A/N HOLY MOLY I APOLOGIZE FOR TAKING SO LONG SO UPDATE! I GOT A JOB RECENTLY AND IT HAS BEEN TAKING UP A LOT OF MY FREE TIME PLUS I'M ALSO TRYING TO KEEP UP IN SCHOOL IT'S VERY STRESSFUL AND I REALLY SHOULD BE GETTING PREPARED FOR FINALS BUUUUUT I WOULD MUCH RATHER DO THIS INSTEAD!
What? Did Zayn really just say those things about me? He barely knows me yet he thinks I am the perfect girl for him? He understands that i've been through a lot of things in my life but it was just kind of odd how quickly he had started... Flirting?
My subconscious was running wild at this point, I didn't know how to act or what to even think. Zayn, Niall, Liam, Harry, Louis, Luke and Lacey were all looking at me as if I had a third eye or something. I shook my head and blinked my eyes several times before actually hearing what they had to say.
"I really hope that didn't just make things awkward between us." Whispered Zayn.
"Not really, it's just that you don't really know me and I don't necessarily know you either. All I know about you is the things that get broadcasted around the world, I know the 'on camera' one direction; not the real Zayn Malik, Niall Horan, Harry Styles, Liam Payne or Louis Tomlinson." I simply stated, shrugging my shoulders.
"Well, you could always get to know us," He shyly remarked, picking at his nails.
"What do you mean by that?"
He looked nervous, his eyes shifted back and forth a couple of times to both of his feet before looking back up at me. I was curious as to where he was going with this but my mind kept saying it's too soon to jump into something like this. But my heart wanted the complete opposite. The others must have heard us talking since they all began to look at the both of us questioningly.
"We could all hang out sometime." Liam suggested although he was looking at Lacey the entire sentence.
"But isn't that kind of what we're doing right now?" She questioned him.
"Well yeah I guess, but that doesn't mean we can't hang out again."
"Touché Liam, when shall this wonderous event occur?"
"How's about we get back to our game and I'll get back to you on that one?"
I didn't really notice before but the two of them had gotten just inches away from each other's faces as they were having their little dispute. It made me feel slightly uncomfortable that they were flirting in the middle of mine and Luke's living room but then again Zayn and I had sort of been doing the same thing only minutes before. The eight of us all regrouped in our circle on the floor, Liam and Lacey sitting almost right on top of one another due to how close they were. Somehow I had managed to be seating right inbetween Harry and Louis, while Niall and Zayn were on the other side of the circle. The game had started once again, Lacey looked at all of us before stopping right at me.
**Zayn's POV**
"Noel," She creepishly grinned, "Truth or dare?"
"Truth?" She cautiously answered, the look in her eyes just screamed please don't make this too bad!
"Okay," She paused. "How do you feel about Zayn obviously having feelings for you?"
My heart stopped, although I had only met her a day ago I wanted to know exactly how she felt towards me. She took in a deep breath and looked directly into my eyes, she played with the sleeve of the cardigan she was wearing before opening up that beautiful mouth of hers.
"I've always loved you, all of you. I've spent the last four years of my life following you guys. I've pretty much based my life off of you all. But I'm just another fan, there are so many other girls that would kill to have the five of you in their living room just hanging out and talking like we've all known each other for as long as we can remember. There's nothing I can do to make you actually love me, you say you do but that's what you say to all of your fans. It's not that you don't love them with everything you've got, but there's no way in hell I'll ever be your number one or even two priority. Your job comes first then your fans, I'll always come last and there's nothing I can do about it." She sighed deeply, "I'm sorry but I think I need a few minutes to myself." Noel got up from her spot on the floor and stepped out onto the balcony, shutting the small door behind her.
"I had no idea that's how she felt, how so many other girls feel as well..." I quietly said.
"That's how they all feel, and they all wonder why I've been single since we started out." Niall sighed. "I can't just pick one then make the others feel shitty and not good enough. They're all beautiful and perfect in their own way, I just couldn't possibly bring myself to do that to our girls."
"Then what the hell am I going to do about Noel?" I ran my hands through my hair. "How do I prove to her that I actually do have feelings for her, and assure the fans that I still love them?"
"I don't know mate, that's just something you'll have to figure out on your own."
HOLY CRAP I AM SORRY I KNOW IT'S SO SHORT BUT LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE I AM LEGITIMATELY DEAD WHEN IT COMES TO IDEAS RIGHT NOW SCHOOL AND WORK HAS ME SUPER STRESSED AND MY CREATIVE MIND FEELS LIKE IT'S TIME TO HIBERNATE. HOPEFULLY ONCE I GET OUT OF SCHOOL I'LL BE ABLE TO DO LONGER CHAPTERS AND UPDATE MORE OFTEN, UNTIL NEXT TIME LOVELIES THIS HAS BEEN CHAPTER 12 OF LITTLE THINGS
