It was the day of the concert and I was freaking out, majorly. I was nervous and jittery, I felt like I couldn’t eat anything. I had a granola bar and a bottle of water and that was it. I had practiced this morning with Liam one last time and now we were all backstage in the dressing rooms. Harry and Zayn were asleep on the couch, Liam was on his phone not saying much, of course he wouldn’t say much he did this all the time. Niall was playing with Lux and Louis was on the phone with his sisters. I saw the smile he wore and I could tell he missed them like crazy. He started laughing at something his younger sister, Lottie said and I smiled hearing his real laugh. I then quickly let my smile fall and turned around. We hadn’t talked to each other since the night he told me he was done. Of course I was hurt but I wasn’t going to make it a big deal. We all had other issues to deal with right now and I wasn’t going to try and make the world stop just because the boy I had feelings for was basically walking out of my life.

I sat on the couch across from my brother and Zayn and was looking down at my phone. Time was ticking by slowly and I was nervous with every passing minute. I would shift in my seat, then I would get up and walk around then sit back down. I was so nervous and I couldn’t shake the feeling. I breathed in and out telling myself that everything would be fine and I had this. I had practiced enough times to know everything, I knew how to hit the high notes and I knew the steps Liam and I needed to work on. I looked back down at my phone, one more hour. One more hour and I would be on the stage, I shifted in the dress I was wearing and closed my eyes.
It wasn’t just the fans that I was nervous about. I was nervous about a lot of things; Louis and I’s name were still in the tabloids. Not as frequent but we were still mentioned even though there was no proof of us. It was also the social networks that had my stomach in knots, what if they just tore me apart? What if no one cheered? What if the fans hated me? I rubbed my temples with my fingers hoping to relieve some of the nervousness, I was careful not to mess up my hair in the process.

Lou had done all of our hair and make up so we were practically done. The boys were going to start warming up soon which meant so would I. I groaned when I realized only two minutes had passed, I closed my eyes but quickly opened them when I heard movement in the room. I watched as Louis and Liam walked out of the room without a word. That was weird, I closed my eyes and tried to control the butterflies in my stomach but it didn’t seem to be getting any easier.

x-x

Louis and Liam stood in front of the dressing room they were previously in.

“You sure you want to do this, Louis?” Louis looked down at his phone and nodded.

“The boys know right?”

“Yup,” Liam smiled.

“Harry knows?” Liam nodded again.

“He’s okay with this. But can you do this?” Louis thought for a second but shook his head. He had been waiting for this. This was it, no turning back.

“I’m sure. It’ll make her understand.” Liam bit his nail, nervously.

“And you’re sure you know it?”

“Like the back of my hand.” Liam nodded once more. He racked his brain for any more questions.

“You know this is it, right Louis? This is your last chance, if she doesn’t accept it. You are done with her. No more games between you two, you need to be serious about her.”

“Believe me Liam. This is one of the things that aren’t about One Direction, which I’ve been serious for in a long time. I got this, no more games.” Liam smiled and patted Louis on the shoulder.

“Then go for it, Louis. Good luck, you got this.”

Louis smiled and watched as Liam opened the door to the dressing room and smiled when he saw Katherina sitting on the couch practically twitching. Everyone could tell she was nervous but no one said anything in fear of making her even more nervous and jumpy.

Louis looked at her and he saw how good she looked. She was sexy, that wasn’t a doubt but she was also gorgeous and he couldn’t stop staring at her. The way her dress hugged her body and how her hair fell in loose curls down her shoulders. She had minimum make up on because Lou told her that it gets hot on the stage, making Kat immediately freak out about her make up running so Lou only put a little bit on her. Even with how scared and lost she looked she was still one of the most gorgeous people he’s ever seen and tonight he was going to prove it to her. Katherina had no idea what was in store for her.

x-x

The first half of the boys show was nerve wrecking. I was literally sitting on the side of the stage the whole time watching as the boys jumped around and sung the lyrics to their fans. I watched as the boys did what they do best with such ease. It was like nothing else mattered once those five boys got on the stage.

