asks him to play another round. He agrees but makes a different but still very funny face. She nudges his knee with hers under the table and says, "Hey! Quit it."