Moments
Chapter 10: Numbers and Hugs
Chapter 10: Numbers and Hugs (Louis’s P.O.V.)
I had to admit that little pub place was really cool. There was no alcohol or anything. It was just like a bar that sold soda with good music. And one thing that I learned today, Tori sounded even better in person than she did on her YouTube videos. She has one of those voices that can sing different types of music. It was also one of those voices that you could sit and listen to for days.
“I should’ve known that would happen,” Tori sighed as we all walked down the sidewalk toward her house.
None of us had really wanted to leave, but Tori’s mom had called saying that she needed to head home for dinner. To be honest, we were all hungry, at least us guys were. We hadn’t had anything to eat since out plane had touched down and that was at least five or six hours ago. My thought was confirmed when a certain blonde’s stomach began growling.
We all laughed as he apologized for it, but we didn’t care. It was bound to happen at some point seeing as it was Niall.
“Are you sure that you guys don’t want to stay for supper?” Tori asked. We looked at each other for a moment. It was a really tempting offer, but we knew it wasn’t fair to just drop in like that and expect to be fed.
“No,” I shook my head, “We’ll grab something on the way to our hotel.”
“Yeah, we’ll be fine.” Zayn agreed with me as we continued to walk.
“Okay,” Tori said as she looked down a little. I could tell that she was little sad, though I wasn’t sure if it wasn’t because we weren’t eating or if it was because we were leaving.
“Hey, cheer up.” I said as I wrapped an arm around her shoulders. “No need to be down.”
I decided that something needed to be done to cheer everyone up. I would not stand up and allow this flood of sad feelings spend through this group any further. I looked at everyone and that was when I got the idea.
“We should all sing a song together!” I exclaimed. They all looked at me a little funny.
Liam was the first to speak, “What?”
“We should all sing a song to help lighten this dreary mood,” I smiled at all of them.
“What song?” Niall asked. I moved over and put an arm around his shoulders.
“That is a very good question, my Irish friend. A very good question indeed.” I stroked my chin as I thought.
“We could sing one of our songs, or we could do something else?” Zayn pointed out. I would have to remember to thank him for pointing out the obvious later.
“Let’s make it simple,” I said, “Let’s do one of our songs.”
“Okay,” Harry said as he stepped up beside me. “Now just which one.”
He had a valid point, we had roughly thirty songs that we could still choose from. We need to make a decision so we could sing before we got Tori back home. A decision had to be made, so I turned the lucky person who would choose.
“You pick, Tori.”
She looked at me for a moment, “Me?”
“Yeah,” I replied, “We need to do a song that you know. We know our songs so we need to make sure we do one that you can sing along with.”
The others nodded at what I was saying. I know that I had at least six songs on my head that I would like to sing right now, but I knew there was no way that we could all come to a decision before we got back.
“Um…” Tori thought, “How about…Another World?”
“I love that one,” Liam said with a smile covering his face.
“What part do you want to sing?” I asked her.
She shrugged her shoulders, “I don’t care. I can just do back-up if you want.”
I nodded my head, “Yeah, but we will point to you when we want you to take over for one of us.”
“Okay,” she nodded back.
We all smiled and nodded to each other to signal that we were ready. Niall counted off while smacking his leg with the count, and then Liam started.
“It’s not me, it’s not you, there’s a reason.
I’m just trying to read the signals I’m receiving.”
That was when Liam pointed at Tori, she smiled as she finished the verse.
“Just like a stone on fire, can you feel it?
I don’t know about you boy but I believe it.”
I loved how she changed the words to fit her. I had actually forgotten about the song saying girl, but Tori had been prepared. The bridge stayed as Niall and Harry kept the chorus. I think we were all fine with that. Then it was Zayn’s turn.
“One for me, one for you, what you doing?
Girl the music sounds so good when you’re moving.”
Then Zayn followed the same pattern as Liam and nudged Tori’s arm to pass the second half of his verse to her. She smiled again as she finished it.
“Let me take you higher, let me prove it,
Cause, hey, hey, pretty boy, I believe it.”
We were all smiling as we sang our way down the sidewalk. It wasn’t long that we were already to my verse, which I sang with a huge smile on my face.
“Baby let me find out your secret
Just let me in and let me show you that I’ll keep it
Close you my heart.”
I used both of my hands to point to Tori. I didn’t see a reason to change how we had been doing this. I mean, why change a good thing?
“Jump in the deep end,
Just let me in and let me show you what I’m meaning.”
We continued as the song began to build more layers. I listened as Zayn and Tori echoed everyone and sang the background. There was only one thing that I could think of. They sounded amazing. A smile ruled my face as they sang the final line together.
“I’ll lift you up, I’ll never stop.”
I wasted no time, “Am I the only one who heard the amazing harmony that was going on?”
Liam shook his head with a smile, “Nope. I heard it too.”
“I know I did,” Niall nodded as he looked over at Tori and Zayn.
“What?” Tori asked us as we all continued to look at her and Zayn.
I gestured to the two of them as we stopped in front of Tori’s house, “The two of you, your voices blend together perfectly! The harmony that we were hearing was spot on!”