They were on Teenage Dirtbag, which was the last song before I was to go on. My knee wouldn’t stop shaking and I was breathing pretty hard as I watched the boys sing their individual solos. The butterflies were practically beating against my tummy and I stood up hearing the end chords of the song. Their voices faded out and the crowd cheered and the lights turn out. There was a minute of nothing but the fans screaming and then I heard my brother’s voice.

“How are you doing, Seattle?!” The crowd screamed back making me smile a little.

“We have a little surprise for you!” It was Niall’s voice.

“Since Liam’s birthday is in fact tomorrow, one of his gifts came early!” Niall continued. I watched as Liam walked over to the side of the stage to come get me.

“Are you ready?” I shook my head and he laughed.

“You can do this, Kat.” We waited as Niall and Zayn finished up the speech.
“We want you to welcome our guest for the night, Katherina Styles.” I heard mixtures of cheers and a couple boo’s making my stomach turn.

“Hey, be nice!” Zayn scolded.

“If you don’t have nothing nice to say, then don’t say anything!”

“We want you to welcome her to the stage. Katherina has fulfilled one of Liam’s wishes and it’s taking place tonight. So, without any more interruptions, give it up for Katherina Styles.” The crowd cheered making me swallow my pride and walk out on the stage. I looked up and smiled and waved to the crowd. I heard a chorus of cheers and hi’s, which made me feel a little at ease. I made my way to the middle of the stage where the boys were walking away from. They kissed my cheek, except for Louis, and Harry gave me a huge hug making me smile.

“You got this, Katherina. Just breathe.” I hugged him back and watched as they walked off stage. I stepped up to the mic, immediately looking into a huge crowd. The lights that were on me were bright and all I could hear was the crowd cheering.

“Hello, Seattle!” I heard myself over the speakers.

“As Niall said before, tomorrow is Liam’s birthday and he asked one thing from me. He asked me to do a little performance. These boys think my voice is great, but I honestly don’t think so. But Liam said this is what he wanted for his birthday so who am I to deny him his gift?” The crowd cheered again making me laugh. I was starting to relax.

“Well here goes nothing, sing along if you know the song. The boys will be back soon, don’t worry.” I nodded to Jon to start playing the opening keys to the song and I took a deep breath and gripped the mic harder. I literally had everything to lose, my reputation was already bad, this would just drag it down even more if I didn’t do this well. But as I felt the music flow through me I knew I was ready.

“Right from the start, you were a thief you stole my heart and I your willing victim. I let you see the parts of me that weren’t all that pretty, and with every touch you fixed them.” I took the mic off the stand and walked back a little with one hand behind my back and a nervous smile on my face.

“Now you’ve been talking in your sleep, uh oh, things you never say to me. Uh oh, tell me that you’ve had enough of our love, our love.” I smiled as the place fell quiet and the chorus came up.

“Just give me a reason, just a little bits enough, just a second we’re not broke just bent and we can learn to love again, it’s in the stars, it’s been written in the scars on our hearts, and we’re not broken just bent and we can learn to love again.” I walked across the stage just like I had rehearsed in time with the song. I wound up back in the middle like I was supposed to and heard the crowd cheer for me. My smile instantly grew as I waited for Liam’s part knowing the crowd was going to love it. No, instead of Liam’s deep voice I heard a lighter pitch voice, one I knew too well.

“I’m sorry, I don’t understand where all of this is coming from. I thought that we were fine.” I stared at Louis’s figure as the crowd cheered louder. I had the most confused expression on my face as he now stood next to me. What the hell was he doing? He looked at me, waiting for me to say my line and when I didn’t sing it he kept going.

“Your head is running wild again, my dear we still have everything and it’s all in your mind.” I stared as he sang to the crowd and I stared at the four boys on the side of the stage who had huge smiles on their faces and held up their hands to get me to keep going considering I already missed two of my parts. I couldn’t miss anymore, knowing it would screw up the whole performance. I was so confused, but I just continued on with how I knew the routine was supposed to go. He continued to sing.

“You’ve been having real bad dreams, uh oh, you used to lie so close to me, uh oh, there’s nothing more than empty sheets between our love, our love. Ohhhh, our love, love, love.” I sang out the last note in love and continued to sing with him. We were standing next to each other and we were staring right at each other.

