Baby Boom || Liam Payne <Complete>

Chapter 3: You're One Direction?

 I put Jake back in his crib. I happily jogged down the stairs and asked, "Sooooooo... What song we singing ladies?" I innocently batted my eyelashes at them while they all scoffed. Louis just had to make it weird and say, "Um, I assure you we can all prove we are not ladies. You wanna see?" He started getting up and unbuckling his belt but I quickly started denying it, flailing my arms around like a chicken without a head. They all just laughed.

"We're just playing!" Harry said when he saw my flustered face.

"What do you say about singing a song solo?" Zayn asked me. I thought about it and nodded. I know they were kinda pushing it, since I never sing in front of anyone but I guess these boys are an exception. But to be honest, I was really not wanting to go through with this. They could easily judge me.

I already knew what song I was gonna sing. I whispered to Niall, since he had the guitar, "Do you know any songs by Paramore?" He nodded his head up and down really fast. "Which songs?"

"Just Decode." He admitted sheepishly. I smiled.

"That one please." I said. He just nodded and started the chords. All the boys were staring at me so I thought it would be a good idea to stand in front of them all by the fireplace. I sat down so my back was to the flames and started.

How can I decide what's right? When you're clouding up my mind.

I can't win your losing fight all the time...

I went on with the rest of the song and by the time I was done the boys were smirking and clapping their hands.

"You're good." Zayn commented. I mumbled a, "thanks" made my way over to the couch and plopped on the seat next to Liam after I turned on the radio so they can show me their voices. They sang "Teenage Dirtbag" by Wheatus, one of my favorite songs, and smashed it. I was left speechless. However, I did notice familiarity qualities in their voices.

"You guys are amazing! Why haven't you sang together publicily-" My sentence got cut short when a familiar voice started playing on the radio.

I've tried playing it cool, but when I'm looking at you

I can't ever be brave cause you make my heart race

My face literally looked like this ---> 0____0

I turned to look at Liam while all the boys were giving each other worried glances. Well, except Harry. He looked amused and all of a sudden he started singing along. He was soooo unaware of the situation.

Shot me out of the sky. You're my kryptonite.

You keep making me weak, yeah frozen and can't breath

My mouth was so wide right now I don't even know if it was humanely possible. 

"Aaaaah." He said. "That never gets old."

His voice matched the one on the radio exactly. Louis smacked him on the head and yelled his name.

Harry said, "Well she was going to find out sooner or later! I felt bad cause it's like we're lying to her!" Niall raced to shut the radio off while I sat there frozen. I looked at all of them, got up from the couch and started to back away. Liam looked at me worried.  

Autographs. Pictures. Regular guys. It all makes sense now. They're One Direction.

"Why didn't you tell me?" I asked a little hurt. Liam had a look of guilt and sadness across his face.

"You didn't know who we were and it was nice to not have a girl freak out just because we ask them what floor they're on. Or get invited to a regular dinner and be treated like normal lads. We had so much fun tonight! It was like we weren't even famous.... I don't know about the lads but I forgot all about the fame, paparazzi, and management." He said with a sincere look on his face. I sighed and looked up at all of them.

"WE'RE SORRY!!!" They all yelled. I laughed because honestly it wasn't a big deal. It just would've been nice to have known a little more beforehand. 

"It's not that big of a deal guys but next time, don't hold back. I'm not one of your crazy fan girls-" Zayn cut me off.

"They aren't exactly crazy, just really dedicated." He said. He looked like he was trying to convince himself that they weren't crazy more than he was trying to convince me.

"Okaaaay then? I'm not one of your overly 'dedicated' fans. I wasn't gonna kidnap you and keep you with me forever." I said trying to lighten up the mood. The boys chuckled and Liam said, "We're really, really, really sorry. You're right. We should've told you. I'm sorry." He still looked rather guilty so I just gave him a big hug and said, "It's fine Liam! Just don't hold back in telling me next time." We all laughed.

"Well boys, it is kinda late. We should let Jessie get some sleep." Liam said after he pulled me out of the hug. The boys nodded and they all said it would be a good idea to rest since I look like a walking zombie.

"You boys could come around tomorrow if you'd like. I won't be here from 10:30-4:00 but after that I'm free!!" They all laughed and I gave them all a hug goodbye. When they were gone I still had to clean up the dishes and put the food away. There wasn't as much food since I gave most of it to Niall to take with him but the rest needed to be refridgerated. When I was done it was around 1:00 am. The boys had left around 2 hours ago. I went to my room and grabbed some plaid pj bottoms and a black tank top and put them on. I went to the bathroom to clean my make up off and brush my teeth. 

Once I hit the soft, fresh linens of my bed, I was out like a light.