The Band I Thought I Knew // Liam Payne {Book 1}

Chapter 4

Oh My God! They are right there! Right there in front of me! I turn around toward the machine and I see Joey give me a look and I sigh.

"You know One Direction" I whisper

"The band you're always going on and on about" I nod

"They are at the door" I whisper again he looks at the door

"Better think quick they are on their way here"

I turn around, watching them walk toward the counter with bright smiles and laughter between the group. A couple of them look at the menu and when they look at me I smile at them.

"Hi, what can I get you guys today" I look around the group seeing their eyes still on the menu board above me. I get a warm smile from Niall and Louis smiles at me as the rest of the boys decide what they want. I thought I'd never see without a ticket into a concert! I never thought I would see them in person, not on a computer screen! I only went to one concert before but I didn't get to meet them! And here they are just standing in a coffee shop! Here they stand, the five boys everyone goes crazy over!

"How are you doing today"

"I am okay, my day was taking a bad turn but it just got a little bit better"

"That's good" Louis gives me a sincere smile before everyone else's eyes are on me again. "Okay I think we are ready," Louis laughs "I will have a mocha latte."

"That sounds good I will have the same" Zayn points to me before him and Louis move so everyone else can get their order in.

"Cappuccino for me please," Niall says politely. Harry looks at Liam, who seems to be staring at me. Soon all eyes are on him as I try not to stare back. When he looks away from me he looks at the group of friends with a weird look.

"What?"

"Oh, we have been waiting for you to give this girl your order for five minutes but your too busy staring at her"

"Oh," he puts his head down before looking at me quickly "coffee,"

"Any milk? Sugar?"

"Uh. . .black" he nods,

"All right and you sir" I say to Harry.

". . .I will have. . .an espresso."

"Okay that will be up in a second"

"We are going to sit so if you could bring those to our table that would be great" Harry smiles at me then pounds the counter a couple times. I smile back to be polite but inside I am freaking out. I'm literally dying inside, I want to scream so loud that they are right here in front of me but I can't. They move away from the counter into a booth on the left side of the room. Then I turn around to the coffee machines and start to prepare the drinks.

"How are you not freaking out? Isn't that the band you obsess over?"

"Shush" I put my hand over his mouth. "Don't say it too loud, you'll scare them away" I look back at the table and they are just talking.

"Isn't that kind of sneaky?"

"I just want to talk to them, I don't want anything from them. I just want to get to know them for the boys they really are not the boys the media sees."

"So that's it? You want nothing more than to talk to them. You don't wish to see them again or have them come to this place again."

"Exactly I just want to talk I don't care what they do after that, it isn't my business." I say out loud "But if they did come here again when I am here that would just be a bonus." I mutter

"Do you realize that they aren't going to really talk to you about their personal lives because you could be a reporter or a snitch or something"

"Joey this can't go wrong I swear!"

"Alright fine but don't come to me when this all backfires on you"

"It's not going to backfire." I say

"Whatever." I don't care if I ever get to see them again after this but speaking to them would be amazing. Just to ask them what it was like before the X-Factor and how it contrasts to now would just be awesome! This is a once in a lifetime opportunity and I'm going to take it. It won't go wrong, I know that this in no way can go wrong. If I am just subtle and don't blurt out questions they won't get suspicious and they won't freak out.

I can do this. . .I can do this.