“Just give me a reason, just a little bit’s enough. Just a second we’re not broken just bent and we can learn to love again. It’s in the stars, it’s been written in the scars on our hearts, we’re not broken just bent and we can learn to love again.” As we sang the part together, I was moving my hands and one was grasping the microphone while the other was doing hand motions to the song. He pulled the microphone away from his mouth as he still faced me, letting me continue.

“Our tear ducts and rust,” I sang, and watched as he sang the next part.

“I’ll fix it for us,”

“We’re collecting dust but our love’s enough.”

“You’re holding it in.”

“You’re pouring a drink!” I practically yelled the lyrics.

“No nothing is as bad as it seems….” I prepared myself for the next note. This was it, I couldn’t screw it up. I brought the mic up to my mouth and closed my eyes and sang.

“We’ll come cleeeann!” I heard my voice trail off and it echo throughout the concert arena. I heard the crowd yell and cheer as I hit the high note. I opened my eyes and saw Louis smiling in front of me. We both got ready to sing the next part, where we basically walked in a circle staring at each other.

“Just give me a reason, just a little bit’s enough. Just a second we’re not broken just bent and we can learn to love again. It’s in the stars, it’s still writing in the scars on our hearts, we’re not broken just bent and we can learn to love again.” It was nothing but our voices mixing together and the gaze we held with each other. I could see how he let his walls down, he was smiling and he was singing the lyrics, to me. I knew why he was performing with me now. I knew why Liam was backstage cheering us on. It all made sense as we continued to sing the rest of the song.

“Oh, we can learn to love again.” He repeated the line back to me and I smiled.

“Oh, oh we’re not broken just bent…” I sang.

“And we can learn to love again…” I softly sang to Louis as he stared at me and the piano faded out. I smiled and could hear the cheers from the crowd, which were extremely loud. I was pulled into a hug by Louis and then yanked away and pulled into four other sweaty bodies as I tried to catch my breath.

“Katherina Styles, everyone!” I laughed and hugged the boys back who had decided to run back on stage. I was sweaty and tired, but I waved to the crowd and took the mic from Harry.

“Happy birthday, Liam! Thank you all! Now you came here for One Direction, so here they are! Thank you Seattle and have a fantastic rest of the evening!”

“Once again, everyone my little sister! Go follow her on twittah and youtube! She has her own channel!” I hit Harry on the shoulder as I walked off of the stage. I didn’t want them looking at my crappy singing videos on youtube. I was pulled back into an embrace before I could completely walk off of the stage. I opened my eyes and saw Louis smiling at me.

“Go into the dressing room you were at earlier. There is something on the couch for you.” With that he kissed my cheek and ran back on stage. I stared at the boy and then immediately ran toward the dressing room what the hell was in there? I don’t know if it was the fact that I was still on my adrenaline rush from performing or the fact that Louis had something for me but I don’t think I ever ran faster in my life.

I opened the door kicking off my shoes in the process, noting that no one was in the room, I frantically looked around on the couch for the thing he was talking about. I spotted it in the corner of the couch with a paper on it that said watch me. It was a CD on top of Harry’s laptop. I immediately sat down and put the laptop on my lap. I started it up and slipped the CD into the player. I waited for it to load.

A black screen popped up and there was two options, play or eject. I pressed play confused as to what the hell I was watching. The CD started to play and a white wall popped up, then I heard that accent that I know all too well.

“Is this damn thing on?” I laughed as Louis popped up in front of the screen.

“Sorry, Kat. Niall’s camera is difficult. I think it’s on, if it is, just ignore this part, it’s complete bullshit.” He stared somewhere above the camera for a bit, eyebrows furrowed and then smiled.

“Okay it’s recording. Ello, love.” I smiled wider.

“Now for the next fifteen minutes, I want you to sit there and listen, which I know is extremely hard for you to do but it must be done.” He teased, my cheek bones were hurting from smiling but I couldn’t stop.

