Falling Hard (One Direction FanFiction)

Chapter 12 - New People, New Challenges

"Yeah, I had a lot of fun actually. Thank you for the gift, too actually. You didn't have to get me that much." Zayn said seriously. 

"Nah it's alright. I don't mind." I answered sincerely. 

Liam got into the front seat of the car and we drove off. 

"Are ya sure?" Zayn asked.

"Yeah, I really wanted too." 

I faced foward again and sat criss crossed. I scrolled on my phone and saw some messages from mom. I texted her back, letting her know I was okay and with Liam heading to meet the opening band for the boys. I texted Lilly as well, telling her what was going on and how I was, since she seemed concered not hearing from me in a while. I tweeted about how much fun I had last night, even though it wasn't really that much fun. The ride went pretty quickly and before I knew it we arrived at the studio. I opened my car door and waited for the rest of the boys to pile out of the car. Paul was driving and he guided us into the studio and four, very attractive guys came into view. They were all preoccupied singing and didn't notice us walk in. I stayed towards the back because I didn't need to be there, I just tagged along for the ride. Louis was right infront of me and he noticed when I stepped back. He frowned and his hand brushed mine. I instantly smiled. I really wished I could just hold his hand, and hug him all the time, and give him kisses in public, but I couldn't. Why did Louis and Liam have to be best friends? It just made things more complicated for me. For us. I looked over at Louis and he was looking at me with sad eyes. I smiled at him, reassuring him that I was okay. He smiled back, but still seemed unsure. I shrugged my shoulders in response and pointed towards the new band that had finished their song. 

"It's the One Direction guys!" One of them said with dark hair. 

Aussies. Nice. 

They started walking towards us. The aussies introduced themselves and when the dirty blond guy reached me, he raised an eyebrow. 

"Last time I checked, there wasn't a girl in One Direction..right?" He asked, his hazel eyes never left mine.

"No, there isn't." I said, frowning slightly. To be honest, it would be so awesome to go on tour with these guys. 

"I'm Liams sister, Ally." I informed him. 

He stuck his hand out, I gladly took it. 

"I'm Ashton." He greeted. His touch lingered for a moment before his hand finally left mine. 

"And I'm Calum!" The dark haired boy introduced himself. 

"Nice to meet you." I smiled at him, shaking his hand as well. 

"Hi, I'm Luke." Another boy with blondish hair spoke up.  They were all very attractive, I had to admit. 

"Hello." I greeted, shaking his hand as well. 

"Hi, I'm Michael. How are you?" Michael's hair looked like it had been messed with. It was a faded color, almost white. It stood out to me. It also stood out that he asked me how I was. 

"I'm good, thanks. And you?" I responded. It felt nice that a stranger cared about how I was, even though we werent exactly strangers anymore. 

"I'm very well, thank you." I smiled after shaking his hand. 

"So could we hear what you guys were working on?" Harry offered since no one really knew what to do, since introductions were over with. This caused me to look towards Harry, while looking at Harry, I saw Louis in the corner of my eye. He seemed a little annoyed. 

"Of course." Luke said enthusiastically running up to get his guitar. The other lads followed him and the boys and I sat down on a couch. I was on the end and next to was Louis. He still seemed a little upset. He wasn't really looking at me, ignoring making eye contact with me. Liam was all the way on the other side of the couch and was preoccupied watching the other guys sing. I rested my hand on Louis' upper thigh. He looked down at my hand and followed my arm to look me in the eyes. When his blue eyes met my brown ones, I realized, he looked kind of disappointed. I lowered my bottom lip and my eyes went wide. I didn't like to see him sad. What had made him so upset? He sighed quietly, hoping the rest of the lads wouldn't notice, but I noticed. I mouthed a what's wrong and he just shook his head. This caused my frown to deepen. I poked his cheeks and pushed them upward so he would smile and he didn't want to budge, but eventually did. He wasn't just smiling, but laughing silently at my weak attempts to make him smile, but hey, it worked. Once he smiled, his eyes lite up and this made me smile. I put my hands back down in my lap and tried to watch what ever was left of their song. I was listening to the lyrics and I actually kind of liked the song and I really wanted to listen to the ending but I got distracted when Louis put his hand on my upper thigh. My thigh felt as if it were burning under his touch. I couldn't just take him resting his hand on my thigh. I wanted to kiss him. I squirmed a little at his touch and I tried to ignore it because I didn't want anyone to notice. I tried calming myself by tapping my fingers against the arm of the couch. I looked over to Louis and he was smirking. I tried to hide my smile and rolled my eyes. The guys song ended and all the boys made compliments, and I made one too. They all smiled in return of our compliments. Louis' hand left my thigh and I sighed in relief.