The Arranged Marriage (A One Direction Fan Fiction)

Chapter 16

Melissa's POV

"We're here." The taxi driver says, snapping me out of my day dream.

Oh god.

"Thank you." I say as I step out. The driver also gets out, and he grabs my bags out of the trunk.

"It's no problem, ma'am."

"You can stop calling me ma'am, it makes me sound so old. Call me Melissa, Mel or Melly, please." I smile at the driver.

"You can call me Dave. My name's James, but for some unknown reason my friends call me Dave." The driver, Dave/James, smiles back.

"Is it okay if I call you James? I really like that name." I ask.

"Of course you can." James says.

James and I talk for about ten minutes before I realize I really need to get going.

"It was really nice seeing you again, James. I hope I get to see you again." I say, giving James a hug in the progress.

"It was nice seeing you too, Melissa." James says once I let go. I start to walk away when James stops me. "Use this if you ever need anyone." He says, handing me a piece of paper, then getting into the cab and driving off. I look at the paper and see the it's his number. Why aren't all old men and James this nice?

I muster up all of the courage I can and walk the gate. Thankfully I forgot to leave the keys to the apartment, so I can still get in. I go through all of the unlocking, opening and closing doors that it takes to get me to our apartment door. I unlock that door and walk in. No one notices that I'm here yet, so I close the door very quietly. This is going to be so terrible! And really awkward.

I set my stuff down at the door and walk into the living room. Zayn, Louis and Harry are sitting in various spots in the room.

"Hi." I say, catching all three's attention.

"What the fuck." Louis says, obviously shocked.

"Are you real? Or have I finally gone mad?" Harry questions.

"I'm as real as it gets, Haz." I tell Harry, smiling awkwardly.

Without a warning I'm suddenly sandwiched between Louis and Harry. "We missed you." Louis and Harry say at the same time.

"I missed you guys too." I say, trying to hold back the tears.

"Why'd you leave?" Louis asks once him and Harry let go of me.

"Reasons I'd rather not say." I sigh, frowning at Zayn. "Zayn, are you mad at me?" I ask Zayn.

Zayn looks me dead in the eye and says, "No, I'm hurt. How could you leave us? I thought you loved us."

"Oh Zayn. I had to leave. I needed a break, a taste of normal life. And guess what?" I say, smiling at the fact that Zayn doesn't hate me either.

"What?" Zayn mumbles.

"I realized I don't like being normal, especially because it means that I'd have to forfeit my friendship with all of you. I love you guys so much. And I'm pretty sure I missed you guys more than y'all missed me." I say, laughing at the end. Zayn rushes up to me and hugs me.

"Now what the hell did you do with your hair?" Zayn asks once he lets me go, messing with my hair.

"That's the other thing I didn't like about being normal." I playfully frown, making the three crack up.

Once they calm down Louis says, "Blue actually fits you."

"Thanks, Lou."

"So... How are we going to inform Niall and Liam of the recent happenings?" Harry asks, folding his hands.

"When did you become so proper?" I question, giggling. Harry humph's at me.

"We probably shouldn't do it one at a time." Louis says.

"Yeah, that'd be a bad idea. Don't want them fighting about who knew what first." Zayn comments.

"Alright, then two of you should go drag them out of their rooms and bring them here. Problem solved." I tell them my plan.

Louis and Harry end up being the ones to get the other two.

"You know, even if you didn't come back we would've found you anyways." Zayn tells me.

"Really?" I question, raising my eyebrows.

"Yep. You told me how much you used for your cab ride. I would've found you once all of the mayhem stopped." Zayn informs me.

"Oh."

"You know your mom called earlier. Did that have anything to do with you coming back?" He asks.

"It somewhat did." I start, "James called me on my old phone and we had a huge argument. I let James win and came back here. But what James doesn't know is that I'm not going back home, ever. This is my home now."

"It's always been your home." Zayn says, making me want to cry.

Then the other four walked into the room. Niall and Liam both look shocked, more shocked than Zayn.

After at least a good five minutes of silence Harry speaks up. "You guys gonna say anything? Or are you gonna stand there gaping at her?"

"What the fuck did you do to your hair?" Liam and Niall ask at the same time. Really??

"You haven't seen me in two weeks and the first thing you say to me is what I did to my hair? No 'hello, how are you'? Not even a hug?" I pester. "No. I get 'what the fuck did you do to your hair'."

"Her hair is a touchy subject." Zayn whispers to the others, blocking my view on his mouth with his hand.

I lightly punch Zayn on his arm and say, "Just because I can't see your lips moving doesn't mean that I can't hear you. I heard you loud and clear." Zayn just laughs at me.

"Hi." Niall finally says something.

"Hey." I say, smiling.

"I'm glad you're back." Niall says, then walks up to me and hugs me. I reciprocate immediately.

"Me too." I whisper.

After an extremely long hug Niall says, "I'm knackered, so I'm gonna take a nap. I'll see you when I wake up."

"You sure will." I assure him, then he walks away to his room. Once Niall is out of my view I turn my attention to Liam.

"We're gonna go get something to eat." Louis says, speaking for Harry and Zayn also. The three scurry out of the room quickly. As those three walk out of the room Liam walks up to me. Liam then proceeds to engulf me in a hug.

"I missed you so much, Melissa." Liam whispers as we hug.

"I missed you too, Liam. More than you know." I tell him honestly.

When Liam lets go he asks, "Why'd ya come back?"

"Long story short, it was either here or go back home." I say, avoiding the part about the argument with my brother.

"Oh." He frowns.

"That doesn't matter now. I'm here and I'm never leaving." I try to cheer Liam up.

"Really?" Liam asks, excitement written all over his face.

"Yeah." I nod.

Next thing I know I'm being hugged by Liam for the second time today.

"I love you." Liam says, crying on my shoulder.

"I love you too."

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AN: I'm updating this in celebration of 1D Day! Also because I'm hyper, but lets leave that part out. Me and my friend Thai are gonna be doing the google+ thing where the boys might pop into our video chat thinga-mabober! That would explain my hyperness. So, yeah. Enjoy peeps! I hope y'all have an awesome 1D Day!