What A Feeling // 1D AU ✓

Chapter 19

~But you've got stars, they're in your eyes,

And I've got something missing tonight~

"Hey, Liam. Call everyone down here. We need to have a meeting." Simon said, walking into the house. Just behind him walked a girl. She tried to stay behind him, as if she recognized that she hadn't been introduced yet.

Within a couple of minutes, everyone, including Perrie, was sitting on the couch. Harry had Fin in his arms, and the both of them looked sleepy. "Now, you should've seen in your files that there was someone who I called 'The Sniper'. This is Hailee, you guys."

Hailee stepped out from behind Simon, waving slightly. "Sorry, for the late introduction, but I didn't need to do any prep here with you guys. You're the getaway driver, right?" She pointed at Harry, who nodded. "And the car has a sunroof, right?" Harry nodded again. "Then I'm ready."

"Now Hailee is going with you guys tonight. She has a history with poison, I guess you could say."

"There's too much ground to cover in that club, so you'll need my help. I suggest wearing forgettable clothes." The boys all nodded, and Perrie rolled her eyes, since she wasn't a part of this mission. Neither was Harry, since, he was to be protected at all costs from prying eyes. As was Louis' insistence. Harry didn't know this.

"Watch the boys, tonight." He told Louis, who was a little sick. Louis gave him a thumbs up.

"Get dressed, then." Hailee said. "We leave in ten."

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Liam looked the most club-worthy in his ripped baggy jeans, white t-shirt, biceps bulging and tattoos showing. Zayn was wearing some baggy jeans also, a black shirt, and sunglasses. Louis was wearing an Adidas tracksuit, looking flawless as usual. Hailee was wearing a bright red dress, but none of the boys were paying attention to her.

"I've memorized the guards who need to be poisoned. I'll point them out, and we'll go from there." Hailee said, giving them each the tiny pills.

The four of them walked into the club with ease, going down the steps. This was less classy than the club they had been to the night before with Lottie. "Liam, at the bar. Green jacket. He's for you. Louis, sitting in the chairs by the stage. Ballcap on backwards. Zayn, on the wall with the girl in the pink skirt."

Zayn took off first, but he was stopped by a flock of girls. "You're the new dancer, right?"

"What? No!" Zayn said, but they were already taking him away.

"I've got his one." Hailee said, and the rest of them dispersed.

"I'm nervous." Liam said.

"Zayn will be okay. He's a big boy." Louis said. "And if you're worried about poisoning someone, just don't. Slip it into their drink, and it dissolves quick." Liam shook his head, smiling at Louis' obvious tactics to sail Ziam.

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Once all of the guards had been slipped the small pills, the three of them met in the middle of the club, where the show with the dancers was going to begin. Once they all met up, they decided they were going to go find Zayn, but before they could, the beat dropped and everyone's wigs were snatched.

Liam actually screamed when Zayn came out on stage. He had somehow gone with the flow, and had gotten himself into the dance for the evening. Sucker for Pain was playing as the man of the hour strutted on stage in a his all-black suit.

The girls went wild for him, and Louis whistled loudly. "ZAYNIE!" He screamed, fangirling.

"I'm going to die." Liam said, melting into a puddle as Zayn started dancing. As soon as he made eye contact with him, Zayn didn't break it, just kept dancing while the meaningful lyrics hit Liam.

"I'm pulling the car around. This will be over soon." Hailee said, leaving. Louis couldn't stop laughing, and was already recording it for his private snapchat.

Liam didn't want to break the eye contact, but his heart and brain were overwhelmed, and he knew that he had to leave - the song was almost over.

So, he did. He pushed his way through the people surrounding the stage, and through the crowd to get to the door. "Liam!" He heard someone yell after him, but he kept going. He didn't know what he was feeling, but it was painful.

Love often is, but Liam didn't know what love was. Zayn didn't either.

Once he got out of the club, he ran until there was no noise, and then he walked, panting heavily. He was crying now, and he didn't know why. He tried to stop himself, but he couldn't. "Liam." Zayn said, catching up to where he was sitting at the beginning of an alley.

"Go away, Zayn." Liam said, batting his arms at him.

"Just tell me you want to be with me, you idiot." Zayn said, angry. "I love you, you love me, why are we both not acting on this?!? We're adults." Liam sobbed harder, wanting to accept Zayn's offer. But there was still so much uncertainty.

"I can't trust myself not to hurt you again." Liam sobbed. "And you and Luke."

"None of that matters, Liam!" Zayn yelled. "Just tell me right here, right now, that you want this. Want us. And I won't try to fix things once we get Luke back tomorrow."

There was a long pause. "I can't make this decision right now." He said. "You can't expect me to." Liam said, turning away from him in a cowardly way.

Zayn screamed, punching Liam in the stomach. He had snapped. "Just tell me you love me." Zayn said. "I love you." Liam didn't say anything as Zayn punched him in the face and his lip began to bleed. His eye quickly became purple, and Louis pulled Zayn off of Liam.

"Hailee, take him home. I'll get an Uber." Louis said, throwing Zayn into the street. Zayn stood up, trying to go back, realizing that Liam was hurt. "Don't you touch him." Louis said, shoving him.

Liam got up, with the help of Louis, who got out his phone. Hailee pulled Zayn into the car, who beat at the windows, and calmed as Hailee drove off. "Harry?" Louis asked into the phone. "Come pick me and Liam up? Zayn kind of beat him up."

"I'm fine." Liam said, wiping his lip. There was blood on it, and he screamed quietly. "I'm not okay, I'm not okay."

"Be there soon." Harry whispered over the phone to his boyfriend. "Kissy."