The Taj Mahal Hotel (One Direction Fan Fiction)

Chapter 19- The Food Volcano

Paige’s POV

I pulled my Yaris into the parking lot and Zayn and I walked side by side towards the cinema entrance. It was such a humid day out and I could swear my face was that of a perspiring pig. 

"Aah," I couldn't help but feel relieved as soon as we entered the cinema complex. The cool air emanating from the air conditioner, swept over our sweaty faces. Zayn gave me a look of agreement at my exclamation.

"Two tickets for The Proposal." Zayn handed the tickets to the ticket box lady. 

She smiled at us, as she tore the tickets, handing us the admission part of it. "Enjoy!" She winked at us, probably thinking that Zayn and I were a couple. Talk about awkward.

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Liam's POV

I paced around the corridor, outside the entrance to Amina's room. How do I approach her? Do I just randomly walk in; would that make me seem like some sort of a creep? Ah well, she probably thinks I am one, anyway. I mean, c'mon which friend would like his best mate's girlfriend? I knew it was wrong, but there was just something about Ami that drew me towards her and I just couldn't figure out what. At this stage, I wasn't sure if it was bloody infatuation either! 

"Freaking hell, here goes," I thought as I walked towards the door, knocking once and taking a step back.

“Come in!” I heard from inside, and took this as permission to turn the door knob and enter.

Walking in, the coolness of the room enveloped me. We need to get the maintenance guy to fix the crappy air conditioning in our room, I mentally noted.  I directed my gaze towards Ami, who looked like she had just woken up from a nap; her eyes bleary and her hair a mess. Even with that, she managed to look so damn fine! “Uhm, is this a bad time? Should I b-“ I decided to say something, but was cut off by her.

“No, no, it’s completely fine! I mean, well I was err... how do I put it? Uhm, I was meant to be spending a day by myself and well you know...I’ve actually pushed away so many people who have tried to talk to me.... so please do stay. I seriously feel deprived of human social interaction.” She said, combing her hair with her fingers, as she tied it up into a pony.

I chuckled at the thought of her spending a day by herself, but curiosity got the better off me. “Oh ok.... so how come you’re spending a day by yourself, then?” Her cheeks turned slightly pink at my question.

She looked everywhere, but at me, as she answered, “Well uh, ya know... umm, my uh job was making me really stressed and I really needed a break...” she trailed off.  Man, this girl really sucked at lying, but it just made her that much cuter. I decided not to rub things in and let it go, just this once.

I nodded, seemingly looking convinced as I asked, “So, what have you gotten up to doing while going out with yourself, then?” I held back a smirk, awaiting her answer.

“Well, nothing really... I basically slept through the entire day.” She laughed sheepishly. “Ooh, which reminds me...”  trailing off, she turned her iPhone on as she waited for the home screen to load. As soon as she did though, the silence in the room was filled with text tone after text tone- it was crazy!

“Woah, someone’s popular!” I joked. Her face however did not light up; it remained dull and if I could put a finger to it, somewhat worried. Concerned, I asked her, “What’s wrong, Ami?”

She broke out of the trance that she was in and shook her head lightly, “Oh, it’s nothing, really... I just... I received 6 missed calls from Zayn and 5 texts... I’m not sure what he’ll make of all of this, though... I should probably call him back and tell him that everything’s fine....” Her eyebrows furrowed as she went off into thought. I could feel my body growing tenser with every word she said and I couldn’t handle it any longer. My entire face was heated up, in- I don’t even know what to make of it- was it anger? Frustration? Hate? Was I upset that I wasn’t in Zayn’s place?  I couldn’t figure it out, but I knew I couldn’t handle her going on about Zayn, any longer.

I decided to speak up. “Ami... have you actually considered what I’ve told you.... you know? The day I told you, I was falling for you?” My hands grew clammy and I groaned within for not making out the question properly. Her face had gone pale, as I looked up.

“Liam...look; I really don’t know what to say...” her voice cracked slightly as she said my name and I could feel the tension rise in the room as she spoke. There was an awkward pause before she continued. “But all I know is that there is someone else, who we both know, and she loves you more than anyone else. Why are you wasting your time on me when you just haven’t gotten to know her, yet?”

Zayn’s POV

The movie had started off well and Paige and I were eating popcorn and drinking Pepsi as we watched the movie. We were now up to the scene where Sandra Bullock, the main actress, was clothed in a plaid robe and on the phone. She was wearing boots with the robe, and I mean, I’m not a woman, but a guy knows a funny outfit when he sees one! She was outside on the phone when an eagle came and swept away her pet dog.

From beside me, I heard laughter and I turned around to see Paige having a laughing fit. Her laughter was pretty contagious, I had to admit and soon I began to laugh along with her. Margaret was now throwing her phone at the eagle, which she was probably hoping distracted the eagle and made it drop the poor dog. But just as the eagle dropped the dog, it swept the cell phone away from Margaret. I couldn’t hold it in any longer- her reaction was priceless! Immediately, I roared with laughter and so had Paige by the looks of it. My whole body shook and the now forgotten popcorn in my lap landed in a heap on the bald man who happened to be sitting in front of us. The people in the cinema shot us death glares. To add to the food volcano effect, I poured the remaining Pepsi from my cup onto his head. Can’t forget the lava now, can we? I grabbed Paige’s hand and we both ran out of the theatre, still laughing from what had just happened. I caught a glimpse of the man’s face, and boy did he look angry! Oh well, we had gotten out of harm’s way, for now. We ran like hysterical chooks to the parking lot, receiving bewildered stares from everyone at the cinema complex. We made our way into Paige’s car, as I ordered; “Drive!” and we set off, our laughter beginning to die down.

“Oh... oh- my- god! Tha- that was- the- the funniest thing ever!” Paige managed in between her calming laughter, as we drove off.

“Tell me about it! What was a bald man doing watching The Proposal all by himself, anyway?!” I exclaimed back, equally amused.

All of a sudden, my iPhone went off and I took it out off my pocket to see who I had received a text from.  My eyes froze to the screen as I saw who the text was from. Amina.

A/N:. I’m really tired today coz of the extremely humid weather, so I didn’t really write my best; sorry about that. :( I just wanted to give you all an update, so here it is. :D

This chapter is dedicated to @herewithonedirection because she has been totally amazayn and voted for all of my chapters, as well as giving me comments on a few of them! She also made The Taj Mahal from characters on the keyboard and that really made my day! :’) Check out my message board to see it. :D Thanks heaps, gurl! ♥

Special mention to Wa-Shi (she doesn’t want me to reveal her real name, so I won’t. :P) for being an amazayn friend and giving me possible ideas for this story! Ily Wa-Shi. ♥

Shout out to Lana for being a phenomeniall Directioner buddy and to Amrit for being a cool kid. :P Ily both! ♥

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