Taken Away

Fourteen

* * * 

The group flung themselves into the room, as Louis quickly slammed the door shut. Holding his breath, he peered through the peephole. "All clear," he mumbled.

"That was the way to close," Zayn muttered, flopping onto a nearby couch. They had, miraculously, wound up in one of the more presidential suites, with multiple adjourning rooms.

"Couldn't agree more," said Alex, sitting beside him. Everyone turned to face her. "What?"

"Anyway, what's our game plan now?" Liam asked, changing the subject. Suddenly, a loud crash could be heard from the bedroom.

"Guys, what was that?" Niall asked, worriedly. Quietly, the group rushed in that direction.

"Calum!" What is wrong with you, man, no reason to tackle me?"

"It's not my fault Luke over here shoved me."

"Maybe I wouldn't have shoved you if Michael hadn't made me the trip."

"Maybe I-" They began again as the group came into the room. Four boys were spralled ontop of eachother, but it didn't seem to be because of any kidnapping. 

"Oi," Alex shouted. "Shut it! Now, we've just been kidnapped, we escaped, got ourselves kidnapped again, the escaped again, and we are all knackered so can please be quiet," She finished. After a silence, and multiple stares, she put her hand on her hip. "What?"

"Your hot." The brunette responded. Crossing her arms, Alex took a step closer to her babysitters but blushed never the less. There was a brief moment of silence when one of the four boys began talking.

"Sorry, we probably started off on the wrong foot. I'm Ashton, this is Luke, Calum, and Michael." Ashton introduced.

"Hey, I'm Liam, this is Louis, Harry, Niall, and Zayn."

"Ehem." 

"Oh, and our lovely friend here is Alex," Liam concluded.

"Do you happen to have a car? And might you be willing to take us to Los Angeles?" Zayn asked randomly.

"Well, sure-"

"Wait!" Luke shouted. "Group Meeting. Now."

"Luke, what was that all about?" Michael asked.

"Well," Luke began, " If we're going to give them a ride, we'd miss our audition for our gig at the pub. And, no one knows us as a band, so we really need to put ourselves out there." He finished.

"But-" Suddenly, Ashton was cut off by the sound of a teenage girl screaming.

"Hey, drumsticks! Does someone play drums?" Alex asked, picking up the sticks and pretended to play. 

"Yeah, it's mine. You play?" Ashton questioned.

"Yeah, I used to. Wait, a guitar, too?" Alex's eyes trailed the room. "Are you guys in a band?"

"Yeah! We're called Five Seconds Of Summer."

"Sweet!" Niall shouted, earning a glare from the rest of the boys, but he simply shrugged.

"Listen; we'd love to go to an audition today for a gig, but if we take you to L.A., we'd miss our audition in Pheonix which is in a few hours," Ashton told everyone. 

"Well, then we have a deal. You take us to L.A., and we let you be our opening act for our Take Me Home tour." Louis smirked, pretty confident for coming up with that.

"Wait, you fellas are in a band? How famous?" Calum began to push it. One Direction-world famous boy band– began cackling."

"Famous enough to get kidnapped over," Alex muttered. 

"So, do we have a deal?" Niall asked.

"Deal," Ashton answered.