'And Tom Richards.' Dear god, I could hear the blood pumping through my veins. 'That's it guys.' Jesus christ, did I just get rejected again? No this wasn't supposed to happen. This wasn't supposed to fucking happen. I was supposed to get through. I could feel hot tears swell up in my eyes, and I had a lump in my throat. Goddammit, I can't even think straight. All I could think about was punching someone, specifically Simon, really hard in the face.
Most of the rejects went to pack their things, but I sat backstage thinking about what to do with my life. It's obvious, just go back to school. Oh joy. Now everyone back at school has more reason to bully me. I'm going to be that gay kid that thought he had talent but actually sang like crap.
Out of nowhere, Zayn Malik, also a reject, decides to come sit beside me. I had no idea of what to say because for one I was too goddamn mad to think straight, and two because he was truly gorgeous and I think I'd mess up whenever I'd try to talk to him. He had high and defined cheekbones, deep brown eyes, massively long eyelashes, and on top of that flawless skin that was slightly olive. And anyways, he probably wasn't gay. Someone like him could catch the eyes of a million girls.
He interrupted my thoughts when he said, 'You know, you sing quite well.' He caught me completely off guard. Here was probably one of the most gorgeous boys I've ever seen, who also had the voice of an angel, telling me I sing quite well. I looked at him with shock and asked, 'Really?'
He chuckled and replied, 'Yeah.' He was probably laughing at me. I looked like an idiot with red puffy eyes, and dried up tears on my face. I stood up in anger and said, 'Look, if you just came here to laugh at me I'm leaving.' I started to leave but then he said, ‘No, I wasn't laughing at you bro, don’t go.’ and grabbed my arm. I wasn't use to having such close contact with boys so I immediately stiffened. I shook his hand off my arm and walked away.
A few minutes later, 5 boys were called on to the stage. Me, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson, Harry Styles, and Niall Horan. I could feel my body buzzing with excitement with the chance of me actually making it through.
‘We thought that you’re voices were too good to waste.’ Simon paused, and my heart started beating faster. Dannii decided to continue on from what Simon said, ‘And we've decided to put you through together as a boy band.’ I made it through. I made it through. Oh god. I actually made it through. I'm not going to go home as a failure. Tears fell from my eyes, thinking of how proud my mum must be of me. My dad wouldn't care, but I wasn't thinking about that. I was just thinking of how I proved everyone wrong.
We got to know a bit about each other before choosing our band name, and practicing our song for judges house. Niall was bubbly, carefree, and surprisingly irish. I envied him for being so open all the time. Harry, was flirty but also very caring. Louis seems to be funny and happy all the time, but I think that he's trying to hide something, I think he's covering up his sorrow with fake smiles. And Zayn, well Zayn wasn't very open so I have no idea what he's like. He's still that mysterious bradford bad boy.
I immediately planned out who was who in our band. Louis was the funny one, Harry was the flirt, Niall was the cute one, and Zayn was the bad boy, which means I had to take the role of the leader.
'Alright guys, let's get started. What do you think our band name should be?' I asked looking at them.
'How about Niall and the potatoes?' Harry laughed, and then Louis joked,'No, let's name it Louis and the Carrots.' I could feel Zayn roll his eyes before I saw it. I decided to target him and said, 'How about you Zayn? What do you think we should name our band?' He actually thought about it for a moment. I expected him to shrug and mumble an 'I dunno'.
'You know we could name ourselves One Way or something. We all have the same goals, and we're going in the same direction.' Harry's face lit up and he said, 'One Direction!'
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Imperfect Reality ~ Ziam Fanfic
FanfictionBeing gay isn't easy. Especially when you're put into a boy band, and have millions of girls around the world begging to be your girlfriend. Liam Payne just wants to be a normal guy with a normal girlfriend, but what happens when he thinks that Zayn...