The Arranged Marriage (A One Direction Fan Fiction)

Chapter 29

Melissa's POV

Niall and I just stand there staring at each other. We don't move until someone walks into the room, and even then, we only turned our heads toward the person.

"Are you guys okay?" Liam asks, looking at us strangely. We both just stay where we are, staring at Liam. "Hello?" He starts waving his hands in front of our faces. After a couple of seconds he gives up, walking out of the room. Or at least I thought he gave up. Not even a minute later he's walking back into the room with Jeniah in tow.

"Now, you three need to explain what's going on." Liam orders, crossing his arms.

Once I finally come to the realization that Jeniah is in the room I speak up, saying not-so calmly, "You. You are in so much trouble. This is what happens when people keep secrets, Jeniah."

"What are you talking about?" Jeniah asks, trying to act clueless but doing a very bad job.

"You know exactly what I'm talking about, missy." I huff. Jeniah glances at Niall and I then to Liam, looking conflicted.

"Melissa, I don't know what you're talking about." She tells me, saying it in a way that seems like she means something else.

"Oh, don't play the fool." Niall rolls his eyes. "If any of us is the fool, it's me. Because I trusted you to do one small task, when I should've known that you wouldn't have done it the way I asked."

"We're slowly getting somewhere." Liam sighs, getting impatient.

"You couldn't have just told her that I like her and make everyone's life's so much easier." Niall continues.

"Now we have someth-" Liam starts to say but cuts himself off, realizing what Niall just said. "Wait, what did you just say?"

"He said that he likes her, because he actually has the guts to tell her." Jeniah snaps, confusing Niall and I, shocking Liam. "Oh, didn't think I knew, did you?"

"I-I don't know-w what you're talking a-about." Liam stutters, trying to convince us but failing terribly.

I clear my throat and say, "If you two could be ever so kind and inform us of what you're talking about, that would be nice."

"Should I or should I not, dear Liam?" Jeniah asks Liam. "Or you could tell her if you'd like." She adds. Liam just shakes his head, looking frightened.

"Any day now, guys." I urge them to tell me.

"I'm going to give you one more chance, Liam. Am I going to have to tell or will you man up and tell her yourself?" Jeniah says to Liam once again, Liam's frightened face still there.

"I-um." Liam pauses, taking a second then continues, speaking three times as fast, "Please don't kill me, Niall, but I like Melissa as well." It takes me a moment to process what Liam just said, but when I do, things start to spin. Why me? Is the last thing I think before things go black.

When I wake up I hear people talking, so I don't open my eyes.

"Couldn't you have waited until later to tell her, Liam?" Someone -Niall, I think- huffs.

"Whoa, mate. Don't go blaming me. It's not like I wanted to tell her then, I just didn't want Jeniah to tell her, unlike someone else." Liam snorts.

"At least I wanted to tell her!" The other person -which has to be Niall- yells.

"Zip it!" Jeniah -I just know it's her- snaps. "Save your bickering for another time. Right now we need to pay attention to the person who passed out." And then is when I decide to open my eyes. They're all sitting on the ground next to me; Niall on my right and Liam and Jeniah on my left.

"Hey guys." I say to get there attention.

"Melissa!" Niall lets out a sigh of relief.

"Are you okay?" Liam asks, sounding worried. Both of them had scooted closer to me, making it harder to breathe.

Jeniah shoves Liam and Niall away from me and says, "Sorry for causing so much trouble. How are you?"

"You're forgiven." I smile at her. "I'm okay. Head hurts a little, but other than that I'm okay."

"Can you two go get her some ice and an aspirin?" Jeniah asks Niall and Liam. They look a little confused so Jeniah says, "Aspirin, as in pain killers. Shouldn't you guys know this?"

"Eh, blonde moment." Niall shrugs his shoulders.

"You're not even naturally blonde Niall. And Liam isn't blonde at all." Jeniah rolls her eyes at Niall's lame excuse.

"Aren't we allowed to forget sometimes?" Niall pouts. Liam laughs and drags Niall out of the room.

"How are you really doing, though?" She asks, getting serious quickly.

"I'm doing pretty good, actually. Slightly confused, baffled even, but a lot better than I thought I would be." I answer her question truthfully.

"Well that's good." She says, and I nod in agreement.

A few minutes later Niall and Liam come back with ice, aspirin and three extra people.

"Thanks." I thank Niall and Liam when they give me the ice and aspirin. "But, um, why are the other three here?"

"People seem to get curious when someone asks where the aspirin is at. Shocking, isn't it?" Louis crosses his arms, being extremely sarcastic.

"Oh, yeah. I guess that might set off some alarms." I laugh.

"So, are you going to tell us why they asked for aspirin and why you're laying on the floor?" Harry questions.

"I kind of passed out." I say, acting as if it's not a big deal.

"What do you mean 'kind of'? You either passed out or you didn't." Louis comments, not liking my choice of words.

"Really? I didn't know that." I say sarcastically, getting a stern look from Louis. "Yes, Louis. I passed out."

"Are you okay?" Zayn asks, finally saying something.

"My head hurts, but that's what the ice and aspirin are for." I tell him.

"Why did you pass out?" Zayn asks curiously.

And that's when I pass out for the second time that day, all five boys and Jeniah surrounding me.

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AN: Not as long as normal, but it's still awesome, right? Both Niall and Liam have confessed to liking Melissa! Eeep!

Who do you guys ship? Meliam (Liam and Melissa) or Nelissa (Niall and Melissa)? I ship both of them right now.

And for those of you who knew, my dad is all good and him and my sister will be leaving or have already left their hotel. Those of you who didn't know, my dad had surgery on his shoulder yesterday, finally fixing a problem that he's had since like 2003 (the doctors finally figured out what was wrong with him without having to do surgery near his spine 0_0).

I hope you guys like this chapter! Dedicated to all of you for being such lovely readers and getting this story close 20,000 reads!

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