Niall’s view:
“I forgot about that.” I said feeling stupid. She probably thinks I'm a fucking idiot. Niall you are a fucking idiot.
“How could you forget??” She laughed. Her laugh was so cute and loud. It was something that drew attention to her.
“Your audition was amazing so I just forgot you danced.” Good cover.
“Thanks.” She was really short answered.
“So, did you really not know you would be singing??” I asked curious.
“Yeah, when I was in makeup the teenager gave me a note and I opened it. It was from Justin telling me I would be singing and that I had to trust him. I was so nervous. I don’t get nervous so that made me more nervous.” She sang like that when she was nervous. Damn.
“Did you know what song it was??” I asked.
“No, he said I would know it from the beginning and I'm glad I did.” Her little giggle sounded again.
“Why that song??” I always talk about music as a fall back subject. When I'm nervous it's something I know and understand so I feel a bit more confident.
“I sang it at my dad’s funeral.” I didn’t know what say to that.
“I'm sorry.” It fit, right?? I mean people say that, right??
“Oh my god!” She looked up.
“What??” I asked caught off guard.
“I hate it when people say that!” She said smiling. So I didn’t make her mad.
“Why??” I asked still surprised by her sudden outburst.
“You didn't kill him.” She looked at me and her height was so tiny I was clearly looking down three inches or more to look at her eyes.
“Well what do I say to that?? You can't just say something like that and expect me not to say sorry.” We were like play fighting, I think.
“I'm sorry is so lame. Make a joke or something.” She was stopped and so was I.
“How do you joke about that??” I asked her.
“Say like… like… anything but sorry.” She was tongue tied.
“See you can't even think of one.” I shot at her.
“Ok. Fine, you win but next time don’t say sorry.” She said and started to walk again. I followed her motion and just to be a jack ass I knew what I was going to say.
“Sorry.” I bent down to whisper in her ear.
“Really??” She looked at me and our cheeks touched. She quickly stepped away and kept walking down the empty road.
“You said joke.” I laughed and she looked at me with sparkling greenish eyes. Her eyes had several colours in them but green was the most prominent.
“Thank you.” She said. That made no sense.
“For what??” I asked furrowing my eye brows.
“Walking me home.” She said and opened up the large black gate. I watched as the gate closed in between us. It was a nice mansion very close to our house.
“Anytime.” I said waving. This conversation didn’t go as planned. I was hoping for more flirting or something cozier, but I didn’t expect her to be in my lap making out with me either. I can't complain though because it was the second conversation we had that she wasn’t crying. It was nice. I walked home with a huge smile and just dazed by her attitude on life. When I walked inside the yellow house Harry was at the couch.
“Were you with her??” He asked. We all knew she was the only girl we really all talked about in this house.
“No.” I guess lying is becoming my second language.
“Where were you then??” He crossed his arms accusingly.
“I was with Sam.” I said.
“Oh.” He dropped his charges and pulled out his phone.
“Can I go now??” I asked him. He nodded like he actually had a say in if I left his presence or not. I went upstairs but eavesdropped on his call from the top.
“Where have you been??” Pause. “Did anyone hurt you?? Please tell me you are ok??” Pause. “I was worried because I didn't see you after the after party and I thought –” Break in talking. “That’s great.” He didn’t sound happy though.
“Are you eavesdropping??” I looked behind me to see Zayn.
“Just curious.” I said.
“Why??” Zayn raised a brow.
“Would it hurt you if Liam liked Perrie??” I shot it out pretty fast.
“Yes, but I would talk to him about it rationally.” Zayn patted my back.
“Well I tried that and you saw where it got us.” I answered him.
“Did you really try though??” He said and left. Now wasn’t the time for him to pull his philosophical comments. I followed him down stairs so Harry wouldn’t think I was spying on his privacy.
“Hey I'm heading out for a bit.” Harry said as he put on his jacket.
“No drinking.” Zayn waved him off. I glared at him and then went to get food. He was out the door and it was just Zayn and I.
“You know where he's going??” I asked in spite.
“No.” Zayn answered honestly.
“Well then I'm going out too.” I said shutting the fridge door.
“No you're not.” He said looking at me. I deflated knowing I wasn’t getting out of this house easy.
“Where are Louis and Liam??” I asked him seriously.
