Run With Me Again

Chapter 19

I dressed up in shorts and a flowy black tank top. My hair grew long this summer, so I allowed it to hang down past my chest. I tugged on my sneakers and slung my satchel across my shoulder.

While Liam and I hung out, Mikey would be with his friends. I locked the door and drove over to our meet up. Skyway Diner was the only closest diner, and those were rare in Wolverhampton. It had a sixties appeal to it. The Diner opened a couple of months after Liam's second audition.

I walked up to the door and I through the glass wall I saw four boys I was envious of. Harry, Niall, Louis and Zayn. The One Direction boys who were lucky to have someone like Liam. Hah, they were Liam's new best friends aren't they?

I quietly walked in, but the stupid door had a bell attached to it. Four heads turned over to me. They all smiled and laughed. "Hey!" they cheered. I gave a small smile and waved to them. I looked over to the left and found Liam walking out of the men's bathroom. He looked up and saw me.  His face was clearly surprised and he stopped in his tracks.

"Hey there!" Liam said and gave me a hug. Afterwards, he beamed at me, "I didn't think you would actually come." he said.

"I like to keep my word." I said. Liam put his arm around my shoulder and led me to the stools. I hopped on one between Niall and Liam.

"You guys, this is Ade. Ade this is Niall, Louis, Harry and Zayn." Liam introduced us. They all smiled cheekily at me while Harry grumbled and frowned. His face was planted down the counter.

"What's wrong with him?" I asked Niall, who was stuffing his face with a burger. As soon as he realized I was talking to him he spit out his food. Thank God, it wasn't chewed up and it was just a bite covered in saliva. He wiped his mouth with a napkin and blushed.

"I'm sorry, that was embarrassing. I just, didn't think you would like, talk to me of all the boys first. Usually every girl likes Harry or Zayn..." Niall trailed off.

"So what's wrong with him?" I asked again.

"Oh! Right, sorry again. Well Harry is jealous and mad at Liam because this author is following him on Twitter." said Niall and then he sipped his milkshake.

"What author?" 

"I think Francis Westwick. Apparently Harry has been a huge fan of her since her first book. He's says he's been tweeting her a lot and about her stories, but she never replies or notices him. I think he's fanboy-ing over her." I snorted and laughed.

"Does he even know what she looks like?"

"No, but he says he imagines her to be hot or something like that. He wants to find her one day though. I personally think he has a secret obsession with her. It's not usual that Harry would read chick lits." I laughed again.

"What's going on?" Liam asked and sat next to me. I turned around and started laughing again.

"I was telling Ade about Harry's obsession for Francis." Niall told him.

"Oh right. Harry's just jealous that's all." Liam said and rolled his eyes playfully. "sorry, I had to keep you waiting. The boys were forcing me against my will to feed them. Well, Niall was. It'll be fun later. I promise." Liam said to me. 

"I can't believe you're not taking me." Niall said and made a grumpy face.

"Shut up Niall. Nobody likes you." Liam retorted. Niall made a sad face, but then Liam patted his back and hugged him. Bromance much?

"Now if you'll excuse me I have to check for somethings for our date." Liam said and walked outside. As soon as Liam walked out Harry got up and sat next to me. Niall grunted as Harry slumped next to me.

"He's about to complain about Liam's new follower." Niall whispered to me. Louis sat on the counter between Niall and I while Zayn sat in a seat across from us. Louis played with my hair, which was quite odd because I just met him.

"IT'S NOT FAIR. I AM FRANCIS' BIGGEST FAN. Liam doesn't even read! I did! I keep on tweeting her and buying her books, but she doesn't even reply to my tweets! Not even favorite them or retweet them! But Liam gets a follow?! It's not fair!" Harry complained and smashed his fist on the counter.

"Maybe she's just really busy," Louis suggested. Niall rolled his eyes in annoyance.

"No! How can she be busy? She obviously has time to follow Liam, but she won't even notice me in the Twitter world!" Harry complained some more.

"She'll follow you. I think she will sometime this week." I assured Harry. He looked at me and frowned.

"...but I want her to follow me now." Harry moped. I sighed and pulled out my phone. While he was moping and nobody was nosy enough to look at my screen. I opened up twitter and followed @Harry_Styles. Harry's phone made an alert as I pretended to text someone on my phone.

"Stupid phone." Harry grumbled and pulled out his phone. He read the screen and threw his phone in the air out of shock. He went insane and started jumping up and down.

"SHE FOLLOWED ME! SHE FOLLOWED ME! SHE FOLLOWED ME! OH MY GOSH. OH MY GOSH. OH MY GOSH." Harry screamed and danced around. 

"I think it's only because Ade said that she would." Louis said and played with my hair again.

"What if she'll notice me and that we're the same age?! What if she has a crush on me too?! Better yet, what if she followed me because she had a crush on me?! Oh my goodness!" Harry beamed and couldn't stop smiling.

"Harry, get real. You don't know how she looks like in real life. She's under a pseudonym. Maybe she's a man." Zayn said and I frowned at his comment. I'm not a man...

"She's a girl! I know for sure, you obviously don't know because you're not a true fan like me. I know she's a girl and she's around the same age as us." Harry defended himself. I smirked and took a sip of ice water.

"You can't be sure though..." Zayn said.

"I'm sure! I've been stalking her for a really long time. It's the two things I know from stalking her." Harry said and I coughed on my ice water. I started coughing violently and felt Louis' hand pat my back. When I finally finished I wiped my mouth with a napkin and looked at Harry.

"You stalk her?!" I asked.

"I'm trying to. I look at all her tweets and everything she does. I don't follow her in real life or anything, but who cares. I'm a proud fan." Harry answered. Liam walked in while he spun his sun glasses around. Harry ran up to an unexpected Liam and gave him a hug.

"Liam! I'm so sorry for being mean to you all this week! I didn't think you would direct message Francis and tell her to follow me! You're such a great person! I love you!!!" Harry said and gave him the tightest of hugs I have ever seen.

"Wait, what?" Liam asked out of confusement.

"Didn't you direct message her to follow me or something?"

"No...?"

"She just followed me..." Harry said and scratched his head.

"Good for you..." Liam smiled at him. After the guys got up to go, Liam went to go thank the owner for putting their diner on private. After the guys all left Liam and I exited through the back of the diner.

He opened the door of his car for me and I sat in right beside him. (A/N: Reminding that this is fiction and this is when they're 20, so Liam would probably be driving at this age)

"I'm really happy you agreed to this. You won't regret it, Ade." Liam said to me as he started his car.