Protect You, Protect Me
Everybody Talks
"Never drinking again on a show day," Harry said falling onto the couch where the girls where. The guys just got done with sound check, which took twice as long due to them not being able to focus. Gray and the girls weren't doing much better. As soon as they got to the venue all of them climbed onto a couch together and slept off the effects of the alcohol. Everyone nodded in agreement to Harry. He threw his feet up into Gray's lap and fell asleep. They had three hours until they had to function. Liam came over to Gray, squeezing into the spot next to her.
"You okay love? Do you need any ibuprofen?" He asked all concerned.
"No Liam, I'm fine, I swear. Us girls did shots of water and pills earlier," she joked. The concerned look on Liam's face didn't change.
"You sure? You don't hurt.. anywhere?" He eyes shot down to her waist suggestively. Harry stirred on the other side.
"Mate, she is fine! You had sex not a baby! Besides, you all know I am bigger. Now shut it so I can sleep," he groaned. Liam reached over and bent Harry's toe back in protest, causing Gray to blush more. She patted him on the arm letting him know everything was okay.
"You know, you don't have to worry about me. I'm an adult, who is older, mind you. None of the other guys worry so much about Perrie and El," she said, lowering her voice for Harry.
"I'm not them, besides you more important." Gray gave him a quick kiss before resting her head on his shoulder. Between the liquor and the time change, sleep was catching up to her fast.
"You going to make it," he smirked, talking against her head. Gray yawned again.
"Not a chance," she sat up moving Harry's feet and stood," I need coffee." Perrie looked at her like she was crazy.
"It's 3:30!" Gray rolled her eyes. It was never too late for coffee. She stopped in the doorway of the room and looked back. Liam didn't even realized she left. He was know laying on the couch using Harry's feet as a pillow sleeping. Gray quickly covered her mouth and pulled out her phone to take a picture. Definitely will use that for blackmail later.
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The concert had been in full swing for an hour older. Gray, Perrie and Eleanor sat off on the wings watching the guys do there thing. Gray, of course, had her coffee in hand.
"Now it's for my favorite part of the show, the twitter questions!" Louis said to the crowd making them cheer more. They all were in the middle of the arena so the girls didn't have a good eyeshot.
"Question number 1, If you could only wear one color for the rest of your life, what would it be," Niall read out," oh man, I would say green. I'm Irish and all. What about you Zayn?"
"Black, Liam?"
"I'd go with Gray, a very pretty and warm color." Gray's face backstage immediately went to red. Does this boy ever stop?
"Man love, what did you do to him," Eleanor asked her over the noise.
"Ugh, I have no freaking clue. What do I do with that," she said, pointing to them on stage.
"You learn to live with them, at least that's what I keep saying," Perrie laughed. Was she flattered? Beyond belief. Gray knew how Liam feel about her in the funny ways he showed it. Flattery was hard to her, it didn't happen a lot in her life except from her family. Time to show him how she works. She hopped down from the speaker box and went over to Steve.
"Steve, how much do you love me?" Over time she finally got through Steve's hardcore shell and was able to joke with him.
"What do you want Gray goose?" Gray rolled her eyes, that name is never going to die. Gray told him her plans while the girls overheard.
"You cannot, he is going to kill you," Perrie laughed loudly.
"Nah, he is wrapped around my finger." She followed Steve down the hall so they could execute her plan. It was payback time.
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The boys were wrapping up their show, they only have one song left, "What makes you beautiful". Gray was hiding down close on the other side of the wings waiting to make her move. She saw Liam look over to the other girls, more then likely wondering where she was. The poor man didn't know what was coming.
As the guys started their song, Gray started moving. She had to quickly move from one side to the middle of the stage without being caught. It was harder then she originally thought, but she was up to the challenge. She hid under the small shelf where Harry was standing. She knew their choreography by heart, soon they would all be on the right side away from her and that is when she would make her move. Steve had given her a black shirt and hat the stage crew wore just to make it look more believable. In thirty seconds it would be time.
The guys lined up in their typical V shape while Harry sang his solo. Thankfully Liam was right behind him, so she could sneak in better without him seeing. She ran up to Louie, giving him a head nod silently telling him to move back. The huge smile on his face showed he knew what Gray was going to do. Gray took one last breath and held it. She didn't want anything to give her away. As soon as Harry hit his last note, Gray moved. She shoved her hands into Liam's pants and pulled as hard as she could. In one swoop, they came down causing the crowd to roar back.