“Liam is at the studio going through the night with the studio crew and producers seeing what we did wrong.” Zayn chuckled and I smiled knowing it was probably a lot. “Louis is celebrating with Eleanor.” Zayn wiggled his eyebrows up and down. I knew what that meant.
“Could I have someone over??” I asked.
“Sam??” He asked.
“Yes.” I sighed. How does everyone in this house know me better than I know myself??
“Sure.” Zayn smiled and grabbed a jacket. “Perrie just text me and said she is ready to celebrate.” He winked and was out the door.
“Sam.” I whispered looking around for my phone. I mean we aren’t going to do anything but eat and play video games but the company would be nice. I found my phone upstairs on my bed and called her.
“Hey.” She sounded like she was smiling.
“Want to come over and hang out for a bit??” I asked her eager to hear what she says.
“Stop.” She whispered to someone. “I'm a bit busy now. Can I later??” She giggled and I swear I heard a growl.
“Sure. Have fun.” I smiled. Guess she was really busy, with someone. It wasn’t too late but I guess bed was always an option. I showered first and thought about my conversation with Izallouis. She wasn’t really flirty but there were sometimes I could tell she was either trying to or wanted to. It was a weird situation to bump into her like that. She seemed scared, like she was running from something. I was going to this bench in the park I like to think at. A lot has been going on and I have been trying to keep up and stay in as little stress as I can but I'm failing miserably as I do reckless shit and hurt people. I slipped in my sheets and my phone vibrated my entire bedside table. I picked it up.
“Hello.” I said groggy even though I was going to bed and not waking up.
“Sorry, I can hang out now.” I looked at the clock. I called her two hours ago.
“What were you doing for two hours??” I asked sitting up against the wall.
“Well, I think your plan is working because Harry can't stop calling and texting me.” She was smiling.
“Seriously??” I asked really shocked.
“Yeah, he wanted to hang out and so we were at my place and he couldn’t keep his hands off of me. You called and he didn’t even care. He wants me Niall.” She seemed happy.
“Well, now all we need to do is see if he will drop Izallouis for you.” I was grinning too.
“I think he will.” She was really happy and so was I. This plan worked a lot faster than I thought it was going to but that just means when I have one on one practice with her I can talk to her about it and it won't be awkward with a road block there. In that analogy Harry is the road block.
“Well then you are doing great.” I chuckled.
“Thank you Niall. I was always a fan of all of you and to think I'm having Harry on my arm is crazy. I owe you.” She sounded sincere.
“You already are repaying me by getting I'm away from Iz.” I chuckled again thinking of her.
“Well I'll let you go. I have to clean up my apartment now.” She laughed really loud and it was cute.
“Bye Sam.” I hung up and just thought about how well this was working out. I can't believe I talked to her and Sam is distracting Harry for me. I feel great right now. I felt so great I was able to sleep.
“Niall, it is time to get up. You over slept.” Liam shook me.
“For what??” I asked annoyed.
“We have to film one more audition.” Liam was still shaking me and I was getting annoyed.
“Ok. I'll be ready.” I said rolling off the bed. The floor hit me hard and I stood up. I already showered so smelling some shirts on the floor to see what was clean I was out the door with everything on and phone in my pocket. I went straight out to the van without breakfast, which I regretted in the car ride to the studio.
“Niall go to makeup. I'll get you some food.” Liam said pointing me off. I smiled knowing he wasn’t joking. I went straight to Rae and sat down in the chair. She started right away and Louis joined and sat in another chair. As soon as I was done she went to Louis and I walked out to wardrobe. I was thrown some clean clothes and pushed into a changing area. I slipped them on fast and made sure there wasn’t anything out of place in the body mirror. Once I was good I was escorted by Gordy to the chairs. I waved to the screaming fans that were already there and they screamed more. Liam brought me flavoured water and three bags of crisps. Zayn entered and waved as Liam left. Everyone was running around for this round of auditions. I sat and ate as the fans on my right talked to me. I answered questions and even signed a few things for them.
“On in five!” Someone yelled loudly. All the boys magically appeared in their seats and then someone counted us down. As soon as they hit one they were gone and we all smiled hearing the little jingle chose for the show, “’Cause you’ve got that One Thing…” It was ironic because of the shows name and we were the judges so we all had a laugh when saying yes to use it.
“That never gets old.” Liam said as Harry laughed. The crowd cheered and we opened up another round of auditions.

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