I Would (Liam Payne/ 1D FanFic)

Chapter 23

 Straight ahead, I see two convertible sports cars. Both look very expensive (and have back seats of course). I take in a breath, more nervous to meet these two girls than I would be at a performance.

"Hey babe," Zayn says as he approaches a slim girl with golden, blonde hair, who is wearing sunglasses. Immediately, I recognize her as Lily, or as everyone close to her calls her, Lily-pad.

"Hey," she responds with a wide smile, it's one of those smiles that you would see on a person drawn by a kid still in primary school. Somehow, it just makes her even more beautiful. Zayn wraps his arms around her waist, and then kisses her softly on the lips. I tear my eyes away from the couple as they continue to kiss. My eyes now move over to another couple. Again, I recognize the girl instantly.

Samantha, also known as ManthaMay, has long, flowing brown hair and a few freckles speckled across her nose and cheeks. She has birthmarks on her right arms that look like polka dots. Her and Harry are lip-locked as well. Yet again, I take my eyes off of the couple. Now, my eyes trail down to the pavement, waiting until I can look up again without it being weird.

"Um, hello? You know there are other people here, who would appreciate to not have to see that." I hear someone say, and with sass. Giggling, I look up and see Louis with his hands on his hips. Both Harry and Samantha look reluctant about it. Zayn rolls his eyes at Louis' dramatics, although Lily is laughing. "Besides, Della here hasn't met Lily-pad and ManthaMay yet, so it's just rude of you to just make-out in front of her." Point proven, Louis raises his eyebrows and begins to impatiently tap his foot.

"Oh my god! You're right." ManthaMay detaches herself from Harry, then comes over to me. "Hi, I'm Samantha, but everyone calls me ManthaMay or Mantha." Smiling, she reaches a hand out to me, which I shake.

"Hi, I'm Della. It's nice to meet you."

"You too! I've heard a lot about you from Liam." She responds, then a look of guilt crosses her face and her face turns a slight red. "Um, I mean I've heard about you from all the lads. You seem really cool."

"Oh, um, okay." I smile back, trying to calm my racing heart.

Why didn't she just say the lads in the first place? Well, I mean Liam and I are closer than I am to the rest of the lads. That's probably why.

"Hi Della, I'm Lily," she says. I hadn't even noticed that she had approached us until now. "But since you already have a friend named Lily, you can call me Lily-pad like all of my close friends do." She smiles demurely to me, which I return.

"Hi." I don't know what to say after this, so I kinda just look over to Liam and then down at the ground.

"We saw you at the first concert," Mantha starts, "you're really good." Blushing, I look up to meet her eyes.

"Thanks," I respond.

"Yeah, it's good that management hired background dancers for this tour, since everyone knows how aweful of dancers these lads are." Lily-pad says jokingly.

"I know, I was thinking the exact thing just the other day. I mean, you just have to watch one of their music videos or their performances on X-Factor and then you just know there's a reason they're standing still." I reply, giggling.

"Hey, just because we can't dance as well as you can doesn't mean that you have to be mean about it." Louis says defensively.

"Oh, I'm so sorry Louis." I say dramatically, causing everyone to laugh.

"Good. You should be." He responds in full sass mode.

"Okay, well how about we get going before the paps find us again?" Zayn suggests. We all agree, and end up splitting into two groups. Zayn, of course, heads over to Lily-pad's car, along with Niall and Louis. Harry and ManthaMay start to her car, with Liam and I in tow. Of course, Liam and I end up being the ones in the back seat.

ManthaMay puts the car into gear, and we head out. She cranks up the volume on her radio, and we all relax, enjoying the ride. It's as we're cruising along the highway that I feel my phone vibrate in my back pocket. At first I don't feel like answering it, but then the thought of it being Xenen causes me to rethink about this. Pulling out my phone, I immediately unlock it and see who texted me. It was Xenen. A smile tugs on my lips. I read the text.

'Hey baby, I hope you're having fun. Just don't forget about me while you're around all those other boys. xoxo'

The cuteness of the text makes my smile even bigger. Immediately, I type a reply.

'Thanks babe! And forget about you? Never! I miss you <3'

It's as I'm hitting send that I notice Liam spying on me. He's obviously trying to hide it, but that isn't working out too well for him. I pretend like I didn't notice it, and put my phone back in my pocket. The rest of the ride, I think about Xenen and all the stuff I'm going to tell him next time we talk. Before I know it, we're at the hotel that the lads are staying at. I know, it's not fair how they get to stay at a hotel while all us background dancers are staying in our tour bus. Oh well.

"Do you want me to drive you to where your tour bus is?" Liam asks me.

"I can do it," ManthaMay says before I can get a word out. She gives Liam a look that causes him to blush and quickly look away.

"Um, okay. Well, I'll see you later Della."

"Yeah, I'll see you too." I get out of the car so that I can go up to the front seat. But something makes me stop in front of Liam. I stretch out my arms, and hug him. I don't know why I do this, it just feels like what's right. He hugs me in return, and we stay like that for a moment before pulling away. I can already feel the blush creeping up on my cheeks, and he's smiling like crazy. "Are you coming Della?" Mantha teases. Hurrying, I open the door and hop in. Liam waves to us as we zoom off.