Niall's view:
“Have you seen my J’s??” I screamed downstairs.
“They are down here!” Someone yelled. I started running down there and ran into Harry.
“Hey watch it!” He snapped. He gave me an apologetic look because he didn’t mean to get so mean. Then he went back to tapping away on his phone. That boy never puts his phone down and he usually only gets mean when he's talking to someone important. I slipped on my J’s and then patted my body for my phone. I left it in my room and ran back up. Harry was already in his room and the door was shut. Louis was with El on a morning date before they had to go on business for a month. Liam was waiting for me in the car. I was frantically gathering things like my phone and shoes. Liam and I had a day at the studio to record some things for an up and coming album. He wanted to get there early because he was thinking if we got done early we could have time to actually do nothing. We are technically on vacation right now. Except Liam and I always work on vacations. When we work on vacations the other boys are able to have regular lives, and then when they need to work everything seems more fun because Liam and I already worked out the kinks. I guess that’s what you get for working in a group and not solo but I wouldn’t change that for anything. I flew into the car and Liam pulled out.
“We have three hours of work and then it's break with one more hour of work then it's free time.” Liam smiled.
“Perfect. What songs do you want to work on??” I asked him and getting buckled.
“You are going to record the acoustics for Best Song Ever and Diana. Then I'm going to sing my parts for them with a few extra notes we can either place where Zayn would sing or leave them as me. That’s the whole of the first three hours then its break. After that the next hour is going to be us going over some things for our competition show.” Liam was a planner. He planned everything and everyone usually followed it knowing it was a good idea.
“Sounds good.” We already made it to the studio. The thing about L.A. is that everything is actually pretty close. Where ever you are working is chosen by where you will spend ninety-nine percent of your time. The layout was made that way for a reason and when you are the one in it, it becomes helpful. We got out of the car and went into the studio. Liam was taken one way and I was led the other. I grabbed a guitar and did what I did best.
“Horan, that’s great.”
“Anything you think we need to redo??” I asked.
“No, you can come out and listen if you like.”
“Yeah.” I set down the guitar and walked out. He started playing the track and I loved it. I sounded great. With the rest of the guys singing on it, there was no doubt in my mind that this song was going to be a hit.
“So there is that.” He said stopping the track.
“Could I record something for myself??” I asked.
“Is it going on the album??” He asked skeptical.
“Well, no. It's just something I wrote and want to lay down so I have it for myself.” I said shyly.
“Horan, you know we aren’t allowed to do that.” He said.
“But…” I was acting childish but I was really excited about it.
“You know I can't resist helping you out.” He sighed and scratched the sound board. Everything was on zero and ready to go. I walked in the studio and picked up the guitar again. I got ready, drank some water, cleared my throat, and looked at Mr. Conners. He nodded and I began strumming. The chords were coming out and I was ready to sing but Liam came in the room and I stopped. They exchanged words and then he left again.
“Sorry Horan, it's your break.” He said after pushing the button to speak.
“After break we are doing this.” I said setting down the guitar. I came out of the booth and he continued to play with the few chords he had.
“I think I'm just going to play around with this and see what seems right to get a feel on what the rest should sound like. Oh, and bring me back some Burger King.” He ordered.
“Sure thing.” I said opening the door. Liam had taken the car so I had to walk. That’s always risky but when we are on vacation our body guards think it is vacation for them too. That’s understandable because we usually stay indoors and sleep but we always need some protection. As I was walking I felt the cold breeze seem to drop a few degrees. A few girls saw me and screamed to get my attention. I gave them a smile and a wave. I saw enough people taking pictures and freaking out. I wasn’t going anywhere in particular but I did stop at a coffee shop on the corner. When I walked in everything seemed to stop. Conversations halted and the silence was enough to kill someone. “Hi.” I said to everyone. People realized the awkwardness they caused and then returned to their previous conversations or started new ones about me. “I'll take a Grande latte.” I said pulling out my wallet.
“Here.” The girl at the front said. I took my cup and exited getting stares like no other. Even though I'm in L.A. where famous people are all the time I still manage to get people star struck. I started walking to the Burger King a few blocks down for Conners. He has been managing sound and helping for a long time with us and we thank him all the time by buying him useless things like a mug with our faces on it or Burger King; he appreciates us nonetheless. I went to take a drink of my cup and saw a number written on the cup. I shook my head and smiled. This would happen. After Burger King I went right back to the studio.
There isn’t anything interesting about my life. People assume it's this big thing but I don’t do a whole lot on vacation or down days. Yeah we get to tour and sing on a stage but that’s only one fourth of the time. Right now nothing is happening. Soon we will have the rustle and bustle of a competition show but until this weekend that isn’t starting, and even then that is low maintenance for One Direction.
