"Table for four please," Reece said to the man waiting at the door as we entered Nandos. After a very large discussion about where we should go, and a lot of squabbling between the three boys, we finally came to the conclusion that we would eat at the famous chicken restaurant.
"Right this way sir," the waiter replied, leading the four of us to a small table at the back of the restaurant. I placed myself next to the wall and was accompanied by Reece in whom sat next to me. Opposite me sat Blake, and next to him sat George.
"Once you're ready to order, come over to the till and tell the employee what you want to eat." The waiter told us, handing each of us a separate menu.
"Thank you," each of us said in sync, opening up the large menus and flicking through each page, desperately trying to find something in which appealed to us individually.
"Is anyone else struggling to find something?" George asked after about a minute of looking.
"I am," I replied with a sigh. "I'm torn between the veggie burger and the veggie wrap,"
"I didn't know you were a vegetarian?" Blake questioned me, one eyebrow raised
"I'm not, I just thought I'd try the veggie options for a change," I responded
"Oh, go for the burger!" Blake exclaimed
"Wrap it is!" I replied, smirking at Blake who stuck his bottom lip out. Quickly grabbing my phone from its place on the table, I opened up the camera and took a photo of Blake; giggling slightly as I watched his expression turn into shock as I opened up the Twitter app and posted the photo of him online.
@maiasimpson: Lunch with @newhopeclub! Blake isn't too happy about my choice of food.
I sent the tweet and turned my phone off, returning my attention back to the boys.
"So have you decided what you're going to have to eat then?" I asked them all
"I have," Reece responded
"Churrasco thigh burger or chicken butterfly burger?" George asked
"Chicken butterfly burger." Both Blake and I said together, glaring at one another as we did so before slightly giggling at one another.
"Chicken butterfly burger it is!" George announced with a smile
"I'll get the same as you, George. Shall we go up and order then?" Blake asked.
"We'll go up two at a time so we can save our table. If Maia and I go up and order now, you two can go and order when we return?." Reece suggested.
"Sound good to me." George answered.
"So how are you finding today then?" Reece asked me once we were stood in the que to order
"Honestly, it's not as bad as I thought it would be. Brad asked me yesterday if I wanted to come and be a part of the video, so it was quite short notice, but I'm glad I agreed to come. It's been a good day so far. How about you?"
"It's good, I'm enjoying shooting Blake with the Nerf bullets, that's not something I get to do as much as I'd like to" Reece replied with a slight chuckle.
"What do you mean by that?" I asked, slightly confused at his remark
"You'll find out soon enough," Reece replied, a smirk plastered on his face as he edged towards the till. We stood momentarily in silence until it was time to order.
"After you," Reece told me, ushering me forwards
"Thank you," I replied.
"Hi, how can I help?" Asked the employee at the till.
"Hi," I started off. "Can I have the veggie wrap with salad and a Diet Coke please?" I asked
"That's £7.85 altogether. What table number are you?"
"Fourteen." I replied, handing the employee a ten pound note. She handed me back my change and the receipt.
"Do you want me to wait for you?" I asked Reece once it was his time to order
"It's fine, you can go back to the others and send them up if you want." Reece responded. I nodded and turned my back towards him, walking back to the table to find Blake and George sat with huge grins on their faces.
"What?" I questioned the two of them as I sat back down in my seat. Neither of them spoke a word, however the two of them kept the same smirks on their faces until Reece arrived back at the table
"You guys can go up and order now." He said as he returned, oblivious to the expressions on Blake and George's faces. The boys nodded and slowly slid out of their side of the booth, making their way towards the till.
"They were acting suspicious when I arrived back just now, do you know why?" I asked Reece once he had placed himself down in his seat next to me.
"Did you leave your phone here?" Reece questioned
"Yeah, why?"
"You may want to check all your apps and camera roll, there's a high chance they've posted something weird on one of your social media accounts."
"How do you know they've done something to my phone?" I questioned Reece, picking my phone up from the table and unlocking it
"Trust me Maia, I've know these boys for a while now. I know them well enough to tell you they've done something to your phone."
I didn't reply as double clicked on the home button of my iPhone; I looked at the most recent apps used: Twitter, Instagram, and the Camera. I sighed as I opened up Instagram and saw a spam of photos of both Blake and George on my feed; giggling to myself, I deleted the photos before switching to Twitter and reading all the tweets they had written. I deleted all the tweets, once again laughing to myself at what the two boys had done.
"Told you," Reece told me with a cheeky grin.
"You did indeed," I replied. Just as I said this, Blake and George returned back from ordering their food.
"Thank you for the Twitter and Instagram spam," I told them once they were both sat down at the table.
"You're welcome," George quickly responded, a large grin had spread on his face, which, I must admit, made him look pretty adorable.
"How long do you think we'll have to wait? I'm starving," Blake said out the blue, his voice whining as he did so
"Ten to fifteen minutes at the most." Reece answered. "Shall we do a follow spree whilst waiting?" He suggested.
"Why don't you do a Q and A?" I questioned. "You can get your fans to ask you questions and those who have the best questions are the ones in which you can reply to, and follow?" I asked
"That doesn't sound like a bad idea, fancy helping to pick a few questions?" Blake asked me
"Sure," I replied as Blake moved his phone across the table so that the both of us could see the screen
"I've just sent a tweet on the band account telling everyone to send in questions," George stated. I nodded as I watched Blake scroll through some of the questions that were being sent in.
"That's a good one." I clicked on one of the tweets and read it aloud. "What's your favourite memory as a band so far?"
I watched as all three boys discussed the answer between themselves before Blake started writing a response. I smiled to myself as I read what he had written on his phone: Today's been a good day so far, definitely some good memories made already, all will be revealed soon! B x
"It's a good day because you met me obviously." I whispered to Blake in whom simply shook his head in denial. Repeating his actions from earlier, I stuck out my bottom lip for a few seconds before returning my attention back to picking out a few questions for the boys to answer. After about ten minutes of this, our food finally arrived at our table.
"Thank you," we all said in sync as our food was placed down infront of each of us. From that moment forward, nothing could be heard from our table other than silence as we sat and enjoyed our food.
"That was so good. I feel so bloated though." George was the first of us all to finish, shortly followed by Reece. The two of the sat back in their part of the booth, and placed their hands on their stomachs
"What time do we have to be back at the warehouse?" Reece asked
"We have seven hours to spare and we've already been out for an hour and a half." George responded
"Is that all?" I questioned
"Yeah, we could go shopping after this? We all need new clothes plus you're a girl, and stereotypically, girls take ages shopping; so shopping with you too will take up most of those spare hours which isn't a bad thing," George said, winking at me as he said the last part.
"Rude." I told him bluntly, poking my tongue out at him which caused him to giggle slightly.
"Are we ready to go then?" Blake asked as he finished his food. I nodded as I placed my knife and fork down on my plate and waited for Reece to move out the booth.
"Thank you," we all said individually to the man in whom had waited upon us
"Thank you, I hope you enjoyed your meals, have a good day," he replied, smiling at the four of us as we left the restaurant.
""Right, where to first?" Asked Blake
"Topshop!" I shouted louder than I thought, earning a few odd looks from people passing by
"Topshop it is!" Blake stated as we started to make our way towards the town centre.