Running Bases With You

Chapter 4

"Oh my God, Niall hurry up!"

"Jeez, calm down Lou!"

I sigh loudly, highly annoyed that it's taking Niall so long to get our food. I wouldn't be surprised if he came back and he'd eaten it already.

I sit at a small table in the middle of the food court with Liam, Harry, and Zayn while we wait for Niall to come back with our food from only God knows where. We've spent all day at the mall, because of me of course, and I can tell that everyone is dead on their feet. I'm exhausted as well, but I'm just not quite ready to go home yet.

When I see Niall from the corner of my eye coming towards the table, my annoyance only grows.

"Niall! You were gone so long I was starting to think you'd died! Next time I'll send Liam to get it for God's sake!" I snap at him.

He lays the food on the table and glares at me while sitting down. "I'm sorry Louis, but it isn't my fault that the line was as long as this mall by itself and it isn't my fault that your girlfriend dumped you either, so stop being such an arse with everyone."

I clench my fists together so hard that my fingers turn white. I'm about to pull my arm back and punch Niall in his big, smartass mouth when Harry grabs my arm and keeps it down.

"Stop. Look behind you." He mumbles.

I squeeze my eyebrows together in confusion and turn around in my seat to search for a possible stalker. It's probably just a pap anyways, so maybe I can go take out my frustration on him instead of Niall. Yeah, that sounds like just a swell idea.

But to my dismay, it doesn't look as if it's a pap at all.

It's a girl that looks around my age or maybe a bit younger. Her brown hair flows over one shoulder and she looks around uncomfortably while taking a seat a few tables away from us. She's wearing white skinny jeans, black converse, and a hoodie that says "London University Softball" across the front and a number 16 on the pocket. So she's an athlete at Uni...interesting.

What am I even doing? I shouldn't be thinking, or even looking at her like this! Especially after my girlfriend just broke my heart to pieces this morning! Oh my God, I think I'm going mad..

Zayn slapping me in the arm snaps me out of my thoughts. "What?"

He looks at me like I've lost my mind. "Stop staring! She's gunna think you're a stalker or something."

I look back at her and notice that she's looking at us with a curious expression. I then proceed to turn around as quickly as possible as if I wasn't just staring at her like a stalker.

I feel my cheeks burn bright pink, and I can only hope that the lads don't notice. Liam smirks at me and I eye him suspiciously. "She's staring at us now. And she isn't alone anymore."

My curiosity turns my body back to facing her again, but I see another girl with her this time. She has long blonde hair, and she's wearing the same thing as the other girl, except she has on black skinny jeans and white converse. She looks more fierce and unfriendly than the other girl as she eyes us suspiciously before sitting down with her friend.

They exchange a few words and take one last look at us before ignoring we're even here and eating their food from Nando's.

I turn back towards the boys and I realize they're all staring at me.

"What?"

Harry just smirks at me while Liam looks worried. Zayn is studying my face for some odd reason and Niall is completely oblivious to what's going on.