Anything It Takes

Chapter 16

jkhfslgkjdhgslkdjg guys, i have so nmany emotions akfhl. little mix is going on a radio tour around america, AND I SWEAR TO JESUS IF THEY DONT COME TO INDIANA I WILL STAB EVERY RADIO STATION HOST IN THE DAMN STATE OKAY. LIKE IM SO SERIOUS ABOUT THIS ALL OF YOU CAN HELP OK. okay rant is over with. Reminder, it’s around late October in the story. ( (I sometimes forget) :p (personal note: perth, australia is 8 hours ahead of london)
omg update: LITTLE MIX IS INDEED COMING TO INDIANA OMG IM CRYING I CRIED FOR AN HOUR IM SO SERIOUS OFIMGDFJGDSKJFS GUYS IM SO HAPPY

the outfits they buy are onthe side :)
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Zayn’s POV, One week at Australia.

“Liam! Would you get off your lazy ass, and help clean this kitchen. It’s partially your fault it’s a mess!” I shouted to the lump on the couch. We were both making food since there was nothing else to do in this house. He decided to put flour all over my hair and head. I got him back by pouring sugar down his shirt. It escalated from there. Niall, Louis, and Harry are all out walking around, hopefully not getting into trouble.

“I don’t wanna!” Liam shouted. I shook my head and walked over to him.

“Either get up, or I drag you off. Your choice.” He didn’t do anything, just stared at the tv.

“Fine.” I walked down to his ankles and tugged on them. His legs went first flopping onto the floor.

“Get up. I will drag you to the kitchen.” I threatened.

“Okay! I’ll get up!” Liam stood up and followed me to the kitchen, helping me clean up the floors and cabinets that were made targets.

“Yanno, you’re usually the one who pesters us to clean.” I said laughing. Liam pushed my shoulder and finished off his side of the room.

“Hey Zayn, since the others are outside, why don’t we go on a walk? No point in us staying inside with no phones. Speaking of which, is killing me. I miss Dani.” I agreed to the walk, so we both grabbed our shoes and sunglasses.

“I know mate. I hate not being with Maggie. What if something happens, and I’m not there to help her? Liam, if Friday doesn’t come quicker I swear I will just go out and buy a damn phone.” We shut the door to the house and locked it. We’ve had times where the house we were staying at gets found by fans and they end up breaking in. I love them all, so I guess it’s okay.


“I know what you mean. This is your first time being really far away from her. It’s rough. You just have to have trust in each other. We’ll be seeing them before we know it.” Liam pat my back. I ran my hand through my hair, and continued on. I hope Maggie’s okay, I don’t think I could forgive myself if something happened, but she couldn’t get ahold of me.

~Maggie’s POV

Since Zayn’s been gone things have been hard. Actually, since all of the boys have been gone it’s been hard. Three weeks until we see them. I’m literally counting down the days. Angie’s different. I can’t tell if that’s good or bad. I don’t think she’s coming to terms with Mitchel’s death. She’s getting better, but I know it’s a good thing I’m with her. I don’t know how she’d be without me. She has nights where she just sits on our bed and stares into space. She doesn’t say anything and she hardly breathes. I don’t do anything, I was told by Dr. Michaels; he’s a Doctor I’ve come to proper terms with. He is a very nice lad, a bit cheeky.

“Angie! You have to buy that shirt. No buts, you’re buying that.” I handed her her jeans and walked up to the cashier. She suggested we go shopping after I accidentally called out for Zayn when I was out of toilet paper.

“Oh fine! As long as you buy supper!” She winked and stood behind me in line.

“Hello miss. Is this all you’ll have today? Perhaps my number?” He handed me a piece of paper; I started reaching for it, but I stopped and snapped my head up.

“Yes. I’ll have you know I am dating a very known lad around here. A Mr. Zayn Malik. I don’t think you would want to get known as the guy who tried to get in the way of us. Now, if you’ll give me my things, I will be leaving and not returning.” He printed out my receipt and kindly handed me my bags. How dare he try to give me his number? He’s insane!

