A Story Of Love And Struggle (Liam Payne)

CHAPTER FORTY

The tour was well into its second week and they all seemed to be adjusting again, especially Ariana.

Liam could tell she struggled with all the attention she was getting. She was the novelty on tour around the fans. She was constantly with him so it meant fans got to see her often following him in and out of places which gained her a lot of attention.

He knew it made her uncomfortable to have to push out of a crowd of one hundred girls every day and night, especially if the crowd was torn between lovers or haters. There would always be somebody out there yelling something negative or rude at her, which he knew, no matter how much she tried to hide it, upset her quite a lot.

Also he could tell that even though she liked to hang out with him all the time, it was the hanging around fifty or so men every day that made her a bit uncomfortable too.

He observed her as she blew on her freshly painted nails while she sat on the floor. He and the guys were messing around while they killed time before sound check. They were laughing and burping loudly to see which one had the loudest burp and Ariana kept frowning in disgust every time she heard them. Suddenly Niall farted and to everyone’s disgust, the smell that was quite bad filled the room as they all tried to fan it away from their noses.

“Seriously?!” Asked Ariana getting up from the floor and picking up her things and putting them back into her handbag

“Sorry babe, it was Niall” He apologized

“That was disgusting!” She snapped

“Babe, it’s just banter…” He said looking at her with an amused expression

“Banter? Really? Because to me, this stopped being funny last week” She said as she took her bag and started to walk out the door

“Ari… Come on… Are you seriously angry?” He asked taking her hand to stop her before she left the room

“Let me go Liam…” She said giving him a really serious look

“C’mon…” He pleaded

“Let go of my hand…” She insisted

“Ari it’s no big deal…”

“Maybe not to you… But I’m starting to resent the fact that I’ve left my career on hold for a year to join a freaking farting contest…” She said

She was officially angry. Liam could see in her eyes that she had meant every word she had just said.

“Let go of me…” She tried again and this time he did as he was told

“Where are you going?” He asked

“Away from here… I need a day to myself… A girly day, when no one farts or burps in my direction every five minutes”

“Will you come back later?”

“I don’t know…” She replied

“Oh… Well…” He stuttered

“Bye…” She said

“Uh… Bye” He stammered before she walked out the door leaving him staring at the door as it closed behind her

“What was that all about?” Asked Louis

He turned around and shrugged

“I… I have no idea…” He replied

“That was… A bit awkard…” Said Harry

“Sorry mate… I didn’t mean to fart… It just sort of escaped…” Apologized Niall