The Arranged Marriage (A One Direction Fan Fiction)

Chapter 17

Liam's POV

After I let go of Melissa I got the others and took us out to dinner.

"Where are we going, Li?" Melissa asks, seated to my left.

I smirk and say, "It wouldn't be any fun if I told you."

"Oh c'mon, Li. Please." Melissa begs.

"I'm not telling you." I say in a sing-song voice.

"Meanie." Mel pouts. I just laugh at her childish ways.

When we arrive Melissa looks like a kid in a candy shop.

"Someone's excited." Louis laughs as we get out of the vehicle.

"How could I not be?" Melissa questions, "This is like the British version of Chuck E. Cheese!"

Melissa quickly runs inside, the rest of us slowly following her. Once we get inside I see Melissa jumping up and down, waiting for one of us to pay for her so she can get in.

I walk up next to her and the lady we have to pay speaks, "How many, babe?"

"Six, please." I say, not fazed by the lady's flirting. The lady tells me the amount and I give the money to her. She then stamps the back of our hands and lets us through.

She winks at Harry as he passes and slips a piece of paper into Niall's hand, whispering, "Call me." As far as I know no one else was supposed to heard, but we all hear, and Melissa wasn't very happy.

"Excuse you. This man is happily engaged and his fiance happens to be standing right here." Melissa snaps.

"Like he even likes you. I bet it's all some sort of set up to get more publicity." The girl scoffs.

"Oh no you didn't." Melissa says, trying to attack the girl, but Niall and I stop her.

"Calm down, babe. She means nothing." Niall whispers in her ear and kisses it afterwards, which makes me feel very uncomfortable. Melissa just looks up at Niall and smiles. I wonder what's going through her head.

"Let's go." Louis says, dragging the three of us to a table.

"What type of pizza's does everyone want?" Harry asks as we sit down.

"Cheese." Melissa and I answer at the same time. We look at each other and I blush a little for an unknown reason. Thankfully no one noticed.

"What about you guys?" Harry asks the others.

"Cheese is good." Louis says, Niall and Zayn nodding in agreement.

"Alright, I'll go order a few cheese pizzas then." Harry says, then gets up to order the pizzas.

A few minutes later Harry comes back with the pizzas. We quickly eat, then go play like little kids.

After playing for a couple of hours we decide to head home.

"What are we going to do now?" Melissa asks me when we walk inside the house.

"I don't know. I'm actually tired, so I'm going to head off to bed." I tell her.

"Oh, okay." Melissa says, sounding dissapointed.

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Niall's POV

Liam walks away to his room and the other boys do the same not too long after.

"I guess it's just us now." Melissa sighs.

"Hey, what's up?" I ask Melissa, sitting us both on one of the couches.

"It feels like nothing has changed." She answers, looking at her feet.

"What do you mean by that?" I question.

She looks up at me and says, "It's just as lonely, awkward and stressful as it was before. We're going nowhere with all of this."

"Melissa, it's not going to change that quickly. Give it some time and I'm sure you'll see the difference." I say, trying to sound convincing. I really don't know what's going to happen. I'm just trying to make her happy.

"You really think so?" She asks with a hopeful look.

"Yeah." I sure hope so.

"So what do you want to do?" Mel asks.

"I don't know. We could play some video games, watch a movie, bake a cake or some cookies, maybe even some brownies. It's all up to you." I list a few things off.

"Lets bake brownies!" Melissa yells, bringing out her inner child.

"Alright. To the kitchen we go!" I smile, dragging Melissa into the kitchen with me. When we get in I grab a box of brownie mix and read the ingredients we need out loud. "It says we need one cup of milk, one stick of butter and two eggs."

"I'll get the milk and butter and you can get the eggs." Melissa orders. I grab the container of eggs out of the fridge and Melissa gets the milk and butter.  We put it all on the counter. I quickly get the mixing bowl and mixer and put it there too. Melissa puts all of her ingredients into the bowl while I struggle with the eggs.

"Here, let me help you." Melissa says, trying to help me with the eggs.

"No, I've got it." I argue.

"Niall, it's fine to need help." She tells me.

"I know, but I don't need any help." I deny her help.

"Stop acting childish and let me help you before you ma-" She starts to say, but stops when the eggs end up breaking. Somehow they splattered all over Melissa.

"Oh my gosh. I'm so sorry, Melissa." I apologize.

Melissa smirks and puts her hand in the bowl saying, "It's no problem, Niall."

"I know what you're thinking, Mel. Don't do it, please." I beg, slowly backing away from Melissa.

Melissa takes her hand out of the bowl and throws a handful of the mix at me, hitting my chest. "Oops." Melissa giggles.

"Oh no you didn't." I growl playfully.

"But I did, Nialler." She smiles.

"Fine then." I say and grab a random bottle out of the fridge, throwing the contents at her.

"Niall!" She gasps. "You just drenched me in lemon juice! What is wrong with you?"

"You threw the brownie batter at me." I retort.

"I only did that because you got eggs all over me!" She argues, trying not to smile.

"It's not like I meant to." I tell her.

"Fine, whatever." She says, grabbing paper towels to clean up the mess. I decide to wash my shirt in the sink. And the next thing I know, my head is covered in eggs.

And that started another food war.

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AN: I know not much really happens in this, but I'm having slight writers block. I'm hoping this was cute and fluffy. I hope you guys like this! Oh, and I entered this in a competition and I'd really love if you guys could vote for me! I'm nominee #10 in the Overall 1D section thing. I'll put the link as the external link so you guys can get to it.

Can I get at least one vote for the next chapter, please? If not, it's cool. I hate being pushy or feel like I'm being needy.

Oh, and the gif is up there for no reason. I just really love that gif!

Thanks for reading! I love you all!

-CookiesandBrownies