Something to Believe In

part 8:
 

“So tell me more about yourself.  Have you lived here your whole life?” he asked,
“Yea, I’m actually incredibly boring.” I laughed, and looked up at him, and my tummy tickled when our eyes connected.  There were no other words to describe it.  I swallowed, and continued,
“I’ve lived here since I was born, went to the same school for 12 years.  It’s really bad.  That’s why after I graduate, I plan on doing everything.”
“Everything?” he asked, intrigued, “What do you mean by everything?”
“Everything I can’t do in this small down.  I wrote it all down on my bucket list.” I smiled, and he laughed.
“You have a bucket list.  Name a few things.”
“Let’s see, 36. Go sky diving and bungee jumping.  13. Own all of the NCIS seasons on DVD.  15. Be a contestant on the amazing Race.  20. Crowd Surf.”
“That was fun,” he reminisced, and I laughed.
“Exactly, I don’t want to be old and gray before I realize I should have done something with my life.”
“I understand.” He nodded his head, “That’s why I auditioned for the X-Factor, sort of.  And well, look what it turned into.”
 “Is there a specific order to this list?” he asked.
“No, I’ll have to show it to you sometime.” I said, and our food came out.  Everyone looked at me after the waiter left to show them what to do.
“Alright, you can eat it with your hands, or with your chopsticks.  I’m chopstick challenged, so I use my hands, but you can try.”  I started, “You can put some soy sauce if you want to try it, and just try all of them.” I laughed, and everyone started at the meal.  Zayn and I tried to use our chopsticks, and he laughed at my several failed attempts to use them.  He was pretty decent with his, and picked up a piece of sushi, and dipped the end of it into his soy sauce bowl.
“I got one!” he cheered, and as he looked up, he elbowed me and nodded his head forward, towards Jordan and Niall.  They were sword fighting aimlessly with their chopsticks, as their gazes were locked on each other, and they were deep in conversation.  I giggled, and Zayn smiled,
“Too cute.” He said, and took a bite of his first piece of sushi.  I paused, and gauged his reaction to it, as he thought about it for a second.
“This is actually really good!” he said, and finished the piece.  I took a bite of mine, and everyone kept trying the new ones, and everyone generally liked them!  Every now and then, there was an “Ewwww,” but it was generally good.  The waiter came over to Paul, and when everyone stood up ready to leave, I said,
“Wait, I didn’t pay.”
“Don’t worry about it.” Zayn said, and I looked up at him and pouted.
“You’re showing us around, it’s the least we could do.” I stood straight up, and put my hands on my hips.  He just laughed, and put his hands on my shoulders, and turned me around to walk me out.
“Time to lasertag?!” Louis asked, as he ran to the car.
“No one knows we’re here.” Liam calmly said, as he walked next to me.  “So, how do you play lasertag?”
“You get partner up, and last two standing win.  We can play a few rounds.” I said, as we parted ways to drive there.  It took us about ten minutes to get there, and we all walked in the place, as Paul scoped it out.  We were all standing in the lobby waiting, when someone opened the door, and everyone turned to the door, as I heard a high British voice say,
“You expect to go to the States and play lasertag without us?!”