Once Upon A Time, A Thousand Tears Ago #Wattys2017

Chapter 16: The Proposal

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I enter the cabin along with my father, still surprised at the behavior that I experienced at the entrance door.

"Introductions first, Hello, I am Niall Horan" Niall brings his hand out for me to shake. I quickly look up to make a sentence where I can state again that I do not shake hands with boys. But Harry immediately stands up and whispers something in Niall's ear. In response to that, Niall swiftly shifts his hand in the direction of my father and I understand what Harry whispered to Niall.

"I am Arman, Zara's father and it's a pleasure meeting you all" My father shook hands with the rest of the boys as well.

I could feel the tension in this little cabin that was massively suffocating not only for me, but for the rest of the band members as well.

"I think we can have the discussion later, first let's just eat the food that we had ordered earlier." Liam states while we are taking our seats at the table.

"What kind of discussion?" I look up at the boys for the answer and all of them look at each other, may be they are deciding who should speak first.

"Umm, Louis just went to the restroom, let him come and then we can do the talk" Harry twists the answer. I examine my father's expression to find out if he has any clue what the 'discussion' is going to be about but I find him just as clueless as I am.

A waiter enters the cabin with the food they had already ordered. The dish he placed in front of us had some boneless chicken pieces along with some olives.

"Don't worry, it is chicken, I know you are a Muslim, so I ordered chicken for you." Zayn gauges my reaction to food and soon after his statement I ponder that how do they know that I am a Muslim?

"How do you know that I am a Muslim?"

"We know many other important things about you, it is a part of the discussion that we will have" Harry seriously answers my question.

I don't know what the discussion is going to be about but one thing is for sure, that this breakfast invitation is definitely not just a 'meet n greet' kind of thing. It is something big and, at the moment, something fishy.

I nervously take the fork to begin my breakfast but immediately the door opens and Louis enters back. I instantly look up to see Louis with the same frowning expression on his face. He stares me back and with the same frown, he slams the door shut. After the big thud caused by shutting the door, I try to understand Louis' expression but he quickly fakes a smile flashing his teeth.

"Congratulations, I bet you had never thought about this offer, but see; life has its own ways. Congratulations again!" Louis talks to me but what exactly is he talking about?

"Louis, we decided that first we will let her do the breakfast and then we can talk about it" Liam speaks to Louis this time.

"No, in fact I think we should discuss it with her before breakfast; you know, let her enjoy the breakfast, let her be happy while she eats this royal breakfast." Louis retorts.

"What is it, may I ask?" I need to know this because my appetite is gone and my heart is beating loud.

"Louis! Next to harry" Liam motions Louis to sit next to Harry.

"Alright! So we have a proposal for you Dr. Zara." Liam starts.

"Call me Zara and please continue."

"We have been looking for collaboration or another member of One direction since we released our third album. We have gone through a lot of profiles, singers, offers and all but there wasn't anyone who could match our way of singing and be unique in it." Liam explains.

"Keep going"

"He hasn't finished, you are the one interrupting him." Louis fires.

I shoot him back the deadly stare that he gave me earlier and Zayn realizes this. He tries pacifying the situation, "Zara, you know how Louis is. Don't take him seriously. He is just being a prick, that he is"

I try to fake a smile this time but I know the smile didn't touch my eyes.

"Everyone's done, so should I continue now?" Liam says playfully.

"Yes please." I respond

"So, you sang, the other day, with us. We had no practice, we didn't know you at that time and nothing was planned. But you matched us brilliantly. You sang beautifully and your voice touched our hearts. We all voted then and the results came out that,,, that... we all think you can be the one"

"The chosen one, as in Harry Potter" Zayn completes Liam's statement.

"What?" I am out of focus now. I can't see these young boys sitting in front of me. "What do you mean?" I know what they mean but I don't want to trust my instincts. I want to hear it from them.

"Zara, we want you to be the sixth member of One Direction." Liam explains further.

And later Zara was found dead on the breakfast table.

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