All's Fair in Love and One Direction

11: All's Fair in Milkshakes & Disguises

Chapter 11

My car is the closest, and I unlock it on the run; Harry leaps into the passenger seat while Liam, Louis, Niall, and Zayn cram themselves into the back. I've started the car before the doors are even closed; the result is that the boys end up in a jumble in the back. When we're finally speeding down the freeway, away from the crazy fans and flashing cameras, I look back and see that Louis is buckled into what should be Liam's seatbelt, Liam and Zayn are piled on top of each other and buckled into two seatbelts, and Niall is squished against one car door without a seatbelt. Harry, of course, like a good child, is sitting in the passenger seat, seatbelt on and everything. His hair is windblown from running, but he's too disconcerted at the moment to notice. He looks hot when he's not worrying about his appearance, and for a brief second I remember our kiss -

BEEP!! BEEP!!! The car behind me honks its horn. I check the rear view mirror and freak - nice job Andie, you were so focused on Harry that you just swerved in between two lanes of traffic and almost killed yourself! I steady out the wheel and wave an apology to the guy behind me, who flicks me off in response and yells some things I'm glad I can't hear. I roll my eyes and hear Harry cracking up next to me. He's so cute when he's laughing - no, I'm not going to go there. Stop thinking about Harry, concentrate on driving, Andie, or your name will be infamous forever as the girl that got One Direction killed!

The paparazzi hasn't managed to follow us onto the freeway, or if it did we lost them quickly. As soon as I judge we're far enough away, I get off at an exit and park in a gas station while Zayn goes inside to get food and the rest of us decide what to do.

"Our car's still back at that IHOP," Liam reminds the other boys.

Harry facepalms. "You left the car??"

"No, Harry," Louis says extremely dryly. "We took it with us. See, I'm driving it right now."

The boys crack up, Niall especially. "Seriously, Harry, how did you manage to get all the way here and not notice that we were in Andie's car?"

"No - I mean, I noticed, but ... oh, just forget it," Harry says, shooting us dirty looks.

"It's okay, we can go back to get it," I tell him. "Or ... security can, or something."

Zayn comes back out with a tray of milkshakes in his hand and offers the first one to me. Aww, what a gentleman. I take a strawberry one and Zayn passes the rest of the milkshakes around.

"Where even are we?" he asks.

I look around for a sign or something; I haven't got a clue. "Umm... A gas station?"

Louis snorts.

Zayn gives him a dirty look and then fixes his eyes on me. "But really. Where are we?"

A billboard not far away catches my eye. I point. "Walmart!" I tell them. "Since we've got time to kill..."

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Five minutes later, we're pulling into the parking lot of Walmart. The problem is, the place is packed. There's way too high of a risk that someone will recognize the boys, and I tell them so. But they don't seem worried.

"It's fine," Louis tells me. "We have it under control."

And they do. The boys are masters of disguise. They put on a mixture of clear-lens glasses, baseball caps, magnet earrings (Liam) and colored contacts to cover their faces, and then I use my makeup to contour their noses and cheeks and change the shape of their eyebrows (that is really fun). When we're done, even I don't recognize them. But they're so nonchalant about it that I wonder if they do this often. In any case, we're totally covered paparazzi-wise.

Then we stroll into the Walmart like we're not about to majorly disturb the peace and probably eventually get kicked out. Which, because Louis Tomlinson is with us, is 95% certain to happen. Oh well. At least we'll have fun doing it.

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(A/N: Okay, I admit, I used my imagination a lot with their preparations for WalMart. And I may or may not have just watched a YouTube video of a girl that makes herself look like various celebrities using only makeup. (Seriously, though - its REALLY cool.) :)

Okay, and again, I apologize for the depressingly short filler chapter :( I am super super busy, I'm so sorry my butterflies!! But on the flip side, Katie promises to to upload chapter 12 as soon as she possibly can!!!! And it's nice and long, and it's hilarious. (Okay. It's hilarious to me ;) There's lots of One Direction.)

By the way ... Has anyone heard Taylor Swift's new album?? I personally like it :) It's different than her past ones, for sure. But come on guys!!! Ed Sheeran AND Taylor Swift?? At the SAME TIME?? I think yes <3 And there are some great songs (22 has been stuck in my head for the past three days) so overall <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

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