I was really excited about this, and the others were pretty happy too. I mean, it isn’t every day that you hear two amazing voices together and learn that they sound even greater when they do sing together.
“Really?” Tori asked us. I could tell that she was excited about this too.
Harry nodded his head, “Yeah. It was pretty sweet.”
“I would love to hear it again,” Niall stated. We all agreed but there was the problem of Tori being home already, we had no more time. That was when I got an idea.
“Then how about tomorrow?”
They all looked at me for a moment.
“Lou, what are you talking about?” Liam asked.
“We can pick Tori up and take her to the studio with us,” I said as I waved my hands around for emphasis. “We were planning to go stop at one tomorrow and if we bring Tori we can sing some more.”
“And we can hear more of her singing and her with Zayn.” Harry added as he stepped over next to me. “That’s a good idea Louis.”
I took a little bow, “Why thank you.”
“Do you think you could come?”
I looked over seeing Zayn looking at Tori. He asked the question that should have been asked first, but I got ahead of myself. It wasn’t my fault it was such a good idea that I couldn’t contain myself.
“I’ll have to ask my mom first.” She said as she thought. She was probably deciding on what the chances of her mom saying yes were. “I’ll have to get back with you guys later.”
“Okay,” Zayn said, “Here.”
I watched as he pulled his phone out of his pocket. “What’s your number?”
Tori gave him her number and we watched him send a quick message.
“Now you have my number and can get ahold of us to tell us the answer.”
“Okay,” Tori smiled back.
“That isn’t fair,” I whined. “How come Zayn is the only one who gets your number?”
Tori chuckled as she turned to me, “Why do you want it too?” She had her hands on her hips.
I gave her a cheeky grin, “Yes, please.”
Tori walked around, putting her number in each of our phones. We all send her a little message so she could have our numbers and also so she would know whose number was whose. I thought that I would have a little fun with my message.
Congrats! You have been given the honor of meeting One Direction. Please reply to receive your prize of a hug from Louis Tomlinson.
I waited for her to get the message, then I saw the reply.
I want my hug :)
I smiled as I walked over and gave her a hug. “As promised, one hug from the Louis Tomlinson.”
“And don’t forget the rest of us,” Liam said as he held his arms out to give Tori a hug.
One by one we all gave her a goodbye hug, before she turned and headed into her house. I was sad that our day had to come to an end, but it was fun while it lasted. Tori was cool and I couldn’t wait to hang out with her again tomorrow. I walked away with the other guys with a smile. Today, I had just gained a new sister.
I had to admit that little pub place was really cool. There was no alcohol or anything. It was just like a bar that sold soda with good music. And one thing that I learned today, Tori sounded even better in person than she did on her YouTube videos. She has one of those voices that can sing different types of music. It was also one of those voices that you could sit and listen to for days.
“I should’ve known that would happen,” Tori sighed as we all walked down the sidewalk toward her house.
None of us had really wanted to leave, but Tori’s mom had called saying that she needed to head home for dinner. To be honest, we were all hungry, at least us guys were. We hadn’t had anything to eat since out plane had touched down and that was at least five or six hours ago. My thought was confirmed when a certain blonde’s stomach began growling.
We all laughed as he apologized for it, but we didn’t care. It was bound to happen at some point seeing as it was Niall.
“Are you sure that you guys don’t want to stay for supper?” Tori asked. We looked at each other for a moment. It was a really tempting offer, but we knew it wasn’t fair to just drop in like that and expect to be fed.
“No,” I shook my head, “We’ll grab something on the way to our hotel.”
“Yeah, we’ll be fine.” Zayn agreed with me as we continued to walk.
“Okay,” Tori said as she looked down a little. I could tell that she was little sad, though I wasn’t sure if it wasn’t because we weren’t eating or if it was because we were leaving.
“Hey, cheer up.” I said as I wrapped an arm around her shoulders. “No need to be down.”
I decided that something needed to be done to cheer everyone up. I would not stand up and allow this flood of sad feelings spend through this group any further. I looked at everyone and that was when I got the idea.
“We should all sing a song together!” I exclaimed. They all looked at me a little funny.
Liam was the first to speak, “What?”
“We should all sing a song to help lighten this dreary mood,” I smiled at all of them.
“What song?” Niall asked. I moved over and put an arm around his shoulders.
“That is a very good question, my Irish friend. A very good question indeed.” I stroked my chin as I thought.
“We could sing one of our songs, or we could do something else?” Zayn pointed out. I would have to remember to thank him for pointing out the obvious later.
“Let’s make it simple,” I said, “Let’s do one of our songs.”
“Okay,” Harry said as he stepped up beside me. “Now just which one.”
He had a valid point, we had roughly thirty songs that we could still choose from. We need to make a decision so we could sing before we got Tori back home. A decision had to be made, so I turned the lucky person who would choose.
“You pick, Tori.”
She looked at me for a moment, “Me?”
“Yeah,” I replied, “We need to do a song that you know. We know our songs so we need to make sure we do one that you can sing along with.”