Liam looked behind him shocked and tried to pull his pants up as fast as possible. He eyes got even more wide when he saw Gray kneeling behind him. 'You are dead' he mouthing laughing. Gray winking at him and quickly ran off stage back to the girls.
"Oh my god Gray, you are amazing. You can never leave us," Perrie said doubled over in laughter. Gray stripped her shirt and hat and handed them back to Steve.
"He is going to kill me but he deserved it," she said giving Eleanor a high five. The boys finished their concert and stayed on stage for a bit thanking their fans. Soon they all ran down the steps and back to the girls. Harry, Niall and Louis surrounding Gray giving her a big group hug.
"You are my idol Gray," Harry cheered. She laughed along with them seeing Liam coming down. They boys backed off. They were all waiting to see what Liam was going to do.
"You," Liam said pointing at Gray," are freaking amazing." He quickly pulled her into a long steamy kiss.
"Told you I would get you back," she said pulling away from him mouth. Liam tightened his hold on her.
"Challenge excepted. As much as I am a gentleman there is no way you are going to win love." Gray laughed at him. She was seriously glad he wasn't completely pissed at her. Louis pulled her hand and out of Liam's grasp.
"Come on Gray Goose, you get a drink on me." She groaned.
"No more liquor!"
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Gray woke up immediately becoming sad. Today was the day she went back home to Illinois. After spending five amazing days with them all, her heart was breaking. Liam stirred next to her waking up.
"Hi love," he said sleepily. Her eyes immediately watered. She didn't want to leave this moment.
"Hey," she croaked. One single tear fell out of her eye and rolled down her face. Liam wiped if off using his thumb.
"Oh love, please don't cry," he whispered. She wiped both eyes with her hands trying to remove the tears from her face. She had to keep it together for just a couple more hours.
"You know I will see you again. We have to plan when you are coming out for summer vacation. When is school out," he asked her.
"Middle of June."
"Come out at the end if your mum is okay with it," he pulled her closer to him, "I say three weeks is sufficient." Gray laughed. She highly doubt she could be away from her family that long, but they could come to visit.
"We will figure it out," she whispered into his chest. Liam rubbed her back. They sat in silence for a while longer before getting up to pack her things together. Gray couldn't stop the tears this time.
Liam rolled her suit case out into the living room with Gray following suit. Niall and Louis looked at them knowing what was happening.
"Awe Gray, you can't stay," Niall asked, laughing at his rhyme. She shook her head no. Liam pulled her in close.
"No worries lads, she is coming back in June, aren't you Gray?" She smiled up at him. That was what, only 30 days to go? Gray went around the room getting hugs and well wishes from them all until she landed at Perrie. Other then Liam, Perrie was her hardest goodbye.
"You can't leave Gray, who is going to kick butt with me," Perrie sniffed. Gray hugged her trying to keep her eyes from welting up.
"You can do it alone, I know you can. But if you play any jokes I expect you to send me videos," Gray laughed. Perrie nodded yes in response and hugged her one more time.
"I found a nice picture of you and Liam on my phone, I'll send it to you." Gray walked back over to Liam and picked up her purse and carry on.
"See you all," she whispered. All six sets of puppy dog eyes waved back at her. They left the room and headed to the elevator. One hard goodbye, one to go. They were completely silent in the elevator with Steve, neither of them knowing exactly what they wanted to say. The doors dinged open and they followed Steve out to the back of the building. Steve took her bags and put them in the car while Liam pulled her over behind the generator box, giving them peace from the crowd. Gray couldn't stop the tears from falling anymore.
"I want to give you something," he whispered, somewhat blushing. Liam reached into his shorts pocket and pulled out a small gray threaded bracelet.
"When we went shopping for the party I could this and thought of you." He handed It over for Gray to see. It was all gray with small specs of purple in it. Simple yet beautiful. It was perfect.
"Turn it over." She and immediately sucked in a breath. It felt like her whole body was drained of blood. On the inside 'I love you' was threaded into the gray fabric.
"Oh my god Liam," she whispered. He loved her!
"I hope you don't mind it. But Gray," she looked up to see his face," I honestly am in love with you." Gray's face lit up in a smile and the tears fell faster.
"I love you too Jailbait." Liam smiled big. He picked Gray by the waist and spun her around.