“Hey, hey, hey, hey, Maggie! Wait up!” Angie came running after me, out to the car.

“I’m sorry Angie, that lad clearly had a stick up his ass. Why would he even try to hand me his number? Is he mad?”

“Maggie, you do know that you reached for it and took it, right? It’s in your pocket?” What? No. I remember stopping myself.

“Angie, you’re lying.” I said.

“Then what is this?” She reached into my pocket and unfolded a piece of paper.

“Angie... Why do I have that? What does this mean?” My heart started racing. I swore I didn’t take the paper. I love Zayn and only Zayn.

“I think you’re overthinking. You don’t believe that Zayn truly loves you, even after everything you’ve been through. Maggie, I know you love Zayn, and I know you’d never do anything to hurt him. I will throw the paper away, okay? You weren’t thinking straight. You’re probably a tad hungover from the alcohol from last night. Lets go home, okay?” She tore the paper into shreds and rolled the window back up.

“Wait, we need to stop at the store, we’re out of milk.” Angie reminded me. I pulled into the parking lot and put on my sunglasses; the fans recognize us in the dumbest places.

We walked into the store and got a few things. I wanted to go pick up a magazine so we walked over to the Entertainment section. Angie picked up two movies and joined me.

“Look at her, she’s completely ruining her life. She used to be so fantastic in her early days of acting.” Angie said looking at a magazine talking about Lindsay Lohan’s recent court date.

“I’m so proud of Miley Cyrus though. She’s got a tight head on her shoulders.” I said reading an article about her wedding.

“Why don’t we just buy a bunch of teenage girl gossip magazines and watch movies tonight? We can call the girls over. A little girls night perhaps? We’ve seen everybody but Lilly. We’ve even seen Dani.” I realized that Angie was right. We’ve seen everybody but Lilly. Normally it would be the other way around.

“Yeah, lets do it.”

To: MYLUVA
Hey baba! We’re having a girls night. Get your butt ova to mine! We’ll be there in 15. xx

To: LillyBean
Hello Sugar! Get yo white ass to my place! ;P  We’re having a proper girls night. I will drag you out of your house if need be. x

To: Emmmmmma
Hello! We’re having a girls night tonight, so get over to my place! Angie and I will be there soon. xo

To: Dani(:
Hi Dani! We’re having a girls night, in case you were around! It’s at my place! xx

“Okay, everybody is notified. Lets get some chocolate because there will be tears.” We both laughed as we grabbed about 15 magazines.

Twenty minutes later we were back home and waiting for Lilly. Emma and Maddie were both there before we were. Danielle’s in Ireland, so we told her we would miss her.
“Yanno, we haven’t seen Lilly in almost two weeks, you’d think she would have been the first to get here. Why don’t we just go to her house and get her?” Emma said. We all got up and put on our coats. Operation kidnap Lilly is a go.

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“Lilly! We are coming in!” We were all standing on their porch. They were both home, so I don’t get why they can’t answer us.

I opened the door with the key I was given, and walked into the living room.

“So they can leave the tv on, but they can’t answer their phones?” I asked

“I understand why they can’t answer their phones! They leave them in the kitchen!” Angie pointed to both of their phones sitting on the island.

“Lilly! Alex! Where are you?” I shouted. I walked up the stairs, everybody was following behind me.

I walked to their bedroom and found Lilly curled up in a ball under covers.

“Hey Lilly, wake up.” I pushed her side and she let out a whimper.

“Maggie? What are you doing here?” She asked, moving to a sitting position. Something seemed off.

“I told you we’re having a girls night, we’ve come to kidnap you. Are you okay? You look terrible.” I helped her out of bed and put my arm around her waist.

“Yeah I’m fine. Alex and I went on a long run, and I forgot to stretch. My fault, completely.” She got up and walked to the bathroom with a limp. As soon as the door shut we all faced each other.

“Something’s up. She doesn’t run. We all know it. What do you think really happened?” Emma asked.

