Hostages (Book 2)

Chapter 22

ARIA'S POV

The day was beginning to end with the sun shining off dark orange and still Koby has logged in to nothing. Me and Niall still had the couch to ourselves and was surprisingly getting along as we ate the Chinese takeout that Zachary and Louis was so nice to pay for,I had my back on one armrest and he had his on the other and our legs were put out on front of us. I was currently resisting a laugh over his nonstop attempt to make me laugh.

Something in the back of my head was telling me that this was wrong and that I was setting a trap for myself by getting to cozy with Niall but is it even humanly possible to resist? I know that by just being around him that it opens the gate of feelings I have towards him but they're minuscule and I have a better control over them now.

Although,seeing him is making that a tad difficult. I was eating my lo mien mixed with my sesame chicken when he said. "Lets play 20 questions."

I smiled and stuck the fork in my chicken. "20 questions?"

"Yeah its the number one game people use to get to know each other."

"It's also a game that people get bored of very quickly." I said with a full mouth.

"Come on,I have tons of questions. And I know that there's a part of you who has the same."

He wasn't wrong about that and I would agree just so I'm able to ask them but by doing that I'm gonna have to participate in the questions HE asks. Not that I have anything to hide,I just think that the less the better.

 He saw that I was hesitant to answer then he said, "It could any question. About my family,what I did before all of this before I met you...even about the thing as you call sick. How it happened,when it happened,how many people gone through it with me. Absolutely any question that comes to your head."

He seems really hooked on having me say yes to playing. He never liked me asking questions so for him to give me permission to say anything that comes to mind then he must be looking for something,giving all his secrets away to get it. I twirled my fork around in the noodles before nodding my head. "I'll play."

He showed a half smile before looking out the window behind us. "Do you want to go first?"

"No,you can go."

He nodded once before looking at me. He narrowed his eyes in thought looking for a perfect question before saying, "I'm gonna start small. What's your full name?"

Sounds easy and non secret enough. "Aria Lauren Serrano. My turn."

I needed time to get all my questions in order before I asked them so I repeated his question. "What's your full name?"

"Niall James Horan. My turn. What's your favorite thing to do?"

I furrowed my eyebrows and thought to the thing I do most (before all this) and the answer should of stuck out to anyone. "Hack and pranks. What was your life like before your were known as a member of One Direction?"

"Uh,I didn't favor going to school much because of,you know. And I helped my mom around the house with my sisters but aside from not liking school I tried to associate myself with alot of people during their parties."

My eyebrows dented."Why?"

"Ah ah," he smirked "its my turn. No cheating."

I shook my head as a small smile threatened to show,he made a sound with his teeth before asking,"What is the second number one thing that you can't stand?"

"This one is easy..uh..I'll have to say,lying. When I find or stumble upon something and that person lies about it. That makes me paranoid then I can't trust them."