"I had been going crazy on thinking how I was going to tell you," he whispered into her ear, not ready to let her go yet. Gray slid the bracelet over her wrist, keeping the words inside and pulled it tight.
"I'll see you in June," she said. Liam kissed her one more time.
"Call me when you get home safe." Gray looked back at him one more time before running out from the blocked building and into the car. She still was crying, but at least this time it was happy tears. Only 60 some days, she could do this.
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Steve reached into the trunk pulling out her bag.
"See you soon, yeah," he questioned her. Gray shook her head yes. She hadn't been able to erase the smile off her face. Gray waved him to him, grabbed her bags and headed inside the terminal. She got her ticket and got in line at TSA to pull out her phone. Mila had texted her again.
MILA: Don't freak, but you need to check Pioneer. It will be okay
What was she even talking about? Gray jumped onto the website on the her phone only to have the blood drain from her face.
BREAKING NEWS: We told you all we would update again, and it didn't take long. One Directioners, let your hearts be broken! We received the photo below from a hidden source, but it looks to us that Liam Payne is definitely going strong with this new mystery girl. In this recent photo, they both seem to be hot in heavy, especially in those outfits. Is that body paint? All we know is that we want to see more of her, especially a name. If you know who this girl is, let Pioneer know! Until then, enjoy the view.
Gray scrolled down more to see what all the fuzz was about. It was a picture of them from their ABC party. Liam had his arms around her at the waist and Gray was bent over trying to escape him. Liam's shower toga was ripped up the sides, and you could tell that her had no underwear. Gray looked like a complete hot mess. Her left butt check was hanging out of her garbage bag bottoms and most of the body paint was rubbed off. Liam was biting his lip while Gray looked to be laughing her head off. She didn't even remember that being taken.
Oh my god, her family was going to see this, along with the whole head. She felt her whole body sway and began to get light headed.
"Miss, are you okay," someone asked behind her. Gray shook her head yes and picked up her things. The tears came back this time, but not in a good way. She looked like a complete slut in that picture, which everyone was going to see. Gray kept her head down through the line praying no one recognized her. She couldn't wait to be home. Her phone chimed again, notifying her of a incoming message.
LIAM: I just heard, it's going to be okay. Hard to tell it was you. Please don't freak out. I love you
Gray slid her phone back into her bag without replying. She would at some point, but right now she needed to be alone try to and figure out what to do with her life.
"You okay love? Do you need any ibuprofen?" He asked all concerned.
"No Liam, I'm fine, I swear. Us girls did shots of water and pills earlier," she joked. The concerned look on Liam's face didn't change.
"You sure? You don't hurt.. anywhere?" He eyes shot down to her waist suggestively. Harry stirred on the other side.
"Mate, she is fine! You had sex not a baby! Besides, you all know I am bigger. Now shut it so I can sleep," he groaned. Liam reached over and bent Harry's toe back in protest, causing Gray to blush more. She patted him on the arm letting him know everything was okay.
"You know, you don't have to worry about me. I'm an adult, who is older, mind you. None of the other guys worry so much about Perrie and El," she said, lowering her voice for Harry.
"I'm not them, besides you more important." Gray gave him a quick kiss before resting her head on his shoulder. Between the liquor and the time change, sleep was catching up to her fast.
"You going to make it," he smirked, talking against her head. Gray yawned again.
"Not a chance," she sat up moving Harry's feet and stood," I need coffee." Perrie looked at her like she was crazy.
"It's 3:30!" Gray rolled her eyes. It was never too late for coffee. She stopped in the doorway of the room and looked back. Liam didn't even realized she left. He was know laying on the couch using Harry's feet as a pillow sleeping. Gray quickly covered her mouth and pulled out her phone to take a picture. Definitely will use that for blackmail later.
----
The concert had been in full swing for an hour older. Gray, Perrie and Eleanor sat off on the wings watching the guys do there thing. Gray, of course, had her coffee in hand.
"Now it's for my favorite part of the show, the twitter questions!" Louis said to the crowd making them cheer more. They all were in the middle of the arena so the girls didn't have a good eyeshot.
"Question number 1, If you could only wear one color for the rest of your life, what would it be," Niall read out," oh man, I would say green. I'm Irish and all. What about you Zayn?"
"Black, Liam?"
