Little Louder Now (Harry Styles/One direction fanfic)

Chapter 42: Ejaculating glitter with squirrels

I know, I know.  I need to update more frequently but I figured you'd rather have quality over quantity... even though this chapter is a little suckish.  But hey, I tried to make it long.

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Chapter 42:  Ejaculating glitter with squirrels

*Liam's POV*

"Now explain to me what we're doing here again Niall?" I asked for the third time since we arrived 20 minutes ago.  We were currently in Foyles, one of the top bookstores in all of the UK.  Niall was crouched behind a large rack of new bestsellers with Harry and myself.  Zayn was currently flipping through magazines, checking out recent gossip about 1D about 10 feet away.  Lou?  Well he was off "saying goodbye" to Eleanor.  Psssh.  Riiiiiiight.

"Oi!  Liam, they airbrushed away your birthmark.  Again!" he called out loudly, pointing to a picture of us in a crappy teen magazine.  "You look so different without it."

"Bastards," I mumbled under my breath.  I hate when they do that shit.  It's like they're trying to make me something I'm not.  I'm not perfect but that does not mean I want to be photoshopped.  If people wanted to see who I am, I want them to see the real me.  Flaws and all.

"Shaddup Zayn," Niall hissed in a gruff whisper.  "They're not supposed to realize we followed them."

"They're just picking out some reading material before the tour.  What's the big deal?" Harry inquired of Niall, flicking his hair out of his face while he spoke.  He needs to talk to Lou Teasdale.  He desperately needs a haircut.  So do I.  Maybe I'll buzz it all off.

"Do you trust him?" Niall asked us, pointing to Ken who was now approaching Ollie.  She was in the romance section, her eyes intently roving the shelves searching for a certain title.  I never pegged her as the romance novel reader.  Liv picked up a certain book and began reading its jacket.  Harry practically squealed with excitement.

"I suggested that book to her the other night while we we're getting ready for bed.  It's super racy with TONS of graphic scenes," Haz gushed.  We all rolled our eyes at him, remembering his confession during the game of 'secrets' and his love of 'verbal porn'.  "What?" he asked incredulously, noticing the looks we were giving him.  "It's good.  I swear."

"I said, do you trust Ken?" Niall repeated demanding our attention, his face showing concern.  His eyebrows were knitted, forming a V shape which caused his forehead to wrinkle.  It made him look older.

"He didn't seem like a bad guy when I spoke to him earlier," Zayn said casually, calmly walking over towards the 3 of us.

"Oh, so it's perfectly ok for this guy we know absolutely nothing about to go and hang out with our girlfriends?"  Niall was really starting to get agitated.

"I dunno mate.  I don't think he's really 'hanging out'.  Ken's just doing his job.  If Uncle Si hired him, he must be alright…" I said, letting my voice trail off because I was thinking about all of the security and background checks Simon must've done on Ken before hiring him.

"You're just saying that Liam because he wasn't all over Holland like he was with Charlie," Zayn snorted, trying to mask his laughter so he didn't piss off Nialler anymore than he already was.

"It's not just Charlotte I'm worried about.  Ok, yeah I mainly worry about C but there's more to it than that," Niall told us candidly.  "I'm a people person which makes me good at analyzing behavior."  I nodded my head at his words because they were true.  I had just been thinking that the other day when I was about to listen in on LLN's conversation over the intercom in the kitchen.  "I think there's something off about him.  I care about ALL the girls in Little Louder Now.  They feel like family now.  Not only did he flirt shamelessly with MY Charlie… h-he, well... he also gave Olivia a weird look and hugged her a little too long for my liking.  I can't really explain it.  Did you notice Hazza?"