The Taj Mahal Hotel (One Direction Fan Fiction)

Chapter 22- I Should Have Realised.

Liam's POV~ 

Yawning and stretching as I got out of bed, I barely made it over to the coat hanger, when I tripped and fell face first to the floor. I was clearly hung-over and I shouldn’t have gotten up out of bed today.

My blurry vision started to ease as I noticed something shiny that was blinding me with its glint. I reached over to see what it was and discovered that it was a pendant. A diamond pendant. As far as I knew, I didn’t own a diamond pendant and it was definitely a girls’. Oh god, now I wanted to know what exactly had happened last night. This was what sucked about being hung-over- you couldn’t recall any of your last night activities. That’s when It struck me. Had I lost my V-card to a girl last night?!

Think brain, think. I sat on the edge of my bed, racking my brain for an answer.

Just then, there was a door knock. 

“Hey, Liam, you in there?” It was a nervous voice but one that somehow started to trigger some memories of last night.  

I hesitated slightly before answering. “Y-yes. Come in.”

In walked Paige. She was holding a tray in her hand with breakfast. Placing the tray on my bedside table, she sat at the edge of my bed and scanned my bewildered face. “How are you feeling, Li?” she asked cautiously.

“What am I doing here and what happened last night?” I blurted. It felt plain rude, but I needed explanations. Paige looked at me worriedly but soon recovered to her normal facial expression.

“You’re hung over Li, I think you should just rest for a bit. Here’s your breakfast, I’ll be back in an hour or so to check up on you.” She answered calmly.

“Yes, I know I’m hungover but what exactly happened? D-di-did I do something that I am going to regret, last night? I need answers, Paige!” I could feel the exasperation in my voice as I spoke.

“No, you haven’t done anything you’re going to regret aside from getting heavily drunk. You were feeling upset over… over something and you went to the Hotel Bar and got wasted. I came to find you and then you collapsed due to your heavy drinking and so I brought you back into your room for you to rest.” She waited for me to react, but when I didn’t, continued. “I’m surprised you’re even awake this early, knowing how much you drank. You probably have something that’s really bothering you, on your mind. Do you want to talk about it?” She asked with caution.

I ran a hand through my messy bed hair and tried to take in what Paige had just told me. Letting out a relieved breath, I looked back up at her. “Thank you for all this, Paige, but do you have any idea what…what exactly it was that I was upset over?” my voice faltered slightly.

Paige looked everywhere but at me as she fumbled with her wrist watch on her left hand. I slowly reached over and gently touched her chin with my index finger, motioning her to look up at me as she answered. When she did look up though, her eyes brimmed with tears that she was evidently forcing back. “Paige, what is it! Please don’t cry, I didn’t mean to hurt you!” The desperation was there in my voice.

“A-Ami.” She ran out of the room.

This word brought back a whirlwind of memories and I let go off Paige’s chin as my head dropped into both of my palms. I should’ve known. I should’ve… hang on. Why was Paige so upset over this?

Then it hit me. Shoot, I have to go and find her now before she does anything unwanted. Not worrying about the state I was in, I rushed out through my room door, silently cursing myself as I did so, for being such an ignorant bastard.

Amina’s POV~ 

I giggled as Zayn carried me into his muscular arms and stared down at me with his irresistible eyes. I was actually quite surprised that he even wanted to take me back after all that I had hidden from him. He was truly an amazing boyfriend and I was so lucky to have him.

“You know what I think? Maybe we should have a picnic with all of us… you know with you, me, Paige—“

“Shoot!” I quickly sprung out of Zayn’s grasp and realised I had forgotten about Paige. I had to help her out. I was so mesmerised by my boyfriend’s presence that I hadn’t thought about what had happened last night. What did Liam and her get up to? I was such a terrible friend!

“Babe, what’s wrong?” Zayn had a worried expression on his face.

“I need to check up on Paige...” I said as I grabbed my coat from the clothes hanger.

Zayn nodded, “Be careful, Love. If anything, call me!”

With that, I headed out the door. Oh god, I just hoped everything was alright between the two…

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A/N: OMG VENUKA IS BACK! To anyone who is still following my story even after like 6 or more weeks, you do not know how much this means to me. So basically I hadn’t updated in like FOREVER because school work is getting really hectic and I just have never had the time to sit in front of my laptop and write. But I realised how much I’ve missed staying in touch with all of my fellow Wattpaders and seriously, you may not realise but it makes me so happy whenever I get an inbox/message saying “Please update” or “when are you going to update? I wanna read more” because for a beginner Wattpader like me, it means the world that people actually enjoy reading my story! SO ILY ALL FOR THAT! 

Buuuutt, today was just like any day and the only reason I updated was because….. *drum roll* 

IT’S MY FRIEND DEEPTHI’S BIRTHDAY TODAY!!! :D 

I shall see you all for the next update, which I will try my best to do in a fortnight. Til then, please continue reading and supporting me, it means a lot. <3

Muchos love from,

Vella xxxxx