Finding, Finding... Found.

Chapter 11

Hi guys! I know it's been forever since I've uploaded Chapter 10 :( I had my exams (which I don't think I'll do well in... sigh) and my life was just one whole big mess in general. I've finally had the time to write and edit this chapter out so I hope you guys like it!

By the way, should I add celebrities for my OCs (Karla and Alyssa), or should I just leave them the way they are now (created from your imagination)? Once again, sorry for the incredibly late update and I hope you guys enjoy this chapter! ox

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Chapter 11

“Zayn, no offence, but I don’t want to trouble Harry and Louis, and I don’t think they’d like it very much anyway. Also-” Alyssa rambled on about almost any reason she could think of to not stay with two members of the biggest boy band, and Zayn found this amusing yet oddly endearing. It had been a long time since a girl had rejected any offer to get closer to them, and he found it refreshing.

He inwardly shuddered as he thought about his past airport encounters. He knew the fans meant their best, and he loved them all, but sometimes their antics scared him… a little.

“A girl would make their house ten times cleaner, trust me,” Zayn smiled as he looked onto the road. “Plus, their house is the nearest one here, unless you’d like to stay with… Niall?”

Alyssa looked at Zayn questioningly, unsure about why his tone had changed when he suggested Niall. Did they have a fight? She contained her curiosity and instead focused on the matter on hand.

“None of them please,” Alyssa sighed. “I can stay a few nights in a motel or something, it’s not that bad.”

Zayn huffed before he stopped the car and looked at Alyssa. Niall had warned him to not tell her as he was afraid that it would scare her away, but Zayn knew that if he didn’t tell her now the truth would quite literally slap her in the face in the near future.

“Alyssa… I’m not quite sure how to tell you this,” Zayn scratched the back of his neck rather awkwardly, “but since you were seen with Niall… well, you’re not exactly someone with a low profile. The paparazzi would be hounding you.”

“But why?” Alyssa’s eyebrows were furrowed as she stared up at Zayn, ignoring the fact that he did in fact have some very striking features. “I’m not exactly a famous person, and… well, I’m not famous.”

“You’re a girl, and we’re a boy band,” Zayn shook his head in slight amusement at Alyssa’s ignorance. “Do the math.”

He chuckled as he stepped on the gas pedal of the car, and heard Alyssa’s exasperated groan.

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“They’re always at home at this timing! I swear, I didn’t know,” Zayn sounded more angry at himself than at Harry and Louis right now, but Alyssa bit her lip to refrain herself from saying anything unnecessary. “Those bastards must be out clubbing right now.”

“Well, we can go to a motel then?” Alyssa’s eyes looked hopeful as she stared at the empty house in front of her.

Zayn shook his head as he fished out his phone from his pocket again. “I’ll call Niall, you might be crashing with him tonight. Sorry you couldn’t crash at mine, but it really isn’t fit for human beings to live in at this moment.”

But Niall is the one that gives me all those weird feelings! Alyssa wanted to shout, but of course she couldn’t. Zayn would immediately run in to his car and most probably drive to another country to get away from her. She did not admit it, but she knew the disadvantages of being in a globally recognized boy band scared Zayn – she had seen how he fought to keep the conflicting emotions off his face as he talked about the band’s life on the road. He loved his fans and he loved his job, but he hated the fame that came with both of them.