The Arranged Marriage (A One Direction Fan Fiction)

Chapter 30

Melissa's POV

I open my eyes to a slightly familiar sight. "What the heck just happened?" I groan, sitting up and rubbing my sore head.

"You passed out. Again." Jeniah chuckles.

"Seriously? I really need to stop doing that." I frown, not remembering passing out again. "Do you know why I passed out?"

"Oh, probably not wanting to tell Louis, Harry and Zayn that Niall and Liam like you. Don't worry, they already knew." Jeniah tells me.

"God, I thought that was just a dream." I groan.

Someone other than Jeniah makes a noise and says, "We're still here." I turn to the person and see that it's Zayn.

"Oh, crap. Uh, sorry guys." I apologize to Liam and Niall.

"This is awkward, isn't it?" Harry asks, pointing out the elephant in the room.

"Definitely awkward." I sigh, resting my head in my hands.

"How about you guys give us a minute, yeah?" Jeniah shoos the boys out of the room. When the five boys leave I let out a large breath. Jeniah gets up and shuts the door, then gives me a look of pity. She sits next to me on the floor and grabs onto my hand, holding it in hers.

"Now is not the time for 'I told you so'." I tell her, already knowing she was right.

"I'm not going to say that. It wouldn't help you at all." She tells me. "What I am going to tell you is that I'm leaving tomorrow."

"What? Why are you leaving?" I ask, not wanting her to leave me.

"I wasn't going to stay for forever, silly." Jeniah giggles.

"Oh, yeah. I'm gonna miss you, though." I frown.

"You could always come with if you want. I mean, you have to face your family eventually." She suggests.

"I really want to, I do. But I'd have to talk with the boys first." I say, looking away from Jeniah.

"They're cool with it. I already asked." She informs me.

"Well," I pause for a moment, then continue, "I guess I'm coming with you."

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When I wake up the next morning I pack my bags then head downstairs. "Morning guys." I greet everyone as I enter the kitchen.

"Morning, Mel. Excited to be going back for a while?" Niall asks, what he said sticking out from all of the other greetings.

"Not really, but I am excited that all of you are coming with." I answer, not hiding my excitement of being able to take them with me. Yeah, they decided that they weren't going to let me go by myself.

"Speaking of us coming with, when are we leaving?" Louis asks.

"We're leaving in thirty minutes, so I hope you're ready." Jeniah tells Louis, Louis rushing to his room right after she spoke.

"I guess he isn't ready yet." I chuckle.

"You don't look ready either, Melissa." Harry says. I give him a questioning look and he says, "You're still in your pajamas."

I look down and realize that I am, in fact, still in my pajamas and say, "Oh. I'll be back." I quickly walk to my room and get changed into what I'm wearing today, then head back to the kitchen.

About half an hour later I find myself in a large van headed to the airport.

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"This was such a bad idea. I totally needed to prepare more for this. Bad, bad idea. Lets go back home. Can we do that? Is it too late? Oh gosh, it's too late. Oh no. I don't wa-"

"It'll be fine, Melissa." Niall cuts my rambling off.

"How can you be so sure?" I question, my worriedness showing. "We haven't even done anything to stop the wedding! It's in like, four months!"

"Melissa, it won't even happen. All you have to do is not show up. That's it." Niall tells me.

"We'll figure all of this out later, because right now, we're here." Jeniah cuts our conversation short. We're here. My old home. The place that holds so many memories. This is definitely not going to go well. We all get out of the van that picked us up and grab our bags. I walk up to the door first. I don't even knock on the door, I just open it.

"Who's there? My mother asks, sounding like she's in the laundry room.

"I brought you a present!" Jeniah yells.

"You didn't ha-" My mother starts to say, walking towards the hallway, before she sees me and stops speaking.

"Hi." I wake awkwardly.

"I didn't expect you to come home anytime soon, seeing as you never contacted us once while you were gone." She says coldly.

"I didn't want to come back. I only came so I could spend more time with Jeniah." I snap, angered by what she said.

"Boys, get in here." Mom yells at my father and brother. They walk into the hallway and look just as shocked as my mom was.

"Melissa!" James exclaims. "I missed you!"

"I can't particularly say the same thing." I scoff.

"I hope we aren't intruding. Coming to visit was a last minute decision." Niall says kindly, saving me from saying anything else.

"It's not a problem at all, Niall." My mother sweetly says. "You and your friends are welcome here anytime."

"Am I welcomed, mom? Or do you not care about me anymore?" I question, not feeling welcomed at all.

"Of course you are, Melissa!" My dad finally speaks up.

"It doesn't seem like it." I huff.

"Tensions are high and everyone is stressed. Lets just take a breather and then talk everything out." My dad tells us. So all of us walk upstairs to the bedrooms.

"You, Zayn and Harry will be sharing your room, while Niall, Liam and Louis will share my room. The renovations on my apartment are done, so I'm staying there. And Jeniah has her own apartment as well, so she'll stay there." James tells me, then shows Louis, Liam and Niall to his room.

"So, this is my room." I say as Harry, Zayn and I walk into my room, Jeniah in tow.

"Cozy." Harry comments.

This is going to be one hell of a trip.

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AN: Well, this is all very rushed. Just trying to get the story moving a little. It's been all about the drama and Liam and Niall liking Melissa, but that's not what the entire story is about. There's more to it, if you guys didn't know. I'm just taking forever to get to what the story is actually about. I apologize for taking so long to update. Those of you who follow me know why I haven't been updating recently. My dad having surgery, my friend being diagnosed with leukemia, no inspiration. Those things.

I hope you guys like this chapter! It's not the best, but you may still like it. I'm not even going to ask for any votes, comments or reads, I owe it to you guys for taking so long.

I love all of you!

-CookiesandBrownies