Lies

Chapter two

    "What are we looking at?" Niall asked, lounging at a computer chair.

        "Blackness." Louis answered.

        "Obviously." Niall said, rolling his eyes at Lou.

         "But WHY is it dark?" Liam asked, laying on the floor. He had his phone above his face, trying to appear uninterested in what was happening. The surveillance room was a dark room with multiple TVs that showed (or were supposed to show) various angles from the cameras. There were a total of 5 mini cameras inside of one poster, one for each of the boys' faces. At the moment though, all the screens were dark. The boys were tense. Each one wanted to see who the girl would be, but at the same time they wished that they could stop this from happening at all. Harry shook head and ran his hand through his hair.

        He stood and walked to the door, but stopped before walking out,  "I guess we'll find out eventually." He mumbled, staring at the dark screen for a moment before walking out.

        ~

        Adalynn woke up a day after she fell asleep, her hair a matted mess and her makeshift bed of blankets a crumpled disaster. She rubbed her eyes with her fists and sniffed. For a moment Adalynn didn't know where she was. Her bare walls were completely different in comparison to her walls back home in America, which were covered in posters throughout her entire childhood. Realization soon hit her and her tiredness seemed to disappear. She hopped up and folded her blanket. She rummaged through her luggage and pulled out a brush and clothes. Adalynn pulled her curly brown hair into a tight ponytail, too excited to actually take the time to style her hair to her taste. She pulled on an old Fall Out Boy shirt and black skinny jeans on before grabbing her phone and wallet and walking out of her apartment.

        By the end of the day Adalynn had managed to get herself a bed and a few other articles of furniture, buy necessities such as soap and shampoo, exchange all her American dollars for English pounds, and had eaten at a strange place called Nandos. She ended her long day by setting up her bedroom. First she painted her walls white with black music notes, with one of the walls covered in chalkboard paint.  She folded her comforter set over her new bed and set up her pillows. She placed all her clothes in her closet and put together her new desk.

        Adalynn had always praised herself for being able to do things by herself, so she planned to decorate her house on her own. She had received a scholarship to study in London, and since she had always wanted to travel overseas this was an opportunity she could not refuse. She never considered herself spectacular, but she had graduated High School with straight A's as the valedictorian of her school. Everyone had expected her to go into law or the medical field, but her major in college was going to be music with a minor of  psychology.

        Adalynn finally made her way to the bottom of her suitcases. Packed on the very bottom was a few of her posters. Back home she had a huge collection of posters, at least one for all of her favorite artists and bands. It was a hard decision, but she realized that she couldn't bring her entire collection, so she cut it down to only five posters. A John Lennon one, an Ed Sheeran one, a Fall Out Boy one, a Falling In Reverse one and finally a One Direction one. She placed each one on her wall, careful to set them each perfectly. They were all placed close enough that there was still quite a lot of room, which she would fill up with pictures and posters when she had money to spare. When she had finished she stood back and smiled at them, happy to have something that reminded her of home. She smiled at her work in the room and her progress in general. After inspecting her work, she ended the night again with a dreamless sleep.

~

        "HARRY GET IN HERE." Niall yelled from the surveillance room.

        Harry ran in panicked, "What's wrong?! Is there a fire?!" He yelped, a towel wrapped around his waist and his hair wet.

         Louis shook his head and pointed at the screens, "Look." Was all he said. On the screen showed a girl with tired yet sparkling blue eyes. Her hair was pulled back except for side bangs that hung over the left side of her face. Harry could see that her hair was curly and long from the angle she stood at. She had freckles speckled on her cheeks and nose. She was pale except for  the rosiness on her cheeks. She wore a Fall Out Boy shirt and black skinny jeans with way too many bracelets on her wrists. The girl was smiling at the boys before turning around in a circle to smile at the rest of the room. Her room was empty except for a bed a desk and a dresser inside her closet.

         Niall whistled, "Daaaaang." He laughed.

        Harry shook his head, "She's fit." He said quietly. Niall laughed again and nodded.

        Louis rolled his eyes and Zayn shook his head while Liam took out his phone and started walking towards the door. The boys left one by one to retire to their flats from Harry's- where the surveillance room was located. First Liam, then Zayn, then Louis. Niall left Harry alone in the room right before the girl went to bed. Harry stayed a few moments after she fell asleep and studied her face before shaking his head and leaving as well. "Well...Goodnight, then." He said to her, even though she couldn't hear.