Fate's Identity

Chapter 2

In the few minutes Camila and I have been with them, we learned all of their names - Liam, Zayn, and Louis - and they learned ours. Liam, Zayn, and Louis are transfer students from the UK. Liam and Zayn are studying theater like Camila and me while Louis is studying photography like Lauren.

"Really?" I question.

Liam nods his head, smiling. "Yeah, I had a kidney failure when I was baby."

"I was a premature baby too," I said. "I was born six weeks early." Liam widens his eyes, amazed.

"Are all six of you really sisters?" Louis asks.

Camila and I shake our heads. I reply, "No, not biologically, except for Camila and Sofia."

"How did all of you get adopted by Simon?" Louis questions, causing Camila and I to exchange a look before lowering our heads. Memories flooded in my mind. Every scene, every tear.

"Louis," I hear Liam call out.

"I'm curious," Louis replies.

"It's not polite," Zayn points out.

"No, no, it's okay," I raise my head and meet eye contact with Liam once more.

"Ally and I are use to that question. We just have a hard time answering," Camila explains. "All of us have different stories that led us to the system, whether our parents were in our lives or never at all."

"Yeah, no offense, but we are not capable of talking about our past with strangers," I add.

Liam gives me a sympathetic look. "We understand."

Suddenly, the music turns on, and we hear Dinah announce, "Everybody, get up and dance!" The audience cheers, and they move to the dance floor.

Camila looks at Zayn and bats her eyes, seemingly wanting him to ask her to the dance floor. It took a while, but she manages to find the courage to ask him herself. "Do you mind if we dance?" she asks him.

Zayn stares at her for a while before he replies, "Okay." The two walk to the dance floor and begin to dance.

I look at Louis and Liam and gesture my head to the dance floor. "Let's dance, guys."

Louis shakes his head. "I'm good. You guys can go ahead," he replies.

"Are you sure?" I question.

"Yes," he says.

I shift my eyes on Liam, and he shrugs his shoulders. "Come on," I said to him.

Liam wets his lips and nods his head. We walk to the dance floor and start dancing to the pop music in the room. He shows me some of his moves, and I show him some of mine, but to be honest, I have no moves compare to him. We play around for a while. He takes my hand and twirls me in a circle. He pulls me in, and I fall into his chest. I raise my head, and our eyes meet. The gleam in his eyes made my legs numb.

The music changes to a slow song. I take a step back, not breaking our eyes. As the music plays, we stare at one another in wonder. There was something about him. I couldn't pinpoint it. As he raise his hand, I hear the sound of Niall, popping out of nowhere. "You want to dance?" Niall asks me, standing in between me and Liam.

I look at Liam, and he gives me a nod. He walks away, and I shift my eyes on Niall. He holds out his hand, and I take it. I place both hands on his neck as his hands were set on my waist. We sway like this throughout the song.

Camila walks to me and says, "Ally, I'm going with Zayn. We will be back at nine."

"Where are you guys going?" I question.