“Kat, I’m falling in love with you. I know the other night, I told you I was done with you. I lied, I could never be done with you. I needed you to believe it for you wouldn’t expect the performance.” I stared at the screen, eyes wide and mouth agape.

“Oh! The performance, you’re probably wondering about that. The boys and I had a talk and I needed a way to prove to you I was serious. This isn’t a fling. So Liam came up with the idea to trade places when the performance eventually happened. He then pulled the birthday card, and how could I say no to him, Kat? So every time you guys practiced, he would teach me the moves that night or he would tell me what parts you guys were having trouble on. So I went with it, now you’re either angry and you can stop watching this or you can continue to watch it and figure out how I really feel about you.” He paused, I’m assuming for me to make my decision. I didn’t move from my spot, I continued to stare at the boy in the screen, with his light brown hair sticking up in different directions, his blue eyes shining bright full of wonder and his small childish smile he had on his face.

“I want to be with you, not as friends with benefits. Not just for sex. I really want to be with you. You’re my clarity as cheesy as it sounds. I used to think Eleanor was my perfect match. I used to think that we matched and that our personalities were perfect, but no. Yeah she was just like me but honestly, she didn’t give me that feeling. You know which one I’m talking about, the one where you can’t stop thinking about that person. That feeling you get when you think of the person that should be with you, cuddled up next to someone else. You keep me on my toes, you see through my bullshit and realize I’m just a normal 21 year old. I just want to be me and you let me do that. Eleanor, I always felt I was hiding a part of me from her.” He stopped and sighed.

“All the shit we’ve been through, I can’t let go and neither can you because you care, Kat.” He let out a laugh.

“Do you hear me? You got me telling you that you care about me. I think we can make it Kat. None of us are perfect, we both made mistakes and it’s not going to be easy. The boys already said they don’t care about what the media says as long as we’re happy. Kat, give us this chance and I’ll be there for you.” The one they called the sass master from Doncaster, the one boy who was always sarcastic, who treated me like crap was now begging me for a chance. I bit my lip and felt tears spring to my eyes.

“I’ll be there for you if you need someone to talk to. I’ll be there through all the bullshit the media’s putting you through, I’ll keep Niall away from your stash of popcorn that you hide in the left corner cabinet on the bus. I’ll be there for you, Kat but you can’t walk away without giving us a chance.” I had tears dripping down my face as I looked at his. He looked so determined, he wanted this chance.

“When I’m done with my show tonight, come talk to me about your decision. But in the mean time there’s a present for you in the bathroom in a box for you. It’s of like an ‘I’m sorry for being a dick for so long’ present. Think about it, Kat.” He stood up and turned the camera off making the screen go black. I placed the laptop on the couch, besides me and stood up. I wiped my eyes and made my way to the bathroom. I opened the door and the light was already on, I saw near the shower a medium sized red box with large holes in it. I looked at it confused and got down on my knees to open it. I pulled the top off and in one corner was a water bowl and a food bowl. On the other side of the box was a small ball of grey with white paws; the puppy lifted its head and its light blue eyes lit up. I picked it up gently, letting a gasp leave my mouth. The puppy got startled and let out a whine as I stood up and cradled it against my chest. The puppy looked up at me and licked my hand. I picked up the letter that was taped on the inside of the box.
In Louis messy handwriting, it read:

“It won’t make everything okay between us but I know it’ll put a smile on your face. He’s pure bred pitbull.” I put the note down and brought the puppy with me to the couch. He moved around a little and went back to sleep. I scratched his head and looked at the blank wall in front of me. Louis had done a lot. We fought all the time but now he was changing, he wasn’t who he used to be. He was fighting for me, he was showing he cared. He performed with me to show how much he cared. He was willing to give me my space. He broke up with Eleanor, he got me a pure bred puppy, all because he knew it would make me smile. I sighed and waited till the boys got done with their show.
x-x

I heard the closing chords of What Makes You Beautiful, meaning the boys were done with their show and immediately felt the butterflies awaken in my tummy again. The puppy, which I have yet to name was now walking around the couch as I made sure he didn’t fall. He was the cutest thing ever. I could hear the crowd cheering and then I heard the boy’s loud voices down the hall. I turned my head towards the door and two minutes later they came in, loud and sweaty. They stopped when they saw me sitting there with a puppy.
Zayn and Niall were the first to push Liam and Harry out of the way to get to the small animal on the couch. I stood up as Liam approached me, he held his arms open and I stepped into them.

