I Want What I Can't Have

Chapter four

I plopped down on my hotel room bed, running my fingers through my hair and twisting it into a sloppy braid. With loose hair and side bangs falling over my face, I slid my beanie on just as an accessory, and took one last look in the mirror. Was it bad that I was going to get food down in the cafe with sweatpants, a loose t-shirt, and a beanie? Nah. We just got to the hotel about two hours ago and I'm starving. 

I snatched my phone and some dollars my dad gave to me, sliding them deep in my pocket and walking out my hotel room. I didn't bother to look behind me, or anywhere really, my attention was focused on food.

"Ariana!" I heard a cute, excited voice call out behind me. I twirled around to see buff boy, Irish blondie, and a short brunette that I've never seen before. Why was buff boy holding a laptop? And why were they all out in the hallway at this time at night?

"Hey," I smiled, crossing my arms over my chest. They all walked down towards me, stopping just close enough to hold out an arm.

"I don't think we formally met! I'm Liam," he introduced himself polietly, then pointed to the Irish blonde. "This is Niall, and this is Josh." They bothe gave me cute smiles. Okay, pretty easy names to remember. Liam, Niall, and Josh.

"Yeah, sorry about earlier today, I was just-"

"Oh, no need to explan yourself, love! Everybody, this is Paul's daughter, Ariana." Liam pointed the laptop screen towards me and I saw myself on the screen as if he was taking a video or something. I smiled, then looked a little closer. Why did it say 61,379 viewers in the corner?!  I pushed my eyebrows together, and my smile fell as I glanced up at Liam.

"Oh my god, Liam! Are you talking to people!"

"Yup, just about 65,000 people. Say hello!" He said so calmly and cheerfully and casually, as if he sees nothing wrong with showing all these people how bad I look right now. I shrieked, covering my face up with my hands.

"No! I look awful!"

"No, you're just comfy." Josh gestured towards my outfit. I rolled my eyes then pivoted on my heels and started down the hall.

"Ey! Where ya goin'?" Niall called. I faced them one more time.

"To get food, I'm starving." I clenched my stomach and they all cheered. What is up with these boys?

"That's where we're going too!" Liam laughed, putting an adorable grin on his face. I widened my eyes a bit.

"At one in the morning with 65,000 people?" I smirked.

"Yup!" He nodded. I just shook my head slightly and giggled under my breath, then continued down the lift and I could hear the boys following me. On the ride down, Liam and Niall had their own little conversation with the fans. Josh looked over at me with a confused expression.

"Couldn't sleep?"

"Jetlag." I shrugged. He nodded in agreement. We got to the bottom level only to find Zayn about to get in the lift. Well, this food trip just couldn't get better! 

"Zayn!" All the boys cheered. Liam turned the laptop to face Zayn, and he smiled widley.

"Vas happenin'?!" He yelled. What the hell? So this is what the biggest boy band does in their free time. People turned their attention towards us and I just covered my ears. He probably couldn't get louder. I pushed past Zayn, heading down the hallway to the closest vending machines. I got a bag of crisps and a bottle of Gatorade. With that, I started back to the lift, but was once again stopped by the voice of Liam.

"Hey Ari! Where are you going?" Liam shouted from the table they were sitting at, once again turning heads towards us. I pointed up.

"Back to my room. I got what I wanted."

"Awe, stay with us babe!" He pouted, the other boys joining in. Okay, I may hate these guys, but how could I deny those faces? I threw my head back and groaned, stomping over there and throwing myself in a seat between Zayn and Josh. They all smiled and clapped. I just rolled my eyes, opening my crisps and Gatorade. "Ariana, niam_lover101 on twitter wants to know if your red hair is natural." 

"Uh, no, I dyed it this magenta color. It's naturally brown." I said awkwardly. Liam, probably just being a sweetheart, seemed 'interested'.

"Hmm. Why'd you dye it?"

"I don't know, I just liked the color." 

"I like it too," he smiled, the other boys agreeing. I bit back a stupid grin.

"Thanks," I mumbled. I took a mouth full of Barbecue Lays when Zayn decided to talk to me.

"So, what are you doing up?" I had a mouth full of food, so I just pointed to the bag then rubbed my stomach. He giggled, nodding his head. "You were hungry, bebz?" I nodded, taking a sip of my drink.

"What are you doing up and out?" I questioned, pointing down at his slightly nice outfit. He shrugged.

"Was bored, couldn't sleep, decided to walk around and check everything out, but there were a lot of girls, soo..." Zayn drifted off, not knowing how to finish the sentence. I took another sip, then shivered at the thought of a ton of girls. My attention turned to the three other boys who were having some eating competition in front of the camera. Liam had that cute grin on his face as he kept reminding everybody that this was 'the best twitcam ever'. 

Maybe these boys weren't so fake after all.