Tomlinson was the best thing to happen to me (Watty's '13)

Working on that Album

The boys seem nervous, and the source of it might just be Liam. "Liam? You alright?"

"The album's taking forever to get right and the bosses are pushing the release date further back. It's happened twice already. Don't you know about it?"

"Niall never told me about band stuff."

"Really?"

"How many of the songs have you guys recorded?"

"All of them. We've done a shortlist of the songs we like and they're handing out the solos and stuff. We've recorded a lot of the stuff but we aren't getting things right and so far it seems as if I've got more solos than Zayn, Louis and Niall combined."

"I'm surprised that you're saying Zayn's got few solos, because he's pretty good. Louis, I'm not entirely surprised. But Niall… I don't think there's much good reason for him to have any fewer solos than Louis. His voice already is stronger than Louis' to start off with."

"I think… the point is that they can't sell him as a prominent member."

"For one thing, I've noticed that he's got crooked teeth. But how does that affect anything?"

"If you look at how other girls might look at us: Harry's charming and got the curls, Zayn's mysterious and apparently girls are sucker for that, Louis' got his own charm and is caring, and I look like Justin Bieber."

"Oh goodness, that boy, again." Why do the Justin references come from these boys? Because they're weird like that.

"And while some girls might think Niall's cute and love his Irish accent, the bosses can't really sell him for his physicality."

"And that's where the problems start. So, you're saying that he's so shy the way he is because of the bosses?"

"The other thing, remember, is that he doesn't have any sisters. He's the only one with a brother here. So he doesn't know how to act around girls either."

"Is there a chance he might be cut from the band entirely?"

"I don't think so. Because, even though we were put together last minute after bootcamp, we're pretty close already. And if the bosses kicked him out, I'd be the first one protesting. And, they tried to put Niall on a diet. He told me so."

"If they tried to put Louis on a diet, even, he wouldn't be happy. Niall would be so annoyed."

"He was. But then he went around eating as much as he could at meal times. And we had challenges in the Finalists' house. Eating food, cooking food, that sort of thing. Speaking of which, he's horrible at holding his chopsticks."

"And why are you telling me this?"

"I was thinking, that, since you're in the same flat as him you might teach him."

"Well if you're so good, why not teach him yourself?"

"Because I didn't grow up with chopsticks."

"And if I said I wasn't really good at it?"

"But that's impossible! You're Asian!"

"Maybe my parents never taught me, maybe I never listened when they taught me."

"I wish I was taught to use chopsticks properly."

"I wish my parents would take a good look at themselves and see how stupid they are."

"That's not very nice!"

"They aren't very nice either."

"Alright, I give up. Just… look into your heart and follow it, alright?"

"Sure. Just wait a moment." I had a brilliant idea. I'd heard of Liam's fear. I ducked back into my own flat and grabbed all the spoons I could find. Returning, I hid it in a pocket.

"What's that?" Liam asked, pointing at the handle poking out. I pulled it out.

"This?" I wiggled it. He took a step back. "You told me to look into my heart and follow it, so I came back with this. You told me to." I hit him on the head with the spoon to see what his reaction would be like.

"Hey! I don't like it! How would you feel if I hit you on the head with a live spider from Australia?"

"Murderous."

AN: I'm only uploading one chapter because I didn't get satisfactory reads(1)/votes(0)/comments(0). Sorry that this chapter is short, it's just how the story goes: there are some long ones and some short ones.