Just A Moment

“And live while we’re young!” Zayn finished.

“WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!” The small crowd erupted. The boys waved and walked (or hobbled in Harry’s case) offstage.

The first boy to reach the rest of the girls and I was Niall.

“Hiya!” He grabbed me in a big hug, spinning me slightly, before grabbing a bag of chips from a table that was set up. “So what’d you think?” He asked us through a mouthful.

“You were great!” Mackenzie smiled.

“We know!” Louis pranced over to her with a happy smile, poking her in the ribs before making his way to the table to grab some water.

“…yeah and then did you see her face when you smiled at her? I almost fell off the stage laughing!” Liam was saying to Zayn.

“What can I say? I have that effect on the ladies!” Zayn said in that silly accent of his, waggling his eyebrows at Liam. Then he caught our eyes. “Ey! What’d you think?”

“You were fabulous!” Kylie smiled as Zayn put his arm around her kindly, leading her towards the snack table.

“Well, thank you!” Liam said graciously. “Ey, Niall, is there any apple juice over there?”

“Guys?” I heard from behind all the boys. I stepped around the crowd at the snack table to see Harry limping offstage slowly.

“Aw, Harry!” I went to him and smiled at his limping figure. “You okay, there?”

“Yeah, they all just left me to manage alone!”

“Imagine that!” I shook my head in mock disbelief.

“Oh, hush!” He smiled and held out a hand. “Now hand me my crutches, please?”

I sauntered over to the crutches slowly. “Don’t you have people for that?” I teased, bringing them to him.

“Yeah, I do actually!” He took the crutches. “She’s very nice, rather pretty, tells horrible jokes, and smells like a sugar cookie.”

“Oh, really?” I raised my eyebrows.

“Yeah, her name’s Hannah Clarke!” He smirked, reaching through the throng for a cookie from the table. I rolled my eyes and grabbed a cookie myself. “Oh, sugar! My favorite!” He winked, taking a big bite from the soft white cookie in his hand.

“You’re ridiculous!” I shook my head.

“Aw, Hannah got the last cookie!” Zayn groaned as I took a bite of it.

“Yeah, but she’s only taken a small bite of it…” Liam noticed.

“And it is a rather large cookie…” Louis continued.

I looked at the small semi circle of hungry eyes zeroing in on my cookie.

“Guys…” I warned. They kept moving in closer. “Guys…!” I took a step back.

“If I were you, I’d make a run for it.” Harry offered.

“Good tip!” I acknowledged him before fleeing for the right to my cookie.

I had a feeling that it was going to be a good night.

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