But You're Worth It...

Chapter 2

"Mom! Where's my camera?!" I yell from the top of the stairs. "On the counter! I emptied the memory card for you!" She yells back at to me. I quickly run down the stairs to the counter. I grab my camera, my cell phone, and my wallet. "I'm going to take pictures around town!" I yell to my mom. "Ok" she yells. "Be safe baby girl! I love you!" "I love you too mom." Even though I'm 19 years old she tells me the same thing she did when I was 7. I open the door and it slams behind me. "Damn it!" I shouted realizing I left the key inside. I knock on the door and shake the knob until my mom finally opened up the door. The door cracks and she holds the key out. "I love you mommy!" I shouted. As I turn I realize 5 boys that looked about my age were standing on the sidewalk near my house wearing sweatshirts and beanies just staring at me. Did I seriously just call her mommy?" I think to myself. They laugh and begin to walk off. All but one. The shortest of the 5 We made eye contact and he smiled at me. I was shocked of how cute his smile was. I gave a little smile and looked back at the ground. Finally he walked off with the rest. Was he seriously looking at me? I wasn't used to that feeling at all. I put the key in my back pocket and started to walk down the street. I snapped a picture of the 5 boys. Just for the fun of it.

I love walking down the streets during the day. Looking around and watching people do what they do amuses me. After a while of walking and taking picture a little here and a little there I decide to stop and eat something. I walk through the door of a Chick-fil-a and something catches my attention very quickly. The same 5 boys were there sitting at a table. As I was walking and staring at the boys I ran into the trash can and the trays stacked on top went tumbling to the floor. I looked up. My face bright red. I picked up the trays and put them back. The 5 looked at me and kinda giggled. I saw the blond one smiling. Looking me right in the eyes. I turned around and pushed the door open and began to leave.

"WAIT!" I hear and my head shoots back to the restaurant.

The blonde boy is standing up then he quickly sits back in his seat and puts his head down. The 4 others are laughing and nudging him. I continue to walk when I hear someone's voice. It is a British accent. "Come here real quick love." I look back and one of the boys about my age is motioning me toward the table they are sitting at. I immediately begin to think of every little flaw on my face. I was breaking out on my chin, the skin right above my eyes was dryer than the Sahara Dessert and my hair was messed up. Why was he even coming towards me?!

As he held out his arm to lead me to their table his sweatshirt sleeve came up and I see a familiar tattoo. 4 arrow marks. I can't figure out where I've seen this before. The boy grabbed my wrist and sat me down next to the blonde one that kept looking at me. Was he looking at my knotted hair? Or my acne covered skin? Or was it just my outfit that I just threw on? It was obvious he was trying to make eye contact with me. I trying my best to avoid it.

"Well hello and what's your name?" Another boy with a quiff said. "Umm. I'm Lilliana Ramos" I say kinda quiet. "What a nice name. I'm guessing you already know who we are" says one with a striped beanie says. I try to remember and I try hard. These boys look familiar but I can't make out where I've seen them before. Did we go to school together? Or maybe church? "I'm sorry but I'm not quite sure if I know you" I look at them. They all look surprised. "Well then allows us to introduce ourselves.

"I'm Liam Payne" Arrow tattoo said.

"I'm Zayn Malik" Quiff said.

"I'm Louis Tomlinson" Strips says.

"Harry Styles" One with the curly brown hair says.

"Um, I'm, umm, Niall. Um, Niall Horan"

The blonde one finally stops looking at me to say. I caught a glimpse of him as soon as he looked away. He had beautiful blue eyes (which i'd always envied on people) and a dirty blonde hair color. He had the cutest Irish accent and he was very handsome. At least I thought so. "Isn't that right Lilliana?" I heard Harry say. I panicked cause I wasn't listening. I was too busy staring at Niall. "Umm, what?" I say. They laugh. "I said it's a beautiful day to walk around. We saw you strolling around." Harry tells me. "Oh yes, I do this almost everyday" I say as I am nervously tapping my foot. I begin to realize how hungry I am. I haven't eating since I woke up. It's been been a good 6 hours. "I'm gunna go get something to eat" I finally say. "I'll go with you" Niall says.

We both get up and walk over to the line. Standing there was a little awkward. But he finally broke the silents. "So how old are you?" He asks looking at strangely into my eyes. I look to the floor. "Umm, I'm 19" He continues to look me straight in the eyes. The line was super long so I knew if I didn't make a conversation it was going to be very awkward. "You can call me Lilli if you want." I finally say. "I don't like the name Lilliana so yeah..." I say kinda say awkwardly. "Why don't you like that name?" he said with the cutest confused look on his face. "It's too long" I say. I shrug my shoulders. "Ok, I'll call you Lilli." he says. We smile at eachother and I can feel myself getting red. "So you take pictures?" He asks. I relize I was still wearing my camera around my neck. "I guess." I kinda laugh. "I'm not very good." "Can I see your pictures?" He asks and tries to grab my camera. "Umm, no I'd rather you didn't." I say a I pull the camera away. He reaches for it again and I pull away. We both laugh and look at eachother. His eyes were beautiful.

It was finally my turn to order. I got my food and sat back down with the boys. After a while of joking around and laughing I noticed I really loved talking to them. There was a sudden buzz on the table. It was Louis's phone. "Alrighty lads we have to get back to the house." He said as he got up. "But why?! Can't we stay here with Lilli longer?!" Niall says. "Aww look Louis! He already has a nickname for her!" Harry says "Can't we stay a little longer?! I looked over at him and he began to blush a lot. I smiled as well and look down at the table. "How about we invite her over to hang out and watch a movie or something?" He continued. "Umm, I would love that!" I said. I wondered if I answered to quickly. "Ok," Louis said. "Let's go!"