"I'd go with Gray, a very pretty and warm color." Gray's face backstage immediately went to red. Does this boy ever stop?
"Man love, what did you do to him," Eleanor asked her over the noise.
"Ugh, I have no freaking clue. What do I do with that," she said, pointing to them on stage.
"You learn to live with them, at least that's what I keep saying," Perrie laughed. Was she flattered? Beyond belief. Gray knew how Liam feel about her in the funny ways he showed it. Flattery was hard to her, it didn't happen a lot in her life except from her family. Time to show him how she works. She hopped down from the speaker box and went over to Steve.
"Steve, how much do you love me?" Over time she finally got through Steve's hardcore shell and was able to joke with him.
"What do you want Gray goose?" Gray rolled her eyes, that name is never going to die. Gray told him her plans while the girls overheard.
"You cannot, he is going to kill you," Perrie laughed loudly.
"Nah, he is wrapped around my finger." She followed Steve down the hall so they could execute her plan. It was payback time.
----
The boys were wrapping up their show, they only have one song left, "What makes you beautiful". Gray was hiding down close on the other side of the wings waiting to make her move. She saw Liam look over to the other girls, more then likely wondering where she was. The poor man didn't know what was coming.
As the guys started their song, Gray started moving. She had to quickly move from one side to the middle of the stage without being caught. It was harder then she originally thought, but she was up to the challenge. She hid under the small shelf where Harry was standing. She knew their choreography by heart, soon they would all be on the right side away from her and that is when she would make her move. Steve had given her a black shirt and hat the stage crew wore just to make it look more believable. In thirty seconds it would be time.
The guys lined up in their typical V shape while Harry sang his solo. Thankfully Liam was right behind him, so she could sneak in better without him seeing. She ran up to Louie, giving him a head nod silently telling him to move back. The huge smile on his face showed he knew what Gray was going to do. Gray took one last breath and held it. She didn't want anything to give her away. As soon as Harry hit his last note, Gray moved. She shoved her hands into Liam's pants and pulled as hard as she could. In one swoop, they came down causing the crowd to roar back.
Liam looked behind him shocked and tried to pull his pants up as fast as possible. He eyes got even more wide when he saw Gray kneeling behind him. 'You are dead' he mouthing laughing. Gray winking at him and quickly ran off stage back to the girls.
"Oh my god Gray, you are amazing. You can never leave us," Perrie said doubled over in laughter. Gray stripped her shirt and hat and handed them back to Steve.
"He is going to kill me but he deserved it," she said giving Eleanor a high five. The boys finished their concert and stayed on stage for a bit thanking their fans. Soon they all ran down the steps and back to the girls. Harry, Niall and Louis surrounding Gray giving her a big group hug.
"You are my idol Gray," Harry cheered. She laughed along with them seeing Liam coming down. They boys backed off. They were all waiting to see what Liam was going to do.
"You," Liam said pointing at Gray," are freaking amazing." He quickly pulled her into a long steamy kiss.
"Told you I would get you back," she said pulling away from him mouth. Liam tightened his hold on her.
"Challenge excepted. As much as I am a gentleman there is no way you are going to win love." Gray laughed at him. She was seriously glad he wasn't completely pissed at her. Louis pulled her hand and out of Liam's grasp.
"Come on Gray Goose, you get a drink on me." She groaned.
"No more liquor!"
----
Gray woke up immediately becoming sad. Today was the day she went back home to Illinois. After spending five amazing days with them all, her heart was breaking. Liam stirred next to her waking up.
"Hi love," he said sleepily. Her eyes immediately watered. She didn't want to leave this moment.
"Hey," she croaked. One single tear fell out of her eye and rolled down her face. Liam wiped if off using his thumb.
"Oh love, please don't cry," he whispered. She wiped both eyes with her hands trying to remove the tears from her face. She had to keep it together for just a couple more hours.
"You know I will see you again. We have to plan when you are coming out for summer vacation. When is school out," he asked her.
"Middle of June."
"Come out at the end if your mum is okay with it," he pulled her closer to him, "I say three weeks is sufficient." Gray laughed. She highly doubt she could be away from her family that long, but they could come to visit.
"We will figure it out," she whispered into his chest. Liam rubbed her back. They sat in silence for a while longer before getting up to pack her things together. Gray couldn't stop the tears this time.
Liam rolled her suit case out into the living room with Gray following suit. Niall and Louis looked at them knowing what was happening.
