Surviving

Day #1 of no sleeping for Harry and I came to an end as the light in the sky became visible. Harry and I sat, cuddling, non-romantically, by the fire, singing to each other to keep each other company.

Harry caressed my hair as I played with his fingers. What else do we do? This isn't romantic at all, just friendly, like if I just got out of a break up and Harry was my best friend.

Out of nowhere, Harry began singing a song, and I knew this one. He sang,

"Head underwater, and they tell me, to breathe easy for awhile."

I joined.

"The breathing gets harder, even I know that.
Made room for me, but it's too soon to see, if I'm happy in your hands.
I'm usually hard to hold onto."

I sang.

"Blank stares at blank pages, no easy way to say this
You mean well but you make this hard on me."

Together.

"I'm not gonna write you a love song, cause you asked for it, cause you need one, you see
I'm not gonna write you a love song cause you tell me it's make or break in this, if you're on your way
I'm not gonna write you to staaay, if all you have is leaving Imma need a better reason to write you a love song today"

We didn't sing the whole song, neither of us had the energy to. I hadn't slept in days, and Harry wasn't used to staying up all day.

I thought to myself. We all had roles here. Paige was the healer/doctor. Alexis, Violet, they keep the group spirit up. Liam, he's the muscle. Louis, Zayn, Niall, they sing. I do too, but I have a more important role to the group.

I'm kinda the leader. I won't sleep until we're safe. Harry, he's my sidekick. He's always there. He always was. Back then, and now.

Harry was the first one of the boys I met. We met in kindergarten. Same class every year until graduation. We never were interested in each other romantically, even though he's pretty cute, and nice, I would never be with him as more than a friend. Not in a rude way, just...

I remember the day I met Harry, and the day I met Liam, Niall, Louis... Zayn.

*FLASHBACK*
Meeting Harry ----

Little Toni June sat in her kindergarten class, not a single girl or boy talking to her. She sat completely alone. It was nearly half way through the year, and she had no one sitting with her. Toni was very bad at making friends.

"Alright, class, we have a transfer student from England, everyone be nice."

A brown curly haired boy walked in. He had adorable eyes, a cute little nose, but the first thing Toni noticed was his dimples. Toni loved his dimples. And his English accent.

"I'm sure Toni won't mind of you sit with her." the teacher said, pointing to the seat on my right. She groaned in her mind.

"Ello, I'm Harry styles." the little boy put his hand out. Toni had never seen such manners. She shook his hand.

"I'm Toni June." her little child voice squeaked.
Harry and Toni had always talked, been partners in crime, sticking together. Every year, they had the same classes. Every year until graduation. They had barely any friends, except for the 4 boys and 1 girl who understood how they stood out.

Meeting Liam ----

Toni and Harry, the childhood bffs, sat in 2nd grade class, listening to the teacher talking. They still had no friends, other than each other.

"Blahblahblah 3 people project." was all Toni heard the teacher say. 3, not 3... It's always been 2, only Harry and Toni. Who would want to work with them?

Everyone stood and had partners. Harry and Toni looked around, not seeing anyone who was partner-less.

"Who do we work with?" Harry spoke up.

"Uhm... Liam! Come work with Harry and Toni!" a little boy with chubby cheeks, brown hair, and the deepest of chocolate brown eyes appeared next to Toni.

"I'm Liam," the little boy shyly said while everyone else in class got to work.

"I'm Toni, this is Harry." she introduced.

"Nice to meet you," Liam said, not as shy. Toni took note of his accent, it was like Harry's.
They had gotten an A+ on the project, thanks to Toni and Liam's brains. Harry barely helped. But who cares, he presented to the class.

Liam didn't split up with the two after they met like they all thought they would. Even Liam suspected to find others to hang out with.

The duo became a trio.

Meeting Niall ----

The 5th grade boys and girl, Toni, Harry, and Liam, walked around the school fair set up in the parking lot. Harry and Liam enjoyed walking around, wasting money on games and rides, but Toni was smart. She took advantage of events like contests, like "Guess the weight and its yours!" or eating contests.

Speaking of eating contests, there was one right in front of her, with a blonde boy her age, waiting for a contestant to fight him. Everyone looked at him, then realized what was gonna happen, and ran off. She guessed that he could eat a lot. Bur she could too.

She stepped onto the stage thing, sat next to him, and got her hands tied behind her back so she couldn't cheat. She saw Harry and Liam walk over to watch.

