Royals and Rebels

Chapter 9

"Royal blood isn't blue, it is a jaundiced shade of red and riddled with broken chromosomes."
-Dean Cavanagh

'Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day, set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.'

"I don't think that that's the correct one.'

'Oh really, then what is the correct one?'

'Something to do with fish.'

'Fish? That doesn't make much sense.'

'It does, I just can't remember it. Besides, yours is stupid.'

'No it's not.'

'Yes it is'

'Not'

'Is'

'Not'

'Is'

'No-'

That's when Liam snaps.

'Lou, Ana, I know you two don't like each other much but I'd like to finish watching this game without any quarreling.'

'Piss off Liam.' Louis says rolling his eyes and crossing his arms.

That's when Niall chirps in, 'Although Ana was right about the fish one being the real one. It's "Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day, teach a man to fish and he'll eat for the rest of his life." '

Louis throws his hands up in protest.

'Not you too Niall!' He exclaims.

'Don't worry Lou, I agree with your proverb being the better one.' Zayn tells him.

'There, see, someone out of you unruly bunch actually has some sense. Stick with me Zayn, we'll revolutionise the English language. You can be my sidekick.'

'Sidekick? I'm not going to be your sidekick. If I wasn't a Rebel, I'd be an English professor. Therefore you will be the sidekick. I'm the main man that gets all the girls.'

'What? I'm not going to be a sidekick either. I'm way too cool for that. We can be partners then.'

Zayn stares at Louis, who returns the gesture, before sticking his hand out.

'Deal.' He says. 'We'll be the Zap team.'

Liam rolls his eyes at them.

Suddenly, the door to the room is flung open, revealing a rather worried Alex.

'Another problem on the rise, Anastasia's just been reported missing, but one of the party guests saw her speaking to Niall and have alerted the guards of what he looks like, they in turn identified him as a rebel.. The kingdom know that we have her. If we don't act quickly, they might suspect her to be working with us.'

Harry sighs, running his hands through his hair.

'Alright, we'll have to make this video for the ransom. He says standing up. Call Lou.'

I look around in confusion, wondering why Harry just said to call Lou, considering Louis was sitting right next to him.

Niall, obviously noting my confusion, turns to me.

'He's talking about Louise Teasdale. She's one of the rebels who doesn't live here. She's really good at make up and styling which is why we're calling her.' He explains to me, flashing me a smile, that makes my heart race.

'That makes a lot more sense.It's going to be so confusing, having two people that everyone call "Lou" running around.'

He laughs at this.