Yes, Maybe, or No?

Chapter Five

Tons of people rushed around and Niall gripped my wrist protectively. Since this morning, we had been swarmed with questions about our "relationship" and I was getting creeped out. I mean, yeah, it was attention, but with haters all around? Not such a good thing.

We finally reached the stage where Maysie Heyman, the interviewer, was waiting. The audience welcomed us on and the camera started filming. I sat between Niall and Louis, both looking really worried because they all knew what we had to settle today.

"Hello folks! Welcome to the Maysie Heyman show! Today with us, special guests, are One Direction, plus one!" she announced to the camera. I looked to my left at Niall and we both rolled our eyes and smiled.

"I'm the plus one, did you hear?" I whispered. He kept on grinning.

"So! Hello One Direction! Harry," she pointed at Harry. "Liam, Louis," she stopped when she got to me. "Who are you again?" she asked, a sweet smile on her face. She was probably 30?

Niall tightened his grip on my wrist. "She's Delilah Fontaine. She's one of our best friends," he said forcefully. I smiled. Maysie pursed her lips together.

"Okay, and Delilah Fountain," she pronounced my last name like the thing that shoots water. Probably on purpose. I fumed inside and Niall patted my leg, sensing that I was mad. "Niall Horan, and Zayn Malik. So, is this the girl who will be going on tour with you?" she asked. Zayn smiled and nodded.

"Yeah, she's the one and only! She's the lucky girl and we're the lucky guys who got to meet her," Zayn grinned. I forced a tiny little smile, which Maysie topped off with her own.

After a few audience and Twitter questions, Maysie turned to Niall and I. "So, the question everyone's been dying to here the answer to! Are Niall and Delilah dating?' she asked. Niall and I both turned beet red.

"Like I said, she's like one of our best friends. I'm not dating her," Niall told everyone in the audience as well as a disappointed Maysie.

"Okay, well, we'll be back next time after a commercial break with Lady GaGa and her new hit single!" Maysie announced.

I mini gasped and Niall looked at me strangely. "I love Lady GaGa, she's like, my idol. I'm a total monster!" I whispered to him.

Niall let out a low chuckle. "Yeah I always knew you were a monster!" he mumbled back. I hit him lightly in the arm as we got up from the couch, smiled, and waved.

Harry pulled out his iPhone and started texting the instant we got into the van. "We have nothing to do for the rest of the day," Liam announced.

"ICE CREAM!" Louis shouted. Niall and I laughed.

"I second that!" Zayn yelled.

I looked at Niall and shrugged. "Us too!" we both shouted from the back seat.

Harry popped out of his seat. "Ooh, so now you guys are 'us' how very romantic..." he teased. I got up too and slapped him on the arm.

"Get down both of you!" the driver yelled. We both sat down sheepishly.

"So it's ice cream?" Liam asked. Everyone shouted yes.

A few minutes later we arrived at the ice cream parlor. Louis jumped out of the van, dragging Zayn behind him. Liam was next, texting away, probably with Danielle.

Harry offered his hand to me. "M'lady?" he joked. I took his hand and got out of the van. 

"Thank you kind sir!" I laughed. I turned to see if Niall was coming but he had decided to go out the other door. Strange... 

The inside of the ice cream parlor smelled like peanut butter ice cream (the special of the day) and hot fudge. There was also a buttered popcorn smell due to the machine popping away in the corner of the room. 

"May I help you?" the lady at the front counter asked. She had dyed red hair that was cut very short, a black stripe running down the side of it, and was dressed all in black. The lady also must of had five million pierces. In one ear. Harry and Louis sent each other scared looks. 

"May I please have a turkey sub?" Liam asked. 

Louis looked at him. "It's an ice cream place, not a meal place!" he excliamed. "You might as well have ice cream!" he added. Liam shrugged. 

"I'll have the special," Harry announced. He looked at me. "What do you want?" he asked. 

"Nothing, it's okay," I smiled. Niall coughed purposely behind me. "Well, I guess I'll just share with someone," I said. 

Harry and Niall both spoke up at the same time. "She'll share with me," they both called. 

"Sorry Ni, Harry said it first, but you'll get your time later," I patted his cheek. He looked kind of mad. 

"Woah there Nialler... You never share!" Zayn exclaimed. Louis quickly pulled out his Blackberry and snapped a photo of Niall and I. That was going on Twitter soon. At that moment, my phone beeped and I checked Twitter while the rest of the boys ordered their food. 

Louis_Tomlinson: The only person Nialler will share his food with xx @DelilahFontaine

"You like, bought the whole store!" I exclaimed, watching Niall pile all of his order up onto a single tray. 

Niall stacked three sandwich boxes on top of one another. "I have to eat to grow right?" he asked. 

I laughed. "Yeah if you want to grow out not up!" 

He just pouted and brought his tray to our table. I sat next to Harry and he dug into his ice cream. "Have some!" he protested, shoving the bowl toward me. 

"I'm not a big fan of ice cream but okay..." I muttered, taking a small scoop and shoving it in my mouth. 

Niall rolled his eyes... I think... "Wait, you got something there..." Harry used his right hand to grab and napkin and help me wipe some ice cream off of my mouth. 

"Thanks," I blushed. Zayn and Louis were fighting over the other napkins. Boys. 

I wasn't sure but I think I saw Niall turn red. Harry and I quickly ate all of the ice cream and we set down out spoons. 

"You guys done?" Liam asked, finishing off his sub. We all nodded. "Let's go." 

We all piled into the van and headed home. 

***

"So I saw you and the boys on TV," Danielle mused, taking a spoonful of yogurt. After we had gotten home from the ice cream parlor, we had gone to our seperate flats and Danielle had invited me over. 

"Yeah, it was pretty annoying thought because of that stupid Maysie Heyman," I replied, picking up a Teen Vogue from the counter and quickly flipping through it. "So you and Liam good?" I asked, setting the magazine down. 

Danielle took another bite of yogurt. "Yeah, why?" she looked at me. 

"Oh, just making sure. Niall seems mad, Harry's acting... Friendly... Louis is really happy, you and Liam are too, Zayn's... Well, Zayn and me? I guess, I'm not feeling..." I drifted off. 

She nodded, understanding. I could just pour my heart out to her. "I get it. But don't you see it?" she asked. 

"What?" I wondered. 

A surprised look on her face appeared. "You seriously don't know?" she shook her head in disbelief. I still seemed confused. "He likes you!" she exclaimed. 

"Who? Zayn?" 

"No. Niall."