“Niall!” Someone called. I looked around and didn’t see anyone I knew walking the streets beside me. The streets are always packed unless it's super early or super late, which happens to be relatively the same time. “Niall!” Someone called again. This time I heard them clearer and knew who it was.
“Justin.” I said as he reached me.
“What are you doing??” He asked.
“I'm going back to the studio to work on some music. What are you doing??” I asked him to be polite.
“Selena wanted to walk to her rehearsal and I went with her. What are you doing later??” He asked me.
“Nothing.” I was short.
“Well I was think you and I could play video games and eat, like old times??” He asked.
“That would be great.” I said with a smile. I bet now I could easily get information about Izallouis out of him.
“What time should I come over??” He asked.
“Any time after three.” I said and took a sip of coffee.
“Yeah I'll be there.” He was about to walk a different way but I stopped him with my hand.
“Do you have rehearsal with Izallouis??” I asked shocked he doesn’t.
“No, she canceled because she made plans with someone.” He sounded disappointed.
“Did she mention who??” I was treading on uneasy ground but Justin didn’t seem fazed.
“No, I would assume its Mary; her new best friend. I'm glad she has one.”
“Why do you say that??” I asked. We were standing in everyone’s way but no one said anything to us.
“Don’t tell anyone but she is really lonely. Her grandmum is coming to stay with her but she is sick and dying. No one knows so don’t tell because she would hate for word to get out about her family problems. All I know is she needs true friends.” He looked sympathetic.
“Well I hope you are there for her and she gets what she is looking for.” I tried to sound as less creepy as I could.
“I'm sure she wouldn’t mind hearing people are there for her.” He winked at me.
“I hardly know her. If I knew her better I would. Trust me.” Trust me. I would be at her doorstep everyday giving her everything she could ever want. Anything she could ever ask for, anything that she would ever need. I would provide for her as fast as I could to the best of my ability. Is that weird?? That’s so weird, I take it back. I would at least give her some comfort.
“I know you would. You are always there for anyone who needs it. Maybe sometime we could all hang out.”
“Well the after party of the premier of our show was when I was planning on talking to her.” I smiled.
“Isn’t that for the people that are on the show??”
“Yeah.”
“What makes you so sure she’ll be there??” He asked giving me a quizzical look.
“I just have a feeling. I can't explain it at all.” I chuckled.
“Good luck with that Horan. I'll see you at three.” He smiled and left. I finished walking the rest of the way and noticed Zayn’s car was now at the studio. I walked in and found everyone in the room I was recording in.
“Hey.” Zayn said with his phone in hand.
“Why are you here??” I asked. I wanted to record this song but I can't with everyone here. It was obviously about Izallouis and I wasn’t going to let anyone know that.
“Harry wanted to come by and make sure you guys were doing ok.” He said.
“Harry??” I asked.
“Yeah.” He didn’t look at me, just his phone.
“If he wanted to check on Liam and I where is he??” I asked looking around the room. They followed my actions and I knew from this morning and now something was up.
“Are you thinking what I'm thinking??” Liam asked in general.
“Harry likes someone.” Zayn said.
“Well she better not get in the way of our recording.” Conners said.
“Well Niall can continue recording in here. Zayn, you and I will be down the hall.” Liam instructed and everyone started to do the full swing of getting around. Soon it was just Conners and I.
“So this song. Does it have a title or are you just now making it??” He asked.
“It's titled “Don’t forget Where You Belong”.” I said picking up the guitar again.
“Sounds personal.” He chuckled. I blushed because I know how personal it is.
“Let’s just pick it up where we left off.” I continued to play the guitar as he pushed buttons and moved dials. I was so into the song I felt every emotion bleeding out of my body. The recording was going so well I didn’t see Louis pop in the back.
“Great job. Come get some water.” Conners said. When I saw Louis I was in for it.
“That’s a great song. Did you write it??” He asked knowing I did.
“Yeah.” I looked down blushing.
“It was about her.” He stated.
“That obvious??” I asked.
“Completely.” He said avoiding me.
“Don’t tell the guys.” I started pleading.
“It's a great song. At some point we are probably going to record it. But as for now, you have my word.” He stood up and walked in the booth. He situated himself and Conners said I was free to go. I walked out and felt the cool air again. I wanted to know what happened to Harry if he was the one that wanted to see us. I pulled out my phone and text him where he was. He said he was on a date. I asked who the girl was and he replied a smiley face. This couldn’t be good. I got a cab and told the driver to go to the store. I might as well get some snacks for Justin and I. A few fruit snacks, Hersey bars, and sodas later I was home. Justin wasn’t here yet and it was almost four o'clock. I had time to lounge around and do nothing before Justin got here and we did nothing together. Somewhere around 4.30 p.m. there was a knock on the door. He was here.

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