I looked back at the bathroom door, expecting her to run out and act like everything is fine. “I dunno guys. I think that tonight we should make it clear to her that we’re here for her. Just in case, yanno?”

“Do you think that something happened between her and Alex?”

“No, well, I don’t know. I’m worried about her, she’s been acting so strange lately, I hope she’s okay.”
“I know! She’d talk to one of us if something was going on, she’s knows that we’re always there for her and that we’ll always help her if she needs it.” Maddie said. We all shrugged our shoulders and walked downstairs to wait for Lilly.

“We shouldn’t be worried, she’s a strong girl. C’mon now, we’re gonna have an awesome night! No boys, no drama. Food, movies, magazines and us are the only things we’re focusing on, okay?” I said confidently. Everybody agreed with me, and we all walked outside. Lilly was with us, looking as happy as usual.

“Tonight is all about us, okay?” Emma said with a smile.

“Got it!” We all cheered.

(The next day in Niall’s POV)

“You’d think since we’re on a vacation we wouldn’t have to get up at ungodly hours of the morning.” Louis complained for the fiftieth time in the last ten minutes. We were all made get up at 8 in the morning, something about a radio interview thing. We’re surprising fans all day too.

“Louis. We’re all tired not shut the hell up. I want to sleep on the way to the radio station.” Zayn said. He’s always grouchy when we have to wake up early in the morning. Quite annoying if you ask me, but he’s Zayn, so I let it go.

“Somebody is grouchyyyyyyy.” Louis said with a loud voice.

“Boo, stop. Zayn’s gonna hit you.” Harry said with a very strong morning voice.

“He’s right, yanno?” Zayn said cuddling back up to Liam and resting his legs on my lap.

“It’s a good thing we love you Zayn. Your legs are heavy!” I joked, putting my arms over them to look at Twitter.

Zayn grunted and drifted off into sleep. Harry and Louis were cuddling on the other side of the van fast asleep. Liam was off on his phone as well. I opened Twitter and scrolled down my timeline.

@shayvaniall: @NiallOfficial  you should follow me, @_LilliAw, @linzkinz1D and @CheryNarry! Please! We love you so much!

@GracieK19: PLEASE FOLLOW @nialluok IT WOULD MEAN SO MUCH.

I followed all of the girls, I was feeling a bit generous. I love seeing the reactions they give off. The ones that freak out are the best, it’s cool to know that something so little can make one person so happy.
I went to @linzkinz1D’s page and saw only uppercase letters. Her name’s Lindsay and she’s from America It’s probably creepy that I look through fan’s twitters, but some of them are very.. interesting.

‘@linzkinz1D: @NiallOfficial NIALL UHTAKNKYOU  SO MUCH I OVE YOU OH MY GOD’ I smiled at her reactions; they’re the best. I wonder what she’d do if I dm’d her.

I’m probably setting myself up for disaster by getting involved with a fan, but hey! You might as well have some fun!

Me: hey lindsay!

Lindsay: Hi Niall!

Me: i hope ur not freakin out, jst wnted to say hi

Lindsay: Oh  it’s fine! I’m glad you decided to talk to me! You don’t normally do this?

Me: not rlly, you seemed cool t talk t!

Lindsay: Oh my gosh. Well hi!

Me: Hi hahah how old r u?

Lindsay: I am 18, my birthday was two days ago!

Me: happy birthday! what state r u from? sorry im askin 20 questions haha

Lindsay: Oh! I’ts completely fine! I’m from Indiana! It’s that state that you all ignore when you tour ;P

Me: oops aha, have u evr seen us in concert or met us?

Lindsay: I’ve seen you in Chicago twice, and nope! I’ve never met you! :|

Me: we shuld fix tht! maybe when we come to america some time?

“Niall, we’re here. Get off your phone.” Paul announced.

Lindsay: I would love that so much!

Me: hey i gtg, txt me!

I gave her my number and put my phone in my pocket. I walked into the radio station, listened to the questions and talked when needed. Just like we do at every other station show.

