Say You Like Me {A Liam Payne Fanfiction}

Chapter 4: Lunch...with One Direction? I think so.

The boys decided that they wanted seafood for lunch, so Liam and I met with them at Red Lobster.

“It’s funny ‘cause our hotel is only a minute from here. As a group, we don’t stray too far from where we’re staying,” he opened the door for me.

When Liam came inside behind me, I spotted arms flailing in the air in a back corner. I recognized Niall and Zayn.

I followed behind Liam to the round booth. He slipped into the seat and patted the spot next to him for me to sit.

Once I looked up, Niall and Zayn were both staring at me.

“Hi, I’m Katie,” I told them.

“You’re pretty,” Niall said; Zayn nodded.

“Thanks,” I felt my face grow hot.

Liam fidgeted in his seat, “Where’s Larry?”

“They’re coming. Harry had to fix his curls and told Louis to wait on him,” Zayn explained.

Liam and I looked at each other and he rolled his eyes, “We’re always waiting on those two.”

“Used to be you, Liam,” Niall stated.

“Oh, hush. Straightening hair takes time.”

I giggled at the mental image of Liam straightening his hair.

“What’s funny now?”

“Still you.”

“Are you gonna tell me?” Liam cocked his eyebrow again.

Ugh, so cute.

“I had a mental picture of you straightening your hair.”

“That was a while ago, now I just blow-dry it.”

I saw Niall and Zayn exchange a look from the corner of my eye.

“Straightening your hair makes you sound gay….no offence!”

Liam opened his mouth to protest, but Niall said, “Speaking of gay…”

“Hey, guys!” Louis said walking up to our booth, Harry trailing behind sporting a beanie.

Niall and Zayn scooted closer to Liam to make room for Louis and Harry on the end.

“Guys, this is Katie,” Liam introduced.

Louis and Harry greeted me then Louis said, “Liam is wild in bed. Just saying!”

“Louis! Shh, we’re in public,” Liam scolded.

The waiter came up and I stifled my laugh.

“Welcome to Red Lobster. I’ll be your waiter today-“ She looked up from her order pad and almost freaked out. She cleared her throat and tried to gain composure, “My name is Tori-“

“Hi, Tori!” Louis said.

“Hi,” the other boys chorused.

“Hi,” She said, almost passing out, “Um…wher-oh yeah, I’ll go ahead and take your drinks if you don’t mind.”

She looked at me.

“I’ll have a…..Dr. Pepper, please,” I noticed her hand was shaking while she wrote down my drink order.

She went around the table, taking orders: Liam got water, Niall ordered Coke, Zayn was milk, Louis got Coke, and Harry ordered apple juice.

“I’ll be…um...I’ll be back in just a minute with your drinks,” She said nervously walking away.