"Go Toni!" Liam yelled. Boy, this kid would get me killed with embarrassment. He was one to cheer you on.

"So, your name's Toni..." the blonde boy said, "I'm Niall." she noticed his Irish accent and brown hair with blonde in it.

"Nice to meet you." Toni smiled since my hands were tied.

"Good luck, you never saw me eat, I could eat a horse." Niall bragged.

"The amount, my friend, is not important. It's speed that keeps you." Toni laughed.

"Smart," he mumbled.

"Ready, set, go!"

She didn't see anything that happened after that because she was stuffing her face into the pie, swallowing, licking, biting. She cleared the plate in no time, making sure to get all of it.

Toni looked up to see the judge standing over her, checking to make sure she didn't cheat or anything.
"The small girl wins!" he picked up her plate and raised it, signaling that Toni won.

"Wooo! Go Toni!" Liam and Harry cheered for me, and Toni felt herself blush.

Toni turned to Niall. "Speed is key." sje laughed.

"Dang, never saw a girl eat like that." he said, picking up a napkin and wiping off her face. Toni giggled, and returned the favor.

Toni looked at his dish. Almost gone completely. He was close.
Toni had invited Niall to eat with her, Harry, and Liam after the fair, and he accepted. They became close, and the 3 became 4.

Meeting Louis ----

In 8th grade, the school musical was coming. Auditions were today, and Toni, Harry, Niall, and Liam were going to audition. They all could sing, and quite well. Toni was confident with her voice. She loved to sing. Always.

"Next... Toni June." Toni walked onto stage, script in hand, ready to audition.

"Scene 18 start from the top." she was rehearsing with a guy, he would be reading the other characters lines.

"Oh ho the Wells Fargo Wagon is a, coming down the street, oh please don't let it pass my door!" Toni sang.
She finished the audition, no problems, and thanked the judge people.

"Toni?" the guy who she rehearses with said. He had an English accent like Harry and Liam.
"Yes?"

"You did great." he said. "I'm Louis." he pronounced it like 'Lewie'.

"You did great too, Lou." hehe, Toni thought, it rhymed.

Toni, Harry, Liam, Niall, and Louis became close when they spent so much time on the play together. They went to dances together as a group, and Harry and Louis seemed to click. Not romantically, but as friends.

The 4 became 5.
Meeting Melissa ----

Toni had gym in 10th grade. She heard there was a new girl, apparently she was kind of a dare devilish, rebellion. She was just like Toni and the gang. They always got into trouble at the worst moments.

Toni walked into gym, and she saw a girl with ginger hair, and she was about the same height, size and age as Toni.

"Listen up!" the overweight coach yelled through the gym room. "New student, Melissa Craig, respect her."

Everyone walked to do their own thing. She walked to Melissa.

"Hey, I'm Toni." Toni stuck my hand out.

"Melissa, but you can call me Mel." thank god, finally someone without an accent.

"I've heard you're badass, thought you could hang out with us, by us I mean me, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, and my bff Harry Styles."

"Sure, that could be fun." her voice trailed.

The coach waddled by, and Mel snorted, "And she's the coach." she laughed a bit.

5 became 6.
Meeting Zayn ----

Melissa and Toni got more rebellious by 11th grade. They had started a food fight, and we all sat in the office, awaiting their punishment.

A guy walked in, followed by a teacher. Trouble. Toni didn't recognize the boy, but she heard their was a new guy, and she guesses that she found him.

"Zayn Malik, trouble on the first day?" the stuck up principle said.
"I'm sorry, I don't know how it happened, someone hit me, and I threw mashed potatoes in his face, I swear I tripped." he couldn't hide the smirk on his face. Toni liked this guy already, but fuck, she found another with an accent.

"Have a seat." the principle said, gesturing next to me.

"I'm Toni, so, food fight? Same thing here." Toni pointed between her and Melissa.

"I like you, Toni. How bout I take you out sometime?"

6 became 7.

*FLASHBACK OVER*
Melissa and I became less rebellious when I started dating Zayn, and he did too. The whole crew kinda turned good. But once the breakup happened, we split up, something I never predicted to happen. If only I never found Melissa, everything would be different. I never would've been in the office, Zayn wouldn't be here, and we'd all be friends forever.

Sitting here now in the light air of the morning, I know I have the best of friends right here.

Notes

This was a filler to give you background on everyone. Hope you liked it. Keep subscribing, commenting, all dat. Bye!