Lies

Chapter thirty three

 "You're Adalynn right??!!" A voice from behind squealed, "Adalynn Summers?! As in like, Harry's Adalynn Summers??" Adalynn turned around to find a girl with straight brown hair tied up in a ponytail. She was chewing gum furiously, as if she was trying to break it, or maybe she was nervous- Adalynn couldn't tell. She was tall and slender and her brown eyes were wide open and overly made-up, but there was no doubt that she was pretty. Adalynn found herself wondering why Harry hadn't dated someone like her instead; she shook the thought from her head and smiled at the girl. Adalynn had been sitting in the back of the theater where her professor was going to give a lecture, but she was 15 minutes early and the rest of the class was only just coming in.

     "Oh um. Yeah. I'm Adalynn. And you are?" Adalynn stood up, holding out her hand to shake with the obvious fangirl.

      Adalynn was feeling particularly antisocial today, and basically crummy in general. But this was the first person to come up to her about Harry;  she wanted to make a good impression. The girl shook Adalynn's hand, smiling warmly.

     "I'm Christina. It's nice to meet you. Um. You're gorgeous." Adalynn choked on air, the compliment surprising her. Christina waited for Adalynn to finish coughing before continuing. "I'm a directioner. But I'm not a crazy one. I'm glad Harry has a girlfriend and I'm sure that you're gonna get hate and stuff but you seem pretty cool!!! But anyway! I saw your picture online and I'm like 'Hey! She's in my psychology class!' And I came over here to tell you that I like you and that you're welcome to come sit with us! All my friends in this class are directioners. And you look really lonely up here alone every day!" Christina finished her statement with a sparkling smile, her thumb pointed over her shoulder towards her friends, who were glaring back at Adalynn. 

     Adalynn recognized the group; she had purposely tried to avoid them, they were a loud group of friends who all walked together and always sat in the front of class. They were the type of people to raise their hands in class to ask questions. Adalynn didn't have anything against them, they were just too loud for her, they almost kinda scared her. They didn't look very pleased that their friend Christina was talking to her, perhaps they didn't like Adalynn because of Harry, or maybe they didn't like her for no reason. But they definitely didn't like her by the looks of it, and Adalynn didn't want to deal with them.

      "Ummm...I um...Haha... I um. I sit back here...because it helps me concentrate. If I sat with other people I would be um...talking to them a lot?  Um thanks for the offer but I'm going to have to say no..." Adalynn said, nervously shifting from foot to foot. Christina's smile didn't falter as she nodded.

       "Haha! I understand. I'm aaaallwaaayyysss talking. It's hard for me to pay attention during class! But I hate sitting alone, are you sure? Aren't you lonely?" Adalynn wondered if she always started her sentences with conjunctions.

        "Um no I'm fine. I'm um...I like um...I'm fine." Adalynn said, smiling warmly and biting her lip.

       "Aw! Just like Harry!" Christina squealed. Adalynn only stared at her, not sure what she was talking about. Maybe they both said um a lot? "Anyway! Do you think I can get your autograph?"

       "My autograph?"

       "Yes, silly! You're famous now! I have Eleanor's autograph... Danielle's... Haven't gotten to Perrie... But she's famous too, you know. Are you friends with El and Dani?! How about Perrie?! Which of the boys is your best friend?!" Adalynn's mouth dropped. Did she think Adalynn's life was a fanfiction?

         "Um. I- I don't-"

         "Anywhoooooo. How about that autograph?"

         "I-I don't- I-I'm not f-famous though." Eleanor and Danielle had been dating the boys forever. Her and Harry had only told the press a few days before.