Let's Play A Love Game (A 1D Fan Fiction)

Chapter Ten (Amber)

Lauren glanced at me and I sighed. We literally had no privacy with these boys around. My mind ventured to Danielle and Liam. It made me want a boyfriend even more. I'd never had a serious relationship. I mean, I would say I had a serious relationship with one guy back in high school but even up to this point I was still a virgin. The worst thing I'd ever done was make out with a boy (my ex boyfriend) in our bathing suits (GASP!). I strongly strongly believed in love. I always told myself that I'd wait until marriage to lose my virginity, but I decided last year that I was old enough now and if I was in legit love it would be okay. And I definitely had never felt love before. Not the real kind. The love I had in high school was conditional. I knew love like the friend love between Lauren and I. I knew puppy love. I never felt a strong, unexplainable connection. Lauren tried to explain it to me once, but I just didn't get it. I don't think I can until it happens. The way she explained it though... Perfect. Fairytale. Amazing. And she deserved it. Now her and I were both "forever alone". We tell people it's because we're independent and we don't want boyfriends. That is a huge, giant LIE! We, especially Lauren, breaks down every time she sees a couple out. That's what we do. We have a break down at least once a week where we sit and cry in the living room while we watch a romantic movie, eat ice cream, and afterward have a nice, long talk. Good things always come out of those talks. We usually have them on Saturday nights. But now that we're in some show, I guess that has to stop. About the show: How do those boys think they're going to get us to like them? Or at least convince us that they like us. No guys like me and it's just one of the facts of life. I think it would be shady for one of them to be like "I love you" after knowing me for more than a week. That's how it is. If a guy knows me personally for longer than a week, they end up hating me, but if they stick around for another week or so, they like me again. People rarely stick around that long. Guys? Never. Lauren is the exact opposite. People like me at first. Lauren? People hate her at first and then once they get to know her well they really like her.

We pushed through the front door and trekked to the employee lounge. The one place in this building that there wouldn't be any cameras would be the security camera room, right? Common sense. Why have cameras in the camera viewing room? I removed my phone from my pocket, made sure to keep it pretty hidden, and wrote a new note in my phone. I titled it "Places There Aren't Cameras... ?" My list consisted of bathrooms and the security camera viewing room here at work so far.

Once inside the employee lounge, Lauren and I sat down on the couch. I sighed heavily and everyone stared at me. "What?" I inquired, examining all of their faces. "Shouldn't we... Umm... Get to work?" Lauren reminded, her hands hesitating on the couch. Danielle nodded in agreement. "Oh yeah. Where is my head today?" I joked, feeling for my head. "On your shoulders!" Louis told me obviously. "Thank you for that very obvious observation, Louis," I heavily stated. "Jeez. You asked," he defended, lounging on a chair. I was just not in the best mood. Considering the circumstances, I actually thought I was being quite nice. But hey. I shook my head clear of thoughts, "You ready, Danielle?" She glanced at Liam and then back at Lauren and I, "Yeah." "Let's get going then," Lauren stated, peeling herself from the couch. "I love you," Liam told Danielle before we left the room with her. "I love you too," she responded, sending him a loving smile. We shut the door behind us before Lauren and I began our chorus of 'Awww's. "I'm so jealous," I whined, pouting out my lower lip. "I miss having that," Lauren agreed, taking my arm. "He's so sweet," Danielle told us. She glowed when she talked about Liam. THAT was love. I smiled despite my dark thoughts. All I could think was how Harry and Niall would pull off the love aspect of the show. How did they think we'd fall for them? Unless they were amazing actors and could be as genuine as Liam, we'd know. Even if we didn't know about the show, we aren't stupid enough to believe they'd like us. Duh. Common sense. Especially me.

"So what do I need to do?" Danielle quizzed once we stopped in the main eatery area. "Lauren usually takes the far east side, I usually take the middle area where she stops, and Gabby usually takes the far west side. But she had to leave and asked us to cover for her. And since Liz isn't here today, we had to cover for her. But she does the shows and I think the boys have that covered. So all you'd have to do is Gabby's job," I explained gesturing to the different regions. "What exactly is Gabby's job?" Danielle persisted. As Lauren explained that, I began seating a family of 4 who was politely waiting. The family consisted of two happy seeming parents and a brunette daughter with shoulder length hair. She was probably about 7. The other child, a son who looked about 10, had short brown hair. He reminded me of Jacob. In fact, that whole family resembled mine. I felt pained. They couldn't possibly share the same experiences though. "Jack! Stop fidgeting! You're going to embarrass us like you always do! For once, you can be good! No one here is going to like you being a guest unless you stop being obnoxious." I turned just in time to see that little boys face drop and his lip begin to quiver after his mother finished ranting at him. "Don't you dare cry, Jack. Don't you dare. You're going to embarrass us more! You are so unbelievable!" she scolded again.