diana [liam payne] HIATUS

Four

Chapter Four

"The zoo?" Diana questions, as they park in a vacant space in front of a small building that read, 'Al's Zoo - critters and crawlers of all kinds', written on it in spidery letters.

 "Yep," Louis shouts as he hops out of the car.

 "I didn't know there were zoo's around here in London," Diana exclaims - she couldn't help but be a little excited.

 "We're not in London, silly. About two hours away, actually," Zayn cuts in. "But you were obviously too preoccupied to notice," he shoots a glance between her and Liam, who was talking to Debby. Shooting him a glare, she scoffs.

 "Whatever," she states, huffing immaturely and causing Zayn to break into a fit of laughter. Grumbling, she walks towards Harry and Liam, who are giving Zayn questioning gazes.

 "What's so funny?" Harry asks, wrapping his arms around Diana's shoulders. Cringing slightly, she playfully pushes him away - in hopes he didn't realize she actually was uncomfortable - and gave him a glare.

 "Zayn's being an arse, is all," Diana states, shooting Zayn a smirk.

 "She's a funny one," Zayn points at her, grinning like a mad man. "We should keep her!" He exclaims, resulting in a course of 'yea's'. Quickly walking away from them - against their protests and groans - she stood beside Niall, who was munching away on a package of Oreos.

 "Want some?" He asks, nudging the packet towards her. Politely shaking her head, she peers at Debby and Liam - who seemed to be in a deep conversation - and couldn't help but wonder what they were talking about.

 Pausing mid step when Liam's eyes nap to hers, she shoots him an icy glare before continuing to stride beside Niall, who was finishing up the last of his oreo packet.

 "Let's go one them!" Jake's voice booms behind her. Turning around, she sees him - grinning from cheek to cheek - running towards her. Panicking, she ran away, quickly feeling arms around her waist.

 "Doors are that way, Di," he states, releasing his hold on her waist and points at the door that held a flashy sign, read 'open'. Grumbling, she trudged towards the door - not before noticing Liam's eyes following her every move - and walking in to the ticket shop, preparing for an eventful day ahead.

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 The stench of dung was invading all of her senses, causing her to crinkle her nose in an unattractive manner. "It smells like shit," Diana grumbles, peering at Debby, who was stood beside her.

 "It is a zoo," Debby replies, shooting her a playful smirk.

 "Whatever," Diana groans, before continuing on her walk down the bumpy path. She could hear the boys' laughs mixing with Debby's behind her and couldn't help but want to join them in their fiascos and rendezvous, but held her ground and continued to looks for the sign she remembered, from when she was a kid.

 "What are you looking for?" Liam asks, coming up beside her. Shooting him a glance, she notices his hands are in his pockets, hair messy - but suitable.

 "Pandas," she states, tucking her hands into her over-sized sweater.

 "Pandas?" He questioned, angling his body towards as they walked down the path, his eye brows quirked.

 "Yep."

 "Why?" He ponders, watching her struggling to not trip over the ground.

 "Because they're the greatest animals on planet earth?" She questions, voice laced in an ounce of sarcasm.