The others nodded at what I was saying. I know that I had at least six songs on my head that I would like to sing right now, but I knew there was no way that we could all come to a decision before we got back.
“Um…” Tori thought, “How about…Another World?”
“I love that one,” Liam said with a smile covering his face.
“What part do you want to sing?” I asked her.
She shrugged her shoulders, “I don’t care. I can just do back-up if you want.”
I nodded my head, “Yeah, but we will point to you when we want you to take over for one of us.”
“Okay,” she nodded back.
We all smiled and nodded to each other to signal that we were ready. Niall counted off while smacking his leg with the count, and then Liam started.
“It’s not me, it’s not you, there’s a reason.
I’m just trying to read the signals I’m receiving.”
That was when Liam pointed at Tori, she smiled as she finished the verse.
“Just like a stone on fire, can you feel it?
I don’t know about you boy but I believe it.”
I loved how she changed the words to fit her. I had actually forgotten about the song saying girl, but Tori had been prepared. The bridge stayed as Niall and Harry kept the chorus. I think we were all fine with that. Then it was Zayn’s turn.
“One for me, one for you, what you doing?
Girl the music sounds so good when you’re moving.”
Then Zayn followed the same pattern as Liam and nudged Tori’s arm to pass the second half of his verse to her. She smiled again as she finished it.
“Let me take you higher, let me prove it,
Cause, hey, hey, pretty boy, I believe it.”
We were all smiling as we sang our way down the sidewalk. It wasn’t long that we were already to my verse, which I sang with a huge smile on my face.
“Baby let me find out your secret
Just let me in and let me show you that I’ll keep it
Close you my heart.”
I used both of my hands to point to Tori. I didn’t see a reason to change how we had been doing this. I mean, why change a good thing?
“Jump in the deep end,
Just let me in and let me show you what I’m meaning.”
We continued as the song began to build more layers. I listened as Zayn and Tori echoed everyone and sang the background. There was only one thing that I could think of. They sounded amazing. A smile ruled my face as they sang the final line together.
“I’ll lift you up, I’ll never stop.”
I wasted no time, “Am I the only one who heard the amazing harmony that was going on?”
Liam shook his head with a smile, “Nope. I heard it too.”
“I know I did,” Niall nodded as he looked over at Tori and Zayn.
“What?” Tori asked us as we all continued to look at her and Zayn.
I gestured to the two of them as we stopped in front of Tori’s house, “The two of you, your voices blend together perfectly! The harmony that we were hearing was spot on!”
I was really excited about this, and the others were pretty happy too. I mean, it isn’t every day that you hear two amazing voices together and learn that they sound even greater when they do sing together.
“Really?” Tori asked us. I could tell that she was excited about this too.
Harry nodded his head, “Yeah. It was pretty sweet.”
“I would love to hear it again,” Niall stated. We all agreed but there was the problem of Tori being home already, we had no more time. That was when I got an idea.
“Then how about tomorrow?”
They all looked at me for a moment.
“Lou, what are you talking about?” Liam asked.
“We can pick Tori up and take her to the studio with us,” I said as I waved my hands around for emphasis. “We were planning to go stop at one tomorrow and if we bring Tori we can sing some more.”
“And we can hear more of her singing and her with Zayn.” Harry added as he stepped over next to me. “That’s a good idea Louis.”
I took a little bow, “Why thank you.”
“Do you think you could come?”
I looked over seeing Zayn looking at Tori. He asked the question that should have been asked first, but I got ahead of myself. It wasn’t my fault it was such a good idea that I couldn’t contain myself.
“I’ll have to ask my mom first.” She said as she thought. She was probably deciding on what the chances of her mom saying yes were. “I’ll have to get back with you guys later.”
“Okay,” Zayn said, “Here.”
I watched as he pulled his phone out of his pocket. “What’s your number?”
Tori gave him her number and we watched him send a quick message.
“Now you have my number and can get ahold of us to tell us the answer.”
“Okay,” Tori smiled back.
“That isn’t fair,” I whined. “How come Zayn is the only one who gets your number?”
Tori chuckled as she turned to me, “Why do you want it too?” She had her hands on her hips.
I gave her a cheeky grin, “Yes, please.”
Tori walked around, putting her number in each of our phones. We all send her a little message so she could have our numbers and also so she would know whose number was whose. I thought that I would have a little fun with my message.
Congrats! You have been given the honor of meeting One Direction. Please reply to receive your prize of a hug from Louis Tomlinson.
I waited for her to get the message, then I saw the reply.
I want my hug :)
I smiled as I walked over and gave her a hug. “As promised, one hug from the Louis Tomlinson.”
“And don’t forget the rest of us,” Liam said as he held his arms out to give Tori a hug.
One by one we all gave her a goodbye hug, before she turned and headed into her house. I was sad that our day had to come to an end, but it was fun while it lasted. Tori was cool and I couldn’t wait to hang out with her again tomorrow. I walked away with the other guys with a smile. Today, I had just gained a new sister.
I am honored to hear that, thank you bunches. :)
11/25/13