Behind The Backstage Doors

Alison was enjoying her day off by shopping around Oslo. She had found a nice summer dress that reached her ankles and some other stuff. She had tried to find a new bikini but after trying at least 10 sets she gave up. Now she was heading towards a nice looking cafe to grab something to eat.

Everyone had been sleeping when she had left the bus in the morning. The boys were pretty exhausted after the gig last night in Oslo arena and she thought they were probably going to sleep the whole day today. So she was quite surprised when her phone rang and the caller was Louis.

"Hi love! We're heading for lunch. Wanna join?" he greeted her.

"Oh you read my mind! I was just going to grab something. Where are you?" she asked. Louis told her the place they were going and it came out she was just a few blocks away. So she didn't even need to take a bus.

After walking about 10 minutes she found the place and stepped inside a small restaurant. Taking her sunglasses off she looked around and spotted the group in the corner.

"Alison's here!" Lou said smiling and the others turned their heads. Louis had told her in the phone that Lou, Tom, Lux and one of their body guards were going to be there but he hadn't mentioned Harry who was now smirking at her from ear to ear.

"Hi everyone," Alison said and sat down between Louis and Lux. Tom and Lux had joined the tour in Denmark yesterday before the bus had driven in Norway but Alison hadn't met them yet.

"Hi Tom! Nice to see you. It's been a while," she greeted a little embarrassed. After her and Harry's break up she hadn't met any of his friends so everytime she met someone she felt bad for not keeping in touch with them.

"Year or two it doesn't matter. Nice to see you too," he said and Alison gave him a warm smile.

"Oh and this girl here has grown so much!" she said turning to Lux.

"Lux, do you remember Alison? She took care of you a few times when you were younger," Lou asked but Lux shook her head making Alison laugh.

"Last time I saw you you were this short," she said while demonstrating with her hands.

"I'm five years old now and I'm gonna be a big sister," Lux informed looking proud. Everyone went silent on the table and turned their heads to Lou who was blushing.

"I'm not pregnant!" she said putting her hands up. "Yet," Tom whispered just loud enough so everyone could here and everyone turned their heads to look at him now.

"Lux just wants to be a big sister but we're only discussing it," Lou said while staring at Tom furiously. He just shrugged his shoulders innocently and before they were going to have a fight Louis quickly changed the subject.

"Did you find anything nice? Anything for me," he winked at Alison.

"Yes, a dress actually. But nothing for you," she said.

"Show us!" Louis said excited and before Alison had time to do anything he had grabbed her shopping bag from the floor.

"No! Please don't!" she panicked but it was already too late so she just hid her face mortified.
"Why? This is such a nice dress," he said while picking it from her bag. Lou wanted to see the pattern closer so he handed it for her over the table. But something dropped on the table from the bag.

"Oh god," Alison groaned but Louis didn't seem to be embarrassed at all.

"Why didn't you tell me you bought something else also! This is such a nice set of underwear," he said while picking it up and looking closer.

From the corner of her eye Alison saw Harry smirking at her. Yesterday after the concert they had had a moment where it was just two of them so she had told him about her decision.

"I've been thinking," she had said when Harry pinned her against a wall in one of the arena's hallways.

"You shouldn't think anything right now," he had mumbled while kissing down her neck and squeezing her ass.

"That's just what I've been thinking that I shouldn't think so much and just enjoy the tour... with you," she had said.

"Oh shut up," his lips had found hers and she had felt him smirking towards her lips. He had lifted her up against the wall so they'd be on the same level and she had laughed.

"Just one thing," she had stopped him for a while to look him in the eyes. "We need to be more careful," just after her words they had heard someone walking down the hallway and they had quickly diverged before they'd get caught.

"I bet Eleanor would love this set. Where did you buy it?" she was snapped out of her thoughts by Louis' question.

"Erm... She can have it I don't know why I even bought it. Not really my style," she said absently, the awkward situation completely forgotten when she remembered what Harry's hands felt like on her skin.

Lou and Tom were still trying to hide their laugh and Harry snarled when he saw Louis putting the set in his bag. He had already imagined Alison wearing it and he couldn't wait when they'd get in Sweden where he had booked a hotel room just for them. So when he saw the set disappearing in Louis' bag he decided to buy her plenty of new ones.

"Good evening. I'm sorry for taking so long but we have a little bit of rush here. What can I get you?" a waiter came to ask their orders so they all concentrated on reading the menus. After their ordering it didn't take long when the food was in front of them.

"I'm really happy you and Harry can be civilized after everything. It almost seems like you two are friends and nothing has ever happened," Louis whispered to Alison's ear when they were almost finished with the lunch. She looked at him and luckily Louis didn't seem to see the tightness in her smile. Then she looked over at Harry who was happily talking to Lux. Our baby would be one and four months old now. She thought but then she pushed the thought quickly in the back of her mind. Things were so different now and she needed to look in the future not in the past.

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