Breathe (Liam Payne Fanfic)

Chapter 4

Breathe

Chapter 4

Alex and I had drove all night after work to get to our hotel in Columbus. It was a 3 hour drive plus bathroom breaks. We would have been there earlier but someone (Alex) forgot to pack. So after work I went to her house to help her get ready and we were on the road by 12 am. The whole ride down we talked about what would happen if we met the boys and what we would say. Alex’s favorite member is Harry. She’s attracted to his dorkieness. She went on and on about him and how badly she wanted him. She didn’t want to look like a freak in front of him though if they were to come face to face. So she gave me permission to slap her back to normal if need be. I gave her permission to do the same for me. But I didn’t think I would have a problem keeping my cool.

If we weren’t talking about them we were singing with them. We didn’t listen to anything else except for their songs all the way down. Some times we would be serious about the singing and others we would be total dorks. Which that was most of the time. We couldn’t stop laughing. That’s why we took so many bathroom breaks. That and all the coffee we had to try and stay awake since we were so tired from work.

We made it to the hotel a little after 3am. The coffee wore off faster than we thought so we were super tired when we got there that we just wanted to drop our stuff and just sleep in the lobby. But we pushed through it. The lady at the front desk was very cranky and gave us the meanest look. I was afraid she wouldn’t give us our room keys at first. But when we made it up to our room on the 8th floor we threw our bags on the floor and went right to bed. Alex was able to fall asleep faster than me. I just couldn’t fall asleep.

So I decide to watch some TV to try and fall asleep. But it wasn’t working. At first I thought that it might be unplugged. Not that. Maybe the remote didn’t work or the batteries were dead. And what do u know. There were no batteries! Grunting quietly not wanting to wake up Alex, I got out of bed and grabbed my room key and left the room to go down to the front desk to get batteries.

As I was in the elevator it seemed like it took forever for it to go to the main floor. Why did we get put on the 8th floor? There were only 10 floors and I doubt that all the rooms were taken. So we could have easily been put on the 2nd or 3rd floor. But Nooo! Finally the elevator dinged and the doors open. I made my way to the front desk and saw tons of bags on luggage carts and a big group of people getting checked in. I didn’t think that anyone would be checking out at this time. I walked slowly trying to analyze the situation and noticed that there were about 10 big bulky men. And a few ladies where there as well.

I was about 10 feet away when 6 people broke through the crowd of bulkiness and came into my vision. Now it all made sense. Those men were security and the ladies I was guessing were just part of the crew in some way. But I knew exactly who those 6 people were. Paul Higgins (head security) for One Direction, leading Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson, and Liam Payne to the elevator and up to their rooms. I stepped aside to let them past and put my head down trying not to let them see me. I was in my pajamas. I was in no shape for them to see me. I also noticed another walking with them. Long brown wavy hair. Holding tightly onto Louis hand. It was Eleanor. She was just as pretty as pictures I’ve seen. And even in her comfy clothes she look flawless. I watched as they entered the elevator and focused on what floor popped up on the elevator. Floor 8. They were on the 8th floor! The same as me! I’ll admit I did squeal when I saw this. But I didn’t care cause they weren’t there to see so I didn’t look like a weirdo in front of them. Only their security. Haha opps.

I wanted to just go right back up to my room but I looked down at my hands and saw that I had the TV remote in my hand. I went to turn around and there stood a lady from the desk. “Can I help you mam?” she was much nicer than the other one that checked us in.

“Um… uh…” I forgot why I had the remote. “What did I come down for?” I thought to myself. Then she interrupted my train of thought.

“Did someone take the batteries again?” she asked upset. This must have been happening a lot if she knew what was wrong when she saw the remote in my hand. “Just one second and I’ll get you some.” she smiled and went behind the desk. I honestly thought that they were gonna tell me to buy my own if I wanted to watch TV. “Here you go mam.” she handed me the batteries. “Let me know if you need anything else.”

“Thank you.” I smiled back and headed back to the elevator. Once I got in I tried to open the remote to put the batteries in. But of course it got stuck. I struggled a little but was able to get it open causing the little plastic piece to fly into the air. I frantically tried to catch it but missed and picked it up off the elevator floor. Right when I closed it back up ready to go. The elevator dinged and I was on my floor. I stepped out and walked to my room. As I got about 3 doors away from my room I saw a door down the hall open and someone came out.

I panicked! What if it was one of the boys? What if they see me? Run! RUN! I thought to myself as I bolted for my door and struggled to get my room key out of my pocket. I frantically looked down the hall to see that it was in fact one of the boys. It was Liam! He had walked to the room a few doors down and knocked. I don’t know why I stopped trying to get my key out of my pocket. I just stood there and watched him.

“Hey Niall, you all set?” I heard him say. I couldn’t see Niall. Only Liam who was almost standing in the middle of the hall getting ready to go to the room across from Niall’s.

“Yea I’m set man.” I could hear him say as he yawned.

“Good mate. Now get to sleep.” Liam said with a smile. It was such a sweet, loving smile. Even with me being as far down the hall as I was. I could still see that beautiful smile. It made me want to melt. He then knocked on the other door across from Niall. No answer. He knocked again. “Psst! Zayn?” he whispered then paused placing his ear against the door listening for a response. He knocked one more time. “Zayn buddy? You settled in?” he said a little louder than his whisper. “Ok mate. Sorry for waking you.” I couldn’t hear what Zayn said but I’m guessing he must have mumbled or grunted as he was most likely sleeping already.

My heart fluttered. Liam was checking on the others to make sure they were ok before he went to bed. The love and care that boy had was the sweetest thing. He was genuine. I wanted so bad just to bow down to his greatness. Technically I would most likely melt into a puddle of hearts, rainbows, and unicorns just being in his presents. I watched as he went to Harry’s room then Louis and Eleanor’s room checking on them. As he finished he looked down the hall toward me.

I stopped breathing and panicked rushing to get my key out. I must have taken out my key and swiped it in the slot within a few seconds. That was the fastest I’ve even moved. As I closed the door I pressed my back up against the door catching my breath. “Did he see me? What if he comes to the door? What should I do?” My mind flashed through tons of different scenarios of what could happen. But it soon came to a halt as a vision of Liam’s smile came to my mine.

But I couldn’t place where I had seen that smile. It was a smile that I’ve never seen him do before. I tried to think of where I could have seen it. A picture, a video, nothing. Was my mind playing tricks on me. Or did I just witness this smile in person. I almost opened the door to see if what I saw was real. But I stopped myself before I did something stupid.

I walked over to my bed and laid down. Was all this a dream? Did I fall asleep watching some One Direction video on Youtube and somehow I started to dream about it? If it was a dream I didn’t want it to end. I could live in that world of happiness and smiles. But what was weird was every time I thought of Liam. His smile. His deep brown eyes. His child like innocence. Even just his name being written on a piece of paper. I would get all flustered. I smiled. A lot! What was this feeling? I’ve had times where I would think about one of the boys and smile cause of a cute picture or video. As we call it on twitter “feels” but this was different. It was stronger. I felt a connection. Even though we have never even spoken or been in human contact with each other. I felt like I was being pulled toward him. Could he feel it too? Did he feel the butterflies in his stomach? Did he feel a strong urge to feel my touch like I felt to feel his?

No. how could he? He’s never even seen me. He doesn’t know I exist. So why would he feel this feeling I came to believe was love.