“You did wonderfully, Kitty Kat. Thank you.” I nodded and kissed his cheek. Harry came up behind him and hugged me as well.

“You were amazing. I’m so proud of you.” I hugged my brother back.

“Thank you, I was so nervous. You have no idea.” He hugged me once more and moved out of the way. By the door stood Louis, his eyes were wide and he wasn’t saying anything. The boys were the only ones in the dressing room, thank God. I could read Louis face, he knew I read the tape. The room fell quiet as we looked at each other. This was it, I thought as my feet started to move toward him. I didn’t say anything until I got right in front of him and then I did it.

I kissed him. I slammed my lips against his with so much force he stumbled back against the closed door. My hands grabbed his shoulders and my mouth moved against his. This kiss was completely different. It was soft and I could feel that spark between us. The spark you only hear or see about in movies and stories, that’s what I felt. I could feel the butterflies in my tummy explode and the best part was I could feel Louis smile into the kiss.

His hands locked around the back of my thighs and he lifted me up, my arms locking around his neck. My hands ran through his soft, but sweaty hair and I smiled when I felt him pull me closer to his body. He put me down and I could hear the boys cheering behind me. They weren’t expecting that and I don’t think Louis was either.
I pulled away and he smiled down at me. His hands were now planted on my hips and I had my arms around his neck.

“So?”

“I’m giving you this chance, Tomlinson. No more games, no more secrets. I am begging you, do not make me regret this decision.” His smile grew and he leaned into kiss me again. I smiled already knowing I was going to be addicted to his touch. I felt him deepen the kiss and I parted my lips for I could let his tongue in. My body was on fire and I groaned as I felt him bite my lower lip.

“Alright, break it up you two. You’re going to give your brother a heart attack.” I turned around to see my brother with a disgusted look on his face. I laughed and felt two arms wrap around my waist and a chin on my shoulder.

“So you guys are okay with this?” They all looked at us and scoffed.

“Yeah!” I glared playfully at them.

“No more games. You and Louis need to realize this is the real deal.” I nodded.

“No more games.” Louis repeated. Harry stood up and walked toward us.

“Louis, lad. I love you, I do. You’re my best mate, but you hurt my sister any more than you already have, considered yourself six feet under.” I smiled at my brother as he placed a kiss on my forehead and shook Louis hand.

“It won’t happen, I promise you that, Harry.” Harry nodded and his lopsided smile graced his face again.

“Now how are you guys going to come out as a couple?” I turned in Louis’s embrace and looked at him.

“I think we should wait.” He gave me an extremely confused look.

“What? Why?”

“It’ll look bad. Until you and Eleanor for sure come out and say you guys are broken up, we’re not going public.” He sighed but nodded.

“Alright, love. I’ll talk to her tomorrow, okay?” I nodded and leaned into his chest making him kiss the top of my head.

“I guess it’s not too bad of a decision, I get you all to myself before the world gets ahold of my girlfriend.” I scrunched up my nose with a small smile making him laugh.

“I’m your girlfriend… that sounds so foreign.”

“Get used to it, the world’s going to know soon that you are mine and all mine.” I smiled but stopped myself.

“But what about-“

“Tom? The Wanted? Your job? Kat, don’t overthink it. We’ll take this one step at a time. I told you I’d be here for you, and I meant it. Just enjoy this moment, okay?” I thought about it for a moment and realized he was right. I leaned up and kissed him.

“That’s what I’m talking about.” I laughed.

“Um, guys? I don’t mean to ruin your moment. I am happy for you guys but why is there a dog in here?” Louis and I both laughed realizing that we never told them that Louis had given me the puppy. I shook my head as Louis walked over to the boys and started to play with the puppy, explaining to them that it was a present. I smiled and took in the scene before me, and even though we had a long way to go and I knew this was just the beginning, right now I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else.

Notes

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