(One painfully long hour later)

“Okay boys, it’s time to surprise some fans. They think we have them here to talk on the radio. They were told their parents won passes for that. Right now they’re all watching what they think is a live stream from you. Here’s a look of them now. They’re all 13 and up.” the guy showed us a screen where twenty girls were sitting on a few couches and all of them were laughing and some even crying at the interview that we just got done with. The only thing separating us from the fans was a door. Their reactions will be the best. We stood there watching the interview, waiting for the people to give us the signal to go in. The girls aren’t facing us, so we’re going to sneak up behind them.

“Okay boys, this is your third time in Australia. What are you going to, or are not going to be doing while you’re here?” The guy asked.

Louis: “Well, last time I was here, Liam and I went surfing and I got the worst burn on my leg. It was the weirdest thing!”

Harry: “I’d like to hold another koala. It was so fun! They’re so soft. I personally want one.”

Zayn: “Harry, you can’t have a koala. But I’d think that this time I’m not going to get lost with Louis again! Management was not too happy with us.”

Me: “Well, vegemite was absolutely the worst thing I’ve ever tasted. I can’t believe you guys eat it!”

Liam: “I’m going to be surfing a lot.”

Interviewer: “I’m glad you guys like it here, and Niall, I have to agree. Vegemite is not my favorite thing Aussie has to offer. Now, your fans are watching you right now, they’re all in Perth right now in our radio station. Mind saying hi to them?”

The guys gave us a nod and we walked out of the door.

“Hello!” we said to all of them. In a matter of seconds there were about twenty girls in front of us crying and saying ‘oh my god.’ One by one they walked up to us and hugged us. We took a bunch of pictures with all of them and kinda hung out for a bit.

(Zayn’s POV)

“I love our fans. They’re all so incredible.” I said as we all got back in the van after our third radio appearance. We started at 10 this morning and finished at 2 in the afternoon. I’d call Maggie and see how she is but it’s only six in the morning there in London. God, I miss her. I never knew how hard it would be without her next to me. I miss everything about her. I miss her smile, I miss her laugh and I miss being in bed with her, holding her in my arms and kissing her goodnight. I want to be with her, but I can’t see her for another two and a half weeks.

“Guys, we’re going out tonight. I want to get drunk until I can’t breathe right. We’re all going to get shit faced. Even you Liam.” Harry said as he sighed and sat down on the van.

“Not that I’m against it, but is there something going on that makes you want to do this?” Louis asked him.

“Management is pissing me off. I want to talk to Emma, it feels like something is wrong, and I need to get this stress off of my mind for one night.”

“What did they say? ‘No you can’t talk to Emma.’” I said with sarcasm.

“They said, and I quote, “Harry, you can’t talk to Emma until you go back to London. You’re here to focus on fans, not girls. You’ll live and so will she. You can talk to her tomorrow.” They’re going to get themselves hurt. I don’t want to wait until tomorrow.I want to get drunk, and I want you guys to come. We have tomorrow off to reduce our hangovers. Please, just this once.” He pleaded to us for another two minutes before we all agreed.

“Yeah, I’m up for it. I could use a drink. I miss Dani so much.” Liam said with a laugh.

“Woo! Excited now!” Niall said loudly.

“For now, lets just go back to the hotel and sleep. I’m so tired and I know I’ll regret it if I don’t.” Louis said snuggling back up to Harry and closing his eyes.

We could all use a nice drink.

(The day before in Lilly’s POV)
~Three hours before the girls came to get her~

“Lilly! How could you be so fucking stupid? Do you even have a brain at all?” He hit me hard enough in the head to knock me to the floor. I didn’t cry, oh god no, I didn’t dare cry. He’d hit me harder.

“I’m s-sorry.” I said with a whimper. He kicked me in the ribs and knocked the wind out of me.

1..2..3..4..5..6..7..8..9..10.. Breathe in, and breathe out. If you keep breathing you keep living.