Waking up in Niall’s arms was definitely something I could get used to. Very easily.

With the sun shining through the window, it was a perfect time to wake up. Wrapped in Niall’s arms, warm under the covers . . . it made me smile. Realizing that this was our forever . . . I couldn’t imagine having a better future in store for me.

When I looked up, I saw Niall smiling down at me, and once he saw I was awake, he leaned down to give me a soft kiss. “Now, really, Evie. We’ve gotta stop.”

“I know, I know,” I murmured. “I think it’ll be a little easier, considering the process finished last night.”

At the mention of the finished process, he looked to his back, where his full sized, raven-like wings were folded up. Now that he was trying to see them, he let them out a bit so he could observe.

“So fucking cool,” he whispered.

“Agreed. Very sexy, too.”

He grinned and looked back to me. “You’re one to talk.”

I scrunched my nose at him but couldn’t contain my smile. “You know, one day, I’ll teach you how to use them. It’ll be kinda hard, all things considered, but we’ll figure it out.”

He smiled back at me. “Sounds good to me.”

It was surprising when my door came flying open. We were so distracted with his new wings that we didn’t even think to pay attention.

In a flash, Niall was in the bathroom, faster than whoever was at the door could see, and I had the covers pulled up over my chest, my eyes wide.

Harry was blushing as he kept his eyes focused on the floor. “Damn it, Ev, sorry! I just came up here to tell Niall that Blake is here looking for him. I told him you were upstairs, and I came to get you.”

In an instant, Niall was back in the bedroom pulling on a pair of boxers, and he had to fold his wings back up to pull a shirt over his back. When Harry saw him, he was wide-eyed and speechless. Niall loved seeing Harry’s expression, so he had to fight back laughter as he slid into his pants and hurried out of the room.

I giggled when Harry stood there, awkward and surprised beyond words. “Yes, Harry. He has wings now, too. They grew last night.”

“I-I-That’s so cool!”

And that pretty much summed it all up.

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Words can’t describe how nervous I was. My heart was pounding a million miles a minute, which is actually painful when you consider how hard it was beating against my ribcage.
Nevertheless, I got ready for the night that would make or break my future. If I went through, even if I didn’t win, there was still a chance I could tour with One Direction. Just being the top in Niall’s team could be enough.

Before leaving my room, I checked my Twitter.

Chris’s tweet made me smile. “@EvieEbbs Sorry I can’t be there tonight! Filming and such. I know you’ll do great, and I’m rooting for you! #littlesister #VoteEverit”

That last hash tag surprised me, so I clicked on it. What I saw brought me to tears. People put that in their tweets like crazy. I couldn’t even count how many there were. There were a lot, though, more than I expected. It was surprising that a lot of them were Directioners. Why not vote for Brinley?

One tweet with that hash tag shocked me beyond belief. VictoriaStyles said, “@EvieEbbs @NiallOfficial If you can’t see the chemistry between these two, you’re an idiot! Don’t separate these soulmates! #VoteEverit”

When reading that, I rushed downstairs to whoever I could find that wasn’t Brinley. Adam and Niall were the first two that I saw, with no Blake and Christina, so when they looked at me, I just tossed Adam my phone. “Is this bad?”

He read over the tweet, probably a few of them since he didn’t know which one I was talking about. He started grinning early, though, and when he handed Niall the phone to show him what was going on, he just laughed. “Ev, it’s not bad. Chemistry is undeniable. There’s clearly chemistry.”

Niall gave me a sheepish smile. “Guess I’m not as good at hiding it as I thought. That’s pretty awesome, though. I think it’s trending.”

My eyes were wide, but I didn’t stay with them. Instead, I grabbed my phone and hurried back upstairs to finish getting ready. After all, if this was my last night on the show, I wanted to look awesome. With my black and gold sparkly dress, my lace ribbon heels, my black and gold nails, my frosty eye makeup, and my ponytail with a braid running along the side, I think I accomplished that.

Mostly, I needed to come up to my room to get a grip on myself, get a grip on reality. Reality . . . it was a strange thing to think about. My reality was this. People were voting for me, cheering for me . . . I was trending on Twitter. I was great friends with Captain America. In a strange way, I was in a relationship with Niall Horan . . . and the other four weirdos in One Direction? Those were my best friends.

I wasn’t that loner weird girl in the back anymore. I was someone who had made a life for herself, chosen her own destiny.

Stick that in your ass and suck it, Prepot!

Notes

The lyrics are from Wild by Jessie J. :) Believe it or not, I actually heard of this song via Eleanor's tweet about it. x3 So, I kinda owe it to her for informing me of this incredible song. Seriously, I love it. <3

You can see Everit's outfit here. :)

More to come as soon as I edit it! I know this short chapter shouldn't have taken so long to edit, but I was also doing something else.

I decided, since I'm sure the descriptions of the stories were kinda hard to decide, I'm gonna post a couple of chapters from each story. From there, I'm gonna let you decide which story you want and which I should wait on. :)

So those will be up shortly as well! :) As well as the rest of the Voice. :D