Me, Him and the Moon

ELEVEN

Zayn enters the beautifully decorated waiting area of the restaurant. As he walks inside he meets a girl, she has a really pretty voice and is wearing a "head" badge on her apron. Zayn has no clue what that badge means but he knows who she is.

𝙕𝙖𝙮𝙣: Kia?
Kia: Hello Sir. You must be Zayn Malik.
𝙕𝙖𝙮𝙣: Yeah. That's me.
Kia: Welcome to Aromalicious sir. I'll take you to Mr. Payne's office.
𝙕𝙖𝙮𝙣: Okay.

*Kia 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲. 𝐙𝐚𝐲𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭. 𝐀𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐢𝐚 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐙𝐚𝐲𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬.*

𝙕𝙖𝙮𝙣: Would you mind if I ask what is the top floor for?
Kia: Not at all. The top floor is where the cook-off is recorded.
𝙕𝙖𝙮𝙣: Oh. Okay.
Kia: That right there is Mr. Payne's office.
*𝐏𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫.* He's waiting for you.
𝙕𝙖𝙮𝙣: Th- thanks.

*𝐙𝐚𝐲𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐬. 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐢𝐭.*

𝙕𝙖𝙮𝙣: Um.. Lee-yum!
𝙇𝙞𝙖𝙢: Oh Zayn you're here.

*𝐋𝐢𝐚𝐦 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐙𝐚𝐲𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐰𝐤𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐍𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐙𝐚𝐲𝐧'𝐬 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲.*