"Awe Gray, you can't stay," Niall asked, laughing at his rhyme. She shook her head no. Liam pulled her in close.
"No worries lads, she is coming back in June, aren't you Gray?" She smiled up at him. That was what, only 30 days to go? Gray went around the room getting hugs and well wishes from them all until she landed at Perrie. Other then Liam, Perrie was her hardest goodbye.
"You can't leave Gray, who is going to kick butt with me," Perrie sniffed. Gray hugged her trying to keep her eyes from welting up.
"You can do it alone, I know you can. But if you play any jokes I expect you to send me videos," Gray laughed. Perrie nodded yes in response and hugged her one more time.
"I found a nice picture of you and Liam on my phone, I'll send it to you." Gray walked back over to Liam and picked up her purse and carry on.
"See you all," she whispered. All six sets of puppy dog eyes waved back at her. They left the room and headed to the elevator. One hard goodbye, one to go. They were completely silent in the elevator with Steve, neither of them knowing exactly what they wanted to say. The doors dinged open and they followed Steve out to the back of the building. Steve took her bags and put them in the car while Liam pulled her over behind the generator box, giving them peace from the crowd. Gray couldn't stop the tears from falling anymore.
"I want to give you something," he whispered, somewhat blushing. Liam reached into his shorts pocket and pulled out a small gray threaded bracelet.
"When we went shopping for the party I could this and thought of you." He handed It over for Gray to see. It was all gray with small specs of purple in it. Simple yet beautiful. It was perfect.
"Turn it over." She and immediately sucked in a breath. It felt like her whole body was drained of blood. On the inside 'I love you' was threaded into the gray fabric.
"Oh my god Liam," she whispered. He loved her!
"I hope you don't mind it. But Gray," she looked up to see his face," I honestly am in love with you." Gray's face lit up in a smile and the tears fell faster.
"I love you too Jailbait." Liam smiled big. He picked Gray by the waist and spun her around.
"I had been going crazy on thinking how I was going to tell you," he whispered into her ear, not ready to let her go yet. Gray slid the bracelet over her wrist, keeping the words inside and pulled it tight.
"I'll see you in June," she said. Liam kissed her one more time.
"Call me when you get home safe." Gray looked back at him one more time before running out from the blocked building and into the car. She still was crying, but at least this time it was happy tears. Only 60 some days, she could do this.
----
Steve reached into the trunk pulling out her bag.
"See you soon, yeah," he questioned her. Gray shook her head yes. She hadn't been able to erase the smile off her face. Gray waved him to him, grabbed her bags and headed inside the terminal. She got her ticket and got in line at TSA to pull out her phone. Mila had texted her again.
MILA: Don't freak, but you need to check Pioneer. It will be okay
What was she even talking about? Gray jumped onto the website on the her phone only to have the blood drain from her face.
BREAKING NEWS: We told you all we would update again, and it didn't take long. One Directioners, let your hearts be broken! We received the photo below from a hidden source, but it looks to us that Liam Payne is definitely going strong with this new mystery girl. In this recent photo, they both seem to be hot in heavy, especially in those outfits. Is that body paint? All we know is that we want to see more of her, especially a name. If you know who this girl is, let Pioneer know! Until then, enjoy the view.
Gray scrolled down more to see what all the fuzz was about. It was a picture of them from their ABC party. Liam had his arms around her at the waist and Gray was bent over trying to escape him. Liam's shower toga was ripped up the sides, and you could tell that her had no underwear. Gray looked like a complete hot mess. Her left butt check was hanging out of her garbage bag bottoms and most of the body paint was rubbed off. Liam was biting his lip while Gray looked to be laughing her head off. She didn't even remember that being taken.
Oh my god, her family was going to see this, along with the whole head. She felt her whole body sway and began to get light headed.
"Miss, are you okay," someone asked behind her. Gray shook her head yes and picked up her things. The tears came back this time, but not in a good way. She looked like a complete slut in that picture, which everyone was going to see. Gray kept her head down through the line praying no one recognized her. She couldn't wait to be home. Her phone chimed again, notifying her of a incoming message.
LIAM: I just heard, it's going to be okay. Hard to tell it was you. Please don't freak out. I love you
Gray slid her phone back into her bag without replying. She would at some point, but right now she needed to be alone try to and figure out what to do with her life.
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5/18/14